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Sounds like the next FF game should be turn based.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8040-semifinals-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-vs-elder-scrolls-skyrim

Does TotK beat Skyrim? I feel like it should. If it does, there's not much room for BG3 to be weaker than Witcher 3.

MacArrowny posted...

Random thought:

Is Baldur's Gate 3 the strongest non-Japanese game?

It's in the running. I think Witcher 3 holds the crown right now. If BG3 can beat Witcher 3, its the new king.

KamikazePotato posted...

It's kind of funny how all the elite WRPGs are grouped near each other in strength. Like there's a (very high) glass ceiling for the genre. You can be a cultural phenomenon, but at the end of the day, you aren't touching Super Mario 64.

I'm not sure if it's a genre thing. None of the other genres are producing games that challenge SM64 either outside of the miracle that is BotW. If anything, WRPG is the genre that is producing more killers than any other right now.

CDPR's reputation is never going to go back to how it was. But, they did put a lot of effort into fixing Cyberpunk. So they have clawed back some forgivness.

Seems like TotK is just going to slowly fall apart from here on out.

TotK with a cut! Link will not go down so easily.

KamikazePotato posted...

Yeah, this isn't going to end up close.

While it's a little disappointing we aren't going to get more of a close match, I'm glad whoever running it went ahead with the final 1 v 1 poll. Always fun to see.

It's been fun. It's been years since I last mashed refresh on poll results and I got to do that for two days in a row.

Lead change!

TotK finally remember there's a match today and got a gain.

Cut! TotK hanging on for dear life.

I have not played BG3 either.

TotK is in trouble. Already falling apart.

Leonhart4 posted...

GameFAQs hath no fury like a Zelda scorned

So far, TotK has absorbed 105% of RE4 and SMBW's votes.

A lot of people interested in an early vote today. (I was 5th, 5-0)

TotK is coming out of the gate swinging.

Let's go!

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8041-final-battle-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-vs-the-witcher-3-wild

Perhaps I'm just not comprehending how big a deal BG3 is. But, would it be expected to beat Witcher 3? Although, if BG3 can beat TotK, I guess there's no reason it can't beat W3 as well.

LightningStrikes posted...

Thats true in general which is why there should always be a final poll.

I'm okay with this. I am willing to be reasonable and say they aren't strictly necessary if the winner is obvious. But, if I had my way I would be fine with always running one. We don't get many 1v1 matches, especially these days.

Assuming the same split, it becomes:
49.25% - The Last of Us
50.75% - A Link Between Worlds

A 50.75% win is unsafe. If the split isn't quite the same, that can turn into a loss. If the natural voter variation from one day to the next is unfavorable to Zelda, it can also lose.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/6575-best-of-2016-game-of-the-year-final-vote
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/6576-best-of-2016-game-of-the-year-final-final-vote

Sometimes the split isn't quite even enough. So there was a real chance for Zelda to lose.

2006 is an eternity ago and SFF was stronger back in the day. So it'll be interesting to see what TotK can do if it gets a chance.

When Samus went out, Link took 97% of her votes.

KamikazePotato posted...

Mario Wonder needs to split something like 86-14 to TotK for it to defeat BG3 in a 1 v 1.

Entirely plausible.

50%

It's always amazing how the Power Hour really does seem to be pretty close to being exactly an hour.

TotK exits the Power Hour trailing by 12. The night will be long.

BG3 takes back the lead with a strong 5 minutes.

I definitely expected SMBW to fold harder than this.

In general GameFAQs doesn't respect remakes. But, the RE remakes tend to have solid strength. RE2 Remake even won GotY:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7840-best-of-2019-game-of-the-year-final-vote

Not that Three Houses is a particularly strong opponent.

Lead change! BG3 won the board vote.

BG3 starting to run away with it.

TotK in trouble.

An impressive performance by Baldur's Gate 3. Even accounting for SMBW, I didn't think BG3 would keep up with TotK.

Just first place from each poll. RIP FF16.

Yeah. The word of mouth I hear is generally along the lines of "this is the real deal" or "this one is actually really good".

I was actually thinking of listing Lies of P as a candidate. But, it's Metacritic score was only 80 so it didn't seem like a big snub. Although, I was surprised it was only 80 since I feel like the word of mouth about the game is really good.

It would have been nice to see how SMRPG does. But, I'm okay with letting SMBW flex a bit before running into the TotK buzzsaw.

That's too bad. The other games seem like they need help dealing with SMBW.

LusterSoldier posted...

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk made into a GotY poll with only a 75 Metacritic score, which is by far the worst Metacritic score in this year's GotY polls so far. Can't believe FFXVI got snubbed for a game like that.

For what it is worth, the Board 8 + friends GotY 2023 topic vouches for the game and says the critics got it wrong:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80660645/978076479

Maybe someone will vouch for Star Trek: Resurgence being a secret hit?

LightningStrikes posted...

So where would FFXVI have ended up? I can definitely see RE4 beating it. I guess the only other contender is Wonder.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/9234-at-the-halfway-mark-whats-your-pick-for-the-best-game-of

FF16 solidly beat RE4 in the halfway poll. I would still expect FF16 to beat RE4 today.

SMBW would never get a fair shot at FF16 due to TotK being around. Depending on tomorrow's result, I think FF16 might be stronger than SMBW as well.

I feel like that's usually done against entries that aren't really that big of a omission. Like if it is Mario vs Sonic or SMB1 getting cut, people legitimately get upset.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/188258-system-shock/data
System Shock (also Spring) got a 78. So I'm not really sure the poll runner looked at Metacritic scores very much.

If the Top 2 advance from each poll:
Resident Evil 4
Metroid Prime Remastered
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Street Fighter 6
Baldur's Gate 3
Pikmin 4
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Spider-Man 2

All the Nintendo games instantly fold to TotK. So it would be Baldur's Gate 3 in second. Then either RE4 or SM2 for third.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/344556-star-trek-resurgence/data
Star Trek: Resurgence's Metacritic score was 71 and it made the Spring poll. Did the poll runner confuse it with Star Wars Jedi: Survivor somehow?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8327-best-of-2020-game-of-the-year

Animal Crossing boards on GameFAQs tend to get quite a bit of traffic. It's on another level compared to Pikmin.

I looked at some old polls and Pikmin always looks terrible. Pikmin 4 feels like it might have caught more traction than the others but I wouldn't expect much out of it.

LusterSoldier posted...

It doesn't help that Starfield isn't on PS5 due to Bethesda being Microsoft property now. So that limits its potential exposure a bit because non-Xbox owners have to play it on PC instead.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/9296-which-scheduled-september-release-are-you-most-looking

GameFAQs wanted to like Starfield. The game just didn't deliver.

WarThaNemesis2 posted...

I suspect based on the other polls that it might be a combination of genre + metacritic score, so XVI got the boot for Sea of Stars.

FF16 was supposed to be in yesterday's poll. So it actually got the boot for the Live A Live port.

Starfield will shoot for the moon once the ASV starts. BG3 might not be safe.

Starfield not looking so good. Maybe it would have preferred to have gotten snubbed rather than face reality.

No FF16 is a really bad miss. I would have liked to have seen how much of a run it could make for second place.