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Edit: Dark fixed his ballot.

2nd Round has begun!

1st Round Results: 25. Guacamelee! 2 (6) vs. 40 Unravel Two (2) 26. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (3) vs. 39. Detroit: Become Human (5) 27. Yakuza 6: A Song of Life (6) vs. 38. A Way Out (2) 28. Octopath Traveler (7) vs. 37. Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee (1) 29. Shadow of the Tomb Raider (7) vs. 36. Battlefield V (1) 30. Hitman 2 (4) vs. 35. Overcooked! 2 (4) 31. Mega Man 11 (7) vs. 34. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (1) 32. MLB The Show 18 (3) vs. 33. Far Cry 5 (5) But wait, there's a tie! After going through a coin flip, the coin landed on tails meaning that the lower seeded, Overcooked! 2 will move on. Bracket: https://challonge.com/1wtbs8ns 2nd Round Matches: 1. God of War vs. 33. Far Cry 5 16. Iconoclasts vs. 17. The Messenger 8. Forza Horizon 4 vs. 25. Guacamelee! 2 9. Dragon Ball FighterZ vs. 24. Two Point Hospital 4. Monster Hunter: World vs. 29. Shadow of the Tomb Raider 13. Tetris Effect vs. 20. Valkyria Chronicles 4 5. Marvel's Spider-Man vs. 28. Octopath Traveler 12. Into The Breach vs. 21. F1 2018 2. Red Dead Redemption 2 vs. 31. Mega Man 11 15. Subnautica vs. 18. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age 7. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate vs. 39. Detroit: Become Human 10. Dead Cells vs. 23. SoulCalibur VI 3. Celeste vs. 35. Overcooked! 2 14. Return of the Obra Dinn vs. 19. Beat Saber 6. Assassin's Creed Odyssey vs. 27. Yakuza 6: The Song of Life 11. Astro Bot: Rescue Mission vs. 22. Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Deadline: December 17th

Four ballots so far with 1.5 days left in the 1st Round.

1.5 days left to vote.

Darkseid's Preview:

And we are live!

Last year's thread right here: Ladies and gentlemen, our 8th annual GOTY playoff tourney is finally here. Once again, 40 games will compete for TKOH Forum title of the 2017 Ultimate Video Game of the Year. First, let's do a FAQ. What is the Ultimate Video Games Battle? The Ultimate Video Games Battle (UVGB) is the forum's annual GOTY Playoff Tourney. The tourney began in 2011 and this will be our seventh annual tourney. What were the previous results? In 2011, the forum voted for Batman Arkham City to take home the first championship title while Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception was the runner up, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim won the third place match, and Deus Ex: Human Revolution rounded out the top 4 placings. In 2012, The Walking Dead: Season One was the winner with Dishonored coming in second, Borderlands 2 coming in third, and Assassin's Creed III taking fourth. In 2013, we had a close and interesting final result in which Grand Theft Auto V edged out BioShock Infinite in the finals by just one vote while The Last of Us defeated Tomb Raider in the third place match. In 2014, Dragon Age: Inquisition dominated its way to the top while South Park: The Stick of Truth was the runner up, Bayonetta 2 won the bronze medal, and The Walking Dead: Season Two finished in 4th. In 2015, The Witcher III: Wild Hunt won it all while Bloodborne took 2nd, Fallout 4 took 3rd, and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain took 4th. In 2016, we had some surprising results when Forza Horizon 3 won the gold while the runner up was Pokemon: Sun and Moon, the third place game was Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, and the fourth place game was Final Fantasy XV. In 2017, in a battle of Nintendo, it was The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild beating out Super Mario Odyssey to win it all while Persona 5 won 3rd and Nioh took 4th to round out the Top 4. Who can vote and how do I do it? Any registered forum member can vote. Everyone can vote with only one ballot in each round. In each round, YOU MUST VOTE IN EVERY MATCH for your round ballot to count. If I see you make a mistake, I will PM you, and then I will PM you again on the day before the round ends. If you don't fix your mistakes, your ballot will NOT count. If you're not sure on which of the two games in each match is better, just take an educated guess. When it comes to the semifinals, the two winners will advance to the finals and the two losers will face off in the third place match. How are the games selected? Beginning in 2013, I had a weekly power rankings throughout the year. Depending on where the game finished in the power rankings was how each game got their respective seed. I did the power rankings again this year, and when the releases ended, the top 40 games qualified for the tourney. The top 24 games are already in the second round while the 25-40 seeded games will face off in the first round for the last eight spots in the second round. What if there's a tie? Ties will be broken by the number of the votes each game received throughout the tournament (except the 1st Round vote) in which the game with the most votes added up per round will advance. Should a tie still be present, a coin toss will decide the winner. Schedule 1st Round - 12/11-12/14 2nd Round - 12/14-12/17 3rd Round - 12/17-12/20 Quarterfinals - 12/20-12/22 Semifinals - 12/22-12/24 Third Place Match - 12/24-12/26 Finals - 12/26-12/29 Note: Schedule could change if the mercy rule applies in which every match has a clear winner which would cause the round to end early. Bracket: https://challonge.com/1wtbs8ns 1st Round Matches: 25. Guacamelee! 2 vs. 40 Unravel Two 26. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 vs. 39. Detroit: Become Human 27. Yakuza 6: A Song of Life vs. 38. A Way Out 28. Octopath Traveler vs. 37. Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee 29. Shadow of the Tomb Raider vs. 36. Battlefield V 30. Hitman 2 vs. 35. Overcooked! 2 31. Mega Man 11 vs. 34. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 32. MLB The Show 18 vs. 33. Far Cry 5 HAVE FUN AND GET VOTING!!!

You say that like it's a problem.

You know one of the rule is to use the 40 highest rated games as well as the award winners. It's the battle of best of the best.

Average Metascore was too low to qualify.

Voting hasn't started. I was asking if those 40 games are fine for the bracket.

These are the 40 games that will compete in the 2018 Ultimate Video Games Battle starting tomorrow. Speak now or forever hold your peace.

So, God of War won GOTY. Thoughts?