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The 13 Games That Made Bracket (And How Long They Lasted)
-The Outer Worlds (Round 1)
-Sekiro (Round 2)
-Bloodstained (Round 1)
-Resident Evil 2 (Division Finals)
-Devil May Cry 5 (Round 2)
-Mortal Kombat 11 (Round 1)
-Baba is You (Round 1)
-Death Stranding (Round 1)
-Fire Emblem Three Houses (Round 3)
-Slay the Spire (Round 1)
-Kingdom Hearts III (Round 2)
-Disco Elysium (Round 1)

Notable Snubs:
-Gears 5
-Luigis Mansion 3
-Cadence of Hyrule
-Katana ZERO
-Outer Wilds
-Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
-Untitled Goose Game

The Headliner, SINGULAR, and the games that also happened to be there: Resident Evil 2, Sekiro, Devil May Cry V

Busts: Kingdom Hearts III, Fire Emblem Three Houses

Snubs Analysis:

Finally crossing the finish line! Woo! Unfortunately, the decade is ending with a whimper, at least as far as contest performance goes. With only 1 game making Division Finals and another making Round 3 in the worst way possible, this year reeeaaallly doesnt have much going for it. Even before the contest 2019 was lacking a vanguard, so to speak. Yknow, THE game that received overwhelming praise, awards, and influenced the conversation for years to come. Like a Last of Us, Witcher, Breath of the Wild, something along those lines.

So, Ive mostly been dodging the Gears franchise because honestly, who on this site gives a damn anymore? The old games got some contest play, but that was back when Xbox actually had some presence on GFAQs. The PS4 and Switch have utterly left the Bone in the dust, which in retrospect is a shame. As horrible as the original announcements for it were, Microsoft has really been putting its back into making Xbone more appealing. Game Pass, which regularly goes on sale for like a buck a month? Enhanced Backwards Compatibility? At the same time, Sonys been sniffy about cross-play, and Nintendos online servers suck shit out of a horses ass, while they pretend a bunch of NES ROMs compensate for us suddenly having to pay for their trash service. Unfortunately for Microsoft, at the end of the day, I cant play Persona or Bloodborne or Zelda on their system, so RIP.

Luigis Mansion 3 is yet another entry on my list of evidence that GameFAQs only cares about like 4 or 5 Nintendo series, if that. As for Cadence of Hyrule, I hope Allen didnt count it as a Zelda game, because it really isnt. Its very blatantly a Crypt of the Necrodancer game FEATURING Zelda shit. I really wish it had gotten in, because it would have been the ultimate test of how far Links mere presence can push a game. Is one glimpse of his dumb hat enough for voters to vote something into Round 2 or 3?

Speaking of Necrodancer, its one last year, one last smattering of indie games. Having Outer Wilds and Outer Worlds both be in bracket would sure have tripped up a lot of bracket makers; there were already a bunch of people that thought Zeldas first opponent was Wilds. Then there was the indie game that people seemed heavily disappointed didnt make it in, the Goose one. Personally the joke was only funny for like the first 3 seconds of the trailer I saw, but considering how it exploded, it clearly had potential for a joke run ala L-block.

Im no big fan of Star Wars; I watched the original three and had my fill. Still, its had a very storied history in this medium, and even I have to acknowledge it was dealt a rotten hand in terms of games this decade. First there was that MMO that I doubt you even remembered existed until you read this sentence, coming and going without much pomp and circumstance. Then there were the Battlefront games; the first sold at 60 dollars without a single-player campaign, and the second one was this generations iteration of the Holocaust, if the Internet is to be believed. So for EA to begrudgingly allow a real fckin game to be made, and for it to turn out really good, is worthy of celebration. It would have been the newest game in bracket had it made it in, though, so Im not surprised it didnt make the cut. Personally I was waiting for the trademark EA drop a games price by 80% two months after it comes out sale, which surprisingly never manifested. Turns out your games will hold onto their value if theyre, you know, GOOD, not because they have a shit multiplayer mode that you hope people will become mindlessly addicted to and play for the rest of their damn lives.

Bust Analysis:

Usually when Ive been in doubt over what to make a headliner, or when the year is trash, I opt for the games that at least made a run in bracket, even if they were tripping over themselves while doing it and had a lower x-stat value than even the busts of that same year. Hence FFXV and GTAV being headliners. But I CANT do that for this year. For the first time since 2014, I have a nice pair of games that undeniably looked like trash compared that what they could/should have looked like, though the fact that theyre board favorites probably means Im going to get some letters to the editor regardless.

Now, KHIII was hardly the favorite over Portal 2, not at large. Most of us KNEW that it was not going to perform up to par with the rest of its series, which has regularly kicked ass in these contests. Im not entirely clear WHY KHIII is so hated, personally. Yah the scripts shit, but uh, hello? Its ALWAYS been shit. Yes, even in KHI. On top of having basic bitch shonen yay friends are amazing writing, it introduced Ansem at the very end, despite him having fuck all to do with anything and the Malificent/Riku fights being a perfectly satisfactory ending. THAT was the series original sin, not Chain of Memories introducing the bishie brigade. At least in KHIII, the worlds were the best theyve ever been, and while the combat was a small step down from KHIIFM, it was still leagues ahead of every Action RPG on the market. Maybe Im just being kind to it because I knew that there was no way it was gonna live up to a decade and a half of hype, and am trying to see the good in it.

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