Round 6: The Mares of Diomedes

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What 5 games should advance to Round 7?

Poll ended at 29 Oct 2015 20:10

1984 - Marble Madness - Arcade/NES
9
17%
1992 - Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss - PC
3
6%
1993 - Batsugun - Arcade/Saturn
2
4%
1995 - Secret of Mana 2 / Seiken Densetsu 3 - SNES
3
6%
2001 - Pikmin - GCN
14
27%
2005 - Dynasty Warriors 5 - PS2
5
10%
2010 - Epic Mickey - Wii
2
4%
2012 - Bravely Default - 3DS
4
8%
2013 - Dead Space 3 - PS3
2
4%
2013 - Pokémon [X/Y] - 3DS
8
15%
 
Total votes: 52

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Some weird alignment of the gaming stars has allowed me a single vote for Batsugun. The odds here are staggering.
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Sharecrow wrote:I'm putting in the call that I'll be the only one voting for Dead Space 3, but it really is something special.
Unless you can sway Rad back to the forum for a day to cast a special vote. :)
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Marble Madness has great music and I recommend these buttmetal covers https://stemage.bandcamp.com/album/wher ... le-madness
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I'll also just put out there that Pokemon X got my vote for introducing me to Pokemon. It has a lot of flaws that aggrivate me, but it was still an enjoyable enough experience. Much preferred Omega Ruby. I have no tolerance for old school Pokemon nonsense.
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Man, Marble Madness is clearly something I've been missing out on. I'll have to look that one up.
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Kong Wen wrote:Man, Marble Madness is clearly something I've been missing out on. I'll have to look that one up.
It's a great game (and brutally challenging), but not a game I'd ever consider for BGE. All the votes is a little baffling to me.
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VictorViper wrote:
Kong Wen wrote:Man, Marble Madness is clearly something I've been missing out on. I'll have to look that one up.
It's a great game (and brutally challenging), but not a game I'd ever consider for BGE. All the votes is a little baffling to me.
This is one of those situations where someone chiming in with a reason for their vote would be very helpful, then! It's a blind spot for me, so I'd like to try it, but I don't even know what it is about the game that makes it great.
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I'm terribly sorry for this. I voted for Pokemon Y and Pikmin. Well, I'm not sorry for voting for Pikmin, but I am sorry for voting for Pokemon. At least I voted for the best in the series!
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Kong Wen wrote:
VictorViper wrote:
Kong Wen wrote:Man, Marble Madness is clearly something I've been missing out on. I'll have to look that one up.
It's a great game (and brutally challenging), but not a game I'd ever consider for BGE. All the votes is a little baffling to me.
This is one of those situations where someone chiming in with a reason for their vote would be very helpful, then! It's a blind spot for me, so I'd like to try it, but I don't even know what it is about the game that makes it great.
It's literally the first game I ever played.

I remember it being really goddamn hard. You had to guide a marble down these slopes and into a goal or something like that, and it wasn't easy to control. There were also holes and stuff that could screw you over.

But I also remember enjoying the hell out of it...and then basically getting into video games. I'm not even sure I'd enjoy it if I replayed it, but it got me into video games so that's worth a vote. :oops:
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Marble Madness, Pikmin, Dynasty Warriors 5, Bravely Default, and Pokemon X & Y will advance to the final qualifying round!

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