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From: ctesjbuvf | #392
2001 was the year.

Galaxy 2 probably wins tomorrow when there's no Pokemon in the poll.

LOL

ME2 is dominating this poll, and it's going to dominate tomorrow's poll just as badly. If you give every single Pokemon vote to Galaxy 2, ME2 still wins comfortably.
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It'll be good to test the theory of "Nintendo LFF is really bad" that you guys have been throwing around.

Quit hoping for a Galaxy 2 victory guys. I can easily see ME2 being my favorite game of the generation if I played it (though at this point I have yet to complete a single RPG...oh well, my backlog will certainly remedy that).
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A few of 2007's top games had even better sequels in 2010. The other quality games match up well against the quality games of 2007. Sure, 2007 has Call of Duty 4, Bioshock, and Portal, but 2010 has Red Dead Redemption, Heavy Rain, and Minecraft.

Both years have great games, but 2010 has the superior sequels to some of 2007's great games, so I'd give 2010 the edge easily.

I'd also probably put 2010 in my Top 5 at least, but then I wasn't a huge fan of the previous generation and think this current gen is the best since the SNES/Genesis days.
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Super Mario Galaxy only won the 2007 GotY poll because it was up against really weak opponents.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2993

Though lol at there being no Final Fantasy on the poll, my how the times have changed.
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Not exactly, throw in the best games from 2007 in that poll and SMG still wins.
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I can't imagine Heavy Rain and freaking Minecraft comparing with what 2007 had to offer. Here, let's take a lowdown of some of the great games that last decade had to offer us, and I'll even be a little liberal (plus games are listed without much of an order):

2000 - Deus Ex, Majora's Mask, Diablo II, Final Fantasy IX, Baldur's Gate II, Pokemon GSC, Counter-Strike, Marvel vs. Capcom 2
2001 - Halo, Grand Theft Auto III, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Final Fantasy X, Metal Gear Solid 2, Tony Hawk 3, Advance Wars
2002 - Metroid Prime, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Kingdom Hearts, Warcraft III, Rez
2003 - Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner, Knights of the Old Republic, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Virtua Fighter 4
2004 - Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, World of Warcraft, Rome: Total War, Burnout 3, Katamari Damacy, Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal
2005 - Resident Evil 4, God of War, Devil May Cry 3, Civilization IV, Mario Kart DS
2006 - Oblivion, Company of Heroes, Okami, Guitar Hero II, New Super Mario Bros.
2007 - Super Mario Galaxy, Team Fortress 2, Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, BioShock, Portal, God of War II, Mass Effect
2008 - Fallout 3, Grand Theft Auto IV, Metal Gear Solid 4, LittleBigPlanet, Rock Band 2
2009 - Borderlands, Uncharted 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, inFamous, Killzone 2

2000, 2004, and 2007 are all tied. There you go.
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I noticed the pattern of awesome gaming years are 2001-2004-2007-2010. At this rate, 2013 is gonna be fantastic!
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Starcraft II is winning in Japan, but Mario Galaxy 2 is winning in Korea. What is this, Brawl-style anti-voting?
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I do find it weird that Starcraft II wasn't winning Korea.
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The Koreans seem to like Starcraft II so maybe SMG2 is just really loved

Also Starcraft II has a commanding second in Canada.
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2007 vs. 2010, contest-wise

Mass Effect 2 > Portal > Galaxy > Bioshock > Mass Effect > RDR > FF13 > AC1 > AssBro > Galaxy 2

something like that. ME2 wins it all but 2007 otherwise is way stronger.
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I find that kind of hard to even compare seeing as how none of the 2010 games have ever made a contest.

the possibility of brotherhood being less popular than ac1 also offends the senses

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AC2 performed better saleswise than Brotherhood and didn't really seem any stronger than AC1. I might even be undervaluing it there.
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Well, I was wrong about FFXIII winning this.
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I would think that GoWIII shouldn't be too far behind GoWII, and that's what you're asking for if you take AC1 > Galaxy 2 since GoWII > AC1 as been established pretty clearly now.. Not to mention that sounds so illogical.

Just to ask some random stuff, who would you take to win in the following cases:

Shadow of the Colossus vs. Super Mario Galaxy
Call of Duty 4 vs. Halo 3
Super Mario Sunshine vs. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Super Metroid vs. Metroid Prime
Diablo II vs. Half-Life 2
World of Warcraft vs. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
Super Mario 64 vs. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
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I find that kind of hard to even compare seeing as how none of the 2010 games have ever made a contest.

the possibility of brotherhood being less popular than ac1 also offends the senses

eh, bad logic.

2010 just ended. There have been quite a few more opportunities for a 07 game to make a contest in some way, shape, or form

I can't imagine Heavy Rain and freaking Minecraft comparing with what 2007 had to offer. Here, let's take a lowdown of some of the great games that last decade had to offer us, and I'll even be a little liberal (plus games are listed without much of an order):

2000 - Deus Ex, Majora's Mask, Diablo II, Final Fantasy IX, Baldur's Gate II, Pokemon GSC, Counter-Strike, Marvel vs. Capcom 2
2001 - Halo, Grand Theft Auto III, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Final Fantasy X, Metal Gear Solid 2, Tony Hawk 3, Advance Wars
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2000, 2004, and 2007 are all tied. There you go.

I really feel though that when evaluating years, people aren't doing it the right way. Since people have tastes in certain genres, they aren't putting the hits of genres they don't like. For example, a list of the top games of 2000 without Rayman 2, the Sims, and Perfect Dark is just wrong. Same with a list of 2004 that doesn't have WoW.

You could possibly argue that the cream of the crop top games of 2010 are better, but the amount of depth 2000 and 2004 had more than makes up for the slightly better top 10 of 2010.

I also want to see the "test of time" settle in. I remember when 2007 just ended, people were talking about it being the best year in gaming history. 3 years later? Nobody is still saying 07 is better than a 98, 01, 95, etc.
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From: Demon HunterX | #414
Nobody is still saying 07 is better than a 98, 01, 95, etc.

I am >_>
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I am >_>

well no offense i get the vibe that you only like action games and maybe shooters, so ya you would say 07 is better.

But to somebody who likes all genres relatively equally, i just dont see 07 better than those years.

And even cant deny that the 07 hype train has died down quite a bit.
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I don't know how in the heck people can even think of what games came out in what year offhand to make these sorts of arguments. I'd have to look up a lot of games to be able to rank years.
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From: Ngamer64 | #010
What's going to drive votes in this context is nostalgia, and do people really look back at the Genie as one of the beloved characters of their childhood? I can't picture that

what the heck is wrong with you
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From: Ngamer64 | #010
What's going to drive votes in this context is nostalgia, and do people really look back at the Genie as one of the beloved characters of their childhood? I can't picture that


what the heck is wrong with you

It's all about emotional attachment. Genie was a much better character in 1992 than he is now, but emotional attachment never dies. (Note: I always liked Aladdin more than Genie).
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From: red sox 777 | #422
It's all about emotional attachment. Genie was a much better character in 1992 than he is now, but emotional attachment never dies.

Which is exactly the point.

I mean, I love Aladdin, too, but Genie would win on nostalgia alone.

(Genie is still awesome, by the way, you people are freaks)
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Are we really interrupting which year has better games discussion in favor of "How strong would Genie be in a fictional character contest?"
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From: Not_Wylvane | #424
Are we really interrupting which year has better games discussion in favor of "How strong would Genie be in a fictional character contest?"

Considering we've had the "Which year had the better games?" discussion on multiple occasions, this is a better use of our time.

Because Aladdin is awesome and is always worth discussing.

(In fact, I'm not sure Lion King > Aladdin is quite as much of a lock as Ngamer thinks either, coming from someone who would rank Aladdin 1 and Lion King 1a in his list of favorite Disney movies, although it's not like I'm really in touch with this sort of thing, I just remember my own childhood and my friends, so yeah)
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Little Mermaid > Aladdin > Lion King (for personal preferences, anyway)
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At the risk of getting flogged by yoblazer, I was never a big fan of Little Mermaid as a kid, except for Under the Sea. It always felt too "girly" to me.

Plus, redheads no thanks
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I always got the sense that Lion King was a girl thing too. I was probably too old for it though.
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I thought Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast were more targeted toward girls, while Aladdin and Lion King were more targeted toward boys.
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A movie with Gaston is never girly.
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I thought Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast were more targeted toward girls, while Aladdin and Lion King were more targeted toward boys.

This, more or less.

Plus, The Little Mermaid in particular is 21 years old.

Using the recent age poll from March 29, 2010:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3864

Almost half the site wasn't even alive when it came out in theaters. Sure, a majority of them (or at least, a majority of the Americans) probably still saw it at some point, but not being there for the release likely cuts down on the emotional connection. I'm not sure Ariel would be even remotely strong.
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I don't think theatrical releases matter very much for Disney movies. Like, the only one of the 4 big Disney movies from the early 90s/late 80s that I can remember seeing in theaters was Lion King, and it's my least favorite of them. I mean, Disney movies start building that emotional attachment at a very young age- lower than video games, and children that young aren't really going to care whether they see something in a theater or at home. Or rather, it's not going to make a difference 20 years later to how much they like the movie.
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God of War III 9.21%

7
Mass Effect 2 44.74%

34
Super Mario Galaxy 2 46.05%

35
TOTAL VOTES 76

Heh.
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How cute, Galaxy 2 led for a whole minute or so!
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Not looking good for ME2.
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No way Galaxy finishes close, but glad to see it's doing way above God of War 3.
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The night should be no kinder to SMG2 than it was yesterday.
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Yeah, I don't think it even really matters when these movies were released because little kids nowadays are still growing up watching these movies. I just watched Aladdin the other day with a bunch of kids 9 years old and under the other day, for example!

(Go Galaxy 2)
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ME2's looking fine. Galaxy 2 has one hell of a board vote, as yesterday showed, and ME2 held even with it. Galaxy 2 has nowhere to go from here but down.
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galaxy 2 no thanks
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I think ME2 is just really strong. I would pick it over Fallout 3.
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Heh, 35 minutes of silence during the final GotY Power Hour. MASS EFFECT *****ES.

As for Disney rankings, I'd bet everything I own on The Lion King being the strongest movie. It may not have the strongest characters (Aladdin and Genie should both beat Simba and Mufasa, and the Mickey/Donald/Goofy trio may take them all, and that's without mentioning Sparrow), but as a movie? Nothing should come close, with Aladdin as the only one that may manage a respectable performance. The Lion King wasn't just a boy's movie, but one with freakin' lions fighting. And it was released at the perfect time. Everyone from our generation who looks back at the 90s as their special nostalgia time (meaning they were born in the mid-late 80s), saw it in theaters, and they were old enough to actually feel the emotions revolving around Mufasa's death. Heck, The Lion King might be one of the strongest movies on this site period. I'm not sure there's much outside Star Wars that can beat it.
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Mass Effect 2 unstoppable

Good result here, given the games in question - ME2 > SMG2 >> GOW3 looks good to me.

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You know its been an off year for SMFFFC char if XIII can't make the top 3, daaaamn, what a weakass year, unless ME2 is on par with fallout 3.
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Congrats, ME2. It should only get stronger when ME3 comes out, too, if ME1 is any indication.
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From: HaRRicH | #445
Congrats, ME2. It should only get stronger when ME3 comes out, too, if ME1 is any indication.

I think that's more the exception than the rule. I don't think it would be wrong to say that RE as a whole became more popular after RE4 came out, but that doesn't mean the series continued to do so when RE5 came out. It takes a special kind of game to do that.

Not to say ME3 couldn't be that kind of game, but I wouldn't bet on it happening twice in the same series, at least not in direct sequels.
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Considering that ME3 will also be released on the PS3, and that there's a PS3 release of ME2 coming up anyway, I think it's fair to assume another boost to the series.
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Yeah, Mass Effect as a series will only get more popular from here on out. ME2 comes out on the PS3 in a few days, ME3 will be 360/PS3/PC on the same date, there's good potential for ME3 to be even better than ME2. I wouldn't say it's a for sure thing that there will another massive leap for the series, but it'll certainly be established as a very popular series after this year.

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I say it more because of the connections made between the games, with ME1 affecting ME2 and ME2 affecting ME3. ME2 clearly helped ME1 a lot more than I originally anticipated...and now that the series is this big while assuming ME3 will be a success, ME1/ME2 still have room to improve more. They're already strong and shouldn't boost again like ME1 did between BGE2 and GotD, but they're going up before they're going down.
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I don't think ME3 will significantly boost ME2, and ME2 will obviously drop down a bit for the next games contest due to the usual GotY overperformance. It should still be pretty strong, though. Don't know if it'd be as strong as Fallout 3, but it'd only be a notch or two below it.

From: voltch | #444
You know its been an off year for SMFFFC char if XIII can't make the top 3, daaaamn, what a weakass year, unless ME2 is on par with fallout 3.

It's not like FF12 was that well-received by fans either. FF13 wasn't close to one of the greats like 6, 7, and 10, and in fact was pretty damn flawed to the point that not even GameFAQs would vote for it. It's probably not even in the Top 3, as RDR and Galaxy 2 could probably beat it.
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