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
love the concept of "grout games."
― s.clover, Thursday, 14 February 2013 14:16 (eleven years ago) link
rebuild looks cool, imma get that shit on my kindle
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 14 February 2013 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
pretty sure Plague Inc was my #1 (can't remember! def voted for it) & I'm shocked I'm the only vote for it! I think you'll all dig it; you get to kill the whole world, which seems in touch with general ILX 'tudes
― Euler, Thursday, 14 February 2013 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
i killed the world once or twice on easy. there wasn't anything pushing me to ratchet up the skill level too much higher and keep exploring the game.
― s.clover, Thursday, 14 February 2013 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
^ that mostly. I think it (and rebuild) would be on a top 20 ballot but I thought there were 10 games better than both this year
― Mordy, Thursday, 14 February 2013 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
I like games with real world maps (would love an ios port of Shadow President) & the killing dynamic was just a good enough hook for me to keep on going
― Euler, Thursday, 14 February 2013 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
picked up Infectionator - didn't realize they improved it since the original flash version, cute
― Nhex, Thursday, 14 February 2013 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
i downloaded that simpsons game after somebody recommended it on this thread and after 15 minutes i wanted to kill myself, fuck all games like that forever. such depressing life-wasters.
― zero dark (s1ocki), Thursday, 14 February 2013 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
ABSOLUTELY! (downloads Triple Town)
― JimD, Thursday, 14 February 2013 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
rebuild made my ballot despite not getting that much more play than plague -- the game itself was so tense and memorable, plus it was fun to keep playing even when i was safe/dominating, and there was enough story that it was interesting to explore the various paths, alternate endings, etc. the quartertothree review really nailed it for me.
― s.clover, Thursday, 14 February 2013 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
well s1ocki i guess i know who isnt getting any springfield valentines to build phineas butterfat's from me in the near future then
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
oh btw are we all friending each other in the Simpsons game?
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
look upon my mighty disorganized fake city with no roads connecting stuff and despair
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
i am jjjusten btw
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
djperrynomod
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
who is lubbarlubab, is that someone here?
mordy iirc
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that's me
― Mordy, Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
so you all are getting valentines from me right? just want to make sure im doing that right
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:15 (eleven years ago) link
STOP RUINING THIS THREAD YOU GUYS
― JimD, Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
oh yeah, tons of valentines everywhere
― Mordy, Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:19 (eleven years ago) link
<3 <3 <3
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
http://i48.tinypic.com/2utmeco.gif#40: SSX – X360, PS3 – 15 pts – 3 votes
http://86bb71d19d3bcb79effc-d9e6924a0395cb1b5b9f03b7640d26eb.r91.cf1.rackcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ssx-2012-walkthrough-cover.jpg
http://www.gametrailers.com/side-mission/files/2012/08/ssx.jpg
http://thecontrolleronline.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/SSX-Race-It.jpg
T/S: SSX vs SSX Tricky vs SSX3 vs SSX whatever!
― Even by Zales standards, that's sad. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
i voted for that!
― Mordy, Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
That SSX GIF is killer! Nicely done, Z S.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
http://i47.tinypic.com/264newp.gif#39: Dear Esther – PC – 16 pts – 1 vote - 1 top game votes
http://www.pageofreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/Dear-Esther1.jpg
http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/a_c/2012-02-13_00004.png
Brainy Gamer: Dear Eisenstein
PopMatters - Isolation in Gaming
Postmortem
The Thin Play of Dear Esther
”Speedrun”
Nightmare Mode: The Wonderful Accessibility of Dear Esther
Dear Esteban
Soundtrack
http://www.primagames.com/media/images/games/hub/hero/dear-esther.jpg
― Even by Zales standards, that's sad. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
http://i47.tinypic.com/9srl3s.gif#38: Hotline Miami – PC – 16 pts – 3 votes
http://gamingirresponsibly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Hotline-Miami-Logo-Small.png
http://thecontrolleronline.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Hotline-Miami.jpg
Errant Signal
Wreck-It Richard
http://25.media.tumblr.com/f125fa78bbab68f320e8a8cb10880917/tumblr_meoxcscnY51qbqo3ao1_1280.jpg
WillM: The flip side of the Fez coin. I didn't get too far, like Fez. I didn't quite love the gameplay. I thought the overt story bits were so super hokey. But there was something about the feel of it. Again, probably the music and the visuals and the pacing of the whole thing. the whole game feels like the sticky floor of a movie theatre. Kind of gross, kind of foreign, best not to think about it too much.
― Even by Zales standards, that's sad. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
#37: Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward – 3DS – 18 pts – 2 votes - Top 3DS Game
http://www.technologytell.com/gaming/files/2012/11/zero-escape-virtues-last-reward-e1352227187810.jpg
http://cdn.dualshockers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Zero-Escape-Virtues-Last-Reward_2012_10-22-12_003.jpg_600.jpg
”Why ZE:VLR should be Game of the Year”
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/8/85333/2361540-zero_escape_vol._2__virtue_s_last_reward__17_.jpg
if: I loved 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors. The sequel most importantly keeps the general sadistic Crystal Maze approach, and also removes most of the annoyances in mechanics terms, has some particularly clever puzzles and ups the scale and complexity of the story to this amazing meta thing with hilarious/stunning twists everywhere. The prose is still overwrought but when you don't have to read it several times it doesn't seem a bit issue All of which makes it all the more annoying in the few occasions where it also takes the dubious innuendo/character design that infected the first game in places and puts much more uncomfortable needless sexism into the mouth of the first person main character.
lamp: In the movies of my childhood the heroesafter skilled swordplay and moral victoriesleave with absolutely nothingto do for the rest of their lives
― Even by Zales standards, that's sad. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
http://i47.tinypic.com/awxi4k.gif#33 (Tie): Motorstorm: RC – PSVita – 20 pts - 1 vote - Top PSVita Game
http://beefjack.com/files/2012/02/motorstorm-RC-review.jpg
http://roxarmy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/motorstorm-rc-vita1.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7ocDzS84eRg/T1gBJDzhcFI/AAAAAAAAEwg/Z_YaMfatzf8/s1600/MotorstormRC2.jpg
JCL: Top-down, remote control car racer with tons of content and challenge. For some reason, I feel like this game has been over-looked, but damn, it’s really good. If only it had online multiplayer, it could have been perfect.
― Even by Zales standards, that's sad. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/iJ8gDd9.gif#33 (Tie): Sine Mora – PSN, XBLA – 20 pts - 1 vote
http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/224060-review-sine-mora/SM_screenshot_3-620x.jpg
http://www.onlysp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Sine_Mora.jpg
http://cdnl.complex.com/m.php/CHANNEL_IMAGES/VIDEO_GAMES/2012/06/the-top-25-video-games-of-2012-so-far/sine_mora_new_screenshot_010_270369.jpg
JCL: Probably the best looking STG ever. The soundtrack, by Akira Yamaoka, is wonderful. Also just a really solid game.
― Even by Zales standards, that's sad. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:42 (eleven years ago) link
http://i48.tinypic.com/5y9uhd.gif#33 (Tie): Star Wars: The Old Republic – PC – 20 pts - 1 vote
http://www.universostarwars.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/star-wars-the-old-republic-gameplay.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m4DAgQcR7ns/TvCCYh651_I/AAAAAAAAAd4/BBFOdw2dUTw/s1600/Star+Wars+Old+Republic+gameplay.jpg
How I Got Through SW:TOR
Gamasutra: The Burning of SW: TOR
Darth Hater
Late 2012 Dev Interview
Dev Blogs
Tanking the Old Republic
http://www.gamersbliss.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Star-Wars-The-Old-Republic-Legacy-Update-Tauntaun-Pet-600x300.png
Zora: I know this has been out a while, but you said MMOs were ok, and I only started playing it in 2012. What can I say about it? It's an MMO, it's star wars, it's exactly what you'd expect, but... just a little better. Well written, well voiced, nicely balanced. The PvP lets it down something fierce, because it all takes place in instanced scenarios, and they are really, really well designed but there's only so many of them, so it suffers from that paintball problem all instanced PvP is subject to. Coming from years of open-world PvP in Dark Age of Camelot and EVE Online, the instances are repetitive, frenetic, and ultimately feel a bit silly. Think of this as a multiplayer adventure game, however, and it's not going to disappoint.
― Even by Zales standards, that's sad. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
http://i49.tinypic.com/110avrd.gif#33 (Tie): Unchained Blades – PSP – 20 pts - 1 vote - Top PSP Game
http://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/UnchainedBladesSlider.jpg
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2013/01/ucb.jpg
XSEED Blog - How To Do What You Love (If Your Love Is Nerdy and Awesome)
XSEED in 2013
http://www.gameplox.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/unchained-blades1.jpg
lamp: so much dependsuponthe way youlevel
― Even by Zales standards, that's sad. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
so basically this list is making me feel bad about how few games i played this year.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
u totally wasted your life not playing games dude
― zero dark (s1ocki), Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
Amazed that nobody else gave Dear Esther a vote! Best thing I played all year. By dropping everything else gamey and just letting itself be a journey through a landscape, it really achieved what in truth I think lots of games aim for but then fall short of, because they then trip up over their own combat or menus or levelling or whatever - it felt a real visit to a real place.
I really enjoyed the writing and voice acting and experimental story structure too. But they all felt secondary to that sense of place.
― JimD, Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
xp they're all out there and readily available and MUCH CHEAPER now, so rejoice!
― Even by Zales standards, that's sad. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
it was a pretty solid year, more than i realized, as i often feel during these yearly recaps
JCL votes in character, nice
SSX was a lot of fun, and didn't overstay its welcome. wish it had a better soundtrack, better multiplayer and a little more variance in the levels, but i really appreciate what was there for a "fresh" start
I would've rated Hotline Miami higher if I'd played a little more before voting, it's fucking great btw. i mean really great, easily on par with the best stuff I played this year. deserves to be a LOT higher in this list.
recommended review: http://hardcoregaming101.net/hotlinemiami/hotlinemiami.htm
― Nhex, Thursday, 14 February 2013 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
haha forx did you just link a couple of random XSEED-related blog posts in the 'unchained blades' entry??
― kill yuppies (Lamp), Thursday, 14 February 2013 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
seemed appropriate. i like what they do but it's all of one color, isn't it?
― Even by Zales standards, that's sad. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 February 2013 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
i think theres probably a greater aesthetic/cultural consistency than there is in gameplay
― kill yuppies (Lamp), Thursday, 14 February 2013 18:13 (eleven years ago) link