Best Game of All Time Tournament - Round 4

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Results of Round 3 (29 voters):

StarCraft: 7
Fallout: 19

Half-Life: 7
TIE Fighter: 19

Alpha Centauri: 19
Mass Effect 2: 5

X-COM: UFO Defense: 16
Knights of the Old Republic: 10

Baldur's Gate II: 17
Master of Orion: 9

Deus Ex: 7
Planescape: Torment: 16

Fallout 2: 14
Minecraft: 10

World of Warcraft: 12
Civilization IV: 14

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This next round is a special one, boys and girls, because the winners of Round 3 will each have to contend against a miniboss: one of the Elite Eight from the Best Game of Last Five Years Tournament! Only those who still stand in the smoking ruins of this round will go on to the next. Who will prevail? The old heroes or the new champions? You (and me) decide!

We have from now through the weekend to vote. The ballot, please!
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1. Fallout -vs- Skyrim
2. TIE Fighter -vs- Portal 2
3. Alpha Centauri -vs- Red Dead Redemption
4. X-COM: UFO Defense -vs- XCOM: Enemy Unknown
5. Baldur's Gate II -vs- Dragon Age: Origins
6. Planescape: Torment -vs- Borderlands 2
7. Fallout 2 -vs- Fallout: New Vegas
8. Civilization IV -vs- Civilization V
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1.
2. TIE Fighter
3. Alpha Centauri
4. X-COM: UFO Defense
5. Baldur's Gate II
6. Planescape: Torment
7.
8. Civilization IV

I guess I'm stuck in the past.

Also given that Fallout has three nominations here, maybe I should check it out, even if that genre is not my thing.
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1. Fallrim
2. TIE Fighter
3. Alpha Centauri
4. X-COM: UFO Defense
5. Baldur's Gate II
6. Planescape: Torment
7. Fallout 2
8. Civilization IV
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BTW, should we use this thread to discuss this heart wrenching pairings, or should that be done elsewhere?

Because it has me a bit flummoxed, I think some discussion about 1. specifically is in order. More specifically, I am looking for someone to make the argument that Skyrim is "better" than Fallout, and why.
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1.
2. TIE Fighter
3. Red Dead Redemption
4.
5. Dragon Age: Origins
6. Planescape: Torment
7. Fallout: New Vegas
8. Civilization IV
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1. Skyrim
2. TIE Fighter
3. Alpha Centauri
4.
5. Baldur's Gate II
6.
7.
8. Civilization IV
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Carpet_pissr wrote:BTW, should we use this thread to discuss this heart wrenching pairings, or should that be done elsewhere?

Because it has me a bit flummoxed, I think some discussion about 1. specifically is in order. More specifically, I am looking for someone to make the argument that Skyrim is "better" than Fallout, and why.
Hipolito wrote:1. Fallout -vs- Skyrim
2. TIE Fighter -vs- Portal 2
3. Alpha Centauri -vs- Red Dead Redemption
4. X-COM: UFO Defense -vs- XCOM: Enemy Unknown
5. Baldur's Gate II -vs- Dragon Age: Origins
6. Planescape: Torment -vs- Borderlands 2
7. Fallout 2 -vs- Fallout: New Vegas
8. Civilization IV -vs- Civilization V
1) I think this is Fallout... Skyrim is huge and pretty and very lacking in the story department (and humor department). I was confused by the huge and the pretty for a bit, but fallout really wins, despite my graphic whore-ness.
2) Easy
3) Never played SMAC but with this audience that's going to roll all over RDR
4) I did not play X-COM in its heyday and later I couldn't get past the graphics. I have finished the new one three times. My vote is hopeless here though.
5) Ouch. BGII wins but it's not a huge gap
6) never played PS:T but BL2 is not the best game of all time either
7) I... I... don't make me choose!
8) I own both, have played 4 a bit but I don't care either way as long as whichever wins gets knocked out before the end.
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1. Fallout
2. TIE Fighter
3.
4. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
5. Baldur's Gate II
6.
7. Fallout: New Vegas
8.
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1. Fallout
2. Portal 2
3. Alpha Centauri
4. X-COM: UFO Defense <--- this is the original one right? The dual names of it depending on market has always confused me.
5.
6. Planescape: Torment
7. Fallout: New Vegas
8.

I know I should like Civ IV more than V, but I can't make that vote. There are some things I dislike about V for sure, but I don't see myself ever going back to IV at this point. Even so, I played and enjoyed IV more than I have V.
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1. Fallout
2.
3.
4. X-COM: UFO Defense
5. Baldur's Gate II
6. Planescape: Torment
7. Fallout: New Vegas
8.
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It makes me sad that Red Dead Redemption probably isn't going to make it out of this round.

Of course, I'm still distraught that Kerbal Space Program didn't even make the cut.
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[quote="Hipolito"]1.
2. TIE Fighter
3. Alpha Centauri
4.
5. Dragon Age: Origins
6. Planescape: Torment
7. Fallout 2
8.
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AWS260 wrote:It makes me sad that Red Dead Redemption probably isn't going to make it out of this round.

Of course, I'm still distraught that Kerbal Space Program didn't even make the cut.
They should port RDR to the PC...I tried it on the PS3 and could not get used to the controls (disclaimer: I say that about every 3rd person perspective console game)
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1. Fallout
2. TIE Fighter
3. Alpha Centauri
4. X-COM: UFO Defense
5. Baldur's Gate II
6. Planescape: Torment
7. Fallout: New Vegas
8. Civilization IV
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1. Fallout
2. TIE Fighter
3. Alpha Centauri
4. X-COM: UFO Defense
5. Baldur's Gate II
6. Borderlands 2
7. Fallout 2
8. Civilization IV



#8 is going to be a blowout.

I think I'm the only person on the planet who didn't really like Planescape:Torment. :oops:
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1. Skyrim
2.
3. Alpha Centauri
4. X-COM: UFO Defense
5. Baldur's Gate II
6. Planescape: Torment
7. Fallout: New Vegas
8. Civilization V
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1. Skyrim
2. Portal 2
3. Alpha Centauri
4. X-COM: UFO Defense (the original)
5. Baldur's Gate II
6. Planescape: Torment
7. Fallout: New Vegas
8. Civilization IV
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1. Skyrim
2. Portal 2
3.
4.
5.
6. Borderlands 2
7.
8. Civilization V
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1. Skyrim
2. TIE Fighter
3. Red Dead Redemption
4.
5. Baldur's Gate II
6. Planescape: Torment
7. Fallout 2
8. Civilization IV
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1. Fallout
2. Portal 2
3. Alpha Centauri
4. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
5. Baldur's Gate II
6. Planescape: Torment
7. Fallout 2
8. Civilization V
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Carpet_pissr wrote:BTW, should we use this thread to discuss this heart wrenching pairings, or should that be done elsewhere?
Feel free to wail and ululate here.
Archinerd wrote:X-COM: UFO Defense <--- this is the original one right? The dual names of it depending on market has always confused me.
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1.
2. TIE Fighter
3. Red Dead Redemption
4.
5. Baldur's Gate II
6. Planescape: Torment
7.
8.
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Im now disappointed in this and have only 1 game in the running.

1. Fallout
2. TIE Fighter
3. Red Dead Redemption
4. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
5. Baldur's Gate II
6. Planescape: Torment
7. Fallout 2
8.
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Heya

1. Fallout
2. Portal 2
3. Alpha Centauri
4. X-COM: UFO Defense
5. Baldur's Gate II
6. Planescape: Torment
7. Fallout 2
8. Civilization V
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1. Skyrim
2. TIE Fighter
3. Alpha Centauri
4. X-COM: UFO Defense
5. Baldur's Gate II
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7. Fallout: New Vegas
8. Civilization IV
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1. Skyrim
2.Portal 2
3. Alpha Centauri
4. X-COM: UFO Defense
5. Baldur's Gate II
6. Planescape: Torment
7. Fallout: New Vegas
8. Civilization V
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Carpet_pissr wrote:BTW, should we use this thread to discuss this heart wrenching pairings, or should that be done elsewhere?

Because it has me a bit flummoxed, I think some discussion about 1. specifically is in order. More specifically, I am looking for someone to make the argument that Skyrim is "better" than Fallout, and why.
Easy.

Skyrim made me more happier.

It is a subjective contest. The fact that my opinion exists proves the argument.
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1. Skyrim
2. Portal 2
3. Red Dead Redemption
4. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
5. Baldur's Gate II
6. Borderlands 2
7. Fallout: New Vegas
8. Civilization IV
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Skyrim
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Alpha Centauri
X-COM: UFO Defense
Dragon Age: Origins
Planescape: Torment
Fallout: New Vegas
Civilization IV
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1. Fallout
2. TIE Fighter
3. Alpha Centauri
4. X-COM: UFO Defense
5. Baldur's Gate II
6. Planescape: Torment
7. Fallout 2
8. Civilization V
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Carpet_pissr wrote:BTW, should we use this thread to discuss this heart wrenching pairings, or should that be done elsewhere?

Because it has me a bit flummoxed, I think some discussion about 1. specifically is in order. More specifically, I am looking for someone to make the argument that Skyrim is "better" than Fallout, and why.
I loved both games, but in 5 years I can see myself wanting to play Fallout again, even if a new Fallout game and the new Wasteland come out in the interim and are awesome. Once the next Elder Scrolls game comes out, I'll probably never boot up Skyrim again.

1. Fallout
2. TIE Fighter
3.
4.
5. Baldur's Gate II
6. Planescape: Torment
7. Fallout 2
8. Civilization IV
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2. TIE Fighter
3. Alpha Centauri
4. X-COM: UFO Defense
5. Baldur's Gate II
6. Planescape: Torment

8. Civilization IV -vs- Civilization V - no vote here (hmmm... I liked the Civ games I've played so I tend to vote for a Civ game over other games unless I played/liked them better, even if I haven't played that specific Civ game, but haven't played either of these; if I had more time and fewer games (and still had the money to buy these), I'd have bought/played both. That said, since I haven't played either I can't make a pick between them. I'd feel bad, but looking at the other games I voted for, I have played all of them, and so would pick any of them over this anyway).
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Vote!

1.
2. TIE Fighter
3. Alpha Centauri
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Although I haven't played it yet, I'm surprised that the new XCOM is getting trounced by the original X-COM. Is the remake not what X-COM fans had been waiting for?
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Hipolito wrote:Vote!

1.
2. TIE Fighter
3. Alpha Centauri
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Although I haven't played it yet, I'm surprised that the new XCOM is getting trounced by the original X-COM. Is the remake not what X-COM fans had been waiting for?
It wasn't for me, but I'm old school. I dislike "consolized" games in general, and the new one was very consoley. Too many concessions made IMO.
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Hipolito wrote:Vote!

1.
2. TIE Fighter
3. Alpha Centauri
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Although I haven't played it yet, I'm surprised that the new XCOM is getting trounced by the original X-COM. Is the remake not what X-COM fans had been waiting for?
It wasn't for me, but I'm old school. I dislike "consolized" games in general, and the new one was very consoley. Too many concessions made IMO.
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Hipolito wrote:Vote!

1.
2. TIE Fighter
3. Alpha Centauri
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Although I haven't played it yet, I'm surprised that the new XCOM is getting trounced by the original X-COM. Is the remake not what X-COM fans had been waiting for?
It wasn't for me, but I'm old school. I dislike "consolized" games in general, and the new one was very consoley. Too many concessions made IMO.
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Hipolito wrote:Vote!

1.
2. TIE Fighter
3. Alpha Centauri
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Although I haven't played it yet, I'm surprised that the new XCOM is getting trounced by the original X-COM. Is the remake not what X-COM fans had been waiting for?
It wasn't for me, but I'm old school. I dislike "consolized" games in general, and the new one was very consoley. Too many concessions made IMO.
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Annnnd the next round begins here.
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How was the new XCom for you, Carpet_pissr?

Actually, I enjoyed the new XCom a lot, but ultimately it was too RPGie for me. You really can't let (m)any of your guys die so it wasn't the old game but better. It was a different game, that ultimately didn't scratch the itch quite as well.
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