PW Video Game Draft - Round 1 Match - Lionheart vs sandylea

Uncharted is a great series but 2 is better than 3 to me.

I have played 8 of 16 from Lionheart's list: Final Fantasy 7, Diablo 2, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Metroid Prime, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, Halo 2, and Metal Gear Solid.

FF7 made me fall in love with the RPG genre. What I didn’t like is those huge power button on PS1 that my cat jumped on and made me lose 1-2 hours of progress. Diablo 2 is the base for a ton of dungeon crawlers that usually don’t do overly well but fun to play. PoP was a good game but nothing that made a lasting impression on me. Only played Prime for a night when a friend left his Gamecube in my apartment. I believe I clocked more than 100 hours on Oblivion. I wasn’t a fan of the original trilogy of Halo. It was ok but of the three I dislike 2 the most for how it ended the campaign. Metal Gear Solid had one of the most interesting boss mechanics ever.

I have played 5 of 16 from Sandylea's list: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Fallout 4, Jade Empire, The Walking Dead Season 1, and Detroit: Become Human.

Fallout 4 was a good game but not as good as the last two Fallouts. You lost a lot of freedom on how you dealt with situations. I normally like to play those games as male and female to see how they play out differently. Both characters felt exactly the same to play. And the Last Minute made the game a tad to easy and no putting it up was not an option. I mentioned wishing they continue the Jade Empire series. TWD and pretty much ever TellTale game is really great playing one time. But playing one the second time you realize no choice you make matters. If you can only save one person’s life doing something within a hour or two the other one will be dead. Detroit: Become Human and all David Cage games I do tend to enjoy playing multiple times because somethings can be very different My only complaint is a story twist just for the sake of having a twist. And the one in this game was really bad.

OK, I'm abandoning the cig System^TM because... :ugh: (by the way, vBulletin code for this should be ":meh:")

This showdown comes down to the following games for me:

Lionheart:
- Diablo 2
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (SUPER disappointed this wasn't the original. I was MISLED. Disqualification!)
- Super Smash Bros Melee
- Warcraft 3
- Halo 2 (First LAN party BABAY!!~)
- Harvest Moon: Back to Nature (again... SUPER disappointed this WASN'T the original. Misled AGAIN! Disqualification!)

sandylea:
- Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings
- Mario Party 2

Strong 1-2 Blizzard combo from Lionheart with Diablo Dos & WC3. I never dabled with Diablo directly on my own PC, but playing it on occasion at friends' houses, and custom games built in WC3 based on the Diablo mechanics... I get the appeal. WC3 is more of a head-to-head match-up against Age of Empires for me. As much as I loved Age of Empires and Civilization and Command & Conquer (which seem similar-ish to Warcraft and Starcraft)... I'd take Warcraft and Starcraft 10 times out of 10. So WC3 with the D2 kicker eliminates sandylea's AoE2:tAoK... leaving her with just MP2.

So now it becomes a couch coplay multiplayer mayhem showdown. To me, Mario Party games only have value if you can get at least three other friends over to the house. That's a pretty difficult barrier to entry. Also, as much as I dug Mario Parties... I fucking HATED how they'd lead directly to the destruction of controller joysticks. While I prefer original Smash over the GameCube follow-up, it still resembled the original enough to be fun. While way more one dimensional that Mario Party, I'd like be picking Smash over Party if given the choice and three friends on a couch.

If I was on the fence though, Lionheart topples me to his side though with Halo 2. While I wasn't an Xbox owner for long, and while I never owned Halo myself... my closest video gaming buddy growing up DID own both Xbox and the first Halo. I remember my first exposure to Halo being an interesting experience. I remember thinking it was a visually stunning update on GoldenEye/Perfect Dark, with a hybrid Starship Troopers/Starcraft aesthetic... with maybe a splash of anime cutesiness? Anyway, I don't recall the first Halo having a multiplayer? Or if it did, maybe we just never played it. But, I feel like Halo 2 upped the ante by introducing vehicles and multiplayer or at least the capability for LAN parties.

Essentially, here's the lasting memory I have that will forever give Halo 2 mega bonus points for me:
My freshman year of high shool, at the end of the wrestling season, our graduating senior captain had the team over to his house for a cookout sleepover party. The direction was for anyone who had an Xbox, Halo 2, controllers, and a TV... BRING IT. I think we perfectly ended up with four consoles, four TVs, allowing the sixteen of us (we were a small wrestling team... couldn't fill all weight classes, pretty sure some of our captain's older brothers joined the LAN party) to all connect and wage mindblowingly large scale FPS war for like 8 hours straight through the night. It was so fucking awesome. Something that kids born in the 2000s will NEVER appreciate.

1. Final Fantasy 7 - 8.5
2. Diablo 2 - 8
3. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - 8
4. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - 9.5
5. Metroid Prime - 9
6. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception - 7.5
7. Super Smash Bros Melee - 8.5
8. The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion - 9
9. Warcraft 3 - 8
10. Halo 2 - 9
11. Metal Gear Solid - 8
12. Syphon Filter
13. Jet Set Radio Future
14. Pikmin 2
15. Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
16. Harvest Moon: Back to Nature - 7

Total = 100
Average = 8.33
High = 9.5

1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - 9
2. Fallout 4 - 8.5
3. Dark Souls 3 - 8.5
4. God of War - 9.5
5. Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings - 8
6. Jade Empire - 7
7. The Sims 2
8. The Walking Dead Season 1 - 8
9. Detroit: Become Human - 6
10. This War of Mine
11. Theme Hospital
12. Crazy Taxi - 7.5
13. Mario Party 2 - 7.5
14. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey - 8
15. Singstar
16. The Movies

Total = 87.5
Average = 7.95
High = 9.5

Lionheart takes it for me.

But man, The Movies is such a cool pick. I never really played much of it, but I remember reading about it when it was coming out when I was about 13 or so and thought the concept was so cool. I miss Lionhead.

Lioneheart

1. Final Fantasy 7
2. Diablo 2
3. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
4. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
5. Metroid Prime
6. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
7. Super Smash Bros Melee
8. The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion
9. Warcraft 3
10. Halo 2
11. Metal Gear Solid
12. Syphon Filter
13. Jet Set Radio Future
14. Pikmin 2
15. Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
16. Harvest Moon: Back to Nature



sandylea

1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2. Fallout 4
3. Dark Souls 3
4. God of War
5. Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings
6. Jade Empire
7. The Sims 2
8. The Walking Dead Season 1
9. Detroit: Become Human
10. This War of Mine
11. Theme Hospital
12. Crazy Taxi
13. Mario Party 2
14. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
15. Singstar
16. The Movies

7 for Lionheart's list vs 10 from sandylea's list.  Lionheart does have the mighty Final Fantasy 7 which is worth about 2-3 games, depending on the games though.  But sandy also has some corkers there, Uncharted 2, God of War, The Sims 2, Detroit, AC Odyssey.  As well as some underrated gems like This War of Mine and Theme Hospital.  So although Lionheart has FF7, on balance I like more of sandy's games so that's where I'm voting.  

Lionheart wins.

Please select a game to steal and drop one of your own.

I am dropping Jet Set Radio No One Ever Heard Of for...