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

NES emulation proves that you can't go home again.

but SNES emulation + N64 emulation are fantastic

hotline miami is basically unplayable with a gamepad, though, so the critique makes sense.

the game doesn't actually play anything like a(ny) NES game though. it doesn't look like a gamepad was in mind for that all, and they shoehorned it in

NES emulation is great for the great games, just like any other system

This discussion is making me want to try out the game just so I can pick a side

cardamon i still play fallen london every day and i have for about a year now

i really don't know why anymore

Noooooooo I have just realized I committed a terrible error on my ballot by not realizing that a particular game came out in January fuck

If it hasn't showed up yet i can adjust

Haha well it's me so of course it hasn't showed up "yet"

Message sent, ignore if it's a pain in the ass

you can always revote for it next year

Oh that was unclear, didn't realize something came out in jan 2013

If it came out in January 2013 there isn't a problem.

No no, it came out in 1/13 and I failed to vote for it, hence the problem

Aaaaaaaah. I thought you were saying you voted for something that wasn't eligible. Late night comprehension is poor.

I BEAT HOTLINE MIAMI ON A PS VITA IT ISNT SO BAD ON DUAL STICKS

oh damn, that is legit impressive. i figured that doing it with a touchpad instead of mouse was a pain in the ass, but can't imagine.

Yeah i was convinced mouse+keys is the only way to play but I imagine dual analog sticks working pretty well.

I played Retro City for a minute, it was sort of fun, but Hotline Miami is leaps and bounds above and would've made a great game even with top of the line graphics. RCR not so much.

Yeah, Retro City Rampage was so disappointing

alas my vote change is not meant to be because it would bone up the ranking numbers. poly if you just want to post it as a nonplacer with a picture of me all sadfaced next to it, or i can do the same when the time comes, i would hate for people to miss out on that blurb (not mine, the one i sent you). or i can just talk about it in the post rollout.

Sorry, busy morning here. I'll try to get some new ones up this afternoon.

u soulless monstar

it is still technically afternoon where i live just sayin

It's nearly bedtime where I live, ya dawdlers.

#65: Pokemon X & Y - 3DS - 10 pts - 2 votes

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Website | Metacritic X | Metacritic Y | Eurogamer | Polygon | Trailer

I've been playing for about a week now. The new graphics are nice but I don't think it's a huuuuuuge step up from Black/White.

Random things I like about this game: Hawlucha, Restaurant Le Yeah's triple battles (it made it so easy to get my team levelled up between the 30s/40s without grinding), the storyline giving you a few really decent Pokemon in the first half of the game, new moves, new 'fairy' type, being able to see distribution of EVs, Pikachu's voice acting

Dislikes: only Pikachu gets voice acting, poor camera angling and lack of any on-screen map when in lumiose city, 'horde battles', that some of the ppl who challenge you to battles are a bit freaky/zombie-like in their 2D drawings, too many challengers with fighting types, two dimensional Stunfisk. - salsa shark

#64: Fish Out of Water! - iOS - 11 pts - 1 votes

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Website | Metacritic | 148 Apps | App Smile | Trailer

Fish Out of Water is easy to dismiss. You pick up a fish, you throw it. That’s it. It bounces off the water, and eventually falls in. The crabs hold up cards with scores, you feel like you failed to throw the fish well. But, amazingly, you do learn that there are right and wrong ways to throw fish. And then this stupid game becomes very intricate with a whole bunch of depth. - s.clover

yay an 11-pointer!

we're past the #65s!

Wish I knew what Salsa Shark was saying there - I plan to pick up X or Y next month, it'll be my first pokeymans ever. Well, not counting that boss GB rumble-pak pinball game.

The only Pokemon I ever played was Pokemon Snap. It ruled.

we're past the #65s!

That was only one game though

#56 (tie): Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons - PS3/X360/PC - 15 pts - 1 votes

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Website | Metacritic | Giant Bomb | PC Gamer | Trailer

I played the first few levels of Brothers. The puzzles are more or less like Ratchet and Clank's puzzles, except you're moving both characters simultaneously. Each analog stick and trigger corresponds to one of the two brothers. Lots of climbing, lots of beautiful scenery. If you want something super challenging this probably isn't for you. - polyphonic

Brothers makes the hemispheres of my brain feel like they're pulling themselves apart in a good way. Never played anything like that before so I have no idea if that style of gaming is old hat by now or what. - Old Lunch

Brothers is a dullards paradise, full of fakey language annoyance and sentimental mush. pointless twin stick is not a fucking innovation, and neither are puzzles that all but slap you across the face with tedium and transparency. yes, im sure that there is a deep story about loss and or something else sad and poignant, but i could read a goddamn book with the time it would take to alternately climb haybales or turn my 15th crank to raise a gate. fuck this game. - jjjusten

i swear i liked some stuff too this year guys!

You were too kind, John. This game was negative fun.

seems like that was kind of a theme this year. critics overrating sensitive games. the sandy hook effect? /gross-generalization

In fairness, I played about ten minutes of it and haven't gone back to it since. Are there other games that have you performing different actions simultaneously with the two sticks? Because that's the bit I liked best. It felt like solid brain exercise.

To me it didn't seem especially sensitive or mushy. A couple of brothers wandering out into the world to solve puzzles to save their village/elders/whatever, not unlike Link or Fez or Nier or a thousand other platformers. And the lack of dialog was a huge selling point for me.

I dig gentle, subdued games and wish there were more quality ones to choose from. Like, ones that aren't necessarily geared towards eight-year-olds, maybe.

btw i am over level 100 on fishy throw game (that's over 300 mini quests completed). it is perfect for the train. i also have maybe 3 perfect 10 scores.

trying to remember the dual stick dual shooter thing on XBLA from years ago but drawing a blank

#56 (tie): Farming Simulator 2013 Titanium Edition - PC - 15 pts - 1 votes

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Website | Metacritic | Cape Cod Times | IGN | Titanium Edition Reviews | Let's Play | Trailer

Gameplay consists largely of driving slowly up and down in straight lines. You plough the field this way, you sow the seeds this way, you harvest the crop by doing the same thing, and then you cultivate the soil back into a sowable state by driving up and down once more. - Dan Whitehead, Eurogamer

ok who voted for the farm game

trying to remember the dual stick dual shooter thing on XBLA from years ago but drawing a blank

Okay, maybe not quite that gentle and subdued.

Sunbathing Simulator 2015. Watch for it.

oops, got the points wrong on that image :(

nah it wasnt geometry wars, you controlled two ships one with each stick. was named something that referenced the mechanic.

i may have sarcastically told polyphonic to donate my leftover points to farming simulator 2013