Top 512 — Week 1 — Poll 9

[This Old Neon]

Welcome to the #BGE2020 Elimination Round of 512!

Each game is seeded based on its performance in the two opening rounds of pools. Every game in the Upper Bracket has defeated multiple other games in 1-on-1 polls to get to this point. These are still the best of the best.

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HOW TO VOTE

This is easy. You only get one vote per poll. The game with the most votes wins. In the event of a tie, the higher seed advances, so don't get complacent!

[Claytone]

Although I certainly like it, I've never thought SotN was as amazing as the general consensus would suggest. It's good! But it doesn't blow me away.

NMH2 is probably the best of its series and thus probably the best of Suda's works. He so often fails to make the gameplay click, but he did here. Great game.

[Kong Wen]

Although I certainly like it, I've never thought SotN was as amazing as the general consensus would suggest. It's good! But it doesn't blow me away.

NMH2 is probably the best of its series and thus probably the best of Suda's works. He so often fails to make the gameplay click, but he did here. Great game.

I have to get around to giving NMH2 a proper shot one of these days. I found NMH1 pretty mediocre/unimpressive.

[Claytone]

I have to get around to giving NMH2 a proper shot one of these days. I found NMH1 pretty mediocre/unimpressive.

Honestly if you didn't like 1, you probably won't like 2. It's better, but I don't think it's win-doubters-over better.

A lot of my love for NMH is vibes-based, but I do dig the combat. I am also willing to admit that some of my love for it probably comes from the first game releasing at a time of my life when its humor would have worked best and its edginess was novel to me. And then nostalgia has carried me through the rest of the series.

Ironically, NMH3 had probably the best combat yet, but it had the worst story and setting by far, so I consider it a bit of a bummer of an ending.

NMH2 is just nice and streamlined (no open world garbage, which bogged down both 1 and 3). I recently bought the HD version on Switch and have been meaning to give it another go. That would certainly be a good and convenient way for you to try it if you were ever so inclined.