Board 8 > How many games in the bracket have you NOT heard of before?

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Advokaiser
04/02/20 10:21:40 PM
#1:


On a scale of 0 to... let's see how up this goes










I made this question pre-contest, but now that we have a larger audience (and a poll for reference), maybe we can gauge how disconnected we are from this decade even further.

Feel free to list them.

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-hotdogturtle--
04/02/20 10:23:37 PM
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Does this count games whose names I've heard in passing (mostly through B8), but literally don't know a single thing about?

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Advokaiser
04/02/20 10:27:14 PM
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-hotdogturtle-- posted...
Does this count games whose names I've heard in passing (mostly through B8), but literally don't know a single thing about?

Yes.

Basically: Were you aware of "x" game's existence before the contest?

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VideoboysaysCube
04/02/20 10:34:38 PM
#4:


The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Slay the Spire
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Crypt of the NecroDancer
Fate / Grand Order

Never heard of them.

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Drakeryn
04/02/20 10:40:34 PM
#6:


Return of the Obra Dinn

that's all
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HaRRicH
04/02/20 10:46:51 PM
#7:


The Outer Worlds
Slay the Spire
Disco Asylum
Crusader Kings 2

Four games.

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KingAshnard
04/02/20 10:59:09 PM
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Only one. Slay the Spire.

That said, though I had heard of Bastion, I knew nothing about it and I certainly didn't think it had the ability to beat something like The Walking Dead. My bracket paid for that.

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MechanicalWall
04/02/20 11:01:05 PM
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Like I mentioned in the stats topic I know ALL these games, and can tell you at least the genre of all of them.

I should go and count how many of them I've actually played though...

EDIT: I've played 88 of them

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Hbthebattle
04/02/20 11:01:33 PM
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Ive heard of every one.
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Shonen_Bat
04/02/20 11:04:59 PM
#11:


If it's just hearing about it in passing then it's like, almost none

Bravely Default
Deus Ex
Ys VIII
Crusader Kings 2

Ayup


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squexa
04/02/20 11:06:37 PM
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2

Baba is You and Ys VIII, although I've heard of Ys as a series before.

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azuarc
04/02/20 11:08:59 PM
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Only one I thought I hadn't heard of before was Nioh, which was wrong, although Subnautica comes close.

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Paratroopa1
04/02/20 11:09:09 PM
#14:


Fate/Grand Order is it
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-hotdogturtle--
04/02/20 11:11:09 PM
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Never heard of before I saw them in the bracket:
The Outer Worlds
INSIDE
Disco Elysium
Crusader Kings II
Subnautica

Only heard their titles conversationally, do not know even the most of basic of basic information:
What Remains of Edith Finch
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Return of the Obra Dinn
The Stanley Parable
The Talos Principle
Fate / Grand Order (only because there was a large B8 topic about it)
Night in the Woods

And then there's The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC, an entire series whose existence I only know because this board is obsessed with it.

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WhiteLens
04/02/20 11:33:30 PM
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I've heard of every game in the bracket to varying degrees.

Now I'd be surprised if I played like...a quarter of them.

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MoogleKupo141
04/02/20 11:38:07 PM
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I may have seen YS VIIIs name here at some point, but definitely dont remember it. Same goes for Fate/Grand Order.

so maybe 2. Definitely heard of the rest.
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Snake5555555555
04/02/20 11:45:23 PM
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Heard of 'em all

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The Utility Man
04/03/20 12:10:41 AM
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Answered 1-5.

I've at least heard of practically every game in the contest.
Now if you were to ask me how many games I knew a decent amount about I probably wouldn't even be able to say half of them. Taking it a step further and asking how many I've played though, most likely less than 1/3rd.

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transience
04/03/20 12:12:54 AM
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Paratroopa1 posted...
Fate/Grand Order is it

same here

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PrinceOfKoopas
04/03/20 12:16:21 AM
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  1. (16) The Outer Worlds
  2. (10) Bastion
  3. (15) The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC
  4. (4) Horizon Zero Dawn
  5. (11) INSIDE
  6. (16) Baba Is You
  7. (12) FTL: Faster Than Light
  8. (10) Ori and the Blind Forest
  9. (13) Return of the Obra Dinn
  10. (11) Dishonored
  11. (10) Nioh
  12. (15) The Talos Principle
  13. (15) Dying Light
  14. (12) The Witness
  15. (13) Dead Cells
  16. (15) Crusader Kings II
  17. (14) Night in the Woods
  18. (7) Divinity: Original Sin II

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MZero11
04/03/20 1:35:32 AM
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0-1

I can't remember if I'd heard of The Outer Worlds before the bracket or not. I know I've heard of either The Outer Wilds or The Outer Worlds or both, but I'm not sure.

The rest I have definitely heard of, though there's probably about a dozen I have no idea what they are other than the name

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BlAcK TuRtLe
04/03/20 1:44:28 AM
#23:


Edith Finch
Legend of Heroes
Danganropa
INSIDE
Ghost Trick
Talos Principal
Ys VIII
Slay the Spire
Zero Escape

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AzureScrublord
04/03/20 3:33:59 AM
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What Remains of Edith Finch
Baba is You
Return of the Obra Dinn
The Talos Principle
The Witness
Night in the Woods
INSIDE

I couldn't tell you what they're about, but FTL and Disco Elysium sound familiar at least. So I'm not sure I should include them. I'm assuming that Flying Fairy is some sort of definitive edition of the original Bravely Default?

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Steiner
04/03/20 4:04:05 AM
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just ghost trick. but some of the games some people in here have never heard of before is stunning to me.

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Steiner
04/03/20 4:05:02 AM
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PrinceOfKoopas posted...
1. (16) The Outer Worlds
2. (10) Bastion
3. (15) The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC
4. (4) Horizon Zero Dawn
7. (12) FTL: Faster Than Light
10. (11) Dishonored
15. (13) Dead Cells
17. (14) Night in the Woods


like how is this possible

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Paratroopa1
04/03/20 4:13:50 AM
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all the games people haven't heard of are all of the good ones too
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Nanis23
04/03/20 4:18:39 AM
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Hmmm...I heard about all of them..? I mean, come on
Although Heavy Rain (pretty generic name to be honest) and Crusader Kings II are the most obscure games in the list

Yes even more than those indie games

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Nanis23
04/03/20 4:20:42 AM
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As for Fate/Grand Order..I don't see people talking about it, but it always tops the mobile games chart and there are tons of cosplay for it in Japanese cons
It's pretty huge there

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-hotdogturtle--
04/03/20 4:28:13 AM
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Heavy Rain was hugely publicized on the internet due to memes.

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BetrayedTangy
04/03/20 5:14:26 AM
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Just two

Baba is You
Crusader Kings II

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Peace___Frog
04/03/20 7:05:37 AM
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Steiner posted...
just ghost trick. but some of the games some people in here have never heard of before is stunning to me.


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KingButz
04/03/20 8:17:41 AM
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Disco
Ys whatever
Slay the Spire
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PrinceOfKoopas
04/03/20 8:43:32 AM
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Steiner posted...
like how is this possible
Some of those have really generic names!

And I also don't follow indie stuff.

By comparison, Ghost Trick is one of the best games in the bracket. ^_^

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kilafer
04/03/20 8:54:53 AM
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AzureScrublord posted...
What Remains of Edith Finch
Baba is You
Return of the Obra Dinn
The Talos Principle
The Witness
Night in the Woods
INSIDE

I couldn't tell you what they're about, but FTL and Disco Elysium sound familiar at least. So I'm not sure I should include them. I'm assuming that Flying Fairy is some sort of definitive edition of the original Bravely Default?
No it's just the subtitle to the original game.
It never gets mentioned when the game is talked about, so it's easy to forget.

As for me, I've heard of all these games at least once.
But for a lot of the indie titles, I could tell you nothing else about them.

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MechanicalWall
04/03/20 9:34:36 AM
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Nanis23 posted...
Hmmm...I heard about all of them..? I mean, come on
Although Heavy Rain (pretty generic name to be honest) and Crusader Kings II are the most obscure games in the list

Yes even more than those indie games
Wot

Heavy Rain sold more than 5 million copies and was a 'big deal' when it came out.

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Ashethan
04/03/20 9:37:31 AM
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11.

Bravely Default: Flying Fairy
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
INSIDE
FTL: Faster Than Light
Ori and the Blind Forest
YS VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
Disco Elysium
Dead Cells
Crusader of Kings II
Subnautica
Night in the Woods

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azuarc
04/03/20 9:54:29 AM
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PrinceOfKoopas posted...
1. (16) The Outer Worlds
2. (10) Bastion
3. (15) The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC
4. (4) Horizon Zero Dawn
5. (11) INSIDE
6. (16) Baba Is You
7. (12) FTL: Faster Than Light
8. (10) Ori and the Blind Forest
9. (13) Return of the Obra Dinn
10. (11) Dishonored
11. (10) Nioh
12. (15) The Talos Principle
13. (15) Dying Light
14. (12) The Witness
15. (13) Dead Cells
16. (15) Crusader Kings II
17. (14) Night in the Woods
18. (7) Divinity: Original Sin II

I can write off most of this list as not caring about indie games, but Dishonored?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dishonored#Awards_and_accolades

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FFDragon
04/03/20 9:54:34 AM
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The Outer Worlds
Tales of Berseria
Ni no Kuni
Bloodstained
INSIDE
Octopath Traveler
DKC Tropical Freeze
Ori and the Blind Forest
Return of Obra Dinn
Nioh
Subnautica
Divinity Original Sin

And I thought Hollow Knight and Shovel Knight were the same series. So we'll say 13.


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MechanicalWall
04/03/20 10:09:45 AM
#40:


azuarc posted...
I can write off most of this list as not caring about indie games, but Dishonored?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dishonored#Awards_and_accolades
Horizon is way more surprising than Dishonored

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Arti
04/03/20 10:23:56 AM
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Heard of all the games in the bracket.

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pyresword
04/03/20 10:29:54 AM
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I'd say 2--INSIDE and Dying Light.

The number does go up to 4 however if you want to count entries of popular series I didn't know existed. For example I'm obviously aware of Tekken, but I have no idea how many there are or which one they're up to, so you could reasonably argue I haven't heard of whatever Tekken was in the bracket. (The other one like this was Resident Evil 7)
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SeabassDebeste
04/03/20 10:39:57 AM
#43:


never heard of at all (25)
the outer worlds
what remains of edith finch
sekiro: shadows die twice
bastion
bloodstained: ritual of the night
INSIDE
dead space 2
shovel knight
dragon's dogma
baba is you
death stranding
south park: stick of truth
return of the obra dinn
the stanley parable
the talos principle
disco elysium
dying light
hotline miami
yakuza 0
the witness
dead cells
terraria
subnautica
night in the woods
divinity: original sin ii

heard of the series, but not the entry (9)
- tales of berseria (though tbf i don't keep up with tales, and i know that series)
- bravely default: flying fairy (same as tales)
- horizon zero dawn
- deus ex: human revolution
- tekken 7
- fire emblem: three houses
- sonic mania
- ys viii
- uncharted 4
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SeabassDebeste
04/03/20 10:42:34 AM
#44:


VideoboysaysCube posted...
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
Slay the Spire
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Crypt of the NecroDancer
Fate / Grand Order

Never heard of them.

amusingly, i haven't heard of 34 of them, but i've heard of literally every single one of these! thanks b8
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MoogleKupo141
04/03/20 10:44:10 AM
#45:


wow how did you not hear about Kojimas masterpiece Death Stranding?
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FFDragon
04/03/20 10:44:55 AM
#46:


MoogleKupo141 posted...
wow how did you not hear about Kojimas masterpiece Death Stranding?

Otherwise known as 2020: The Game.

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PrinceOfKoopas
04/03/20 10:51:07 AM
#47:


azuarc posted...
I can write off most of this list as not caring about indie games, but Dishonored?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dishonored#Awards_and_accolades
It's entirely possible that I've heard of it back in 20122013, then forgot that I did!

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KokoroAkechi
04/03/20 10:53:25 AM
#48:


i've heard of all of them

however, if you asked me what genre each of them were I'd answer some wrong.
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SeabassDebeste
04/03/20 10:55:02 AM
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MoogleKupo141 posted...
wow how did you not hear about Kojimas masterpiece Death Stranding?

is this sarcastic? <_<
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