#BGE2020 - Round 1 - Pool 249

[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]

StarTropics and Double Dragon for me

StarTropics was a much hyped but high quality NES game. I just loved it. And Double Dragon is one of the classic best em ups. Gosh how many times have I seen that poor lady get punched in the stomach? I wish it was on PS4.

[Kong Wen]

Final Fantasy XII is my favourite game in the modern series (i.e. with most nostalgia taken out of the equation—but still some, since it's a decade old now). Love the gambit system and how you can tweak your party's AI directly. Such a neat way of strategizing battles and automating upkeep like healing.

Cookie Clicker is the OG idle game with a disturbing turn.

StarTropics gets my last single vote because it was a neat adventure and because nostalgia.