Vote Oddworld in to the Smithsonian -

Crashpunk · #61 05-05-2011, 11:13 AM

I had a feeling it wouldn't win. Oh well.

STM · #62 05-05-2011, 11:25 AM

At least Fallout won, that was my second vote. I agree with Nexy on this, it's just whatever game you know you vote for...would have been nice to see the stats though, to see how close it was.

Hulaabeo · #63 05-06-2011, 12:53 PM

Its shameful Oddworld didn't get in. People just voted for their favorite game, they didn't put any thought into their vote. Its ART OF VIDEOGAMES. Oddworld has amazing background and depth to it.

Manco · #64 05-06-2011, 01:12 PM

At least Okami and Earthworm Jim made it in.

T-nex · #65 05-06-2011, 09:21 PM

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Its shameful Oddworld didn't get in. People just voted for their favorite game, they didn't put any thought into their vote. Its ART OF VIDEOGAMES. Oddworld has amazing background and depth to it.

But thats exactly the thing. Oddworld would have been a perfect representation of ART in games.... Dunno about MGS... Ive been backseater a few times for people who played it, and it seemed like a very exciting games with a good story. But when it gome to art, Oddworld just takes the cake. That's why i think these voting contests just dont cut it very well

Anyway I also voted Starcraft and Command and Conquer. THough I think C&C should have won as that was the game that set out the basics for what the next few RTS games would be like... Like CnC and Dune was the mother and father of RTS.

>_< Well Obviously Im just rambling.

Varrok · #66 05-07-2011, 01:54 AM

Unfortunately, MGS is a perfect represenation of art in games, just like Oddworld, it's a shame they fell the the same vote category... MGS sure is more popular than Oddworld :/

Manco · #67 05-07-2011, 03:45 AM

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Unfortunately, MGS is a perfect represenation of art in games, just like Oddworld

I don't know if I can agree with that, but I do think the "one game per group" setup was pretty unfair. If it was just a "here's the list of videogames from this era, vote for your favourite five", the results could have been very different.

Steamer_KING · #68 05-07-2011, 05:04 AM

I can't really say MGS deserves the art spot, even being a MGS fanatic from 1996, but MGS2 takes that role completely well. The thing about Metal Gear is that, although the artistic direction from them is quite different from Oddworld, one being 90% inspired on reality and other 100% fiction, both games pass their themes, messages and resolutions to make a better world or Oddworld. And since art can be defined by passing themes, politic directions, resolutions to the world, etc., I think both are great contenders. AND, if you know both series, you know that the purpose for both games isn't that far fetched as many of you think.

Now, the voting system? Not really good, as said above, it's more like a popularity contest.

Manco · #69 05-07-2011, 05:49 AM

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AND, if you know both series, you know that the purpose for both games isn't that far fetched as many of you think.

Foxdie...?

Nanomachines.

Steamer_KING · #70 05-07-2011, 08:20 AM

Don't count MGS4 and you'll be a happy man. The series now is just going downhill...the last really good one was MGS2.

Daxter King · #71 05-08-2011, 10:56 AM

If it was a popularity contest then CoD would have won every category it was in. Halo 3 would have beaten Bioshock, etc. The only thing I found strange is Halo 2 being there but not Halo 1.

ITT:"People have different opinions than mine, the system must be broken"

Manco · #72 05-08-2011, 01:10 PM

Bioshock is also a very popular game, you know.

Also Halo 3 has received a lot of hate and criticism from people, despite its huge sales.