GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1208
I wonder how it would be doing if Konami had let Kojima finish the game like he wanted to --- I don't know how much you know about women, but Dr. Pizza is an expert. - The Mana Sword |
Updated Top 10 Top 10 Biggest Blowouts 1. LoZ: Ocarina of Time 91.03% vs. Hearthstone 8.97% - Round 1 82.06% 2. Chrono Trigger 85.85% vs. Ratchet & Clank: UYA 14.15% - Round 1 71.70% 3. Super Mario Bros. 3 84.17% vs. Age of Empires II 15.83% - Round 1 68.34% 4. Final Fantasy VII 84.07% vs. Journey 15.93% - Round 1 68.14% 5. Super Mario 64 80.04% vs. Mario Kart 8 19.96% - Round 1 60.08% 6. Super Smash Bros. Wii U 79.05% vs. Planescape: Torment 20.95% - Round 1 58.10% 7. SMT: Persona 4 77.80% vs. 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors 22.20% - Round 1 55.60% 8. Final Fantasy VI 77.03% vs. Assassins Creed II 22.97% - Round 1 54.06% 9. Pokemon GSC 76.63% vs. The World Ends With You 23.37% - Round 1 53.26% 10. Castlevania: SotN 74.99% vs. Phoenix Wright: AA T&T 25.01% - Round 1 49.98% Top 10 Closest Matches 1. Donkey Kong Country 2 50.36% vs. Xenoblade Chronicles 49.64% - Round 1 0.72% 2. Mass Effect 50.83% vs. Super Mario Galaxy 2 49.17% - Round 1 1.66% 3. Undertale 50.95% vs. Mass Effect 3- 49.05% - Round 1 1.90% 4. Final Fantasy IX 51.09% vs. Kingdom Hearts 48.91% - Round 1 2.18% 5. Paper Mario: TTYD 51.87% vs. Tales of Symphonia 48.13% - Round 1 3.74% 6. Sonic 2 53.17% vs. Portal 2 46.83% - Round 1 6.34% 7. Star Wars: KotOR 53.65% vs. Xenogears 46.35% - Round 1 8.37% 8. Dragon Quest VIII 54.72% vs. SMT: Persona 3 45.28% - Round 1 9.44% 9. GoldenEye 007 55.93% vs. Diablo II 44.07% - Round 1 11.86% 10. Halo 56.72% vs. Minecraft 43.28% - Round 1 13.44% Top 10 Smallest Vote Gaps 1. Donkey Kong Country 2 17688 vs. Xenoblade Chronicles 17434 Round 1 254 2. Mass Effect 19172 vs. Super Mario Galaxy 18547 Round 1 625 3. Final Fantasy IX 20048 vs. Kingdom Hearts 19194 Round 1 854 4. Undertale 28218 vs. Mass Effect 3 27162 Round 1 1056 5. Paper Mario: TTYD 18093 vs. Tales of Symphonia 16786 Round 1 1307 6. Sonic 2 20259 vs. Portal 2 17840 Round 1 2419 7. Star Wars: KotOR 18373 vs. Xenogears 15872 Round 1 2501 8. Dragon Quest VIII 20459 vs. SMT: Persona 3 16930 Round 1 3529 9. Halo 20814 vs. Minecraft 15885 Round 1 4939 10. GoldenEye 007 23922 vs. Diablo II 18851 Round 1 5071 Top 10 Least Popular Polls 1. Star Wars: KotOR vs. Xenogears Round 1 34245 2. Banjo-Kazooie vs. Baldurs Gate II Round 1 34484 3. Fire Emblem: Awakening vs. Super Mario Maker Round 1 34538 4. Castlevania: SotN vs. Phoenix Wright: AA T&T Round 1 34803 5. The Last of Us vs. Halo 3 Round 1 34855 6. Paper Mario: TTYD vs. Tales of Symphonia Round 1 34879 7. Donkey Kong Country 2 vs. Xenoblade Chronicles Round 1 35122 8. Kingdom Hearts II vs. Metal Gear Solid 4 Round 1 35369 9. Final Fantasy VI vs. Assassins Creed II Round 1 35400 10. LoZ: Wind Waker vs. Pokemon XY Round 1 35426 --- BGE3: Today's Matches LoZ:LttP>CS, FFIV>DE, MGSV>PD, DS>Civilization V Points 34/40 |
Top 10 Lowest Individual Votes 1. Hearthstone Round 1 3604 2. Ratchet & Clank: UYA Round 1 5506 3. Journey Round 1 5985 4. Age of Empires II Round 1 6091 5. Mario Kart 8 Round 1 7745 6. Planescape: Torment Round 1 7761 7. 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors Round 1 7897 8. Assassins Creed II Round 1 8132 9. The World Ends With You Round 1 8307 10. Phoenix Wright: AA T&T Round 1 8705 Top 10 Least Impressive Winners 1. Donkey Kong Country 2 Round 1 17688 2. Paper Mario: TTYD Round 1 18093 3. Star Wars: KotOR Round 1 18373 4. Mass Effect Round 1 19172 5. Final Fantasy IX Round 1 20048 6. Sonic 2 Round 1 20259 7. Dragon Quest VIII Round 1 20459 8. Kingdom Hearts II Round 1 20766 9. Halo Round 1 20814 10. Suikoden II Round 1 21148 Top 10 Most Impressive Losers 1. Mass Effect 3 Round 1 27162 2. GTA: Vice City Round 1 20745 3. Kingdom Hearts Round 1 19194 4. Diablo II Round 1 18851 5. Super Mario Galaxy 2 Round 1 18547 6. Portal 2 Round 1 17840 7. Xenoblade Chronicles Round 1 17434 8. SMT: Persona 3 Round 1 16930 9. Tales of Symphonia Round 1 16786 10. Resident Evil 2 Round 1 16117 Top 5 Largest Comebacks 1. Undertale vs. Mass Effect 3 Round 1 9252 2. Donkey Kong Country 2 vs. Xenoblade Chronicles Round 1 290 3. Mass Effect vs. Super Mario Galaxy 2 Round 1 265 4. Dragon Quest VIII vs. SMT: Persona 3 Round 1 28 5. Sonic 2 vs. Portal 2 Round 1 19 Top 10 Most Predictable Matches 1. LoZ: Ocarina of Time vs. Hearthstone Round 1 95.61% 2. Final Fantasy VII vs. Journey Round 1 94.02% 3. Fallout 3 vs. Life is Strange Round 1 92.72% 4. Chrono Trigger vs. Ratchet & Clank: UYA Round 1 92.68% 5. SMT: Persona 4 vs. 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors Round 1 92.48% 6. Super Mario Bros. 3 vs. Age of Empires II Round 1 91.22% 7. Super Mario World vs. Animal Crossing: NL Round 1 90.18% 8. Pokemon GSC vs. The World Ends With You Round 1 90.07% 9. TESV: Skyrim vs. Phoenix Wright: AA Round 1 90.05% 10. Castlevania: SotN vs. Phoenix Wright: AA T&T Round 1 88.76% Top 10 Least Predictable Matches 1. Undertale vs. Mass Effect 3 Round 1 23.38% 2. Donkey Kong Country 2 vs. Xenoblade Chronicles Round 1 37.98% 3. Halo vs. Minecraft Round 1 38.88% 4. Final Fantasy IX vs. Kingdom Hearts Round 1 39.04% 5. Sonic 2 vs. Portal 2 Round 1 40.39% 6. Final Fantasy VIII vs. GTA: Vice City Round 1 43.86% 7. Dragon Quest VIII vs. SMT: Persona 3 Round 1 45.85% 8. Mega Man X vs. Batman: Arkham City Round 1 50.66% 9. Suikoden II vs. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Round 1 51.43% 10. Mass Effect vs. Super Mario Galaxy 2 Round 1 51.44% --- BGE3: Today's Matches LoZ:LttP>CS, FFIV>DE, MGSV>PD, DS>Civilization V Points 34/40 |
LeonhartFour posted... Perfect Dark keeps getting close to making a cut but can't quite get it. there we go! |
Perfect Dark deserves to win. I like MGS5, but it represents Konami being idiots. --- Winner of the Spring 2004 "Best Game Ever" Contest "F*** Draven." -SBAllen |
abdou posted... MGSV is the worst 'big' game in 2015. I wouldn't even call it 'metal gear solid' and on top of that it was incomplete, just a horrible mess all around. It's definitely going to become the weakest MGS game in these contests. You just suck at playing it --- http://k09.kn3.net/1256263BF.gif |
Can someone post a drastic trend change in a previous contest? Because I don't remember it being 1.5% swings tops --- 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
Iraq at 100% for Perfect Dark. I'm counting on them to pull through on this one. |
I dunno. ISIS might be big fans of MGS! --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
So happy for Dark Souls right now. --- 3DS FC: 4382 - 2449 - 5707 IGN: Anthony |
DaruniaTheGoron posted... BlAcK TuRtLe posted...Man, what the hell is this garbage? First Mario Maker, now MGSV? What is with this site ignoring the 2 best games of the 2010s so far but supporting SJW weeaboo hot garbage like Underfail and Xenocrap? The only criticism I can leverage against MGSV is that it was very clear the game was rushed to complete, and lots of story content was cut, but with all of the content that was in the game (significant amount) and the overall amazing gameplay, it's definitely one of the few games in the current console generation that is worth playing. --- Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy -trancer1 lol xstats |
BlAcK TuRtLe posted... DaruniaTheGoron posted...BlAcK TuRtLe posted...Man, what the hell is this garbage? First Mario Maker, now MGSV? What is with this site ignoring the 2 best games of the 2010s so far but supporting SJW weeaboo hot garbage like Underfail and Xenocrap? Like I said, it's a good game, but a mediocre MGS game. If it didn't have MGS slapped on the box and I just picked it up to try it out I'd say yeah it's alright but kinda boring after the 20th mission rescuing some random dude. It'd be the kinda game I'd pick up and play once in a while like GTA. Most of the MGS series is more special than GTA for reasons that have nothing to do with core stealth gameplay. I think that's why it is beloved on this site. --- http://www.last.fm/user/VinnyMendoza "This is all we have... when we die.." |
Yeah, MGSV is a fun game, but it's also missing a lot of the charm that goes into a typical MGS game. --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
Wow.
1:8 winners for PC, so far, and several of those have console ports . I
never knew GameFAQs users were so biased against PC games. I blame the
PC "Master Race" for souring people against PC games. --- When all you've got is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. |
People
were speculating a couple days ago that trends have died off due to
smartphones allowing everyone to check the site whenever they want.
However, as a counterpoint, I give you: http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/5829-what-are-you-browsing-gamefaqs-with-right-now I think GameFAQS aging and thus being able to use computers/laptops at work/college more easily during the day than they would have in high school probably has more to do with it. --- "What's the matter with bootblacking? We both like it very much!" This is Yesmar. Congrats to CBIX Guru Winner *Raytan*! |
LOLContests posted... People were speculating a couple days ago that trends have died off due to smartphones allowing everyone to check the site whenever they want. However, as a counterpoint, I give you: On a related note, I do have trends for both the 2014 and 2015 polls. Let me dig those up to see how each option performed during different time periods. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as raytan7585, Guru Champ! |
LeonhartFour posted... Yeah, MGSV is a fun game, but it's also missing a lot of the charm that goes into a typical MGS game. That charm is all there, it's just part of the gameplay. The amount of odd, bizarre things you can experiment with is absolutely insane. You can literally avoid detection by hiding in a stall and playing a tape of a guy having diarrhea. You can win sniper battles by having ammo dropped on your opponents head. The cardboard box can deteriorate and eventually be destroyed in the rain. Firing a crafted water gun at sleeping soldiers has them freak out and wake up thinking they pissed themselves. There is nobody that could have created this game except for Kojima, lacking in ridicukous story or not. |
I live here posted... Wow. 1:8 winners for PC, so far, and several of those have console ports . I never knew GameFAQs users were so biased against PC games. I blame the PC "Master Race" for souring people against PC games. If you weren't aware of that, clearly you haven't been paying attention. PC games have never been popular here compared to their console brethren. --- Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy -trancer1 lol xstats |
Yuri_LowelI posted... abdou posted...MGSV is the worst 'big' game in 2015. I wouldn't even call it 'metal gear solid' and on top of that it was incomplete, just a horrible mess all around. It's definitely going to become the weakest MGS game in these contests. what a stupid comment. Try a little better next time. --- ... |
Ryugai posted... That charm is all there, it's just part of the gameplay. ...the charm of MGS is a lot more than the gameplay. --- http://i.imgur.com/3DwCNLJ.gif |
LOLContests posted... http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/5829-what-are-you-browsing-gamefaqs-with-right-now Looks like the trend charts support your claim: http://i.imgur.com/OmwtYcw.png Only the first 2 options in both polls, plus the mobile phone option are actually worth looking at here. "Desktop computer" does best during the usual working hours, as I'd probably expect workplaces to have desktops over a laptop. "Laptop computer" actually performs fairly bad during the BSV/DSV. "Mobile phone" does best during the BSV and worst during the ASV/SNV. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as raytan7585, Guru Champ! |
DaruniaTheGoron posted... BlAcK TuRtLe posted...DaruniaTheGoron posted...BlAcK TuRtLe posted...Man, what the hell is this garbage? First Mario Maker, now MGSV? What is with this site ignoring the 2 best games of the 2010s so far but supporting SJW weeaboo hot garbage like Underfail and Xenocrap? What do you expect from someone who dislikes MGS3? --- "Nothing I could do!" -Darksydephil |
Ryugai posted... LeonhartFour posted...Yeah, MGSV is a fun game, but it's also missing a lot of the charm that goes into a typical MGS game. If this game had a more focused complete story it would be the best game of all time. the gameplay is incredible. People who use boredom as a criticism just go around doing the same stuff and have no imagination --- http://k09.kn3.net/1256263BF.gif |
Oh wow Deus Ex is above 30%. It's also the first 8 seed to fall. --- "Nothing I could do!" -Darksydephil |
Okay
guys, currently there are 28 matches where the older game won as
opposed to only 12 where the older game lost. The ratio will be 30:14
after today. List of games that beat an older game (going by US release date anyway): Final Fantasy X The Last of Us Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow Undertale The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Metroid Prime Final Fantasy Tactics The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Okami Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Dark Souls --- "Nothing I could do!" -Darksydephil |
Also
Japanese games are currently 13-5 against Western games, but that's
going up to 16-5 after today! KOTOR, Mass Effect, Skyrim, Half-Life 2,
and Donkey Kong Country 2 are the only Western games to defeat Japanese
games. To ask another question, what games that made it to R2 do you guys think are fodder and what games that lost in R1 could actually be quite strong? My answers for the former off the top of my head are Dragon Quest VIII and Suikoden II, for the latter Kingdom Hearts and Diablo II (which did get to R3 in the previous games contest!). --- "Nothing I could do!" -Darksydephil (edited 11/15/2015 1:27:34 AM)report |
I just checked the results. This is what I have to say: 1st match=LTTP is dominating! I thought it wouldn't finish above 85% but it may even break 90% Man! 2nd match=FF 4 this much? Deus EX must be weak because of all FF games that entered the contest, FF 4 is the weakest for sure. 3rd match=MGS 5 barely beating Perfect Dark... I imagine in a year the results will be the opposite. New games suck! 4th match=Civilzation 5 is losing by a lot...And it is the only PC series I like! --- Why do we exist?What happens when we stop existing? |
LordoftheMorons posted... I wonder how it would be doing if Konami had let Kojima finish the game like he wanted to --- "...Gift of the 'silver tongue'. They say it's a mark of a good officer.... and of a liar." - I think I'm in love http://i.imgur.com/MwCrcfI.jpg |
2nd match=FF 4 this much? Deus EX must be weak because of all FF games that entered the contest, FF 4 is the weakest for sure. I would take 4 to beat the hell out of 12. --- Hello, I'm Chris! https://media.giphy.com/media/2ZtIpjwFFjLHLNREpCU/giphy.gif |
Yuri_LowelI posted... Ryugai posted...LeonhartFour posted...Yeah, MGSV is a fun game, but it's also missing a lot of the charm that goes into a typical MGS game. Completely agree... in terms of just hte gameplay, TPP is nearly my ALL TIME best game I have ever played. A better PRESENTED story would have unanimously clinched for BEST GAME ever made for me. Damn did it blow me away. --- "...Gift of the 'silver tongue'. They say it's a mark of a good officer.... and of a liar." - I think I'm in love http://i.imgur.com/MwCrcfI.jpg |
MGSV = CoD4 lol. --- "Nothing I could do!" -Darksydephil |
GFaqs
completely ignoring critical opinion, with ALTTP > Cave Story being
the only opinion critics follow as well. 91.03 % Deus Ex should be
beating 90 % rated FFIV, 95 rated MGSV shouldn't be beating 97 rated
Perfect Dark and 89 rated Dark Souls shouldn't be beating 90 rated Civ V
either! |
I've
always found it interesting that Perfect Dark was so acclaimed and yet
practically got forgotten. TV Tropes blames it on Halo coming out the
year after. --- "Nothing I could do!" -Darksydephil |
I've always heard Perfect Dark was like a spiritual successor to Goldeneye. So I guess it's Goldeneye with the outdated gameplay and a lot less nostalgia. |
Also there are 6 zero brackets left? Nice! --- Why do we exist?What happens when we stop existing? |
ZeldaTPLink posted... I've always heard Perfect Dark was like a spiritual successor to Goldeneye. Being an M-rated game on a Nintendo console doesn't help. --- "Nothing I could do!" -Darksydephil |
What
a terrible match pic for MGS5- the 'Metal Gear Solid' part is barely
legible. Surely Perfect Dark would be below 40 if not for the match pic? I have never played MGS5, and only briefly played Perfect Dark, but would probably have voted for MGS5 off the back of liking some of the earlier games in the series had I been able to read it |
Perfect Dark > Goldeneye though |
Nothing
to do with the match pic, MGSV is underpeforming cause no ones care
about the new releases anymore. You should have seen it coming when
Super Mario Maker got nearly doubled by a fodderific FE game. --- Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of man. |
I
wrote about this in my crew writeup -- gamefaqs doesn't care about
great gameplay. it'll always be secondary to the story, characters and
setting. mgsv sucks at that and so it's weak. this isn't a new/old thing
so much as mgs moving in a direction that we don't care for. we'll see
the same thing in a few days when Destiny bombs too. --- add the c and back away iphonesience |
I
care about great gameplay, and MGS5 doesn't have it. It's a
disappointing game in almost every way, and it will rightfully be beaten
by Dark Souls in round two. |
And yet Zelda and Mario are strong. --- "Nothing I could do!" -Darksydephil |
-Zelmor- posted... Nothing to do with the match pic, MGSV is underpeforming cause no ones care about the new releases anymore. You should have seen it coming when Super Mario Maker got nearly doubled by a fodderific FE game. The FE game is new too. But I guess when it comes to popularity, 3DS > WiiU. Aside from Hylian Warriors and Splatoon, I feel no reason to buy a WiiU at all. No, I'm not interested in playing yet another Mario Kart and Smash games. While the 3DS may not have the biggest library, but it has enough to entertain me for years to come. |
LMFAO Black Turtle --- Communists |
Rank these games in order of strength: Metal Gear Solid 4 Vice City Resident Evil 2 Demon's Souls Morrowind BTW guys Metroid Prime has an easy path to Round 3, since it already beat a game that ranked higher than Half-Life 2 on...you know. --- "Nothing I could do!" -Darksydephil |
Metroid
Prime/Half-Life 2 is still expected to be close. A constant Demon's
Souls gives Metroid Prime 52.40% which is only a small increase to what
it got in 2010. --- BGE3: Today's Matches LoZ:LttP>CS, FFIV>DE, MGSV>PD, DS>Civilization V Points 34/40 |
That was a joke. Also apparently I'm on the leaderboard. This probably stays until some dumb pick of mine in Round 2...I have Portal 2 in Round 3, that will hurt. --- "Nothing I could do!" -Darksydephil (edited 11/15/2015 6:25:04 AM)report |
So
right now Fallout 3 is expected to get 58.08% on Final Fantasy IV,
which means Super Mario World is expected to get between 53.55% (with
SMB3 in the poll) and 63.47% (with Final Fantasy in the poll) If there was a significant Fallout 4 boost we could have an interesting match. --- BGE3: Today's Matches LoZ:LttP>CS, FFIV>DE, MGSV>PD, DS>Civilization V Points 34/40 |