#BGE2020 - Round 1 - Pool 177

[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!

[Kong Wen]

Here's the new Romance game, which is quite a nice return to full-map strategery. Also voted for the hard Souls game, and Pac-Man CE DX, which was an eye-opening retro revival for its time.

[Sharecrow]

I gave the weakest Phantasy Star game some votes for still being a wonderful game. I threw a vote to .hack and gave votes to Setsuna as well even though it’s incredibly difficult at least for me and my thumbs.

[Claytone]

I'm sure I'd vote for Sekiro if I'd played it. Alas, I have not.

Pac-Man: CE rules and like Kong said was just a fantastic revival of that classic gameplay. It was also a pioneering downloadable console game in the early years of that delivery medium gaining traction. One of the first smash hits I really recall from XBLA. Great proof of concept for the commercial viability of delivering cheaper, smaller titles digitally while retaining quality.

I've heard good things about Rival Schools, but I never have played it. Maybe one day.