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An analysis of GAD winners' choices over the last 2 months dcwhen selecting their prize for Gameaday and Extra Gameaday has produced some interesting figures:
10 winners chose:
Grand Theft Auto 3
6 winners chose:
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Pro Evolution Soccer
WWF Smackdown: Just Bring It
5 winners chose:
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
4 winners chose:
SSX Tricky
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Devil May Cry
3 winners chose:
007 Agent Under Fire
Pokemon Stadium 2
Gran Turismo 3
Mario Kart Super Circuit
The remaining winners chose from amongst 41 other assorted titles as varied as Microsoft Train Simulator, Paper Mario, Klonoa 2 and F1 2001.
So Grand Theft Auto 3 clearly is the discerning choice of the GAD winner, with Xtreme Sports and of course footie making up the majority of other selections.
Will this trend continue? Or will MGS2 start to take priority in gamers' minds and storm up the chart? Will Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance ever be picked as a GAD? Will more than just one winner select Return to Castle Wolfenstein now that its virtues of gaming goodness are being extolled in the forums?
What are you thinking of getting for your next GAD?
10 winners chose:
Grand Theft Auto 3
6 winners chose:
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Pro Evolution Soccer
WWF Smackdown: Just Bring It
5 winners chose:
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
4 winners chose:
SSX Tricky
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Devil May Cry
3 winners chose:
007 Agent Under Fire
Pokemon Stadium 2
Gran Turismo 3
Mario Kart Super Circuit
The remaining winners chose from amongst 41 other assorted titles as varied as Microsoft Train Simulator, Paper Mario, Klonoa 2 and F1 2001.
So Grand Theft Auto 3 clearly is the discerning choice of the GAD winner, with Xtreme Sports and of course footie making up the majority of other selections.
Will this trend continue? Or will MGS2 start to take priority in gamers' minds and storm up the chart? Will Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance ever be picked as a GAD? Will more than just one winner select Return to Castle Wolfenstein now that its virtues of gaming goodness are being extolled in the forums?
What are you thinking of getting for your next GAD?
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I chose Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 for N64. It has had good reviews, I have played the pc demo, and RBS says its good. So, hell, if its crap. I can still sell it. But I won't Becuase it will be good. It will....
Street Fighter wrote:
> Mattyboy wrote:
> Splashdown - PS2 - I want it but I dont want to buy
> it!!
Very well-put there Mattyboy.
I want it but I don't want to buy it -
> It's like you read my mind. But on the other hand, I would not choose it as a
> GAD prize. A GAD prize gives you the chance to choose a £45 title, proving
> you want it of course. In regards to Splashdown, I would wait until the prize
> tag drops to £20 or £25. After all...they are always a few shops
> here and there, where you can try the games out every once in a while - Funny, I
> never take advantage of them.
My mistake, I meant 'providing you want it'
This typo thing is so annoying
> Mattyboy wrote:
> Splashdown - PS2 - I want it but I dont want to buy
> it!!
Very well-put there Mattyboy.
I want it but I don't want to buy it -
> It's like you read my mind. But on the other hand, I would not choose it as a
> GAD prize. A GAD prize gives you the chance to choose a £45 title, proving
> you want it of course. In regards to Splashdown, I would wait until the prize
> tag drops to £20 or £25. After all...they are always a few shops
> here and there, where you can try the games out every once in a while - Funny, I
> never take advantage of them.
My mistake, I meant 'providing you want it'
This typo thing is so annoying
Mattyboy wrote:
> Splashdown - PS2 - I want it but I dont want to buy it!!
Very well-put there Mattyboy.
I want it but I don't want to buy it - It's like you read my mind. But on the other hand, I would not choose it as a GAD prize. A GAD prize gives you the chance to choose a £45 title, proving you want it of course. In regards to Splashdown, I would wait until the prize tag drops to £20 or £25. After all...they are always a few shops here and there, where you can try the games out every once in a while - Funny, I never take advantage of them.
> Splashdown - PS2 - I want it but I dont want to buy it!!
Very well-put there Mattyboy.
I want it but I don't want to buy it - It's like you read my mind. But on the other hand, I would not choose it as a GAD prize. A GAD prize gives you the chance to choose a £45 title, proving you want it of course. In regards to Splashdown, I would wait until the prize tag drops to £20 or £25. After all...they are always a few shops here and there, where you can try the games out every once in a while - Funny, I never take advantage of them.
But that can be picked up real cheap now.
Actually I'd like Delta Force 3.
=B0p
=B0p
Splashdown - PS2 - I want it but I dont want to buy it!!
I want more dreamcast stuff...
SSX Tricky
i would get jak and daxter
Your Honour wrote:
> FM is right in a way.
I hadn't won for ages, but then won twice in a week -
> with a couple of posts that I just thought would be a good idea to write.
>
One was a game idea based (kind of) on a manic weekend I'd had (it was a
> mates 21st birthday). And the other was about humour in games. I just realised
> there weren't many funny games about, wrote a few things down, and it
> won.
The best way is not to try to win.
Just write, enjoy the
> chat/discussion here and see what happens.
Another good point by Your Honour
> FM is right in a way.
I hadn't won for ages, but then won twice in a week -
> with a couple of posts that I just thought would be a good idea to write.
>
One was a game idea based (kind of) on a manic weekend I'd had (it was a
> mates 21st birthday). And the other was about humour in games. I just realised
> there weren't many funny games about, wrote a few things down, and it
> won.
The best way is not to try to win.
Just write, enjoy the
> chat/discussion here and see what happens.
Another good point by Your Honour
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