GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 998
yeah,
this has been a lackluster start, or maybe its been fantastic and I
just couldn't see anything in this mass of grey shooters. but looks like the second half will own at least! --- Vote for this guy in every contest: Sess |
 
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red sox 777 | Posted 7/13/2011 9:04:15 PM | message detail | quote I am also disappointed that OOT 3DS is not even close to winning this poll. But it proves yet again that Zelda fans are the farthest things from drones. I was surprised that OoT 3D was actually beating Duke Nukem Forever in the June game poll, but this poll proves that Duke Nukem Forever was just flat out weak if OoT 3D is losing to Pokemon and Portal 2. At least yesterday's poll proves that OoT 3D is significantly weaker than OoT (it would get less than 15% indirectly against the original OoT). No remake on this site will ever have the strength to compete with midcarder games. FateStayAlbion | Posted 7/13/2011 12:16:48 AM | message detail | quote Shows how badly this year in games are so far when "None of the above" is almost winning. At least the 2nd half looks good The 2nd half of the year tends to be better than the first half as most of the heavy hitters for the year are released in the final 3 months of the year (to take advantage of the Christmas shopping season). Last year was a rare exception to that rule, as the GotY winner was from the first quarter of the year. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
Would
Bacon use Garcia F***ing Hotspur's full name (Shadows of the Damned) if
we got him into a contest? Probably not, but it would be funny to try. --- Xbox Live: Mach Tornado PSN: HeyGuysItsGhoul |
Well
Ocarina 3D failed to double the sequel to one of the weakest games of
the Game of the Decade field in that anticipation poll so yeah. As for an idea as to how Ocarina 3D is faring on other sites, it was only #6 on GamesRadar's "Top 7 Games of 2011 So Far" feature, only beating out L.A. Noire. Here Ocarina 3D was #3 in the poll (not counting "None of the Above" obviously), but I'd honestly sooner place the blame on stuff like Dead Space 2 and The Witcher 2 (which were #2 and #3 on GamesRadar's list, respectively) not really being GameFAQs' cup of tea. ...wait a minute, how the heck is The Witcher series so weak here is Fable is so strong? --- Currently Playing - StarCraft Hopefully Next Up - Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, Xenogears |
From: LinkMarioSamus | #354 So your inability to judge strength properly isn't limited to NCAA Games then. --- Support Seifer Almasy (Final Fantasy VIII) for Character Battle IX! http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9342/banner3seifer.jpg |
Well the freaking x-stats make it look like that. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft Hopefully Next Up - Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, Xenogears |
...wait a minute, how the heck is The Witcher series so weak here is Fable is so strong? Not that Fable is strong in any way, but thats a pretty bad comparison. Witcher is aimed at hardcore WRPG gamers, while Fable is aimed at the casual --- http://i54.tinypic.com/2qbudr7.gif http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
Fable wasn't that impressive though, roughly 40% against Batman, who got 41% against Fallout 3 doesn't make you special. It'd have no problem against The Witcher though. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
Well
Fable finished in the top 50 in the Game of the Decade field, ahead of
stuff like Call of Duty 4, GTA: Vice City, Halo 2, Grand Theft Auto IV,
Perfect Dark, Skies of Arcadia, both post-classic Pokemon... --- Currently Playing - StarCraft Hopefully Next Up - Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, Xenogears |
There's a decent chance Brawl/Fallout 3 overrated that entire section of the bracket. And 30% on Majora's Mask isn't good, no matter how you want to look at it. --- Support Seifer Almasy (Final Fantasy VIII) for Character Battle IX! http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9342/banner3seifer.jpg |
witcher is PC exclusive we don't like computers --- For your BlAcK TuRtLe. At least Kupo has class and doesn't MESSAGE the people -Dr Pizza |
Well THAT's true, I suppose. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft Hopefully Next Up - Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, Xenogears |
MoogleKupo141 posted... witcher is PC exclusive we don't like computers Fable is exclusive to PC and original Xbox. Doesn't sound good for it. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft Hopefully Next Up - Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, Xenogears |
LMS,
not one of those games you mentioned were expected to be particularly
strong. Fable lost to TF2 who lost hard to two of the games you just
mentioned in the previous contest: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=3475 Granted, TF2 was stronger than that poll suggests (and even stronger now since it recently became free to play; the characters may be fun to watch in the next contest), but Fable is no special entry. I'm not necessarily a fan of the idea that FO3/SSBB had something fishy going on, but the stats that came from those divisions (and stats in general) aren't meant to be taken at face value. You should know better by now! --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
He should, but he doesn't. --- "So cold. I am always by your side." "There ain't no gettin' off of this train we on!" |
So uh, is GameSpot planning another summer contest or anything? I'll settle for anything here. --- Yoblazer: http://i44.tinypic.com/5nw45i.jpg Watch and you'll see... someday I'll be... part of your world! |
A
GameSpot contest would be salt in the wounds because nothing makes me
miss a GameFAQs Contest by watching a terrible contest and realizing
what might have been. --- http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8516/whatisdesiresig.gif |
And 30% on Majora's Mask isn't good, no matter how you want to look at it. I dunno about that. The way half this topic was looking at Majora's Mask (as an OOT proxy fueled by Zelda drones who can't distinguish between Zelda games), 30% would be pretty strong! --- 90s games > 00s games |
From: red sox 777 | #368 I'll take FFX getting 49.75% on OoT. Works for me. --- "The great GF...Bahamut." "...GF? I...? Using my powers...It is you humans...I fear..." |
Works for me, too. (I'd vote for FFX over OoT since I'm not such a huge fan of the latter, but I wouldn't vote for FFX over any other 3D Zelda) --- Currently Playing - StarCraft Hopefully Next Up - Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, Xenogears |
We don't care what games you'd vote over OoT that you've never played. Just play games. --- "But you have been given freedom. Freedom to be...outside." "I am lightning...the rain transformed." |
Have you played OOT, LMS? --- 90s games > 00s games |
Last time I played it was back in November. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft Hopefully Next Up - Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, Xenogears |
Oh,
well that's better- I thought you hadn't played OOT and had somehow
decided it was lackluster. Though as you have played OOT, how is it
possible that you don't like it!?! We need to call in MWC to straighten
you out. Well as someone who plays very few games, I'm happy to say that my votes are heavily influenced by the contests themselves. Many times this boils down to the simple question, which game/character makes Chrono Trigger look better? --- 90s games > 00s games |
GameFAQs was the reason why I played Chrono Trigger. As for OoT, its main problem is that it is the consensus best game ever so when someone new plays it their expectations are too high. --- BOP Results: http://charmander6000.webs.com/GotD%20BOP.xls Congratulations to Black Turtle for winning the guru contest. |
red sox 777 posted... Oh, well that's better- I thought you hadn't played OOT and had somehow decided it was lackluster. Though as you have played OOT, how is it possible that you don't like it!?! We need to call in MWC to straighten you out. Well as someone who plays very few games, I'm happy to say that my votes are heavily influenced by the contests themselves. Many times this boils down to the simple question, which game/character makes Chrono Trigger look better? Ocarina of Time is not a bad candidate for best game ever - it's just a bad consensus pick. Then again, I'm speaking as someone who prefers Super Mario Galaxy to any Zelda game and who would vote for the likes of Sarah Kerrigan and Captain Falcon over Link nowadays, forget about him winning my vote over Mario or Samus. Aside from Midna, the franchise's characters are generally pretty boring. Most of my issues with Ocarina of Time arise out of the fact that a lot of the game's biggest fans despise at least some later titles in the series which are all actually superior. A Link to the Past > The Wind Waker > Twilight Princess > Majora's Mask > Ocarina of Time And Chrono Trigger is my favorite game, so don't say that I can't appreciate the classics. It's just the N64 era I find overrated - Super Mario 64 and StarCraft are the only titles I've played from that timeframe that I regard to be at least decently deserving of all their high praise, though I suspect that at least Metal Gear Solid will join those two for me at least if Final Fantasy VII and Xenogears don't. And there I go again, blurting out my opinions as if they're fact and even putting Ulti to shame in this department. Glorious. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft Hopefully Next Up - Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, Xenogears |
You
have similar taste to Leon, at least with Nintendo games. When you
call games objectively superior or inferior, that grates on people. --- 90s games > 00s games |
charmander6000 posted... GameFAQs was the reason why I played Chrono Trigger. As for OoT, its main problem is that it is the consensus best game ever so when someone new plays it their expectations are too high. What's ironic is that the first time I played Ocarina, it became my favorite game. Then I came back to it 1.5 years later, and I was thinking "what the heck happened?" I was all pumped up for a repeat playthrough of Ocarina of Time after playing at least FOUR games in a row that reminded me of it (Super Metroid, Super Mario 64, Metroid: Other M, Zelda: A Link to the Past), and coming off of a murderer's row of Nintendo classics (well, plus one rather large disappointment) only poured salt on the wounds. In Leonhart's gaming threads I was trying to argue about Ocarina being much better than Twilight Princess, but then I thought about it, and for me, the opposite opinion is much easier for me to defend. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft Hopefully Next Up - Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, Xenogears |
red sox 777 posted... You have similar taste to Leon, at least with Nintendo games. When you call games objectively superior or inferior, that grates on people. I can agree with this, save for a Metroid game being in my top 5 and another one almost cracking my top 10! Oh, and LttP being my favorite Zelda. We both share SMB3, SMG1, and SMG2 in our personal top 10s, but that's really it, and the first one arguably doesn't count. Out of our top 5, we probably only really share SMG2. ...man, coming off of watching Flight 29 Down really put me in a drama mood somehow while typing this up. I suppose you're definitely right on that last point, but I'm always irritated whenever Ulti says that the best 3D Zelda is the "death of Nintendo" or when The Real Truth considers Twilight Princess to be trash so I feel like lashing out like this. Truth be told, I did beat both Twilight Princess and The Wind Waker first before I beat Ocarina, but I used to prefer Ocarina over both of them. Now I don't, and I feel better that way. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft Hopefully Next Up - Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, Xenogears |
From: LeonhartFour | #369 That works for me. |
OoT
is finally starting to show it's age. It's taken a while, but it's
happening. People that play it these days for the first time are almost
certainly going to be disappointed. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Or second. Yes, Ocarina of Time is finally beginning to show its age. Blame Twilight Princess for sapping a lot of its appeal. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft Hopefully Next Up - Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, Xenogears |
http://www.gamefaqs.com/3ds/997842-the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-3d Not that newcomers will be unanimously satisfied or anything, but in general it looks to be doing well for a remake or even a game on its own. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
As
a side-thought, how strong does anybody think Super Mario 64 was in
2004? The only things that really came in its favor between then and
2009's contest was SM64DS launching with the DS and SM64 coming to the
VC. If you think SM64's stronger in 2009 than 2004, then those two
things are worthy suspects. While LoZ:OoT's already been out for the VC, LoZ:OoT3D is a near-launch game for a system that still has a lot of growing to do...and it's sounded like this port was better-handled. Even if veterans think it's not much of an update and newcomers aren't as impressed with it as we once were, it's still got a great shot to improve LoZ:OoT's strength to an even more ridiculous strength. --- http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/3492/eponaharr.jpg Nominate E P O N A. |
Seeing
how GameFAQs is basically a Zelda drone site by now, I have to
wonder...how many major Board 8 users actually have a Zelda title in
their personal top 5? I know I don't. --- Currently Playing - StarCraft Hopefully Next Up - Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, Xenogears |
Mario
in general is stronger now than it was back in 2004. Mario 3 dipping to
Mario World's level and maybe both dipping below Mario 64 is just a
result of them being so old now. --- Support Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers) for Character Battle IX! http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/9302/banner5morrigan2.jpg |
Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask are in my top two. |
As
for OoT, its main problem is that it is the consensus best game ever so
when someone new plays it their expectations are too high. That was my problem. I never had an n64, so I didn't play it until that Master Quest disc on Gamecube.. and it was already 6-7 years old at that point, so it didn't have the "Freshness" a person who played it when it was new might have. And it was already being hailed as the greatest game of all time, so I couldn't help but critique everything, and came away disappointed. It was a good game, like 8/10, but hardly close to the greatest game ever. I probably would have enjoyed it a lot more if I went into it without those expectations --- http://i54.tinypic.com/2qbudr7.gif http://myanimelist.net/signature/RyanSaotome.png |
red sox 777 | Posted 7/15/2011 9:43:59 AM | message detail | quote Well as someone who plays very few games, I'm happy to say that my votes are heavily influenced by the contests themselves. Many times this boils down to the simple question, which game/character makes Chrono Trigger look better? I also play very few games, so my votes are also influenced by the contests (and my bracket too). KamikazePotato | Posted 7/15/2011 11:29:21 AM | message detail | quote OoT is finally starting to show it's age. It's taken a while, but it's happening. People that play it these days for the first time are almost certainly going to be disappointed. OoT is one of those games I've never beaten yet. The only time I had to play it was when I needed to help out someone with a very small section of the game. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as BlAcK TuRtLe, Guru Champ! |
LinkMarioSamus posted... Seeing how GameFAQs is basically a Zelda drone site by now, I have to wonder...how many major Board 8 users actually have a Zelda title in their personal top 5? I know I don't. I might put the original LoZ there. Plenty of board 8ers would probably list OoT. --- Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter? Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards. |
Should be interesting to get a decent idea of how popular Harry Potter is. ALL CHARACTER BATTLE PREVIEW --- http://img.imgcake.com/leonpngpe.png http://img.imgcake.com/squalloweenpngem.png |
Harry Potter would be anti-voted as hell. It's character like HP that makes me fear a fictional character battle |
I'm
not sure how useful this poll would be for gauging Harry's performance.
It's the whole game vs character argument again, though Harry benefits
from being "the" character associated with the series. But liking the
books doesn't equate to watching the movies, and liking the books or the
movies doesn't equate to caring too much about Harry as a character.
He's got strong name recognition on his side, but the appeal of the
Harry Potter books is the world and the story rather than Harry's
strength as a character. He is a pretty stereotypical hero character
minus his irritating teenage angst in book 5, and as a huge Harry Potter
fan myself, I would vote against him without much distress. I would actually interested to see whether Harry or Snape would perform better in a character contest here. --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! |
Get a nice pic of Emma Watson up there for Hermione and I bet she wouldn't do too badly. Well, she'd beat Harry at any rate. --- Praise the Black Turtle, Game of the Decade Guru Champ. (Well, I never promised creativity, did I?!) |
Dumbledore is the top character here I think. --- But it's hard to tell. |
Harry
Potter would definitely be the most popular character from his series.
He is not particularly hated within the series. He would get tons of
anti-votes from people who don't like Harry Potter though. I really like to think that Hermoine > Ron, but I fear that SexistFAQS might rear its ugly head in this regard. --- "Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka Black Turtle beat me, Yesmar in the Fall 2010 Guru Contest! |
What's
sexist about this site? Samus is really strong, as is Tifa, etc. It's
not this site's problem that the vast majority of video games have
featured males in their most important roles. --- 90s games > 00s games |
What's
sexist about this site? Samus is really strong, as is Tifa, etc. It's
not this site's problem that the vast majority of video games have
featured males in their most important roles. I wouldn't expect any site with a gender balance greater than 90/10 to not be biased when it comes to what characters they like! --- "Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka Black Turtle beat me, Yesmar in the Fall 2010 Guru Contest! |
Why
not? Are you saying that men are naturally sexist, or that when they
meet in environments that have a low percentage of women, they become
sexist? --- 90s games > 00s games |
Harry
Potter would definitely be the most popular character from his series.
He is not particularly hated within the series. He would get tons of
anti-votes from people who don't like Harry Potter though. He is not particularly hated, but in later rounds it also matters if you are particularly loved. When you ask someone who their favorite character from the series is, how often will the answer be "Harry Potter"? That's why I think fan favorites could potentially do better. As for the anti-votes, I think that would easily be countered by rallying anyway. Why not? Are you saying that men are naturally sexist, or that when they meet in environments that have a low percentage of women, they become sexist? Yes. --- Official Queen ***** of the Universe! |
