Round 4, in which we take the lord's name in vain

[Jordan]

Kessen 2 would have received my vote years ago.

I've replayed the game a few times and find it very flawed. There's a lot of things that are mediocre about the game. It would have been nice if KOEI had decided to refine it further in a sequel instead of taking the path that they did.

[Spore]

Brawl gave me Project M. Vessels for great mods count as great games.

[Jordan]

I personally voted for Pikmin and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which are God tier games, goddamn it. There, I said it.

[The Shoemaker]

Very tight race for third right now, you can do it Okami!

[Claytone]

Oh, jeez, why did I vote for Brawl. I should have looked at the vote counts before.

If F-Zero GX loses to Brawl, I will be quite upset. If there were any way to revoke my Brawl vote, I would. Whoops.

[Kong Wen]

Oh, jeez, why did I vote for Brawl. I should have looked at the vote counts before.

If F-Zero GX loses to Brawl, I will be quite upset. If there were any way to revoke my Brawl vote, I would. Whoops.

Could Clay have eliminated F-Zero GX from BGE15? Find out this Saturday.

[Claytone]

Oh, jeez, why did I vote for Brawl. I should have looked at the vote counts before.

If F-Zero GX loses to Brawl, I will be quite upset. If there were any way to revoke my Brawl vote, I would. Whoops.

Could Clay have eliminated F-Zero GX from BGE15? Find out this Saturday.

It is statistically likely. What a blunder!

[Sharecrow]

I went with Suikoden only here - it's charm and fun-factor are top knotch. I need to get back to this one...will once I get caught up a little on other RPG's I'm juggling.

[SkyPikachu]

I want to vote for Okami so badly but I've never played it. I've watched people play it and it's such a beautiful game.

If you want to vote for it so badly, I recommend voting for it.

As for me, I stuck with two votes in this round:

Playing Suikoden for the first time was mind-blowing. It was one of the first sprite-based RPGs I played on PS1, and after coming from SNES, it was so neat to see large-form characters that could articulate in so many different ways, from nodding to kneeling, extending arms, etc. I loved collecting characters, building my castle, and I especially loved the various battle systems and how they sometimes come at you by surprise. I feel like this game had an understated effect on my development as a gamer and as an RPG fan, but then I find myself remembering various things about the game quite fondly. I should get back to it (again).

My second vote was for Okami. I actually played the HD version on PS3 (not listed here because I didn't nominate it). Beautiful game, and a fresh, original take on the old "explore a 3D world while getting upgrades" formula.

I don't want to be known as the guy who nominated a game his never played. I didn't know there was a PSN version I'm going to check it out.

[Kong Wen]

Pikmin, F-Zero GX, and Suikoden will advance to Round 5!