Board 8 > Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1349

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It's pretty good, but RE2 and Bloodborne seem like they're a cut above. Either way Mass Effect's going to have to fight for it.

Gall posted...

It's pretty good, but RE2 and Bloodborne seem like they're a cut above. Either way Mass Effect's going to have to fight for it.

Nah, I think this is a fight to establish they're good enough to win. I haven't seen anything that makes them look like a clear favorite.

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MechanicalWall posted...

Officially dramaticized.

Yah I'm revising this one


Now no matter which game wins there's a corresponding version of this comic!

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part of me wants bloodborne to get to BOTW so i can enjoy the bloodbath.

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ME2 is out. This match is to determine who gets killed by Link :D

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I'm at work and can't review 6 pages of trends, how are we looking here? Is Bloodborne cutting up or getting cut down RN?

Sens-Hangar_18 posted...

ME2 is out. This match is to determine who gets killed by Link :D

sure. But respect is on the line. If Link was going kill someone, may as well be the sony fangirls.

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

I'm at work and can't review 6 pages of trends, how are we looking here? Is Bloodborne cutting up or getting cut down RN?

It's been stalled out with RE2 barely in the lead for several hours now.

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There's been a 60 vote barrier for like 8 hours now.

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Any word on when the match is ending? I'm assuming they'll be cutting it short.

UshiromiyaEva posted...

Any word on when the match is ending? I'm assuming they'll be cutting it short.

Still ending at the normal time, so about 3 hours left.

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FFDragon posted...

There's been a 60 vote barrier for like 8 hours now.

Welp, time to ban user George Romero again.

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Looks like Bloodborne just had a major cut. 16 vote gap.

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Lead change!

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Fuck

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Oh no...

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Loving this. Looks like the rally got taken down at just the right time.

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Go go BB!!

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Ya go my Bloodborne.

Both are fantastic but only one actually deserves GOTD for me.

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Hopefully ME2 stops falling. I need the final to be competetive

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How many other games have realistic claims for being the Game of Two Decades (with a decade in between!)?

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CaptainOfCrush posted...

How many other games have realistic claims for being the Game of Two Decades (with a decade in between!)?

Soon, Xenoblade Chronicles.

Why am I so stressed over a dumb internet poll on a dead website.

My brain is a mystery.

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CaptainOfCrush posted...

How many other games have realistic claims for being the Game of Two Decades (with a decade in between!)?

Are we counting Pokemon Gold/Silver here as well?

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Resident Evil gets its biggest update in two hours to take the lead back

what a back and forth

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Literally ocarina btw

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Where would bloodborne be without the sony fangirl rallies?

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Yuri_LowelI posted...

Where would bloodborne be without the sony fangirl rallies?

Something like:
Resident Evil 2 (2015g) VS Bloodborne (2015g)
--Resident Evil 2 has a strength of 23.93.
--Bloodborne has a strength of 21.24.
Resident Evil 2 wins with 55.62% of the vote!

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Yuri_LowelI posted...

Where would bloodborne be without the sony fangirl rallies?

You seem upset.

Fear the old blood.

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ShortReplies posted...

I think there was a rally on PS4 reddit as well to boost the exclusive games, idk why they do that lol, like its fine if you want to boost a game you love, but boost a game just because its on a console you bought is absolute stupidity.

Not long ago I heard of a guy who burned his PS4 because they dared to release a port of Horizon Zero Dawn (or was it another game?) for PC.

Some console fans are really touchy about their exclusives. Maybe to pretend consoles aren't becoming increasingly outclassed by PCs.

Should I still fear it after it loses

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IN ALL FAIRNESS

Bloodborne is a masterpiece of a game, and while it does streamline the Souls formula in ways that series purists may not have loved, it also refined the gameplay to such an extent that it, IMO, stands above Demon's and Dark Souls as the pinnacle of the genre.

It just so happens that it's up against another phenomenal game that also happens to be in my bracket, which means it must

fear the G-Virus.

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Murphiroth posted...

You seem upset.

Fear the old blood.

The blood of 1998 flows through these veins. That's as old as you'll get for this contest tbqh

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Now that's a slogan I can get behind

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FFDragon posted...

Something like:
Resident Evil 2 (2015g) VS Bloodborne (2015g)
--Resident Evil 2 has a strength of 23.93.
--Bloodborne has a strength of 21.24.
Resident Evil 2 wins with 55.62% of the vote!

It was closer than that before the rally. Like 52-48. 56% and the rally probably wouldnt be enough. It makes sense that Bloodborne would get stronger as well, it was really new in 2015.

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CaptainOfCrush posted...

IN ALL FAIRNESS

Bloodborne is a masterpiece of a game, and while it does streamline the Souls formula in ways that series purists may not have loved, it also refined the gameplay to such an extent that it, IMO, stands above Demon's and Dark Souls as the pinnacle of the genre.

It just so happens that it's up against another phenomenal game that also happens to be in my bracket, which means it must

fear the G-Virus.

Do you think that explains why Bloodborne rallies are so effective while the DS3 rally barely did anything?

Is the Bloodborne fandom more passionate about it?

I was thinking it was because New Vegas induced a rally backfire, but it seems RE2 isn't capable of doing that either. Or it is, but the backfire isn't what matters here.

DoomTheGyarados posted...

Literally ocarina btw

Ocarina could make a claim of GotD for the 90s, 00s (Master's Quest), and 10s (OoT 3D).

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UltimaterializerX posted...

Final Fantasy 7

Two decades in between!

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Lightning Strikes posted...

It was closer than that before the rally. Like 52-48. 56% and the rally probably wouldnt be enough. It makes sense that Bloodborne would get stronger as well, it was really new in 2015.

Well the missing two hours warped things, and obviously RE2 has just as much reason to get stronger. Being a whole new game and all. This whole match is busted.

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I just realized that the two missing hours is almost a bit of a throwback when super-debated matches would be the ones that started early, ended late, randomly went 15 minutes late.

This is as close as we get to Mario vs. Crono 2 or Samus vs. Sonic 1 in the modern era.

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I hope Bloodborne wins

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I think there's more overlap between Soulsborne and Fallout fans than between Soulsborne and Resident Evil fans.

Could also be New Vegas being held on a pedestal due to Bethesda's Fallout games getting more backlash after the disaster that was Fallout 76. For those not in the know, New Vegas was only published by Bethesda - it was made by Obsidian Entertainment, of Knights of the Old Republic II fame, which consisted of several former employees of Black Isle Studios, the company that made the original Fallout games before selling off the license to stave off bankruptcy (hmm, reminds me of Marvel Studios and the film rights to their properties). Also New Vegas takes place back in the Western US like the old Fallout games, as opposed to Bethesda's Fallout games which shift the setting to the east coast, yet still keep a lot of iconic elements of the series around to increasing continuity errors.

Yeah, I've watched LPs of 3 and New Vegas, and I really enjoyed the latter. The idea of dicking around in a post-apocalyptic world sounds pretty cool to me, and I'm far from alone.

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ZeldaTPLink posted...

Do you think that explains why Bloodborne rallies are so effective while the DS3 rally barely did anything?

Is the Bloodborne fandom more passionate about it?

I was thinking it was because New Vegas induced a rally backfire, but it seems RE2 isn't capable of doing that either. Or it is, but the backfire isn't what matters here.

That's very hard to say, as I know very little about Dark Souls 3's specific fanbase and how it may differ from BB/DS1. I do feel that the Bloodborne fanbase is quite passionate about their game.

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I also think being a remake of a 1998 game in a Game of the 2010s bracket may have made RE2 a bit of a target for Bloodborne voters to rally against, while also making RE2 a harder to sell to rally for in its own community.

Time may tell on this, as Division 8 could see the possibility of a NieR rally against Heart Gold, a game I felt was very vulnerable in this aspect as well.

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CaptainOfCrush posted...

IN ALL FAIRNESS

Bloodborne is a masterpiece of a game, and while it does streamline the Souls formula in ways that series purists may not have loved, it also refined the gameplay to such an extent that it, IMO, stands above Demon's and Dark Souls as the pinnacle of the genre.

It just so happens that it's up against another phenomenal game that also happens to be in my bracket, which means it must

fear the G-Virus.

bloodborne is technically flawed. Until it comes out on or gets a proper next grn remaster its just a poor running but great game

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Thems some small cuts, but they're sure cuts.

Every single time RE2 starts to break away Bloodborne slashes at its heels

This might be the first real photo finish of the contest and people with the losing game are gonna be mad af

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