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Game of the Decade Contest Analysis Crew - Part 4
Except everybody thought you were extremely lame. And you're a bad person to emulate. So no. --- PSN - Aevio Playing: Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes |
But...I almost won! Sure showed them! |
close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades --- "oh god do not search google images for "shaved bear" without turning safesearch on first" - Dauntless Hunter |
5% off isn't close! --- This is the kind of shit that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists? |
If
Transience hadn't posted that freakin 61.77% for this match, I'd be in
the clear for an easy guest point :P As it is, I have to hope AC2 gets
an ASV boost to put it over 62%. --- PSN - Aevio Playing: Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes |
ac2 should eat this day vote alive. that said, this match makes MGS look kinda bad and SOTC look pretty decent. MGS2/SOTC could be halfway interesting. --- xyzzy |
Shadow of the Colossus to win its division! --- This is the kind of shit that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists? |
I
don't know. I think we just assumed that AC is a day game, but it got a
solid boost from Europe and Oceana during its last match against MGS4,
while North America only showed a 0.10% over the world percentage. That said, I also firmly believe AC2 is weaker than AC. --- PSN - Aevio Playing: Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes |
I look like a genius today! --- xyzzy |
If AC2 wins with less than 61.89% of the vote, I'm sporking Tranny. --- PSN - Aevio Playing: Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes |
you're a genius to me every day --- http://myanimelist.net/profile/applekidjosh <Die the death>! <Sentence to death>! <Great equalizer is the death>!! |
Excuse me, 61.84% --- PSN - Aevio Playing: Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes |
*Looks at percentage* *Looks at percentage trend* *Starts sharpening his spork* --- PSN - Aevio Playing: Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes |
Northwest Division: Round 1 - Match 63 – (7) Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door vs. (10) Gears of War Moltar’s Analysis Paper Mario TTYD More PM domination ahead Gears of War More Gears failure ahead Hey look, it’s another match where we’ve already seen representatives from each series. The original Paper Mario tore up Katamari Damacy, and that happened after Gears 2 bombed against Portal. This match right here may have been debatable pre-contest, but not any more. Yeah, Gears 1 is going to be stronger than 2, and TTYD is most likely weaker than the original Paper Mario. That isn’t going to matter though, because the gap between the two is still far too wide for this match to be up in the air. Moltar’s Bracket: TTYD > Gears of War Moltar’s Prediction: Paper Mario TTYD - 60% Lopen’s Analysis I was a bit worried about this one at first. I mean, TTYD probably isn't going to be as strong as the original Paper Mario, and who knows how good the original even is. Then GoW2 laid the egg of war, and all was at ease. Oh and I guess Paper Mario whoopin that Katamari ass helped confidence too. Lopen's prediction: Paper Mario TTYD with 62.84% Transience’s Analysis Gears 2 got destroyed by Portal while Paper Mario went big against Katamari, so I imagine this'll be a sweep in PM2's favour. It's a misleading conclusion though: PM2 is definitely weaker than PM1 while Gears 1 is way more popular than Gears 2. Gears 2 has been destroyed in every poll it's ever been in. PM2's only performance is a respectable third behind Tales of Symphonia and Metroid Prime 2. It didn't get killed, but third best Gamecube game isn't as good as third best game of the year, almost beating out FF12. That said, Gears has plummeted since 2006 and looks to be pretty weak on this website. I'll take Paper Mario over Gears 1 but not because of PM1 and Gears 2's performances. I'll take it because Gears has become awful and Paper Mario is, at the very least, decent. transience's prediction: Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door with 59.91% Leon’s Analysis You know, I’m kinda surprised both of the Paper Mario games got such high seeds. I’m also kinda surprised the original Paper Mario got a higher seed than TTYD, which I see a lot of people regard as the better game. They’re both great though! With that said, I’m going out on a limb and taking TTYD to win here. As I mentioned in my Gears 2 writeup, this series is trending the other way really quickly, and I think the Paper Mario games are more popular than people realize. It’s also one of those precious, rare GameCube RPGs. That could inflate its value, in addition to being an RPG starring Mario (which has proved to be a successful formula in the past!). It seems like the board is jumping all over this one though. I still wouldn’t be surprised if Gears wins this one, but we’ll see. Leonhart’s Embarrassing Confession of the Match: I named the Yoshi Dude in TTYD “Squall.” He was my favorite party member, too. Dude’s awesome. Leonhart’s Vote: The Thousand-Year Door. Leonhart’s Prediction: The Thousand-Year Door with 52.18% Kleenex’s Analysis I actually have Gears in my bracket for this match. Seemed like a good idea at the time. After Paper Mario decided to ream Katamari, I'm not quite so sure. Now, I'm fairly certain that TTYD is going to be weaker than the original game. By the same token, Gears 1 is probably stronger than 2. Unfortunately, the difference between is all this probably too much to make up. I'm not as confident as I probably should be in this match, but Paper Mario just looked too good in its match. Kleenex's Prediction: Paper Mario 2 with 62.01% |
Applekidjosh’s Analysis Whoops! Forgot about this until it was too late and now I'm going to see Harry Potter so if you want my reasoning here listen to The Show imo AKJ says Paper Mario TYD > Gears of War with 57% Guest’s Analysis - Chaotic Mind IT'S FREAKING MARIO /kleenex analysis Though really not much more needs to be said here. Check out these polls: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4119 and http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4113 and also http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3472 Now, Paper Mario is no Portal, TTYD is supposedly weaker than the original Paper Mario (though i don't know if i believe that, i personally never heard of Paper Mario until TTYD came out), Gears 1 should be at least a little stronger than 2, and Gears is no lame ass Katamari. However, Mario still wins very easily, likely >60%. Let's go with: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - 61.47% Crew Consensus: Paper beats Rock....or Gears |
I kinda hope we get curse'd --- xyzzy |
What do you know, I'm also heading out for Harry Potter tonight! --- Currently Playing: StarCraft, Zelda: Ocarina of Time |
I'm watching HP tomorrow!! And Tranny should be happy, barring a drastic drop in percentage over the next half hour, he is no longer in danger of being sporked :) --- PSN - Aevio Playing: Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes |
HERE WE GOOOOOOOOO Assassin's Creed II vs ICO Yesterday I talked about how Assassin's Creed and God of War are the Modern Action Twins and will likely perform similarly on GameFAQs all season. So after an impressive win over L4D followed by holding two of the strongest franchises on this site (MGS and Zelda) below 64%, you might think I would shoot for the moon against a much weaker opponent. But you would be OH SO WRONG. The Action Twins have huge playrates and most who have tried the games enjoyed them, which is why they've been impossible to blow out and dang difficult to even double. That's nice, but to succeed in the era of SmartVoterFAQs you can't just be liked, you need to be loved- either that, or highly respected. Prime example: Shadow of the Colossus. Sure it was going up against complete garbage, but we'd still never have expected it could post 70% on anything pre-SmartVoterFAQs. Despite the smallish playrate SotC is adored by a group of core fans and well respected by everyone else, and that's exactly what you need this season. The question is... can you say the same for its semi-prequel? My answer would be "yes"; it was nowhere near SotC in terms of sales, but by now everyone has heard people rave about ICO as one of the most artistic and original games ever, so I think there's enough goodwill for it to capitalize on a good portion of the voting block that still hasn't tried Assassin's Creed. AC's still way too popular to seriously consider the upset, of course, but I feel good about ICO's chances at avoiding the doubling! Assassin's Creed II with 64.79% --- thengamer.com/guru | thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com If I were you I'd search B8 for The Show, the cool Ng/yoblazer Contest podcast! |
Paper Mario: TTYD vs Gears of War Just what I've always dreamed of- a chance to measure Paper Mario 2 vs Portal indirectly! (Except that GoW1 is probably a touch stronger than the sequel, since people at least cared about it for two months rather than two days.) Before the Contest I might have been hard-pressed to pick a favorite in that match, but now it looks as though Portal might even be a straight up favorite against Mario RPG, something I'd never have thought was possible! But as for PM/GoW specifically, the writing is all over the wall for this one. Portal destroyed the sequel, PM1 blew up its weak opponent, jRPGs have been tearing it up all season, single console "casual" titles have been largely disappointing, and SmartVoterFAQs would clearly be on the side of the GameCube era RPG. The only trend you might claim in Gears' favor would be the two prior flops we've seen out of Mario, but ehhhh, I'm thinking the different era and genre is going to keep it plenty safe from what stung NSMBW. TTYD is no Portal, but I think it pushes toward 60 regardless! Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door with 59.67% --- thengamer.com/guru | thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com If I were you I'd search B8 for The Show, the cool Ng/yoblazer Contest podcast! |
Northwest Division: Round 1 - Match 64 – (2) Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion vs. (15) Soul Calibur 2 Moltar’s Analysis Oblivion One of the surprises from 2009 returns Soul Calibur 2 Or Link featuring some Soul Calibur characters So after Oblivion did well in 2009, it has come back with a 2 seed here. Not bad. Meanwhile, Soul Calibur 2 got in by taking second place in the weakest vote-in poll we had. Despite the vote-in poll, SC2 probably isn’t going to look too bad here, as it was a popular, well-received, multiplatform game that features our Contest God, Link. Still, Oblivion isn’t going to drop a match like this after beating out a ton of solid midcard games that I’d take over SC2. I’m interested to see if it was just a four-way wonder though. Morrowind did beat WarCraft, but WarCraft isn’t strong. Let’s see what the stronger Oblivion does here. Moltar’s Bracket: Oblivion > SC2 Moltar’s Prediction: Oblivion - 65% Lopen’s Analysis I really thought Oblivion was overrated new age trash. I have Soul Calibur 2 winning this in my bracket... I... think. I'm not even sure anymore. In any case, while I still think Oblivion is a bit overrated, Gears of War 2 (they were in the same qualifier) laying the previously mentioned egg of war, along with Morrowind beating Warcraft, has me thinking this match sadly won't even be close. Still think Soul Calibur 2 will be the peak for the series, and should be somewhat respectable, but unless GameFAQs is still all hot and bothered over Link's particularly tight outfit from the GC release of the game, Oblivion should win somewhat easily. Lopen's prediction: Oblivion with 57.87% Transience’s Analysis Oblivion is supposedly on Fallout 3's level. SC2 lost to Gears 2 in the vote-in poll - a poll where every game sans Viewtiful Joe has gotten embarrassed. This should be an easy one. I'm not sure what else to say. People have been talking about a fighting game boom thanks to MVC2 beating NSMB Wii, and if that's true then SC2 should overperform. Oblivion's gotten some hype as a Zelda killer but after God of War 2 got destroyed last night, it probably doesn't matter what it does here. I don't think Oblivion is on F3's level so I don't think it has a shot on Zelda. Not that Fallout 3 would have a shot either. transience's prediction: Oblivion with 68.13% Leon’s Analysis Oblivion did really well in the last Games Contest, leading people (including me) to think it’s got a good shot at beating Wind Waker in a couple rounds. I sort of feel like it’s being overvalued, but it’s hard to argue against its performances because it was pretty consistent throughout. It shouldn’t have any problems here unless SoulCalibur II gets the GameCube box art with Link on the cover, sending the fanboys into hivemind mode. Leonhart’s Embarrassing Confession of the Match: The only “Soul” game I played was the original Soul Blade. Cervantes is awesome though. Leonhart’s Vote: SoulCalibur II. Leonhart’s Prediction: Oblivion with 60.60% Kleenex’s Analysis Last match of round 1. Can't believe its been a month already. Oblivion should have an easy win today - and it will win. But the last match of the first round is always screwed up for some reason. So look for Oblivion to either shoot for the sky and seem like a contest-winning threat, or it'll flop and have people wondering if [Paper Mario/Gears of War] could take it down next round. I'd lean more towards the later, if anything. Kleenex's Prediction: Oblivion with 68.33% |
Applekidjosh’s Analysis Well it was fun to joke about LINKFEAR but that's all it was, a joke (and now I hear he's not even in the picture!). Oblivion has this match nailed down. Since I'm writing this after the movie and it's almost 3AM and I know I won't be awake in time to do it in the morning this is the best you get. Go look up your own statistics I'm just gonna take a random shot in the dark here. It's worth noting, though, Oblivion fits the "game of the decade" mold a lot better than SC2 and that'll help it since apparently voters are taking that into account! AKJ says Fallout3withoutguns > Soul Calibur with 68% Crew Consensus: Soul Calibur 2 bows out to Oblivion |
how bout that guest huh --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
I sent my prediction a few days ago. Didn't you get it? Here it is: This is the last match of the first round, which means that traditionally, there's a decent chance for an upset. So I think this match deserves a close look. Soul Calibur 2 probably isn't fodder. Soul Calibur is easily the biggest 3d fighting game series on Gamefaqs (Smash isn't a fighting game), and Soul Calibur 2 is generally considered the best in the series. Add to this that the game was released on all 3 consoles, not to mention LINK, everything seems ripe for the upset. Also, at the moment I am writing this, Marvel showed us that fighting games can pull off huge upsets on Gamefaqs. But I can't take it to win. We saw Oblivion last year, and that game is surprisingly strong. It came close to MGS3 and RE4, and I just don't see Soul Calibur 2 doing that. Oblivion beat Symphonia, and the Tales series is bigger here than Soul Calibur, although there was some LFF with Tekken in that Namco company poll. So, I think Oblivion wins, but it won't be a blowout: Prediction: Oblivion with 54.10% --- A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII http://i25.tinypic.com/2cp5chf.jpg |
Oblivion vs Soul Calibur II Here we have a Battle of the Trends. wRPGs have been showing surprising strength so far this season, yet fighting games have stolen the spotlight by scoring two of the wildest upsets in recent memory. And since something crazy always has to happen on the final day of Round One... could SCII keep the fighting game hot streak alive with a yet another wacky underdog victory? Short answer: no. Long answer: Street Fighter 4 seems to be picking up steam as time passes, and the well-received recent release of SSFIV appears to have helped as well. People played MvC2 for 8 years and now they're all excited for the MvC3 release that's right on the horizon. In contrast, I'm not seeing any indication that the Soul Calibur series is still relevant in 2010. I mean, they released SC3 and nobody cared, then SC4 dropped and no one would have even realized it except that Yoda and Vader were thrown into the roster out of nowhere. SC2's probably the best representative the franchise could offer since it came in hot off SC1's amazing reviews and hit all three consoles in their prime (and also because, of course, Link was involved). In 2003 I'd have taken this game over lots of stuff; now I'll be impressed if it can even manage 40% in this situation. So yeah, SC2's got some problems, but Oblivion doesn't figure to be a blowout monster despite having some respectable strength. Chalk me up for something a touch under the doubling. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion with 63.97% --- thengamer.com/guru | thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com If I were you I'd search B8 for The Show, the cool Ng/yoblazer Contest podcast! |
My bad Ultimaphazon, I did receive it --- Moltar Status: Bracket: PM TTYD (54/62) Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
lol oblivion I wanted to lower my oracle but didn't get back in time, oh well Zelda gonna rock Oblivion --- add the c and back away iphonesience |
Why lol Oblivion? Its doing fine here --- http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/170/ikamusume0516.gif |
the clique with their ~68% --- img184.imageshack.us/img184/7595/lovevk5.gif Joker is sick and twisted and must be stoped at all costed what plans do you have in store for Batman anyway |
it's gonna do worse on SC2 than Zelda did on GOW2 and GOW2 would rock SC2 (I think it would, anyway, I guess that's not guaranteed but this is a game that lost to Gears 2) --- xyzzy |
SC2 is probably stronger than most give it credit for, but yeah I don't like Oblivion's chances against Wind Waker too much. --- This is the kind of shit that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists? |
So look for Oblivion to ... have people wondering if [Paper Mario/Gears of War] could take it down next round. Called it. --- This is the kind of shit that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists? |
a
bit too premature at this point to say anything about that. Lets see
how PM does against WoW, because remember Oblivion got like 52% on Wow
last contest. If PM beats down WoW (like 55% or more) then I'll start
getting worried --- http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/170/ikamusume0516.gif |
PM can do respectably against Oblivion, but it's not beating it. it's not beating Symphonia. --- xyzzy |
Paper Mario will beat WoW, and Oblivion will still beat TTYD. Book it. --- PSN - Aevio Playing: Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes |
I
think at this point we can't say 100% for sure PM wouldn't beat Tales
of Symphonia. What original Paper Mario did outdid what ToS round 1, for
sure. --- http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/170/ikamusume0516.gif |
My analysis has been received, right? --- Currently Playing: StarCraft, Zelda: Ocarina of Time |
North Division: Round 2 - Match 65 – (1) Fallout 3 vs. (9) Deus Ex Moltar’s Analysis Fallout 3 Round 1 - 81.00% against infamous Fallout starting off strong. Deus Ex Round 1 - 50.76% on Rock Band 2 First day upset Damn, back to this stupid division. Alright, let’s try and go 4/4 in this round. First up is a gimme. Deus Ex may have beaten Rock Band 2, but it’s pretty clear now that music games just suck reallybad. Just look at Guitar Hero 2’s performance. Fallout 3 should win big here, considering that Deus Ex isn’t strong and it’s a match between two ‘gunz’ games. Moltar’s Bracket: Fallout 3 wins Moltar’s Prediction: Fallout 3 - 73% Lopen’s Analysis Time to see if Deus Ex is at all legit or Rock Band 2 was just that bad. I'm leaning the latter, there. Course you don't have to believe me, look at the votals. I figure, yeah, it can probably beat Infamous's performance... but really, not by much! Would like to see Deus Ex do well here if for no other reason than to make Rock Band 2 look less silly, but yeah, not holding my breath. Lopen's prediction: Fallout 3 with 78.95% Transience’s Analysis Fallout 3 is a popular, modern FPS RPG on consoles. Deus Ex is a semi-popular, dated FPS RPG on PC. Says it all, doesn't it? Welcome to round 2, where the matches are pretty simple while we wait for the monstrous round 3. transience's prediction: Fallout 3 with 69.76% Leon’s Analysis Fallout 3 impressed nearly everyone by quadrupling inFamous in the first round, and Deus Ex started the trend of an upset-filled contest by beating Rock Band 2. We should basically see a repeat of one of these two matches here (Hint: It’s not Rock Band 2/Deus Ex). Fallout 3 could net two quadruplings in as many rounds. I’m not sure if Deus Ex is stronger than inFamous or not, but I doubt the difference is all that great. This one will be a slaughter. Leonhart’s Embarrassing Confession of the Match: I think that pic of Vault Boy kicking the pregnant lady is pretty funny. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/images/display/65094.jpg Seriously, what the heck? Leonhart’s Vote: Fallout 3. Leonhart’s Prediction: Fallout 3 with 78.71% Kleenex’s Analysis Round 2 HOW EXCITING. A nice, boring match to start things off. Deus Ex impressed(?) last round, but Fallout 3 impressed more. Also it's a lot stronger. So yeah. zzzz Kleenex's Prediction: Fallout 3 with 73.45% Applekidjosh’s Analysis Interesting, though not debatable, match here. Deus Ex surprised me in the first round, but now that we've seen Rock Band 3 bomb in sales I have to wonder how much of that result was just the rhythm genre being dead. People have been clamoring for an upset over Fallout 3 this whole time, so a thorough thrashing of Deus Ex might help quell some of the crazytalk! AKJ says Fallout 3 > Deus Ex with 75% |
Guest’s Analysis - LinkMarioSamus http://image.com.com/gamefaqs/images/gotd/gotd-65.jpg Oh god no, Fallout 3 having a pic that basically exemplifies the game while Deus Ex has...some guy in an office? I did watch a bit of Deus Ex on YouTube and the game had awesome level design and a killer atmosphere...wait, let's not talk about that. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/showthread.php?t=2254955 No, Deus Ex to make a killing! That does it: Deus Ex with 63.46% OKAY, TIME FOR THE REAL ANALYSIS!!! Deus Ex is a huge fan favorite and widely regarded to be one of the best games of last decade, and hilariously enough I still see the game selling on store shelves. However, it is a PC game from 2000, something which GameFAQs doesn't care for (as opposed to GameSpy where such games would walk all over the place). Fallout 3 is a very similar game except that it takes place in a large open world. It will obviously make a killing here. I don't think Deus Ex will be made to look weaker than Infamous though. First of all, that may have been SFF. Second of all, older games have been overperforming like heck this contest, so it makes perfect sense for Deus Ex to outperform expectations. This game was apparently tripled by Final Fantasy Tactics last time, but I somehow don't think Fallout 3 will do much better. Time for Fallout to fallout in so many ways, such as scoring a big blowout and disappointing. REAL PREDICTION!!!: Fallout 3 with 77% My Vote: Fallout 3 Crew Consensus: Fallout moving on |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1870 Six-year old poll, obviously, but with all the other first-party Nintendo options there, TTYD did well enough for me to think it would have beaten ToS 1-on-1. Not sure how that match would go these days, though. |
Wow, no 80s? I would take Infamous over Deus Ex plus this is SFF. Weird --- http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/170/ikamusume0516.gif |
Yeah I'm pretty surprised too. I was expecting my prediction to be one of the lower ones not the highest one. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
I could see F3 getting in the low 80s. --- DFF |
I
seriously thought that I would be pegging Fallout 3 lowest! I mean, you
guys were saying that FFT got 75% on Deus Ex last time, right? --- Currently Playing: StarCraft, Zelda: Ocarina of Time |
Fallout 3 vs Deus Ex I'm not a believer in Fallout 3 for all the reasons we've been through before: inFamous was the perfect opponent, it was hot off New Vegas and should stumble as we get further away from its 2008 GotY peak. If it can make a serious run at 80% in this one, however... sign me up as a believer! I just think that's going to be a difficult proposition given how Deus Ex is the game that started this whole "low playrate but it doesn't matter because it's so respected" SmartVoterFAQs trend in the first place. Granted it won't be nearly so easy to use that kind of appeal as it was last round, matched up against a genre 35% of the site wants to see die, but I still think it manages a decent percentage hold here. Let's go with FO3 ending up... a little below the tripling! Fallout 3 - 73.13% --- thengamer.com/guru | thengamer.com/xstats | board8.wikia.com If I were you I'd search B8 for The Show, the cool Ng/yoblazer Contest podcast! |
Man, this is a total flop for Fallout 3 and no one else is going to see it that way! --- DFF |
Nah, not really. --- This is the kind of shit that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists? |
Eh,
its not a "Total flop", but its not doing as well as it should have.
This is probably more Deus Ex being better than I thought though. I
thought Infamous was stronger than it. --- http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/170/ikamusume0516.gif |
Come on Fallout 3 just 0.13% more! --- Currently Playing: StarCraft, Zelda: Ocarina of Time |
