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

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#17: Need For Speed: Most Wanted – PS3, X360 – 40 pts – 3 votes

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Quarter to Three

Dev Interview

Audio Lead Interview

Exec Producer Interview

YouTube Soundtrack Playlist

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Need For Speed: Most Wanted 2012, because apparently we have run out of names for things

EZSnappin: I loved Burnout Paradise. This isn't exactly the sequel I wanted but it was good enough to scratch the itch. And it's a mighty itch.

jjjusten: After a refreshing break with the last few years top-notch crazed arcade racers (the Split/Second crowd still deserves praise imo), and enduring the not entirely fair half-sim frustrations of the dirt franchise, it's nice to just tear ass around a city bashing the shit out of other drivers. That in itself would be Burnout Paradise 2, which i guess would have been enough to get in here somewhere, but NFS:MW 2012 throws in a few twists that elevate it even further. The integration of getting chased by cops seems simple at first, but it's more game changing than you think. First of all, it forces exploration and driving experimentation - you have to find alternate routes, and you have to hone your driving skills or you will get pwned. Secondly, it brings some of the anarchic s/s stuff into play, because when cops get involved one lap into a career race, it's goddamn bedlam out there. Add to that a huge and varied map, a brilliant way to get you to keep trying alternate cars and rewarding you for digging deep into the map as well as progressing through career unlocks, smart leaderboard integration, and various other tweaks and treats, and suddenly there just isn't really any reason to pop paradise city back into your console.

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#16: Last Story – Wii – 45 pts – 2 votes - 1 top game votes

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Sakaguchi Interview

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”When Good Ideas Go Wrong”

YouTube Soundtrack Playlist

Likely to see a WiiU remake

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zappi: Not as fun as Xenoblade but still miles better than the rubbish that gets released under the Final Fantasy name these days. Poor Sakaguchi.

lamp: I saw the best JRPGS of my generation delayed by publishers, despairing lyrical unkind
dragging themselves through the torchlit streets at dawn looking for any fetch quest
Greasy-fingered neckbeards yearning for the ancient heavenly connection
to the same old games of their youth

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#15: Tokyo Jungle – PSN – 46 pts – 5 votes - 1 top game votes

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Dev Interview

Zero Punctuation (Jump up to about 3.53)

YouTube Soundtrack Playlist

Lengthy Japanese interview

Initial Pitch “wasn’t received so well”

How to Improve Tokyo Jungle

Muddle through with this ridiculous Google Doc

Battle at Kruger

More Savagery

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Tokyo Jungle

Forksclovetofu: This hit every gaming sweet spot I have, most specifically my love for E.V.O.: Search for Eden. Gleefully batshit concepts married with Dark Souls difficulty and hidden depths only the most deranged and non RTFM-type would ever think to plumb... which is why they were so sweet when I found them. It’s a badly flawed game in a half dozen ways, no doubt; but it’s never broken. Every halting step (and good luck if you choose to play as a vegetarian) pays off with fantastic new abilities and drastically different goals within the same playing field and an almost infinite variability of gameplay. Sure, the game looked like ass. I barely even noticed.

fallen london is great! i haven't played it since i got too far and everything took forever to do. i didn't feel like grinding 100 gangs or whatever crazy things they asked for.

lol lamp, n1 on Last Story

so many ppl w/ psn's on ilx! i didn't realize the system was so popular.

blame the euros

This thread is amazing!

xbox only really popular in US & UK, rest of the world think it is butt

Butttbox

)*(box.

has Frog Fractions not shown up on this list yet? what the fuck people

Really this many iterations and assbox hasn't shown up yet c'mon people

XButt, surely

#83 (Tie): Football Manager 2013 – PC – 8 pts – 1 vote

idea that this pitched up so low (before fucking Pocket Planes ffs) makes me retch.

Kinda new round here so dunno where the consensus lies re: this sort of thing. Is it a forgone conclusion that Skryim mop up in this poll?

i'm pretty sure frog fractions is going to clean up.

I don't think skyrim was 2012...

Yeah Skyrim won last year.

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#14: 10000000 – iOS – 54 pts – 6 votes

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Quarter to Three (he later recanted)

Match 3: A History

That Game’s(ux)

Rock Paper Shotgun

Dev Interview

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diamonddave85: I had A LOT of fun with this one for about a week but since beating it, i haven't touched it. I'm hoping a sequel is in the works with a bit more replay value.

Forksclovetofu: I love it when people complain about how they want the game to have an expansion where you go twice as long. Guys. It’s the same game regardless. you just want a new carrot so that you get the payoff? That says more about the way we play games than what the game is. And I say this as someone who feels the same way! I was just amazed how so many of us decided to stay in the cell rather than leaving when the opportunity arose.

has Frog Fractions not shown up on this list yet? what the fuck people

― ta-nehisi goatse (fadanuf4erybody), Sunday, February 17, 2013 12:01 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Frog Fractions is going to win. Or else I kill everyone. With BUG PORN.

that Frog Fractions made it this far has disappointed me already

You are a fool. I kill you. With BUG PORN.

got WOPR - this is an A+ take on the chain-objects game style
Fallen London is interesting, I don't really know what's going on, I'll probably lose interest quickly because of the action constraints.

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#13: FTL: Faster Than Light – PC, Mac – 55 pts – 3 votes - Top PC/Mac Exclusive

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Dev Interview

Gamasutra: FTL - Roguelikes and Freedom vs Choice

Composer Interview

Soundtrack

A Captain’s Primer

Throw some LEGO on that

Wiki

A Common Problem

Going Faster Than Faster Than Light

Kickstopped for the Future

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CraigG: I actually only picked this up a week ago to bolster my roster of games for Coint and Plick, but boy am I glad I did! Direct from the developer's site it came in at a cool £3.20 ($5 American). That £3.20 has returned 13 games (0 completions...) and 5 or 6 hours of play so far, and I don't see me stopping any time soon. The music is awesome, the surface simplicity with underlying complexity make it a really well balanced game.
Some genuine panic-stricken moments where the otherwise fairly slow paced gameplay becomes crazy, like when you're just about to jump out of a fight you're completely under-powered for, then your engine gets hit, or solar flares keep starting fires around your ship while you're trying to battle some jerk in a fire-proof pirate ship. I've still got lots to unlock, I've still not made it all the way through (even on easy!), so I can see this one eating a lot of time.

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too low

do you need a mouse for FTL

i have been playing rebuild. it is great!

i use a trackpad for FTL.

i think what i like so much about it is that it creates a roguelike experience placed in a new genre and w/ totally new mechanics. but what it keeps is the sense of exploration, the difficulty, the randomness, the lack of save slots, the sense that you're constantly getting better. i remember when i couldn't even beat the game on easy and now i've beaten it on normal w/ a variety of different ships. i love the huge amount of content - numerous species that do different things, different augments, different ships to unlock (still haven't unlocked that crystal ship) and then different ship forms to unlock.

i think a sequel jam-packed w/ new content (and maybe something longer than 7 sectors and a boss sector) would be incredible, or opening the game up for modding. so much potential yet to come i think.

cool, so you don't need the 3-clicks-per-second dexterity a mouse will give you

going to grab that & rebuild I think

this game rules

will never get tired of moving my entire crew to the medbay when i'm boarded, sealing the medbay off, then opening every door and airlock on the ship

you can pause ftl at any time to issue orders so quick responses are never an issue (much like eg nethack where you can always just stop and think for a while about your next move)

FTL looks amazing, can't wait to try it out when I get home!!

Only five bucks!

it's good, but i would lower my expectations a bit for anyone coming to it fresh

will never get tired of moving my entire crew to the medbay when i'm boarded, sealing the medbay off, then opening every door and airlock on the ship

THIS alone sells this game!

FTL is fun!

even tho i DID vote for frog fractions and i did NOT vote for FTL i am still somehow embarrassed that one outplaced the other.

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#12: The Walking Dead: Season One (Episodes One through Five) – iOS, PC, Mac, PSN, XBLA – 55 pts – 4 votes - 2 top game votes

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Gameplay Video (Episode 1 Complete Walkthrough)

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Zero Punctuation

Popmatters

Experience Points

California Literary Review

Gay Gamer

Kirkman Interview

WSJ Sales Discussion with TellTale CEO

Writer Interview

Season Two?

Soundtrack

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The Spoilerific Telltale WALKING DEAD Thread so we don't spoil the game for people who want to ask if 'Stacking' is good

WillM: When I heard about the Walking Dead comic book series, I thought: "finally, a zombie serial. This is exactly what I think would make the zombie genre neat." I read the first few TPBs and, while I didn't dislike it, I wasn't really moved to keep reading. Then, the TV show came out. "Finally," I thought, "a zombie TV show. This will be awesome." I barely finished the first season before giving up on it. So I wasn't exactly excited about the game -- let alone a game by Telltale, whose games I've never particularly cared for. I mean, as far as adventure games go, I kind of liked Day of the Tentacle back in the day when I watched my friend play it on his computer, but since then I've found them vaguely pleasant at best and irritating at worst. Enough people seemed to be talking about it, though, and it was on sale, so I figured, why not?
Boy, am I glad I played it. I don't think a game has ever made me cover my mouth in abject horror. I also don't think a game has ever made me cry, either. This game did both. I certainly didn't expect this game to be my #1 game of the year, but, really, nothing else came close. Nothing else made me excited about the future of storytelling in games (something I've all but given up on in recent years). In a year where Mass Effect 3 came out and kept on with the game boring hero-anti-hero conversation mechanic, this came out of nowhere and embarrassed the "leading" choose-your-own-personality RPG.
Warning to potential players: while this game is excellent, it is probably the feel-bad game of the century.

Huh. Thought that would be higher.

Would be if you could invert the y axis.

can't believe dishonored beat ftl and walking dead

walking dead not even making the top 10? wow. y'all disappoint me

but thanks will for putting into words that which i could not

INVERT Y AXIS

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#11: Punch Quest – iOS – 57 pts – 4 votes - 1 top game votes - FREE

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Creating Profitability

Polygon: Yes, You Can Do More Than Just Punch Stuff

Soundtrack

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S. Clover: I have some systems, but I never have the time or inclination to play them. I have some computer games, but I tend to get them a few years behind, from humble bundles. That leaves iOS games, which I play on the train, while watching TV, etc. Single servings, digestible, right to the stimulus-response pleasure centers. So what I value tend to be games with lots of novelty, a gradual difficulty curve, and frequent rewards. Punch Quest is simply the best/most replayable runner I've played. Everything feels precise, and everything feels balanced. There's an immense variety of enemies, each with different combat mechanics. There are probably over 30 randomized mini-levels, and thousands of combinations of skills, each of which brings something unique to the table. And the quest system pushes a range of goals, which mean exploring the skill-tree fully. Then there's the "hat" metagame, which provides a high-leveled coin-sink for incremental, largely cosmetic perks. This is basically Diablo as a 2D runner.

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#10: Trials Evolution – XBLA – 61 pts – 6 votes

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Dev Interview

Nightmare Mode

Tech Interview

'Trials Evolution’s Soundtrack Is So Bad It’s Like They’re Kidding'.... but don’t take Kotaku’s word for it.

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Trials HD - "worse than crack cuz u gotta go out and get crack"

CraigG: Trials Evolution is more of the same as Trials HD, but also nicely different, and so many levels. I still haven't completed it (think I'm at about 75%), and some tracks like Gigatrack just keep bringing me back to just have a 10-15minute zip around an awesome circuit, before I waste a bunch of time trying to get past the first obstacle on some of the insanely difficult tracks.

Jordan: It's oddly peaceful with the music turned off. I am basically terrible at this game so I hit my wall early on, but it was a solid week of obsession.

if: I never played Trials HD, so the racing/platforming crossbreed timetrial approach came as new to me and was very compulsive, especially with the friendslist competition (I haven't dared to go back recently and see if I am still second placed ilxor on many tracks, I suspect not). Some bold and brilliant and sometimes very funny level design in there too.

diamonddave85: What blew my mind about this game was just how such a simple control scheme could translate into a steep yet rewarding learning curve. Props to polyphonique for obliterating every one of my best times.

we're gonna take a little break here before rolling out the top nine. while we pause for station identification, feel free to throw out some guesses as to placement.

I never actually voted in this due to heavy travel/laziness/who knows. I'll throw out my 10 faves from last year in no particular order:

-Far Cry 3
-XCOM
-Kairosoft iPhone games
-Spec Ops: the Line
-FTL
-Dishonored
-Hack, Slash, Loot
-Walking Dead
-Sleeping Dogs

best 2011 game played in 2012: Skyrim and Tropico 4

wish this poll got as many votes as the music polls

no idea what the top 9 will be