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

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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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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.

I say everything "rules" or "sucks". I'm 12.

I almost regret clicking over to the Knightmare Tower webgame. Two, maybe three hours ... now I'm smashing into the ceiling and thinking I don't care quite enough to do all the quests + get all the powerups. Thank god.

Pom Gets Wi-Fi is awesome, you guys.

loving this rollout. wish i wasn't at work so i could download/play all of these right now.

#67 (tie): Scurvy Scallywags – iOS – 10 pts – 1 votes

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match 3 but sliding from the sides! evade the baddies! use weapons! sorry I was clicking - Euler

Scurvy Scallywags has taken my soul! Make it stop... - hyggeligt

ha! i forgot about that game, but i played it all the way through, good stuff.

match 3s have completely ruled my world this year

scurvy was good for a while, but eventually you hit a point where you're just too good and there's no more difficulty or chance.

Device 6 was amazing at first but after a while you start to see through the unique interface and then you realise you're really just playing Myst.

#67 (tie): Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time – iOS/Android – 10 pts – 1 votes

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It's about time! The sequel to the hit action-strategy adventure is here. Join Crazy Dave on a quirky trip through time where you'll meet, greet and defeat legions of zombies from the dawn of time to the end of days. Amass an army of powerful new plants and power up your defenses with amazing new ways to protect your brain. And that's just the beginning! The future holds many mysteries . . . also zombies. Lots and lots of zombies. - EA Marketing Dept.

That looks like the street where I live hope the zombies not attack me. - scraftsf, 3 days ago

#67 (tie): Dungeon Plunder – iOS – 10 pts – 1 votes

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slept on? way better than Tower of Fortune or King Cashing, b/c you move around the world, lots of little fights, scales up nicely; LOOT! you can level; no plot thank goodness; slot combat actually pretty fun b/c of the mix & match choices on what to keep each spin - Euler

it is absolutely maddening how much i'm dying in dungeon plunder. i get that's the point, but still. - s.clover

i'm currently obsessed with dungeon plunder . it's a roguelike, but it has quasi-king cashing mechanics, but with way more skill involved - i.e., actual decisions about how to battle enemies, rather than trying to stop a wheel at the right moment ... the interface/graphics aren't as polished as king cashing 2, but the actual combat is so much more satisfying! - Karl Malone

PvZ2 should really have got my disappointment of the year vote, it was pretty dreadful.

#67 (tie): Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate – WiiU/3DS – 10 pts – 1 votes

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The basic idea is to venture out into the wilds, find an impressive monster, kill it, and then make hats and swords out of its entrails – but there’s a lot more to it than that. - Keza MacDonald, IGN

Otaku Dark Souls [This is the description for Monster Hunter 3?] - diamonddave85

oh sorry, that bracketed text was me asking. haha

#67 (tie): Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – PS3/PS4/X360/Xbone – 10 pts – 1 votes

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I'm currently at 70% in Black Flag and, yeah, really enjoyed it so far. I've only played a tiny bit of the first AC, so the whole thing is quite fresh to me. There's been a few too many 'follow this person and don't get caught' missions, but the creeping around, knifing guards in the back stealth stuff never gets old. Mostly I'm just enjoying sailing to desert islands over choppy seas as the crew sings shanties, and pickling fights with big fuck off Spanish galleons loaded with booty. - DavidM

Finished 4. It kicked major ass. Still too many "follow that man - oops, you failed!" sections of the story, but everything outside the story was a blast. Now I'm wandering around with a group of thugs killing every guard in Havana. Good times. - EZ Snappin

pvz2 was a lotta fun while it lasted. i went thru all the levels except didn't unlock all the keys in later worlds.

then they updated and got rid of the keys, but i really am not excited about going back and playing the stuff that's opened up since.

the new linear worlds are sorta dumb too -- wish there was a middle ground.

king cashing 2 would have been another big disappointment for me -- the line between random enjoyment and random grind is sorta thin. ditto tower of fortune 2. or maybe i'm just through with that mechanic. got the space thing from the same devs -- war of the eclipse, and that also just felt somewhat brutal and dull (but then i'm terrible at twitch mechanics so...)