R-Type is great, but the third-best modern (post-PS1) Final Fantasy game is better.

(Only FF12 and FF16 are ahead of it.)

It should additionally be noted that there are three excellent Metcastlevanias in this current batch/round: Super Metroid, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, and Hollow Knight... and the best game among them is the only one whose title isn't awkwardly represented in the terrible genre portmantfaux.

I love Super Metroid, but it does suffer a little bit from its own success—basically being the base template for every Metroid game, many of which (by necessity) iterate on it in interesting ways. It's still a very solid building block and always fun for a familiar replay. It's harder to vote for it...

This is a really fun match-up for me because these games both did the same thing for me. They're both big, consistently fun and impressive games that are generous with things to do and keep surprising you with how much more there is. Every new area you find is interesting, and every boss encounter i...

Breath of the Wild is just more Zelda. :shock: Breath of the Wild is the most different Zelda since Ocarina of Time took the series into 3D. I would even argue that it's the first truly successful execution of the Zelda series "mission" in 3D, which is why I'm voting for it here. The worl...

I knew I had a feeling of déja vu ... this is a rematch between these two games, which first went toe-to-toe in the first week of the Top 256 back in May 2023. Super Mario Galaxy won the match way back then in a 5-5 tie thanks to its higher seeding. And now here they are again, both in the lower bra...

Well, I wasn't voting for it in previous rounds because it was up against clearly and decisively better games, but now that Rondo is up against something more on its own level of impact and quality this becomes a tougher decision.

Kong Wen wrote: ↑07 Dec 2022 15:37 Finish Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood

• 01-15 - finished Heavensward (Stormblood is the next expansion)

It's late, but I finally finished this expansion. On to the post-expansion patches and then I can work on my resolution for the next (i.e. this) year!

Sharecrow wrote: ↑10 Mar 2024 21:52

Claytone wrote: ↑10 Mar 2024 20:20 I find it extremely likely that I will like FFIV more than Wind Waker whenever I finally play it. Alas, I have not.

FFIV is a better game but I don’t love either enough to vote here…

I mean, one of them is going through, even if you don't love them. Might as well be the better game, no?

RIP Akira Toriyama

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