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Welcome to This Old Neon’s fourth official “BEST GAME EVER!!!” Project.

Round Two of the “Best Game You’ve Never Played (Ever)” side-event includes the next batch of games as well as the winners of Round One. There are 5 polls of 7-8 games each. If a game you nominated doesn’t appear in these polls, it probably seeded high enough to get a bye into a later round.

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• You can vote for UP TO THREE (3) games per poll, or skip a poll entirely.
• The top 3 games from each poll will advance to Round Three.
• You can’t change your votes once they’ve been submitted, so click carefully. Voting closes on Saturday at midnight AST.

Don’t forget to vote in the main event and find your way to the other user-submitted categories at http://thisoldneon.com/bge!

Unlike other post in this crossed out game are games I've played.

Poll 1 of 5
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000, PC)
Beyond Good & Evil (2003, Multiplatform)
BioShock (2008, Multiplatform)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997, PS1)
Celeste (2018, Multiplatform)
Elite (1984, PC)
Pokémon [Blue/Red] Version (1996, GB)

Beyond Good & Evil looks really fun I actually own it on Xbox One and Steam I'll be streaming it at some point.

Poll 2 of 5
Dark Souls (2011, Multiplatform)
Fallout: New Vegas (2010, Multiplatform)
Metroid Prime (2002, GCN)
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (2004, GCN)
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (2007, Wii)
Red Dead Redemption (2010, Multiplatform)
Super Metroid (1994, SNES)

I stay clear from hard games so this is a never touch title. Regardless I've heard nothing but wonders about this game (other than it breaks controllers).

Poll 3 of 5
Chrono Trigger (1995, SNES)
Kingdom Hearts III (2019, PS4/XBO)
Portal (2007, Multiplatform)
Portal 2 (2011, Multiplatform)
Rocket League (2015, Multiplatform)
Shenmue (1999, DC)
Spider-Man (2018, PS4)

Three games on my to play list. Spiderman looks amazing. Rocket League is such an interesting concept and Kingdom Hearts III is part of a series I love.

Poll 4 of 5
Firewatch (2016, Multiplatform)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (1998, Saturn)
Persona 4 [incl. Golden] (2008, PS2/Vita)
Planescape: Torment (1999, PC)
Seiken Densetsu 3 (1995, SNES)
Shining in the Darkness (1991, Genesis)
XCOM: Enemy [Unknown/Within] (2012, Multiplatform)

Vita forums make this game out to be some oh godly game. I'm guessing it's not as good as 5 but it's know as a very solid series nonetheless.

Poll 5 of 5
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004, GCN)
The Last of Us (2013, PS3)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991, SNES)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017, NS)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000, N64)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998, N64)
Sid Meier's Civilization IV (2010, PC)
Super Mario 64 (1996, N64)

I nominated AlttP and Paper Mario Ttyd so they're easy pick but I've also heard great things about The Last of Us as it looks really cool.

Dark Souls isn't a hard game.

Kong Wen wrote: ↑11 Mar 2019 13:37 Dark Souls isn't a hard game.

Am I confusing it with something else in the series? You die a lot right?

Slurmee wrote: ↑11 Mar 2019 13:39

Kong Wen wrote: ↑11 Mar 2019 13:37 Dark Souls isn't a hard game.

Am I confusing it with something else in the series? You die a lot right?

Yes. That doesn't mean it's hard, though. Dying is a progression mechanic. You can stealth/ambush a lot of the enemies. Great game. Especially for it to be in a category like this, of best games you've never played, I recommend not letting its reputation stop you from at least trying it. Just don't spend lots of money on it if you're not sure it'd be for you.

I might stream a re-run through the first one sometime, actually.

Kong Wen wrote: ↑11 Mar 2019 13:37 Dark Souls isn't a hard game.

It is definitely a difficult game. Although I do find it funny how it became the benchmark comparison of difficult games in gaming journalism.

I voted.

Poll 1:
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - the 4th best Castlevania game
Elite

Poll 2:
Dark Souls
Fallout: New Vegas
Super Metroid - the best Metroid game

Poll 3:
Chrono Trigger - the best time-tragedy
Portal - the best first-person puzzle-platformer

Poll 4:
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Planescape: Torment
XCOM: Enemy Unknown/Within

Poll 5:
I don't even know what's happening in this poll.

Kong Wen wrote: ↑14 Mar 2019 14:57 Poll 5:
I don't even know what's happening in this poll.

I nominated Paper Mario and Alttp. I skipped the GCN completely and games like that are super expensive. Virtual Console for GCN doesn't exist so bad luck to me.

Alttp is just a game I keep putting off playing.

Slurmee wrote: ↑15 Mar 2019 06:29

Kong Wen wrote: ↑14 Mar 2019 14:57 Poll 5:
I don't even know what's happening in this poll.

I nominated Paper Mario and Alttp. I skipped the GCN completely and games like that are super expensive. Virtual Console for GCN doesn't exist so bad luck to me.

Alttp is just a game I keep putting off playing.

My confusion is more along the lines of, I feel I could almost vote for any of these games, but not because they're all great and essential, but more because they're all at the same middling level of required-playing with some caveats.

Breath of the Wild is probably the best non-Last-of-Us game on the list, but I feel like it's too new/recent to really recommend it as an essential gap, since a lot of people simply haven't had the chance to play it yet. Majora's Mask is an overall better game than Ocarina of Time.

I guess I answered my question, though. A Link to the Past is essential, and The Last of Us is a better game than the rest of them.

Winners of Round Two

Poll 1 of 5

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Celeste
Elite

Poll 2 of 5

Dark Souls
Fallout: New Vegas
Red Dead Redemption

Poll 3 of 5

Portal
Portal 2
Chrono Trigger
Spider-Man

Poll 4 of 5

Panzer Dragoon Saga
Planescape: Torment
Persona 4 [incl. Golden]
XCOM: Enemy Unknown/Within

Poll 5 of 5

The Last of Us
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time