Acquiescence

I made a thread on ResetEra, hope y'all don't mind.

Congrats to Nathan Drake. He's a pretty fantastic character all in all, so he's a deserved victor.

Kat or Trico would've been better for the top spot though.

Hopefully they've taken the feedback on board and transformed the game into a dating sim where you as the player have to try your darndest to woo the giant sexy snake babe.

Would explain why the game has been so quiet for so long.

It took a long time, but I finally get to see Aloy lose. That's revenge for Trico, Ratchet, Sully, Cloud and Kat, you freckle-faced wench!

I won't lie, I'm super salty that there was only a 12 vote difference between Kat and Aloy in the end.

She was so close.

Looks like Kat is out of this, due to bots.

This happened before when it was Kat v Kratos. There was a vote being added every minute in favour of Kratos and it was blatantly the work of a bot. What threw a spanner in the works is that the person responsible didn't realise voting ended prematurely, so it was all for nothing.

Honestly, if the mods here can't detect votes made by bot accounts, then yeah, this whole poll has been rendered irrelevant.

@BladeRider 90% of the reason I voted Kat is simply because I believe she is the superior character through and through. I enjoyed Horizon, but personality-wise I found Aloy to be very limp.

10% of the reason is because Aloy knocked out Trico, Victor and Cloud, all of whom I love. Ratchet is pretty cool too.

How does a fanbase coming together to vote for one character constitute as rigging when literally any other fanbase is as capable of doing the same?

If there's one person who's making bot accounts and voting again and again, then sure, the vote is "rigged." But is that what's happening? Hopefully the admin/mods here are able to detect such activity.

Oh boy, here we go again.

Another drama-filled round no doubt.

Two of the greatest games ever made.

What a quiet month. So many games coming out from September onwards could've really benefited from coming out in July, like say Dragon Quest XI.

@YeYa New users joining the site in order to vote is not "rigging." Literally any fanbase can do the same thing. Isn't the main purpose of this tournament to bring increased traffic to the site anyway? Perhaps it's a good thing that so many Gravity Rush fans are discovering Push Square.

What is a big concern is when individuals start create bot accounts in order to turn the tables, like what was happening at the end of the Kat v Kratos round, when a vote for the latter was being added per minute. I don't know if there's anything the admin here can do about that though.

It's no fun if I can't vote for Kat.

On an individual level, I couldn't care less about crossplay. The only reason I want Sony to change its stance on the matter is so I can finally stop hearing about this so called 'controversy'.

Sorry, I don't know how to post images properly on here, but this is what I was referring to in terms of the Twitter counterattack...

https://imgur.com/a/ZbJ6umN

The truth is, GoW fans orchestrated a counterattack on Twitter as an attempt to even the odds (the proof of which can be seen in the comments of the last round), but it didn't really pan out. I think it only added 20 or so votes in favour of Kratos. So for all this complaining about GR fans assembling on Twitter, the very same was done on the opposite side. It just wasn't as effective. Who's fault is that?

As for Kratos getting a huge resurgence of votes in the last day or so, there was definite foul play involved there. I was refreshing the page per minute at one point, and every time I did the poll increased by one vote in favour of Kratos. It definitely had the feeling of one person creating new accounts over and over again to vote for the same person.

In terms of design and personality, Kat absolutely deserves to have made it this far. She's a wonderful character in all aspects.

This week I voted Nathan Drake. Ellie's cool and everything, but Nate is far easier to like. He's incredibly charismatic, funny and an occasional goofball. These are all great traits for a protagonist to have. I hope the final round is between him and Kat.

There are votes being added every time I refresh the page. Seems a bit suspect this late into the poll.

As an expert in the Japanese language, I can reveal to the more unenlightened among you that 良い translates as 'good'.

You're welcome.

Can I vote for Microsoft please?

That's one hell of an uphill battle for Kat.

All we can rely on now is for the Gravity Rush Twitter Brigade to try and save the day.

We getting super cereal now.

Cloud Strife all the way baby. The protagonist of my all time favourite game.

Voted Sonic and Sackboy.

I thought I was the only one who loved dunking french fries into milkshakes.

Kat is in the top 8, how cool is that!

This week I voted Nathan Drake and Crash. Both were easy choices for me. Nate is charm personified and Crash is an old-school PS icon.

To the surprise of absolutely no one.

I like Joel and Kratos (at least in the new game) a fair amount, so I'm not too fussed about whichever way that one goes, but KAT! VOTE KAT! KAT IS THE BEST!

I hate filling out surveys, but I did it because you asked nicely.

Rooting for Sully and Cloud. Sully is practically the best thing about Uncharted and Cloud is the protagonist of my all-time favourite game.

Snake
Sonic
Sackboy
Spyro

All my picks are winning, yessss!

Who needs the SS when you've got the SSSS.

I'm kind of amazed anyone gives a s**t about Anthem at this point.

May is Detroit month for me. I love Heavy Rain, and Detroit strikes me as being QD's comeback game after the dreadfully boring and uninvolving Beyond.

I remember when Jill Vs Kat was seemingly locked in at 53% to 47%. Kat got a big influx of votes in the last two days of that round!

Not that I'm complaining or anything, I want Kat to win this.

Kat with that massive comeback.

When you stop making games, just pay some other people to make them for you.

@WanderingBullet Off topic, but what's the name of the anime your avatar is from?

After that Trico upset last week, I'm so glad Kat is prevailing. Go Kat!

Poor Sir Dan though. He deserves to win this round. Wonderful character.

Where's that release date Sony?

I knew it was going to be a tough round for Trico, but I wasn't prepared for him/her/it to be trounced so harshly.

#SaveTrico

Is 'Krakkan Peaks' deliberate innuendo? It has to be surely.

Genuinely gutted that Squall is losing.

Rollcage is amazing. Still my favourite futuristic racing series ever.

Nathan
Garrus
Sephiroth
Nariko

I fully welcome big tit anime games, but if they contain elements of paedophilia like this one appears to then that's a definite problem. I'm generally against censorship, but that last paragraph detailing why it was banned has me convinced this was the right decision.

I too voted Lara, Joel, Senua and Kratos. Very easy round this one.

Supremely excited. I just want the game to take me on a rollercoaster ride the same way Heavy Rain did in 2010, that's all I ask.

I'm a die-hard Yakuza fan, but Kat is, well... Kat. One of a kind. Can't vote against her unless she's paired up with Trico.

Also, I love that Sir Dan is whupping Vergil's ass. Fantastic.

So not quite as good as Metal Gear Survive then?

Don't you mean three more characters confirmed?