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| Topic | ~*Ultimaterializer's Post-Contest Analysis! - Part 2*~ |
| PostContestUlti 05/22/20 2:43:21 PM #115: | Division 8 Quarterfinal: (1)The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim vs (9)Journey (1)Skyrim - 19725 [74.98%] (9)Journey - 6581 [25.02%] Total Votes - 26306 Prediction Percentage - 88.32% https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Uw97lOOlk It's not often when you can win a contest poll with 75% of the vote and come out looking badly, but remember, Skyrim's matches were not only about winning. It was all about going tit for tat with Witcher 3, and the leadup to this match included Witcher 3 holding Mass Effect 3 to 21.6% of the vote. Skyrim had to match that, at least, to hold serve. SFF or no SFF, there is no way anyone with an unbiased mind can compare that monstrosity Witcher 3 pulled off with Journey getting 25% on Skyrim and think Skyrim wasn't in a world of trouble. Even if you want to think the former was an SFF beating, it meant Witcher 3 was able to pull off Western SFF. There was no way around this. Skyrim was completely and thoroughly screwed. The game isn't weak or anything, and I could even argue it hasn't lost much strength if any which is a minor miracle given Bethesda's idiocy, but Witcher 3 was in total berserk mode this contest. Anything less than an A+ performance was going to lose to it, and Skyrim was putting out a series of A-. On top of that, it kept losing board votes. If round one wasn't a good hint into how that eventual semifinal would go, round two certainly was. It also got some minor hype trains going for Skyrim to potentially get tripped up by Nintendo long before the semifinals ever got here. Any way you look at it, Skyrim was in trouble. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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