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Kleenex’s Analysis

How sad is that 2014 games list. Three Wii U games and Dark Souls 3. 2014 was not a great year for games, and it's up against one of the contest juggernauts. 2001 is the favorite to make it out of the top half of the bracket to the finals, and this is a good chance for it to prove its worth. I'm not actually as high on 2001 as a lot of people are, but there's no denying that the triple threat of FFX, MGS2 and SSBM make it a formidable year. Also Halo.

2001 really should shoot for the moon here, because it got one of the biggest opening round softballs in the contest. There aren't too many years I'd take 2014 over, aside from the pre-NES wildcard entrants.

Kleenex's Prediction: 2001 with 82%



Guest’s Analysis - Bane

Another contest, another analysis. Nice to be back doing these.

Coming into this match is the powerhouse known as 2001. I think the site in general is expecting a great run from this year, and why not with dynamic duo known as Super Smash Brothers Melee and Final Fantasy X. Now FFX seems to have dropped in power a bit more than people would have expected if judging from the 2015 contest, not really showing a convincing 1st or 2nd round against Half Life or Mega Man X before being practically walloped by Chrono Trigger 65-35. However, Melee has stayed pretty consistent even to last contest and always has a strong support base so the combination of those two should really do some damage in this contest. Oh yea there's also some other 2001 games but let's be honest what we're paying attention for.

I'm utterly flummoxed by the fact that for notable games for 2014 Allen didn't list Dragon Age: Inquisition, which I feel like won the most GOTY awards that year. Anyway 2014 isn't anything to slouch over in terms of great games, like the aforementioned Inquisition, Bayonetta 2, and Middle-Earth Shadow of Mordor. And.....what's this.....oh yea another Smash game called Super Smash Bros. 4. So I'm guessing that might be where 2014 gets most of its strength, as Smash 4 is regarded highly as the rightful successor to Melee. But paired up against each other, I'm betting on nostalgia holding out. Plus Melee is still a great game that gets EVO events and such. Other than that 2014 does not have much in terms of contest strength. Dark Souls 2, while a good game, is not viewed nearly as highly as the rest of the Souls series games while Destiny is treated as a quasi-joke, getting almost obliterated R1 2015 against Starcraft 75-25. So yea before I ramble on more 2014 is not looking too favorable of an option in this match.

2001 wins with 76.58%



Crew Consensus: 2001: A Space Victory
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