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Topic	An analysis of how each year performed in Game of the Decade 2
MechanicalWall 05/19/20 10:50:29 AM #123:	Other Thoughts: Holy shit I need to start condensing these analyses a little, they keep getting longer and longer and Im not even at the chunkiest years yet. There were some interesting things going on this year outside of the major headliners and busts; some bad, some good. Life Is Strange was not the favorite in its match with Halo Reach, and it lost convincingly, but a lot of people did entertain the upset. The result was definitely demoralizing to me personally; not because I had LiS winning that match, but because its pretty much my personal GotD, and watching it lose to fckin Halo was not a good start to the contest. On the flip side, Ori and Rocket League managed to win a couple of tossups, with the former being the clear underdog against Dragon Age. It even ended as one of the top 5 indie games in bracket (if you dont include Minecraft, which at this point is as corporate as it gets)! MGSV is a weird one. Its performance against Yakuza 0 was laughed at, as it couldnt even reach 60% there, but Im more inclined to think that Yakuza is decently legit. And yah, it lost to Dark Souls harder than in 2015, but I strongly believe that almost all of that was Dark Souls getting stronger. Despite all the assumptions that Death Stranding and anti-Kojima sentiment would weaken the game, it didnt really seem to happen. Honestly, I feel most of the damage that could have been inflicted on it had already been inflicted by the time of 2015s contest, when the WTF WHERES THE REST OF THIS GAME?! sentiment was at its highest. Also, shoutout to Dying Light for being the most wtf game in bracket. Yah, there were WAY more obscure games, but at least shit like INSIDE and Obra Dinn have indie darling status. Dying Light is just an alright western AAA game with no pedigree and little staying power on this site. Clearly enough people cared about it to at least make it in, but like, huh? That said, I think overall this year did pretty well. Yah its got some fodder, but this roster notched some good wins and upsets, and of course, it produced one of only two finalists in the field. That definitely counts for something in my book! Final Grade: B - A pretty good base of games, headlined by one of the eventual finalists --- If you're only on this board to whine about "SJWs", please redirect whatever you type on to the nearest trash can. And hop in after it. <cite>MechanicalWall posted [p:939388550] in An analysi... [t:78682510]...</cite> <quote>Other Thoughts: Holy shit I need to start condensing these analyses a little, they keep getting longer and longer and Im not even at the chunkiest years yet. There were some interesting things going on this year outside of the major headliners and busts; some bad, some good. Life Is Strange was not the favorite in its match with Halo Reach, and it lost convincingly, but a lot of people did entertain the upset. The result was definitely demoralizing to me personally; not because I had LiS winning that match, but because its pretty much my personal GotD, and watching it lose to fckin Halo was not a good start to the contest. On the flip side, Ori and Rocket League managed to win a couple of tossups, with the former being the clear underdog against Dragon Age. It even ended as one of the top 5 indie games in bracket (if you dont include Minecraft, which at this point is as corporate as it gets)! MGSV is a weird one. Its performance against Yakuza 0 was laughed at, as it couldnt even reach 60% there, but Im more inclined to think that Yakuza is decently legit. And yah, it lost to Dark Souls harder than in 2015, but I strongly believe that almost all of that was Dark Souls getting stronger. Despite all the assumptions that Death Stranding and anti-Kojima sentiment would weaken the game, it didnt really seem to happen. Honestly, I feel most of the damage that could have been inflicted on it had already been inflicted by the time of 2015s contest, when the WTF WHERES THE REST OF THIS GAME?! sentiment was at its highest. Also, shoutout to Dying Light for being the most wtf game in bracket. Yah, there were WAY more obscure games, but at least shit like INSIDE and Obra Dinn have indie darling status. Dying Light is just an alright western AAA game with no pedigree and little staying power on this site. Clearly enough people cared about it to at least make it in, but like, huh? That said, I think overall this year did pretty well. Yah its got some fodder, but this roster notched some good wins and upsets, and of course, it produced one of only two finalists in the field. That definitely counts for something in my book! Final Grade: B - A pretty good base of games, headlined by one of the eventual finalists --- If you're only on this board to whine about "SJWs", please redirect whatever you type on to the nearest trash can. And hop in after it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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