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Round 1 Division 4 Day 8
Overwatch 55.90%
Death Stranding 44.10%

Prediction Percentage 72.66%

This was a fun match in the sense that both games had a chance of being really bad on this site. It was essentially a matter of what game would be anti-voted the least, neither is particularly liked here. Its been a long time since anything from Blizzard had success here. The only real success anything had is probably when Diablo reached the semi-finals of the contest. The games have never been fodder here, theyve just not been as good as theyve on a lot of other sides, despite stuff like World of Warcraft having some of our most popular FAQs.

Both Overwatch and Death Stranding did just alright in their respective Game of the Year polls. Not fantastic, but both looked like something that could win a match if they got the right one. Overwatch just barely beat DOOM, which looked like a beast not many days prior, but was also fresh off the release of DOOM Eternal. Both of them were behind Final Fantasy XV, Uncharted 4 and Pokemon Sun and Moon, which doesnt sound too great. Death Stranding was just behind Bloodstained and just ahead of Devil May Cry 5, which by their recent results looks good enough. It was then behind Sekiro and Resident Evil 2.

The polls suggested that would be somewhat close, so you had to go with your gut feeling of how theyd do in a contest setting. Theyre both games that Id expect to do better in multi-ways polls, because they have their supporters, its just not that many. The percentages seem to agree. Overwatch is past the days where it got all too much attention, its probably not disliked too much at this point if it ever were. Death Stranding is a lot more recent, but it also a lot more our type of game.

It can be argued that the match came down to something like Death Stranding being disliked more, but I dont think thats what it is. Look at the prediction percentage? It came down to bracket votes. I dont think Overwatch being the top option mattered any, that wouldve only mattered when making the bracket since the games are side by side now. Overwatch was probably favored by quite a bit because its the more known name. The match is close enough and the votals low enough. I think bracket votes decided this one and it doesnt matter all that much, because the winner was never getting past Xenoblade even before Xenoblade exceeded expectations.

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