GameFAQS best game evar tournament has Shenmue VS GTA V

[Englishhedgehog]

This seems like an extremely unfair matchup. But either way, feel free to go there and vote for it. You have to pick other games to vote for as well, but ya don't need an account.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/

[BlueMue]

Oh, I didn't notice they started this yearly kind of contest. Pretty mean to Shenmue up against a game like this in the first round. We should try to vote for Shenmue anyway and spread it around (where it hasn't been yet).

[ShenGCH]

Funny thing is, a number of the games they've put up for vote simply aren't games that could be considered the best ever, especially the ones in this particular round. Shovel Knight, Fallout: New Vegas, BioShock Infinite, Splatoon, Borderlands 2, and Destiny? Sure, it's subjective, but the implications of these kinds of polls is akin to something definitive, thanks in no part to how limited it is. Where's Braid, Super Meat Boy, Street Fighter games, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games, Tekken 3, DOOM, Counter-Strike, etc.? They've got some excellent games on there, for sure, but it's certainly a mixed bag of obvious contenders and the eyebrow-raising.

It's a pretty unfair competition, too. Obviously GTA V is going to win by sheer numbers, as opposed to the actual quality of the game itself, and putting it up against Shenmue is utterly stupid because a large percentage of those who have played and will vote for GTA V have probably never even heard of Shenmue. Mario fans will flock straight to Super Mario RPG, too. And what business does Shovel Knight have going up against San Andreas?

Why not just have a straight-up selection instead of the whole [game] vs. [game] thing?

[Let's Get Sweaty]

Why not just have a straight-up selection instead of the whole [game] vs. [game] thing?

You know why.

Because it's not about deciding the best game ever, it's about driving traffic to the website on a daily basis for as long as they can drag it out for.

[Axm]

Dumb matching. A recently released game from an uber popular franchise that has mass market appeal vs. a game people forgot existed until the recent E3.
Might aswell have put it up against FF7 or Zelda.. its like they wanted it to loose asap.

Edit: and in other news, the next poll they did The Witcher 3 vs. a random unpopular indie game.
Yup. Not exactly a good polling system they got going on.
Then again, its GameFaqs..

[johnvivant]

i saw this on twitter yesterday and voted. shame about the draw against gta, but shenmue is still doing quite well despite it, which is nice to see.