Top 256 — Week 3 — Poll 30

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Which of these two games is BEST?!

94 — Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (1993, TG16)
4
50%
163 — Pikmin 2 (2004, GCN)
4
50%
 
Total votes: 8

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Welcome to the #BGE2020 Elimination Round of 256!

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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Pikmin 2 is so much fun and ramps up the difficulty by 1000 compared to the other games. I love 3 more but it's still a massive improvement on 1 and a series I adore.
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I'm one of the only people—or, one of the only Castlevania fans at least—who's not a huge fan of Rondo. If this were Pikmin 1, I might have been inclined to give it the slight edge based on originality and creativity alone. But since this is merely the sequel, I'll either abstain or come back and vote for Rondo later.
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Rondo of Blood is awesome. It’s only flaw is being too difficult imho. That said, it’s fair - just cruel. Also it makes beating levels all that much more satisfying. I haven’t finished one in awhile though….have been stuck…
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Kong Wen wrote: 18 Jul 2023 14:19 I'm one of the only people—or, one of the only Castlevania fans at least—who's not a huge fan of Rondo. If this were Pikmin 1, I might have been inclined to give it the slight edge based on originality and creativity alone. But since this is merely the sequel, I'll either abstain or come back and vote for Rondo later.
2 completely fixed all the major issues of 1 though and is a far far superior title than 1 in that sense.
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SkyPikachu wrote: 18 Jul 2023 18:53
Kong Wen wrote: 18 Jul 2023 14:19 I'm one of the only people—or, one of the only Castlevania fans at least—who's not a huge fan of Rondo. If this were Pikmin 1, I might have been inclined to give it the slight edge based on originality and creativity alone. But since this is merely the sequel, I'll either abstain or come back and vote for Rondo later.
2 completely fixed all the major issues of 1 though and is a far far superior title than 1 in that sense.
In that sense, at least. But the main reason it would get a vote at all (from me) is for creativity and originality. I'd vote for Pikmin 1 over Pikmin 2 if they were directly matched, for example.
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Kong Wen wrote: 18 Jul 2023 20:07
SkyPikachu wrote: 18 Jul 2023 18:53
Kong Wen wrote: 18 Jul 2023 14:19 I'm one of the only people—or, one of the only Castlevania fans at least—who's not a huge fan of Rondo. If this were Pikmin 1, I might have been inclined to give it the slight edge based on originality and creativity alone. But since this is merely the sequel, I'll either abstain or come back and vote for Rondo later.
2 completely fixed all the major issues of 1 though and is a far far superior title than 1 in that sense.
In that sense, at least. But the main reason it would get a vote at all (from me) is for creativity and originality. I'd vote for Pikmin 1 over Pikmin 2 if they were directly matched, for example.
That's fair.
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