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Last Week's Poll Results

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by NewsPro, Dec 27, 2000.

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    (Originally posted by Sorcerer)

    Yea, yea, I know. I'm running late with the results, but give me a break. It's the Xmas season after all. ;)
    I'll have some more site updates coming up soon, so stay tuned.

    What we asked in last week's poll:

    Q: Which of these games have you played the most?
    (475 votes total)

    Baldur's Gate II (200) 42%
    Baldur's Gate (156) 33%
    Planescape: Torment (71) 15%
    Icewind Dale (48) 10%

    Now that's what I call a surprising turnout!
    The winner of the poll was known in advance I suppose... Baldur's Gate II, this year's finest RPG has obviously conquered a lot of hearts and therefor won with a vast majority of votes.

    Second most played game was the original Baldur's Gate with 33% of votes, a surprisingly high number as well.

    Third place is where I was surprised the most. I was certain that Planescape: Torment would win the last place in spite that fact that it is one of the best RPGs in existence, mainly because it didn't sell all that well and many people are unfamiliar with it.
    Obviously not so here. Maybe it's just the visitors of Sorcerer's Place (whom I have been constantly urging to try the game), or maybe it's the fact that many people have replayed Torment at least three times to try out all of the available classes (mage, warrior, thief).
    Whatever the reason, I'm glad that people have given Torment at least a bit of the recognition it deserves.

    Last place goes to Icewind Dale with 10% of votes. Don't ask me how the game that practically everybody was replaying over and over again came to be the last in this poll. I really couldn't say.
    Possibly because the time playing it seemed to flow faster than with Baldur's Gate? Or because you can only take so much hack&slash until you get bored if you repeat it?

    The result above would suggest that Icewind Dale sold very few copies, but it most definitely did not. In fact, it sold MUCH better than Planescape: Torment, one of the reasons that the folks at Black Isle are putting together an expansion for it dubbed Heart of Winter.

    Polls can sometimes be surprising indeed.
     
    NewsPro, Dec 27, 2000
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