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Round 1: V is for Variety, my second-favourite spice

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.

1987 - Phantasy Star - SMS
1995 - Crusader: No Remorse - PC
2000 - Icewind Dale - PC
2006 - Hitman: Blood Money - Multiplatform
2007 - The Witcher - PC
2009 - Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes - DS
2009 - WarioWare: D.I.Y. - DS
2011 - Jetpack Joyride - Mobile
2011 - Rhythm Heaven Fever / Beat the Beat: Rhythm Paradise - Wii
2013 - Antichamber - PC

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

I'm leaning towards Phantasy Star, but I really feel like I ought to give Antichamber a chance before locking in my vote. I've heard so many great things about it, but I never really had a chance to give it some attention.

Always enjoyed some Phantasy Star. And how am I the only one for Icewind Dale? I loved that game more than Baldur's Gate.

Never played any of those unfortunately. Although I would like to try the Phantasy Star series at some point.

Putting votes into WarioWare: D.I.Y. and Rhythm Heaven Fever.

WW:DIY takes an intimidating concept--game development--and turns it into something that's easy to learn and pull off, even with no prior dev experience. While the amount of premade content is lacking compared to the other WWs, it's still my favorite in the series.

RHF is the perfect mixture of accessible and challenging, and has some super creative levels that aren't overly complex.

Finding myself giving a single vote once again. A few games on the list that I very much enjoyed, but none compare to the personal impact and even NA impact this game had. NES folks may not know this, but outside Japan, Phantasy Star was the first JRPG to hit the market. Kicks the crap out of the original Final Fantasy and even Dragon Warrior, too, IMO.

I was holding off on voting until I had at least booted Antichamber. While I can see its merits (I think it's a more "pure" puzzle game than e.g. Portal, to which it's often compared), I still don't think I was able to sink my teeth in deep enough to be able to justify a vote, so I stuck with my original pick of Phantasy Star.

Maybe I'll be more Antichamber-literate by the time the next BGE comes around.

I thought about throwing in a vote in this one, but I don't feel like I"ve played enough games on here to make a good decision. I've heard Icewind Dale and the Witcher were amazing, but never played either one unfortunately.

Jordan wrote:I thought about throwing in a vote in this one, but I don't feel like I"ve played enough games on here to make a good decision. I've heard Icewind Dale and the Witcher were amazing, but never played either one unfortunately.

I too have heard good things about Icewind Dale, but I have played the Witcher and it is a slow, clunky single player MMO. Not really worth it's better later chapters imo. It's the only one here I've really appreciably played, but I ain't votin for it.

It warms my heart to see Phantasy Star doing so well.