Round 1: W is for Welcome to This Old Neon!

[This Old Neon]

Round 1: W is for Welcome to This Old Neon!

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.

1994 - Windjammers - NG
1999 - FreeSpace 2 - PC
2006 - Elite Beat Agents - DS
2006 - Ys Origin - PC
2011 - Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch - PS3
2011 - The Last Story - Wii
2012 - Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition - PC
2012 - Retro City Rampage - Multiplatform
2012 - Black Mesa - PC
2013 - One Finger Death Punch - X360/PC

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

[Jordan]

Glad to see Elite Beat Agents dominating this one. That's one of my favorite games of all times. Rhythm games have always been a guilty pleasure of mine, but Elite Beat Agents was especially memorable for also being really creative and entertaining with the way it told stories through each song.

[Humphries90]

Ni No Kuni, such a beautiful beautiful game.

[VictorViper]

Non-vote from me. Either unplayed or unworthy.

[Kong Wen]

I went with Ni No Kuni on this one. It's a competent RPG that earns bonus points for its polish and the sheer scale of its commitment to itself (the game is long, and none of its little side-show features seem simply tacked-on). But above and beyond that, it was able to evoke a nice, effortless emotional connection.

I have a nostalgic connection to this game that I often talk about, even though it's only a few years old. It came out here about a week after we adopted Berlin, and this little Dober-nugget used to climb up in my lap and sit with me while I played. She would intently watch the characters moving around on the TV. It was a really nice winter.

[Forscyvus]

All these groups are so easy because I've only played one of each!

Actually this group makes me sad because I have a copy of Ni No Kuni sitting on my shelf in the shrinkwrap. I'll get to you eventually, NNK!

[Forscyvus]

Glad to see Elite Beat Agents dominating this one. That's one of my favorite games of all times. Rhythm games have always been a guilty pleasure of mine, but Elite Beat Agents was especially memorable for also being really creative and entertaining with the way it told stories through each song.

I love EBA. It's both really fun and monumentally stupid

[Kong Wen]

I love EBA. It's both really fun and monumentally stupid

While I love NNK a lot, I don't begrudge EBA for leading it. EBA is indeed a balls-out ridiculous fun game.

[Kong Wen]

Elite Beat Agents moves into the next round.