Fantasy Critic ‘25

[Guest]

4 hours ago, HandsomeDead said:

Okay @mmmark how much did you put on Mario Kart? 😠

$14 more than you and $5 more than @Jimboxy 

[HandsomeDead]

Teach me to be a cheapskate 

[Nag]

First month down so let's check January's scores...

 

 

@mmmark earned 11 points for Dynasty Warriors: Origins and 8 points with Tales of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter. 

@HandsomeDead scored 5 points with Eternal Strands (costing @Nag 5 points as a counter-pick) 

@radiofloyd earned 16 points for Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector. 

 

Leader board standings...

 

1. mmmark - 19 points.

2. Radiofloyd - 16 points.

3. HandsomeDead - 5 points. 

4. @Jimboxy - 0 points. 

4. @DisturbedSwan - 0 points. 

4. @mfnick - 0 points.

7. Nag - -5 points.

 

February releases...

 

Jimboxy has Kingdom Come: Deliverance II and Rift of the Necrodancer.

mmmark has Sid Meier's Civilisation VII and Avowed.

Nag has Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.

DisturbedSwan has Monster Hunter Wilds.

[radiofloyd]

Good start!

[Guest]

I think like a dragon will be big for nag. 

[Nag]

I expect Wilds to score highly... I'd like to think Yakuza will be solid but I'm not sure if it's more a side story/expansion sort of deal and if that'll hurt it.

[Nag]

February done and dusted... let's see what's going on.

 

@Jimboxy scores 19 points with Kingdom Come: Deliverance II and 11 points with Rift of the Necrodancer.

@mmmark earns 10 points for Sid Meier's Civilisation VII and 11 points with Avowed. 

@Nag scored 11 points for Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.

@DisturbedSwan earned 19 points for Monster Hunter Wilds.

 

Leader board standings...

 

1. mmmark - 41 points.

2. Jimboxy - 30 points.

3. DisturbedSwan - 19 points.

4. @radiofloyd - 16 points.

5. Nag - 7 points. 

6. @HandsomeDead - 4 points.

7. @mfnick - 0 points.

 

March releases...

 

Nag has Two Point Museum and Atomfall.

mfnick has Split Fiction.

DisturbedSwan has Wanderstop.

mmmark has Assassin's Creed Shadows.

 

Some big scoring games last month...

[Guest]

Why in gods name did I choose assassin’s creed 😆 

[Nag]

So far everyone but me is being complete cowards in regards to counter picks... man up people.😋

[HandsomeDead]

Everyone?  I've plenty of time for my last one.

[Nag]

I always try to just get them out the way... I like what they've done this year in regards to them though, if it is new anyway.

[Nag]

March has gone, let's see what's going on...

 

@Nag earned 14 points with Two Point Museum and 5 points for Atomfall (costing @HandsomeDead 5 points as a counter-pick) 

@mfnick scored a huge 20 points with Split Fiction. 

@DisturbedSwan earned 11 points for Wanderstop. 

@mmmark scored 12 points with Assassin's Creed Shadows. 

 

Leader board standings...

 

1. mmmark - 53 points.

2. @Jimboxy - 41 points.

3. DisturbedSwan - 30 points.

4. Nag - 27 points.

5. mfnick - 20 points.

6. @radiofloyd - 16 points.

7. HandsomeDead - -1 points.

 

April releases...

 

Nag has South of Midnight.

radiofloyd has Blue Prince.

HandsomeDead has Clare Obscur: Expedition 33 and Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves.

[Guest]

Damn I fucked up. I don’t have budget for counter picks, I forgot it needed cold hard cash.  I think that’s -30pts right there. I can’t see in the faq though. 

[Nag]

It's minus 15 for every pick...

[Guest]

😬

[Nag]

Glad I didn't do this when I should've... here's the results for April...

 

@Nag scored 7 points for South of Midnight. 

@radiofloyd earned a whopping 19 points for Blue Prince (costing @DisturbedSwan 19 points as a counter-pick)

@HandsomeDead scored a huge 22 points with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and 11 points for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves.

 

Leader board standings...

 

1. @mmmark - 53 points. 

2. @Jimboxy - 41 points. 

3. radiofloyd - 36 points.

4. Nag - 35 points.

5. HandsomeDead - 31 points.

6. @mfnick - 20 points. 

7. DisturbedSwan - 10 points

 

May releases...

 

DisturbedSwan has The Midnight Walk.

mfnick has The Precinct and Doom: The Dark Ages.

Jimboxy has Elden Ring Nightreign.

 

That counter-pick was costly indeed for DisturbedSwan who also has trouble with another pick not being counted... The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Remastered.

[Nag]

Here's the results for May...

 

@DisturbedSwan earned 11 points with The Midnight Walk. 

@mfnick scored 15 points for Doom: The Dark Ages and 0 points with The Precinct. 

@Jimboxy earned 10 points for Elden Ring Nightreign. 

@HandsomeDead scored 12 points with Fuga: Melodies of Steel 3.

 

Leader board standings...

 

1. @mmmark - 52 points. 

2. Jimboxy - 50 points. 

3. HandsomeDead - 44 points.

4. @radiofloyd - 36 points.

5. mfnick - 35 points.

5. @Nag - 35 points.

7. DisturbedSwan - 21 points.

 

June releases...

 

mmmark has Mario Kart World and Date Everything. 

Nag has The Alters.

mfnick has Rematch.

DisturbedSwan has Death Stranding 2: On the Beach.

[mfnick]

I’m fucked this year. Combination of meh picks & im already out of money somehow. If you lose a bid do you still lose the money? Seems crazy if so but that’s all I can put it down to. 

[Nag]

I can see in the league history what you've spent $99 on... you spunked $40 on a counter-pick... what the fuck were you thinking? 😂

[mfnick]

26 minutes ago, Nag said:

I can see in the league history what you've spent $99 on... you spunked $40 on a counter-pick... what the fuck were you thinking? 😂

Can I see that somewhere on mine? I wouldn’t have spent that on a counterpick, I probably got confused with a game I wanted to actually bid on and didn’t realise.