The Fourth Annual Coint and Plick Video Games Poll - Part Three: #53 - 79

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― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 7 April 2011 16:45 (thirteen years ago) link

that game owns so fucking hard

― the pussy/butthole addendum (jamescobo), Thursday, 7 April 2011 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link

Played this game for about 15 minutes in single player. I am a major SP fan AND a major RCR fan, but it was kinda frustrating tbh, it just seemed to take SO LONG to kill anyone...

― Nhex, Friday, 8 April 2011 01:29 (thirteen years ago) link

how long is this game?

― cold hands of monkeys on my heart (CaptainLorax), Friday, 8 April 2011 01:41 (thirteen years ago) link

To really play Scott Pilgrim you gotta play multiplayer, in my opinion.

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Friday, 8 April 2011 03:24 (thirteen years ago) link

incidentally, the blog has gotten a few excellent inbound search terms recently:

"living penis"
"kids penis"
"cosplay deathsmiles"
"i found my house in fallout 3"
"monster hunter fucking"
"boring heroes"
"ice bro mario"
"play doh sculptures"
"agoraphobic"
"r is gay"

― the pussy/butthole addendum (jamescobo), Friday, 8 April 2011 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link

where's the blog? a blog of this countdown? sorry, I'm sure the link has been posted before, but I it's prb faster for me to just ask than to go searching for it at this point

― salsa shark, Saturday, 9 April 2011 13:00 (thirteen years ago) link

Those search referrals are great. Could be the makings of a concept album.

― oppet, Saturday, 9 April 2011 13:07 (thirteen years ago) link

That site works beautifully in ipad flipboard.

― You Say Various Things (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 9 April 2011 21:45 (thirteen years ago) link

#78: Specter Spelunker Shrinks – Flash – 13 pts – 1 vote - FREE!
Official Game Site
http://img.youtube.com/vi/1efc7OPceZs/0.jpg

abanana: Fantastic idea; I hope Ken Grafals completes the full game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1efc7OPceZs

Dev Site

http://www.indiegames.com/blog/images/timw/sshrinks3a.png

Forksclovetofu: Damn fun. I'd love to see this mechanic gets picked up for a full length release.

http://shadowcovenant.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/spelunker.jpg

Doctor Casino: I do have to say I don't love the 3-D engine, which feels kind of incidental to the shrinking/growing gimmick... the perspective just makes it hard to figure out distances, which is always an unforgivable problem in a platformer. Beautiful concept though.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NVkGR52OLQM/TQFqXbEtu6I/AAAAAAAAAI8/KOhkH_itXGs/s1600/specter%2Bspelunker%2Bshrinks.jpg

Composer Site

― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 10 April 2011 18:13 (thirteen years ago) link

2 way tie for #76

― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 10 April 2011 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link

#76: Puzzle Agent – PC/iPad – 13 pts – 2 votes
Official Game Site
http://cf.gzimg.com/t/b/2/d/3/www.joystiq.com-b2d3609f3d2291ae0e84d858b36a8794029a4886.jpg

Graham Annable Interview

http://cdn.pocket-lint.com/images/wXFH/aotd-puzzle-agent-hd-ipad-1.jpg?20100914-213938

Nhex: Didn't finish this yet, but likely the funniest game I've played all year.

http://image.gamespotcdn.net/gamespot/images/2010/119/PuzzleAgent_03058_screen.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG4sT1IEKeE

a passing spacecadet: How do you fit puzzles seamlessly into a hyper-realistic and fast-moving plot? Ah, don't bother. Goofy knowingness + retro cartoon visuals = a pleasant use of an evening. Hoping for a sequel, if only to explain the ending.

http://buttonmashing.com/wp-content/uploads/pa2.jpg

Sequel on the Way

http://www.hookedgamers.com/images/1848/puzzle_agent/previews/header_697_puzzle_agent.jpg

Forksclovetofu: Layton fans will eat this up with a spoon; the kooky art style is tremendously winning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8dK3EnIr6k

http://evavhost.com/i/reviews/pa_2.jpg

― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 10 April 2011 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link

a total layton knockoff at around a fourth of the length. i like the look of the game though.

― jay lenonononono (abanana), Sunday, 10 April 2011 18:42 (thirteen years ago) link

#76: 3D Dot Game Heroes – PS3 – 13 pts – 2 votes
Official Game Site
http://www.whoaorno.com/images/190.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-feI0Y6f8Hc

Matt D: I've made very little progress in this because I spend too much time designing pixel block characters at the start. It's basically old-school Zelda with some decent humour and blocks. There's a texture skin for Minecraft that gives it much the same look and feel as this game - it's good synergy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoFYEtj2tDw

http://admintell.napco.com/ee/images/uploads/gamertell/3d_dot_game_heroes_02.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C86AZxnpIjI

Jamescobo: Fanservice gone impossibly right. Old-school as fuck in terms of difficulty and helpfulness, but built from the ground up to cater to the type of gameplay old-school gaming used to inspire (i.e. "next time I play through I'll talk to X and Y and hit up the From Cave and and and..."). Also deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as WipeOut HD in terms of best graphics on the platform; whether in motion or sitting still, it just looks like the type of game you're excited to pick up and play.

http://ps3media.gamespy.com/ps3/image/object/143/14350003/dot_610.jpg

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/104/1045698/3d-dot_111609_624_1258421695.jpg

The Perils of Localization

http://gamesareevil.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/3D_Dot_Game_Heroes_Gameplay1.jpg

Forksclovetofu: I really WANTED to love this but it honestly bored the hell out of me. Unnecessarily slow loading times, clunky writing and level design and generally bleh combat suggest that the creators confused the least enjoyable qualities of old-school gaming with "retro". Gorgeous design though.

http://inadawords.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/3d-dot-game-heroes-octorok.jpg

Dev Interview

― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 10 April 2011 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link

3D Dot Game Heroes was ok, but has got to be the most crash prone game I've played on a console.
They made a patch, and then refused to release it in the EU! Cheers guys!

― ／人 ◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ (zappi), Sunday, 10 April 2011 18:56 (thirteen years ago) link

All the pre-release hype for 3d dot game heroes got me really excited. Then it came out and everything I read made it seem like a wasted opportunity. It's on my 'pick up when you see it for £5' list.

― oppet, Sunday, 10 April 2011 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link

#75: Railworks 2 – PC – 14 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site
http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/04/78/47864_RailSimulator2RailWorks-05_normal.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN47wFcnRJc

BBC News Interview

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-90AMs6iWPDc/TVkVq7yTJTI/AAAAAAAACpA/nzvcwtRI8FU/s1600/RailWorks+2-SKIDROW2.jpg

Jim D: There are bits in this game where you need to do nothing more than stare out of the window for 8 or 12 minutes. The challenge comes from maintaining concentration on doing nothing for that long, without then forgetting to reduce your throttle by 5% when those 8 minutes are up. Weirdly fun, pretty zen, and unlike anything I've done in a game before, so for that reason it gets a strong vote.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMZdy8mkvYs

http://img.listal.com/image/713913/936full-railworks-%28rail-simulator-2%29-screenshot.jpg

Princess TamTam: I'm starting a railworks clan everyone. Please add =[420]=LoCo-Motive to your gamertags.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYH_0GqeYKM

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5OxOd9vstGo/TNF5AIUeqWI/AAAAAAAAAI4/mInExHipvfM/s1600/RailWorksProc22010-11-0302-03-31-46.jpg

― feels like heelies are racing up my spine (forksclovetofu), Monday, 11 April 2011 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link

4 way tie for #71

― feels like heelies are racing up my spine (forksclovetofu), Monday, 11 April 2011 19:52 (thirteen years ago) link

#71: Alien Swarm – PC – 15 pts – 1 vote - FREE!
Official Game Site
http://www.mostiwant.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Alien-Swarm-free-Steam-Game.jpg

Nhex: Once again proving that Valve knows how to acquire talent, this game brought out the obsession in me for a good chunk of this year. It's basically a co-op time attack game with very well designed levels and a pretty awful community, likely due to being free. The EXP unlock / prestige system is a little evil, but I damn well know if they ever get around to releasing new weapons or maps I'll jump back in. It's a shame this will probably be ignored by Valve, because the effort of design shows, it gets shockingly deep and brutal. And free!

Wait...free?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TLwLgWoAIw

http://stggamers.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/alienswarm.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gldFzzVq4lc

Touching heroics in Alien Swarm

http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Daily/2010/07-Jul/20/Valve%20promo/alien-swarm2--article_image.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_XohhTkbMs

http://www.gossipgamers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/alien_swarm3-590x331.jpg

― feels like heelies are racing up my spine (forksclovetofu), Monday, 11 April 2011 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link

#71: Hero Core – PC – 15 pts – 1 vote - FREE!
Official Game Site and Download Hub
http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/hero_core_indie_game.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu_xdCHdSqg

Top 10 Gamasutra Indie Games

http://www.pixelprospector.com/wp-content/themes/arras-theme/library/phpthumb/phpThumb.php?src=/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/hero-core-logo.png&w=630&h=250&zc=1

Download the Soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIppXw6TYI0

Nhex: So many Metroidvania clones, so many games that use a Game Boy aesthetic. This one, from the maker of the high quality Iji, nails it. Super tight controls, 2-bit graphics, a little bit of carefully placed atmospheric design and music - shows what it takes to outclass the masses of solid but unmemorable flash action games.

http://www.pixelprospector.com/wp-content/gallery/hero-core/hero-core-02.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXU286GPgvk

http://www.diygamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/herocore-map.PNG

Indie Game Review

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/213/4/7/Hydra_lic_Systems_by_Oneiric_Studios.png

― feels like heelies are racing up my spine (forksclovetofu), Monday, 11 April 2011 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link

man this last run has been like 100% itisamystery.gif to me

― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Monday, 11 April 2011 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link

lol macuser

― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Monday, 11 April 2011 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link

i love that you can spend thousands of dollars on railworks DLC

― cum dude (Princess TamTam), Monday, 11 April 2011 20:27 (thirteen years ago) link

You're not alone in that jjjustin. Macusers unite!

― EZ Snappin, Monday, 11 April 2011 20:27 (thirteen years ago) link

i think alien swarm is mac compatible?

― feels like heelies are racing up my spine (forksclovetofu), Monday, 11 April 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link

Nope.

― EZ Snappin, Monday, 11 April 2011 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link

sadly no, despite being Source engine, Valve never ported it to Mac

having a bootcamp partition is totally worth it for stuff like those two, really fond memories of playing both

― Nhex, Monday, 11 April 2011 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link

i pretty much just look at my mac every so often and think "wow man that looks a lot like one of those things that other people get to play games on!"

― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Monday, 11 April 2011 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link

help me forks i am bored at work

― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:52 (thirteen years ago) link

props for linking back to Iji, btw

― Nhex, Thursday, 14 April 2011 02:10 (thirteen years ago) link

nhex's quote made me try hero core. it's a fun little game.

― jay lenonononono (abanana), Thursday, 14 April 2011 02:15 (thirteen years ago) link

got NBA Jam & it is tight, sorta my perfect explosive & kinda repetitive game

― Euler, Thursday, 14 April 2011 02:31 (thirteen years ago) link

still bored at work today fyi forks, you can swoop in and save me from posting on random big 4 threads all day long

― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 14 April 2011 16:19 (thirteen years ago) link

dittttttttto

― Mordy, Thursday, 14 April 2011 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link

jjjusten, why don't you play the Digital sequel and we can discuss how creepy it is?

― Mordy, Thursday, 14 April 2011 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link

digital sequel?

― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 14 April 2011 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link

oh wait i found it

― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 14 April 2011 16:26 (thirteen years ago) link

#71: Perfect Dark – 360 (XBLA) – 15 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site
http://www.addictedgamer.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/perfect_dark_xbla.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4fw0VvPg9w

Salsa Shark: I'm going to be honest here: I've never played the campaign mode of either this or the N64 version. And I probably never will. If you feel that this should discount this vote because of that then fine, but given the number of people who vote for FPS games in these GOTY things without bothering to play the single-player mode it might be a bit unfair. Anyway, I've given this 15 points because there are some differences between the remake and the original, but almost all of these are positive. Perhaps the best change is that you no longer have to play through various combat challenges to unlock MP maps (though some weapons remain to be unlocked). Since the combat challenges get controller-throwingly difficult towards the second half and the default map selection in the N64 game was dire, this is a hugely welcome change. The starting line-up of weapons is decent enough that MP can be played straight after downloading with enough weapon variation to satisfy most people. The only minor complaint I have is that you can only load in four sims, which limits the possibilities for local MP team-based games. Still, the game is just as fun as ever and finally actually playable now that the consoles have caught up to the online and technical aspirations of the original version.

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/perfect-dark-xbox-live-arcade-screenshot.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keUWOu6a_bE

Producer Interview

http://mktplassets.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/AC110852-22BB-478C-908E-FF80DB5B27FA/0/simPerfectDarkXBLA01.jpg

Eurogamer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmBtHCnhaLM

cozwn: perfect dark. xbla. 1080p. 60fps. fuck. yeh.

http://www.gameinformer.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer-Components-ImageFileViewer/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles-00-00-00-00-06/5353.PERFECTDARK.jpg_2D00_610x0.jpg

Neogaf Thread

http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/perfect.jpg

― I saw this awesome photo of a marmot (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 April 2011 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link

i played the original but not the remake -- it looks amazing

― Mordy, Thursday, 14 April 2011 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link

forks u are a hero

― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 14 April 2011 17:15 (thirteen years ago) link

i never played the original or the remake - i had kinda a FPS blindspot for a long long time, didnt really shake it until bioshock/orange box

― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 14 April 2011 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link

#71: Split/Second – PS3/360/iPhone/PSP/PC – 15 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site
http://www.thebitbag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Split-Second-Disney-Racing-Game.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oirFKi6Sfo

How Black Rock Uses Code Branches

http://www.gamersmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/split_second_screenshot.jpg

Euler: I loved Pure and Split/Second is like that but sorta more 2D until you start falling through the freeway because some wise guy decided to blow up half the board. It's the first worthy Burnout 3 successor I've played, with just enough non-linearity to make it ~next gen~.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKgcLzcO4_c

Tech Director Interview

http://ui04.gamespot.com/1155/splitsecond1_2.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Vkc86jI80

http://files.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/190448_S/SplitSecond-Release-Date-And-New-Name-Revealed.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9StneNAPJ7M

http://www.game-debate.com/games/screenshot/Split%20Second/1.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNfISo0nSmg

jjjusten: Oh man u guys, Split/Second fucking owns!

http://www.futuregamez.net/ps3games/splitsecond/splitsecond2.jpg

― I saw this awesome photo of a marmot (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 April 2011 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link

see thats what im talking about! i just got this yesterday but burned through like 6 hours like a crackhead last night. unless something goes terribly wrong, this would have been on my ballot if id gotten to it sooner.

― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 14 April 2011 17:31 (thirteen years ago) link

apropos of nothing but the last racing game i ever bought was gran turismo (3? 4?) on the ps2 and it was so boring i never bought one again

― Mordy, Thursday, 14 April 2011 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link

ha im going to get yelled at for this by some of the dudes around here but thats because gran turismo is one of the most boring awful nongames ever. did you ever try any of the burnout games? car wrecks are key imo.

― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 14 April 2011 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link

like hardcore gt dudes remind me of the guys that played lots of flight simulators back in the day - why r u perfecting a really accurate not having fun simulator?

― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 14 April 2011 17:38 (thirteen years ago) link

oh man, lots of stuff today, lots of links for me to get reading!

I voted for Puzzle Agent and I must admit I may be one of the only people ~~alive~~ on ILG who has never played any of the Professor Layton games, but I've never had a DS/Wii. So if it really is a shameless ripoff, I wouldn't know, but it was fun. I thought of it as a funnier, animated version of the Usborne spy puzzle adventure books I remember being just too old for as a kid.

xposts good to see some PSP games on here, have only bought like 1 game for it in the past year, hope that might change after this poll

― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 14 April 2011 17:38 (thirteen years ago) link

Gran Turismo is sort of intentionally boring. You need an arcade-style game I bet.

(I love Gran Turismo AND Burnout though.)

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Thursday, 14 April 2011 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link

ive never played any of the layton stuff either, and im always kinda shocked they never port that series to iphone, seems kinda no brainery.

(also to dudes that are hulking up to nerd rage me on my gt takedown - i also totally understand that part of the reason i dont like it is because i am shit at it, and i dont like sims pretty much ever, so im glad you all can get down with it, i just prefer jumps and explosions and hueg armored semis throwing explosive barrels at my car while i drive at a bazillion miles an hour down one of those weird cali spillways, which of course, split/second lets me do)

― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 14 April 2011 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link

also do normal peeps actually do those 8 hour endurance races in gran turismo, or just my crazy ass alkie former roommate? because leaving for work in the morning and then coming home afterwards and realizing hes been sitting in the same chair drinking a bottle of sailor jerrys rum and doing THE SAME EXACT RACE for like 7 hours was uh unsettling to me

― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 14 April 2011 17:46 (thirteen years ago) link

Haha.

When I was a kid I bought a "Space Shuttle" simulator for the ZX Spectrum, because space is rad and awesome etc, and was totally not impressed to discover the manual was several small-print pages of technical-sounding descriptions of 100 different keyboard commands, and that the gameplay was effectively staring at a blank view portal for 6 hours while some numbers changed slightly underneath

my dad, however, actually took on the challenge, making me sad that I could not play inane brightly-coloured platform games that weekend

so that was pretty much the end of me and simulators (excluding god sims/simcity type stuff, which I am still a sucker for, though I do keep buying them and then going "this is actually quite boring now I don't have the patience of a teenager on a PC which only has 1 game installed")

― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 14 April 2011 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link

Five way tie for 66 and some major challops ahead

― I saw this awesome photo of a marmot (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 April 2011 17:56 (thirteen years ago) link

That one game on PC patience is responsible for my beating a dozen infocom and Lucasarts games without the aid of walkthroughs.

― Mordy, Thursday, 14 April 2011 17:57 (thirteen years ago) link

what does it say about me that you could substitute out "race in Gran Turismo" for "raid in World of Warcraft" and that could basically be me

― fat fat fat fat Usher (DJP), Thursday, 14 April 2011 17:59 (thirteen years ago) link

wait what are we subbing for sailor jerrys rum?

― broke my o_O face o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 14 April 2011 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link

Maker's Mark or Sam Seasonal, probably

― fat fat fat fat Usher (DJP), Thursday, 14 April 2011 18:02 (thirteen years ago) link

I don't think I am ever knowingly buying Sailor Jerrys Rum, he might come after me

― fat fat fat fat Usher (DJP), Thursday, 14 April 2011 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link

#66: Call of Duty: Black Ops – PS3/360/PC/Wii/DS – 15 pts – 2 votes
Official Game Site
http://www.co-optimus.com/images/upload/image/Call-of-Duty-Black-Ops%287%29.jpg

jim in glasgow: (May 19, 2010) Once bitten thrice shy; not even going to consider playing this.
(November 7, 2010) Think i might be poop socking it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtRnpC7ddv8

The public library has a moral authority; it should be about learning, not learning to kill.

http://www.ps3community.ch/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/black-ops-ops.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NQSX7Mne3A

Chrisv2010: Black Ops has toned down the sniping to the point that there are no more of those quick scoping shitheads. A sniper rifle needs to be used like a sniper rifle.

http://www.unbeatable.co.uk/images/uploaded_images/Black%20Ops%20zombies%20header--article_image.jpg

Guardian Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pblj3JHF-Jo

Polyphonic: I was blown away by how incomprehensible the cutscenes are.

http://anyauto.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Call-of-Duty-Black-Ops-Jeep-Wrangler-Unlimited-1.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuIj-zP3RoE

Antexit: I feel like I get more or less the same sort of concentrated pleasure from the new pac-man game as from this game. the amount of playtime it would take to get up to 15x prestige you could probably work at mcdonald's and save enough to buy gold-plated guns irl...

http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/13800000/Call-of-Duty-Black-Ops-wallpaper-call-of-duty-black-ops-13857633-830-467.jpg

The inherent social media dangers of courting deranged teenagers

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbl119cwwE1qzb9hgo1_500.jpg

Zero Punctuation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV01n03Sk7A

jjjusten: oh my god the single player on this (yeah yeah i know) is the dumbest shit i have ever seen… and i played just cause 2!

http://www.nave360.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Call-of-Duty-Black-Ops-Zombies-Mode-Gets-Surprising-Details-2.jpg

$1 BILLION in sales plus the year's most pirated game

― I saw this awesome photo of a marmot (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 April 2011 18:12 (thirteen years ago) link

lolol @ the jim in glasgow quotes

― fat fat fat fat Usher (DJP), Thursday, 14 April 2011 18:19 (thirteen years ago) link

Every year a game like this finishes incredibly low in our poll and I always find it incredibly heartening.

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Thursday, 14 April 2011 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link

Bigger than avatar AND TAKE THAT

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-04-14-black-ops-bigger-than-avatar-take-that

― JimD, Thursday, 14 April 2011 18:42 (thirteen years ago) link

what the hell is take that?

― I saw this awesome photo of a marmot (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 April 2011 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link

The Best Band in Britain

http://991.com/newGallery/Take-That-Take-That--Party-380476.jpg

― JimD, Thursday, 14 April 2011 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link

as a dude who gets paid to moderate gamers' facebook comments I remain astonished at how many different ways kids can misspell "Black Ops"

― the pussy/butthole addendum (jamescobo), Thursday, 14 April 2011 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link

like at this point when I see the box art I half expect it to read BALCK OPPS

― the pussy/butthole addendum (jamescobo), Thursday, 14 April 2011 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link

hahahaha so proud that i don't know who the fuck take that are

― I saw this awesome photo of a marmot (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 April 2011 18:49 (thirteen years ago) link

wow, only 2 votes

― cold hands of monkeys on my heart (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 14 April 2011 19:01 (thirteen years ago) link

yeh a bit o_0 that some of games i voted for are going to place above BLOPS

― ／人 ◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ (zappi), Thursday, 14 April 2011 19:08 (thirteen years ago) link

i figured ppl would vote it just for more mentions of the word.... BLOPS

but yeh, pretty heartening heh

― Nhex, Thursday, 14 April 2011 22:25 (thirteen years ago) link

what's not heartening is that the game I halfheartedly awarded my last 5 points to is going to end up somewhere north of here

― T.S. Eliot-themed roach fetish porn (silby), Thursday, 14 April 2011 22:26 (thirteen years ago) link

as a dude who gets paid to moderate gamers' facebook comments I remain astonished at how many different ways kids can misspell "Black Ops"
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― the pussy/butthole addendum (jamescobo), Thursday, 14 April 2011 19:47 (Yesterday)

hold on hold on, you're not secretly one of my moderators are you?

― salsa shark, Friday, 15 April 2011 10:57 (thirteen years ago) link

hahahaha so proud that i don't know who the fuck take that are
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― I saw this awesome photo of a marmot (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 April 2011 19:49 (Yesterday)

you sure abt that?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2ICtCO8TCw

― salsa shark, Friday, 15 April 2011 11:02 (thirteen years ago) link

great, now i know who the fuck take that are and they suck.

― o u mad cuz i'm Kgositsilin' on u (forksclovetofu), Friday, 15 April 2011 12:24 (thirteen years ago) link

what's not heartening is that the game I halfheartedly awarded my last 5 points to is going to end up somewhere north of here

Yeah, I did some last-minute points inflation on realising that my short ballot didn't meet the minimum points total, and now I don't know whether to feel bad that my hasty casual gamer votes are going to dwarf the BLOPSes of the year, or if such craziness is all just part of the fun of Coint+Plick...

― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 15 April 2011 12:28 (thirteen years ago) link

I like that ilx taste doesn't just c/p gamefaq's

― Mordy, Friday, 15 April 2011 12:33 (thirteen years ago) link

Yeah, I did some last-minute points inflation on realising that my short ballot didn't meet the minimum points total, and now I don't know whether to feel bad that my hasty casual gamer votes are going to dwarf the BLOPSes of the year, or if such craziness is all just part of the fun of Coint+Plick...

I feel this, yeah. After I sent my ballot in I realised I should've maybe scaled down my total points relative the number of things I actually voted for. My number one choice def deserves its 5-point inflation though.

― salsa shark, Friday, 15 April 2011 12:49 (thirteen years ago) link

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Tuesday, 26 April 2011 20:47 (thirteen years ago) link

hahahah, i was going to do this wasn't i

― forks (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 26 April 2011 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link

If you want I can finish it for you. Your call obviously.

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Tuesday, 26 April 2011 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link

sigh.
maybe?

― forks (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 26 April 2011 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link

nut up forks! PSN's down anyway!

― Nhex, Tuesday, 26 April 2011 23:23 (thirteen years ago) link

Yah, but three jobs are in full swing!

― forks (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 04:33 (thirteen years ago) link

dude ur going to bang this thing out the week i get married and over my honeymoon arent u u son of a bitch

― The Band Perry is the drummer for Gay Dad (jjjusten), Thursday, 28 April 2011 16:58 (thirteen years ago) link

"honey can we drive into town i need internets so i can check on what videogames won in the ilg poll oh hey why u putting my luggage out here on the lawn"

― The Band Perry is the drummer for Gay Dad (jjjusten), Thursday, 28 April 2011 17:00 (thirteen years ago) link

Just FYI I will be bored at work for the next 2 days

― blbllbllllllrlrrghgghhh (jjjusten), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 04:56 (thirteen years ago) link

poly, you wanna drop me a line and we can work out a bit of a succession plan? I have a great deal of the core work finished here; the numbers are all worked.

― And thusly create the illusion of babby (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 05:00 (thirteen years ago) link

*shakes fist at god*

― blbllbllllllrlrrghgghhh (jjjusten), Wednesday, 4 May 2011 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link

Two-way tie for #64:

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Thursday, 5 May 2011 17:51 (thirteen years ago) link

#64: Dance Central – 360 – 15 pts – 3 votes
Official Game Site

http://www.gamehoot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Dance-Central-motion.jpg

Mitch Krpata: Fitness games are one thing, but you'll break a sweat without complaining in Dance Central.

http://image.gamespotcdn.net/gamespot/images/2010/228/reviews/997631_08172010_640screen007.jpg

Polyphonic: It's very easy to humiliate yourself playing this, and the track list sometimes leaves a bit to be desired, but this is a very well-made Kinect game that is a blast to play or to watch. This is the ultimate girlfriend game for a large segment of girlfriends.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HbF-qFMySU

Eurogamer Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTYtH28esTg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JG4BpAY7A4

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Thursday, 5 May 2011 17:51 (thirteen years ago) link

thanks for doing this dude!

― Stone Colde Sylke Freek (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 5 May 2011 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link

#64: Chime – PC/360/PS3 – 15 pts – 3 votes
Official Game Site

http://consolepress.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/FTR-Chime-GamePlay.jpg

Will M: Every year I think there are no new ideas for fun puzzle games and
every year a new puzzle game ends up being really fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnZs3SrGybw

litel: Chime is a pretty compelling puzzler. Well worth the price.

Nhex: Chillest puzzle game ever.

http://www.sportsmantalk.org/jokes/images/Redneck%20Wind%20Chime.jpg

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Thursday, 5 May 2011 18:12 (thirteen years ago) link

thanks for doing this dude!

No sweat!

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Thursday, 5 May 2011 18:14 (thirteen years ago) link

YAY

― blbllbllllllrlrrghgghhh (jjjusten), Thursday, 5 May 2011 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link

better than blops

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Thursday, 5 May 2011 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link

YAY!!

Dance Central would almost be enough to persuade me to get Kinect, if it wasn't for the fact that my flat is way too tiny for it to work properly.

― if, Thursday, 5 May 2011 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link

It lives! Thanks forks and thanks polyphonic!

I really wanted to like Chime but it feels kinda clunky to me. But I've been playing it on my laptop, which is not a gaming machine at all and doesn't have a real mouse, so maybe that's why. I liked the music though, and since I got it for like £2 in some Steam sale or other it was still worth the price.

― russ conway's game of life (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 5 May 2011 18:58 (thirteen years ago) link

#63: Art Style: Light Trax – Wii – 17 pts – 2 votes
Official Game Site

http://wiimedia.ign.com/wii/image/article/107/1071651/art-style-light-trax-20100224023013453_640w.jpg

zappi: ok so i was hyped up for Light Trax cos i love the game that its based on, but holy shit did Skip deliver - the minimal bleep music & art style, the new freeway mode, the improved more tactical gameplay - its a shame i don't smoke weed anymore cos this seems to be designed for that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALe7wFWXFuE

abanana: a racing game that looks great. track memorization still required,
unfortunately.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5HMRpN0UJE

It's like Tron, but not.

[Removed Illegal Link]

http://image.gamespotcdn.net/gamespot/images/2010/054/990142_20100224_640screen011.jpg

http://wiimedia.ign.com/wii/image/article/112/1120639/kirbys-epic-yarn-20100914060905480_640w.jpg

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Thursday, 5 May 2011 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link

The illegal link: http://tubedubber.com/#S34olFV-eDo:OXuwkoRTamg:0:100:0:0:true

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Thursday, 5 May 2011 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link

Wooooooooooooooooooo!!

― secretariat on demand (Z S), Thursday, 5 May 2011 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link

thx to both of you wrt this, if i havent already made that clear

― blbllbllllllrlrrghgghhh (jjjusten), Thursday, 5 May 2011 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link

I believe the proper way to express that sentiment is WOOOOOOOOYAYUH

YAAAY-UH

― secretariat on demand (Z S), Thursday, 5 May 2011 21:04 (thirteen years ago) link

Two-way tie for 61st.

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Thursday, 5 May 2011 21:41 (thirteen years ago) link

#61: Kirby’s Epic Yarn – Wii – 19 pts – 2 votes
Official Game Site

Polyphonic: Amazing levels, incredible visual style. This game could really use the horsepower of the PS3 to give those cloth textures more appeal (i.e. Little Big Planet), but still one of the most creative games of the year.

Silby: Cute.

http://wiimedia.ign.com/wii/image/article/112/1120639/kirbys-epic-yarn-20100914060914434_640w.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkht8JTdyOo

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/2507256940_c99e909ef6.jpg

Zero Punctuation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PsOCN4RU88

Eurogamerzzzz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lly6rCcp09E

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2622/4522008012_a168f8214e.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozPkEBhFzuw

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Thursday, 5 May 2011 21:41 (thirteen years ago) link

Oops, meant to go image - quote - image up there. I am terrible at this!

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Thursday, 5 May 2011 21:43 (thirteen years ago) link

doing fine boyo

― Nhex, Thursday, 5 May 2011 21:44 (thirteen years ago) link

Last one for today.

#61: Alan Wake – 360 – 19 pts – 2 votes
Official Game Site

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/alan-wake.jpg

Craig G: This game genuinely spooked me and got me panicky in places when fighting/running for survival. The narration really reminded me of Max Payne, which I loved back in the day. I didn't finish the game, but I really want to, just to get the rest of the story (though I think I heard it ends on a cliffhanger). The episodic layout of the game had an almost certainly deliberate Twin Peaks feel to it, and also fits quite nicely with my short attention span.

http://mktplassets.xbox.com/NR/rdonlyres/5DDA154F-EDCB-4D43-9A6F-1D3EF6C43672/0/simAlanWake00.jpg

GM: the visuals are not a problem at all. kinda digging it so far, despite similarities to failures like Heavy Rain and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSB4QcQMm6E

Cozen: the visual style reminds me more of the 2005 remake of the fog

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01417/alanwake2_1417057c.jpg

bnw: some good ideas behind this game but plagued with an unlikable main character who never shuts up ... I think its biggest issue is that its just not freaky/weird enough especially in comparison to SH. it tries for this psychological thriller level but isn't smart enough to move it past cliches.

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/107/1070128/alan-wake-20100218084206752_640w.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AECv-qHCz_c

Euro-Gamer

jjjusten: not one scare in the whole thing, ultra repetetive gameplay to the point of huge frustration, garbage script, super boring visually, makes the color palatte in FO3 look like a rainbow brite episode, pointless driving sections, terrible characters, and for bonus points direct ripoffs of other games and the most noxious product placement ive ever seen (not in quantity, but in the way its done). god i hated this game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzoA09eTmxo

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Thursday, 5 May 2011 22:18 (thirteen years ago) link

Holding true to my one major error per post ratio.

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Thursday, 5 May 2011 22:19 (thirteen years ago) link

hahaha yeah that was my biggest disappointment/most hated of the year vote iirc

― blbllbllllllrlrrghgghhh (jjjusten), Thursday, 5 May 2011 22:41 (thirteen years ago) link

Chime was ass, wtf is wrong with you people.

― you penis-curling she-devils (jamescobo), Friday, 6 May 2011 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link

i played the hell outta chime. really enjoyed it.

― Stone Colde Sylke Freek (forksclovetofu), Friday, 6 May 2011 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link

it felt like a weaksauce version of Lumines

― you penis-curling she-devils (jamescobo), Friday, 6 May 2011 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link

and tbh I always thought Lumines was pretty overrated in its own right

― you penis-curling she-devils (jamescobo), Friday, 6 May 2011 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link

i just like philip glass

― Stone Colde Sylke Freek (forksclovetofu), Friday, 6 May 2011 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link

I do too! but not that song. if they'd picked the epilogue from Satyagraha I would be calling it the best game ever.

― you penis-curling she-devils (jamescobo), Friday, 6 May 2011 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link

derp, I mean the epilogue from Akhnaten (the one working in all the Einstein on the Beach bits)

― you penis-curling she-devils (jamescobo), Friday, 6 May 2011 18:21 (thirteen years ago) link

Should I do more this afternoon? y/n

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Friday, 6 May 2011 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link

http://teamofmonkeys.com/maze-mazes/images/maze-of-uppercase-y-yonatan-frimer-1000.png

― secretariat on demand (Z S), Friday, 6 May 2011 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link

Yes!

― Mordy, Friday, 6 May 2011 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link

the answer to that question is always yes

― you penis-curling she-devils (jamescobo), Friday, 6 May 2011 18:41 (thirteen years ago) link

Alan Wake plot summary: The darkness took her so I had to write a story about the darkness so I could get into the darkness to save her because my story about the darkness became real!

― You Get Hoynes (bnw), Friday, 6 May 2011 22:43 (thirteen years ago) link

Eight-way tie for 53. I only have time to do one this evenin'.

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Saturday, 7 May 2011 00:37 (thirteen years ago) link

#53: Super Crate Box – PC – 20 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://www.pixelprospector.com/wp-content/gallery/super-crate-box/super-crate-box-02.jpg

Super Crate Box is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can. Prepare for an arcade delight with interesting, refreshing game mechanics, cracking retro art and a terribly hip chiptune soundtrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JlGC8GVlJM

Bamcquern: not as good as the demo version but the basic idea of collecting as many crates as you possibly can no matter how doing so will disadvantage your position is still there

http://www.pixeljoint.com/files/icons/full/coverback2.gif

Rock Paper Shotgun review

http://image.gamespotcdn.net/gamespot/images/2011/067/623298_20110309_640screen002.jpg

MTV blog review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8aeZ_41Z3E

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_4MUf6T4VzPw/TNdMAGZdPvI/AAAAAAAARtY/Y4vz_PK2fhU/vlambeer-super-crate-box-papercraft.jpg

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Saturday, 7 May 2011 00:40 (thirteen years ago) link

#53: Space Funeral – PC – 20 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site? I think?

http://www.indiegames.com/blog/images/timw/spacefun5a.png

Bamcquern: jrpg less interesting for how it interrogates the limits of the form than for its atmosphere, unlicensed music and its Platonism-themed punch line

http://www.gamingdaily.co.uk/images/spacefuneral-2010-10-12/sob.png

Nhex: Some people have pushed Space Funeral as the quirky horrible RPGMaker game of the year, but mostly it is just terrible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syDXH-ZPXvA

RPS review

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/images/10/oct/spacefuneral.png

http://davidszondy.com/future/Living/space_funeral_02.jpg

Celestis makes it possible to honor the dream and memory of your departed loved one by launching a symbolic portion of cremated remains into Earth orbit, onto the lunar surface or into deep space.

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 9 May 2011 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link

les rallizes denudes track in that youtube clip - nice!

― original bgm, Monday, 9 May 2011 19:40 (thirteen years ago) link

#53: Mirror’s Edge – iPhone – 20 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/09/edgephone.jpg

Autumn Almanac: The designers really thought about how to execute parkour platforming on a touch screen and it shows.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3264/2829849839_765697c938.jpg

abcfsk: Mirror's Edge is just wonderful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i791LVFlxQg

http://i.neoseeker.com/gg/uploads/news/10-2008/news_img_14791_5.jpg

Touch Arcade review

IGN review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr5LQq42l4M

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link

Probably my last one until next week, btw.

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link

bummer. i hope this list finishes before we start soliciting ballots for 2011

― Mordy, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link

If forks has some free time he can always tag in during my absence.

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 19:17 (thirteen years ago) link

bummer. i hope this list finishes before we start soliciting ballots for 2011
too late TACTICS OGRE 4 PRESIDENT 2011

― Alderaan Duran (Will M.), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link

honestly wish i had more time for this guys. candle already burning on both ends

― Special Fleshlights for their Patriotism (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link

Well, let's see if I can polish off the 53's at least

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link

#53: Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi – 360 – 20 pts – 1 vote

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/3/33346/1349472-ketsui_large.jpg

We have the year 2054 and we are in the middle of a War. An Evil Company by the name EVAC is making massive Profit by, illegally, Producing and selling Weapon Systems. The United Nations discovered EVAC's doings and asked them to immediately stop all actions and to Destroy all Facilities. EVAC refused to take any action and now the United Nations started a preventive War against the evil Company.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhSLrU6jtjk

Trivia: The Evil Company's name EVAC is the word CAVE spelled backwards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcBJUBc-3qY

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 20:47 (thirteen years ago) link

#53: Guwange – 360 – 20 pts – 1 vote

http://javs.it/files/2010/02/Guwange.jpg

Despite being more well-known in the West for games like DonPachi and Deathsmiles, Guwange is one of Cave's most revered shooting titles in its native Japan. This is for two reasons: its medieval setting is a nice break from the usual science-fiction fare found in the genre, while its unique "shikigami" mechanic turns what could be a tedious shooter into an enthralling blend of frantic action and delicate positioning. - Kotaku

http://download.xbox.com/content/images/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410a78/1033/screenlg2.jpg

Alan N: This was the year that I officially regressed into a moldy retro gamer. the focus is really narrow on my list: shmups, j-rpgs, and platformers. I'm basically OK with that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaAYgvxyHCg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz0gGDRNCMc

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link

were these last two voted on by the same person?

― Mordy, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link

hah, yes. that would be me.

― original bgm, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link

#53: Epic Mickey – Wii – 20 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://slyoyster.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Epic-Mickey.jpg

Princess TamTam: An enchanting journey into a dreamworld of magic.

http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Games/D/Disney%20Epic%20Mickey/Everything%20Else/Super%20Review/epic-mickey3--article_image.jpg

Warren Spector Interview

http://image.gamespotcdn.net/gamespot/images/2010/333/reviews/975515_20101130_640screen013.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN0RcVD6_RA

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XdP6Lp2ceqY/TIMZWdCcCHI/AAAAAAAAa5c/XJ_pvWhOSf8/s1600/4827461956_3508bc8771_z.jpg

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link

i do love ade's facetious quote for that one.

― Special Fleshlights for their Patriotism (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 21:40 (thirteen years ago) link

Additional quotes:

salsa shark: Not too sure what IGN is on about. I think the camera works fine for the most part, with only rare instances where you can't swing it behind you or go into first-person mode. Otherwise, you can move it all around you, though it's a bit slower than I'd normally like. The control scheme is basic but there are only two times it's irritated me: first, when trying to jump near a NPC, who I then end up talking to, because A is both jump and 'interact with NPC'; second, when trying to paint/unpaint a chunk of scenery on the ground and not being able to paint it because for whatever reason the game doesn't seem to understand where I'm pointing (it's hard to explain, but thankfully so far this hasn't rendered crucial parts of the game unplayable).

If there's anything that has me near Wiimote-throwing point, it's the poor quest management and the way every task seems to turn into a fetch quest. A number of non-essential quests 'expire' if you neglect to complete them during a specific moment/area of the game (the world isn't fully explorable; I don't think you can retrace your steps and revisit old areas unless it's part of the storyline moving forward), and I find the quests themselves are all kind of redundant. Collecting 5 spark plugs turns into 5 fetch quests for various NPCs who all look similar and are easy to forget/mistake for one another. It's all 'oh yeah, I have a spark plug, but you can't have it unless you throw these bunnies into a vacuum tube,' or 'yeah, I'll give you this statue, but you have to find me a flower so I can woo Henrietta,' then 'I'll help you arrange a bouquet of flowers, but you have to find me three flowers first,' then AARRRGHGHGH WHERE TF ARE THE STUPID FLOWERS JUST LET ME GET TO THE NEXT PART OF THE GAME ALREADY. Okay I love quests and adventure games but seriously this is almost too much even for me.

But it's a very nice game to look at and I'll stick with it for a while longer.

CaptainLorax: I read this thread before I went to sleep last night and at one point in the dream I was playing this game or something. I just remember the Bunny Kids except they were Bunny Boys that had chairs for faces. They were actually pretty cute.

Noodle Vague: Emo versions of kids cartoons are probly the most horrible fucking thing ever invented ever.

― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 21:44 (thirteen years ago) link

Warren Specter followed up this success with writing a DuckTales comic.

― jay lenonononono (abanana), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 21:48 (thirteen years ago) link

DuckTales!

― Mordy, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 21:58 (thirteen years ago) link

#53: Deadly Premonition – PS3/360 –20 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://beefjack.com/files/2010/08/deadly_premonition_03.jpg

jjjusten: yeah yeah everybody is going to think that im being captain challops here but this really was my second favorite game of the year. it is completely unhinged but theres something so good underneath the slapdash budget production that everyone (well everyone w/a 360 at least) really ought to give it a try. this is a game that should be used as an example of the difference between badly thought out mechanics and broken mechanics, and a lot of reviewers seem to have flubbed that one. the gameplay is at times, and maybe often, kind of shitty (it does get better), but that isnt the point here, its a suda 51 sort of experience where the depth of abject weirdness just gets more and more satisfying until suddenly you dont care that the cars all drive like bricks and the combat mechanic is pointlessly easy once you get one of the special weapons and that the character models are at least a generation or two behind par. also make no mistake, the dudes behind this game are totally in on the joke, and if you stick with it long enough you will reap the rewards.

FAIR WARNING: if you have a pulse, you will hate the first hour or so of this game, no question, but stick with it because it's worth it. Repeat this mantra the first time you drive (oh and also be sure to hit the a button to talk every chance you get, there is hidden gold, especially when you are driving alone). Also keep this persistence creed in mind the first time you have a long long long series of timed button presses to escape from danger (trust me, you'll know it when you see it).
also, BEST PAUSE MENU IN ANY GAME EVER.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp5krDoflLI

Jordan: i'm heartened that there are still broken + hilarious games being made for the youth of today

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/104/1043970/deadly-premonition-20091110000512473_640w.jpg

Polyphonic: I enjoyed playing the first two hours of this. Definitely going to pick it up at some point. It is sort of a so-bad-it's-good thing though. I think you could combine elements of Nier, Deadly Premonition, and Alan Wake and make one amazing game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzvXBFwcyek