BOTTOM 320 — Week 4 — Poll 8

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Which of these two games is NOT QUITE THE BEST BUT DOESN'T DESERVE THIS FATE (YET...)?

169 — Streets of Rage 2 / Streets of Rage II (1992, Genesis)
5
71%
280 — Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1987, NES)
2
29%
 
Total votes: 7

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BOTTOM 320 — Week 4 — Poll 8

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Welcome to the #BGE2020 Elimination Round Lower Bracket!

Each game in the lower bracket is still seeded based on its performance in the two opening rounds of pools! Every game in the lower bracket has already been defeated by another game in a 1-on-1 poll to get to this point. This is their chance to claw their way back into the main event... but the stakes are high. The games that lose in these polls are out of the tournament for good! The games that survive will face the next crop of upper bracket losers in the next round.

Polls are updated weekly, typically on Monday. Check back throughout the week to make sure you don't miss a vote!

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!

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Re: BOTTOM 320 — Week 4 — Poll 8

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Casting an iconoclastic vote for Zelda II here. The overall structure and design of the game may be weird in the context of the larger Zelda oeuvre nowadays, but at the time I'm glad they tried to make something different and Zeldalike rather than just making the first game over and over again. So besides the design being wonky, the combat itself is fast and fluid and fun. Making the final boss just... you, further emphasizes the centrality of the combat.
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