GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 940
transience | Posted 11/7/2010 11:36:52 PM | message detail |
did you miss Morrowind? or Oblivion? or KOTOR? or Dragon Age? --- xyzzy |
NoDicePwn | Posted 11/7/2010 11:37:53 PM | message detail |
Bioware
is legit on this site. Baldurs Gate 2 should be the weakest of the
Bioware games in the contest, but it shouldn't be super fodder or
anything. I still think Baldurs Gate should be the favorite in that
match. --- Epona > any Western character in CB9! http://i.neoseeker.com/ca/fallout_new_vegas_conceptart_7XvFK.jpg |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 11/7/2010 11:38:24 PM | message detail |
If
I still have a streak going after TWEWY, I might bank at WoW/AC, which
has been starting to worry me. Of course, I can still easily blow it on
a few matches before then that I think are in play, like FFXII/Zack and
MvC2/SMBWii. --- Yoblazer: http://8board.webs.com/ariel.jpg Watch and you'll see... some day I'll be... part of your world! |
ExThaNemesis | Posted 11/7/2010 11:38:58 PM | message detail |
From: transience | #351 None of them were against well-liked RPGs though. --- http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae229/yungflyerz/67106910.jpg |
The Mana Sword | Posted 11/7/2010 11:39:09 PM | message detail |
ExTha gonna crash and burn. I think I'm gonna go ahead and bank on the Dead Rising match. I don't feel all that comfortable about a couple of the matches following shortly afterward, so I don't think it's worth risking the 13000 or whatever I'll have, just to maybe get an extra 3000 there. --- This is the kind of **** that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists? |
ZFS | Posted 11/7/2010 11:39:42 PM | message detail |
Baldur's
Gate 2 sold well and has a major following. There's plenty of reason to
believe it can take Skies of Arcadia of all games. That's a tricky
match, more because BG2 is on the PC and that prevents it from having
the same kind of exposure it could have on GameFAQs. --- There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign. |
PartOfYourWorld | Posted 11/7/2010 11:40:53 PM | message detail |
From: transience | #351 Oblivion? Either way, none of those games were up against a console Japanese RPG, and all of them would have roasted BG2, which was a Western RPG three years before KotOR brought them out of obscurity. BG2 might beat Rock Band 2, but it won't come close to Skies. --- Yoblazer: http://8board.webs.com/ariel.jpg Watch and you'll see... some day I'll be... part of your world! |
ExThaNemesis | Posted 11/7/2010 11:41:27 PM | message detail |
BG2 was PC? I could have sworn I played it on PS2 at one point. --- http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae229/yungflyerz/67106910.jpg |
The Mana Sword | Posted 11/7/2010 11:41:47 PM | message detail |
Some Skies of Arcadia overestimation in this topic. --- This is the kind of **** that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists? |
NoDicePwn | Posted 11/7/2010 11:42:35 PM | message detail |
BG2 was PC? I could have sworn I played it on PS2 at one point You're probably thinking of Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance, a Gauntlet clone for PS2/Xbox. The original game was an RPG on PC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldurs_Gate_2 --- Epona > any Western character in CB9! http://i.neoseeker.com/ca/fallout_new_vegas_conceptart_7XvFK.jpg |
ZFS | Posted 11/7/2010 11:43:43 PM | message detail |
There have been a bunch of Baldur's Gate games. I think there was even one on the GameCube last gen. BG2, though, was a PC game. Not sure I would call it "obscure" either, despite the fact that it's not in the same league as the other WRPGs in the contest. BG2 is no Planescape, if anyone has any ideas there. --- A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. |
The Mana Sword | Posted 11/7/2010 11:43:52 PM | message detail |
I mean, come on. http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=1627 And this was at a time when Wind Waker was still disliked, and Skies of Arcadia was actually relevant. Not to say that it can't beat BG2, but Skies is pretty terrible. --- This is the kind of **** that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists? |
ExThaNemesis | Posted 11/7/2010 11:44:31 PM | message detail |
The only two matches I'm worried about after TWEWY/Dead Rising are CC/DQ8 and TTYD/Gears I'll know which way I'm going on TTYD/Gears after Paper Mario's match, most likely, but I'm still up in the air with CC/DQ8. --- http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae229/yungflyerz/67106910.jpg |
Kotetsu534 | Posted 11/7/2010 11:45:41 PM | message detail |
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Ultimaphazon | Posted 11/7/2010 11:46:56 PM | message detail |
Also, you guys are sure Chrono Cross is going to beat DQVIII, right? For some reason I picked DQ8 without thinking about it, and I wanna make sure that CC is the obvious choice. Coz if I get Dead Rising right, I'm not banking until SFIV v. Uncharted 2. Honestly, I don't understand why CC is such a huge favorite in that match. You can link to some poll from 2000 to show its strength, but those are entirely irrelevant. It got 5% in the GotD poll, which isn't that bad, but Serge sucked the one time he was in a contest, and Chrono Cross didn't exactly look good in 2009. Meanwhile, DQ8 has very little relevant poll data. It got 40% on God of War in the PS2 GotY poll, which doesn't strike me as bad. I have CC in my bracket, but that's one match where I had already decided pre-contest that I was going to bank if I had any kind of streak going on. --- A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII http://i25.tinypic.com/2cp5chf.jpg |
The Mana Sword | Posted 11/7/2010 11:47:02 PM | message detail |
Chrono Cross is going to wreck DQ8. --- This is the kind of **** that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists? |
NoDicePwn | Posted 11/7/2010 11:47:56 PM | message detail |
I'd
take Baldurs Gate 2 over Deus Ex, And we saw that beat Rock Band. Rock
band probably isn't very strong, but I'm not sure I'd take Skies of
Arcadia to beat it. Skies of Arcadia is just bad fodder, especially
these days with how irrelevant the DC has become --- Epona > any Western character in CB9! http://i.neoseeker.com/ca/fallout_new_vegas_conceptart_7XvFK.jpg |
pjbasis | Posted 11/7/2010 11:49:19 PM | message detail |
ConsoleRPGFAQs becomes SquareRPGFAQs for TWEWY. I don't think Neku losing to Laharl is that bad for the game itself, besides the whole games =/= characters thing. I mean, the VC main character wasn't even remembered enough to be in a character contest, yet that game still pulled through. Anyways, TWEWY has shown up on lots of best of DS lists, and the acclaim should be fairly well-known. The Nintendo DS has more exposure than the GBA even, so it really shouldn't be THAT niche. Besides, this isn't some Atlus game, it's freakin' Square. Well it'll still be close, but Dead Rising came and went without too much huzzah. Seriously, I think I heard the name but I didn't really know anything else about the game. |
ExThaNemesis | Posted 11/7/2010 11:49:49 PM | message detail |
SoA was on GCN too, Albion. Honestly it's as well liked as Tales of Symphonia was, just less popular. --- http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae229/yungflyerz/67106910.jpg |
ExThaNemesis | Posted 11/7/2010 11:50:27 PM | message detail |
Well it'll still be close, but Dead Rising came and went without too much huzzah. Seriously, I think I heard the name but I didn't really know anything else about the game. Like I said, just came out with a sequel that's on both PS3 and 360! --- http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae229/yungflyerz/67106910.jpg |
pjbasis | Posted 11/7/2010 11:50:47 PM | message detail |
Oh and CC > DQ8 no questions asked. No matter how bad CC is, it can't be worse than DQ. |
The Mana Sword | Posted 11/7/2010 11:51:09 PM | message detail |
It
got 5% in the GotD poll, which isn't that bad, but Serge sucked the one
time he was in a contest, and Chrono Cross didn't exactly look good in
2009. Serge got fairly close to Isaac, who isn't exactly a chump, with a bunch of other RPG characters in the poll, and Chrono Cross the game had Final Fantasy IX to deal with. --- This is the kind of **** that allowed the Bhopal incident to happen. 5,000 dead Indians. Want that on your damn conscience, Square apologists? |
ZFS | Posted 11/7/2010 11:51:17 PM | message detail |
I
took Dragon Quest VIII there. It's a bit of a stretch, certainly
shouldn't be a favorite to win, but DQVIII isn't going to be a really
weak game or anything. I'd take it over a bunch of JRPGs in this
contest. --- A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. |
pjbasis | Posted 11/7/2010 11:51:44 PM | message detail |
Psh I hardly even knew a sequel came out. Dead Rising 2 was barely a blip on the radar. |
ZFS | Posted 11/7/2010 11:52:14 PM | message detail |
Honestly it's as well liked as Tales of Symphonia was, just less popular. Significantly less popular, and with a significantly less playrate. Skies is gonna be a very weak game, no questions there. --- A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. |
NoDicePwn | Posted 11/7/2010 11:52:38 PM | message detail |
I
took DQ8 solely because I feel in 1v1 setting, Chrono Cross might be
one of those types of games to be anti voted because people just hate
on it so much for some reason. And its not like Dragon Quest VIII won't
be able to hold its own either. --- Epona > any Western character in CB9! http://i.neoseeker.com/ca/fallout_new_vegas_conceptart_7XvFK.jpg |
ExThaNemesis | Posted 11/7/2010 11:53:08 PM | message detail |
Ugh. Maybe I'll bank there. It's just lame. Coz if I get that far, all I'd need is 8 more matches to get to UC2/SFIV, and those 8 matches would get me another 30k points with only PM/Gears being debatable. --- http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae229/yungflyerz/67106910.jpg |
ExThaNemesis | Posted 11/7/2010 11:54:42 PM | message detail |
From: pjbasis | #374 This place is literally the only place I've seen that knew anything about TWEWY. --- http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae229/yungflyerz/67106910.jpg |
ZFS | Posted 11/7/2010 11:55:56 PM | message detail |
All this said, Skies > BG2 and CC > DQVIII will probably happen. --- A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. |
pjbasis | Posted 11/7/2010 11:57:18 PM | message detail |
From: ExThaNemesis | #378 Yeah I heard someone say that about Persona too. |
ExThaNemesis | Posted 11/7/2010 11:57:55 PM | message detail |
Yeah. So help me out on this now. What should we expect out of Katamari? I'm hoping Paper Mario just comes out either and smokes it or totally bombs so that I can feel confident in TTYD/Gears one way or the other. --- http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae229/yungflyerz/67106910.jpg |
Achromatic | Posted 11/7/2010 11:59:38 PM | message detail |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3164 --- Sir Chris |
Ultimaphazon | Posted 11/8/2010 12:00:22 AM | message detail |
Serge
got fairly close to Isaac, who isn't exactly a chump, with a bunch of
other RPG characters in the poll, and Chrono Cross the game had Final
Fantasy IX to deal with. While it's true that Serge was sharing the poll with a bunch of rpg characters, getting 30% on Tidus isn't exactly enough to make me confident he has any kind of strength. And you're not going to tell me that Tidus of all people managed to SFF anyone. --- A pro isn't someone who sacrifices himself for his job. That's just a fool. - Reno, FFVII http://i25.tinypic.com/2cp5chf.jpg |
ZFS | Posted 11/8/2010 12:00:38 AM | message detail |
Paper Mario gets this weird love that Golden Sun also gets, so I wouldn't expect much of a fight from Katamari. --- There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign. |
pjbasis | Posted 11/8/2010 12:01:06 AM | message detail |
BAM. TWEWY > P3 nice find there. And Paper Mario should get the Nintendo and RPG nuts. Safe pickings there. |
ExThaNemesis | Posted 11/8/2010 12:02:37 AM | message detail |
From: ZFS | #384 Well the original does, but that's a N64 game. The sequel's a gamecube exclusive that wasn't as loved. Gears burned me a few years ago(damn you Kefka) and I would HATE to be so close to "the clear" and then choke right there. --- http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae229/yungflyerz/67106910.jpg |
Achromatic | Posted 11/8/2010 12:02:39 AM | message detail |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3360 interesting stuff for reference on how persona did in its poll vs twewy for goty http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2985 and http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3350 this isnt so much about twewy as what in the hell do people think about dead rising --- Sir Chris |
Blairville | Posted 11/8/2010 12:02:49 AM | message detail |
I don't trust that poll, Burnout was great. But seriously, I have Dead Rising but I may switch. I don't think Neku losing to Laharl is that bad for the game itself, besides the whole games =/= characters thing. I mean, the VC main character wasn't even remembered enough to be in a character contest, yet that game still pulled through. But TWEWY is a JRPG, shouldn't the main character be stronger than the game? --- http://img.imgcake.com/BroAndCharSigjpgna.jpg http://img.imgcake.com/charbullyingjpgeg.jpg |
ExThaNemesis | Posted 11/8/2010 12:03:17 AM | message detail |
Also TWEWY can be stronger than P3 and still lose to Dead Rising. I think Civ 4 is probably weak as all hell and so is P3. --- http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae229/yungflyerz/67106910.jpg |
Achromatic | Posted 11/8/2010 12:03:36 AM | message detail |
From: Blairville | #388 Tidus? --- Sir Chris |
pjbasis | Posted 11/8/2010 12:04:14 AM | message detail |
I think pointing to any FF main character besides Squall or Cloud should give you your answer. |
ExThaNemesis | Posted 11/8/2010 12:04:24 AM | message detail |
From: Achromatic | #387 I would recommend doing what I've been doing. Disregard all of those polls. They don't mean a thing. --- http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae229/yungflyerz/67106910.jpg |
ZFS | Posted 11/8/2010 12:04:43 AM | message detail |
Well
the original does, but that's a N64 game. The sequel's a gamecube
exclusive that wasn't as loved. Gears burned me a few years ago(damn
you Kefka) and I would HATE to be so close to "the clear" and then
choke right there. This is what I thought as well. I was unaware people loved these Paper Mario games, but apparently they do. I took Gears in my bracket, but given how this contest has gone, and given how Gears has looked in the past, I wouldn't bet against a Nintendo RPG with Mario. Gotta remember the audience! --- A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. |
ExThaNemesis | Posted 11/8/2010 12:05:03 AM | message detail |
none of the FF leads are stronger than their games. --- http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae229/yungflyerz/67106910.jpg |
Achromatic | Posted 11/8/2010 12:06:01 AM | message detail |
more fun http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2626 I've covered sequels, y' know. http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=4019 on this site it beat out every game for the month aside from KH and Halo. almost doubled civ v, speaking of civ. Beat an FF (...mind you an online one) and speaking of VC, well there you go. --- Sir Chris |
Achromatic | Posted 11/8/2010 12:06:21 AM | message detail |
From: ExThaNemesis | #394 Give me Cloud there actually. --- Sir Chris |
pjbasis | Posted 11/8/2010 12:06:22 AM | message detail |
From: ExThaNemesis | #394 You got me. For some reason I thought Squall and Cloud were just so damn strong but then... FFVII...is really really strong. I still might put Squall on FFVIII's level. |
ExThaNemesis | Posted 11/8/2010 12:06:59 AM | message detail |
Disregard every one of them except for that Dead Rising 2 poll I mean. Because you know, that one helps me. =P --- http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae229/yungflyerz/67106910.jpg |
ExThaNemesis | Posted 11/8/2010 12:07:38 AM | message detail |
From: Achromatic | #396 Hmm. Tough call because the contests are so different, but I can't see it. --- http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae229/yungflyerz/67106910.jpg |
Achromatic | Posted 11/8/2010 12:08:11 AM | message detail |
I have dead rising, I am just having fun with polls Oh, and the one that makes me take dead rising: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3256 Frank West is not turbo fodder~ --- Sir Chris |
