2019 MAIN EVENT Round Three

[SkyPikachu]

Welcome to This Old Neon’s fourth official “BEST GAME EVER!!!” Project.

The “BEST GAME EVER!!!” Project is not intended to champion any particular objective quality. The best game can be the best for any of a number of reasons: its earnings or critical reception, its influence and impact, the emotional resonance of its art or music, the playability of its mechanics or the thoughtfulness of its design, the immersiveness of its world, the quality of its writing and characterization, or the memories and nostalgia it invokes. All participants are invited to engage in their own ways, and vote according to their own criteria, however arbitrary and however personal.

Round Three includes the next batch of games seeded by nomination weight in addition to the Round Two winners. There are 5 polls of 11-12 games each. If a game you nominated doesn’t appear in these polls, it probably seeded high enough to get a bye into a later round.

You can vote for 1-3 games per poll, or skip a poll entirely.
The top 3 games from each poll will advance to Round Four.
You can’t change your votes once they’ve been submitted, so click carefully. Voting closes on Saturday at midnight AST.
Don’t forget to vote in these user-submitted categories. Others will be added in the coming weeks.

MAIN EVENT ROUND THREE

Best Mech Customization (Finals)
Most Innovative Mechanics (Round Three)
Best Game You’ve Never Played (Ever) (Round Two)
Best Trilogy (Round One)

[SkyPikachu]

I've only played
Okami
Stardew Valley
N+ (Not N++)
Mega Man 2

I voted N++ as I loved N+ and I assume it's just a better version, Mega Man 2 as it's a fun game and having just played the original it's a mammoth improvement from 1 (X is still the best) and The Legend of Zelda because it's a classic/master piece I don't need to play it to know this + it 100% deserves to make it past this round.

[Kong Wen]

Round Three adds nominations by Sharecrow and VictorViper into the mix!

[SkyPikachu]

Round Three adds nominations by Sharecrow and VictorViper into the mix!

Would games that han solo and shoe both nominated be in this round as well or are we still in single nomination terrioty?

[Kong Wen]

Would games that han solo and shoe both nominated be in this round as well or are we still in single nomination terrioty?

Shoe & Vic combo noms still have a low enough seeding to come in under the level required to debut in Round Three.

Shoe & Share combo noms, along with Han & Share and Han & Vic combo noms have a slightly higher seeding, so they'll appear in the next round.

[This Old Neon]

Winners of Round Three

Poll 1 - The WOOD Bracket

ActRaiser
Ms. Pac-Man
Robotron: 2084

Poll 2 - The METAL Bracket

Stardew Valley
Tales of Symphonia
Okami

Poll 3 - The FIRE Bracket

The Legend of Zelda
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
The Witness
Super Mario Sunshine

Poll 4 - The EARTH Bracket

Dead Space
Ico
StarCraft

Poll 5 - The WATER Bracket

Mega Man 2
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
Maniac Mansion