Round 1: H is for Hard decisions!

[This Old Neon]

Round 1: H is for Hard decisions!

You can vote for 0-9 games in this poll. Pick as many or as few as you like, but vote carefully—you can't change your votes after submitting them. The #1 ranked game at the end of the week will move on to Round 2.

1981 - Frogger - Arcade/A2600
1987 - Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - NES
1994 - Alien vs. Predator - Arcade
1996 - Tomb Raider - PS1
2001 - Serious Sam: The First Encounter - PC
2003 - Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire - GBA
2003 - Ys: The Ark of Napishtim - PC
2006 - Final Fantasy V Advance - GBA
2011 - LittleBigPlanet 2 - PS3
2011 - Magicka - PC

You are encouraged to discuss your choices and your reasons for selecting the games you did.

[Kong Wen]

Sorry, Castlevania II. While I do love you, I had to go with Final Fantasy V on this one. It's not even my favourite Final Fantasy game, but it does the job system so well that I couldn't resist.

FFV also earns some nostalgia points, since it was one of those games that was withheld from us in the west for so long. I remember being a kid and reading about this amazing new FF game in a magazine, but then it never materialized. When it eventually made its way over, I was thrilled to finally have a chance to enjoy it.

[pdSlooper]

Final Fantasy V Advance also gets my vote. I didn't care much for the story, which is about as generic as jRPGs get, but the job system was delightful, and fantastically suited to a portable system. I really love the music for FF5, too.

[Humphries90]

I guess I should go with Final Fantasy V, haven't played the Advance version but no doubt it's similar to the PS1 version. Loved the job system.

[VictorViper]

Taking a pass. Unplayed, undeserving or straight up despised.

[WeiWenDi]

Voted both Frogger and Tomb Raider for the cultural importance of each. Though I did have a lot of fun with Frogger.

[The Shoemaker]

I think I spent more time with LittleBigPlanet 1, LittleBigPlanet 2 was still a lot of fun. The expanded level creator was great to see, there's so much that can be done, many different sub-genre's you could make too.

[VictorViper]

Ended up voting mainly to help try and edge out the inevitable FF freight train. Serious Sam was a dream come true for Doom loyalists like myself who couldn't play Doom anymore. Simon's Quest got my vote as well. Infuriating though it was, my old friend Adam and I had many (not)sleep-overs trying to conquer it, and eventually we did.

[Kong Wen]

Final Fantasy V Advance advances into the next round.