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

Hmm...I was on the fence, but PSM Magazine says it has even *more* gore...

doesnt sound like what i think of heaven as being like

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7 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - 692 points / 2 First-place votes / 10 Votes

ive never been a zelda fan (altho ive never played majora's mask and i imagine that would absolutely be in my wheelhouse if i played it) and while i recognize this is a definite "TOO LOW" i would be lying if i said i didn't take a sick kind of pleasure in its placement

good game that is secretly a harem dating sim

OK it's my turn to shout TOO LOW

first game i ever saw a commercial for in a movie theater

this seems too high for paper mario to show up but if it missed the list then that's a massive snub

not that it is necessarily fair to compare majora's mask and ocarina as votesplit candidates but had their fans rallied around ocarina, it'd be #6 (so... not much of a move tbh, most oot voters also voted for mm)

votesplit victim i forgot to mention: wipeout xl could've finished in 11th, just shy of fft

MM and OoT are such different beasts and I voted for them both. Trying to organize my thoughts & feelings about OoT is difficult. Also, it is like the video game equivalent of The Beatles in having been discussed to death; it's hard to know what else there is to say. That the title screen forgoes heroic fanfare in favor of Satie-esque melancholy was pretty unusual for the time and is sort of a microcosm of what this game does well.

otm, as is MM’s title screen forgoing music at all in favor of an ominous whoosh and inscrutable giggle

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6 - Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 - 743 points / 1 First-place vote / 13 Votes

^^^ now this is vote splitting imo

Also too low, dammit!

if theres actually people who think 1 is better than 2 then they deserve the vote split

mario kart 64 seems to have been reevaluated as being the worst mario kart in recent years which, i dunno if i agree but the gamecube one is definitely way better

― ciderpress, Friday, November 13, 2020 4:17 PM (thirty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

all the other mario karts have way too much going on, things flying across the screen willy nilly. 64 also has the best soundtrack.

so our top 5 is 1 nintendo game, 1 squaresoft game, 1 rareware game, and 2 konami games?

if not then there's an even bigger snub than paper mario in here

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5 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - 772 points / 1 First-place vote / 11 Votes

lol was just about to post "what's the 2nd konami game?" thanks Will

curious to know what ciderpress's snub is now bc they've def locked down the finalists

I think I voted for the first tony hawk jus because the second is just a refinement and better maps. second is a better game mind you, ho hum

nah i can't really complain about snubs since i didn't vote

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4 - Final Fantasy VII - 828 points / 3 First-place votes / 12 Votes

if we ever do the ps2 gen i promise to submit a ballot that has 0 games in common with anyone else's ballot and then cry when they don't place

Oh, what's this one about?

i'm playing this game currently so i don't have a take prepared yet

no spoilers please

yuffie dies

i do not think i will ever play it again but i sure do ahve fond memories of playing all the way to the end, going to my friend's house, getting his save file at the same spot except grinded up to 99, beating the weapons and the game

I was one of the 1st place voters. I know it’s a basic pick and most people seem to think it’s aged horribly but the nostalgia of this one is so strong for me, along with one of the presumed top 3. Also it earns its place for the music during the final battle alone

can you play psx emulators with speed boosts? if you could compress that grinding i think it'd still be playable!

the art direction in its environments -- midgar, that weird casino, the place red xiii was from, was legitimately mind-boggling at the time. i don't think any other game ever felt more like The Future

ok ok ok so

who is ready for the top 3 games

these are extremely real

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3 - Vs. - 829 points / 3 First-place votes / 12 Votes

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2 - Way Of The Warrior - 876 points / 3 First-place votes / 12 Votes

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1 - Bubsy 3D - 111,023 points / 98 First-place votes / 6823 Votes

where's Iggy's Reckin Balls

aw man i should've done four

ok for real here is number 3

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3 - Super Mario 64 - 907 points / 2 First-place votes / 13 Votes

TOO LOW.

the rare game where i’d say the objective is just to move around in it until you have to go to bed.

no one has ever managed to make another game that feels like Mario 64 to play. it is truly singular

much like Iggy's Reckin Balls

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true peace

the rare game

― difficult listening hour,

no that hasnb't come up yet

So much for either of the Fear Effects making it. :\

I voted for FF8, which was my first RPG, full stop, and this OTM * 1000:

triple triad + the demented, uh, elegance of the junction system.

I think I played the whole game with a walkthrough just because of how intimidated I was, but damn, junctioning Ultima to your stats was a heady feeling.

RE2 was the only RE game I've ever played, it was definitely fun but for someone who LOATHES horror and jump scares, I never felt compelled to try any others. And FTR, the scene where the licker jumps out at you the first time STILL scares the marbles out of me.

in that one the objective is to crouch and convince your friends you got “the big version” of your gun

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also appreciate that FF8 settles on a character art style. looks kinda like a sierra adventure.

but damn, junctioning Ultima to your stats was a heady feeling.

otm otm otm, my most lingering memory of this game is literally getting like 50 ultimas and junctioning it to myself (i didn't even remember the term until now lol)

ok here we go games number 2 and number 1 back to back