Oh man, I had no idea 2K couldn't get the rights to use John Stockton's likeness and had to settle for Chris Kattan.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
So I was the only vote for Analogue, huh? I was somewhat disappointed (think I've said on every possible thread that it's nowhere near as good as Digital) but I still thought it was worth a reasonable vote. It's much much better than most 'Visual Novel' type things.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
wow, nobody else played NBA 2K13? that game kinda blew my mind! of course, I haven't played an NBA game in like ten years, so... but still!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
I played the demo for NBA 2K13 and thought it was their best in years. But I haven't seen it for cheap -- missed the Black Friday deals -- so I haven't picked it up yet.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
lovin the gifs
― zero dark (s1ocki), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
i felt like digital was the perfect amount of gameplay to storytelling. analogue was just a giant text dump at times. she needs an editor.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 16:55 (eleven years ago) link
POCKET PLANES that was gaming to me in 2K12 for better & mostly for worse
― Euler, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
these animations are great.
really glad i got off the pocket planes early on when an idevice died. at least with the other time-waster pellet dispensers you can run out of things to do pretty quick. pocket planes quickly ramped up to where you could be managing yr. planes all day nonstop.
― s.clover, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
my life this term has been Pocket Planes IRL so I appreciated the mappiness of it. I am basically a sucker for games that have real world maps involved essentially in the game play (cf. Plague Inc)
― Euler, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
its a game that invites min/maxing but at the same time makes you ask why you're reallly bothering. that article linked is pretty good on the topic, i guess, but more positive about it.
― s.clover, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
...yeah, i am at a loss at how i spent so much time on Pocket Planes and Tiny Tower. don't really regret it, but i'm kinda glad to be out of the addiction cycle as well
― Nhex, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
someday i'll get around to playing Analogue just so i can yell at you guys for overrating Digital
i could see myself (regretting) getting lost in pocket planes so i will steer wide of that.
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
c+p has by far the best production values of any poll, nice work forks and zs
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
the gifs are really nice
― Nhex, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
graphics 5/5story 5/5 sound 4/5 because it doesnt have any
― Bob-omb The Videogame Industry! (Will M.), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
Pinball Arcade was my vote, and I'm surprised I was the only vote. All of the pinball machines in the game are simulations of real machines, using the actual layouts, sounds, and animations.
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
huh I could have sworn I voted for that
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
just doublechecked, you didn't.
― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
btw the gifs are, one and all, amazing; lots to look forward to
― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
maybe I thought it was a 2011 game?
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
This is the poll for old games that were re-released on random platforms in 2012 so there is no room for actual new games.
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
anybody want to start putting in bets on the top ten?
― it was very clear that it's a sarcastic song (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
NO(jk)
― Z S, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
I'm guessing that #3 is the gamification version of the 1040 EZ tax form or something.
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
great work on the animated gifs so far, looking forward to what gif is chosen for my no1 game that no one will have voted for!also : really need to get round to playing a Christine Love game - i think i got Analogue in a Steam sale, but do i need to play Digital first?
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
they're unrelated but digital is significantly better than analogue
― Mordy, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
http://images0.pulsd.com/pulses/images/000/012/119/original/legs.jpg
gamification
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
on the gifs: i'm doing the best i can (still need to animate top 18), but they take a lot of time and i'm really crunching on a bunch of stuff so quality may precipitously decline!
― Z S, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
this is where I am sad that wallogina.jpg is gone as that would be an outstanding backup
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
it's gone?!
― Z S, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 20:02 (eleven years ago) link
btw, nice gams!
― Z S, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 20:03 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it vanished a few years ago ;_;
well actually ^_^
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Thefalloftheberlinwall1989.JPG
― zero dark (s1ocki), Tuesday, 12 February 2013 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
super monsters ate my condo for ios is free for the moment. folks should grab it.
― s.clover, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
love the gifs!
the games are kinda lost on me this year though as I don't have any iOS devices and my PC is no longer fast enough to play new games - but still, it's good to see what's been exciting other folks
― a passing spacecadet, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
getting super MAMC for free almost makes up for the tragic discovery that wallogina.jpg is no more
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 13 February 2013 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
super MAMC is way better than the original so far. Lots more combos, lots more variety.
― s.clover, Wednesday, 13 February 2013 23:38 (eleven years ago) link
yeah they basically isolated the core of what made MAMC fun and then threw a gigantic pile of awesome on top of it
I had to vote for the game if only for making the blue monster suddenly really super fucking useful, although they made up for it by adding a boost that completely invalidates the existence of red
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Wednesday, 13 February 2013 23:40 (eleven years ago) link
like, I've built up ridiculous amounts of points just from padding time by feeding upgraded condos to blue making matches with clocks in them, then switching to a green/yellow combo for megazone, then switching out for blue to pad up time again, rinse/repeat
some ppl are super good at this game though, my best synergistic run ended up with 67 trillion points and there are still 181 ppl with higher scores than me; the top score has some stupid number like 9.2 QUINTILLION points
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Wednesday, 13 February 2013 23:44 (eleven years ago) link
lol 67 BILLION, I'm not that good (yet)
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Wednesday, 13 February 2013 23:46 (eleven years ago) link
the free price sucked me in. not a fan of the currency system, but it's still a good game
― Nhex, Thursday, 14 February 2013 05:32 (eleven years ago) link
http://i47.tinypic.com/2qtvhy1.gif#45 (Tie): Resident Evil: Revelations – 3DS – 15 pts – 1 vote
http://www.pixeljumpers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Resident-Evil-revelations-box.jpg
Official Game Site
Metacritic
Gameplay Video
http://download.gamezone.com/uploads/image/data/875404/Raid_Mode_006_bmp_jpgcopy.jpg
Zero Punctuation
Quarter to Three
No Vita For You
Now with a Watch
Gamasutra Dev Interview
Shocked to discover there’s sequels in the works
http://media1.gameinformer.com/imagefeed/screenshots/ResidentEvilRevelations/re-revelations-1105-002.jpg
zappi: Mostly successful attempt to match the gunplay of modern RE to the atmosphere of old RE. Raid Mode a lot of fun too. A port to HD consoles is coming soon.
― Even by Zales standards, that's sad. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 February 2013 05:50 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Uwh2OVX.gif#45 (Tie): Skullgirls – PSN – 15 pts – 1 vote
http://www.made2game.com/uploads/article_images/Skullgirls-banner.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6187/6104312753_1d45223a17_z.jpg
Dev Interview
YouTube Soundtrack Playlist
Nightmare Mode
Combo Transcripts
http://www.thatsyogarbage.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/SkullGirls.jpg
― Even by Zales standards, that's sad. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 February 2013 05:52 (eleven years ago) link
http://i50.tinypic.com/behlrk.gif#45 (Tie): Soulcalibur V – PS3, X360 - 15 pts – 1 vote
http://validgaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/SoulCalibur-V-Has-Upgraded-Character-Creator-Lots-of-Classic-Fighters-2.jpeg
http://image.gamespotcdn.net/gamespot/images/2012/gameguides/soulcaliburv/0011.jpg
Game Director Interview
Gay Gamer
Worldwide Finals
http://www.sidekickcomicsuk.com/blogs/media/users/ned/soul_calibur_v_comparison.JPG
― Even by Zales standards, that's sad. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 February 2013 05:57 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/DICBuy8.gif#45 (Tie): Triple Town – iOS – 15 pts – 1 vote
http://lh4.ggpht.com/Ys1UqKyNCuozFhTO5Q5f6IVdgQvUml4T13U1AAItWBLjqbdWbV__Xf0aVw3XlzuTJg=w705
http://immagini.z-giochi.com/2013/01/evomap.jpg
A Decade of Triple Town
On... Kindle?
Getting Cloned
http://media.edge-online.com/wp-content/uploads/edgeonline/oldfiles/articles/features/triple_town_1_0.jpg
WillM: Triple Town is a sickness. It's the one game on my phone that I can pick up and play at almost any time. I've been doing so for about 12 months. It never goes anywhere. About one in five games I get the floating triple castle, which is pretty cool, I guess, but it doesn't even save my high scores anywhere. It's so aimless. So why do I enjoy it so much? I've never really had a match 3 game get in my head like this one did, but I think the magic of it is the empty space. Clearing corridors to put down more grass, finding ways to avoid requiring crystals and high-level (tree, hut, etc) pieces, placing junk blocks until only a few spots remain to kill the 7-10 ninja bears I've amassed and make them into churches... it's satisfying in a way a Bejeweled will never be, because in Bejeweled, all of the "little victories" are abstract. Going up a level or getting a big combo or whatever. In Triple Town, the little victories are concrete -- open space to make more bushes. When you do something right, everything compresses and your canvas gets bigger again.Now, can we PLEASE stop making match 3 games? I think that's enough now.
― Even by Zales standards, that's sad. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:00 (eleven years ago) link
http://i48.tinypic.com/r6zhbd.gif#44: Plague Inc. – iOS – 15 pts – 1 vote - 1 top game votes
http://gametipcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/plague-inc-logo.jpg
http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles4/238183/projects/4199973/fecce7ae570afa1ebb52d814d337f051.png
Sound Design Interview
Dev Podcast
http://applenapps.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/plague_inc2.jpg
― Even by Zales standards, that's sad. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:02 (eleven years ago) link
http://i47.tinypic.com/212g56g.gif#41 (Tie): Dungeon Village – iOS – 15 pts – 2 votes
http://jtmgames.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/dungeon-village-rpg-for-android-now-available-for-download.jpg
http://cdn.appstorm.net/iphone.appstorm.net/files/2012/06/DungeonVillageScreenies.png
Top 10 Kairosoft Games We Want in English in 2013
Why Do We Kairo?
http://cdn.androidpolice.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dungeonstory1.jpg
S. Clover: Why am I still up, staring at this tiny screen? I'm not even doing anything, just watching the little heros run around and fight on their own. I can turn it off, and they can fight on their own tomorrow. I'm sure I can turn it off. I've got this.
― Even by Zales standards, that's sad. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:06 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/qB9dqgw.gif#41 (Tie): Infectonator – iOS – 15 pts – 2 votes
http://jaren.cudilla.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/infectonator-2.jpg
http://thumbs.mochiads.com/c/g/infectonator-2/screen4.jpg
Forksclovetofu: Sometimes when a game grabs you, you don’t know why. It plays off the ol’ time waster principle too well and the hours fall off easy on the train or in bed or in boring moments. It is not a thinking game that wins our time, often it is a grout game, a thing meant to cement the bricks of real life together. This year, for me, it was Infectonator that drew me in again and again, pointlessly, stupidly, addictively.
― Even by Zales standards, that's sad. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:10 (eleven years ago) link
http://i47.tinypic.com/dd1d3l.gif#41 (Tie): Rebuild – iOS – 15 pts – 2 votes (+ 15 points / 1 vote for the in-browser version from last year which would boost this to 24, but fuggit)
http://i47.tinypic.com/2h87hft.png
http://cdn.macworld.co.uk/cmsdata/reviews/3412691/Rebuild2.jpg
http://iphoneipadleaks.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Rebuild-Ipa-3.0-v3.0-iPhone-iPad-and-iPod-Download-Has-New-Events-and-Endings.jpg
S. Clover: A tense, scary game. I'm afraid to play it at the high difficulty levels.
― Even by Zales standards, that's sad. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 February 2013 06:11 (eleven years ago) link