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Round 1 Division 6 Day 12
Kingdom Hearts III 68.06%
Disco Elysium 31.94%

Prediction Percentage 83.59%

I was pretty excited to see Kingdom Hearts III in the field. It missed the Game of the Year field because Allen has begun basically only looking at Metacritic scores picking games for those things, so it was snubbed for things no one remembers. Its such a weird decision not to have sales influence at all in my opinion. Luckily, it did not mean it couldnt make this contest, though Im sure it has been nominated a lot to get a #6 seed, because the critic scores sure didnt do it. Sora has gotten a #1 seed too many times, so its not new that the site nominates Kingdom Hearts things a lot.

Everyone knows the game released to very mixed opinions. First of all, it came out 6 years after being revealed and they had probably been working on the concept for many years prior to that. We are skeptical of most things Square has released ever since well, Kingdom Hearts II probably. In the meantime, lots of Kingdom Hearts things had come out. Calling this one III is mostly just a move to promote a console release, because its a sequel to Dream Drop Distance, which is a sequel to Coded and that one is a sequel to the one called II. Remaking all the handheld games as 1.5, 2.5 and 2.8 probably didnt make anyone less confused about the whole thing. I mean, I appreciate the release of all the games on consoles leading up the release of this one, but it was just as much of a mess as the story of the series. They had less Worlds because they were going for bigger Disney names and Disney is the toughest company in the world to deal with when it comes to rights. They also chose not to include Final Fantasy characters on the mostly incorrect assumption that the original Kingdom Hearts characters have been well enough established and liked for them to not need Final Fantasy. Not only is that a bold claim, but its also weird to think that increased quality in one thing means they didnt need something else that people loved. Were they aiming for conservation of quality? They sure did not appear to get that in the heads of most.

It was still a anticipated game named Kingdom Hearts, so it was never going to be complete trash. This site is Square fans at heart even if theyve done their best to make us change our minds most of this century. It was enough that taking Kingdom Hearts III to the division finals was a decently popular upset pick. It did not quite do well enough to be the favorite going into round 2, but it wasnt out of the question.

Disco Elysium looks really good and its a shame it could not win a match. Actually, whats a shame is that its so far a PC exclusive. Its being released on current generation consoles later this year. If it had been released on those already we had probably seen it with a higher seed and quite a bit stronger, even though it wouldnt be extraordinary. It is an RPG after all. I want to play it when it hits PS4 so hopefully I can find the time.

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