GameFAQs Contests
Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1222
Remember
how MGS1 almost lost to FFT in 2004? That should be a warning sign that
the game's normal strength level might not have been what we saw in
2009. (Hopefully unneeded disclaimer: FFT has dropped since 2004 but
probably not by enough to ever make almost losing to it look good for a
supposed elite contender) The entire series was likely boosted by MGS4 being such a big deal and it could even maintain that for a bit in 2010 as MGS4 started to fall off but in the long term it's probably gone back to baseline. --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
Does MGSV just not matter at all? I know it burned a lot of fans, but you'd think its critical and commerical success would do something for the series. --- Video game companies don't care about you, so stop kissing their asses |
Why
did people hate MGS5 so much anyway? It was personally my favorite of
the series since I loved how it became more open world and had many
things to do. --- http://steamsignature.com/card/0/76561197979294707.png |
Most people are down on the story. Apparently it doesn't get resolved well in the least. --- Any sound can shake the air. My voice shakes the heart! -Sho Minamimoto (edited 11/28/2015 9:38:44 AM)report |
Bioshock
and ME1 both came out on PS3 since the 2010 contest. I can see them
being weaker there because they were 360 exclusives. --- All the stars in the sky are waiting for you. |
MechanicalWall posted... Does MGSV just not matter at all? I know it burned a lot of fans, but you'd think its critical and commerical success would do something for the series. MGS was already probably well off its high from MGS4, which ended up having a lot of backlash over the years itself, but the disinterest in MGS5 mixed with its very poor fan reception, on top of all the Kojima drama, certainly didn't help MGS. I think there was a brief period where it was an elite series, or maybe just masked by the GOTD contest (JV contest best description ever, courtesy of transience). Where it's at now feels right for a place like GameFAQs. --- satoru iwata |
Nice bump for BioShock there. --- Video Games are pretty cool. |
It had a very
controversial ending, and people didn't like the minimalist story in
general. I personally didn't mind, because I always thought the story in
those games is severely overrated, so less is more IMO. I can see why
hardcore fans would be let down, though. --- Video game companies don't care about you, so stop kissing their asses |
2Dover3D posted... Why did people hate MGS5 so much anyway? It was personally my favorite of the series since I loved how it became more open world and had many things to do. Repetitive missions, unfinished, poor story, no relevance to the overall storyline, bad characters -- all the criticisms I've seen from people! There's generally this period for the first few hours where people think it's the best MGS game, but by the end, most come away real angry and disappointed. --- satoru iwata |
MGS 3 loses for sure next round. Didn't expected that. --- Why do we exist?What happens when we stop existing? |
Karma Hunter posted... I haven't had much faith in the strength of non-MGS1 games and we haven't seen Earthbound since 2004. If MGS struggles against SotC that's obviously another story, but I'm not willing to indict it on the basis of its younger brothers who have never had much reason to have a lot of faith in. Earthbound was certainly in 2009, though buried in SFF. --- Ctesjbuvf posting on his phone. |
If you used today's MGS3 vs Bioshock and these two polls... http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/4147-southeast-division-round-2-bioshock-vs-kingdom-hearts-ii http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/6057-best-game-ever-day-2-metal-gear-solid-4-vs-kingdom-hearts-ii What would KH2 get on MGS3? And how would MGS3 vs MGS4 go? --- http://i.imgur.com/yrqRzHJ.gif |
the
scary thing about Bioshock is that you'd expect that game to have
fallen off along with all the other newer FPS games. it's put up two
better-than-expected performances in Fallout and MGS3. that's despite the fact that SH2 is now projected to get like 39% on MGS3 whelp --- xyzzy |
SMH at Canada. They should be supporting one of the only games in this contest that came out of their country. --- Video game companies don't care about you, so stop kissing their asses |
ZFS posted... 2Dover3D posted...Why did people hate MGS5 so much anyway? It was personally my favorite of the series since I loved how it became more open world and had many things to do. It certainly does have a poorer story then the other games... But to me its a video game and its overall gameplay and amount of things to do blew away the other games which made up for a lesser story. It had by far the best sneaking mechanics of the series, and running a whole mercenary organization was great. I wonder how it would do on other sites. I can see the open world and other modern improvements turning off a lot of Gamefaqs users I guess. --- http://steamsignature.com/card/0/76561197979294707.png |
The_Ctes posted... Karma Hunter posted...I haven't had much faith in the strength of non-MGS1 games and we haven't seen Earthbound since 2004. If MGS struggles against SotC that's obviously another story, but I'm not willing to indict it on the basis of its younger brothers who have never had much reason to have a lot of faith in. Well yeah, that's what I meant. We don't have a read on it since 2004. And FFT was a completely different beast in 2004, which produced some pretty screwy results as is (SSBM/MGS2 implies MGS would brutalize SSBM with ease in 2004). --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
EB
doesn't worry me about MGS so much as what this means BL2 gets on MGS.
It seems like every game that's been around a 2012-game has fallen
short. TWD got 33% on Uncharted 2 before Sonic 2 trounced it. Xenoblade barely lost to DKC2 which escaped its fourpack...but it's the weakest four-pack of the contest. VLR got 21% on ME2, which is now finally making a comeback against Starcraft. ME3 was gonna be the only 2012-game to survive the first round, but then Undertale happened. MGS better hope BL2 would still be the 2012-GotY, and by a bigger margin than before, or else MGS3... ...oh...oh my Bioshock... ...okay, I'll concede MGS isn't doing well this contest. Before this, the only thing that surprised me was MGS4 losing by as much as it did. I don't think RDR will be super-weak, so...I mean...I wasn't ready to think SotC had a shot at beating two more MGS-games this contest, but maybe now. Still backing MGS until it happens, but yeesh. --- M E N: nominate Metal Man in 20XX! http://i.imgur.com/Dr4NAeq.png |
ZFS posted... KamikazePotato posted... The disproportionate amount of love this place has for MGS3 is absolutely a B8 thing. tran put up a poll and MGS3 70-30d MGS1 or some nonsense. --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
One more update for ME2 --- Video game companies don't care about you, so stop kissing their asses |
I
would have taken Earthbound to easily beat RDR even pre-contest, let
alone after the SNES lovefest we've seen this year. I don't see how SotC
has any chance next round unless it randomly decides to hulk up a
bandwagon. --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
ZFS posted... 2Dover3D posted...Why did people hate MGS5 so much anyway? It was personally my favorite of the series since I loved how it became more open world and had many things to do. The intro mission is amazing. Classic MGS. And there are like 10 other missions that push you down a narrative corridor and advance the plot really well while also letting you do whatever you want within the boundaries of that area. That's when the game shines. It falls flat when for 30 other missions, it places you in the middle of nowhere and you have to run 500 metres to get to the first outpost, take it out or keep running past it, then get to the next outpost where you have to capture one guy who is completely irrelevant to the main story. Mindbogglingly poor pacing. The mechanics are definitely MUCH better than any other MGS game, the movement and gunplay and gadgets are awesome. But the story is just so poorly paced and the way the ending is presented is REALLY bad and Also f*** cassette tapes. --- http://www.last.fm/user/VinnyMendoza "This is all we have... when we die.." (edited 11/28/2015 9:55:13 AM)report |
yay go me2 |
Lead change!! Now let's see how high ME2 can go --- Christopher Christopher Christopher Christopher |
Not even a hint of resistance before a lead change! --- Black Turtle did a pretty good job. |
Lead change! --- Ctesjbuvf posting on his phone. |
Okay now that SC/ME2 is over let's check out.. Oh my god what the f*** happened to MGS3. --- Hello, I'm Chris! https://media.giphy.com/media/2ZtIpjwFFjLHLNREpCU/giphy.gif |
Achromatic posted... Okay now that SC/ME2 is over let's check out.. BioShock might actually take the lead in 8 hours or so mind you it has a constant vote influx each time for the most part. If not, then MGS3 will win. --- Video Games are pretty cool. |
LOL MGS3 is f***ed. --- Video game companies don't care about you, so stop kissing their asses |
transience posted... either this is a serious counterrally when everything related to Galaxy 2 failed or I was right about it just being Starcraft's killer night vote and the rally was minimal. It seems pretty likely it was a rally. The timing if the rally hitting the top of the subreddit was close to Starcraft hitting it's stride. And when it fell off the subreddit SC lost ground. This is based on posts in this topic. People also mentioned vote totals going up a bit when the rally started. Could just be trends, but I lean towards rally. --- www.gamefaqscontests.com www.gamefaqscontests.com/gallery |
UberPyro64 posted... Achromatic posted...Okay now that SC/ME2 is over let's check out.. It's cut like 100 votes in 2 hours. MGS3 is pretty safe unless we see some serious ME/Starcraft rallying. --- http://www.last.fm/user/VinnyMendoza "This is all we have... when we die.." |
wow
MGS3 doing so awful. I understand MGSV being weak. I hated the game
myself but MGS3 and MGS are amazing. Looks like this sites is just sick
of MGS games altogether glad ME2 is winning despite the rallies, easily my favorite game from last gen. --- ... |
DaruniaTheGoron posted... UberPyro64 posted...Achromatic posted...Okay now that SC/ME2 is over let's check out.. Yeah I'm just looking at percentages. --- Video Games are pretty cool. |
BioShock
might actually take the lead in 8 hours or so mind you it has a
constant vote influx each time for the most part. If not, then MGS3 will
win. It's not taking the lead, while the percent has been dropping the game only took 32 votes off the lead over the past hour --- BGE3: Today's Matches MGS>Borderlands 2, SotC>RDR, MGS3>BioShock, ME2>Starcarft Points 103/120 |
Still hoping for another StarCraft LEAD CHANGE --- 95/120 pts - the GameFAQs' 20th Anniversary Best. Game. Ever. Contest! NP: Metal Gear Solid/SotC/Metal Gear Solid 3/Starcraft |
I like how both main rally posts are reddit are like "PLANESCAPE TORMENT LOST TO SMASH WHA?" |
KamikazePotato posted... ZFS posted...KamikazePotato posted... I wouldn't say it's just a B8 thing either. In most (gamefaqs) MGS boards I've been to, MGS3 pretty consistently beats MGS in polls. Outside that niche, the first one should definetely be stronger though. |
Is there any chance in hell MGS3 even wins next round? I'd take SC and ME2 over BioShock easily. |
MGS3 you damn Yoshi --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
Ryugai posted... Is there any chance in hell MGS3 even wins next round? Nope. Glad I went with ME2 > MGS3. That series as a whole is the turd of the round. --- Video game companies don't care about you, so stop kissing their asses |
VeryInsane posted... I like how both main rally posts are reddit are like Yeah, Planescape being completely unknown, like MGS3>MGS1, is another "GameFAQs special" --- Blasting off |
Is there any chance in hell MGS3 even wins next round? If Starcraft is still at around Diablo II's strength and ME2 was just weak then it's possible. --- BGE3: Today's Matches MGS>Borderlands 2, SotC>RDR, MGS3>BioShock, ME2>Starcarft Points 103/120 |
So we are going to get robbed out of MGS - MGS3 match too? We missed SMB3 - SMW and GTASA - GTAV Well at least we have a non-zero chance for FFVII-FFVI match and LoZ:MM - LoZ:LTTP --- 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
Umm
I'd still call MGS3 the favorite going in. Yes it's sucked, but
Bioshock was no slouch back in 2010, and MGS3 is being hurt by BOTH
rallies here. Even if ME2 rallies its reddit community next round, the
entire MGS fanbase can counter-rally since it'll have its two most
popular games (right?) up at the same time. --- http://i.imgur.com/gByqgPg.gif |
crab battle --- [NO BARKLEY NO PEACE] |
VeryInsane posted... I like how both main rally posts are reddit are like I always find it amusing whenever people are surprised by the console-centric, japanese-centric results on Gamefaqs. That said, I've yet to see Planescape do well in a competition that isn't exclusively focused on CRPGs/WRPGs. It's not very mainstream. |
This is a match. --- NEW YORK METS - 2015 National League Champions |
Aw man let's bring back Kojima and David Hayter tweets part two! |
I usually hear about popular games outside of GameFAQs But I didn't hear about Planescape --- 3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066 |
redrocket_pub posted... VeryInsane posted...I like how both main rally posts are reddit are like But MGS1 > MGS3 on GameFAQs! <.< --- Welcome to the League of Stickies. |
