User “Joe W” on our message board is one of the most patient and passionate dudes that I know. A month or so ago, my man started work on a huge “Best RPG Ever” tournament. After I saw it and the tremendous amount of work he put into it, I told him that I would post it on the front page to get more people into the action. So, here we go!
The tournament as a whole is bracketed “game vs. game.” The first round, which is going on right now, boasts a total of 56 individual randomized skirmishes. I think it’s in all our best interests to get in there and vote. We certainly don’t want “Kingdom Hearts” or “Fallout II” to take the crown. I mean, “Dragon Age: Origins,” obviously, is the greatest game ever.
The line-ups and my votes have been recorded after the break and in the thread. Definitely check it out!
Bold type indicates the ones I’ve picked. There are some hard-ass choices in here, eh?
1. Freedom Force vs. The Legend of Dragoon
2. Mario & Luigi Super Star Saga vs. Barkley’s Shut Up and Jam Gaiden
3. Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind vs. Chrono Cross
4. Baldur’s Gate II vs. Tales of Symphonia
5. Star Wars: KOTOR II vs.Ogre Battle:March of the Black Queen
6. Star Wars: KOTOR vs. The World Ends with You
7. Shining in the Darkness vs. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
8. Icewind Dale II vs. Baldur’s Gate
9. Star Ocean:Till the End of Time vs. Deus Ex
10. Super Mario RPG vs. Final Fantasy XII
11. Demon’s Souls vs. Grandia
12. Gothic vs. Suikoden
13. Grandia II vs. Lunar: The Silver Star
14. Valkyrie Profile vs. Gothic II
15. Final Fantasy Tactics Adv. vs. Golden Sun
16. Penny Arcade Adventures vs. Neverwinter Nights
17. Final Fantasy Tactics vs. Breath of Fire
18. Valkyria Chronicles vs. Final Fantasy VI
19. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn vs. Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
20. Blue Dragon vs. Final Fantasy III
21. Shining Force vs. System Shock
22. Final Fantasy IX vs. Soul Blazer
23. EVO: The Search for Eden vs. Fire Emblem: Sacred Stories
24. The Witcher vs. Final Fantasy VII
25. Planescape: Torment vs. Breath of Fire II
26. Illusion of Gaia vs. Shadowrun(SNES)
27. Secret of Mana vs. Lost Odyssey
28. Tales of the Abyss vs. Golden Sun: The Lost Age
29. Final Fantasy V vs Final Fantasy VIII
30. Bowser’s Inside Story vs. Fallout 3
31. Breath of Fire III vs System Shock II
32. Diablo vs. Final Fantasy
33. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion vs. Dark Chronicle
34. Dragon Quest vs. Final Fantasy IV
35. Dragon Quest VII vs. Ring of Red
36. Final Fantasy II vs. Mass Effect II
37. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII vs. Diablo II
38. Shining Force II vs. Chrono Trigger
39. Dragon Quest VIII vs. Fallout
40. Elder Scrolls: Arena vs. Final Fantasy X
41. Dragon Quest VI vs. Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
42. Vagrant Stories vs. Grandia III
43. Kingdom Hearts II vs. Kingdom Hearts
44. Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall vs. Tales of Destiny
45. Xenogears vs. Dragon Quest III
46. Parasite Eve vs. Pokemon Silver/Gold
47. Fallout II vs. Breath of Fire IV
48. Phantasy Star IV vs. Dragon Quest V
49. Dragon Quest II vs. Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
50. Icewind Dale vs. Earthbound
51. Tales of Legendia vs. Pokemon White/Black
52. Dragon Quest IV vs. Persona III
53. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance vs. Tales of Vesperia
54. Dragon Age: Origins vs. Mass Effect
55. Suikoden II vs. Secret of Evermore
56. Paper Mario vs. Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
“We certainly don’t want “Kingdom Hearts” to take the crown.”
We’ll see, Nicholson, we’ll see!
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