Coint and Plick 2013 - The Sixth Annual ILX Video Game Poll

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Composer Interview

Dev PostMortem Podcast

Nightmare Mode

Original Dev, Yoshihisa Kishimoto, Interview

Soundtrack

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― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 9 February 2013 20:11 (eleven years ago) link

#60 (Tie): Final Fantasy XIII-2 – PS3 – 10 pts - 1 vote

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Quarter to Three

Nightmare Mode

Hills and Lines in FFXIII- 1

Producer Interview

YouTube Soundtrack Playlist

”Final Fantasy XIII-2 is the opposite of Ernest Hemmingway”

Further Deep Thoughts (“The player must then have a fluency with the narrative as experienced and seek to find the moments when the game could end and then try to see if it might.”)

Farroncest, some quirky kink, and one-sided Alyssa/Serah

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S. Clover: The biggest gaming disappointment of the year for me was reaching the end of Final Fantasy XIII-2, and discovering yet again that I was underpowered / underskilled to defeat the final boss. I'm sick of fun, plot driven RPGs with arbitrary difficulty spikes.

― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 9 February 2013 20:13 (eleven years ago) link

#60 (Tie): Halo 4 – X360 – 10 pts - 1 vote

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Zero Punctuation

Nightmare Mode

Quarter to Three

Brainy Gamer: High Noon for Shooters

Experience Points Podcast

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HALO 4

― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 9 February 2013 20:15 (eleven years ago) link

#60 (Tie): Jet Set Radio HD – iOS, PSN, XBLA – 10 pts - 1 vote

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Devs Look Back

Where Are They Now?

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― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 9 February 2013 20:17 (eleven years ago) link

#60 (Tie): LEGO Lord of the Rings – PS3, X360 – 10 pts - 1 vote

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Gameplay Video (lol whatta maroon)

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Executive Producer Interview

Rock Paper Shotgun

Gay Gamer

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WARNING Lego Man Pedophile on the Loose

― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 9 February 2013 20:18 (eleven years ago) link

Final Fantasy XIII-2 worst video game name of the year

― zero dark (s1ocki), Saturday, 9 February 2013 20:25 (eleven years ago) link

should have called it Final Fantasy XI

― brogue element (seandalai), Saturday, 9 February 2013 20:26 (eleven years ago) link

It's a sequel to Final Fantasy XIII - what else are you going to call it?

Also it isn't even the worst name in this thread so far (Black! Knight! Sword!) and we're only at #60

― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 9 February 2013 20:28 (eleven years ago) link

oh i dont know, final fantasy FOURTEEN maybe

― zero dark (s1ocki), Saturday, 9 February 2013 20:37 (eleven years ago) link

But none of the main-series games are sequels to each other?

― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 9 February 2013 20:42 (eleven years ago) link

they should have called it final fantasy 13: chronicles of the windsweeper or something. it just looks like it's final fantasy 13's second disc or something!

― zero dark (s1ocki), Saturday, 9 February 2013 21:00 (eleven years ago) link

But none of the main-series games are sequels to each other?

― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, February 9, 2013 3:42 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nope.

― s.clover, Saturday, 9 February 2013 21:01 (eleven years ago) link

This list is already pretty bizarre!

bro-five to whoever voted for Double Dragon Neon. I had to double check my ballot to make sure I didn't vote for it, but I was pretty entertained by it. the ending song alone! (Thx for those links, forks, some good reading)

― Nhex, Saturday, 9 February 2013 21:03 (eleven years ago) link

Chronicles of the pee pee ding ding

― Jeff, Saturday, 9 February 2013 21:04 (eleven years ago) link

FF13-2 was my vote (eep). The story is still nonsense but the characters were a lot better. (In the first game the characters encounter a no-win situation, and then you get a lot of cutscenes about courage and family and all that Disney shit, ending with them choosing the no-win path which involves killing a lot of people.)

Double Dragon Neon was also mine. Not sure about the tapes mechanism -- it's a bit too much like cow-clicking -- but otherwise it's a lot of fun. Here's a playthrough from a big Double Dragon fan: http://youtu.be/In917B12R_Q

― abanana, Sunday, 10 February 2013 00:26 (eleven years ago) link

the previous FF was better in my book, not least because I could actually _beat_ it. the story was also less dark, and less weird.

― s.clover, Sunday, 10 February 2013 00:36 (eleven years ago) link

#60 (Tie): Letterpress – iOS – 10 pts - 1 vote

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Business Insider Tells You How to Win

So What Is This Again?

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― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 10 February 2013 20:35 (eleven years ago) link

#60 (Tie): Little Inferno – PC – 10 pts - 1 vote

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Blue Screen of Awesome - Playthru

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Little Inferno

Forksclovetofu: Another game about games in a year where these were everywhere to be found, Little Inferno (along with 10000000 and Spec Ops) asks you if you really want to play at all. Fairly short but surprisingly twisted, with a depth that’s difficult to explain as (maybe just this once) the spoilers really are spoilers. All my DEEP THOUGHTS on completion were neatly echoed by Errant Signal's excellent video essay linked up top. This is a near close call as my favorite game of the year; now that it’s out on iOS, you really owe it to yourself to give it a whirl. Dream bigger!

― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 10 February 2013 20:47 (eleven years ago) link

#60 (Tie): Machinarium – PS3 – 10 pts - 1 vote

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Zora: A beautifully drawn, fairly fiendish, amusing little p&c adventure game. It harked back to the best kind of children's TV and books; the non-patronising kind. I'd have scored it higher but it was -gasp- too hard for me. Pure spite.

― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 10 February 2013 20:53 (eleven years ago) link

#60 (Tie): New Super Mario Bros. 2 – 3DS – 10 pts - 1 vote

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Iwata Asks

YouTube Soundtrack Listing

PopMatters

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diamonddave85:Back in college, my roommate, a guy down the hall and I would get stoned and take turns playing a level from SMW to see who could finish the level the fastest. We realized that part of the genius of Mario games was that almost every level was impeccably designed to be run through at top speed: jumps and enemy placement were just in the right place so you could run through a level with an unbroken flow. Ever since then, my preferred style of playing Mario games is to run through as fast as I can and try to achieve that flow. Although I'm still getting used to the levels, this style of play seems to be encouraged in NSMB2 (the coin block head powerup should make this obvious). Because it seems like this was a focal design consideration, this has been one of the more enjoyable of the newer 2d Mario games for me.

― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 10 February 2013 21:01 (eleven years ago) link

We realized that part of the genius of Mario games was that almost every level was impeccably designed to be run through at top speed: jumps and enemy placement were just in the right place so you could run through a level with an unbroken flow.

YES, so true. watching youtube speed runs of SMB3 can make it seem like the entire game was designed so some genius kid could chain together a bunch of jumps and bounces off of enemies in one, perfect way that all other playthroughs pale next to

― Z S, Sunday, 10 February 2013 21:26 (eleven years ago) link

did machinarium place on coint + plick 3 years in a row on 3 different systems?

― Mordy, Sunday, 10 February 2013 23:27 (eleven years ago) link

but it was -gasp- too hard for me. Pure spite.

haha, this is where i ended up, too

― Nhex, Monday, 11 February 2013 00:33 (eleven years ago) link

Wow, Letterpress just swallowed (swallow wallowed, sallowed) my Sunday. Like SpellTower but actually fun.

― Plasmon, Monday, 11 February 2013 07:02 (eleven years ago) link

#60 (Tie): Picross E – 3DS – 10 pts - 1 vote

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― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Monday, 11 February 2013 17:59 (eleven years ago) link

#60 (Tie): Professor Layton and The Miracle Mask – 3DS – 10 pts - 1 vote

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YouTube Soundtrack

Gay Gamer

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― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Monday, 11 February 2013 17:59 (eleven years ago) link

I haven't played a professor layton in a while. Do they come up w/ new feeling puzzles or is mostly retreads at this point? And when does the Layton/Justice crossover happen?

― Mordy, Monday, 11 February 2013 18:00 (eleven years ago) link

#60 (Tie): Rayman Origins – 3DS – 10 pts - 1 vote

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Zero Punctuation

Gamasutra: The Core of Rayman Origins

Soundtrack

Creator Interview

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― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Monday, 11 February 2013 18:01 (eleven years ago) link

#60 (Tie): Rock Band Blitz – PSN – 10 pts - 1 vote

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New York Post Interview

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ROCK BAND

― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Monday, 11 February 2013 18:02 (eleven years ago) link

#60 (Tie): Saturday Morning RPG – iOS – 10 pts - 1 vote

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Soundtrack Sampler

Dev Interview and Concept Sketches

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S. Clover: SMRPG is a retromania game, but doesn't trade in transgression so much as wish-fulfillment. The genre parody is modest and affectionate. The worst you'll find are that the GI Joes are credit-hogs. The combat system is pretty varied, but once I'd acquired my best weapons I found I stuck with them to the exclusion of others, which meant things got fairly repetitive. Which is a shame, because there are branching choice paths that would reward multiple playthroughs if certain sections of enemies weren't such a slog. Nonetheless, the plot of the episodes released thus far is enjoyable enough, and there are enough fun surprises for at least one playthrough.

― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Monday, 11 February 2013 18:04 (eleven years ago) link

Simpsons game is pretty good for a Farmville clone type thing, and the first one of these that I actually feel tempted to buy premium stuff for (I still won't bc spending money on a non-game is a ridiculous prospect). But still - kudos to them.

― Mordy, Monday, 11 February 2013 20:23 (eleven years ago) link

#60 (Tie): Sound Shapes – PSN – 10 pts - 1 vote

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Beck’s Soundtrack on Youtube

Gamasutra Postmortem

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Ten Great Community Levels

”How Sound Shapes Shines”

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Forksclovetofu: Another game I love that is less a game and more a concept realized in game format. The community is really key here; there's loads of interesting levels to explore.

― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 00:31 (eleven years ago) link

#60 (Tie): The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave – 3DS – 10 pts - 1 vote

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A Beginner’s Guide

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zappi: Charming DQ-style dungeon crawler, your party is gathered via wifi signals. An expanded sequel is on its way soon.

― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 00:35 (eleven years ago) link

#60 (Tie): WipEout 2048 – PSVita – 10 pts - 1 vote

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WIPEOUT

― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 00:37 (eleven years ago) link

#57 (Tie): Angry Birds: Star Wars – iOS – 10 pts – 2 votes

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Touch Arcade Review

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― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 00:41 (eleven years ago) link

#57 (Tie): Burrito Bison – iOS – 10 pts – 2 votes

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Play Online for Free

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Soundtrack

S. Clover: Like a slot machine. Stupid, mechanical, addictive, effective.

― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 00:44 (eleven years ago) link

#57 (Tie): QatQi – iOS – 10 pts – 2 votes

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Quarter to Three

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jjjusten: If you ever wanted to get beat up by leaderboard inadequacy, this is the game for you. If you lived in a bubble and didn't know that other people were playing, this would be a 5 minute yawn delete download, but when that first leaderboard populates and you see just how lame your score is, suddenly you are replaying and replaying and now you hate yourself. Especially when you realize that all that internal monologue about how "hey it's just lucky breaks" is just the sound of you lying to yourself. 2012's game most likely to make you want to murder your friends.

― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 00:49 (eleven years ago) link

word games + slot machine games =

gaming in 2012

― Mordy, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 00:50 (eleven years ago) link

I hate word games. I think I hate words in general. Giving up on life.

― Jeff, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 00:54 (eleven years ago) link

also hard games but i suspect they're mostly still to come

― Mordy, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 01:02 (eleven years ago) link

#56: Minecraft – XBLA – 11 pts – 1 vote (+83 points / 7 votes from 2011 poll, which would put this at #5 technically, but fuggit)

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Gamasutra: Minecraft, Intellectual Property and The Future of Copyright

California Literary Review

Put some cheese on that burger

Notch Interview

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itt we minecraft

― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 04:42 (eleven years ago) link

#55: Theatrhythm Final Fantasy – 3DS, iOS – 13 pts – 1 vote

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Songlist

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Gay Gamer

if: Ouendan with classic Final Fantasy music, a couple of extra gameplay touches, and levels upon levels of RPG complications which are mostly there to take or leave as the mood goes - all good things. It gets the difficulty curve just right as well, from initial introduction through to full on concentration and desperation. The point when I realised that this game had really got to me was when I was watching a Paralympic medal ceremony and started picturing the Brazilian national anthem as a series of taps and swishes.

― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 04:45 (eleven years ago) link

#54: New Star Soccer – iOS – 14 pts – 2 votes

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Play Free Online

NSS’ Unlikely Success