Greatest Video Game Draft 2011 (1 Viewer)

[Insein]

Would you consider point-and-click adventures puzzles?

You could but they would probably be way down on the list. Adventure is probably better.

 

[SlaX]

Half-way into the draft and this is where I stand:



Slax

Arcade(1) NBA Jam TE (4.05)

Arcade(2) Daytona USA (14.05)

Third Generation (1983-1990) Mega Man II - NES (5.09)

Fourth Generation (1987-1995) Super Metroid - SNES (3.09)

Fifth Generation (1993-2001) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - PS1 (7.09)

Sixth Generation (1998-2009) Half-Life 2 - PC (2.05)

Seventh Generation (2005-Present) Assassin's Creed 2 - Xbox 360 (13.09)

FPS/TPS

Sports

Strategy/RTS SimCity 2000 (9.09)

Racing

Puzzle

Fighter Super Street Fighter IV - Xbox 360 (8.05)

Action/Adventure Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - N64 (1.09)

Platformer

Hack and Slash/Beat 'em Up Diablo II - PC (6.05)

Role Playing

Suspense/Horror

Best Multiplayer Team Fortress 2 - PC (11.09)

Best Story

Best Main Character(1) PAC-MAN (12.05)

Best Main Character(2)

Best Villain(1) Dracula (10.05)

Best Villain(2)

Worst Game

Flex Video Game(1)

Flex Video Game(2)

Surprised I've waited this long on a FPS/3rdPS and Sports game, but I'm not worried. Only 3 more people need to choose a sports game and there are enough to choose from. Happy I haven't had to put one into a flex position yet.

 

[Insein]

14.7 Best Main Character(1) Isaac Clarke Isaac Clarke was a systems engineer working for the Concordance Extraction Corporation. Before the Second Aegis VII incident, he was part of a emergency response unit of the USG Kellion sent to the USG Ishimura to investigate and handle the ship's problems. The sole survivor of the incident, Isaac became stranded in space for several periods before he was rescued by a EarthGov ship. Three years after, Isaac was held in an asylum on the Sprawl and classified as to having dementia, PTSD and amnesia by psych-therapist.

Ha! I love that game and even I didn't get who this was at first.

 

[madshot31]

8. Yo Mama9. AcerFC10. madshot3111. Andy Dufresne12. biggamer313. pollardsvisionI believe the clock is off for now.

And Yo Mama is gone I think so I guess 9:00 tomorrow Ill pick

Did he leave, I thought he was just gone tomorrow?

 

[Yo Mama]

I'm here - give me a minute.

 

[AcerFC]

8. Yo Mama9. AcerFC10. madshot3111. Andy Dufresne12. biggamer313. pollardsvisionI believe the clock is off for now.

And Yo Mama is gone I think so I guess 9:00 tomorrow Ill pick

Did he leave, I thought he was just gone tomorrow?

I'm here - give me a minute.

my bad

 

[Insein]

Some great Villains taken in round 12 and 13. Definite value there.

 

[SlaX]

If anyone wants to leave their picks for tonight with me, I'll make them for you.

 

[Yo Mama]

14.08 Tempest - Arcade Game

Sweet!

 

[TheChairman]

14.08 Tempest - Arcade Game

Sweet!

your link is broken

 

[Mario Kart]

Bomberman and R. C. Pro-Am need more love. Awesome games.

 

[madshot31]

Just an observation from putting all the picks in their respective categories. Its going to be extremely tough for the judges in every damn one of them. The whole thing is pretty much stacked.

 

[Mario Kart]

Just an observation from putting all the picks in their respective categories. Its going to be extremely tough for the judges in every damn one of them. The whole thing is pretty much stacked.

Top billing goes to my picks so that should simplify things 1/13th of the way for each category.

 

[AcerFC]

Please move God of War to Action/Adventure

14.9 Crash Bandicoot- PS, Platformer

 

[madshot31]

14.10 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Flex

It brought speed to the platforming genre.

 

[madshot31]

First post is up to date, working on the others.

 

[Mario Kart]

ROUND 12

11. rikishiboy

ROUND 13

3. rikishiboy

ROUND 14

11. Andy Dufresne

12. biggamer3

13. pollardsvision

ROUND 15

1. pollardsvision

2. biggamer3

3. Andy Dufresne

4. madshot31

5. AcerFC

6. AcerFC

7. wazoo11

8. bmarks6161

9. Slax

10. larry_boy_44

11. rikishiboy

12. Mario Kart

13. BlueDredSo

 

[Andy Dufresne]

14.11 - Caesar 3 - Strategy/RTS

Didn't realize it was back to me so fast.

I'm not a big fan of the strategy games, but this one always amused me. Got pretty difficult at level 5ish though.

 

[larry_boy_44]

Just an observation from putting all the picks in their respective categories. Its going to be extremely tough for the judges in every damn one of them. The whole thing is pretty much stacked.

some of these categories are pretty ridiculous...

 

[Time Kibitzer]

Please move God of War to Action/Adventure

14.9 Crash Bandicoot- PS, Platformer

14.10 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Flex

It brought speed to the platforming genre.

These were 2 of the glaring omissions imo. Crash is perhaps the quintessential Playstation 1 series, surprised it lasted so long.I like the Sonic 2 pick even more, it's perhaps the greatest Genesis game ever. It's considerably better than the first Sonic imo. The combination of speed/boss fights in that game are just fun as hell. I'd of had no problem whatsoever taking this in the first 5 rounds of the draft.

 

[Mario Kart]

I like the Sonic 2 pick even more, it's perhaps the greatest Genesis game ever. It's considerably better than the first Sonic imo. The combination of speed/boss fights in that game are just fun as hell. I'd of had no problem whatsoever taking this in the first 5 rounds of the draft.

Greatest Genesis game is Gunstar Heroes.

 

[larry_boy_44]

Please move God of War to Action/Adventure

14.9 Crash Bandicoot- PS, Platformer

14.10 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Flex

It brought speed to the platforming genre.

These were 2 of the glaring omissions imo. Crash is perhaps the quintessential Playstation 1 series, surprised it lasted so long.I like the Sonic 2 pick even more, it's perhaps the greatest Genesis game ever. It's considerably better than the first Sonic imo. The combination of speed/boss fights in that game are just fun as hell. I'd of had no problem whatsoever taking this in the first 5 rounds of the draft.

Sonic 2 > Sonic 1 for sure, however, is it going to beat ANY Mario game?and Crash, IMO, has the same problem... He'll be behind any Mario game, any Sonic game, plus a couple other platformers... The category is just TOO stacked... Crash might have an out being put in the generation, but Sonic would have the same problems in the generation he does in platformer, way too many SNES games better than Sonic...

That's why they both lasted too long (at least that's my theory)...

 

[AcerFC]

Please move God of War to Action/Adventure

14.9 Crash Bandicoot- PS, Platformer

14.10 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Flex

It brought speed to the platforming genre.

These were 2 of the glaring omissions imo. Crash is perhaps the quintessential Playstation 1 series, surprised it lasted so long.I like the Sonic 2 pick even more, it's perhaps the greatest Genesis game ever. It's considerably better than the first Sonic imo. The combination of speed/boss fights in that game are just fun as hell. I'd of had no problem whatsoever taking this in the first 5 rounds of the draft.

 

[madshot31]

Please move God of War to Action/Adventure

14.9 Crash Bandicoot- PS, Platformer

14.10 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Flex

It brought speed to the platforming genre.

These were 2 of the glaring omissions imo. Crash is perhaps the quintessential Playstation 1 series, surprised it lasted so long.I like the Sonic 2 pick even more, it's perhaps the greatest Genesis game ever. It's considerably better than the first Sonic imo. The combination of speed/boss fights in that game are just fun as hell. I'd of had no problem whatsoever taking this in the first 5 rounds of the draft.

Sonic 2 > Sonic 1 for sure, however, is it going to beat ANY Mario game?and Crash, IMO, has the same problem... He'll be behind any Mario game, any Sonic game, plus a couple other platformers... The category is just TOO stacked... Crash might have an out being put in the generation, but Sonic would have the same problems in the generation he does in platformer, way too many SNES games better than Sonic...

That's why they both lasted too long (at least that's my theory)...

This is where your fanboy comes out. I don't want to get into it, but I can see Sonic 2 beating many Mario games.

 

[Mario Kart]

This is where your fanboy comes out. I don't want to get into it, but I can see Sonic 2 beating many Mario games.

Did Sonic ever laugh though?

 

[madshot31]

Skipped

11. rikishiboy

3. rikishiboy

ROUND 14

12. biggamer3

13. pollardsvision

ROUND 15

1. pollardsvision

2. biggamer3

3. Andy Dufresne

4. madshot31

5. AcerFC

6. AcerFC

7. wazoo11

 

[larry_boy_44]

Please move God of War to Action/Adventure

14.9 Crash Bandicoot- PS, Platformer

14.10 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Flex

It brought speed to the platforming genre.

These were 2 of the glaring omissions imo. Crash is perhaps the quintessential Playstation 1 series, surprised it lasted so long.I like the Sonic 2 pick even more, it's perhaps the greatest Genesis game ever. It's considerably better than the first Sonic imo. The combination of speed/boss fights in that game are just fun as hell. I'd of had no problem whatsoever taking this in the first 5 rounds of the draft.

Sonic 2 > Sonic 1 for sure, however, is it going to beat ANY Mario game?and Crash, IMO, has the same problem... He'll be behind any Mario game, any Sonic game, plus a couple other platformers... The category is just TOO stacked... Crash might have an out being put in the generation, but Sonic would have the same problems in the generation he does in platformer, way too many SNES games better than Sonic...

That's why they both lasted too long (at least that's my theory)...

This is where your fanboy comes out. I don't want to get into it, but I can see Sonic 2 beating many Mario games.

fine, let me rephrase that... is it gonna beat Mario 1, 3, World, 64, Galaxy, or Galaxy 2?as good as Sonic was (and it was good), I just don't see it beating any of those games... They were too good, game-changing, and important...

 

[SlaX]

Please move God of War to Action/Adventure

14.9 Crash Bandicoot- PS, Platformer

14.10 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Flex

It brought speed to the platforming genre.

These were 2 of the glaring omissions imo. Crash is perhaps the quintessential Playstation 1 series, surprised it lasted so long.I like the Sonic 2 pick even more, it's perhaps the greatest Genesis game ever. It's considerably better than the first Sonic imo. The combination of speed/boss fights in that game are just fun as hell. I'd of had no problem whatsoever taking this in the first 5 rounds of the draft.

Sonic 2 > Sonic 1 for sure, however, is it going to beat ANY Mario game?and Crash, IMO, has the same problem... He'll be behind any Mario game, any Sonic game, plus a couple other platformers... The category is just TOO stacked... Crash might have an out being put in the generation, but Sonic would have the same problems in the generation he does in platformer, way too many SNES games better than Sonic...

That's why they both lasted too long (at least that's my theory)...

madshot and I were talking last night about how far it had gone without being picked. I was surprised he let it slip another round today before picking it up.

 

[madshot31]

This is where your fanboy comes out. I don't want to get into it, but I can see Sonic 2 beating many Mario games.

Did Sonic ever laugh though?

No, but he didn't wear makeup either.

 

[Mario Kart]

This is where your fanboy comes out. I don't want to get into it, but I can see Sonic 2 beating many Mario games.

Did Sonic ever laugh though?

No, but he didn't wear makeup either.

Untrue. When have you seen a blue hedgehog in the wild? Clearly he dyed his hair.

 

[madshot31]

fine, let me rephrase that... is it gonna beat Mario 1, 3, World, 64, Galaxy, or Galaxy 2?as good as Sonic was (and it was good), I just don't see it beating any of those games... They were too good, game-changing, and important...

Maybe Galaxy, but not the others. But its still a steal that I'll take every time at 14.10.

 

[madshot31]

This is where your fanboy comes out. I don't want to get into it, but I can see Sonic 2 beating many Mario games.

Did Sonic ever laugh though?

No, but he didn't wear makeup either.

Untrue. When have you seen a blue hedgehog in the wild? Clearly he dyed his hair.

Good stuff.

 

[larry_boy_44]

fine, let me rephrase that... is it gonna beat Mario 1, 3, World, 64, Galaxy, or Galaxy 2?as good as Sonic was (and it was good), I just don't see it beating any of those games... They were too good, game-changing, and important...

Maybe Galaxy, but not the others. But its still a steal that I'll take every time at 14.10.

that was kinda my point... It IS a good pick at this point, but if there are, AT MINIMUM, 5 games in this category just in one other series better than this one, you can only expect it to go so early... a lot of categories only have 6 or 7 games in them...

 

[SlaX]

How are the flex spots being judged anyhow? I propose they be ranked by picking the picks out of a hat.

 

[madshot31]

How are the flex spots being judged anyhow?

Just taking all 26 games and putting them rank 1-26. Both arcade and the flex categories have the most interpretation by the specific judge since they don't have the time frame or genre restrictions.

 

[madshot31]

We are still looking for judges for these categories if any onlookers want to be a part of it.

Fifth Generation (1993-2001) - Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Game Boy Color, 3DO, Saturn, Jaguar, PC.

Racing

Fighter

Hack and Slash/Beat 'em Up

 

[Sea Ropes]

We are still looking for judges for these categories if any onlookers want to be a part of it.

Fifth Generation (1993-2001) - Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Game Boy Color, 3DO, Saturn, Jaguar, PC.Racing

FighterHack and Slash/Beat 'em Up

I'll judge 5th Gen and Fighter if no one else wants to do it.

 

[madshot31]

We are still looking for judges for these categories if any onlookers want to be a part of it.

Fifth Generation (1993-2001) - Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Game Boy Color, 3DO, Saturn, Jaguar, PC.Racing

FighterHack and Slash/Beat 'em Up

I'll judge 5th Gen and Fighter if no one else wants to do it.

Alright, thanks.

 

[Abrantes]

I like the Sonic 2 pick even more, it's perhaps the greatest Genesis game ever. It's considerably better than the first Sonic imo. The combination of speed/boss fights in that game are just fun as hell. I'd of had no problem whatsoever taking this in the first 5 rounds of the draft.

Greatest Genesis game is Gunstar Heroes.

That was one of the most glaring omissions from the previous game draft. Just incredibly well-designed and straight up fun.

 

[SlaX]

I dont pick for a while, but my next pick is probably the "funnest" game i ever played. No way it gets taken

We need biggamer to come back and let us know what game is the "funnest" game he's ever played. He can't leave us hanging like that.

 

[Insein]

No hurry but in the list post, Villains is missing Kefka.

 

[biggamer3]

I dont pick for a while, but my next pick is probably the "funnest" game i ever played. No way it gets taken

We need biggamer to come back and let us know what game is the "funnest" game he's ever played. He can't leave us hanging like that.

sorry guys, was in gym. I take Crazy Taxi (arcade)

 

[SlaX]

pollardsvision's picks

14.13 Metal Gear Solid 4: Gun of the Patriots (2008) 7th Generation

15.1 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2003) 6th Generation

you're back up biggamer3

 

[biggamer3]

about my next pick i sent mad a PM with a question about it

 

[biggamer3]

Ok with the 15.2 pick i select SPLINTER CELL (Xbox) Action Adventure

The original Splinter Cell really redefined the stealth genre in a way Metal Gear first showed and then Splinter Cell perfected IMO.

I still love the original one the best from all the Splinter Cell games

 

[madshot31]

about my next pick i sent mad a PM with a question about it

Just sent the replay biggamer.

 

[madshot31]

Andy Dufresne selects,

15.03 Return to Castle Wolfenstein - FPS/TPS

 

[madshot31]

15.04 Dead Space - Xbox 360 - Suspense/Horror

 

[AcerFC]

Its late and I dont have my list so I will go with two of my favorite arcade classics. I have still not taken anything I have not played yet which makes me happy

15.5 Pong- Arcade, Flex

15.6 Centipede-Arcade, Flex

 

[Frostillicus]

The following picks are awesome:

ROUND 1

3. Andy Dufresne - Tecmo Super Bowl (NES) - ballsy, but accurate

5. AcerFC The Legend of Zelda (NES) - could have been #1 without issue

9. Slax Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) - I had more than one relative who wasn't a gamer get hooked on this

ROUND 2

7. wazoo11 Street Fighter II (Arcade) - one of few games I lined up at the arcade to play. I was always Ryu. Just like everybody else.

10. madshot31 NHL '94 (Genesis) - Yes. Man did we waste a lot of time having seasons of this.

ROUND 3

1. pollardsvision Mike Tyson Punch-Out (NES) - 007 373 5963

ROUND 4

2. Mario Kart Ganondorf Dragmire (Villain) - I love Zelda

5. Slax NBA Jam TE (Arcade) - who was better than Shaq and Penny? The other game I remember standing in line at the arcade for.

6. bmarks6161 Bowser (Villain) - all-time classic

13. pollardsvision Pro Wrestling (NES) - starman's flip kick and flying forearm don't get nearly enough credit

ROUND 5

12. Mario Kart Dragon's Lair (Arcade) - I don't know anything that made more people stare at a game they weren't playing

ROUND 6

FART

ROUND 7

4. Yo Mama Contra (NES) - Yes please.

5. AcerFC Resident Evil 2 (PS1) - Also yes.

8. bmarks6161 Double Dragon (Arcade) - Freaking steal right here.

11. rikishiboy Double Dribble (Arcade) - best basketball game ever. I would beat you 112-27.

ROUND 8

3. rikishiboy Minesweeper (PC) - this is either genius or stupid

ROUND 9

3. Andy Dufresne Tiger Woods PGA Tour '04 (PS2) - whichever one switched your swing from 3-click to analog stick was brilliant, hope you picked that one.

5. AcerFC Custers Revenge (Worst Game) - winner

12. Mario Kart Baseball Stars (NES) - good chance this is the best pick of the whole draft

ROUND 10

1. BlueDredSo Mega Man (Main Character) - good pick, under the radar

3. rikishiboy Golden Axe (Arcade) - I liked the dwarf

10. madshot31 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (Arcade) - Pretty sure this is #1 in my life in quarters dumped

13. pollardsvision Frogger (Arcade) - Can't go wrong.

ROUND 11

2. biggamer3 Deus Ex (PC) - In my life enjoyment, this is a first rounder

3. Andy Dufresne Mattel Handheld Football 1 (Handheld) - brilliant

ROUND 12

1. BlueDredSo Baldur's Gate 2 (PC) - #1 rpg

6. bmarks6161 Golden Tee Fore! (Arcade) - I don't even want to admit how much money I've dumped into this

ROUND 13

1. pollardsvision Blades of Steel (NES) - what sucked worse than not getting the shooting game at 2nd intermission?

5. Yo Mama Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) - revitalized Mario

6. Yo Mama The Simpsons (Arcade) - loved this

8. bmarks6161 Ryu (Main Character) - can you just combine all the Ryus from all the different games?

13. BlueDredSo Wii Sports (Wii) - revolutionary. I suck at all of them.

ROUND 15

1. pollardsvision The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Gamecube) - this brought me back to Zelda, and also got my wife hooked. Big sentimental favorite.