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by Kong Wen
27 Mar 2024 01:35
Forum: The "BEST GAME EVER!!!" Project
Topic: TOP 8 — Poll 1
Replies: 4
Views: 82

Re: TOP 8 — Poll 1

Agreed, easy vote for the best 2D Final Fantasy. And not because SMW is overrated, because I don't think it is—I think it's a great overall game. But FF is just on another level.
by Kong Wen
26 Mar 2024 14:38
Forum: The "BEST GAME EVER!!!" Project
Topic: Bottom 8 — Poll 2
Replies: 4
Views: 52

Re: Bottom 8 — Poll 2

Is there any argument to vote for the original over alttp? The original isn't bad but alttp is just better in every possible way right? There are a lot of good arguments for the original. One is that is was foundational/influential and that ALttP wouldn't exist without it. Another is that ALttP is ...
by Kong Wen
26 Mar 2024 14:21
Forum: The "BEST GAME EVER!!!" Project
Topic: BGE Questions & General Discussion
Replies: 75
Views: 37730

Re: BGE Questions & General Discussion

Can any of the games in the bottom 8 win the comp or is it physically impossible? Alttp seems like a contender to possibly do that if it's possible otherwise can it only finish 2nd at best? It's a normal double-elimination tournament, and the bottom bracket games have only been defeated once, so th...
by Kong Wen
19 Mar 2024 03:22
Forum: 2020-24 Archives
Topic: BOTTOM 16 — Poll 5
Replies: 2
Views: 62

Re: BOTTOM 16 — Poll 5

To its credit, I'm glad Aria got this far because it is indeed the best non-classicvania Castlevania game, but Skies is better.
by Kong Wen
19 Mar 2024 03:21
Forum: 2020-24 Archives
Topic: BOTTOM 16 — Poll 6
Replies: 2
Views: 52

Re: BOTTOM 16 — Poll 6

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

(Only FF12 and FF16 are ahead of it.)
by Kong Wen
19 Mar 2024 03:19
Forum: 2020-24 Archives
Topic: BOTTOM 16 — Poll 8
Replies: 2
Views: 55

Re: BOTTOM 16 — Poll 8

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.
by Kong Wen
18 Mar 2024 22:49
Forum: 2020-24 Archives
Topic: BOTTOM 16 — Poll 7
Replies: 2
Views: 55

Re: BOTTOM 16 — Poll 7

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...
by Kong Wen
18 Mar 2024 22:47
Forum: 2020-24 Archives
Topic: BOTTOM 16 — Poll 8
Replies: 2
Views: 55

Re: BOTTOM 16 — Poll 8

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...
by Kong Wen
18 Mar 2024 22:24
Forum: 2020-24 Archives
Topic: BOTTOM 16 — Poll 3
Replies: 7
Views: 164

Re: BOTTOM 16 — Poll 3

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...
by Kong Wen
18 Mar 2024 22:15
Forum: 2020-24 Archives
Topic: BOTTOM 16 — Poll 1
Replies: 2
Views: 47

Re: BOTTOM 16 — Poll 1

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...