Desert Island Video Game Draft Playoffs - Round 2 (#3 SLAB vs. #6 Capt. Factorial)

[Capt. Factorial]

SLAB​

1. The Last Of Us (PS5)
2. Bloodborne: GOTY Edition (PS4)
3. Secret of Mana (SNES)
4. Final Fantasy VI (SNES)
5. Undertale (PC)
6. Resident Evil 2 (PS1)
7. Diablo III Eternal Collection (PS4)
8. Dragon Age Inquisition: GOTY Edition (PS4)
9. The Binding of Isaac: Repentance (PC)
10. Rocksmith (Xbox One)
11. Red Dead Redemption (PS3)
12. Pokemon GO (Mobile)
13. The Simpsons (Arcade)
14. Grand Theft Auto Online (PS5)
15. The Last Of Us Part II Remastered (PS5)



vs.

Capt. Factorial​

1. Super Mario Bros. (NES)
2. Tetris (NES)
3. Metroid (NES)
4. Astro Bot (PS5)
5. The Legend of Zelda (NES Mini)
6. Myst (Macintosh)
7. Pac-Man (Arcade)
8. Centipede: Recharged (PS5)
9. Final Fantasy (NES)
10. River Raid (Atari 2600)
11. Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES)
12. Astrosmash (Intellivision)
13. Out Of The Park Baseball 21 (Macintosh)
14. Ice Hockey (NES)
15. Stray (PS5)

 

[admira1]

These are gonna hurt more as we go lol

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Nostalgia!

 

[Padrino]

Tricky, this one was. I really like the vibe of @SLAB's island, but it's weighted towards PlayStation experiences that I have largely missed out on, including Bloodborne, which is a game I have wanted to play for a long time now. @Capt. Factorial's list, by contrast, is like a stroll through the old neighborhood. There's some special and influential stuff there, and a couple of formative gaming experiences for me that are hard to ignore. So my vote went to Capt.'s island.

 

[Löwenherz]

I might have voted for Cap just so my prophecy would stay alive. (Not really)

Truth is SLAB has more games I adore or at least admire: The Last of Us, Secret of Mana, Final Fantasy VI, Undertale, The Simpsons, Red Dead Redemption (which I initially forgot was on his roster because it’s buried all the way down there at 11).

Even in saying that, I’ve played those 6 phenomenal games once (twice for SoM. One full play-through of The Simpsons after a PlayStation Store download).

But I’ve played Zelda II upwards of 20 times, and the original Zelda and Final Fantasy something like a dozen. Throw me on an island with those three, plus old pallet cleanser standbys of SMB, PAC-Man, Ice Hockey, and even Metroid, some interesting modern PS5 games with a retro feel in Astro Boy, Centipede: Recharged, and Stray, and a super detailed Management Sim in OOTP Baseball and I really think I could make that work for the long haul.

Whole > sum of parts.

Captain, it’s been an honor.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Captain, it’s been an honor.

Welp. To be honest, I never intended to win this thing in the first place, I really just wanted to start the TDOS draft concept up again and went with the winning vote, despite it falling well outside my realm.

Congrats, SLAB! Best of luck in the rounds to come! (Next up: Padrino)