Last week was a fighting genre fight to the death. The clash of old versus new brought out all sorts of supporters and critics. The thought process of many of the comments was logical, balanced, compelling and downright a pleasure to read. Some of the numerous topics that were covered include gameplay differences, art style choices, online community support, response to professional tournaments, and the list of worthwhile discussions went on and on. Both health bars dwindled dangerously low, but in the end one game got the last hit in. Here are the final results:
- BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (77 votes) -- Winner!
- Street Fighter IV (66 votes) -- NOT INDEEESTRUCTABLE!
This week we focus on l0cke's recent debate suggestion in the comments, and, judging by his Dtoid avatar, I think I know who he will be voting for! For myself, and probably most of you, it will be a much harder decision. Both choices helped define their saga of PC gaming, and both guns expanded the roles that FPS games could fulfill.
Which gun do you like better, and why? What aspect is it that made your mind up? The visuals it offered? The unique gameplay experience combined with its impact on level design? Tell us your thought process! Give it some serious thought, get some FPS friends to share their opinions as well, and check back next week for the winner.
P.S. Tonight is the annual (and Chad-MAZING!) Perseid meteor shower from midnight to 5 A.M. So get your butts outside and enjoy the show while you contemplate which weapon you will be voting for this week!
Contest:
10:30 PM on 08.11.2009
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Ragdolls man.
I can carry stuff with my hands. I can't open portals with my hands.
As for my vote . . . I'm not joking. I'll see you guys in an hour or so. I'm going to make my decision while watching the meteor shower outside, which had better not fucking be ruined by these looming clouds everywhere! Fuck you Lakitu! Get out of my life!
Plus, I would have waaaaaaayyyyyy more fun with it.
I have no need for a gravity gun but at least 3 reasons to own a portal gun.
...don't ask.
when you first pick it up you're like duuuude
and the last time you pick it up (end game) you're like SWEEEET
Would only vote for the other one if it was in it's "super" state.
on the other hand the gravity gun doesn't defy the space time continuum.
Portal Gun by a hair.
Portal gun.
Portal Gun.
PORTAL GUN
The gravity gun blew my mind when it came out, but so did the portal gun.
I'm going to have to vote for the gravity gun. Would Portal even exist if there had been no gravity gun?
This is hard, but luckily for me, theres a handy tie-breaker: Half Life 2 Deathmatch.
Unfortunately for the Portal gun, it cannot allow me to mercilessly kill my friends (and strangers) with barrels, boxes, bathtubs, and gas tanks like the Gravity gun can. So Gravity gun gets the win!
I gotta go with my heart, even though I love that Portal Gun, it wouldn't be here today without the Gravity Gun being created first. So I'm goin' with the Gravity Gun only because w/o it we wouldn't have the Portal Gun. And I love that Portal Gun.
Thanks Gravity Gun!
The gravity gun is basically the power of levitation and move everything around me however I see fit with the press of a trigger.
Also, as ajaxender said, it means death.
I'm still undecided. Very good points have been made for both sides so far. I'm gonna eat and give the skies another scan and then come back with my vote.
Also, any suggestions for next week's debate?
If I wanted to rob a bank (HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING) I could just do this the sneaky way and use the portal gun to shoot one into the Vault and another into my room so whenever they close I can just jump through my room and take any amount I need.
OR
I can do this the sadistic sociopathic way and use the gravity gun to toss the security, LAPD, and army around like ragdolls and just take everything I need with the satisfaction of being omnipotent and unstoppable.
Hmm.... GRAVITY GUN
Final Answer.
but, like many, i came to that age old question of, "Do you want to divide by zero?"
yes, yes i do.
vote: portal gun.
Besides, the portal gun's colours will match my outfit better. Very important too.
Doors don't let me flip cars, throw explosive barrels straight into the air to see where they land or slice the heads off zombies with buzzsaws.
Seriously, portals have existed in games forEVER whereas the HL2 grav gun introduced awesome new physics and gameplay possibilities. It's obviously cooler to say the portal gun, because everyone gets plus cool points for mentioning Portal anyway, but there is NO WAY it was more influential to game design, more fun to use OR more original than the grav gun.