LogFAQs > #936559928

Gall posted...

Octopath > Undertale: The amount of sheer disrespect I've been seeing toward Octopath... looks a lot like how Bastion was thought of before its match with Walking Dead. In Game of the Decade, the Respect Factor matters, and Octopath is exactly the kind of game that GameFAQs respects - even discounting the fact that its playrate should be decent, being on Switch in 2017. Now, like Bastion, Octopath isn't a worldbeater, but it should beat lesser fodder no problem. Enter Undertale, and voters have too long memories for Undertale to rise very high above INSIDE-level fodder.

I shared this exact viewpoint for a while. Octopath is a fairly well-liked Square RPG, and from what I'm reading, a trailblazer for the Switch. Someone'll have to tell me if it's worth playing. Game made the bracket after a year, so it must be doing something right.

The only problem I have with this model is its dependence on Undertale remaining weak. Draven getting scorched by Ammy way back in 2018 may have been a given, but...when the hell have you heard the name Draven? Unless you play LoL, all that comes to mind is 2013. In the meantime, Undertale has built multiplatform support, made a popular Smash appearance, and become part of the mainstream. Come 2015, Undertale was a sleeper hit, and made a sleeper run as an entrant only PC gamers knew about. That alone should put it well past the likes of INSIDE, and enough to make this a match.

I think your pick's valid, but I don't think anti-voting would matter as much as Octopath being what it is, where it is. It's relying on whatever natural strength it has.

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I owe it to y'all, DpOblivion and BKShiekah. Congrats on your brackets!