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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.

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.

Ni No Kuni, such a beautiful beautiful game.

Non-vote from me. Either unplayed or unworthy.

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.

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!

Jordan wrote: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

Forscyvus wrote: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.

Elite Beat Agents moves into the next round.