Video Game Draft Playoffs - FINALS - "Game Over"

[SacKings7]

Welcome to the Video Game Draft FINALS! Before I start this I just wanna thank everyone who participated in this draft including the drafters, the voters, the followers, and the people who filled in for others when they couldn't make their pick. Special thanks to the commissioners of the other draft threads for giving me guidelines to go by with this whole thing, and also to GoGoGadget, who was willing to jump in in place of kingsfan916 on very short notice and put together a nice list.

Last round we had another minor upset with the #3 seed (myself) upsetting the #2 seed (tradepeja). Honestly I wasn't expecting to make it this far, but thanks to everyone who voted for me and keep it up!



But on to the voting!

Who should win the Video Game Draft?

#1 Löwenherz

Videos
1.11 - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) - Playstation 2
2.06 - The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006) - Nintendo Wii
3.11 - Super Mario World (1991) - SNES
4.06 - Neverwinter Nights: Diamond Edition (2005) - PC
5.11 - Chrono Trigger (1995) - SNES
6.06 - Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic (2003) - PC
7.11 - Mechwarrior 2: 31st Century Combat + Ghost Bear Legacy Expansion (1995) - PC
8.06 - Warcraft II: Tides Of Darkness + Beyond The Dark Portal Expansion (1995) - PC
9.11 - Mega Man III (1990) - NES
10.06 - Tecmo Super Bowl (1991) - NES
11.11 - ToeJam & Earl (1991) - Sega Genesis
12.06 - Sim City 2000 (Special Edition) (1995) - PC
13.11 - Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games (1995) - PC
14.06 - Day Of The Tentacle (1993) - PC
15.11 - Battlefield 1942 (2002) - PC
16.06 - Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) - Nintendo Wii
17.11 - MarioKart: Double Dash (2003) - Nintendo GameCube
18.06 - TMNT III: The Manhattan Project (1992) - NES
19.11 - Civilization II + Conflicts In Civilization And Fantasic Worlds Expansions (1996) - PC
20.06 - Soul Surfer (2002) - Arcade

Vs.

#3 SacKings7

Videos
1.05 - Final Fantasy VII (1997) - Playstation
2.12 - Super Metroid (1994) - SNES
3.05 - Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990) - NES
4.12 - The Legend Of Zelda (1987) - NES
5.05 - Perfect Dark (2000) - Nintendo 64
6.12 - Thief II: The Metal Age + Shadows Of The Metal Age Expansion (2000) - PC
7.05 - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots (2008) - Playstation 3
8.12 - Wave Race 64 (1996) - Nintendo 64
9.05 - Mega Man X (1994) - SNES
10.12 - Arkanoid (1986) - Arcade
11.05 - Mortal Kombat: Deception (2004) - Playstation 2
12.12 - Madden 09 (2008) - Playstation 3
13.05 - Paper Mario (2001) - Nintendo 64
14.12 - Banjo-Kazooie (1998) - Nintendo 64
15.05 - Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2003) - Playstation 2
16.12 - Rock Band 2 (2008) - XBox 360
17.05 - Carmageddon (1997) - PC
18.12 - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995) - SNES
19.05 - Time Crisis (1995) - Arcade
20.12 - Turok 2: Seeds Of Evil (1998) - Nintendo 64


Game Over.

 

[SacKings7]

Note: Since this is the finals, I'm gonna leave this draft open for a full week as opposed to 5 days

 

[tradepeja]

put my vote in for you Sac. I want to have been beaten by the champ.

 

[Bricklayer]

Balance and replayability of Lowenherz's list for the win.

 

[uolj]

I don't think I've voted for Löwenherz in any of the rounds until now. In the end, Warcraft II put it over the top for me.

 

[SacKings7]

Vote for the option to play fighting and music games! And even Chess! (MK: Deception;RB2)

 

[tradepeja]

Lowen's list is good, but SacKings takes it by having the what most say is the best Super Mario game (although I spit in nostalgia's face and think Galaxy is the best Mario), the best Metroid game, arguably the best Final Fantasy game (III for me), the first Zelda, arguably the best Metal Gear game, the only good game about jet ski racing, and a pile of other greats like Perfect Dark (I'll take my opinion that its far better than Goldeneye all the way to my grave), Paper Mario, Splinter Cell, and Banjo-Kazooie.

He might not have the replayability of Warcraft, Mechwarrior, and Civ2, but he wins on having far and away the most dominate line up of masterpiece action/adventure and RPG games.

 

[Bricklayer]

You forgot Lowenherz's Nevrwinter Nights toolset and SimCity replayability as well.

And he still picked up GTA, Zelda, Mario, Megaman etc.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I picked this on the strength of a single game, I hate to say. And at the time it was the deciding vote, and it still appears to be now. Oh well, Harmonix owns me and it was another banner week for Rock Band DLC.

Though Fallout 3 has cut into its play time.

 

[SLAB]

Rock Band 2 FTW.


That and I have really never played a single PC game ever extensively besides a month of Diablo 2.
So that instantly made me care a lot less of Lowenherz' list.

 

[Mad D]

Wouldn't it be funny if this ended in a tie, and the tie breaker ended in a tie.

...

No one else vote.

 

[SacKings7]

Wouldn't it be funny if this ended in a tie, and the tie breaker ended in a tie.

...

No one else vote.

I need one more person to vote...for me!

 

[Jerryaki]

wow, those are two really good line-ups.

 

[Mad D]

Looks like Lowenherz might win, smart he catered to the PC and Nintendo crowd

 

[JoMama]

Lowenherz's "Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition" is sooo worthy of greatness!

 

[SacKings7]

Congrats to Lowenherz!!!

I was hoping I wouldn't lose to someone with a Warcraft game on their list (I think they're way over-rated), but in any case, I'm glad to make it as far as I did, and the best list won. Thanks again to everyone who participated

 

[Löwenherz]

What a five month ride it's been. I honestly didn't think my mix of Nintendo and PC classics with a few modern favorites sprinkled in would make it past the second round.

But now we can all agree: 1995 was the best year of all time for video games.

Thanks everyone who voted for me, and for those whose vote I have yet to earn. I hear your voices and I will be your video game guru too.