Comments on: HMB’s Video Game March Madness: 2nd Round Protagonist Division

By: radiant penguin

radiant penguin — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:55:43 +0000

Ughh. How is Perfect Dark beating Mega Man 2? I love Joanna as much as the next guy but. . . come on people.

By: DethPwn

DethPwn — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:28:50 +0000

I fear Halo 3 will claim the title it so fiercely does not deserve, but as Crazed pointed out, this is essentially a Halo website. In my personal opinion OoT is better than Halo 3 by that day’s standards, but not by this day’s.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that every good title has its run of leadership until it becomes obsolete in the face of modern gaming. (And in no way am I saying that Ocarina is obsolete, just that the standards have been raised exponentially)

By: IrishRebelA07

IrishRebelA07 — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:45:02 +0000

I like how this page has become a debate about OoT vs Halo 3. Obviously Halo 3 will win here, a site basaed around Halo mostly, and frequented by people who mostly were not around to play OoT when it came out. Really though, it can be summed up most simply by the revolutionary aspects of either game. Halo 3 was basically another upgrade to the Halo: Combat Evolved style gameplay, which is fine because you shouldn’t fix something that isn’t broken. They definitely introduced the greatest iterations of gameplay capture and level editor for a console game.

But then we turn back the clock to OoT. I only have to bring up one feature: Z-Target. The targetting system for OoT was perfect and absolutely revolutionary for the Console Action/RPG, Action/RPG in general. The graphic were fantastic for the time, and unlike most N64 games it wasn’t broken. N64 had some of the greatest games in history, but it also had the most broken games in history (Superman 64 anyone?). OoT’s story was absoutely epic, the world design was staggering, the puzzles were challenging (although occasionally annoying, damn Water Temple), the boss fights were absolutely epic….

The game just fit together so well. Honestly, I can’t see how any game could ever beat it out. It is consistently rated as the number one game of all time, and for good reason. It is simply awesome.

Ugh, I’m done with this topic, let’s just sit back and watch as the greatest games of our childhoods get slaughtered in this awesome tournament BS Angel so gratiously compiled. I am already looking forward to next year’s brackets!

By: BerserkerBarage

BerserkerBarage — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:04:52 +0000

“for hawty’s tournament, as in the real NCAA tourney, the better team does not always win. But isn’t fun to watch the outcome?!!”

You got me there. Good point.

~B.B.

By: triptup

triptup — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:53:05 +0000

this is after all, just a poll, where we all get a voice to be heard that, in the end, falls on one side or the other of a line of delineation. do not let this demarcation twist us into a frenzy of what is right and wrong. after all, we each have our own experiences that are understandable only to us. a critique is good only if one agrees with the person that has stated their opinion. let us create our own bracket winners based on our own opinions and know who our champion is in our hearts. for hawty’s tournament, as in the real NCAA tourney, the better team does not always win. But isn’t fun to watch the outcome?!!