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Round 3: The British Columbia Bracket

You can vote for 1-3 games in this poll. Vote carefully—you can't change your votes after submitting them. The #1, #2, and #3 ranked games at the end of the week will move on to Round 4.

1982 - Ms. Pac-Man - Arcade
1991 - Metroid II: The Return of Samus - GB
1996 - Pokémon [Blue/Red] Version - GB
1998 - Heart of Darkness - PS1
2002 - Guilty Gear X2 - PS2
2002 - Ratchet & Clank - PS2
2003 - F-Zero GX - GCN
2005 - God of War - PS2
2014 - Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS - 3DS
2015 - Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate - 3DS

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

Pokemon and Ratchet and Clank.

I loved everything about ratchet and clank apart from the final boss and not having enough bolts.

First time using all 3 votes. Pokemon Red/Blue has just so much nostalgia for me. F-Zero GX is, well.... F-Zero and it's awesome. Smash 3DS is my least favourite Smash game, but it's still brilliant.

This is another great bracket. I voted for only Monster Hunter 4, though. I spent countless hours on that game and felt it was one of the best games I played in both single and multiplayer.

Monster Hunter was a very easy choice for me. I also love 3DS Smash for its portability.

Only God of War is getting my vote here. It had a fun story and really fun fighting and action. Gotta love mythical ancient Greece...

Speaking of, I need to get around to play 2. Perhaps after my October creepy gaming...

I voted for God of War as well. It was not the kind of game I expected it to be. I thought it would be a full-on action brawler. While the fighting was indeed quite solid, I was surprised and impressed by the puzzle elements and the intricate and interesting environments. Hades. *shudder*

Ms. Pac Man and F-Zero gotta go deep.

Kong Wen wrote:I voted for God of War as well. It was not the kind of game I expected it to be. I thought it would be a full-on action brawler. While the fighting was indeed quite solid, I was surprised and impressed by the puzzle elements and the intricate and interesting environments. Hades. *shudder*

Oh, in addition to this, I also voted for Ratchet & Clank. It's one of a healthy wave of action-platformers that really executed with tight gameplay and design before eventually descending into sequel dilution.

And of course, it goes without saying, that I voted emphatically for Ms. Pac-Man, one of the greatest refinements of the arcade era.

Ratchet & Clank is an amazing game. The only reason why it did not get my vote is because I felt its two PS2 sequels improved upon it in nearly every way. I'm a big fan of the series though.