Poll of the Day > Best Game Ever 4?

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Will it ever happen? If so, when? Will outsiders and insiders have equal vote power as they should in my humble opinion? What game should win? Personally I think Dark Souls is a strong contender, but if Resident Evil 4 won that would be a dream cus that game is insanely good and Capcom deserves all the love they can get. Anyway you can discuss now :)

I just know my favorites wont win because theyd probably lose to Elden Ring much to my chagrin.

Dude if Elden Ring won I'd buy it.

Tetris

They should only do the contest if they can implement a system where you have to have an account to vote, and the older your account is, the more your vote is weighted.

There's always that one guy who says Tetris and I never understand. Not knocking it at all, I'm just out of the loop.

Lemmings

slaterastle posted...

There's always that one guy who says Tetris and I never understand. Not knocking it at all, I'm just out of the loop.

It's the perfect game

I mean there's no evironments to explore at all. Your success is largely influenced by luck. There is no story of any kind whatsoever (which I actually like but I'm just sayin like story buffs aren't gonna agree at all.) There are no set challenges, meaning there is no level design to speak of. There's not even any true success because no matter what the game ends with you losing even at the highest level. There's nothing to be gained from playing the game other than Tetris skill. The game could be on Atari, and it is. The original version has no soundtrack.

I mean this is coming from a guy who has spent hours watching Tetris tournaments. I respect the game, it's existed since practically the beginning of video games at all and still lives on as a massive success. I'm honestly terrible at the game and would love to be great at it, but I mean as fas as art goes, really? That's like saying Dance Dance Revoluion is the greatest game ever made, except even that has both a soundtrack and stages. Obviously we all have the right to decide our own opinions, but if we just default to that then we limit our learning severely, and I want to learn so, how is Tetris the perfect game?

I would say DDR is in the top-10, at least

slaterastle posted...

Dude if Elden Ring won I'd buy it.

Considering the literal conniption fit half of this website had when BoTW won GoTD, i think Elden Ring not winning would be what kills GameFAQs servers

BOTW was the obvious pick if you ask me, I was rooting for Xenoblade as an underdog even though I like BOTW more. I was surprised how far Witcher 3 got, either I need to play the game or it's massively overrated. I don't know which obviously but yeah lol.

Of course, FFXIII wasn't even nominated. Smh, that game is so good I swear. Nominate every game and let them all fight, then the victory is way more satisfying. As is, I could just say FF13 didnt get nominated so it didn't win. Is it true? No, but if it were nominated there'd be no discussion.

As far as killing Gamefaqs servers, idk man this place seems pretty strong. And if we're going off objectivity, it's pretty hard to argue against Minecraft where you can do anything and explore an infinite amount of infinite worlds that are seriously so huge even when they aren't infinite. I explored one cave for 100 hours and I didn't even finish. And there's multiplayer? And online? Like dude it's crazy, it's like one of the old pyramids, it's like an accomplishment of mankind. And the soundtrack is super good?

slaterastle posted...

and Capcom deserves all the love they can get.

Capcom should first show some love to some of their own franchises.

Nichtcrawler-X posted...

Capcom should first show some love to some of their own franchises.

I mean they're lightyears ahead of modern Konami lol. But yeah dude, these big companies are not run right nowadays. It's for a lot of reasons which I'll list. This is from my own observation, so don't take my word as gospel but yeah.

1. The hardware capabilites are beyond the software capabilities at the moment. I mean, they weren't even able to finish Gamecube games, and now you expect them to finish modern games? 3D games in general are just super complilcated, and now you have modern hardware capabilites in addition? I mean software is just so complicated it's ridiculous, that's why the old games are so good. It's because they worked within their limits and made amazing stuff. Now they're biting off more than they can chew as a means of satisfying the mainstream market who knows nothing on the subject and it's a big mess.
2. On top of all this, business people are making a lot of decisions regarding video games, when the video game people should be the ones in charge of the art. Do you know how good Metal Gear 5 could have been? I mean I'm not saying Konami is entirely in the wrong because money doesn't grow on trees, but they did make the game worse. They could have tried running a kickstarter or something if they really needed money. I mean what they did was a crime against gaming, and that's just one example. I mean Mario Sunshine, Wind Waker, Star Fox Adentures (XD that ending is so bad,) FF15 (I cannot stop shaking my head there) OG God of War, Metroid Prime, and these are mostly great games. You know how many games are just so bad because the business people just want their money?
3. I can't even blame them, because again, these games are so complicated. This is not the main point, but it is worth noting that these games are like holy crap big, and they're written in a language that has not been evolved since the 90's. I mean they've straight up given up making their own engines because it's unfeasable now. What we are witnessing is the buildup of errors that have been in place for a very long time, and we're finally realizing it and trying to get by with what we have because what else can we do? I mean at my job, it's been terrible for the past 10 years, but only this year is it to a point where everyone is noticing. And I've known all along so it's like oh really? But we have no choice because, and this is the point of the paragraph, these are businesses. They need their money to operate, they can't afford to have things fail. And because of this, they don't take any risks, so everything is just going to stay stale forever. Even if we were to fix everything else, this appeasement of the mainstream is the only lucrative option for companies that need billions of dollars to operate.
4. Yeah, the owners are greedy, but we have more luck fixing video games than we do fixing the human race, we're not even close there. I mean you know how messed up a lot of Africa is? It's like a massive hole in modern civilization because their governments are just so corrupt it's ridiculous. If you think America is bad, try some of these other places and you'll see very quickly that in comparison, it's not nearly as bad as it could be.
5. Anyway, this is part of why I love the NES, they didn't know what they were doing so there's a ton of great ideas that were all duking it out and it was awesome. But even by the time the Super Nintendo came around they knew which ideas were the most successful, expanded on them, and this accounts for every beloved series today. I mean we're not getting another Clu Clu Land, sorry. And with how big games are now, this process of weeding out the weaker ideas has gone on and on and on, until now it's pretty much Mario, Zelda, Kirby, and Pokemon, and that's it. Mother? No. F-Zero? No. Star Fox? No. Paper Mario? Kinda, but no. (Which is baffling, I mean huh? Unless Origami King is good, I could try playing it but like it's not at all near the OG 3 which were too easy but fun.) I mean there's multiplayer stuff like Mario Kart and Smash Brothers, but notice how Mario is in both? That's because Mario sells. And why? Because Super Mario Bros blew people's minds when it came out. It's simple fun that's never ended, and this is why he's probably known as the greatest character to ever grace video games. Are his games the best? No, but they are the most loved, that's for sure. It's to the point where Melee and Mario 64 are 2 of the "greatest games of all time," to the point where you can make a living if you are good enough at these 2 games in a list that is very finite.
6. In general, people are closed minded. They like what they like and that's it. What about new stuff? Nah, picky eaters all around. And people are super lazy, myself included, so either you work really hard and don't have new ideas, or you have cool ideas that you refuse to act on. I fall in the latter category, people who have amazing ideas and have the capacity to work on them are super rare. And I mean we're all screwed because everything costs money which forces us to do jobs we hate for a living so we can keep living at all. I mean the upper class are just pooping on our graves and it's really sad but we try. And we're pretty dumb in relation to how smart we could be. Yeah we're amazing in comparison to Dolphins who are second place but, I mean it's just so sad like we could all be super geniuses and be amazing but no. And I'm not saying I'm a super genius, because I really, really am not. But at least I know how dumb I am, unlike many people. I know this is sort of an extension to 4, but this is a huge point and isn't really so much about the wickedness of some as it is the lack of knowledge of all, again including me. I try really hard to be open minded, I want to learn everything there is in the world, that's my goal. But even I am so flawed it's insane. Idk man, my life sucks so much. I have a ton to be grateful for, but jeez. The standard for where we could be is so impossibly high, idk man I'll keep doing my best.

Anyway, this is where I end my rant for now. 3, 4, and 5 were written as one stream of consciousness and I broke it up to kinda reflect different ideas. Idk, take it as you will.

Metalsonic66 posted...

I would say DDR is in the top-10, at least

XD I see I've found your taste. Ok makes sense.

I am not saying anything about the more recently released Capcom games, I more meant that I want them to remember franchises like Breath of Fire, Sengoku Basara, Ace Attorney, Onimusha etc.

I played Breath of Fire about a month ago. It was pretty fun even though it's a little easy. That last boss has a lot a health lol.

Magic: The Gathering Shandalar.

How do you guys feel about adaptations? On one hand, they mooch off previous work and distract from artistic integrety. But on the other hand, they do make art more accessible and can often provide an experience with beauty that would otherwise go unseen. It's a complicated subject, and I want input.

My fave would be Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines.

Others would be Baldur's Gate 2EE, Shadowheart, Shadowrun: Dragonfall, Super Castlevania, Max Payne, Final Fantasy Tactics, SNES Turtles in Time, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, SNES SHadowrun, Pathfinder: Kingmaker, and a ton of others.