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

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

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2 - GoldenEye - 958 points / 2 First-place votes / 15 Votes

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1 - Metal Gear Solid - 1022 points / 2 First-place votes / 15 Votes

A HIND D

my number 1 is the number 1 no i did not cheat to make this happen ilx is just correct FOR ONCE AM I RIGHT FELLOW G*MERS

i ride dog sleds. i’m a musher.

GOLDENEYE TOO LOW!

wow majora's mask shockingly low

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valkyrie profile was the other snub i was thinking of though i guess thats more of a cult classic so less surprising than paper mario or spyro

SUPER SMASH BROS. i didn't play until about five years ago when my ex and i got her old N64 hooked up, so i got to experience it really through her eyes, as this delightful mess of chaos and going after your friends with wild button mashing. right around the same time i was present when she tried bumper cars for the first time and she had an absolute blast in the same way, so i think of it as kinda the video game version of bumper cars - just wildly bonking into whoever's there and cracking up if you can send them flying in some awkward and unexpected way. very different from the way i enjoy most games, even head-to-head ones. what's cool is most of that is in the mechanics and not even in the main gimmick of it being a bunch of beloved characters! fun game.

DDR i cheated and voted for even if i'm not sure i ever played the console version, or even much of the arcade version. but it's obviously a really special and important game. an old high school buddy of mine got into it at the local tournament level, i went once to see him play at some combination arcade-and-go-cart place... it was really fun!

TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER i'm sure i've posted about enough... what a great concept, what a blast. i can remember my roommate pinning down the idea that it let you live out a "skater fantasy" and as a non-skater i can't speak to that but it really had a wonderful sense of momentum and defying gravity without it ever feeling weightless or meaningless. you were always in danger of pitching off the edge but instead you kept it going. the sequel is all-around "better" but i ranked this one higher because A, it was first, and B, the sequel dropped the linear downhill levels which i really appreciated, especially the one at the dam/canyon. this was THE game on my freshman year dorm floor, apart from a period when one guy's room was the center of Conker activity and a shorter spell of SOTN.

MAJORA'S MASK i never completely played through by myself - it was actually a collaborative, handing-off-the-controller-between-sessions game with the same aforementioned roommate. that seems insane to me given how complex a lot of the puzzles turn out to be, but it could be that it was really primarily him playing it, and me coming in for some of the dungeons and stuff. but jesus how do you not stan for this bonkers gimmick, and them actually pulling off the ballet of timed NPC encounters that let you figure out, and then execute, incredibly complicated payoffs late in the game as you know where everybody is and figure out what masks you'll need to use? this game is all about that gradual "dawning" moment of putting together in your head what will work, and it's sooooo satisfying as that. i can remember the night my roommate did the big Zora musical puzzle and the exact smile that came across his face as he realized "i'm gonna have to get the band back together!!" great.

MARIO KART 64 is the real "too low" for me, and #9 is a great place to be! i've played the Gamecube and Wii versions and IMO they were both subtly, inexplicably worse though they looked amazing. see Tony Hawk - it's all about NAILING the weight and control, and the later ones just felt too floaty or slippery or smooth, or something. this game is a fucking jam, the only problem is a couple of the courses are kinda boring. i'm stunned to hear that anybody considers it the worst!

it’s-a bond, james bond

GOLDENEYE is wayyyy too high but i totally get why it's there and i can't begrudge that. way way back in ILX history i ruffled some feathers by complaining about its numerous and very obvious faults, but a few years back in the same wave as that discovery of Super Smash Bros., i put a lot more hours into it, single- and multiplayer, and now i finally have at least some of the happy fun couch times memories that made it iconic for so many others.

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