you can find the bracket, results of previous rounds, general gist, rules, and how to participate here! voting for part two of round three ended Wednesday, June 3 at 11:59 PM EST! for each round, to start, please just post your selections for each of the four matchups in a list form for easy tabulation. after that, state your cases for games you are particularly in favor of or particularly against! the current set of matchups are as follows: matchup 101: Dark Souls [seed 4] vs Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty [36] matchup 102: Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow Versions [52] vs Halo 2 [20] matchup 103: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild [5] vs Tony Hawk's Underground [28] matchup 104: Super Mario World [53] vs God of War (2018) [21]
n/a Pokemon R/B/Y BotW GOD OF WAR GOD OF WAR i got the platinum in God of War this weekend and uninstalled it, which means i can officially say i enjoyed every minute of it. i literally can't think of a complaint. its take on an open world is the best one i've ever seen, it's the most gorgeous game i've played this generation, exploring is a joy, it has skill trees and weapon rarities but scaled down to a way where it's enjoyable and not 99% obtaining garbage you'll never use. combat feels so tight and impactful. the story is beautiful. the set pieces are jawdropping. it is my favorite game.
Dark Souls Halo 2 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild God of War (2018) Another easy round but we're getting down to the greats now
Dark Souls Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow Versions Tony Hawk's Underground Super Mario World I think it’s impossible to compare BotW to THUG. I can’t say which is the better game, even though BotW is certainly a bigger achievement. I can’t describe how much of a breath of fresh air BotW was. In the end I picked THUG because it means more to me. It is also the best Tony Hawk game and skateboarding game. Play it if you haven’t. It holds up. For the record, I think THUG, BotW, Mario World and Dark Souls all deserve to win this whole tournament. R/B/Y were incredible achievements given their platform and I really believe they are still fun to play. However, they’re not close to being the best Pokemon games.
Dark Souls Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow Versions The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Super Mario World
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow Versions Tony Hawk's Underground God of War (2018)
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow Versions The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild God of War (2018)
despite getting a bunch of GotY buzz, i don't think God of War really got its roses. im curious how many voting for SMW have played GoW. its incredible from beginning to end and the couple of gripes i have seen against it (Atreus being annoying/being Dad of War) are just so wrong imo
I have played both and God of War is incredible and one of the best video games of all time, just so happens to be going up against what I would say is arguabley the greatest video game of all time.