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g0ldie
09/27/21 4:52:31 PM
#52:


it depends on how you define "best"

if you're talking about influence, impact, etc., then you might not consider those two to fit.

if you're talking about quality, enjoyment, etc., then they might.

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TheRadiant
09/27/21 4:53:25 PM
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SwayM posted...
GOW is easily one of the best single player experiences ever.
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kawalimus
09/27/21 4:54:33 PM
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So many of these games are doing different things you can't really measure them against each other. Like a theoretical matchup of Tetris vs GTAwhatever doesn't make any sense. Better to separate all this stuff by genre.
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DeadBankerDream
09/27/21 4:54:49 PM
#55:


You responded to a SwayM post. You failed at life.

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luigi13579
09/27/21 4:56:28 PM
#56:


I called one of the two before clicking on the topic. I expected BotW and GTA V. If they weren't in the same side of the contest, it probably would have been that.

Recency bias is to be expected in these things (although we probably have the opposite problem here lol), along with people just voting for what they recognize, so the results aren't surprising.

Super Metroid getting knocked out by Apex Legends in the first round though... Yet Metroid Prime beat Hades (one of the current indie darlings) by the exact same margin.

Other highlights:

  • FFVII demolished by BotW in the first round.
  • Super Mario 64 well beaten by Arkham City
  • Symphony of the Night dismantled by Resident Evil 4
  • In the most one-sided matchups, God of War (2018) beat StarCraft 90/10 and The Witcher 3 beat Diablo II 85/15. Overwatch beaten by BioShoch too. Poor Blizzard (not).
  • In two examples of the pupil schooling the master, CoD beat GoldenEye and Dark Souls beat Shadow of the Colossus.
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cuttin_in_farm
09/27/21 4:59:44 PM
#57:


GTA V isnt even the best GTA game. That goes to San Andreas.

How is it in the final 2? Who were the starting pools/entrants?

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Benjamin_Sisko
09/27/21 5:00:09 PM
#58:


solosnake posted...
burnout 3 takedown took out chrono trigger in the first round

lol


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bigtiggie23
09/27/21 5:04:27 PM
#59:


Last of Us is good but Snake Eater was amazing.
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pinky0926
09/27/21 5:05:46 PM
#60:


I might not agree with the choices but I'm pleasantly surprised that for once in video game history it's not YET AGAIN a choice between Ocarina of Time or Final Fantasy 7

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Ivany2008
09/27/21 5:08:12 PM
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I4NRulez posted...
It was a great game but they didn't do any revolutionary. Dark Souls was so revolutionary it created a genre.

Mario, Pokemon, and Street Fighter had much more cultural impacts than GTA V.

GOW and GTAV are both great games but i wouldnt consider them the best ever.

Demon Souls created the genre, and even then its arguable, as there have been ridiculously hard games action rpgs in the past.
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cuttin_in_farm
09/27/21 5:08:59 PM
#62:


Honestly, the seeding was terrible in this. A lot of good games were forced against each other very early. GTA V didnt really have tough competition.

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The Wheelman1
09/27/21 5:11:36 PM
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Do people even play God of War 2018 anymore? I don't get whats so great about it.

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SwayM
09/27/21 5:18:31 PM
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I4NRulez posted...
It was a great game but they didn't do any revolutionary.

If there's one thing that gamers need to drop completely is this horseshit idea that games need to "revolutionary" in the most reductive way possible.

First, a game doesn't need to reinvent the wheel to be amazing. Full stop. All video games are the culmination of decades of innovation, and some take all that and fine tune it to a razors edge. Which is what I feel God of War does in so many ways. It folds everything awesome about video games around itself to create a complete package.

What you define as revolutionary, others may not. This comes with the territory. But no matter what game you personally think "completely changed everything" I guarantee will be met with pure indignation and reduction to the point of breaking it down to pixels and 1's and 0's on the internet. No matter what you feel is revolutionary, gamers have a completely reductive way of thinking and will say the concepts or mechanics "were done before in __insert game here__" or simply respond with some no effort troll post like "lol" when you talk about what makes a game great.

TheRadiant posted...
lol

Case in point.

For me, in God Of War, the way the story is told through one continuous long take and Kratos' perspective is 100% "revolutionary" even though I hate the baggage that comes with that word. The introduction of this new Pantheon of God's and a new arc for Kratos, it's awesome. Ideas like having Mimir on your belt giving you lore and setting the stage through the whole game was brilliant. And then never leaving Kratos perspective gives you that sense of a super long, continuous journey. As well as making EVERYTHING else in the game so mysterious and interesting because you're only learning and seeing things through a brand new perspective.

The way they rebooted this franchise with a whole new feel and identity while keeping everything that came before cannon was phenomenally well done. Personally, it was revolutionary in many ways, but I'm sure someone is itching to reduce it down to 1's and 0's.


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I4NRulez
09/27/21 5:27:54 PM
#65:


Ivany2008 posted...
Demon Souls created the genre, and even then its arguable, as there have been ridiculously hard games action rpgs in the past.

"Hard" isn't dark souls genre lol

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Key
09/27/21 5:41:00 PM
#67:


Correct_Facts posted...
Where's fuckin Undertale
That game is shit

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LordMarshal
09/27/21 5:43:20 PM
#68:


Two cheeks of the same ass.....

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Correct_Facts
09/27/21 5:46:28 PM
#69:


Key posted...
That game is shit
It's only the greatest game of all time as voted by GameFAQs users
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LordMarshal
09/27/21 5:47:35 PM
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Correct_Facts posted...
It's only the greatest game of all time as voted by GameFAQs users

Means literally nothing.

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BeyondWalls
09/27/21 5:52:28 PM
#71:


God of War vs GTAV

This is exactly what Id expect from people voting in an IGN poll.

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Kircheis
09/27/21 5:56:02 PM
#72:


The Wheelman1 posted...
Do people even play God of War 2018 anymore? I don't get whats so great about it.

*raises hand*

Playing it again in preparation for the sequel, it's just as much of a fun experience as I remember it being. One of a few games where I'll go out of my way to get 100% completion.
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Darmik
09/27/21 5:56:37 PM
#73:


Is this when this site realizes they're the Gamer version of Boomers

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Key
09/27/21 5:56:41 PM
#74:


Correct_Facts posted...
It's only the greatest game of all time as voted by GameFAQs users
Poll happened to happen at a good time for undertale. There's a reason no one remembers it now

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LordMarshal
09/27/21 5:58:11 PM
#75:


My new $10 GoW is still sealed. No plans to play it anytime soon.

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DUKLegend
09/27/21 6:28:50 PM
#76:


Man, I'm officially old.

I guess it makes sense that, if most gamers are in the 20s age range, it would turn out that FF7 and Ocarina of Time wouldn't be the top two picks (regardless of personal feeling that neither is even the best of their series, much less of all-time)
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CrazyCal
09/27/21 6:30:48 PM
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Considering GTA V has been re-released 20 times I am not surprised it is rated so highly. Seems to have extreme mass appeal.

Bit more surprised by GoW, but I enjoyed it and it is nice to see some new blood in competition.
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Doe
09/27/21 6:34:08 PM
#78:


Guys young people don't care at all about FF7. It's indistinguishable from any other RPG to us. And most younger people haven't even heard of Chrono Trigger.

OoT is still a GOAT though, the 3ds remake was amazing

God Of War being so high is baffling, and GTAV just feels like it's the game the most people have bought.

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furb
09/27/21 6:40:37 PM
#79:


Is L block winning

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Dakimakura
09/27/21 6:44:49 PM
#80:


I aint even mad. It is honestly better than Gamefaqs Nintendo and Final Fantasy circle jerk every contest.

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bevan306
09/27/21 6:45:44 PM
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NeonOctopus
09/27/21 6:48:09 PM
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YellowSUV
09/27/21 6:57:18 PM
#83:


furb posted...
Is L block winning

This, at least we get meme wins on GameFAQs like Undertale and L-Block

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TheRadiant
09/27/21 7:02:10 PM
#84:


I'm surprised they didn't vote for Minecraft

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joe40001
09/27/21 7:02:21 PM
#85:


The seed options were pretty good, the seeds themselves, idk, but the votes all seemed to be made by normie babies.

4th seeding OoT lost to 13th seeded Skyrim in round 1

That is wrong on several levels.

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crayola555
09/27/21 7:07:22 PM
#86:


Literally gamefaqs could make a better contest, that's saying something

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TheRadiant
09/27/21 7:07:48 PM
#87:


crayola555 posted...
Literally gamefaqs could make a better contest, that's saying something
They did and Undertale won it so not really

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MyMainAccount
09/27/21 7:18:51 PM
#89:


solosnake posted...
burnout 3 takedown took out chrono trigger in the first round

lol
That's a travesty

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Key
09/27/21 7:39:30 PM
#90:


ArianaGrandSlam posted...
Undertale may not even be a top 100 best Indie game or top 100 best RPG but its still miles better than GoW18 at the very least lol
Nah I'd take GoW18 over undertale any day of the week. Game is awful

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discodancer77
09/27/21 7:47:00 PM
#91:


Apex Legends lmao

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DCinGA
09/27/21 7:47:34 PM
#92:


FurryPhilosifer posted...
Apex Legends better than Super Metroid hahahahahha

Joke poll
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ViewtifulJoe
09/27/21 8:44:42 PM
#94:


This is not a surprise. You should always expect the worst with IGN.
You get 5 points for graphics and the other 5 for pre-release hype over there.
You lose points if your game has replay value.

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lilORANG
09/27/21 8:49:47 PM
#95:


I remember when G4 ranked bioshock #1
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SwayM
09/27/21 9:04:01 PM
#96:


ArianaGrandSlam posted...
God of War 2018 is schizophrenic in its desires and fails at being both a cinematic game and at being an action game. Ive never met a game more laughably at odds with itself

Theres not a single person on this planet that believes this. Not even you. Utter tripe.

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Tim_Seraphim
09/27/21 9:11:33 PM
#97:


Something determined by votes turns out terrible? Say it aint so!

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TheOtherMike
09/27/21 9:20:27 PM
#98:


GoW was entirely forgettable. I literally don't remember anything about that game except a giant turtle somewhere and giant woman at the end. I beat it, tried to start on side content for 100%, and couldn't force myself to slog through. Never had any desire to replay it.

GTA5 was a similar experience, except I never got very far into it before I lost interest. I don't remember anything I did in that game and have no interest in picking it back up.
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SSJPurple
09/27/21 9:47:00 PM
#99:


Ivany2008 posted...
Dark Souls beating Shadow of the Colossus

This is perfectly acceptable imo


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Tag365
09/27/21 10:06:59 PM
#100:


Ivany2008 posted...
....that entire contest is a mess. Dark Souls beating Shadow of the Colossus, Ocarina of Time losing to Skyrim, HALF-LIFE 2 LOSING TO TOMB RAIDER!?

Yes, this is shockingly bad. Inside is mysteriously on the list, Halo 2 but not Halo 3 was in the tournament, Rock Band instead of Gutar Hero, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt beating Minecraft, Bloodborne and BioShock being on the list, and highly popular Half-Life 2 with all of its "Valve can't count to 3" missing sequel memes getting immediately defeated by Rise of the Tomb Raider, which I don't even see people talk about nowadays. This feels all messed up and mis-repped.

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ShineboxPhil
09/27/21 10:23:30 PM
#101:


The 35 and over year olds butthurt about the results in this thread is hilarious

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