Console Game Poll vol. 3 - Vote for the best 5th Generation Console Games (PS1, Saturn, N64, Jaguar, GBC, etc.) here! (Ballot Deadline: November 8th)

MGS2 was the first time my response to a cut scene was "come on tae fuck"

i'm wondering if i ever really did burn out on them, or if i just stopped playing new games around 2001! ha. they definitely stopped feeling like special must-haves in the mid-90s though... like i had almost no urge to check out games like Wing Commander III/IV which were very much sold on their "cinematic" offerings.

but then again, Final Fantasy IX is on my ballot based on my experiences getting halfway through it circa 2011, and is there almost entirely for the cutscenes and the prerendered backdrops. the game eventually pissed me off enough that i quit, but i remember it as a really lovely, satisfying set of environments to be in.

in the ps1 final fantasy days we had a lot more patience for... everything. i have strong memories of hanging out with my friend while he ran in little circles on a tiny island in ffvii because the monsters there gave good materia xp

I did not have patience, especially cos my son was very into watching me play on the PS and made me read all the FFVII text out to him

if you're not there for the grind, you're no friend at all

Haha my flatmates had patience up to a point while I went Chocobo Racing to get that Knights of the Round...

#ivoted

And kept it real based on what I actually played (if not always finished) and what made the deepest nostalgic impressions

Which was PS1 only, although I remember seeing a Dreamcast at some kid's house once, and they were playing a fighting game that looked just mindblowingly futuristic. I've never tracked down what it was.

i remember them still feeling special in Tomb Raider, and i'm pretty sure i knew a guy who taped all the Final Fantasy VII ones onto VHS to more easily appreciate them...

I actually did this for MGS.

<3

i love that shit

IN!

Shit I was in the wrong thread when I wrote this so copy pasting it here -

If you are able to send your ballot by tomorrow go for it, if you need an extension please tell me here or at the email in the OP ASAP so we can figure it out. I am on vacation next week so I'd like to at the very least finish all of the prep if not start the rollout!

Sent my (slightly pedestrian) ballot. Hope it's in time!

totally in time! time for others to send em in too if they're out there. 18 ballots and counting is a pretty good number, can we hit 20 tho? 25?

just sent mine in! We're voting for strictly playing these games on Console, right? (i.e. no votes for Civ2 on PC?)

exactly -- if you played civ 2 on the console go for it, but computer games are just so tricky to place on the timeline fairly that it'll have to be another poll in like 2044 or something

i let the board down by not following thru on a pc poll a few years ago AND inappropriately voted in will’s last poll for games i was really endorsing other versions of. one of these sins i have redeemed today; the other you never know.

(was def tempted to vote for worms armageddon on ps1 tho; how compromised could it be)

yeah that was my dilemma on GTA

submitted, hopefully no issues getting it in!

still down to vote in that PC poll anytime, dlh!

i would, too!

lol oops

fix an oops and forget it!

the spreadsheet link is blocked by my work computer 😡

I can send a copy of the sheet to your webmail, if that still works!

but no pressure of course. but if you don't vote for marvel puzzle quest, i'm not sure it's going to make the rollout ;)

If I only want to vote for 30 games, what do I do with the empty cells and their weighted points?

All good! I just ignore the blank lines.

Anyone else? DJP?

Also, I think I've sent a response email to everyone who voted/whose ballot I put in the sheet. Does anyone not have a response?

djp: if you wanna just write your ballot out and email it i can assign the points too (or if karl already sent the spreadsheet that's cool too)

general note: good lord the #1 thru #5 or so games have switched order so many times in the past 48 hours i genuinely have no idea how its going to end even if we get only one more ballot! whoooaaaaahhhh

I was worried for a while because I didn't get an answer but just saw your e-mail so it's all good

i had to look at the mall again to make sure i didn't miss anyone, and i missed one! it wasn't yours tho, i just forgot to email you :)

person who i missed: you should have an email now too!

I am going to be off work in an hour, can I throw you a ballot then?

Once again I have not looked at ILX for a while and I would have said "of course" but you have since sent it so I will say "it has been counted!"

If anyone out there is reading this who also wants to do a last-minute ballot: I'll give you until tomorrow at noon(ish) (EST) before I for-real-for-real close the polling!

👍🏾

Will, that is an ace d/n btw!

sent a wee last minute ballot

haha thank you the timing between the "put total landscaping on the end of things" thread and the "listen to all of the kompakt total releases in order for no particular reason" decision i made last week was serendipitous

with jim's we have 24! so happy we got over 20 (still open to any others til noon btw)

ok that's a wrap then! I am gonna set it up tomorrow and tonight, hoooopefully ready to go thursday (or maybe even tomorrow!)

DieHARD GamePOLL - Console Poll, vol. 3 - 5th Generation RESULTS