Tbh i chose the one I did on the basis of a search at the time thinking it was nearest to the game. If I founds better or nearer I would have entered that.
That Genesis sound! *chef’s kiss.
ME2 and Phantasy Star 2 were both 5’s for me.
Oh I’m not complaining, the version you submitted is more compact and has a proper ending. I don’t think you’ll get anyone here scoring it differently.
Yeah it’s tricky, because the best version can only be heard when playing.
Group U Results:
- Nex Machina - 4.56
- Wonderful 101 - 3.83
- Marble Madness - 3.72
- Shadow Wach - 3.59
Group V Results:
- Rez - 3.75
- Phantasy Star 2 - 3.72
- Dear Esther - 3.61
- Mass Effect 2 - 3.5
That’s it for the group stage, everyone! I’ll set up the elimination bracket soon, and we’ll start voting on it next week.
Do you know who the wildcards are yet?
As far as I’m aware, the wildcards are as follows. I could have made some mistakes, though, or missed something about how they’re determined.
| Qt3 User | Game Title | Track Title | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| geggis | Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP | The Prettiest Weed | 4.18 |
| lordkosc | Super Mario Bros. | Overworld Theme | 3.93 |
| geggis | Super Hexagon | Focus | 3.92 |
| ArmandoPenblade | Stellaris | Creation and Beyond | 3.86 |
| Otagan | Freedom Fighters | Main Theme | 3.83 |
| Thraeg | Wonderful 101 | Jergingha: Planet Destruction Form | 3.83 |
| PlayingWithKnives | Homeworld 2 | The Keeper | 3.82 |
| lordkosc | Batman Arkham City | Arkham City Main Theme | 3.82 |
| Gordon_Cameron | Icewind Dale | Kuldahar theme | 3.81 |
| Soren_Hoglund | The Witcher 3 | Whispers of Oxenfurt | 3.78 |
I’ve created the bracket on Challonge here: https://challonge.com/9cvfe0n0 . If you go there, you should be able to register a prediction for how you think the bracket will play out for extra bragging rights.
Here are the results. The entries are seeded first by winning their group, and second by score (so the highest-scored group winner plays the lowest-scored non-winner in the first round, and so on).
Group Winners:
- Nex Machina - Dark Shivers ( * - 4.56) - Papageno
- Furi - You’re Mine ( * - 4.41) - ArmandoPenblade
- Frozen Synapse - A Functioning God ( * - 4.19) - Soren_Hoglund
- Cuphead - Aviary Action ( * - 4.19) - geggis
- VVVVVV - Pressure Cooker ( * - 4.07) - Nightgaunt
- Jets n Guns - Flight of the Toyota ( * - 4.06) - PlayingWithKnives
- Final Fantasy XIV - Ultima ( * - 4) - rossbob
- Remember Me - Chase Through Montmartre ( * - 3.95) - enidigm
- Hollow Knight - Greenpath ( * - 3.95) - Vesper
- Deus Ex - UNATCO Headquarters (original version) ( * - 3.89) - Shimarenda
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Icarus ( * - 3.87) - soondifferent
- Final Fantasy VI - Terra’s Theme ( * - 3.87) - CraigM
- Into the Breach - A.C.I.D. ( * - 3.83) - krayzkrok
- Offworld Trading Company - Red Planet Nocturne ( * - 3.76) - lordkosc
- Tower of Heaven - Indignant Divinity ( * - 3.75) - Thraeg
- Rez - Fear The Mind Killer ( * - 3.75) - PlayingWithKnives
- Nier: Automata - Memories of Dust (Medium and Dynamic) ( * - 3.74) - SadleyBradley
- No One Lives Forever - Main Theme ( * - 3.68) - Vesper
- Super R-Type - Solo Sortie ( * - 3.67) - NuclearWinter
- Outcast - Shamazaar Theme (World of Temples) ( * - 3.59) - Gordon_Cameron
- Chrono Cross - Time’s Scar (or Scar of Time) ( * - 3.55) - SadleyBradley
- Wolfenstein: The Old Blood - The Partisan ( * - 3.52) - anonymgeist
Wild Cards:
- Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP - The Prettiest Weed ( - 4.18) - geggis
- Super Mario Bros. - Overworld Theme ( - 3.93) - lordkosc
- Super Hexagon - Focus ( - 3.92) - geggis
- Stellaris - Creation and Beyond ( - 3.86) - ArmandoPenblade
- Freedom Fighters - Main Theme ( - 3.83) - Otagan
- Wonderful 101 - Jergingha: Planet Destruction Form ( - 3.83) - Thraeg
- Homeworld 2 - The Keeper ( - 3.82) - PlayingWithKnives
- Batman Arkham City - Arkham City Main Theme ( - 3.82) - lordkosc
- Icewind Dale - Kuldahar theme ( - 3.81) - Gordon_Cameron
- The Witcher 3 - Whispers of Oxenfurt ( - 3.78) - Soren_Hoglund
Missed it by that much:
- Crazy Comets - Title song ( - 3.76),Gordon_Cameron
- Octopath Traveler - Primrose’s Theme ( - 3.75),Thraeg
- Marble Madness - Level 2 ( - 3.72),Vesper
- Phantasy Star 2 - Title Screen ( - 3.72),enidigm
- No One Lives Forever - Berlin by Night ( - 3.71),Papageno
Basement Dwellers:
- Bionic Commando: Rearmed - Leap of Faith ( - 2.91) - Thraeg
- Metroid - Brinstar Theme ( - 2.82) - CraigM
- TIME FCUK - Isolated Showers ( - 2.79) - Left_Empty
- Spelunky HD - Title ( - 2.64) - Vesper
- I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MBIES 1N IT!!! - Title Track ( - 2.63) - ForgeForsaken
Feel free to check the full standings here and let me know if I made any mistakes (esp. @rossbob, who has been paying close attention). https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ezECH5UEZLVWgAsVGIJ1nXGGlM9oLl1SQdRGqQZP6r4/edit?usp=sharing
@forgeforsaken isn’t merely the worse scorer: he shares with me the honour of having not a single of his tracks making the cut!
In hopes of showing off how firmly my finger is or is not on the pulse of Qt3’s music tastes, I’ve thrown my bold prediction into the ring. I’ve utterly failed to account for revenge voting until the final round, in which Furi unseats Nex Machina in a glorious upset.
Prove me wrong, friends!
Also, thank you, @Thraeg, for setting all this up.
Ooo, thanks for ordering it with all the details. It’ll be interesting to see whether the higher scoring entries will beat out everything below when matched up. While it might be the basementest of dwellers, I MAED A GAM3 is still one of my favourites this 'dome. It’s off the rails.
Dyin’ time’s here.
Nooo, Crazy Comets :(
I mean it’s arguably the greatest SID chiptune of all time and it didn’t even make it out of the qualifying round.
/sadface
3 out of my 4 made it through. Damn I have good tastes.
And modest to boot 😎
Primroses theme (Octopath) is now on my mp3 player in my folk section so even it didn’t make it into the next round it still made it into my heart
Heh, as did 3 of mine. high five
It’s funny, three of mine went through but only one as a group winner. However, the two wildcards scored higher than most of the group winners. When I chose to submit Maiden In Black from Demon’s Souls I knew it was going to struggle so it was definitely a self-indulgent pick!
Only one of mine made it through, although that’s something I guess. I really wish the NOLF music had made a wildcard slot, because it’s extremely clever and catchy.
One of mine made it through, but scored lower than any of the wild cards. Gonna win it all!
