#BGE2020 - Round 1 - Pool 247

[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!

[Skullomancer]

Hey. Hey, you. Yes, you.

Play CrossCode. It's good.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/368340/CrossCode/

[Sharecrow]

Lolo 3 for me - one of the few puzzle games that are do-able for me. That and the first two are awesome but not too too hard. Just excellent.

[Kong Wen]

Main vote for X-Wing, a beautiful dogfighting sim. Secondary vote for Lolo for being part of a great puzzling series. I didn't even cast my third vote because I haven't played CrossCode yet. It does look good!

[Claytone]

New Super Mario Bros. has turned into a series that feels anything but "New" entry to entry, but I think the original installment was a lot of fun. Haven't played it in years and years, but I bet I'd still think that.

To be clear, I've beaten all of them because I really love Mario, but I empathize with the sense of fatigue regarding the complacency the series got into. On the other hand, it has somehow been 7 years since the last one (8 if you don't count Luigi U). Wow!

Edit: I also will say I found it pretty disingenuous for Miyamoto to say he didn't want to make a new F-Zero because he couldn't think of anything new to do with the series. Meanwhile they cranked out 5 of these NSMB games in 7 years with only the slightest gimmicks to differentiate them. Just say it's about the money, Shiggy.

[evildevil97]

I love oldschool Namco. My sister and I played Toy Pop co-op countless times when it was part of the Namco Museum on PS1.