Main Event - Round Four Tie-Breakers

[This Old Neon]

These Round Four tie-breakers include the games from Round Four that are competing for the last available advancement slot in their brackets.

• You can vote for 1 game per poll, or skip a poll entirely.
• The top game from each poll will advance to Round Five.
• You can’t change your votes once they’ve been submitted, so click carefully. Voting closes on Saturday at midnight ADT.

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Tie-Breaker 1 of 3
Ghouls 'n Ghosts (1989, Genesis)
Red Dead Redemption (2010, Multiplatform)
Tales of Symphonia (2003, GCN)

Tie-Breaker 2 of 3
Okami (2008, Multiplatform)
Pokémon [Blue/Red] Version (1996, GB)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link between Worlds (2013, 3DS)

Tie-Breaker 3 of 3
ActRaiser (1990, SNES)
FTL: Faster than Light (2012, PC)

[Kong Wen]

Tie-Breaker 1 of 3
Ghouls 'n Ghosts (1989, Genesis)
Red Dead Redemption (2010, Multiplatform)
Tales of Symphonia (2003, GCN)

I'm going to have to stew on this one, but it'll be between G&G or RDR.

Tie-Breaker 2 of 3
Okami (2008, Multiplatform)
Pokémon [Blue/Red] Version (1996, GB)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link between Worlds (2013, 3DS)

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed A Link between Worlds, but I feel like it leaned a bit too heavily on A Link to the Past's assets, which made it easier to recognize that it simply wasn't as good as its predecessor. Okami wins this one for me.

Tie-Breaker 3 of 3
ActRaiser (1990, SNES)
FTL: Faster than Light (2012, PC)

This is a great tie-breaker because both of these games are trying to do something new by fusing genres. I found FTL a bit too punishing and hard to get into the overall gameplay loop (it didn't hook me—rather than wanting to start playing again after failing, I just wanted a break). ActRaiser wins this one for me.

[The Shoemaker]

Similar votes from me. Was never attached to GnG, or the other iterations of it. Red Dead gets my vote.

I agree ALTTP takes away from ALBW. I always thought it could be that much better if it just had it's own unique overworld. Pokemon Red/Blue is a bit basic, Okami is special so it gets my vote. It's been here since the first round, gotta keep it up!

[Claytone]

Voted for Ghouls'n Ghosts (also nominated it, IIRC). Didn't vote in the other two. As much as I love Pokémon R/B (first game I ever owned), I don't feel confident it's better than its opponents, as I've played neither.

I liked FTL, but I haven't played ActRaiser (though I'd like to). Don't feel comfortable voting in this one either.

[Kong Wen]

Voted for Ghouls'n Ghosts (also nominated it, IIRC). Didn't vote in the other two. As much as I love Pokémon R/B (first game I ever owned), I don't feel confident it's better than its opponents, as I've played neither.

I liked FTL, but I haven't played ActRaiser (though I'd like to). Don't feel comfortable voting in this one either.

I feel like ActRaiser would be a Clay-amenable platforming experience, although you have to bear in mind that it's squarely in the old-SNES platforming paradigm. It looks and feels old.

[Claytone]

I feel like ActRaiser would be a Clay-amenable platforming experience, although you have to bear in mind that it's squarely in the old-SNES platforming paradigm. It looks and feels old.

I mean, I voted for an older Genesis platformer in this very poll. I'm sure I can handle it.

[This Old Neon]

Tie-Breaker 1 of 3
Ghouls 'n Ghosts (1989, Genesis)
Red Dead Redemption (2010, Multiplatform)
Tales of Symphonia (2003, GCN)

Tie-Breaker 2 of 3
Okami (2008, Multiplatform)
Pokémon [Blue/Red] Version (1996, GB)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link between Worlds (2013, 3DS)

Tie-Breaker 3 of 3
ActRaiser (1990, SNES)
FTL: Faster than Light (2012, PC)

And the third-place games are:

Tie-Breaker 1 of 3
Ghouls 'n Ghosts (1989, Genesis)

Tie-Breaker 2 of 3
Pokémon [Blue/Red] Version (1996, GB)

Tie-Breaker 3 of 3
ActRaiser (1990, SNES)