Board 8 > Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1331

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Leonhart4
03/30/20 11:08:20 AM
#153:


MoogleKupo141 posted...
open question to the topic: do any of you actually like Mass Effect 2 or any of the Fallouts less because of Andromeda or 76?

I dont think a bad game later in a series has ever made me sour on a game I already liked. If anything, 76 has made me appreciate how good New Vegas was even more.

Like XIII said, it's not an overt decision. It just dilutes your passion for the series and then you're voting against it in situations when you would have previously voted for it just because your feelings aren't as strong as they used to be.

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Yuri_LowelI
03/30/20 11:12:18 AM
#154:


MoogleKupo141 posted...
open question to the topic: do any of you actually like Mass Effect 2 or any of the Fallouts less because of Andromeda or 76?

I dont think a bad game later in a series has ever made me sour on a game I already liked. If anything, 76 has made me appreciate how good New Vegas was even more.

ME2 is one of my favourite games of all time. It doesn't matter what comes after. That game will always be in my fond memories

People didn't stop caring about Zelda when Skyward Sword shit the bed.

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Lightning Strikes
03/30/20 11:17:16 AM
#155:


Except Skyward Sword is way, way better than any of those and its not even close. Skyward Sword is seen well, just as a lesser Zelda is all.

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KamikazePotato
03/30/20 11:18:51 AM
#156:


It's also case-specific. I could see Fallout 3 taking a bit of a dip, but don't think New Vegas has been hurt at all by the series' current issues.

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MoogleKupo141
03/30/20 11:20:25 AM
#157:


Lightning Strikes posted...
Also as 2 is the middle chapter in the saga it may be more vulnerable to unsatisfying conclusions, just a thought.


This makes some sense with regard to 3s effect on 2, but we would have already seen that in the last games contest. Andromedas story is pretty much unrelated as far as I know.
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Leonhart4
03/30/20 11:22:01 AM
#158:


MoogleKupo141 posted...
This makes some sense with regard to 3s effect on 2, but we would have already seen that in the last games contest. Andromedas story is pretty much unrelated as far as I know.

Yeah, Andromeda has very little to do with the original series. It's just set in the same universe.

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LinkMarioSamus
03/30/20 12:29:29 PM
#159:


I was more referring to the Internet in general being less enthusiastic about those franchises.

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HaRRicH
03/30/20 1:04:18 PM
#160:


The Mass Effect trilogy, two games in and heading toward the finale in 2011-2012, was the closest thing I've seen to seeing a modern legend on the terms of hype and fandom that FF7 and LoZ:OoT had. This should have been the original Star Wars trilogy of our medium.

Then we saw Mass Effect 3 come out. It completely forfeited 2012's GotY-championship it had waiting on it, originally just taking second to Borderlands 2 but then afterward taking third to Xenoblade too. Three years later, we figured out Undertale was capable of being rallied...but its bandwagon couldn't catch on as well as it did without an opponent to rally against either, and ME3 was THE game to make that perfect storm happen.

ME3 clearly hurt the brand in a major way. You couldn't deny that the first and second games made big impacts and had fans, but they were all working toward the same story and ME3 threw it away for a bunch of people.

Now, Andormeda had some legitimate hype from people hoping Bioware learned some lessons and would be ready to grow from them...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/5911-which-newly-announced-title-at-e3-this-year-are-you-most
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/6206-which-scheduled-2016-game-are-you-most-looking-forward-to
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/6581-which-scheduled-first-quarter-game-are-you-most-looking
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/6623-which-scheduled-march-release-are-you-most-looking-forward

...pretty good numbers! ME-fans recognized there was a stinker of an ending but that the series was big enough with plenty of high points that quite a few of them saw some value in giving a second chance.

Then it was proven to be clearly rushed and people got tired of giving it a second chance. Again, major damage to the brand -- half the series now consists of blunders of the generation.

I recently had it framed for me like this: I showed an offline friend the bracket a few days ago, and he was big into ME1 and ME2 before hating ME3 and skipping ME:A. My friend asked me not only why was Mass Effect 2 a one-seed in this contest, but why was it even in the contest at all. He stopped looking before seeing ME3 also made it into the contest, which is probably best for him.

(plus Mass Effect 2's abbreviation is ME2 and #metoo has been devastating for reputations since its release....)

I expect ME2 to still have strength. RE7's numbers don't worry me really -- I'm giving RE7 the benefit of the doubt. We've also seen ME2 do well last year in a multi-way poll, including beating its 2010 GotY runner-up SMG2 worse than it did in 2010 and beating one of its potential upcoming opponents in RE2 (though it is not clear which RE2 was more in the forefront with voters on this poll)...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7514-whats-your-all-time-favorite-2-game

...but one-on-one in a contest, I don't think we've ever seen what ME2 could have been before the damage was done. This is also the first contest we've seen ME2 in since Andromeda came out.

It can still win the division, but I don't trust it. Sticking with RE2 > ME2.

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Leonhart4
03/30/20 1:11:10 PM
#161:


I blame the Mass Effect fanbase almost as much as I blame BioWare themselves for what ultimately happened to the series. I think the word "toxic" gets overused these days, but it applies there.

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FFDragon
03/30/20 1:42:34 PM
#162:


The fanbase went off the rails, I agree.

The original ending of ME3 was terrible, but they did go and try to make it better. Not amazing, but something. But then they gave us Citadel, which is the single best DLC in any game ever, which should have brought everyone back around.

Andromeda should never have been released as it was though. It took people right back to ME3 ending levels of vitrol and literally killed the series.

That's on everyone though.

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Gall
03/30/20 1:46:23 PM
#163:


How high does Black Ops go on Trails in the Sky?
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Lightning Strikes
03/30/20 1:52:17 PM
#165:


Yeah I think the fact that Mass Effect is straight up a dead series is worth noting. Not in the exaggerated internet sense either, EA explicitly shelved it. We have seen from Half-Life 2 what that can do to a games strength, and that was a series without any bad stuff!

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LeonhartFour
03/30/20 3:31:25 PM
#166:


Gall posted...
How high does Black Ops go on Trails in the Sky?


perhaps as high as 40%!
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Gall
03/30/20 3:52:23 PM
#167:


LeonhartFour posted...
perhaps as high as 40%!
I think it's a comparable match to Halo/Life is Strange. I know Black Ops is bad but saying it'd lose is overrating Trails.
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Advokaiser
03/30/20 4:00:18 PM
#168:


Lightning Strikes posted...
Yeah I think the fact that Mass Effect is straight up a dead series is worth noting. Not in the exaggerated internet sense either, EA explicitly shelved it. We have seen from Half-Life 2 what that can do to a games strength, and that was a series without any bad stuff!

The Chrono series has been dead for ages and they are probably stronger than ever.

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Lightning Strikes
03/30/20 4:04:04 PM
#169:


Trigger sure, not Cross necessarily. Chrono Trigger gets loads of rereleases and Europe finally got to play it. Square refuses to acknowledge Crosss existence.

Also 90s nostalgia

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SuperNiceDog
03/30/20 4:05:18 PM
#170:


Is Mass Effect 2 actually a good game? I've never played it, have only seen the trailer

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MoogleKupo141
03/30/20 4:07:05 PM
#171:


Yes it is very good. One of the all time best casts of characters in an RPG.
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lordjers
03/30/20 4:16:29 PM
#172:


I do believe in future installments killing the goodwill of what came before, like TWD's show (and Telltale's fall from grace) killing what was left of the game. If there had been a hypothetical midcarder Game of Thrones game in the contest, it wouldn't have done well today either.

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WarThaNemesis2
03/30/20 4:20:34 PM
#173:


Advokaiser posted...
The Chrono series has been dead for ages and they are probably stronger than ever.

Chrono Trigger is the biggest RPG here for the last 2D console.

Mass Effect 2 is from a dead series initially released on consoles nobody plays anymore.

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Zylothewolf
03/30/20 4:34:25 PM
#174:


SuperNiceDog posted...
Is Mass Effect 2 actually a good game? I've never played it, have only seen the trailer

Mass Effect 2 really really deserves its seed. I used to think that no games released this millenium would ever be able to take a top place in my top 10 of all time, but Mass Effect 2 was instant love.

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SuperNiceDog
03/30/20 4:49:45 PM
#175:


MoogleKupo141 posted...
Yes it is very good. One of the all time best casts of characters in an RPG.

Niceee... ok I might have to give it a try.

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Leonhart4
03/30/20 6:03:31 PM
#178:


UltimaterializerX posted...
Oh man, we have the potential for two upsets tomorrow. I think Spiderman is safe, but that Minecraft/Dota match is, uh..... hoo boy.

Is there a reason to believe anyone still cares about Dead Space?

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MoogleKupo141
03/30/20 6:05:38 PM
#179:


I still care about it!

but also I dont think even at the height of people caring about it it would have beat this Spider-Man game
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FFDragon
03/30/20 6:08:11 PM
#180:


MoogleKupo141 posted...
I still care about it!

but also I dont think even at the height of people caring about it it would have beat this Spider-Man game

This exactly.

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MetalmindStats
03/30/20 6:18:56 PM
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Advokaiser
03/30/20 6:19:02 PM
#183:


Are you ready to see Minecraft quadrupling its competition?

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Leonhart4
03/30/20 6:19:41 PM
#184:


UltimaterializerX posted...
I mean after Walking Dead totally bombed against a game that might not break 25% in round 2, who knows!

I wouldn't compare Walking Dead to Spider-Man at all

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ZeldaTPLink
03/30/20 6:21:43 PM
#185:


Link in the middle of the pic to remind everyone of the LAW.
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_SecretSquirrel
03/30/20 6:22:20 PM
#186:


Oh man, dat Spidey.

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Advokaiser
03/30/20 6:25:44 PM
#187:


Question:

Is SSB Ultimate going to SFF Tekken?

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Leonhart4
03/30/20 6:25:57 PM
#188:


Advokaiser posted...
Question:

Is SSB Ultimate going to SFF Tekken?

Smash isn't a fighting game, so no.

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Advokaiser
03/30/20 6:28:15 PM
#189:


lol, good one...

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Leonhart4
03/30/20 6:30:20 PM
#191:


I'm sure you understand sarcasm

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Nameless2000
03/30/20 6:30:57 PM
#192:


If you like Tekken, you hate Smash Bros.

If you like Smash Bros., you probably don't care about Tekken.

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Leonhart4
03/30/20 6:32:34 PM
#195:


UltimaterializerX posted...
Your posting style definitely doesn't convey sarcasm very well <_<

That's part of the allure. Sometimes you can't tell!

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DoctorJimmy133
03/30/20 6:38:43 PM
#196:


Any overlap between SSBU and Tekken would have to be from fans of fighting games. Not really the GameFAQs crowd. Even then the overlap would be less than, say, Tekken/Street FIghter.

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WarThaNemesis2
03/30/20 6:40:25 PM
#197:


Leonhart4 posted...
That's part of the allure. Sometimes you can't tell!

I always knew deep down your Squall fandom was sarcastic.

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Leonhart4
03/30/20 6:41:08 PM
#198:


WarThaNemesis2 posted...
I always knew deep down your Squall fandom was sarcastic.

The longest running gag on the board

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SuperNiceDog
03/30/20 6:52:50 PM
#199:


Leonhart4 posted...
The longest running gag on the board

...... whatever

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Team Rocket Elite
03/30/20 6:53:33 PM
#200:


https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/6-gamefaqs-announcements/78523570

"Voting for the current Game of the Decade battles will be disabled during this time. We don't foresee this having any kind of impact on the results."

Driving another nail into my tiebreaker.
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linid0t
03/30/20 6:54:56 PM
#201:


SuperNiceDog posted...
...... whatever

Ok moonroof

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LeonhartFour
03/30/20 6:57:03 PM
#202:


here's hoping we don't have an unexpectedly close match...!
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DoctorJimmy133
03/30/20 6:57:39 PM
#203:


Team Rocket Elite posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/6-gamefaqs-announcements/78523570

"Voting for the current Game of the Decade battles will be disabled during this time. We don't foresee this having any kind of impact on the results."

Driving another nail into my tiebreaker.
This would cost us a few hundred votes, right?

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