Top 512 — Week 8 — Poll 17

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Which of these two games is BEST?!

241 — Rayman Legends (2013, Multiplatform)
3
43%
272 — Shining in the Darkness (1991, Genesis)
4
57%
 
Total votes: 7

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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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Shining in the Darkness is my favorite dungeon crawler of all time.
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It's a very good dungeon-crawler. In fact, it might be my fave in the genre as well...

Rayman Legends is a solid platformer as well, so this is a battle of two nicely-polished entries in their respective genres, but I think Shining in the Darkness is overall the better game. Plus it gave us Shining Force.
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Kong Wen wrote: 18 Apr 2023 00:39 It's a very good dungeon-crawler. In fact, it might be my fave in the genre as well...

Rayman Legends is a solid platformer as well, so this is a battle of two nicely-polished entries in their respective genres, but I think Shining in the Darkness is overall the better game. Plus it gave us Shining Force.
Fun fact: it took a bit for me to accept Shining Force due to my wanting another dungeon crawler out of it. I had a little bit of a wtf moment at first but it grew on me quickly. Shining Force is probably one of the best Genesis games ever made.
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Sharecrow wrote: 18 Apr 2023 00:44
Kong Wen wrote: 18 Apr 2023 00:39 It's a very good dungeon-crawler. In fact, it might be my fave in the genre as well...

Rayman Legends is a solid platformer as well, so this is a battle of two nicely-polished entries in their respective genres, but I think Shining in the Darkness is overall the better game. Plus it gave us Shining Force.
Fun fact: it took a bit for me to accept Shining Force due to my wanting another dungeon crawler out of it. I had a little bit of a wtf moment at first but it grew on me quickly. Shining Force is probably one of the best Genesis games ever made.
The thing that's impressive is how they were able to take the charm and aesthetic and "feel" of Shining in the Darkness and translate it to a completely different genre. And it works!
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