Runoff vote 2008, Game of the Year

[The_Liquid_Laser]

SvennoJ said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

Glad to see Valkyria Chronicles getting a lot of love in the comments.  It's my personal favorite from this year, but I didn't put it in the poll, because it neither got ultra high reviews or ultra high sales.  It is simply an awesome game though.

Will vote for it again in the runoff :p

SSBB will likely take the lead but I don't see anything else having the momentum to reach 2nd place over Other.

Valkyria Chronicles is a classic like Demon's Souls. Such a mistake to put the sequel on PSP :/ If the sequel had launched on ps3 and 360 instead, things could have turned out very differently. Imagine Dark Souls having been exclusive to PS Vita...

That's a good point.  Valkyria Chronicles and Demon's Souls were both niche games with a cult following when they released.  But Demon's Souls got a chance to gradually get a bigger following because of the Dark Souls games.  

I played Valkyria Chronicles 2 on the PSP and it isn't nearly as good as the first game.  And VC3 didn't even leave Japan.  Valkyria Chronicles 4 is a proper sequel to the first game, but the series kind of lost hype/sales momentum when the sequels changed platforms and one didn't leave Japan.  (See also Dragon Quest.)