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| Topic | my 5 best and worst picks in contest history |
| transience 03/04/20 5:28:35 PM #54: | BEST #3: Dark Souls over MGS5 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain 44.6% 16633 Dark Souls 55.4% 20662 TOTAL VOTES 37295 The GameFAQs audience is extremely slow to move on to new franchises, even more so than the general public. Franchise voting means is a real thing here. As a result, one of the hardest picks to make is taking a new-ish franchise against a major game from an established franchise. Sunshine vs. Halo 3 was one example of this, sure, but Halo was a proven franchise with at least some level of respect. Dark Souls? It's a critical darling, sure, but it had never proven itself in any kind of notable way. Meanwhile, MGS5 was a pretty big deal. It had just come out and was also a critical darling, with tons of glowing reviews. It wasn't really a "gamefaqs game" though, meaning that it was loved because of its gameplay as opposed to the narrative trappings that made Metal Gear such a hit here. Still, it was Metal Gear, and Dark Souls was an obtuse, challenging game that went out of its way to screw you over. It was basically the opposite of the Nintendo games that we usually flock to. I went with Dark Souls without thinking twice. MGS5 just never seemed like our jam and I have a lot of respect for Dark Souls (to the point where I think it has an outside shot at the finals this year). It would have been much more satisfying to pick SOTC over the more popular Metal Gears, but alas, I'm not that good! --- xyzzy ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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