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Not precisely cash, but one of those "worth X$" - it was "worth $2000", as contained all current gen consoles (including handhelds). Alternatively, you could opt in to take this prize in gift certificates. There were few more lower worth prizes for scoring in the top 10.RaikuFA said:
While fun to observe (and yes, I voted for Undertale), the entire poll can basically be described as follows.
GFAQs: Salt. More salt. Even more salt. Salt on top of salt. Mountains of salt. Salt unto the end of time. Deep fried salt. Salt with a side of salt, with extra salt. Concentrated salt. More salt than the Bonneville Salt Flats. Salty McSalterson. Indiana Salt and the Raiders of the Lost Salt. Salt Wars: The Salt Awakens. Salt Row IV. My Little Sodium: Saltiness is Salty. Adventure Salt. Rick and Salty. Salt and Recreation. The Salt and the Saltiness 7. Saltman Begins. Call of Salty: Salt Ops 3. Saltyfield 4. Salt: Saltiness Evolved. Super Salty 64. Legend of Salt: Saltiness of Time. Saltiness: The Last Saltbender.
Undertale fandom: Constant quotes of "you're gonna have a bad time", "DETERMINATION" and "But it refused".
Good times had all round, really.
GFAQs: Salt. More salt. Even more salt. Salt on top of salt. Mountains of salt. Salt unto the end of time. Deep fried salt. Salt with a side of salt, with extra salt. Concentrated salt. More salt than the Bonneville Salt Flats. Salty McSalterson. Indiana Salt and the Raiders of the Lost Salt. Salt Wars: The Salt Awakens. Salt Row IV. My Little Sodium: Saltiness is Salty. Adventure Salt. Rick and Salty. Salt and Recreation. The Salt and the Saltiness 7. Saltman Begins. Call of Salty: Salt Ops 3. Saltyfield 4. Salt: Saltiness Evolved. Super Salty 64. Legend of Salt: Saltiness of Time. Saltiness: The Last Saltbender.
Undertale fandom: Constant quotes of "you're gonna have a bad time", "DETERMINATION" and "But it refused".
Good times had all round, really.
It's not only not the best game ever, it's a genuinely shit game. Forces you to play a certain way unless you want repetitious hell, requires multiple replays to get the full impact of the game, the puzzles are not in the slightest bit challenging, the characters responsiveness to your actions is on the level of an 80s RPG in the way it determines your 'path' by a single attack, and it's ugly. There are a ton more complaints I have but I really can't be bothered with discussing such a poor game.
I'm in the group of people who doesn't give a shit about the gamefaqs poll.
Like, if you actually give a shit just don't buy Undertale out of spite.
It's a stupid poll people. I remember being like 10-15 ever time there was a poll a Final Fantasy character was winning it, that's around the time I realized it was stupid to give a shit about it.
I wish gamers were more concerned about current events then the bullshit that only goes on their hobby, maybe things would actually change.
Like, if you actually give a shit just don't buy Undertale out of spite.
It's a stupid poll people. I remember being like 10-15 ever time there was a poll a Final Fantasy character was winning it, that's around the time I realized it was stupid to give a shit about it.
I wish gamers were more concerned about current events then the bullshit that only goes on their hobby, maybe things would actually change.
I kind of like that a recent game is doing so well as opposed to the usual "best game EVAR" subjects. I'm sure Ocarina of Time was great in the day, but it really hasn't aged well, whereas at least Undertale has a novelty that will probably make it relatively timeless. However, this is lessened by the issue of Undertale fans were apparently stacking the ballot boxes, but I think the game deserves the accolades. And at the end of the day, it's just a fan poll.
Mind you, I love the tweet I saw suggesting Gamefaqs should have waited until the poll was about to close, then automatically add 10'000 votes to Ocarina of Time while flashing up the phrase "FILE 3 LOADED". Beat the Undertale fans at their own game.
Mind you, I love the tweet I saw suggesting Gamefaqs should have waited until the poll was about to close, then automatically add 10'000 votes to Ocarina of Time while flashing up the phrase "FILE 3 LOADED". Beat the Undertale fans at their own game.
Honestly, I can't see why anybody would get upset over a popularity poll. I think it's great to compare the strengths and weaknesses of different games and see how they stack up against each other, but it's unfortunate that contests like these devolve into petty bickering. I feel like certain people are so attached to their favorite games that anytime these games are criticized, they pretty much take it as a personal attack instead of, you know, a critique.
"What's that? You don't think Ocarina of Time/Undertale is perfect, as I do? Well, EFF you! We can never be friends."
Reminds me of arguments where people claim that they can objectively (somehow?) show that a particular game is better than all others. They will not stop until they have convinced everybody to share the exact same opinions as them.
"What's that? You don't think Ocarina of Time/Undertale is perfect, as I do? Well, EFF you! We can never be friends."
Reminds me of arguments where people claim that they can objectively (somehow?) show that a particular game is better than all others. They will not stop until they have convinced everybody to share the exact same opinions as them.
Undertale is basically a perfect version of what it was. A quirky, witty homage to classic JRPGs and with some desconstuction and meta commentary plus a more engaging way of doing the classic turn based "combat". It's also dirt cheap and not that long so I'd just go for it. Earthbound is what it always gets compared to but it's very much it's own thing. The endings (all three of them) are some of my favourite endings to games ever even though with one of them you're gonna have a bad time...A Fork said:
Do you like the writing in things like "Community" or stuff ith Simon Pegg ("Spaced", "Shaun of the Dead" etc.)? Deconstructive and but also clearly by a loving fan with lots of heart and imaginative silliness?
It isn't the best game ever (honestly I don't even know why polls like this exist because you either get a boring answer like "Ocarina of time" or "Tetris" or get a novel answer which everyone then whinges about) but it is a serious contender for GOTY and a shoo-in for best indie game of the year.
Did we all collectively smack our heads again? GameFAQs does these things fairly regularly. I'm a little baffled as to why I'm seeing topics and articles about it as if it were something new or noteworthy.
Not that my comment changes anything or anything.
Not that my comment changes anything or anything.
Yeah, this is slightly different. It's the 20th anniversary of GameFAQs...Treeberry said:
...yeah, that probably makes it way more legit. Even if they both never, ever claimed it was. And indeed, have continually claimed the opposite.
But apparently, it's all, like, the absolute objective truth it was supposed to be voted for.
I'm so tired of hearing about this game. -long drawn out sigh- Please pleeeeeaaaase just go away! Go back to reading Homestuck or something. Just stop talking about how Undertale is the pinnacle of Western Civilization.
Why? Is Homestuck bad?RedRockRun said:
I had plans to read it.
And yes, I know it is about Alien Trolls or something, but it must be a reason why even Namco had them in a game.
It's Gamefaqs.
Why do we, on the Escapist, care?
With that obvious bit of edgy criticism aside; I haven't played the game yet. I'll reserve judgment on its quality until I get around to doing so, but I'm supremely hesitant to label it "Best Game of All Time" simply as a matter of course.
I mean. At face value, the game looks jank as hell.
And fans inflating expectations so much is liable to disappoint maaaaaany people once they finally play.
Ya know. Like hype does. All the time.
Why do we, on the Escapist, care?
With that obvious bit of edgy criticism aside; I haven't played the game yet. I'll reserve judgment on its quality until I get around to doing so, but I'm supremely hesitant to label it "Best Game of All Time" simply as a matter of course.
I mean. At face value, the game looks jank as hell.
And fans inflating expectations so much is liable to disappoint maaaaaany people once they finally play.
Ya know. Like hype does. All the time.
I'm actually willing to go a little farther and say it's pretty much Mother 4, or at least as close to Mother 4 we'll probably ever see, since Itoi has already said he's done with the series after Mother 3. It's more similar in tone to Mother 3 but with graphics similar to Mother.K12 said:
Earthbound is Mother 2, for those not familiar with the series, but since the first and third game weren't released in the US(as far as I know) and Mother 2 was, hence "Earthbound".
Even if it was real, would it matter? It's an opinion poll on the internet. When have those EVER mattered? When have they EVER been accurate representations of anything?DoPo said:
The best response to this whole affair is either:
A: Agree with the GameFAQs community and say, "Good choice."
- or -
B: Disagree with the GameFAQs community and move on.
I'll go with option B, personally. Everyone else is free to choose whichever one they wish.
And everyone please take note that "freak the fuck out" is not one of the options. ;D
Fandoms are always the worst thing.
Undertale is good, in my opinion, it is very good at what it does. However, I still put it in the same mental camp as Portal. Both are exceedingly good in what they do, but there's not that much beyond that. Undertale does have some commentary on games, but it's nothing we haven't seen before (MGS 2/Spec Ops). Rather, it's a bit like The Stanley Parable to me, where it's very effective at the current time and could very well last into the next few years in influence, but I can guarantee that two years from now, it will be "that one neat game".
I certainly don't think it is the best game ever basically. Good on tobyfox, but this is a bit silly. As much as Zelda leaves me lukewarm, I still think it is more deserving due to the fact that it still remains interesting and engaging this many years down the line, and that so many games (Journey, and Undertale itself) take stock from it's structure(which is taken directly from Joseph Campbell, but I think that's something that works especially well with games).
Undertale is good, in my opinion, it is very good at what it does. However, I still put it in the same mental camp as Portal. Both are exceedingly good in what they do, but there's not that much beyond that. Undertale does have some commentary on games, but it's nothing we haven't seen before (MGS 2/Spec Ops). Rather, it's a bit like The Stanley Parable to me, where it's very effective at the current time and could very well last into the next few years in influence, but I can guarantee that two years from now, it will be "that one neat game".
I certainly don't think it is the best game ever basically. Good on tobyfox, but this is a bit silly. As much as Zelda leaves me lukewarm, I still think it is more deserving due to the fact that it still remains interesting and engaging this many years down the line, and that so many games (Journey, and Undertale itself) take stock from it's structure(which is taken directly from Joseph Campbell, but I think that's something that works especially well with games).
Yeah, remember when The Escapist community voted Skyrim the Greatest Game of All Time?
That was a dumb thing that happened.
Recent games are fresh and haven't been analyzed properly yet, so they win stuff and give us all something we can look back on and laugh at in a few years time.
That was a dumb thing that happened.
Recent games are fresh and haven't been analyzed properly yet, so they win stuff and give us all something we can look back on and laugh at in a few years time.
[img/]http://orig04.deviantart.net/cf20/f/2012/151/4/b/triple_ooooooh_by_panzerknacker73-d51qjj1.png[/img]DoPo said:
The answer to all of these is "No". What's annoying in this case, however, is that GameFAQs themselves never claimed it did matter, the contests have been historically meant to be ultimately insignificant. And this has not even been a secret.Vigormortis said:
Yet, now this one apparently matters. Now, this one has retroactively been made to count as something significant. Now this one is somehow an accurate representation of...something.
Now this one is apparently divorsed from any context and instead it exist as some sort of fever dream conjured up from the minds of people who "don't know shit about ass"[footnote]to borrow a phrase that another poster eloquently used[/footnote]. And those fever dreams get heavily painted with whatever view[footnote]that is in fact completely irrelevant to even the imagined contest, much less the actual one[/footnote] that person decides to inject into it.
It's a mockery of the entire tradition. It's random people taking something that doesn't or shouldn't concern them, bastardizing the concept to its antithesis, then go on to paint it even blacker.