aboyd said:
You know, if it really bugs Codex natives that DA is winning, it might be slightly comforting to note that the poll is almost self-selecting for DA.
if you look through the DA threads you ll see the "old guard"(posters who joined before 2006) mostly enjoying Dragon Age. the haters are mostly the offspring of those joined since the codex turned into the inofficial CDP and offical "we hate bioware & bethesda whatever they do" forum.
By that I mean, when presented with a list of stuff to vote for, people vote for the familiar, so popular shit remains popular shit. But just because McDonald's sells the most doesn't mean it's the best.
and just because McDonalds mostly sells mainstream shit doesnt change that certain stuff there can still taste pretty fine and that the oh so elite food might often be little more than overhyped (by a niche) drek.
If we had a poll where we rated the quality of the games on a 5-star basis, it's possible that KotC would get a dozen 4 or 5 star ratings, which might handily trounce DA's 200 3 star ratings.
if we had another witcher patch in the poll, KOTC wouldnt have gotten more than 2-3 votes - its the "look at how codex i am" option.
The poll as it currently stands allows a majority of people who are only familiar with a game that is "pretty OK" to overrun a minority of people who have experienced a game that is amazing.
except KOTC isnt amazing, everything about it apart from half-way decent combat is mediocre or utter shit and most importantly if you are truly gifted with the trait of "immunity to shit graphics" you would be using that gift to play the fuck out of the 30~ truly oldschool cRPGs that look just as terrible if not even better but have 10times the gameplay.
wasting such a gift on 08/15 drivel like KOTC just because its indie is an insult to anyone who doesnt have said gift - i know i would be done with games for the rest of my life if graphics werent an issue because there s fuckton of amazing games i could replay over and over and never get bored. Star Trail, Wizardries, Dark Sun, Darklands etc. etc., how many of the KOTC voters ever played those games ? but yeah, when your favourite cRPG is the witcher, i can see how seeing remotely decent combat (as long as its not from evil bioware ) gets your panties all wet.
So take heart. The disappointing results here may simply be a flaw of the poll itself.
dont see the results as disappointing. any codexer whose opinion is worth jackshit was pleasantly suprised by DA even though nobody went as far as claiming it the best game ever..... the rest is the meme-morons who simply want to show their hardcore, oldschool attitude ignoring that most of them were still pissing their pants during the golden age of cRPGs , know them only from hearsay & GoG and cant even tell apart an action-adventure from a proper cRPG.
there might be a few exceptions like skyway of which i still dont know whether he s just a good troll or someone with way too high standards for his own good, but at least when that dude rips DA a new one he comes fresh from playing star trail, not shit like SoZ or the witcher (which is a decent game overall but utter shit as RPG).
