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| Topic | What's the best game you played this decade that didn't make the bracket? |
| Kotetsu534 04/09/20 12:57:49 PM #40 | Catherine - enjoyable style and concept. I guess VC4 too (but it's no VC1). --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | ~GotD10s Spread Betting~ Day 15 feat. Skyrim (-72), FFXIV(-38) |
| Kotetsu534 04/09/20 12:55:46 PM #9 | Change! Cancel both bets Half parlay on Subnautica, Journey and Mario Kart 8 I just saw the Crew's analysis absolutely slam Fate/GO for being a mobile gacha game and I'm persuaded this site will take the same view. Journey may be crap, but at least we'll see it as a legitmate video game! --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | ~GotD10s Spread Betting~ Day 15 feat. Skyrim (-72), FFXIV(-38) |
| Kotetsu534 04/09/20 12:47:31 PM #7 | HALF parlay on Subnautica and MK8 25% on Fate/Grand Order
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| Topic | ~Game of the Decade Spread Betting~ Results/Discussion |
| Kotetsu534 04/09/20 10:40:11 AM #84 | Who else is checking in every 30-45 minutes to see if Diablo is still rising? --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Game of the Decade: 2010-2019 Contest Analysis Crew - Part 2 |
| Kotetsu534 04/09/20 10:01:28 AM #422 | direshall posted... Not sure if Skyrim will beat Dark Souls. It will be a battle between two game design philosophy, one centered on roleplaying and storytelling and the other centered on tight gameplay and patterns. The GOTD will probably be one of these two. The GOTD will be determined according to the LAW, unless anarchic revolutionaries overwhelm us. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1337 *leet edition* |
| Kotetsu534 04/09/20 8:24:35 AM #215 | FFX v Melee would have been pretty close based on Melee 55/45 over KHII. Probably narrow win for Melee. Plus ca change. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Game of the Decade: 2010-2019 Contest Analysis Crew - Guest Sign-ups for Round 2 |
| Kotetsu534 04/09/20 8:22:33 AM #10 | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild vs. Halo: Reach - Final Fantasy XV vs. Hollow Knight - MetalmindStats Monster Hunter: World vs. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - Bastion vs. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Mass Effect 2 vs. Fallout 4 - Borderlands 2 vs. Horizon Zero Dawn - Kotetsu534 Resident Evil 2 vs. DOOM - Sniperdog117 Fire Emblem: Awakening vs. Bloodborne - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate vs. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - Marvel's Spider-Man vs. Minecraft - SuperNiceDog Octopath Traveler vs. Shovel Knight - SwiftyDC Devil May Cry 5 vs. Super Mario Odyssey - Grand Theft Auto V vs. Cuphead - Luster Soldier Persona 4 Golden vs. Red Dead Redemption - DoomTheGyarados Xenoblade Chronicles vs. Overwatch - BT Ori and the Blind Forest vs. Fire Emblem: Three Houses - --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1337 *leet edition* |
| Kotetsu534 04/08/20 8:54:17 PM #100 | Advokaiser posted... Who actually said Batman had no chance against Xenoblade 2? The guru was 132-10 in favour of Batman. Maybe there was a vocal minority... --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | ~Game of the Decade Spread Betting~ Results/Discussion |
| Kotetsu534 04/08/20 8:52:18 PM #79 | Diablo and TLOU aren't giving up - keep on going up! My guess is TLOU will get over 80 but D3 will fall short. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | ~Game of the Decade Spread Betting~ Results/Discussion |
| Kotetsu534 04/08/20 8:41:36 PM #77 | Well if TLOU can't recover I'm out. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | ~Game of the Decade Spread Betting~ Results/Discussion |
| Kotetsu534 04/08/20 8:16:22 PM #75 | Diablo you turd. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1336 |
| Kotetsu534 04/08/20 8:10:01 PM #473 | Oxbridge posted... Why would Xenoblade win the board vote? 90% of Gurus took Batman and we all know how much bracket voting B8 does in the 1st 5 minutes. The first two minutes Batman blasted it, then the last three minutes XBC2 stalled it. I'd guess most of us vote right at the start. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1336 |
| Kotetsu534 04/08/20 8:09:11 PM #470 | I bet the game to underperform its average Oracle prediction in R1 is The Witness. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1336 |
| Kotetsu534 04/08/20 8:06:44 PM #455 | Batman didn't extend its lead the last 3 minutes till the freeze. XBC2 probably has a good board vote, but it may be in trouble. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | ~GotD10s Spread Betting~ Day 14 feat. Batman (-28), The Last of Us (-60) |
| Kotetsu534 04/08/20 8:03:35 PM #30 | That Diablo start is not encouraging. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Game of the Decade 2 Oracle Challenge - Round 1 Divisions 7-8 |
| Kotetsu534 04/08/20 7:56:44 PM #44 | The Last of Us - 84% --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | ~GotD10s Spread Betting~ Day 14 feat. Batman (-28), The Last of Us (-60) |
| Kotetsu534 04/08/20 7:56:06 PM #27 | I can't afford to leave money on the table... all-in! 33% on TLOU > 80% So I have two bets on. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1336 |
| Kotetsu534 04/08/20 7:43:23 PM #420 | I'm really interested to see how Terraria does actually. It could completely bomb and get easily doubled by a pretty weak game, or it could do respectably, or it could even challenge for the win. I really have no feel for the extent this kind of "slow burn" indie with a huge playrate would pentrate GameFAQs (my guess is "not very much"). Minecraft got a bit of strength, but it's a global phenomenon (the kind of game that is known even by non-gamers). --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Game of the Decade: 2010-2019 Contest Analysis Crew - Part 2 |
| Kotetsu534 04/08/20 7:38:25 PM #395 | Oh of course! There's so many matches in this contest I keep forgetting! TLoU with 82% of the vote (I promise I scrolled straight past you guys' scores so I'm not cheating!) Crusader Kings II is one of those games that on a different part of the internet is revered. Here, it's been in one poll where it got 2%, quintupled by FTL and absolute destroyed by the mighty XCOM. Yeah. The Last of Us was around in 2015 and did reasonably well - it doubled Halo 3 and got 60/40'd by KHII, which was disappointing at the time but KH2 did surprisingly well against Melee. Since then TLoU's sequel has received continued hype at big conferences and it just gets a lot of respect generally. It should crush CKII. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1336 |
| Kotetsu534 04/08/20 7:05:22 PM #413 | If you'd take Terraria over Minecraft it'll probably win here - Minecraft got mid-40s on Halo: Combat Evolved, which should be stronger than Bioshock Infinite (which lost to Fallout: NV in 2015). --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | ~GotD10s Spread Betting~ Day 14 feat. Batman (-28), The Last of Us (-60) |
| Kotetsu534 04/08/20 5:42:16 PM #14 | Change: 66% parlay on Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Diablo III and The Last of Us Got cold feet on Bioshock - just no info on Terraria and it's probably pretty strong as far as indies go. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Game of the Decade 2 Oracle Challenge - Round 1 Divisions 7-8 |
| Kotetsu534 04/08/20 5:32:36 PM #19 | Batman: Arkham City - 57% BioShock Infinite - 64% Diablo III - 72% The Last of Us - 82% --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | ~GotD10s Spread Betting~ Day 14 feat. Batman (-28), The Last of Us (-60) |
| Kotetsu534 04/08/20 4:54:58 PM #13 | HALF parlay on Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Bioshock Infinite, Diablo III and The Last of Us Let's see, XBC2 v Arkham City. XBC2 managed to get 10% with SMO and BOTW in the poll - it shouldn't struggle to avoid being doubled by AC if it can do that. I think there's even an outside shot it wins this match! Bioshock Infinite v Terraria. There was a lot of hype and a bit of backlash as I recall for Infinite (I certainly enjoyed it much less than I expected), but it still did alright in the 2013 GOTYs. Terraria lost easily to Bastion. I'll risk Bioshock getting the doubling here, but it might flop. Diablo III v Zero Escape. I'm a little bit scared by this one. Zero Escape got 21% on ME2 and even if ME2 underperformed there's no way it won't do several points better on D3. D3 was also one of Blizzard's more controversial games so it'll probably get antivoted somewhat - I could see a KH3 style percentage. Still, it's x-stat from 2015 is absolutely awful. The Last Of Us v Crusader Kings II. CKII was in one poll in this site's history and it got 2%. FTL got 10% and XCOM got 34%. TLoU is probably stronger than when it was doubling Halo 3. Think it joins the 80% club tomorrow. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1336 |
| Kotetsu534 04/08/20 5:38:29 AM #314 | We were all going "woah The Witness is weak" when it was getting tripled in the first 10 minutes. It is now struggling not to be quadrupled. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | ~GotD10s Spread Betting~ Day 13 feat. Dark Souls (-62), MGSV (-48) |
| Kotetsu534 04/08/20 5:35:43 AM #41 | MGSV looks like it's stalling out at 72%. I think Dark Souls/DBZ/Yakuza/MGSV are home and dry! --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1336 |
| Kotetsu534 04/07/20 8:18:28 PM #101 | That whole, er, dropping 2% in one update thing you did there, Dark Souls... please stop it. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1336 |
| Kotetsu534 04/07/20 8:16:27 PM #96 | That's the move where Goku lands a clean punch on Rocket League's head and we get a slomo. We're gonna see the same clip over and over and over... --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1336 |
| Kotetsu534 04/07/20 8:07:45 PM #62 | KamikazePotato posted... Was hoping for a bit better of a performance from Dark Souls. Still time - indie games have tended to start well then drop. [Says the guy desperately hoping Dark Souls makes 81% for his spread bet.] --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1336 |
| Kotetsu534 04/07/20 8:04:36 PM #47 | The Witness is going to be an all time weak entry. It still amazes me that there can actually be blowouts with games this weak. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | ~GotD10s Spread Betting~ Day 13 feat. Dark Souls (-62), MGSV (-48) |
| Kotetsu534 04/07/20 8:03:03 PM #39 | Oh man I'm excited I might actually hit my 4-way! --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1336 |
| Kotetsu534 04/07/20 8:01:49 PM #29 | Goku showing up early. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | ~GotD10s Spread Betting~ Day 13 feat. Dark Souls (-62), MGSV (-48) |
| Kotetsu534 04/07/20 8:00:04 PM #38 | Also yes I intentionally switched from Hotline Miami. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Game of the Decade 2 Oracle Challenge - Round 1 Divisions 3-8 |
| Kotetsu534 04/07/20 7:58:49 PM #417 | Rocket League - 54% --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | ~GotD10s Spread Betting~ Day 13 feat. Dark Souls (-62), MGSV (-48) |
| Kotetsu534 04/07/20 7:58:04 PM #37 | Change Half parlay on Dark Souls, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Yakuza 0 and Dead Cells I'm getting cold feet on Rocket League... how many people here give a damn about it? --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | What do you think is the most revolutionary game you've ever played? |
| Kotetsu534 04/07/20 6:04:33 PM #19 | MGS or OoT (released very close together and both - for different reasons - made most of their contemporaries look a half-decade behind). For single player gaming anyway. For online multiplayer probably DOTA2. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Game of the Decade 2 Oracle Challenge - Round 1 Divisions 3-8 |
| Kotetsu534 04/07/20 2:51:14 PM #388 | Dark Souls - 79% Rocket League - 60% Yakuza 0 - 63.5% Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - 66.66% --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | ~GotD10s Spread Betting~ Day 13 feat. Dark Souls (-62), MGSV (-48) |
| Kotetsu534 04/07/20 12:23:22 PM #13 | Half parlay on Hotline Miami, Rocket League, Yakuza 0 and Dead Cells On reflection, the only games to break 80% so far are: LoZ: BOTW (85% on The Outer Worlds) SMG2 (87% on Obra Dinn) God of War (85% on The Talos Principle) Witcher 3 (84% on Assassin's Creed Odyssey) SMO (83% on MK11) SSBU (83% on Tekken 7) RDR2 - vs. Dying Light (fractionally over 81% v Dying Light, still running) Horizon (81% on Fortnite) Bloodborne (80.5% on Black Ops) So so far you've either needed to be Big N, you were the Star of the Round (Witcher 3) and probably benefitted from SFF, or you scrape over 80% against something that gets mass antivoted (Horizon/Bloodborne), or you are against something truly unknown and you're very strong (God of War, maybe RDR2). 81% is really bloody hard to hit, even with all the blowouts we've had. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | What did you have for breakfast this morning? A daily topic. |
| Kotetsu534 04/07/20 11:27:28 AM #26 | Egg mashed in a cup and toast. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Final Fantasy VII Remake Review Zone |
| Kotetsu534 04/07/20 11:26:25 AM #82 | Wasn't the PC version of FFXIII a bit of a mess or am I misremembering another game? I know XIV was a shambles on release. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1335 |
| Kotetsu534 04/07/20 10:37:33 AM #464 | I think this is more of a turd performance by KH3 than Portal. There's at least a chance that Tomb Raider has managed to get a little bit of strength with the fairly decent reception Rise of the Tome Raider got... I don't think I could even try to convince myself that GameFAQs cares about Disco Elysium at all. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | ~GotD10s Spread Betting~ Day 13 feat. Dark Souls (-62), MGSV (-48) |
| Kotetsu534 04/07/20 9:10:33 AM #10 | Change: Half parlay on Dark Souls, Rocket League, Yakuza 0 and Dead Cells Let's see... Dark Souls doubled Civ V back in 2015, and Dark Souls III blew out Dishonored. I'd obviously take both of those games to blast Hotline Miami so it should be joining the 80%+ club here. Maybe it misses fractionally. Rocket League is actually a game with some respect and a massive playrate. It went even with Shovel Knight in 2015 and that's probably a reasonable read on its strength. DBZF is just living on franchise value, which isn't likely to be enough (it lost to Ni No Kuni 2... I didn't even know there was a Ni No Kuni 2). Yakuza 0 is probably really weak, but The Witness managed to lose to INSIDE. Weakest match in the bracket? There's no reason why Dead Cells shouldn't get tripled by MGSV based on their polling histories, but I have a weird feeling respect for MGS has just fallen off what with the mess Konami have been since its release and Kojima's weird Death Stranding project probably hasn't helped either. I see a weird underperformance that probably drops it into the high 60s/low 70s. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | ~GotD10s Spread Betting~ Day 13 feat. Dark Souls (-62), MGSV (-48) |
| Kotetsu534 04/07/20 9:00:38 AM #8 | HALF parlay on Dark Souls, Rocket League, Yakuza 0 and MGSV --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Post Final Fantasy songs for me to rate. |
| Kotetsu534 04/07/20 12:42:17 AM #362 | From the punctual to the jovial FFX-2 - Rikku's Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPjT_UgmqNI&list=PL0F07A6AAE78073A5&index=39 --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Game of the Decade 2 Oracle Challenge - Round 1 Divisions 3-8 |
| Kotetsu534 04/06/20 11:23:20 PM #374 | Dark Souls - 80% Rocket League - 62.5% Yakuza 0 - 57% Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - 63% --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | ~GotD10s Spread Betting~ Day 12 feat. Red Dead Redemption 2 (-56)/Portal 2 (-34) |
| Kotetsu534 04/06/20 10:28:08 PM #32 | Nintendogs posted... Portal is largely considered to have underperformed in the 2015 contest. Hmm, let's see... it did about 13 points worse than KHII on Melee?! I can see why people thought that then. I remembered KHII as being worth 41-43% on that level of near elite at its peak, but I guess it went up. Need some KH day vote magic to pull this spread off, and Portal to rise a bit (possible!). --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | ~GotD10s Spread Betting~ Day 12 feat. Red Dead Redemption 2 (-56)/Portal 2 (-34) |
| Kotetsu534 04/06/20 5:28:16 PM #14 | HALF parlay on Portal 2, Animal Crossing, Kingdom Hearts 3 and Red Dead Redemption 2 Reasoning: Portal 2: Portal games did pretty well in 2015 - 32% on Melee and >45% on Sonic 2 is no joke. Back in GOTD I remember Portal hilariously crushing FFXII in a debated match. Portal's never really had a huge blowout win, but Tomb Raider has looked very soft in most of its polls over the last decade and I'm really not convinced this site is going to care about it much - Uncharted is pitched more squarely at this site's audience and it's never been very strong. Not much to go on but I feel good about Portal 2 doubling TR. Animal Crossing: New Leaf got a tripling off SMW in a SFF match. SFV got 1.8% in one of those ridiculous 9 way polls - you can say they're worthless, but still 1.8%! Another poll it was in saw it get 2.5%. Maybe it can avoid the doubling off franchise value, but I think modern fighters not named Smash are just not getting a hearing here, while AC has a recent release going for it (certainly didn't hurt Nioh or Ori). Kingdom Hearts III: There's some danger here, but DE is probably too niche to capitalise on the weak reception for KH3. Doubling Baba Is You is one thing, but it went and let an anti-vote magnet like GTA hit 80%. The only post-release KH3's ever been in saw it beat DMC5 - which did none too bad against Donkey Kong Country, so I'm encouraged. RDR2: Nothing obvious to stop it from joining the 80%+ like so many other big names in this contest when put up against ultra fodder. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1335 |
| Kotetsu534 04/06/20 5:02:48 AM #286 | I'm sure I remember some wild warring after that 2008 poll where RBY and GSC got 50% combined against Majora's Mask and MGS. Was PokeFEAR real? Well... --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Game of the Decade: 2010-2019 Contest Analysis Crew - Part 2 |
| Kotetsu534 04/06/20 3:43:18 AM #266 | I have a bit of a theory (which hasn't been substantiated) that these same-y sequels that don't improve anything actually hurt the original game more than bad sequels. What made the original game cool and unique fades with each sequel, while all the bad things get repeated and make people wonder why they liked the original game at all; this is a sentiment I often see when talking about the TR reboot trilogy. At least a bad sequel makes people clamor for the good ol' days... This is pretty insightful I think. The approach of many big western devs when they hit on something with mass market appeal is to play it extremely safe with repeated releases, which tends to result in games that are frankly a bit boring, even if well made and not rushed out the door. Whereas our old friends Square and (to a lesser but still noticeable extent) Nintendo tend to make pretty significant changes to their big IPs over the years, building nostalgia for the elements we remembered enjoying. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1335 |
| Kotetsu534 04/05/20 9:47:59 PM #228 | I don't think you need to have strength to beat something like The Talos Principle. --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
| Topic | Post Final Fantasy songs for me to rate. |
| Kotetsu534 04/05/20 9:46:58 PM #353 | From the wistful to the punctual FFX - The Summoning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48ftZWil5C4 --- We are living our lives Abound with so much information |
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