Real question: how many alternatives there are?
”Official” GOTYs are a confirmation bias fest already. You’ll never see a big outlet award an underdog, or a Nintendo game unless it’s Mario or Zelda, regardless of sales or popularity; that was EDGE’s shtick, but they’ve been out of fashion for a long time. It’s all about getting the views and the clicks. And when an AAA game touches on the issues TOLU2 does, it’s kinda easy mode. The game is quality, I don’t doubt it, but we all knew it would be GOTY bait from the start and not for gameplay reasons.
Anyway, I haven’t played the game and I don’t think I ever will, so this award (and the avalanche of them that’s gonna come) doesn’t affect me personally.