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

Round Three of the “Best Game You’ve Never Played (Ever)” side-event includes the next batch of games as well as the winners of Round Two. There are 3 polls of 7 games each.

• You can vote for UP TO TWO (2) games per poll, or skip a poll entirely.
• The top 2 games from each poll will advance to the category finals.
• You can’t change your votes once they’ve been submitted, so click carefully. Voting closes on Saturday at midnight ADT.

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

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Poll 2 of 3
Celeste (2018, Multiplatform)
Fallout: New Vegas (2010, Multiplatform)
Half-Life 2 (2004, Multiplatform)
Planescape: Torment (1999, PC)
Portal (2007, Multiplatform)
Portal 2 (2011, Multiplatform)
The Last of Us (2013, PS3)

I don't know how to really get into talking about my rationale for this category. Planescape: Torment is coming to PS4 with the rest of those D&D games soon. Hopefully then more people will get to play them.

Poll 3 of 3
Dark Souls (2011, Multiplatform)
Elite (1984, PC)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (1998, Saturn)
Persona 4 [incl. Golden] (2008, PS2/Vita)
Shadow of the Colossus (2005, PS2)
Spider-Man (2018, PS4)
XCOM: Enemy [Unknown/Within] (2012, Multiplatform)

I really want to see Panzer Dragoon Saga keep getting votes, because it's in a (sadly) perfect zone for this category: lots of people haven't played it, and the people who want to play it can't. RIP.

So have people been nominating games they know are supposed to be really good /best games ever etc. But voting for games they have actually played in the polls?

Ouenben wrote: ↑19 Mar 2019 19:12 So have people been nominating games they know are supposed to be really good /best games ever etc. But voting for games they have actually played in the polls?

Bit of both.

I've been voting for games I think are good but haven't played. It's an interesting one.

Didn't see the point voting for games I've actually played properly as this poll is about games not played. Feels weird

Here are the winners of Round Three, which will advance to the finals:

Poll 1:
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997, PS1)
Chrono Trigger (1995, SNES)

Poll 2:
Half-Life 2 (2004, Multiplatform)
Planescape: Torment (1999, PC)

Poll 3:
Dark Souls (2011, Multiplatform)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (1998, Saturn)

Man, GREAT winners in this round. The finals are going to be HARD.

Agreed, other than Dark Souls these all look like top tier games I haven't played

The Shoemaker wrote: ↑25 Mar 2019 04:03 Agreed, other than Dark Souls these all look like top tier games I haven't played

There are also two top-seeded games that will be appearing for the first time in the finals. One of which you've definitely played.