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Paratroopa1 posted...

I get into this kind of awkward situation sometimes where I like a game - like, really really like a game - and yet everyone else seems just a little more obsessed with it than me, which creates this almost weird, completely undeserved sense of scorn towards it. Link to the Past is a huge example of this, for me. I love Link to the Past, it was one of my favorite games as a kid, but it is also my least favorite of the classic Zeldas, which puts me in an awkward spot when it's everyone else's preferred classic Zelda; LttP randomizer was the Zelda randomizer that took off big, when I was never really into it, and the fact that liking LttP doesn't feel personal to me sort of puts a damper on it. I know this sounds totally unnecessary and petty, and it surely is, but I can't help it, I'm a weird emotional being who struggles with classifying something that I like, but that I also like slightly less than everyone else around me. The fact that I can't muster an equal level of enthusiasm makes it hard to muster enthusiasm at all. It's stupid, but it is what it is.

I understand where this is coming from, don't worry. There are other games I appreciate, but don't love quite as much as the mainstream. LttP (rando) is weird because I actively didn't play LttP as a kid, beyond getting bullied by green guards and giving up, declaring the game to be stupid. Then I saw a rando race in a GDQ event and thought it was the most awesome thing and learned the game just so I could play randomizer. I would definitely not have done that for other Zelda games. Z1 never interested me in any regard and OoT is too freaking long.

However, to piggyback on what you were saying about Hades...

Paratroopa1 posted...

The characters are great! Zagreus is great, Hades is great, all of the supporting characters are great. The story is engaging and the way it incorporates the roguelike elements as diagetic concepts is genius. But you already know that! Everyone already knows that.

My initial consideration for guru pick (assuming a general character contest) was Lilith from Borderlands, but that was before I played BL3 and saw what an absolute mess they made of her character, and she got kicked to the curb. Without an obvious replacement, for a while, if you had asked me, Zagreus might have been my answer, under the guise that he's a likeable character that could make a dent, and that he's from an indie game but high-profile enough that this wouldn't cost him as much as it would most indie characters.

At this point, I think it's pretty likely he'll make the field without any help, and my appeal to Hades is much the same as yours -- I like it, but not enough to think that giving him a bump in seeding is worth the guru nom to me. I enjoyed Hades, and Zag would be a very respectable and solid pick that I think most people could feel good about, but the game doesn't have enough personal clout for the return on investment.

Who knows. Maybe I'll rediscover the game in a few months and have a Renaissance. I have a very temporary answer for who my current selection is, but my reasons for it will likely be invalidated before a contest gets announced, and I'll be back to searching for an answer...which could be Zagreus. /shrug