Metreon: Walk of Game - vote for FINAL FANTASY! :: Final Fantasy XI

# Nov 01 2005 at 1:22 PM Rating: Decent

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How is it that Halo beat FF to the Walk in the first place? Don't get me wrong, awesome game and all, but methinks the paradigm created by some of the innovations FF brought along with it are a tad bit more important than smooth controls mixed in with purty graphics and an okay story.

This is sad

# Oct 31 2005 at 5:41 PM Rating: Decent

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This is sad. Not to say that FF or any of the top tier games in the list don't deserve to be there, but FF, Starcraft and Everquest have online cmomunities built around them. It is the very basis of the game (MMO). But a much more deserving game will not get the votes b/c it doesnt have that MMO aspect. Doom. That is right. Doom more then any of those games deserves the award.

Without FF, you would be missing out on an FF series. Without Starcraft, well, you would miss out on Starcraft. but without Doom, there is an entire branch of the gaming genre that would be missed.

RE: This is sad

# Nov 01 2005 at 1:17 PM Rating: Decent

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That's an arguable point, as I don't doubt that FPS would become its own genre at a certain point without Doom, but I'd have to agree with you for the most part.

Update, 10/31 (last voting day)

# Oct 31 2005 at 10:47 AM Rating: Decent

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Games/Characters
StarCraft 39.6%
EverQuest 32.4%
Final Fantasy 25.9%
Lara Croft (Tomb Raider) 19.5%
The Sims 17.8%
Tetris 17.1%
Frogger 16.8%
Pitfall Harry (Pitfall!) 16.6%
Space Invaders 16.6%
Pac-Man 16.6%
Doom 15.9%
Half-Life 15.9%
Civilization 15.8%
Grand Theft Auto 14.3%
Resident Evil 12.9%
Quake 11.4%
Donkey Kong 11.4%
Street Fighter II 11.0%
Samus Aran (Metroid) 10.7%
Mortal Kombat 10.6%
Castlevania 10.6%
Pong 10.3%
Myst 10.3%
Fox McCloud (Star Fox) 10.2%
Madden NFL 9.7%

Lifetime Achievement
John Carmack (Doom, Quake) 53.5%
Sid Meier (Civilization, Pirates!) 46.0%
Will Wright (Sim Series) 36.3%
Toru Iwatani (Pac-Man) 35.9%
Peter Molyneux (Populous, Fable) 28.3%

Update

# Oct 29 2005 at 5:47 PM Rating: Default

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Update:
EverQuest 34.1%
StarCraft 33.9%
Final Fantasy 27.4%
Lara Croft (Tomb Raider) 21.6%
The Sims 19.6%
Tetris 18.6%
Pac-Man 18.1%
Civilization 16.9%
Half-Life 16.8%
Doom 16.7%
Grand Theft Auto 15.5%
Resident Evil 14.0%
Donkey Kong 12.5%
Quake 12.0%
Street Fighter II 11.9%
Mortal Kombat 11.6%
Castlevania 11.6%
Samus Aran (Metroid) 11.5%
Fox McCloud (Star Fox) 11.2%
Pong 11.0%
Myst 11.0%
Frogger 10.8%
Pitfall Harry (Pitfall!) 10.7%
Madden NFL 10.6%
Space Invaders 10.6%

Other games

# Oct 29 2005 at 2:14 PM Rating: Decent

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I'm surprised Half-Life isn't as close to the top as it should be.

Disspointed in selection choices

# Oct 29 2005 at 8:57 AM Rating: Decent

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Little dissapointed no Dragon warrior/quest as nominee (started RPGs, basis for FF, in Japan outsells FF), no Sakaguchi (sp?), and that Halo won in the first-year (Halo was awesome, but too many history-defining series left out). There is one redeeming quality though, GTA ain't winning (lots of other games deserve their place before GTA, regardless of your personal GTA stance).

The winners from first year individuals are spot-on, but this year seems to be overrun by MMORPGs, but I guess thats to be expected seeing as it's on online poll.

Go Vote

# Oct 28 2005 at 11:30 PM Rating: Decent

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I voted, but it seems like there were many fine characters and games left out. I'd love to vote for Guybrush Threepwood as a character, or Max Payne for an innovative series (the graphic novel noir style is even cooler than the bullettime). And of course there are many more RPG series that should be on the ballot. Afterall, if Final Fantasy has a chance, Phantasy Star, Dragon Quest, and Lunar should too.

#REDACTED, Posted: Oct 28 2005 at 7:18 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) If they actaully got off their asses and did something to get rid of gilsellers and provided some customer service, I think they would deserve to win something.

FFXI support... but gotta like FF in general.

# Oct 28 2005 at 5:15 PM Rating: Decent

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Hate to be a hater, but with the game support of late from SE regarding FFXI Online... would be hard to lend them my vote.

Overall I give the Final Fantasy series a 9.8 out of 10 though. Great content and I've always enjoyed the games. Sad to see them falter on their most recent endeavour.

RE: FFXI support... but gotta like FF in general.

# Oct 29 2005 at 5:56 AM Rating: Decent

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I with you Beerificus, they aint getting my vote for that reason.

# Oct 28 2005 at 2:30 PM Rating: Decent

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After finally seeing Advent Children, I just have to vote for Final Fantasy. <3

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Thank god I stopped playing MMOs.

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# Oct 28 2005 at 2:01 PM Rating: Decent

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I typed

http://www.walkofgame.com/

into my browser, and voted for my fav's .. Final Fantasy of course was in there..
current rankings as of Oct 28 1400cst

Quote:

Games/Characters
EverQuest 32.5%
StarCraft 32.3%
Final Fantasy 27.0%
Lara Croft (Tomb Raider) 22.9%
The Sims 20.6%
Tetris 19.2%
Pac-Man 18.8%
Civilization 17.4%
Doom 16.6%
Half-Life 16.6%
Grand Theft Auto 15.3%
Resident Evil 14.3%
Donkey Kong 12.1%
Mortal Kombat 11.8%
Street Fighter II 11.8%
Quake 11.6%
Samus Aran (Metroid) 11.4%
Castlevania 11.2%
Pong 11.1%
Myst 11.0%
Space Invaders 10.9%
Pitfall Harry (Pitfall!) 10.9%
Fox McCloud (Star Fox) 10.9%
Frogger 10.9%
Madden NFL 10.8%

Lifetime Achievement
John Carmack (Doom, Quake) 48.3%
Sid Meier (Civilization, Pirates!) 41.5%
Will Wright (Sim Series) 41.0%
Toru Iwatani (Pac-Man) 39.8%
Peter Molyneux (Populous, Fable) 29.3%

Final Fantasy needs our votes!!!

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# Oct 28 2005 at 5:11 PM Rating: Decent

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Quote:

Pitfall Harry (Pitfall!) 10.9%

A little shocking...but it's nice to see gamers haven't forgotten about the past....

Oh noes!

# Oct 28 2005 at 1:46 PM Rating: Good

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Broken link.

RE: Oh noes!

# Oct 28 2005 at 2:00 PM Rating: Good

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Beaten to it. It should be a simple http://www.walkofgame.com/. Also note that you need to register on the site, but it doesn't take more then a minute and is only for a fair vote. =D

Edit: Messed with my link too. Just copy and paste. XD

Edited, Fri Oct 28 15:19:33 2005