I'm surprised that Solasta scored the silver medal. I would have thought that Wildermyth, Encased or maybe even ATOM would be in the top 3 instead of a 5E rules combat simulator with no story or other content (aside from tactical combat) worth mentioning.
He said none "worth mentioning". And nobody ever does, except to say that it's there. You'd be hard pressed to find a Solasta player who tries to argue that the story/characters/dialogue are good, much less exceptional.
To each his or her own, but I didn't even buy Solasta, much less rank it in my top 3.
I suppose you would also be against any sort of dungeon crawler like say Icewind Dale, Grim Dawn, Diablo II, Wizardry or Dark Souls placing in the GOTY category, because they have much less interesting characters, story, et than Solasta does.
To each his own, but many of those games did win a medal in GOTY voting. While I know there is a faction here who can't enjoy any game without a focus on story and dialogue, many of us started off with dungeon crawlers and still love them.