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Round 2 Division 7 Day 23
Diablo III 36.72%
The Last of Us 63.28%

Prediction Percentage 75.20%

If you were one of the many board 8ers with The Last of Us as the division winner in your bracket, but you had not yet lost hope in round 1 when Dark Souls clearly looked stronger than it was five years ago, this was the match where it became clear you were losing 8 points. The Last of Us underperformed quite a bit relative to what we thought. It was quite apparent that the game was not as strong as it was back in 2015. Dark Souls looked stronger than then, and the gap wasnt too big to begin with. It was a sealed deal, and suddenly it looked more likely The Last of Us would drop to Batman: Arkham City than beat Dark Souls.

I do think Diablo III is stronger than board 8 is ready to give it credit for though. The Last of Us probably doesnt benefit from the contest title as much anymore as it would have had years back. Naughty Dog is in a weird place and the delay of the sequel probably doesnt help much. Remember that this match happened before the leaks came. The Last of Us was huge when it came, but probably less so now, as it already hasnt aged too well on some levels. Against something like Diablo III, it probably doesnt gain much help from the forced voting here. Diablo is a bigger franchise name. Blizzard is in a bad place these days, but Diablo III is before things went downhill and a lot of the issues with Blizzard doesnt apply to Diablo III. It was a fine game that simply didnt reach previous series high. It ends up looking a good big better than I think much board 8ers would have guessed it would. The Last of Us was fine today, even if perhaps a little bit weaker than in 2015. It just didnt look like it could beat the boosted Dark Souls.

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