Results[]
Ulti's Analysis[]
| Division | Northeast |
|---|---|
| Match # | 13 |
| Match Date | Tuesday, October 26, 2010 |
| Vote difference | 1,728 |
| Oracle Expectations |
Tales of Symphonia - 52.40% 99 for - 31 against |
| GameFAQs Prediction |
Tales of Symphonia - 43.87% |
| Battle Contest Predictions |
Banked: 769 |
The reason for Wesker's sudden boost last year was fairly obvious, but this match went and proved it for good. Resident Evil 5, a 14 seed, was the bracket and battle favorite and was the lone game from the vote-in polls to do much of anything in the actual contest. However this is a site made for RPG fans, so Tales of Symphonia was able to never really be threatened here. One has to wonder how this would have gone in a day match, though.
Tales won in one of those "not as close as the percentages indicate" deals, and it kicked off a very entertaining bottom half of the bracket. Prime was a lock to make round 4 from the top, but the bottom half was filled with a bunch of games of similar strength. The only games that were guaranteed not to do anything were the two Left 4 Dead games. The other 6 -- Tales of Symphonia, Resident Evil 5, God of War, LittleBigPlanet, Grand Theft Auto 3 and Half-Life 2 -- could all have a case made for them where they could win three matches. And since Metroid Prime was always known for disappointing and Fallout 3 was an unknown commodity pre-contest, it wasn't far-fetched for the bottom half winner to possibly make a semifinal run. We all know now what happened, but pre-contest the semifinalist to come from these first two divisions was a pretty cool debate.
And then Tales/RE5 had a pretty good match to kick things off, and it's always nice when things live up to hype a bit.
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