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Game of the Decade Contest Analysis Crew - Part 5
From: -LusterSoldier- | #050 does the post number give it away? --- The Samus Beam Cannon Corollary states that anything that looks, acts like, or is similar to light moves at the speed of light. - KamikazePotato |
I'm
guessing it's in a topic above 500 posts. AKJ, you should send me an
email or an IM containing the link to the topic if the topic does have
over 500 posts right now and hasn't closed yet. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as Dr_Football, Guru Champ! |
luster'd --- xyzzy |
xfd Luster you are too much --- AKJ: I'm anticipating my inevitable blue balls already! Don't do this to me bellis. You better make me ejaculate Ed Bellis: i will make you ejaculate josh |
Well tranny I didn't exactly disguise it. At least I restrained myself and didn't go for the upset ANYWAY. --- No problem! This is a cute and pop genocide of love! |
Metroid Prime vs Devil May Cry 3 I was scoffed at on the last episode of The Show for suggesting that a large part of Mass Effect's underperformance could be chalked up to joke voting... but honestly, if you don't feel strongly for ME, how could you resist being swayed by Plants vs Zombies? The same logic could be applied to make DMC3 feel better about itself, because after all, the almost-as-ridiculous-sounding (assuming you're not an Earthbound fan) "Mother" series makes for a pretty good joke candidate as well, especially with that awful red blob it calls "box art". Trouble is, you don't get "joke" anti-voted unless people either don't care for you or just don't care about you, and everything we've seen so far seems to indicate that the DMC franchise has those two qualities in spades. In my opinion, that's sure to spell big-time trouble against a title as universally loved as Metroid Prime, especially with that stellar Samus match pic. The road to the Final Four rolls on, baby! Metroid Prime - 67.11% --- 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! |
Seriously, I give up. People just don't like difficult games. These results make me sad. --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC |
devil may zzz --- xyzzy |
@TheRealTruth:
I feel your pain man. I voted for DMC3 out of pity and I don't like
this result either. Metroid Prime is a very good game but it's not THIS
good! --- Currently Playing - Zelda: Majora's Mask Next Games Up - StarCraft, Star Fox 64, Super Smash Bros. Melee |
Because
I thought that DMC3 would break 40%, and was enraged at all these 60%+
predictions. So I thought "that's it, I'm anti-voting Prime to spite
you guys and I won't even mind if it loses anyway, so whatever", and yes
this is just saddening. Especially because it likely means that
Twilight Princess would be breaking 70% here, which is ridiculous. So I pity voted for DMC3. Metroid Prime is not good enough to deserve getting close to a doubling here. Also this probably means DMC1 > DMC3, otherwise you get Prime getting 55% on KOTOR which I don't believe in. So yes, DMC3 is ultimately pitiful. --- Currently Playing - Zelda: Majora's Mask Next Games Up - StarCraft, Star Fox 64, Super Smash Bros. Melee |
Northeast Division: Round 2 - Match 70 – (12) Mega Man 9 vs. (4) Okami Moltar’s Analysis MM9 Round 1 - 53.00% on Demon’s Souls demon’s suck Okami Round 1 - 71.41% on No More Heroes Ammy what a beast Okay so Demon’s Souls was weak and the Mega Man name carried MM9 through that match, big whoop. Now it’s time for it to face a real game, and its name is Okami. Okami put up a big win over NMH last round, so I don’t see it having any trouble here. I’ve got a lot of faith in Okami after seeing it impress more and more over the years, so I’m thinking it will look good against some downloadable Mega Man game. Moltar’s Bracket: Okami wins Moltar’s Prediction: Okami - 63% Lopen’s Analysis I was all ready to call this one for Mega Man 9, thinking the dog was more hype than legit, but that thing just SMASHED No More Heroes. Fodder or not you can't do that without having some strength... and well, since Mega Man 9 failed to beat Demon's Souls by much, you've got a straightforward match here. Lopen's prediction: Okami with 59.10% Transience’s Analysis Okami might not be a big name or from a notable series, but it's definitely more notable than any individual Mega Man game. Okami would slam Demon's Souls. MM probably does pretty decent here just based off of franchise votes, but it should never threaten Okami. This will be the match that determines whether or not Okami can compete with Prime -- if Okami beats MM9 worse than Prime beats DMC3, we'll be in for a real interesting round 3. transience's prediction: Okami with 60.69% Leon’s Analysis This one could be pretty interesting. I’d expect Okami to be more popular than Demon’s Souls, and by a decent bit, so it SHOULD win this one. It put up a really impressive beatdown on No More Heroes (Well, impressive for a game of Okami’s ilk, that is), which was more than enough to make me think the Mega Man name alone won’t carry MM9 to another victory here. Okami almost managed to beat Halo 2 last Games Contest, so it’s got decent strength, enough to get by here, I think. Mega Man 9 should still do decently, but I think it’s over its head this time. Still, you never know, but I don’t think it beat Demon’s Souls by enough to make me feel confident enough to pick it here. Leonhart’s Embarrassing Confession of the Match: I think the MMX series is a lot better than the MM Classic series. Leonhart’s Vote: Okami. Leonhart’s Prediction: Okami with 54.11% |
Kleenex’s Analysis Another easy match. Okami's oddly strong on this site, and MM9 proved last round that it is not. Like I said last match, hopefully Okami does really well so we have something to talk about next round. Kleenex's Prediction: Okami with 61.89% Applekidjosh’s Analysis I've never played Okami, but I really wish Mega Man 9 had a chance here. Why? Because it would tell us downloadable games have a real shot and any of them that sucked just sucked of their own merit. Unfortunately that's not the case, I'm not sure if PSP or downloadable is a worse curse but neither is good! So last round Okami crushed NMH into the ground, and I don't see any reason it can't pull a repeat performance today. The "mega man name" is going to mean jack in this setting, and Okami is surprisingly beloved for a (fairly) new IP. Amaterasu for the next Smash Bros? Maybe I'm crazy but I feel like NMH and Demon's Souls and MM9 are all in the same ballpark, which puts Okami solidly above them all. AKJ says Okami > MM9 with 73% Guest’s Analysis - GrapefruitKing I don’t have as much time to write this as I would like, so I’ll make it quick. Here’s the thing. I have underestimated Okami and Amaterasu in every single contest they’ve been in. I thought she’d lose to Little Mac in her first four-way match. I underestimated Okami by a few % points in the four-way games contest. I picked Shadow over Ammy last contest. I thought Okami would only get 64% against No More Heroes but it broke 70%. Well enough is enough. I’m never underestimating Okami ever again. GrapefruitKing’s surprisingly accurate prediction: Okami with 66.5% Crew Consensus: Okami got this |
From: Master Moltar | #062 AKJ, I got you man. I agree completely. I mean, 73...daaaamn, but my 68 is feelin nice. |
aw yeah balls to the wall --- AKJ: I'm anticipating my inevitable blue balls already! Don't do this to me bellis. You better make me ejaculate Ed Bellis: i will make you ejaculate josh |
Okami vs Mega Man 9 Percentage now, thoughts later! Okami - 58.76% --- 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! |
Well.... at least I didn't underestimate Okami |
yup, Okami isn't beating Prime --- xyzzy |
Whoops, time for The Show! I'll get caught back up after we finishing this taping! Tales of Symphonia vs God of War jRPGs > Casual appealing action titles. EVERY TIME BUT HERE. God of War - 52.11% --- 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! |
Northeast Division: Round 2 - Match 71 – (3) Tales of Symphonia vs. (6) God of War Moltar’s Analysis Tales of Symphonia Round 1 - 52.17% on Resident Evil 5 no love for re5 God of War Round 1 - 65.29% on Left 4 Dead left 4 dead was left 4 dead So pre-contest, I went with God of War in this match. In 2009, these two games faced each other, and GoW won the first 12 hours while ToS won the latter 12 hours. Well, this is a night match, so GoW has the edge here. Also, look at the other games in that fourpack. I have a feeling that GoW would be hurt more by those games than ToS, so that only tips the scale even more in its favor. Now that the contest has started and we’re over 70 matches into it, I definitely think ToS has a great shot at winning. GameFAQs loves RPGs, and action games haven’t looked all that great. Case in point, RE5 losing to ToS last round. Still, GoW is one of the strongest and proved that against L4D. I would take GoW over RE5 by margin too seeing as how GoW2 smoked it in the vote-ins (lol vote-ins). ToS will stay close, but GoW shouldn’t be in too much trouble here outside of the start of the match. Moltar’s Bracket: God of War wins Moltar’s Prediction: God of War - 53% Lopen’s Analysis Well, this match looks pretty easy. After all, RE5 got 48% on ToS, and a presumably weaker sequel GoW2 beat RE5 in the vote in by over 7%. Slam those two together and a narrow win in a four way vs God of War, a format Tales of Symphonia should be expected to excel at, and you've got an easy win for God of War. There's still a nagging doubt, though. Tales of Symphonia's strength has never seemed very logical. I just have this feeling that it could still pull this one out. The apparent flopping left and right of actiony games certainly isn't helping to put my mind at ease, either. Yet another match where I'm like “go loser go you have a small chance” but can't really feel confident enough to actually call an analysis for it. Man I miss the old days where I'd do it with gusto... I've become tainted by this crew. Lopen's prediction: GOD OF WUH with 53.85% Transience’s Analysis Big match tonight. God of War makes the most logical sense here: God of War 2 rocked RE5 in a vote-in poll and RE5 almost beat Symphonia. God of War 1 is stronger than 2. This is a night match which is advantage God of War. God of War had more reasons to struggle in last year's fourway match (which Symphonia won) thanks to two 'mature' titles being in the poll. Should be an easy match. Thing is, God of War always manages to underwhelm. People think of Halo like this, but God of War/Kratos has a similar rep. Lost to Tales, lost to Tifa despite Sephiroth in the poll, sucked it up against Charizard before Charizard got rally-happy. GOW2 is the most recent victim, bombing hard to Zelda. Based on the Zelda match, Tales is going to have a pretty damn big lead early and I don't know that I trust God of War to make up the difference. God of War should win but I don't feel good about it. I'm going with it but it won't phase me if Tales runs away with this and never lets GOW back in the match. Then again, GOW could 60/40 Tales and I wouldn't really bat an eyelash. transience's prediction: God of War with 51.93% |
Leon’s Analysis One of these days, Bacon is going to realize the 6 seed is supposed to be first, but alas! This is the first time I’m actually going to be picking against my bracket. God of War’s first round performance was just too impressive for me to ignore here, and Symphonia didn’t do nearly well enough on RE5 for me to stick with it. If Tales gets killed here, we’ll probably end up getting a bunch of “LOL 4-ways” stuff the whole day of this match, but I think it’ll do respectably enough to validate its 2009 performance. It doesn’t have to win this match to validate its strength because it barely won in the first place and possibly could’ve lost if you held the same match again the very next day. It was just that close. Still, I don’t think it’ll be in contention to win, but I hope I’m wrong. Leonhart’s Embarrassing Confession of the Match: I actually like Lloyd Irving. I think he’s a lovable moron (although the hot coffee scene was GENIUS). Leonhart’s Vote: Tales of Symphonia. Leonhart’s Prediction: God of War with 53.94% Kleenex’s Analysis Huh, I thought this match wasn't for another couple divisions. Oh well. So, here we go. After their respective round 1 performances, it looked like God of War clearly had the edge. I, however, don't particularly buy the God of War hype. Action games are weak on this site and God of War is no exception. GoW2 didn't particularly impress me, DMC sucks, they all suck. Tales has shown an odd resilience, and I think that's going to help it here. Plus, it's a night match, which should also probably help a bit (GoW has a pretty good day vote, right?) and neither games seem like a Europe superpower. The only thing keeping me from going all out on Tales here is the fact that I'm not sure that I'd take God of War over Resident Evil 5. I probably wouldn't, which leads to an interesting conundrum. I think the logical choice is God of War. I know the logical choice is God of War. But I just can't seem to shake the feeling that ToS is going to take this. Semi-popular RPGs have been impressing me more this contest than action games, so I'll stick with my bracket and go with the upset. Not going to be terribly surprised if either game wins. I will be surprised if the difference ends up being more than 53/47 in either direction. Kleenex's Prediction: Tales of Symphonia with 51.67% Applekidjosh’s Analysis Alright, I hate to do this a second time but I'm busy tonight and we did talk about this match in The Show (with special guest me) so refer to that for my reasoning! Or just look at the other crew people I guess. God of War with 51% (by the way I promise this is the last time I'll use that cheap escape card!) |
Guest’s Analysis - Greyfeld http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3470 This poll doesn't mean crap. God of War shows a stronger day vote, while GTA and Oblivion steal night votes from Tales of Symphonia. However, Asia seems to hate ToS altogether, tanking its possibility of taking the lead during the dead hours. This is GoW's match to lose, with the first few hours of votes pouring in from North America. If that isn't enough to convince you, this should do it: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4049 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4081 RE5 takes 39.7% on GoW2 in the vote-ins. Assuming GoW is at least as strong as its sequel (it's probably stronger, to be honest), we're looking at 60.3% against Tales' 52.17% during the first round. Yes yes, I know, "lol 12-way polls" and all that. But in a poll with a bunch of handhelds and niche RPGs, there's little unbalancing LFF to be found. And if that isn't convincing enough, GoW's first round votals ended up at 33,027 vs. Tales' 20,805 votes. In the end, ToS will probably make a fight of it over the course of the night, but the match should never actually be in contention. Kratos will have his fill of blood this night. God of War > Tales of Symphonia ~ 54.28% Crew Consensus: Everyone except Kleenex is going with God of War |
I'll take the over on the highest prediction from the crew <_< --- Sir Chris |
one man against the world --- This is the kind of **** that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists? |
Glorious Kleenex master race --- DFF |
I
misread the time on some of the match info when I researched for my
guest slot, but I still stand by my prediction, despite parts of the
write-up being nonsense. --- PSN - Aevio Playing: Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes |
Kleenex is such a Symphonia fanboy --- add the c and back away iphonesience |
Close from the very start. (Secret tag) --- "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." ~ Winston Churchill |
boo kleenex --- Booyah, Grandma. Booyah. {XI} dood |
oh hey I have the low God of War eh? AKJ vs Kleenex again! --- Porre either became an aristocratic mercantile state or a placid direct democracy depending on if the lady who ran an inn was able to serve people beef jerky. |
Crew Predictions - 62/70 What Happened: we called 4 matches right Why it Happened: Uncharted managed to silence the naysayers with a win over SF4 because, like we thought from the beginning, fighting games just aren't big on this website (bigger than 3D Sonic though). Original games > sequels explains Halo. Prime did as expected against DMC3, which...couldn't even double Mother 3. Okami has a respectable performance against MM9, a game from a respectable series. What will Happen: Uncharted/Halo should be good, Prime gonna have no issue with Okami. Crew Prediction Challenge - points Moltar - 61 Tran - 61 Kleenex - 59 AKJ - 58 Lopen - 58 Leon - 58 Guest - 53 Crew Accuracy Challenge - Leon gets the point for Uncharted and Moltar gets the point for Halo. Moltar gets the point for Prime and Leon gets the point for Okami. Moltar - 11.5 Guest - 11 (GfK: 1, BT: 2, CM: 2, Kotetsu: 1, dragon: 1, NGamer: 1, Ultima: 1, TRT: 1, Greyfeld: 1) AKJ - 9.5 Leon - 9 Tran - 9 Kleenex - 9 Lopen - 8 --- Moltar Status: Bracket: Okami (64/74) Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
Tales
probably has this. it should win the morning by enough to hold GOW off
in the day. if this is close at the end I have to favour Tales. that
fanbase just cares more. --- xyzzy |
From: Master Moltar | #080 Mooooooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllltaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! --- "The power of accurate observation is commonly called Dr. Football Factor by those who have not got it." |
Dang, what a great episode! Okay, CATCH UP TIME Okami vs Mega Man 9 Believe it or not, I had MM9 advancing to R3 in my bracket right up until the last day before lockdown. Naturally part of that was just me being stubborn and biased because it's such a good game, but I DO feel that MM has been underrated all season, and I even felt that way after seeing how it did in R1. I'd love to have stuck with the upset, but... yikes was that ever a nice blowout by Okami! And truth be told, MM9's got a ton of things working against it: DLC factor, name brands not mattering, SmartVoterFAQs (9 got excellent review as well, but Okami is clearly the better "GotD" candidate of the two). So, I'm not seeing any way that Okami could lose this one outright, but I do like Mega Man's chances at holding it to the high 50s. Let's go with Okami - 58.76% --- 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! |
whoops, looks like I was wrong nothing new there --- xyzzy |
Tales of Symphonia vs God of War Action games have looked like JUNK all season (with the exception of AC1 holding up surprisingly well against MGS4), while RPGs have been great and jRPGs doubly so. Pre-contest, if you had given me all the results we've seen so far this season except for the R1 matches featuring these two, I think I would probably have taken ToS for the win. We know it will get out to a great start thanks to Board 8, we know its "best Nintendo RPG of the decade" reputation makes it the SmartVoterFAQs choice, and we know that its foolish to bet against a jRPG in the year 2010. Fortunately for me, I DID get to see those final Round One percentages, and frankly they pretty much turn this debate into "case closed." Barely cracking 52% on an RE5 that looked icky in both the Play-In and the GotY polls versus nearly doubling the original Left 4 Dead in a year when Valve is responsible for one of the best blowouts of the round? There's just no comparison! Much as I'd like to see a good match here, there's a limit to how weak I could justify L4D being as well as a limit to how close to RE5 God of War could realistically be; putting those two factors together should result in a smallish (but probably never-in-doubt, pass the initial B8 vote period) win for GoW. God of War - 52.11% --- 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! |
Half-Life 2 vs Grand Theft Auto III Now here's a matchup that had legitimate "best of the round" potential only a few weeks back. We'd just seen TF2 struggle against Fable, L4D get decapitated by Kratos, and GTA3 blow past Sackboy without breaking a sweat- sure looked like Rockstar was up, Valve was down, and this poll was going to turn into a slugfest. And then... good gracious did the wheels ever fall off that upset wagon in a hurry! GTA4 got smacked in the mouth by the weakest Pokemon, Vice City embarrassed itself against Silent Hill, and Portal forced us all to reevaluate what Valve is going to be capable of this season. The only trend still pointing in GTA3's favor is SmartVoterFAQs, as in, you could make a great case for it as one of the most influential/important games of the past decade. The problem is, you could make an even better case for Half-Life 2, and I think the voters know it! All that being said, I still don't think HL2 puts on a dominating performance in this one. This company is built for winning close matches, not posting eye popping blowouts; the Portal match was probably an anomaly (aka Gears of War II is so incredibly bad it would melt your brain). I can't imagine this as a doubling, and in fact would be mildly surprised to see Half-Life keep it above 60%! Half-Life 2 - 57.77% --- 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! |
Hey
Ngamer, charmander6000 was saying in the other thread that if HL2
doesn't break 60% it might not get out of the division...oh wait, you
have Prime getting to the semifinals don't you? Yeah. You'll probably be happy to know that I found loads of evidence for Prime being stronger than every Halo/GTA/CoD/AC game along with KOTOR, essentially meaning that it would've beaten Vice City if it weren't for Paper Mario leeching it, but I still don't think that equals victory against HL2. It probably does beat God of War now though. BTW Prime is the only game from this contest that I've played to completion since July (with the last one otherwise being Sonic Adventure 2, lol), and while I found it to be a great game there were definitely some rough edges (e.g. the game was actually boring for some time during the artifact quest, disappointingly weak plot, jumping felt awkward until Space Jump obtained). I think it's my fourth favorite game in this contest out of what I've played, only behind Galaxy, Majora's Mask, and Civ4. What's your opinion of the game? --- Currently Playing - Zelda: Majora's Mask Next Games Up - StarCraft, Resident Evil 4, Okami |
Moltar too exhausted from his night with [___] to wake up and post the predictions! --- "A board where all the people try hard to be "nice" to each other would be terribly boring, don't you think?" - Vlado |
morning guys (sorry i'll post the write-ups in a little bit) --- Moltar Status: Bracket: Okami (64/74) Contest Analysis Crew Archives: http://thecrew.speedrunwiki.com/ |
Half-Life 2 with 59.38% only one in I win --- thelefty for analysis crew 2008 imo -tranny I have a third degree burn in flame-o-nomics -Sir Chris |
From: th3l3fty | #090 my prediction is really close to that, it always feels good to see the update equal your percentage... even if it's just 4 minutes in --- "Luster, you are a delight" ~NGamer "Yes, yes I am." ~ Luster Soldier |
Northeast Division: Round 2 - Match 72 – (7) Grand Theft Auto III vs. (2) Half-Life 2 Moltar’s Analysis GTA3 Round 1 - 61.98% on LittleBigPlanet not bad Half-Life 2 Round 1 - 74.48% on Half-Life 2 very good GTA3 is a game that is popular and gets respect, but...GameFAQs doesn’t care for it all that much. Valve games? Now that’s some stuff we eat up! Half-Life 2 should win this easy, but I wouldn’t be surprised if GTA3 looked respectable. Actually HL2 better dominate because I have this game going far in my *dead* bracket. Moltar’s Bracket: Half-Life 2 wins Moltar’s Prediction: Half-Life 2 - 58% Lopen’s Analysis GTA games have consistently underwhelmed, and if you look at round 1 you see an easy win for Half-Life 2 here. But people still hate GTA games.. so I'm not sure how useful comparing performances is here. Anti-votes mean a bit less when the opponent is stronger since the anti-voters are more likely part of the core fanbase of the other game anyway...and so, while I think Half-Life 2 does win here, it's probably by less than most people expect. Lopen's prediction: Half-Life 2 with 55.55% Transience’s Analysis Half-Life 2 murdered L4D2 last round, but it wasn't really a fair fight. This is HL2's chance to prove itself. We know the general area of strength where all GTA games lie and it's below where most of us expect HL2 to be. If HL2 can get into the upper 50s here, it'll stand a good shot at beating Prime. If it doesn't? Well, I'll be pretty worried. transience's prediction: Half-Life 2 with 59.61% Leon’s Analysis While the outcome of this match shouldn’t be in doubt, this one is pretty important for Half-Life 2’s big match next round. If it struggles and gets less than the winner of the night match here, it could be in trouble. If it exceeds that percentage by a good bit, it should be in good shape. I don’t think GTA3 is far off from GoW or ToS, since they were in a fourpack with San Andreas last year and didn’t finish too far ahead of it. There’s even a chance that GTA3 could be stronger than San Andreas, but I don’t know enough to say anything for sure there. It should do respectably here, I think. We can get rid of all this “LOL GTA” stuff after the first round. It’s got an outside chance to win, but I wouldn’t bet on it. Leonhart’s Embarrassing Confession of the Match: I can do an impeccable Gordon Freeman impression. Leonhart’s Vote: Half-Life 2. Leonhart’s Prediction: Half-Life 2 with 57.21% Kleenex’s Analysis Time to see what Half-Life can do. GTA3's a much more intimidating opponent than L4D2 could ever hope to be, so it's up to Half-Life to prove that it's got the chops to win the division. I think it probably will. The bigger name Valve stuff has been doing well for itself. Kleenex's Prediction: Half-Life 2 with 62.10% Applekidjosh’s Analysis Okay, pre-contest I would've given this to HL2 easily. Mid-contest I was getting iffy. Right now? HL2 easily again. The main factor here is the "game of the decade" factor (can we please get an acronym for this statguys?). While GTA3 was undoubtedly influential, I'm pretty sure most voters know HL2 goes leaps beyond that, PLUS it's a better game. You can just look at what these influential games have spawned most recently to see how people feel about their work - GTA4 got embarrassed, Portal looked great. That's all that needs to be said! AKJ says Half-Life 2 > Grand Theft Auto 3 with 59% |
Guest’s Analysis - Black Turtle Grand Theft Auto 3 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4110 A disappointing showing against Silent Hill 2 Half-Life 2 http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4084 Dominating performance on Left 4 Dead 2 Analysis: Here we have a semi-debated match pre-contest, which was supposed to decide the winner of the bottom half of the northeast division, and potentially the game to knock off Metroid Prime. That kind of changed after Round 1, with Half-Life 2 impressing against L4D2, and Grand Theft Auto bombing across the board. This match will still be key, as HL2 needs to match Metroid Prime's impressive beat-down of Devil May Cry 3. Last year's stats put this at roughly a 60-40 affair for Half-Life 2, and it should be pretty close to that here. Any less and you can count out HL2 taking this division. Any more and we might have a dark horse getting to the semi-finals. BT's Prediction: Half-Life 2 with 58.98% BT's Bracket: Half-Life 2 BT's Vote: GTA3 Crew Consensus: Half-Life 2 shouldn’t have a any problem here |
oh hey I'm sandwiched in. This should be fun --- shuffle fun shuffle shuffle fun shuffle fun fun shuffle fun shuffle just plane fun |
this
is the first decent GTA performance I've seen. San Andreas looks like
it'll have a decent shot at GS -- I'd pick SA over 3, and I'd never in a
million years pick Golden Sun over Half-Life 2. --- xyzzy |
See, I'd put GTA3 over SA, but GS should be a hell of a lot weaker than Half-Life. I like SA in that match still. --- http://i49.tinypic.com/2ry672r.jpg |
if SA is really the strongest GTA that makes me feel great about Gamefaqs' taste. SA was an awesome game. --- http://myanimelist.net/profile/applekidjosh <Die the death>! <Sentence to death>! <Great equalizer is the death>!! |
Thinking from changing from banking to SA > GS |
You guys flip, flop, and go nuts over one poll, but come on. Golden Sun never had a chance of beating San Andreas. |
Thanksgiving time, I better build up a buffer! SSB Melee vs Morrowind We now enter an 8 match stretch where the winners will never be in doubt, but where some pretty wide ranges should be possible in terms of final percentage. Tonight's match fits that bill perfectly; Championship favorite Melee will obviously never be in any danger, but you could make a good case for either an extreme blowout or Morrowind managing a respectable loss. Because on the one hand, RPGs have been surpassing our expectations across the board, wRPGs seem to have become more accepted than in the past, and Melee's going to have to deal with its Achilles's heel aka Europe. The continent just doesn't "get" SSB like the rest of the world, and considering Morrowind was very impressive in Europe by beating Warcraft convincingly there, you've got to picture a big time percentage bleed from Melee once North America falls asleep. The trouble is, where is that percentage going to be falling from? 77? 80? I mean LOOK AT THAT PICTURE! And we thought Tidus had it bad back in '04... Between this extreme advantage and Oblivion not quite living up to my expectations a couple days back, I feel safe reaching for the near tripling here tonight. Super Smash Bros. Melee - 74.37% --- 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! |
