Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1360

Seanchan posted...

As a major fan of the older games, the new God of War took a while to find its rhythm. It starts slow but the combat options really open up around the halfway point.

If you don't like the exploring though... I'm assuming you at least got to the World Serpent? If you got at least an hour or two beyond that and aren't enjoying yourself, yeah, I'd give up on the game too.

I beat the game. I did like the story and thought it was very pretty.

Seanchan posted...

Spoilers
You DO get the Blades of Chaos back maybe halfway through. And they are still just as awesome as they ever were.

Hmmmm... This is intriguing. But with my backlog what it is, maybe I'll swing around to again when I run out of things to play. I recently platinumed Spiderman and am cleaning up the dlcs, which I found to be delightful from the jump.

God of War is a good OoT-like

The new God of War didn't nail the ending though, at least for me. It felt like the final chapter(s) was just missing. It's one of the main reasons I think it falls short of the first 2 PS2 games.

OoT has probably my favorite ending sequence of all time (starting from climbing the stairs as the piano music fades in).

ninkendo posted...

God of War is a good OoT-like

With the boat and how the world is sectioned off by the lake, GoW's structure reminds me most of Beyond Good and Evil.

I would really love if Mass Effect ends up doing better on BotW then Smash

The axe is better than the second weapon in GoW 2018, but both work depending on your play style.

My #1 piece of advice is to never lock on to anything.

ninkendo posted...

God of War is a good OoT-like

How many different items can Kratos use?

*checks results*...

Wow. What kind of SFF beatdown is this?!

Not a good enough one to make RE2 the third strongest game in the top half so it's useless.

FFDragon posted...

Not a good enough one to make RE2 the third strongest game in the top half so it's useless.

There's still time and it's still going up!

Although for the sake of my Second Chance I'd like it to stay right around where it is.

Oh s*** I didn't realize it was still going up.

This really is a smackdown.

It's been averaging over 70% for the last several hours

He come to town, etc, etc

If Zelda can consistently gain for the next seven hours, I think there's still a good chance RE2 can outplace Smash in the raw stats. Its pace seems to have slowed, though. =(

Will Witcher be able to avoid a doubling at this point?

Here's some fun framing:

ORIGINAL SSB VS OCARINA OF TIME:
Nintendo 64:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7120-what-is-your-all-time-favorite-nintendo-64-game

MELEE VS WIND WAKER:
Contests:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3469-division-6-round-1-disgaea-fire-emblem-ssbm-zelda-ww
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3489-division-6-round-2-diablo-iilod-halo-ssbm-zelda-ww

Gamecube:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7203-what-is-your-all-time-favorite-gamecube-game

BRAWL VS TWILIGHT PRINCESS/SKYWARD SWORD:
Contests:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/3505-contest-quarterfinal-zelda-tp-re4-ssbb-mgs4
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/4190-final-rounds-quarterfinal-smash-bros-brawl-vs-zelda-twilight

Wii:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/4841-what-is-your-favorite-wii-exlcusive-game

ULTIMATE VS BREATH OF THE WILD:
Contest:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/8039-semifinals-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-vs-super-smash-bros

SUPER SMASH BROS. SERIES:
Series:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7577-what-is-the-best-all-time-super-smash-bros-game

It is possible SSBU is the strongest SSB game we have now,...yet LoZ:BotW is beating SSBU worse than SSBM could beat LoZ:WW. This is the biggest beating LoZ has given SSB within the same generation since the Nintendo 64.

Bravo. Also, very scary strength.

Advokaiser posted...

Will Witcher be able to avoid a doubling at this point?

Witcher 3 being nowhere close to being a top 3 game of the contest would be shocking at this point.

witcher will get in the low 40s imo. rallies and europe will make sure of that

HaRRicH posted...

It is possible SSBU is the strongest SSB game we have now,...

Nah, Melee is still the strongest Smash game. At least, indirectly (and I wouldn't pick Ultimate over it). Has a more dedicated/hardcore following, rally potential and is capable to beating FF7 and Chrono Trigger.

Ultimate is getting SFF'ed badly, but there's only so much SFF I can take until I start to wonder how strong it actually is. What would it get against Mario 3, Metal Gear Solid, or Super Metroid?

Melee isn't as strong as people think

But the fans would rally if it ever got in danger of losing so what does it matter

Melee's pre-rally 2015 run wasn't too amazing. It should have beaten KHII by more than what it managed.

CT was putting up similar numbers for Melee (Registered users) and FFX. Either Melee stayed strong, or FFX weakned quite a lot. The latter does not help the "CT > OoT indirectly" cause one bit.

tgs2 posted...

CT was putting up similar numbers for Melee (Registered users) and FFX. Either Melee stayed strong, or FFX weakned quite a lot. The latter does not help the "CT > OoT indirectly" cause one bit.

not following your logic here

FFX and Melee have been at similar strength levels in every contest they've shared together and 2015 was no different

Melee isn't stronger than Ultimate.

if it isn't then Melee is a weak game

well it is a broken ass game for starters

Melee bless.

I finally had a chance to play Board 8ers in person (barely) during Magfest.

Lost against ExTha, won against Wigs. WHO'S NEXT.

I haven't played Melee in over a decade and I'm probably fairly average overall anyway.

I don't wavedash well so I wouldn't even bother trying.

My younger brother plays competively in tournaments in Melee and destroys me now, which made me play a bit again recently and I think I'm pretty good all things considered.

There's no other controller in gaming I'm more hyped, eager, and curious about grabbing, trying, and feeling, as a Gamecube controller.

Is this the most dominant performance? A contest entry has reached the final match and nothing can even avoid a doubling!

I hope Witcher 3 breaks 40% in the final. If Skyrim is there, I don't see it doing it.

In the Years contest (yes this really happened), 1998 put up 66% in the final. Let's not hope for a repeat of that at least.

BotW needs to get the actual doubling on Witcher to overtake 1998 as the most dominant contest entrant ever.

Depending on how the finals go, I suppose someone could still make a case for BotW, as Witcher could emerge as the only entrant that could escape its doubling. For the years contest, it looked like 2-4 entrants (2001, 1994, 1997, and 1995) could have possibly escaped (or barely did escape) a doubling from 1998.

BotW getting the actual doubling would help my Second Chance tremenously!

using P5, BOTW gets 61.01% on Witcher 3

Proof that Years was so bad. Seriously a doubling in the finals and no SFF too? Damn. Also apparently Years contest is so bad that there isn't a single anallysis on Board 8 wikia, nor I can see anywhere the matches too!

It wound up being a fun little diversion contest. After consecutive firestorms with Draven and Undertale, we needed something like Years.

I honestly can't tell you a single thing about Years other than certain entrants getting ripped off on match pictures

so if what we needed was something none of us remembers then yes mission accomplished

I barely remember anything in 2015 aside from Undertale. I forgot about my own Mario RPG upset pick (which might be my best prediction ever) until someone else reminded me a couple years ago.

We needed something safe that wouldn't wreck SBAllen again. Who knows what a third s***ty rally win would have done.

CaptainOfCrush posted...

It wound up being a fun little diversion contest. After consecutive firestorms with Draven and Undertale, we needed something like Years.

Best Year in Gaming was an incredibly soothing contest, mostly because of how lighthearted it was.

It had its flaws (rigs), but it was overall a very nice, little contest.

2015 was a really solid contest even if you completely throw the Undertale stuff out!

I get that the Undertale stuff is hard to completely ignore and soured people on the overall experience, but it was fun for the most part.

BYIG >>> UnderDraven

Advokaiser posted...

BYIG >>> UnderDraven

I wouldn't even put Years above Rivalry Rumble. At least RR had the Pokemon Trainers as a memorable run (similar to Zelda in 2018, honestly), even if the best match of the contest technically didn't even count!

Years is easily the worst. It was so low stakes because no one could actually get emotionally invested. There isn't anyone who's out there really hyped to see their favorite year win the way you would with a game/character/quote.

Melee is strong, but let's not put it on a pedeatal. Ultimate beat it in that SSB-poll and Brawl beat it one-on-one. I still might take Melee > Ultimate, but Melee isn't assured victory is my main point with that statement.

LeonhartFour posted...

I wouldn't even put Years above Rivalry Rumble. At least RR had the Pokemon Trainers as a memorable run (similar to Zelda in 2018, honestly), even if the best match of the contest technically didn't even count!

Oh, I wouldn't put Years over Rivalry Rumble either, no.

Rivalry Rumble was awesome.

Rivals was bad. It was nice to see Squall/Seifer make a deep run, I guess, but there wasn't much of note there.

My main memory of Rivals other than the Trainers was yoblazer getting eliminated from the Guru on literally the second day of the contest because he took Jill/Nemesis over Kirby/Meta Knight!

what a chalky bracket

Biggest problem with the Years contest is it ignored system releases. It had other problems too though.

2015 >> Years >= 2013

Okay Rivalry Rumble and Years are the bottom 2. We should have a bonus poll where these 2 face each other!