We're kicking off the Negative World March Madness: Third Party Edition, where our favorite non-Nintendo games go head to head and only one may prevail. The matchups are as follows:

(9) Portal 2 vs. (5) Mass Effect 2

(7) Half-Life 2 vs. (11) The Last of Us

Vote for the game that you think should win the matchup. Please vote on every matchup or your votes will not be counted. Not having played a game does not disqualify you from voting. If a game has appeared on multiple platforms, use your discretion in choosing which version to consider. Please cast your votes in the following format, bolding the game that you choose to advance:

(1) Game 1 vs. (8) Game 8
(4) Game 4 vs. (5) Game 5

Polls are open until the end of the day Tuesday, April 28. Enjoy!

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(9) Portal 2 vs. (5) Mass Effect 2

(7) Half-Life 2 vs. (11) The Last of Us

Posted by

Jargon

on: 04/25/15, 10:42

(9) Portal 2 vs. (5) Mass Effect 2

(7) Half-Life 2 vs. (11) The Last of Us

Posted by

Super_Conzo

on: 04/25/15, 10:56

(9) Portal 2 vs. (5) Mass Effect 2

(7) Half-Life 2 vs. (11) The Last of Us

Posted by

Stephen

on: 04/25/15, 11:03

(9) Portal 2 vs. (5) Mass Effect 2

(7) Half-Life 2 vs. (11) The Last of Us

Posted by

Shadowlink

on: 04/25/15, 14:50

(9) Portal 2 vs. (5) Mass Effect 2

(7) Half-Life 2 vs. (11) The Last of Us

Posted by

Beardednerd

on: 04/25/15, 15:08

(9) Portal 2 vs. (5) Mass Effect 2

(7) Half-Life 2 vs. (11) The Last of Us

Voting against TLoU made me pretty sad, but HL2 was one of my favourite gaming experiences when I played it for the first time.

Posted by

ploot

on: 04/25/15, 15:56

(9) Portal 2 vs. (5) Mass Effect 2

(7) Half-Life 2 vs. (11) The Last of Us

Posted by

DrFinkelstein

on: 04/25/15, 16:11

(9) Portal 2 vs. (5) Mass Effect 2

(7) Half-Life 2 vs. (11) The Last of Us

Posted by

Hero_Of_Hyrule

on: 04/25/15, 18:59

(9) Portal 2 vs. (5) Mass Effect 2

(7) Half-Life 2 vs. (11) The Last of Us

Posted by

nate38

on: 04/25/15, 19:12

(9) Portal 2 vs. (5) Mass Effect 2

(7) Half-Life 2 vs. (11) The Last of Us

Posted by

Zero

on: 04/25/15, 20:49

(9) Portal 2 vs. (5) Mass Effect 2

(7) Half-Life 2 vs. (11) The Last of Us

Too bad there isn't one more game with a 2 here so that all four could be 2s. Mega Man 2 should have been here.

Posted by

Mop it up

on: 04/25/15, 22:13

(9) Portal 2 vs. (5) Mass Effect 2

(7) Half-Life 2 vs. (11) The Last of Us

- This is really hard to decide. I thought that I'd just check and see what I've scored these games and make my decision using that. But I scored them both the same. I guess I'll give the edge to Portal 2 because of how they combined an interesting story with some really unique gameplay.

- This one is hard as well because I haven't played either game. But I'll give it to HL2 because it sounds like it's more of my type of game.

Posted by

gojira

on: 04/25/15, 22:56

(9) Portal 2 vs. (5) Mass Effect 2

(7) Half-Life 2 vs. (11) The Last of Us

Posted by

TheOldManFromZelda

on: 04/26/15, 21:53

(9) Portal 2 vs. (5) Mass Effect 2

(7) Half-Life 2 vs. (11) The Last of Us

Posted by

GameDadGrant

on: 04/27/15, 01:26

@GameDadGrant

YES!

Posted by

DrFinkelstein

on: 04/27/15, 02:18

(9) Portal 2 vs. (5) Mass Effect 2

(7) Half-Life 2 vs. (11) The Last of Us

(1) NinSage vs. (256) DrFinkelstein

Posted by

Chocobo_Rider

on: 04/27/15, 08:21

@NinSage

Oops, forgot that bracket.

(1) NinSage vs. (256) DrFinkelstein

Posted by

TheOldManFromZelda

on: 04/27/15, 13:08

Wow... the hatred.

Posted by

DrFinkelstein

on: 04/27/15, 13:21

(9) Portal 2 vs. (5) Mass Effect 2

(7) Half-Life 2 vs. (11) The Last of Us

Posted by

ludist210

on: 04/27/15, 16:34

(1) NinSage vs. (256) DrFinkelstein

Gotta root for the underdog!

Posted by

Mop it up

on: 04/27/15, 21:46