It looks to me like the people who like RPG's and 1st person shooters have gotten more involved. Notice that the guy who created Doom is not beating Will Wright for lifetime acheivement, too.
I suspect you you might be right. I never liked the games my son likes--so much violence and gore. He gave me one of his to play and for a while it was rather interesting. That was Baldurs Gate. I liked some of the characters, exploring strange landscapes, meeting fanciful creatures, but I got tired of the fighting required. In any event, he has no interest in games like the Sims and would not vote for it, if asked to vote. And I think Mirelly is right, too. People who play the Sims games are not quite the same type of people who play the RPGs and shooter games. Are the Sims fansites where we find clothes and furniture downloads pushing the contest on Walk of Game? Does the membership of Sims fansites add up to the millions who play the game? The Sims2 official site is crowded but not THAT crowded. Huge numbers of Sims players don't seem to bother with going online except to get a patch or an occasional problem or bug resolved.
What really surprises me is how far down Half-Life is on the list. This game is considered the number 1 game of all time by many gaming sites. I switched from Resident Evil to Half-Life a couple days ago for my last vote. Half-Life changed what everyone thought FPS and Roleplaying games could do... like, for example, be the same thing. It took rushing monsters and showed us what an AI squad could do. It opened the door for unbelievably complex and rewarding story-based games, like Systems Shock 2. And its in like 12th place. I haven't seen word one about it on any of the Half-Life fan and news sites I frequent. I think this Walk of Game is not going to be a measure of a game's merit, but of the ability of fan sites and media sources to generate buzz.
Games/Characters EverQuest 38.7% Final Fantasy 29.5% Lara Croft (Tomb Raider) 24.0% The Sims 23.9% StarCraft 22.6% Tetris 20.5% Pac-Man 20.3% Grand Theft Auto 17.4% Civilization 17.1% Doom 16.6% Half-Life 15.9% Resident Evil 15.7% Donkey Kong 13.3% Mortal Kombat 12.4% Samus Aran (Metroid) 11.6% Pong 10.7% Street Fighter II 10.6% Myst 10.4% Quake 10.2% Frogger 9.9% Madden NFL 9.9% Pitfall Harry (Pitfall!) 9.9% Space Invaders 9.8% Castlevania 9.8% Fox McCloud (Star Fox) 9.5% Lifetime Achievement John Carmack (Doom, Quake) 47.5% Will Wright (Sim Series) 43.9% Toru Iwatani (Pac-Man) 40.5% Sid Meier (Civilization, Pirates!) 39.9% Peter Molyneux (Populous, Fable) 28.3%
Updated after I voted.. Games/Characters EverQuest 38.7% Final Fantasy 29.5% Lara Croft (Tomb Raider) 24.0% The Sims 23.9% StarCraft 22.6% Tetris 20.5% Pac-Man 20.3% Grand Theft Auto 17.4% Civilization 17.1% Doom 16.6% Half-Life 15.9% Resident Evil 15.7% Donkey Kong 13.3% Mortal Kombat 12.4% Samus Aran (Metroid) 11.6% Pong 10.7% Street Fighter II 10.6% Myst 10.4% Quake 10.2% Frogger 9.9% Madden NFL 9.9% Pitfall Harry (Pitfall!) 9.9% Space Invaders 9.8% Castlevania 9.8% Fox McCloud (Star Fox) 9.5% Lifetime Achievement John Carmack (Doom, Quake) 47.5% Will Wright (Sim Series) 43.9% Toru Iwatani (Pac-Man) 40.5% Sid Meier (Civilization, Pirates!) 39.9% Peter Molyneux (Populous, Fable) 28.3%
I would so vote....but I cant decide. The Sims are great and all....but I feel FF is the best rpg ever and I play starcraft more then the sims lol
The good news is this: last year all of the top 4 games got squares. If the same is true this year then the Sims have a shot.
Games/Characters EverQuest 38.1% Final Fantasy 28.6% The Sims 23.9% Lara Croft (Tomb Raider) 23.8% StarCraft 23.5% Tetris 20.3% Pac-Man 20.3% Civilization 17.4% Grand Theft Auto 16.8% Doom 16.5% Half-Life 15.9% Resident Evil 15.2% Donkey Kong 12.9% Mortal Kombat 12.0% Samus Aran (Metroid) 11.2% Pong 10.9% Frogger 10.5% Street Fighter II 10.4% Myst 10.4% Madden NFL 10.3% Pitfall Harry (Pitfall!) 10.3% Quake 10.3% Castlevania 10.3% Space Invaders 10.2% Fox McCloud (Star Fox) 9.9% Lifetime Achievement John Carmack (Doom, Quake) 47.3% Will Wright (Sim Series) 43.6% Sid Meier (Civilization, Pirates!) 40.4% Toru Iwatani (Pac-Man) 40.1% Peter Molyneux (Populous, Fable) 28.5%
Vote here We're getting there. Don't forget folks! You can vote every day until 31st Oct.... Can we also make sure to post up the voting link regularly .... (I'm putting in my sig as well!)
Starcraft is the single largest played RTS Worldwide. It has a MASSIVE following in Asia. And with all the South Korean votes I have no doubt it's gonna rock the vote. Unfortunately. :(
EverQuest 37.2% Final Fantasy 28.1% StarCraft 24.7% Lara Croft (Tomb Raider) 23.8% The Sims 23.6% Tetris 20.1% Pac-Man 20.1% Civilization 17.3% Grand Theft Auto 16.5% Doom 16.4% Half-Life 15.8% Resident Evil 15.0% Donkey Kong 12.7% Mortal Kombat 11.8% Samus Aran (Metroid) 11.1% Pong 11.0% Myst 10.6% Castlevania 10.6% Pitfall Harry (Pitfall!) 10.5% Frogger 10.5% Madden NFL 10.5% Quake 10.5% Space Invaders 10.5% Street Fighter II 10.5% Fox McCloud (Star Fox) 10.5% Lifetime Achievement John Carmack (Doom, Quake) 47.3% Will Wright (Sim Series) 43.4% Sid Meier (Civilization, Pirates!) 40.6% Toru Iwatani (Pac-Man) 40.0% Peter Molyneux (Populous, Fable) 28.7%
Games/Characters EverQuest 36.5% Final Fantasy 27.7% StarCraft 24.9% Lara Croft (Tomb Raider) 24.0% The Sims 23.3% Tetris 20.0% Pac-Man 20.0% Civilization 17.3% Doom 16.3% Grand Theft Auto 16.2% Half-Life 15.7% Resident Evil 15.0% Donkey Kong 12.7% Mortal Kombat 12.0% Pong 11.1% Samus Aran (Metroid) 11.1% Street Fighter II 10.8% Castlevania 10.7% Frogger 10.7% Space Invaders 10.7% Madden NFL 10.7% Myst 10.7% Quake 10.7% Fox McCloud (Star Fox) 10.7% Pitfall Harry (Pitfall!) 10.7% Lifetime Achievement John Carmack (Doom, Quake) 47.1% Will Wright (Sim Series) 43.2% Sid Meier (Civilization, Pirates!) 40.5% Toru Iwatani (Pac-Man) 40.3% Peter Molyneux (Populous, Fable) 28.8%
The gap netween Tomb Raider and The Sims is narrowing, today being only .7%. Vote! Make sure 1 is for the Sims and none for Tomb Raider, so the gap can be shrunk.
