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

i didn’t vote for it cuz i sucked at it lol and never owned a copy but it was certainly The multiplayer n64 game for the latter part of the console’s life, brought out at more parties than even mariokart. (a strange interregnum with conker’s bad fur day tho, or maybe that was just my friends.)

YESSSSS Vagrant Story! That it came out in the same year as FFIX probably didn't help its sales, but the dialogue and weeeeird creepy vibes were so much better than what FFIX featured.

I looked at videos recently that talk a little bit about it and I have no idea what the stats mean anymore -- but I do remember that I played it so much that character was virtually untouchable by common enemies and maybe even the end boss because I built his agility up so much.

super smash bros was my favorite game when i was 10, and gotta say that 10-year-old me was otm

prided myself on being able to beat my friends with any character (even jigglypuff!). i resented that link had a weak recovery, but he really didn't do much jumping in those original zelda games did he?

big fan of both FFT and (not that it rly has a lot to do w anything) FFXII so i bet VS is gr8, glad it made it up here

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17 - Dance Dance Revolution - 320 points / 6 Votes

pre-ocarina (when he still could not jump on command), link could jump only in black sheep zelda 2 and link’s awakening iirc.

xp to ddr i didn't vote for it but i absolutely only played it on ps1 for a long time before i saw it in an arcade (a certain cough ugh uhhhh group i hung out with got dance pad controllers and moddede them onto plywood for maximum danceitude. that place fucking STUNK of feet every week)

ddr's end of the century aka the rave mix of beethoven's ode to joy was my jam.

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16 - Wipeout 2097 (AKA Wipeout XL) - 327 points / 7 Votes

haha

I voted Wipeout 2097 entirely because of the soundtrack

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Wipeout-XL/release/53416

i recently dled every single wipeout soundtrack and lemme tell ya that's a real good playlist to hit shuffle on. even including the later ones!

don't sleep on that original wipeout soundtrack that's mostly by cOLD sTORAGE

Design, gameplay and soundtrack about as cool as possible.

my #2 (after wip3out). don't remember those orbital & leftfield tracks though, were they xl (usa) only or on a separate soundtrack album?

whenever i could be heard from the street shouting obscenities at the screen i was probably playing wipeout. i got quite into it.

every Wipeout has an amazing soundtrack

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15 - PaRappa the Rapper - 364 points / 8 Votes

run on games w banging soundtracks

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14 - Tony Hawk Pro Skater - 393 points / 6 Votes

too low

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13 - Silent Hill - 405 points / 8 Votes

As I expected, this poll is making me realize I really messed up not getting a PSX...

So many Important Classics that I will probably now never play, having aged poorly (the games, I mean, not me. Though maybe I could be aging better, IDK)

sorry if inconsistent post speed kinda distracted :/

anyway here's one that someone will definitely say is too low

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12 - The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - 430 points / 2 First-place votes / 6 Votes

wow, too low

i wonder how many games will have more than 1 first-place vote

in the alternate, no vote splitting universe wipeout wouldve beaten majora's mask and been jsut behind this upcoming one, which i will say in advance, is Too Low

Query - was this going to be the number one during the "If we went with the ballots I have it would be SHOCKING"?

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11 - Final Fantasy Tactics - 440 points / 2 First-place votes / 6 Votes

majora's mask too low

sorry for not voting, would've been my number one

majora's mask too low

sorry for not voting, would've been my number one

argh I forgot! I got a lot of back posts to read...........

i posted, played the song of time, then posted again

high five
on the side
mustadio
TOO LOW

majora’s was my #1, have talked about it elsewhere enough prob but a genuine piece of melancholy art that makes its recycled character assets into an uncanny virtue exceeding the virtue of their originality

FFT a masterpiece mechanical sandbox and high on my ballot tho i’ve never finished it.

ftr the only games listed so far that I would accept as potentially superior to Night Warriors are Wipeout and Bushido Blade

silent hill doesn’t use draw distance as well as turok but i did vote for it, of all things because i kinda like the controls.

Never played FFT, and I'm secretly terrible at all turn-based strategy/RTS games :(

Never really played Silent Hill either (except for a demo on one of those magazine discs, remember those?), but it seems dope

silent hill doesn’t use draw distance as well as turok

well it is very foggy there.

i voted for silent hill but suddenly can't remember if i played i and ii or just ii.

ftr the only games listed so far that I would accept as potentially superior to Night Warriors are Wipeout and Bushido Blade

― DJP, Friday, November 13, 2020 3:56 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

get ready to up that list to 3

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Marvel Puzzle Quest - 441 points / 1 First-place vote / 1 Vote (DJP)

just a fun impromptu fakeout because djp was in the thread enjoy that bonus fakeout everyone! on the hosue

it’s v foggy in both, that’s what i mean; they’re both using the same sleight-of-hand. it’s not actually a fair comparison tho given the hardware+chronology.

Also never played a Zelda game after the 16 bit era because I didn't have the systems, I'm sure they're great though

i wasnt gonna do a marvel puzzle quest joke becase ive done it so many times but lets be real. similar to the hunger games movie my gf is watching this joke is katniss evergreen

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10 - Final Fantasy VIII - 465 points / 9 Votes

a rare TOO HIGH!