The Fourth Annual Coint and Plick Video Games Poll - Part One: #106 - AKA the 26 games that got one vote and five points

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― Mordy, Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:34 PM (11 months ago)

xxp

i've really gotta sell my ffxiii and get something that isn't terrible

imagine you went to see a magician. he gets on stage and he pulls a handkerchief out of his sleeve. it is one of those long strings of handkerchiefs, multi-coloured, that keeps on coming. the colours are so beautiful and the material seems to shimmer. it's breathtaking and fun to watch this long chain of fabric keep flowing from inside his sleeve. and it keeps coming. and coming. a few hours pass and some people start to leave. you are pretty sure that this is going somewhere, though, and you know that he is gonna have some other tricks. still the handkerchief keeps coming. 10 hours gone and he's still going. more people have left. this is cool, but something happens, right? 15 hours... 20 hours... the room is almost empty and finally you tear your eyes away from the endless flow of colours and with regret you get up and leave. you hear later that the trick went on for 45 hours, just that same on trick, and that some people even stayed all the way to the end.

if i had had time to write a blurb on FFXIII that would've been it.

I'm kinda astonished about that; I've not played a Final Fantasy since maybe 2? (never had a Sony anything so I missed out in between) But they really made a game where you just mash a button for 50 hrs? Like, you don't assemble a team of whatevers & walk around a world killing things as you see fit? Like it's just one big qte? I don't get the complaints.

it's one long tunnel and when you reach the end of it you win

http://www.infendo.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/rad-racer_1.png

i'd like to thank whoever voted for desktop dungeons. it's pretty addictive.

i'm a day behind so here's three more.

#106: GunGirl 2 – PC – 5 pts – 1 vote – FREE!
Official Game Site and Download Hub

http://indiegameschannel.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/gungirl2top.jpg

Get the Soundtrack by Josh Whelchel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yxR0khUlr0

Doctor Casino: Great find. I think I ran into a sequence-wrecking glitch but it's still playable. Boy does it have great control/timing. There are things I would quibble about and I had to turn off the special effects because the graphics don't work right on my machine, but it's a damn nice slice of freeware.

http://www.g4g.it/g4g2/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/GunGirl_2_01.jpg

”So, what does the game offer? Simply one of the best Metroidvania experiences around.”

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

http://www.rarst.net/images/GunGirl2awesomeplatformergamewithzombies_6D3/gungirl_2_interface.jpg

Composer Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQmj3sLjK2w

http://www.gungirl2.com/pics/gg2_hell2.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB7iz1HTh9U

Nhex: Another great PC freeware Metroidvania type. Somewhat ugly, but charming graphics that evoke the SNES/Amiga era of platformers with a huge open world. Wish I went with a better character build so I could've beaten it!

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_51-Q8QAJcQw/SpJsuCpRiaI/AAAAAAAAHBQ/9b9Bi2CEAsc/s320/gungirl2.jpg

#106: Lara Croft and The Guardians of Light – PS3/360/PC/iPhone – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Observer/Pix/pictures/2010/8/18/1282141414049/Lara-Croft-006.jpg

Lara Evolution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuFtLV8GUvs

http://playstationlifestyle.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/feature-Lara-Croft-Guardian-1.jpg

Popmatters Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZnN4Npc1_E

http://playstationlifestyle.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/lara-croft-guardian-of-light-review-screen-2.jpg

Zappi: Great fun, everyone should at least try the free demo.

http://dualshockers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/lara_croft_and_the_guardian_light_3.jpg

http://hitechanalogy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Lara-Croft-and-the-Guardian-of-Light-3.jpg

Another interview

http://www.tvkon.com/images/gaming/10/05/Lara-Croft-Guardian-of-Light_debut_trailer.mov/02.jpg

Dev interview

http://www.gamerzines.com/system.store/media/images/600/lara-croft-guardian-of-light-04bf29814bdd1e.jpg

Joystiq Review

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

Kotaku Review

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/lara-croft-and-the-guardian-of-light-unlockable-costumes-cheats-list-xbla-psn.jpg

#106: Monkey Island 2 Special Edition – PS3/360/PC/iPhone – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://www.thevine.com.au/resources/imgdetail/_monkey-island-2-special-edition_detail_160710110626.jpg

An Appraisal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF762mwUd8I

Hi-Res Concept Art

http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/06/98/69805_TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland2SpecialEdition-04_normal.jpg

Metacritic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkiCYT6tGH4

http://blogallalong.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/monkey-island-sneakers.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Go-_veiHE

http://darkzero.co.uk/asset/2009/07/monkey.island.se.iphone.2.072209-580px.jpg

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

Schafer and Gilbert weigh in

http://www.gamingbits.com/images/stories/general_bits/monkeyisland2_se01.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aixFVp85QUw

http://the-ipad-site.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Monkey-Island-2-Special-Edition-For-iPad-3.jpg

Producer Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDJh2q5pmuA

played mi2 in 1991 otherwise i'm sure it would've been my fave game of 2010

Same, except it was 1995. Probably my favourite game ever and the Special Edition was a lovely excuse to replay it.

i still have a steam copy to gift if anyone wants it (for free yawls)

I really enjoyed the demo of Lara Croft and will definitely get it when it drops in price.

i would be happy to have a monkey island 2 se on steam!
desktop dungeons is great.

abanana, my steam name is forksclovetofu

i loved the "commentary track" on mi2se and i wish there was more of it. one bad change: they changed the monkey inventory image, so it no longer looks like a monkey wrench at all. not that anyone ever figured that puzzle out by themselves.

I think I voted Monkey Island 2 special edition even though I've only played the original.

I'm fairly sure that I got that puzzle first time round! Never worked out the how many fingers code though, and had managed to forget it and found myself hopelessly stuck by it again. Also forget where the laundry ticket was and got infuriated by that all over again.

I really wanted to play Monkey Island 2 but just didn't get around to it. I'm sure if I had it would've gone on my list, though.

i am REALLY enjoying desktop dungeons; discovering games like this are why i list all the nominees
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/02/04/interview-where-next-for-desktop-dungeons/
i'll put up three more later today; gonna be taking sundays off

same here, that game owns

#106: Monster Hunter Tri – Wii – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://www.jrpereira.com/misc/mh3_keikaku.jpg

Neogaf Thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvcqtPpvk8w

Perfect Famitsu Rating

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gamelife/images/2008/10/12/monster_hunter_3.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arpEkdM39sg

http://fromthegutter.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/monster_hunter_tri_cut.png

Gamasutra Critical Overview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un_BA0LDgvI

Noodle Vague: Monster Hunter Tri: tiny fucking fonts that I can barely read until I get new glasses, but made up for by beautiful immersive scenery and nerd lols aplenty.

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/monster-hunter-tri-wii-screenshot.jpg

Gametrailer Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oaVV-L3soc

Producer Interview

http://www.wiichat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Wii-Monster5.jpg

Zero Punctuation Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTheDJt8kIY

Wiki

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Media/Pix/pictures/2010/4/19/1271691036008/Monster-Hunter-Tri-001.jpg

#106: Osmos – iPhone – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://handpickedpixels.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Osmos.png

Post Mortem

Surfing at Work: Dreamy and difficult.

http://d26zvu0xdzossp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/osmosiphone_screen1-642x428.png

Metacritic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrzhlTn1_ds

Jamescobo: Fun but very very overrated. If you were one of those people who busted a massive nut over the Bit Generations games, you'll probably love this.

http://osx.iusethis.com/screenshot/osx/osmos.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsCNwdRRy4c

groovypanda: Osmos is a great gaming experience and the soundtrack rocks (in an extremely ambient way of course).

Download the Free Soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWI_CiMVT8I

http://www.microscopics.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/steve_jobs-osmos_ipad_2.jpg

”Spiritual Advisor” Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiMVNwt-8f8

Lead Designer/Programmer Interview

http://cdn.synthtopia.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/osmos_iphone.jpg

GamalielRatsey: Succumbed to Osmos, which helped soothe my hangover. Clever and fun.

#106: Playpen – Web Based – 5 pts – 1 vote - FREE
Official Game Site

http://www.boingboing.net/oimages/playpenduck.png

As you wander through the world of PlayPen, clicking from picture to picture by depressing your left mouse button whenever you find an interesting text prompt hidden in the images, you visit places, people, ideas and imaginings created by other players. Sometimes a text prompt will include the words (Draw new page). If you follow one of these prompts, you'll find yourself looking at an empty image and a simple set of drawing tools. This is your opportunity to get creative. Please try to remember how you got there though, so your new page makes sense when other people come to visit it. Also, if you're looking at someone else's page and you think I have a great idea that would make this page even better, please hit the Draw Here button and edit that page.

http://static.philpep.org/oujevipo.fr/images/stories/jeux/M-R/playpen.jpg

One of Gamasutra’s Top 10 Experimental Freeware Games of 2010

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4558426617_1646671f9a.jpg

Developer Interview

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2l3onWhFV1qaz8s5o1_500.png

Best of Playpen Tumblr

http://blog.samuelrhodes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/playpen_leprechauns_400.png

Bamcquern: Like Wikipedia crossed with a visual novel.

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2se3j0aBr1qaz8s5o1_500.png

http://playpen.farbs.org/index.php?title=Ilx_makes_me_mad

Oh, I forgot about Osmos. I'd still say it was clever and fun - the whole scaling thing really worked for me, and, to give it credit, the whole ambient thing really did help my hangover. Haven't played it a whole lot at all since that hangover tho.

i have monster hunter tri but the scale of it overwhelmed & i gave up

reminded that GunGirl 2 did have a pretty nice soundtrack

#106: PrincessRL – PC – 5 pts – 1 vote – FREE!
Official Game Site and Download Hub

http://doryen.eptalys.net/data/libtcod-projects/princessrl_004-full.jpg

a passing spacecadet: An ASCII roguelike take on Princess Maker, with multiple dungeons and special combo moves, supposedly coded within a week. Remarkably, it actually manages to be fun to play (though I admit it's an acquired taste).

http://doryen.eptalys.net/data/libtcod-projects/princessrl_003-full.jpg

Dev Blog

http://flend.net/images/princess1small.png

Winner of the 7DRL Competition

oh man, had no idea about this. i loved princess maker (i think pm2 to be exact) back in teh day.

#106: Shoot First – PC – 5 pts – 1 vote – FREE!
Official Game Site and Download Hub

http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/178641-shoot.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANnfaH5NqT4

Dev Blog

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4776289953_3726b8b0b4.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI9AvwEK29Q

http://teknopants.com/games/sfb.gif

Also by Teknopants: Grid Shock

http://www.indiegames.com/blog/images/timw/shootfir3a.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_lamAKE1Gg

Bamcquern: This is a procedurally generated top-down shooter that only works on really good computers.

http://tk-nation.com/uploads/5_shootfir3b.png

#106: Sin and Punishment 2: Star Successor – Wii – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/media/wii/sin_and_punishment2_/sin_and_punishment2_-4.jpg

Metacritic

http://wiimedia.ign.com/wii/image/article/915/915813/sin-and-punishment-2-20081002032142590_640w.jpg

zappi: Sin & Punishment 2 is: (A) ugly as hell, the cutscenes will make you want to gouge your eyes out with a rusty spoon, (B) really really difficult at times and (C) tremendous fun

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

Iwata Asks Treasure

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/sin-and-punishment-2-wii-underwater-gameplay-screenshot.jpg

http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/03/69/36985_normal.jpg

Gamasutra Critical Roundup

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

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sin-and-punishment-2-release-date-june-7-2010.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS7dOy6xIGo

GameTrailer Review

http://www.cubed3.com/media/2010/April/jesusraz/punishment2/53477_Sin_Punishment2_32.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_65falVSWM

http://4playerpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/sin-and-punishment-boss-585x408.jpg

So how far through the 5pt games are we?

six more; we'll start a new thread on friday.

73 to go

do you understand how difficult it is to explain to people IRL what it is that I'm doing spending an hour a day on this? it's olympic nerdery

I'm gonna have to watch some of the youtubes upthread because I am unfamiliar with most of these games.

Great presentation forks!

My solution is to never people about the nerdy shit I do.

you never them, huh?

Boy is my red.

Is there any way we could do this all in one big thread? Think of the ILX LOL (list of lists)!

tried that method and people freak out because the media takes FOREVER to load.
I'll put a list of prior nominees and earlier threads at the top of each new thread so you can easily click through to older ones, a'la: Concluding The Third Annual Coint and Plick Poll: ILG’s Best Video Games of 2009 - Part Four: #1 through #20

do you understand how difficult it is to explain to people IRL what it is that I'm doing spending an hour a day on this? it's olympic nerdery

― الله basedأكبر (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, February 8, 2011 3:58 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

aw

seconded

#106: Sleep is Death – PC – 5 pts – 1 vote – Only two bucks (minimum)!
Official Game Site and Download Hub

http://pc.gamezone.com/images/sized/images/screenshots/SleepIsDeathfeature-630x218.jpg

Gamasutra Analysis

Forksclovetofu: It's a two-player only game where people take thirty second turns scripting, scoring and animating an 8-bit environment that they each play through together. My vote for Sleep Is Death is nearly a meta-recommendation; I wasn’t able to devote the time and energy it required you to put into it, but the concept and the quantum leap forward that it made even as a proof of concept deserves acknowledgement. If this had come out when I was in high school and had lots of free time, I basically would’ve eat/sleep/breathed this; as it is, I probably played it four times and backed slowly away. I blame myself, not the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGiBd1pTVCs

Stories

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/04/forever.jpg

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

Dev Blog

http://a.onionstatic.com/images/media/game/654/sleep-is-death_jpg_627x325_crop_upscale_q85.jpg

Mordy: This was really easy to set up; I made an interrogation room, a visitor's room for a prison, a house, a prisoner in striped pajamas and a hanging interrogation style lightbulb. Everything else I needed came with the game. I'm already working on something for my wife where I made an avatar that looks like her.

Onion AV Club Rohrer Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGZ73DBndx8

Wired

http://www.boingboing.net/oimages/sleepdeathpayanything.png

The Trend of De-Automation

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

Shannon Galvin’s Worldbuilding Tutorial

http://www.indiegames.com/blog/2010/04/02/1.png

Brainy Gamer Recommendations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6QDJQOa5Lw

Boing Boing

http://www.gamesetwatch.com/100427-sid.jpg

GM: This is a thing that I will pay for and hardly ever use, I am sure.

Rohmer Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmYHd7fS78A

Hundreds of Resource Packs

#106: Slingo Supreme – iPhone – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TrXBRDgQciQ/TG1oQeM3Q6I/AAAAAAAALGU/gxUVcy3ZIn0/s1600/Slingo+Supreme.jpg

Play Online for Free

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmL7ADoJUBM

jeff: It's not even fun and only barely a game, but still very playable.

http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/027/Purple/28/52/85/mzl.zviqnjhb.480x480-75.jpg

Developer Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfk3zuUiVpk

Dev Blog

http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/resources/images/1392365/

jamescobo: God, why can’t I stop playing this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d80rFtHYjbE

Touch Arcade Review

http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/resources/images/1392373/

I played this a few times but I don't think I ended up voting for it. It was enjoyable but it was also a lot of work. When you get home in the evening you don't want to start creating objects and slaving over textures to make them look right. Also, there were way more people who wanted to play with your worlds than vice-versa, and it's much more satisfying being the player than the creator. xp