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I don't know if anyone else still cares that I pledged to post my thoughts about jcgamer's top 50 horror movies as I watched the ones I hadn't seen, but I do! (Yes, it really has taken me eleven months to go for another one after Ready or Not.)

And uh, chances are none of you need me to say Carrie is great! I found what I could sum as its economy especially impressive, as it never seriously flagged in spite of its slightness - or to put it another way, Brian De Palma & co. did so much with so little. That it's my least favorite Stephen King adaptation I've seen so far really just means Misery and The Shining (+The Shawshank Redemption) make for awfully tough competition.

On a more personal note, I feel like all of those movies (dare I say even Shawshank) seek to show that humans are the scariest monsters of all, which I appreciate. I also can't help but think I would have been a high school social outcast to a similar degree but for chance and circumstance, based on what I now know about myself. That surely assisted in placing me as the viewer in Carrie's shoes, as if the movie itself didn't already do so well enough independent of such a perspective.

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rwlh posted...

I don't know what Oneknowing is but if it's similar, I might enjoy it.

Oh sorry I should have clarified, Oneknowing is the album (of Lena's) that Momodani comes from. I'd say the other songs in it hit on quite a few of the aspects you enjoyed from Momodani and that you've said you like in music more generally.

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rwlh posted...

But I cant judge this in a vacuum. (Its dusty in there.)

lol

rwlh posted...

Our first 10 in Immersion! This is a song that just swallows me up. Its got that big Portishead sound I tend to really like. Big chords, big synths, everything is big and cozy. But its cozy in a creepy way Momodani is an unsettling song. I could see this playing in a scene where a character is exploring a foreign environment, turning around twisting passages to see what lurks around the corner. I also love the tinny loudspeaker voices in the background. This is a song with a lot to offer, and given how I tend to have poor focus, it sustaining my interest like this is very impressive.

I'm glad you got so much out of Momodani! I really do feel like it's an experience of its own, one for which your description seems apt.

Based on your comments here and throughout this topic so far, I bet Oneknowing in general would be up your alley. Have you listened to it (and/or Lena's non-VGM work in general), and if so, what do you think?

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MetalmindStats posted...

Mario's Super Picross (Switch)

I finally actually finished this last night, showing me how neverending its content actually was. (And how I should have at least waited until the credits rolled to consider it beaten in the first place.)

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Mario's Super Picross (Switch)

It's picross. Upon trying it, you generally either won't get the appeal at all or you'll get hooked, and I've fallen into the latter group ever since I played Picross 3D almost a decade ago. That made it very satisfying to return to picross after almost as long holding onto nothing more than my memories. Speaking of satisfying, there's the measured, yet visceral simplicity of smashing one block at a time, a process perhaps only a picross fan would enjoy, and I was pleasantly surprised to keep unlocking more puzzles every time I thought I might have reached their end. In fact, I still haven't started the Special puzzles over 50 hours in, but it felt safe to count those as post-game content. It's also perfectly playable without knowing any Japanese, as I can attest to - though I recommend choosing the right/second option upon starting Mario puzzles.

All in all, probably my favorite game I've beaten this year to date, though it's hard for me to distinguish any of the four as ones I definitively prefer to any of the others.

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rwlh posted...

The tone of the Mad Worlds strikes me as a bit different too. The Tears for Fears rendition still feels like a pop song, regardless of the lyrical content, whereas the Gary Jules version is pretty unabashedly slower and sadder.

This is also true, and it's something I was sort of getting at but didn't actually mention for whatever reason.

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rwlh posted...

This is kind of a weird writeup because its not actually about the song itself, but OH WELL

That's understandable - it seems like I'm unusual for preferring the original over the Jules cover, though even I think the latter more effectively channels the song's emotional potential. Roland Orzabal himself also said something similar in an interview I recently watched, for what it's worth.

rwlh posted...

Bring Me The Horizon - Kingslayer ft. BABYMETAL

This is definitely not my type of song, as I am ironically not a metal fan, but I've recently grown to like it thanks to another online community I'm in. Nonetheless, I largely concur with your comments, except that I merely find the lead singer's voice pretty generic, which I suppose makes the difference.

rwlh posted...

The lyrics here are a little too on the nose for me, but I genuinely enjoy the calm rapping.

Agreed here; this isn't a song I necessarily love, but it's one I like that followed my theme and that I was curious to hear your take on. This is also about where I expected Mr. Wendal to fall, though I was hoping to have more than one song in the top 100! Ah well.

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rwlh posted...

This was the only link I had to replace. Not because the link went down, but because the link provided was very low quality and it was affecting my enjoyment of the song. For comparisons sake, the ultimate score for Mercy Street is 40. With the original link, it was 17.

Oh my bad, sorry. The official video's the version I've always listened to, and other than it not beginning the song until almost 30 seconds in, I've never been able to tell it had any particular problems. I'm glad you at least found something to enjoy, though, especially after replacing my bad link.

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Pyra and Mythra in Smash Ultimate, Smash Ultimate, Smash Ultimate...

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Minor correction: Axem was the one to third Amanda Ripley, not me.

Anyways, I'll go with Low Fodder for all three characters today. FFII is not a remotely well-regarded or widely-played game by series standards here, as far as I can tell, and neither is the Dissidia sub-series quite frankly. Venonat's probably one of the least prominent Gen. 1 Pokemon regardless of its membership in Tracey's roster, while Frozone's a memorable side character from a popular movie that's a bit too new for voters to truly care about.

I'll also third Machop and Fearow.

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AxemRedRanger posted...

I guess agree with halfsilver. Could go either of mid or low on Pinsir.

Nominate Emperor Uriel Septim, Emperor, and King Watinga.

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Sephiroth, then Mario >_>

Crash came after those two.

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Nominate Carto and Halo: Combat Evolved.

I'll play VA-11 HALL-A if it wins, but I'm not interested enough to use another support.

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Yeah sure, agree with halfsilver. Nominate Justin (Grandia), Beast Boy, and Apollo Justice.

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I'll say Low Fodder for Raven. This site is simply too old for a cartoon that premiered in 2003 and had fairly limited pop-cultural penetration to matter much, and Raven lacks any really relevant video game or other media appearances to compensate.

I'll agree with Low Fodder for Skullomania and Headcrab.

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Tears for Fears - The Prisoner

And for something a bit more metaphorical that still fits...

Sting - Fortress Around Your Heart

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I guess I'll agree with halfsilver, though I'm as skeptical about Kabuto as I am about Omastar. As for Captain Commando, playable status in MvC2 alone is probably automatically enough to escape LAW Fodder, and his original game seems to have a passable playrate and reception here too.

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Jack, totally misinterpreting the prompt.

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Agree with Axem. Spearow was Ash and Pikachu's major obstacle and the cause of their bond in the very first episode of the anime, and KENYA was a fairly memorable gift Pokemon in GSC.

Third Captain Commando and Raven.


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Brayze_II posted...

Peter Gabriel - Big Time

Tears for Fears - Fish Out of Water

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I don't really think Omastar benefits from Helix memes anymore, and I'm not sure it has much else going for it, but I guess I'll also agree with Axem's ratings. I'll also third Axem's nominations today.

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Super Mario Odyssey (Switch)

I'm not sure why I didn't expect that ending, but the surprise factor certainly elevated an already well-done sequence for me. It's a good thing too, since the area immediately before was perhaps the least fun I had playing Super Mario Odyssey, though it was only partially the game's fault.

Otherwise, for as many different ideas as it tried using the same mechanics, I found an experience remarkably consistent in its enjoyability. The downside is that it never really reached any exhilarating highs, so while I would call Super Mario Odyssey a great game, it's not exactly my new favorite Mario game.

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Agree with Axem and third Blasternaut, Cacodemon, and Muncher.

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Ehh, I think I'll agree with Axem. Machamp was an effective pick in Gen. 2, it's true, and that Goldenrod City trade right in time for Whitney did make the line accessible. The problem is that it came as a Machop, so you'd have to trade it again after evolution to actually get a Machamp.

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"Handheld. Game Boy."

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Agree with Axem, and third Enguarde, Clover, and Nights.

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Agreed with Axem.

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I wonder if you know me well enough to think there's anything interesting to write up about me...

Perhaps we shall see.

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The best B8 tradition returns!

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I think I'll agree with halfsilver. I'm high on SoM's potential in the hopefully forthcoming GotD 90s contest given its visibility as a premier, well-liked Square JRPG of the SNES, and it stands to reason there's only so much weaker its main protagonist can be than his game.

Third Dratini, Kakuna, and Machamp. Also, nominate Gastly (Pokemon), Popoi (Secret of Mana), and Primm (Secret of Mana).

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Low Fodder for Magmar. All it really has going for it is that anime fight, and that's not enough to compensate for it being infamous as one of the least-liked Gen. 1 Pokemon. 'Butt for a head' will not bring many votes on 2021 GameFAQs.

Agreed otherwise, and third the Dogi, Feena, Ryudo, and Skullomania nominations.

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Also agree with Low Fodder for all.

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There's several strong choices for me, of which I'll opt for the two that lack some variant of 'dreams' in their titles:
Snake5555555555 posted...

Queensrche - Silent Lucidity

Billy Joel - Vienna

HM to Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams because no one has mentioned it yet.

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I'll also also agree with Axem.

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(Once I processed what I was seeing): "Trading card- Pokemon TCG."

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Sheep007 posted...

Metallica - Enter Sandman
Owl City - Fireflies

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Yes

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Metal has beaten GRIS (again).

Gaming is above all an interactive visual medium, and GRIS excels in leveraging that. There's a certain beauty and elegance to most every aspect of its design (graphical and gameplay alike) that didn't shine quite as brightly for me this time around given how much I still remembered and how many optional objectives I deliberately chased. Still, I would highly recommend GRIS to anyone who doesn't mind a short, mechanically shallow experience and (spoilers?) isn't looking for a densely written narrative.

I'm unsure what to nominate right now, but I will support Sayonara Wild Hearts.

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Agree with Axem and third Emil.

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Lightning Strikes posted...

Super Meat Boy was a big hit on the Switch, to the point where Nintendo got the marketing rights for Forever. That is the whole thing about the Switch, it gave old indie games a second life, some were reporting their best ever years years after release because of the Switch. But I think were getting off topic - regardless of which is stronger between Ys VIII and Super Meat Boy, Forza Horizon 4 would beat both of them!

Oh, and I wasnt really doing it based on strength.

You're still missing my point there. Those ports of years-old indie games might have kept them relevant enough in the mainstream to produce significant overlap even while merely maintaining their strength, but they clearly didn't here based on the minimal impact of most voters actually getting to play a new DKC game for the first time. That makes some amount of sense, considering how crucial nostalgia is on this site.

Also, saying that Forza Horizon 4 beat Monster Hunter: World, while true, is rather disingenuous. Voters didn't think of World, the latest full game in a traditionally PlayStation-exclusive series, as an Xbox game, and it clearly showed when comparing that poll to the PS4 poll just two days beforehand (where it also fared much worse than its contest results). The closest thing to a contest comparison there is Forza's 30% on RDR2, but even then, the latter was primarily a PS4 game for voters' purposes, whereas the former was principally a release for a console GameFAQs barely cares about.

Lightning Strikes posted...

Anyway, you cant compare TLoU to Cyberpunk. One was misleading leaks making manbabies upset, the other was a game so broken it was removed from sale. Nobody will remember the TLoU leak in 10 years time, but Cyberpunks launch will always be part of its story.

Well, the two games sure seemed to have awfully comparable GotY results here relative to their fields, so the manbaby backlash clearly mattered quite a bit. I suppose I can't totally judge how positively GameFAQs will remember TLoU II come 2030, though, other than to say it clearly won't be as well-regarded as the original is now.

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Lightning Strikes posted...

that hit it big on the Switch?

I have a hard time believing a Switch port of a game that was over seven years old by that time moved the needle here, where something like DKC: TF can be near-worthless even though it needed its Switch port for exposure.

That being said, while I agree with Leon that Sonic Mania > SMB had no meaningful SFF, I'm not sure I'll ever agree that the 128 games we saw in GotD 2 were the 128 most nominated eligible games. If nothing else, I could believe 999 would have failed to make the field after reaching 2015's bracket if we had seen ZTD, but it's not like VLR wasn't also in 2015.

Anyways, my guesses at which 2020 games will make GotD 3:

• Near-Locks: Final Fantasy VII Remake (The TFA argument doesn't really work against it given how easily TFA would make a theoretical 2010s movie bracket even today); Hades
• Probable: Ghost of Tsushima (its GotY results here tell me it isn't another inFamous 2, though I guess a sequel could obsolete it); Ori and the Will of the Wisps; Persona 5 Royal
• Coin-Flips: 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (could equally go the way of 999 or Deadly Premonition among beginning-of-the-decade cult hits); Animal Crossing: New Horizons (depends on what happens to the franchise from here); Crusader Kings III; Cyberpunk 2077 (feels like it could be another New Vegas situation, though its launch being botched even by those standards doesn't help); Demon's Souls; DOOM Eternal (same as AC: NH); Genshin Impact (looks good right now, but I'm skeptical about a gacha game lasting the whole decade); Half-Life: Alyx (VR will probably become at least a bit more mainstream this decade, and chances are Alyx keeps being considered among its crown jewels)

I don't think The Last of Us Part II will make the field, considering it currently seems about as poorly regarded as Cyberpunk among GameFAQs audiences, only it lacks a possibility of updates, etc. winning them back, and a sequel would presumably take the honors over it.

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I think I'll agree with halfsilver, not that it really matters. It feels like the Evil Dead movies, and Ash in particular, maintain a fanbase all out of proportion with their cult status. That marginal recognizability means I can't really see him failing to beat someone like Caim even on GameFAQs.

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Heathers: The Musical - Dead Girl Walking
Tears for Fears - When in Love with a Blind Man

HM to Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer.

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"War", followed quickly by "is hell"

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LAW Fodder for AFGNCAAP, because it's very possible that half of B8 won't even get the joke, let alone the entire rest of the site.

Low Fodder for the other two. John Connor is an important, even somewhat iconic character from a series with two well-remembered movies here, but he's certainly no John McClane. Meanwhile, Nova is about as GameFAQs-irrelevant as an important Marvel Comics character can be, but playable status in UMvC3 alone is probably enough to best the likes of Caim.

Third Aerodactyl, Goldeen, Magmar, Omastar, and Weedle, and also nominate Beedrill (Pokemon).

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Agree with ZSig's ratings. Hammond is presumably not meaningfully worse off than Grant, and the original Jurassic Park's place in this site's collective memory seems too great for any of its important characters to slip to LAW Fodder anyways.

I don't think Ashley only appearing in one 21-year-old game is too much of an issue here, though, considering said game is a Square Golden Age JRPG. Any equivalency with Caim of pre-Nier Drakengard seems suspect.

Nominate Lezard Valeth and Nova/Richard Rider.

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azuarc posted...

Sayori > Natsuki. She at least has the advantage of being the first girl you meet, and your friend next door. I imagine she'd be stronger than Natsuki or Yuri. (Even if Yuri is my favorite.)

Of course, but we already addressed that back on Sayori's day. Our idea is that DDLC's fanbase, while very small here, is dedicated enough that any of its important characters can escape LAW Fodder.

Anyways, I'll agree with all of Axem's ratings today. I'll also second Ashley Riot, Randi, and Regina.

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Peter Gabriel - I Have the Touch
Elton John - Tiny Dancer

("Tiny dancer in my hand" / "Hold me closer, tiny dancer")

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AxemRedRanger posted...

Agreed with Shonen_Bat.

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Agree with Shonen.

Nominate Natsuki, Yuri, and Simea.

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