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And the VGA winner is...

Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth 74 24.83%
 
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree 37 12.42%
 
Astro Bot 98 32.89%
 
Metaphor: Fantazio 39 13.09%
 
Wukong: Black Myth 32 10.74%
 
Balatro 18 6.04%
 
Total:298
Random_Matt 4 hours ago

I guess FF7 wins, although our 10% input means diddly squat.



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haxxiy 3 hours ago
HoloDust said:

FF7 is important game for many reasons, but not the most important RPG in (video) gaming - that title goes to Ultima (and to some extent Wizardry, but its influence is more important for JRPGs).

I honestly think if we turned back the clock and restarted gaming from the 1980s, almost every gameplay and industry idea would have reappeared sooner or later because most of them are quite obvious or emergent and don't require many steps to find. It's just like convergent evolution in that regard, if it works it works.

It's fair to give the most credit to whoever implemented a given idea and found the most success, not who just happened to be first. Of course, though, you do you.



 

 

 

 

 

axumblade 2 hours ago
Random_Matt said:

I guess FF7 wins, although our 10% input means diddly squat.

Our voting basically is the tiebreaker if it’s super close. A part of me is OK with that considering that people who want one specific game to win or lose will find a way to manipulate the system but, I do think it should be more than 10% of the vote. Maybe 25-30% would be a good compromise



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HoloDust 2 hours ago
haxxiy said:
HoloDust said:

FF7 is important game for many reasons, but not the most important RPG in (video) gaming - that title goes to Ultima (and to some extent Wizardry, but its influence is more important for JRPGs).

I honestly think if we turned back the clock and restarted gaming from the 1980s, almost every gameplay and industry idea would have reappeared sooner or later because most of them are quite obvious or emergent and don't require many steps to find. It's just like convergent evolution in that regard, if it works it works.

It's fair to give the most credit to whoever implemented a given idea and found the most success, not who just happened to be first. Of course, though, you do you.

It probably would - Ultima was not the first to try to be VG D&D counterpart (although without the license, so not carbon copy of it).

What many younger people, or those who just don't know much about RPGs outside of JRPGs, is how influential Ultima was (and still is) - and I don't blame them, since JRPGs were first contact with RPGs for many.