Coint and Plick 2014 - The Seventh Annual ILX Video Game Poll

monaco was a disappointment to me - i was really looking forward to it. the only other game in that bundle i'm somewhat interested in is dust - has anyone heard anything about it?

Sorry, I should have said "two" games...

#67 (tie): Antichamber – PC – 10 pts – 1 votes

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I loved letting this game confuse the hell out of me. It never felt easy, and it never felt unfinishable*. A shame that not many people saw or played this because it's easily the best Portal-style puzzler since... Portal. *I never actually finished it, but I got close, so this counts. - Will M.

From the first hour or so in, indie Escherian puzzler Antichamber does seem to live up to the hype. - Sanpaku

Is _Hotline Miami_ based on an oldish (90s, I guess) game?
It looks really familiar, but I have no idea what the game it reminds me of is. Definitely top-down view and ultraviolent. With pretty smooth animations, as I recall it. Not sure if Amiga or PC. Probably PC.

yeah, there's some mid to late '90s PC game it's strongly reminding me of too. First thing that came to mind was The Chaos Engine, but I think the game in mind was similar but later.

Dust is supposedly pretty good for its genre, as far as (furry) Metroidvanias go. I've heard similar thoughts about Guacamelee.

Bought Antichamber on someone's recommendation here early in the year, never got to it though. Damn borked Windows partition

Hotline Miami isn't based on a specific game, but clearly visually inspired by the movie Drive and Amiga titles from the era, like Dreamweb, Chaos Engine, etc.

a shame to see nobody else voted for antichamber. the game had so many "aha" moments compressed into it that it felt like absolute vg puzzle porn. imagine that didn't sound gross, and that's antichamber. excellent little game.

ugh i said "aha" moment kmn

i believe you, and am really looking forward to it (once i wipe this partition and install Windows 8 zzzzzzzz)

who doesn't love "aha" moments?

its on my list to get to, hell i may have already bought it and forgot -_-

xp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuN7kOW7iwo

#67 (tie): Cursed Treasure 2 – Browser – 10 pts – 1 votes

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Game | Charlie's Point of View | ghacks.net | Gameplay

the Cursed Treasure 2 game is hella fun. Especially like that one of the towers looks like a TARDIS. - Leee

Ahhh, I love Cursed Treasure. Just a damn good take on the Tower Defence genre.

I guess I could just consolidate them, but I'd rather not...

#67 (tie): Candy Box 2 – Browser – 10 pts – 1 votes

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Game | TechHive | Joystiq | 17' speed run

all the fun of RPG progression, without much grinding or plot or point, click click click - Euler

Euler otm

Click click click.

Will 'twitch plays pokemon' be eligible for the 2014 poll? Even if you're not even going to attempt to do anything other than watch it?

#67 (tie): Euro Truck Simulator 2 – PC/Linux – 10 pts – 1 votes

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EURO TRUCK SIMULATOR 2

Euro Truck is great, although none of the cities really look like the places they're meant to be. - JimD

ok this seems like the time to ask - what is the appeal of euro truck? is there actually a game or is it just about driving down the highway?

this game has a surprisingly large fanbase

also in retrospect i hate candy box, it feels like even more of a waste of time than my other wasteful, compulsive gaming pursuits

yes on the latter but that's one great thing about it: it casts self-reflective light on click click click what was I saying

i don't know about that - i don't think i'll feel that way about Diablo or Borderlands or Marvel Puzzle Quest etc. but candy box it an HTML experiment gone horribly wrong; but i suppose so many F2P games use the same ideas now

speaking of which...

#67 (tie): Diablo III – PS3/X360 – 10 pts – 1 votes

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Diablo III

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

The mindless killkillkill is perfect for alleviating flu-enhanced irritation. - Elvis Telecom

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My kingdom for a post preview. :(

My unsent blurb for Euro Truck:

Scores points for the maps really, the idea that you've got a whole miniaturised Europe to explore is great even if you are confined to the motorways. Also I got a real uncanny valley moment in this when I turned on the in-cab radio and it was streaming a real german dubstep station while I was driving down the M62. Totally could've been real life (if I knew how to drive).

And no, there's not much of a game, although you can choose to take the "running a haulage company" stuff seriously if you like. And it does gamify the map just by giving you a percentage completion stat and occasional "you discovered Sheffield!" messages etc.

kinda nice to have a game with such a mundane theme and unexciting gameplay

really

http://technabob.com/blog/2011/11/25/penn-teller-desert-bus-ios-android-app/

My kingdom for a post preview. :(

that's ridiculous, man! request the mods add a post preview option for everyone instead?

Cursed Treasure 2 ate an entire day of my life. I didn't even really enjoy it, I just compulsively played it for about 19 hours straight, neglecting all but the most essential bodily functions, and then never touched it again.

I tried not to vote for stuff released in previous years as it seemed like those titles had been covered already, and it didn't seem fair to have something like the Walking Dead on the rankings again. Same with fez, which I liked and finally played, but was released earlier.

#67 (tie): Knightmare Tower – iOS/Android/Browser – 10 pts – 1 votes

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Game | Touch Arcade | 148 Apps | Trailer

Guys, get Knightmare Tower. It's great. - forksclovetofu

nobody else on knightmare tower? I just finished and it was great. - forksclovetofu

i bet i know who voted for it

loooooool (sorry forks)

ha! it is awesome though! An endless runner with RPG elements and no bullshit iap.

Oh, I played the browser version a while back, it was fun. I think maybe pre-2013 though, and that's why I didn't vote for it? Otherwise it should've made the list, even if only as a 5-pointer.

Also that studio did theBurrito Bison games, which are worth a play if you like that one. Casual running/bouncing/flying games with neat graphics and silly concepts.

#67 (tie): Pom Gets Wi-Fi – PC – 10 pts – 1 votes

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Pom is a crazy, internet obsessed pomerian with a too serious friend named Shibe. Pom is always seen carrying with her a purple laptop and is almost always heard talking in internet slang. - Pom Wiki

Tumblr in game form. I'm embarrassed to admit this game made me ship two cartoon dogs. - reddening

Hahaha, OMG

wtf

yessssss pom gets wifi! a loving tribute to the batshit livejournal/tumblr culture of years past, complete with a boss battle that occurs only because your opponent implies that your favorite slash pairing isn't legitimate.

O_O

this sounds awesome.

Downloading the mac version now.

omg this fanfic you linked to, polyphonic, bless your dedication to this rollout.

#67 (tie): Device 6 – iOS – 10 pts – 1 votes

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everyone should get device 6; it's great. try it for a great evening. - forksclovetofu

This beautiful puzzle game requires all of your senses, which is why I was unable to successfully complete the first chapter of it while baked. - polyphonic

apparently i only know one way to describe things and that's "great"
Device 6 posits the idea of written text as maze; learning to navigate and backtrack within the story itself is hypnotic and fascinating. the sound cues are supersmart and the puzzles are difficult but not (with one exception for me) "i have to look this up on the internet" difficult. it was close to my fave game of the year.