Topic: The Official Mirror of Fate Opinion Poll

[cecil-kain]

If you had created the full breadth of those negative options and they don't get used, then you're sure in your results--no harm done, so no real reason not to do it. It's hard to tell if you captured everyone who visited this thread in those options if some found that there was no option that entirely fit their position. That's one of the issues why one tries to make a breadth of options that will allow at least one to fit, no matter how vaguely. One of my issues with the options is that if you construct the poll expecting a certain outcome in mind, then create the full breadth of options for those outcomes and yet leave a less full breadth of options to cover the negative end of the spectrum, you can't really tell that you captured accurate results. If someone pops in, looks at the options, and none really fit his/her position and he/she decides not to post or vote for the "closest" option to him/her, you lose a potential data point. Even if the options change, that person may never return to the thread.

One more option toward the negative wouldn't have hurt anything --I'll conceded that.  The options were put in a particular order to try and create the natural J curve, but if we examine the results, the major glut is not at the lower negative end, but the middle ground.  Like I mentioned earlier, I was expecting something like that to occur, I just wasn't entirely certain how that glut would play out.  In this case, we're talking about the "cautiously optimistic" at about 22% of the vote.  I felt I had offered every opinion an adequate home, but I can see why you feel differently.  Unfortunately, the forum doesn't provide any tools to measure participation, so that will remain mystery.  But in all the years I've been polling this forum, I've never seen such a robust response.  This topic surpassed 50 votes in the first 24 hours --normally that level of feedback would take about a week.  Guess I just put the poll up at an ideal time. 

I didn't forget that option--it's just that I wouldn't be able to vote for the "No LoS even in 2D" option given the way it's stated now in the first place. It's not really possible for me to vote for that one since it seems to indicate that just the game being set in the LoS universe totally precludes purchase. There are people who feel that way but I am not one of them.

Kinda like presidential politics.  There's no such thing as a "perfect" candidate --just the "best fit" or perhaps "the lesser of 2 evils" 

What I'm saying is not that the people who already voted for that option need to be further subdivided. What I'm saying is that everyone who could've voted for some options apart may not have voted for them together, because a specific part of it may have fit them (Maybe once it gets to the bargain bin) but another part may not (Once burned, twice shy), resulting in 6%, down from a "real" combined 9% or something if both options were separate originally and everyone who could've voted did (sorry if this is a bit confusing, but it's hard to describe it without taking tons of space to do so).

Take an example since that may be more clear. Maybe you have people who weren't that impressed or interested by the game from the article so felt they'd likely to wait for the game to get cheaper if they were going to get it at all but liked LoS itself. They can't vote for "Once burned twice shy, maybe when it hits the bargain bin" since part of that implies they were burned by LoS when they liked it. They couldn't vote for the old "It's interesting, but not worth buying a 3DS for," since they don't identify with it looking that interesting. They certainly can't vote for "No LoS even in 2D." Maybe they could vote for the new "Not worth buying a 3DS for" option since that seems to be the largest catch-all negative option, depending on whether they think that implies they'd have to buy a 3DS to get the game (i.e. that they don't already have one) or whether they just interpret it as "this game doesn't look great--not a system seller."

Since that person didn't see an option that fit him or her, he or she may have just left and not voted, so what might've been an extra vote for an option is now no vote at all. The generic "not worth buying a 3DS for" may cover that now but it's probably a bit too late.

It seems highly unlikely that any LoS fan would find Mirror of Fate boring or unattractive, but you are correct to highlight that particular blind spot...  How embarrassing.   *sigh* Hindsight is 20/20.

[narkolepsi]

This looks leaps and bounds better than the first Lords, but again, I was stoked for that in the beginning too. I think the usage of canon Belmonts makes it a little more exciting, but this also raises the expectations a lot higher. I didn't really want to give this a chance, but after reading about it a bit more I could be compelled to. I'll wait until more info is revealed.

[Tavis Belmont]

Buying it day one. I've already got a 3DS becuase of Mario, and this year is looking lucrative for the system. Kingdom Hearts, Epic Mickey, and possibly Castlevania (not sure of the release date). That, and I'm still going through Cave Story. Great system.

[Charlotte-nyo:3]

This topic surpassed 50 votes in the first 24 hours --normally that level of feedback would take about a week.  Guess I just put the poll up at an ideal time. 

It's probably at least partly due to the timing of putting it up just as a huge glut of info on the game comes out. Probably a lot of people who don't consistently visit popped in for the first time in a couple months to see what info or discussion the dungeon's message board had on it and saw the poll.

It seems highly unlikely that any LoS fan would find Mirror of Fate boring or unattractive, but you are correct to highlight that particular blind spot...  How embarrassing.   *sigh* Hindsight is 20/20.

Well keep in mind a LoS fan (especially those who just joined/came back for LoS or who describe themselves as "sick of Metroidvania") might not be interested in the 2.5D gameplay style. Maybe that wouldn't be prevalent here of all places since a great deal of people here go back a long ways into CV history with the games they've played (although I assume new members are always popping in if LoS attracted them). But I've actually seen it on some other boards that aren't specifically dedicated to CV, where some people who liked LoS mention they're let down by MoF since they assumed it'd be a handheld 3D action game or wanted it to be.

[Ring_of_Varda]

i went with the closest one that fits, but... if this turns out the way it is in my mind i am actually considering multiple copies. Due to the fact that with the ds games and the gba games and how much i have borrowed them out id rather have multiples just so i dont have to part with mine.  After all i have spent hundreds of hours in the installments of the series since i got into it.

so put if you change the poll add a choice of " went into a cv coma, wallet eternally hates me for it." hahaha.

[cecil-kain]

Wow --up to 80 votes in just a few days!   

With the huge deluge of information and video coming out of E3 these past 48 hours, it seems the sentiment toward MoF has shifted a bit.  The door is still wide open to anyone that would like to change their vote.

[mistressalucard]

I will buy it and have already started to price out 3DS systems.  Target has a special this week I am thinking of getting.

But yes this will be a day 1 purchase for me just like all other Castlevania games.

[darkwzrd4]

It's not worth buying a 3DS over.  If I had a 3DS and the disposable income needed to buy the game, I would.  Besides, even if I did have the money to get it, I'd wait a while.  I like to watch playthroughs on youtube before buying a game.  This way I know what i'm getting myself ahead of time and prevent myself from buying a bad game.  Simply put, I don't trust reviews given by game companies.  I see for myself by watching videos made by a independent third party.  The best example of this is darksydephil.  He's independent, impartial, and entertaining.

[Johnny Alucard]

It's not worth buying a 3DS over.  If I had a 3DS and the disposable income needed to buy the game, I would.  Besides, even if I did have the money to get it, I'd wait a while.  I like to watch playthroughs on youtube before buying a game.  This way I know what i'm getting myself ahead of time and prevent myself from buying a bad game.  Simply put, I don't trust reviews given by game companies.  I see for myself by watching videos made by a independent third party.  The best example of this is darksydephil.  He's independent, impartial, and entertaining.

I agree, however, time will tell if Mirror of Fate will be a system mover. I, on the other hand already own a 3DS and will be picking up MoF day 1.

And I completely agree with you on your stance of reviews done by gaming journalists.  There's already high evidence that game companies could easily pay off reviewers to have the scores go to their game's favor. Case in point: Mass Effect 3. So take those reviews with a grain of salt.