#BGE2020 - Round 1 - Pool 178

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What is the best game?

Poll ended at 10 May 2020 00:59

Fallout (1997, PC)
14
24%
Killer Instinct 2 (1996, Arcade)
3
5%
Langrisser I & II (2019, PC/PS4/Switch)
3
5%
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (2004, GCN)
17
29%
Monster Rancher (1997, PS1)
0
No votes
Pokémon Puzzle League (2000, N64)
3
5%
Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire (1995, SNES)
3
5%
Skate (2007, X360)
8
14%
The Typing of the Dead (2000, PC)
7
12%
Valkyria Chronicles II (2010, PSP)
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 58

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#BGE2020 - Round 1 - Pool 178

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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! :neon:
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I split my votes between the new Romance game, which is quite a nice return to full-map strategery, and Langrisser I & II—mainly for being the only legitimate way to play an official version of Langrisser II in English—and the excellent original Fallout.

EDIT: Wait, the new Romance is in another pool. This one is IV on SNES, which is also quite good but has a weird battle system where sieges are prominently featured. Catapults OP. And it had a weird big scrolling world map, which was the first time in the series the whole map wasn't on the screen at the same time. Weird!
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I only voted for Metroid Prime 2 here. It’s as good as or maybe even better than the first one. Immersive quality...I love that stuff...
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Really enjoyed the Skate series. Skate 2 is leagues better, but shout out to Skate
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Puzzle League/Tetris Attack/Panel De Pon is my favourite puzzle game series. I would love to see Nintendo make a Puzzle League equivalent of Tetris 99.

And shout out to Typing of the Dead, easily the best typing tutor game.
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Fallout 1 is amazing. skate. rules but like Shoe said, Skate 2 is way better. Typing is funny.
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Han Solo wrote: 09 May 2020 15:43 Puzzle League/Tetris Attack/Panel De Pon is my favourite puzzle game series. I would love to see Nintendo make a Puzzle League equivalent of Tetris 99.

And shout out to Typing of the Dead, easily the best typing tutor game.
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