The Fourth Annual Coint and Plick Video Games Poll - Part Two: #80 - 105

I like how nobody ever writes anything defending their votes for sports games; the closest we get is a bunch of supremely British pullquotes from the FIFA/PES threads.

forks, I don't think it's just you... at least, when the games are in full-arena view, I think it can be hard to tell at times, like if you just glance at the screen (because obv in normal games people don't have little arrows hovering over their heads). I remember my cousin visited just after FIFA 10 came out, so it was a regular fixture in my house at the time. I think the only giveaway for her that it wasn't real was that she could see my bf holding the controller (pretty sure she actually asked "is this a real game or a video game?" at one point)

#84: Puzzle Quest II – DS/360/iPhone/PC – 10 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site
http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/2939/puzzlequest2ss2.jpg

DS Metacritic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B-I3gCPNiU

Craig G: Somehow the 'quest' wrapper on this game turns it from just a simple Bejewelled vs. mode to a game that I can't put down. I don't understand why; I never know what the actual purpose of the overall quest is, as I never read any of the game text. I wander from place to place wherever the arrow tells me to, fightin' stuff, levelling up and getting more spells. I know I'm basically just playing battle after battle, but I can't stop myself from playing this game… just like its predecessors. My main gripe with this one, unlike Puzzle Quest and Puzzle Quest Galactrix, is the curve just seems too gentle; it never gets difficult.

http://ipadgames.org/wp-content/uploads/Puzzle-Quest-2.jpg

Extensive Dev Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCUd6TS0u-A

http://www.geardiary.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Puzzle_Quest_2-700x393.jpg

Gametrailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ6ebYHXrSY

Jenny: It's great on the iPad and decent enough on the iPhone.

http://www.platformnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/PQ2-gameplay-525x295.jpg

#83: Settlers 7 – PC – 10 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://mimg.ugo.com/200909/11322/cuts/settlers-7-village_480x360.jpg

GameTrailer Dev Diary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5AO9prmXOs

http://www.g4g.it/g4g/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/settler_6_patch_01.jpg

Producer Interview

http://www.settlers7tips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/settlers7-screenshot.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7oirnOzAcc

Co-Designed by Civ/AoE vet Bruce Shelley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDQDFeSZmV0

http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Games/S/Settlers%207%20Paths%20to%20a%20Kingdom/Bulk%20Viewer/PC/2010-03-23/PCG213.rev_settlers7.gen7--article_image.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5e3jXb2EAo

Nice Game if you can Play It

http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/article/106/1066584/the-settlers-7-paths-to-a-kingdom-20100204003954592_640w.jpg

had no idea there was a 7, or that they were that far along at all. looks beautiful.

it looks nice but i wonder if its too finnick-y & limited? curious to know who voted for it

i played puzzle quest 2 (PC) a lot but ultimately didn't vote for it -- it's too similar to the first one, and plays slower due to the new map system. also the minigames were worse.

man I would play the f out of Settlers 7 except that it's PC only & I hate booting over to XP & anyway something that gorgeous demands a horse of a PC rather than my Mac laptop, alas.

huh - I guess I was the only one who voted for MLB Show 10, NBA 2k11 and NHL 11 - seriously? - your loss ...

haha, i did wonder if all 3 were from the same voter. i thought there was love for the Show on ILG.

I love the whole The Show series but this year 9 Innings was the only baseball game I needed. this year's version looks insanely sick though.

did fewer people vote this year? because iirc nba/fifa type games have finished a lot higher in previous polls

I voted for two sports games out of the five I voted for. Neither has shown up yet.

more people voted this year than for any previous c+p

I voted for two sports games -- also neither have shown up (and I expect they'll both do pretty well)

Puzzle Quest 2 was pretty fun for a short while, it just didn't bring enough new to the table. The slow map speed definitely hurt, and made it less crack-addictive than the original.

Also, in between parts 1 and 2, that Might and Magic game came out, which was superior in several ways

*cries*

#83: Soosiz – iPhone – 10 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://theappera.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/soosiz-5.jpg

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

Gamasutra Top 5 iPhone games

jjjusten: The only new iPhone game i really enjoyed this year. Soosiz is a criminally undersung platformer with some great level design, lots of content and great implementation of touch controls. In a perfect world would have gotten more people to notice it, but eh what can you do.

http://theappera.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/soosiz-6.png

TouchArcade Review

Polyphonic: A lot of fun.

http://toucharcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/soosiz.jpg

Developer Interview

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aU4-JPiW0GE/S9l-HQFIdnI/AAAAAAAAFD0/B4aIjnsXAKA/s1600/034soosiz.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqeOQB9ZgWw

http://ui18.gamespot.com/177/img0558_2.png

i was on board until the comic sans usage in the final pic ;_;

hands down the best platformer ever for iphone - and btw it also gets stupid hard at times

#83: Space Invaders: Infinity Gene – PS3/360/iPhone – 10 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site
http://static.arstechnica.net/assets/2010/06/space_invaders_infinity-thumb-640xauto-14799.jpg

Touch Arcade iPhone Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShO9rtyIX-0

Daniel Primed on Constructing the SMUP

http://www.ps3vault.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Space_Invaders_Infinity_Gene_-_360_PS3_-_10.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnPHz55PJ-A

Matt D: A solid mobile shooter that will procedurally generate levels based on any music stored on my device? The core gameplay of Space Invaders Extreme with brand new presentation and added elements? This is one of a few iOS titles that convinced me I never need to own a mobile gaming platform other than my phone

http://www.thedarkwheel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/si_infinity_gene_7.jpg

Taito designer Reisuke Ishida Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k5LRV_gG1M

http://www.games-down.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Space-Invaders-Infinity-Gene-XBOX360-Review-Image-2.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KjDh9a_L3c

It would be hyperbole to suggest that a 3 dollar iPhone game saved my soul. But it sure helped hold it together.

http://www.gamezone.com/images/screenshots/Space_Invaders_Infinity_Gene_-_360_PS3_-_9.jpg

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

PS3 Metacritic

http://media.gamerevolution.com/images/misc/space-invaders-skull.jpg

Another Ishida interview

http://media.gamerevolution.com/images/misc/space-invaders-types.jpg

whoa, had never heard of that one. looks really good!

starts out good but then the "tilted" fake-3D stages are annoying

#83: Space Miner: Space Ore Bust – iPhone – 10 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site
http://theappera.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/space-miner-space-ore-bust-1.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYoIdZUk_v4

Touch Arcade Review

http://img.slidetoplay.com/screenshots/space-miner-space-ore-bust_5.jpg

Jeff: Good game but way too short.

http://artoftheiphone.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Space-Miner-Ore-Collection.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mfzbaOHrTk

Dev Interview

http://toucharcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Screen-shot-2010-02-06-at-12.54.25-PM.png

A testament to what you can do by honing a simple formula until it is razor sharp.

http://www.onemetal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/space_miner_1-450x300.jpg

Jamescobo: An incredible Asteroids/RPG mashup game with good production values and insane gameplay hooks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-taJTv8ntRw

http://a.onionstatic.com/images/articles/article/38912/08_spaceminer_jpg_627x1000_q85.jpg

It's in some kind of MOON LANGUAGE!

hands down the best platformer ever for iphone - and btw it also gets stupid hard at times

do you count Canabalt or Super Hook Champ as platformers? those are the only superior iOS platformers I can think of, although it's not exactly a bumper crop.

Hook Champ was pretty sweet, I gotta say

never played super hook champ - canabalt didnt really grab me i guess - soosiz def seems way more varied and old schooly

I'd have played Soosiz by now if it wasn't for the design style, but I've just played a few too many average games that look like that (like Rolando, and iBlast Moki, and that one on the PSP that they're all ripped from). Is it honestly better than all those? Cos none of those were really that good.

Didn't know Space Invaders existed though, bought.

Enjoyed Space Miner while it lasted, and played through the whole thing, but kind of can't remember much about it now? Except that it was maybe a bit too easy.

The Settlers 7 vote was mine. Fanastic-est RTS ever, wrapped in a hilariously inappropriate (actually very annoying) cartoon-princess storyline.

It's monstrously complex, but perfecly pitched so as to keep you trying & learning. The in-map graphics are lovely; watching your little people mooching about never gets old, even when they're bitching about the lack of sausages. Skip the campaign and go straight for skirmish mode.

#84: Super Mario All Stars: 25th Anniversary Edition – Wii – 10 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site
http://images.gamefreaks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/NIN_25th_anniversary.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWK01D5PmT0

ilxor: More nostalgic than revolutionary in 2010 but still a great game.

http://cdn2.spong.com/screen-shot/s/u/supermario339712l/_-Super-Mario-All-Stars-25th-Anniversary-Edition-Wii-_.jpg

Primary Ignition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxl4xb7I2ek

Mario: A Retrospective

http://cdn3.spong.com/screen-shot/s/u/supermario339713l/_-Super-Mario-All-Stars-25th-Anniversary-Edition-Wii-_.jpg

Metacritic

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Technology/Pix/pictures/2010/12/6/1291636429404/Super-Mario-All-Stars-006.jpg

iwata asks

http://www.primaryignition.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Super-Mario-All-Stars-2.jpg

PopMatters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiMLGgvRbb4

Gamasutra’s Critical Reception Rundown

http://purenintendo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/redwii1007.jpg

oh hi dere, i voted for this

hope they're not as lazy with the Zelda 25th anniversary stuff that they've got planned

yeah, this was basically a repackaged super mario allstars, right?

sad because a sega ages quality SMB anthology would be pretty amazing.

yup xp-- mario all-stars for wii

i mean, i agree the repackaging is lazy, that's why i gave it 10 points. but can't f/w the games imo, and i played the shit out of this in Q4 2010. had to throw points since i played it a bunch...

#84: Super Scribblenauts – DS – 10 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site
http://www.pubarticles.com/member/user_img/468/1287114468.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHyaM1B-adU

Metacritic

http://gamerpops.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/super-scribblenauts-1.jpg

Ars Technica

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/super-scribblenauts-screenshot-ds.jpg

Salsa Shark: I found the first version of Scribblenauts to be a bit disappointing. Conjuring up random things and making various beasts/humans fight one another was entertaining enough, but the control system when actually trying to complete tasks was so frustrating that I didn’t get very far before shelving the game. Super Scribblenauts was a huge improvement; something as simple as moving Maxwell with the D-pad instead of the stylus actually turned the entire game around. Oh, and the addition of adjectives is pretty fun, too. When your lexicon is exhausted of adjectives and obscure nouns, you can always resort to good ol’ random fights to the death between depressed ninja velociraptors and posh metal Cthulhus or other descriptive monsters of your choice. Super wicked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icFT0SRdhEE

Grinding Down

http://www.thereviewcrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/super-scribblenauts-4.jpg

Dirty Word List

http://o.aolcdn.com/os/kol/Games_2/VideoGames/DS-DSi/super-scribblenauts-game-page

GameTrailers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPzajw2cP10

Eurogamer

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/07/scribblenauts719.jpg

Complete Adjective List

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onFU8xJ4Hj8

forksclovetofu: I honestly wish I wasn’t once bitten, twice shy about this game but I still feel a bit wary of trying what sounds like the game the first one should’ve been after struggling with the janky controls and ???? puzzles in 2009, especially given the mixed reviews. Plus at this point it just feels like 5th Cell should join forces with Media Molecule and make a Little Big Scribblenauts and get the job done right.

http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/game-hunters/2010/09/07/scribblenautsx-large.jpg

#84: Trauma Team – Wii – 10 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site
http://www.gamingnexus.com/images/Article/vxbjox2612/2.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry60m3ZBmLE

zappi: Trauma Team is really good except for the Endoscopy section where they really screwed up the controls. Luckily though you can skip any sections you don't want to play. The Forensics section is kind of like Phoenix Wright with Persona 4 graphics, which would probably would bore a lot of people but i love it. And there's lots of death. How 'adult'.

http://admintell.napco.com/ee/images/uploads/gamertell/trauma_team_wii_diagnosis.jpg

Metacritic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NamSBZYwNM

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/07/500x_custom_1278443029060_traumateam.jpg

Atlus Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-238ib5Tmdw

http://gamernode.com/upload/manager///Dan%20Crabtree/Reviews/trauma_team_fantastic_voyage-thumb-550x309-299651275675396.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4mkB4oPgGA

Gametrailers

http://www.gameplayreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Wii-Trauma-Team.wmv_000274786.jpg

my futile one-man campaign starts here : give Naomi Kimishima her own game Atlus, dammit!

hope they're not as lazy with the Zelda 25th anniversary stuff that they've got planned

if they really want to celebrate Zelda's 25th anniversary their first step needs to be firing Aounama

http://mmii.info/_ign/36421.gifhttp://www.rphaven.org/gs/bc/0beetle.gif
http://www.nesmaps.com/maps/SuperMarioBrothers/sprites/BuzzyBeetleDark.gif
http://www.mariowiki.com/images/d/dc/SMBWGiantBuzzy.png
I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles
The last one is unused data from NSMB wii

woop woop

Only eight more #84s to go!

four actually.
then four #80s
then sixty two #13s.

I wish I rated one of my number ones higher now that I've completed the game

was it bad dudes?

http://i.imgur.com/GuewQ.jpg

lol'd at the first Trauma Team pic

62 #13s? srsly!?

no, i'm being silly.