#BGE2020 - Round 1 - Pool 29

[This Old Neon]

Welcome to the first round of #BGE2020 pools!

Each game is randomly seeded into pools using the set generator at Random.org. There's no seeding, no ranking, and no preference or prioritization.

The results of the pools will determine how each game stacks up in the elimination rounds, coming later this year.

HOW TO VOTE

Voting is ranked, but it's not super intuitive, so listen up.

• You have 6 total votes to distribute.
• You can only select up to 3 options.
• You can only give each option up to 3 votes.
• NOTE: The number you pick is not the RANK of your choice (i.e. 1st, 2nd, 3rd), but the number of VOTES you're giving it.
• The more votes (bigger numbers) a game gets, the better for that game.

EXAMPLES

• You could pick three games and order them by giving them 3, 2, and 1 votes.
• If you like three games equally, you could give them 2, 2, and 2 votes.
• If you only like two games, you could give them 3 and 3 votes (or 3 and 2, etc.).

This gives you a lot of granularity for how you assign your votes and thereby a lot of influence over which games can do well. Use your power wisely!

If you have questions, ask before voting!

[Sharecrow]

Silent Hill 4 is one of the most terrifying games I’ve played. I think maybe Fatal Frame and RE7 may be worse but that’s a maybe. Brilliant and fun and engaging. And I voted for Sly 2 for being crazy fun.

[Kong Wen]

Worms was my dorm LAN game of choice in college. Fun mayhem. I got pretty good at it, too!

[The Shoemaker]

I don't know if Silent Hill 4 is a great game, but I really do love the concept and loop of the game.

[Sharecrow]

One other thing Silent Hill 4 does really well, aside from the loop and the mechanics of the narrative, is using several invincible enemies that you can’t really avoid. They reoccur too in different parts of the game. There’s a very scarce item you can use to immobilize one of them but not enough to make the game safe. Also the haunting incidents in your apartment are shocking and fun.

Mostly I loved staring out the window trying to figure out how the two worlds were connected.