Also, in between parts 1 and 2, that Might and Magic game came out, which was superior in several ways
― Nhex, Saturday, 26 February 2011 01:39 (thirteen years ago) link
*cries*
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:12 (thirteen years ago) link
#83: Soosiz – iPhone – 10 pts – 1 voteOfficial 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
― bang-proof-bling-mans (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 3 March 2011 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
i was on board until the comic sans usage in the final pic ;_;
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Thursday, 3 March 2011 21:10 (thirteen years ago) link
hands down the best platformer ever for iphone - and btw it also gets stupid hard at times
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 3 March 2011 21:29 (thirteen years ago) link
#83: Space Invaders: Infinity Gene – PS3/360/iPhone – 10 pts – 1 voteOfficial Game Sitehttp://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
― bang-proof-bling-mans (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 3 March 2011 21:37 (thirteen years ago) link
whoa, had never heard of that one. looks really good!
― original bgm, Thursday, 3 March 2011 21:40 (thirteen years ago) link
starts out good but then the "tilted" fake-3D stages are annoying
― a nan, a bal, an anal ― (abanana), Thursday, 3 March 2011 21:44 (thirteen years ago) link
#83: Space Miner: Space Ore Bust – iPhone – 10 pts – 1 voteOfficial Game Sitehttp://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
― bang-proof-bling-mans (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 3 March 2011 22:04 (thirteen years ago) link
It's in some kind of MOON LANGUAGE!
― Mordy, Thursday, 3 March 2011 23:18 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― the pussy/butthole addendum (jamescobo), Thursday, 3 March 2011 23:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Hook Champ was pretty sweet, I gotta say
― Nhex, Thursday, 3 March 2011 23:43 (thirteen years ago) link
never played super hook champ - canabalt didnt really grab me i guess - soosiz def seems way more varied and old schooly
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 3 March 2011 23:44 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― JimD, Friday, 4 March 2011 10:12 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Friday, 4 March 2011 11:49 (thirteen years ago) link
#84: Super Mario All Stars: 25th Anniversary Edition – Wii – 10 pts – 1 voteOfficial Game Sitehttp://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
― bang-proof-bling-mans (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 March 2011 15:54 (thirteen years ago) link
oh hi dere, i voted for this
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Friday, 4 March 2011 15:57 (thirteen years ago) link
hope they're not as lazy with the Zelda 25th anniversary stuff that they've got planned
― zappi, Friday, 4 March 2011 15:58 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, this was basically a repackaged super mario allstars, right?
― original bgm, Friday, 4 March 2011 16:03 (thirteen years ago) link
sad because a sega ages quality SMB anthology would be pretty amazing.
― original bgm, Friday, 4 March 2011 16:04 (thirteen years ago) link
yup xp-- mario all-stars for wii
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Friday, 4 March 2011 16:06 (thirteen years ago) link
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...
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Friday, 4 March 2011 16:07 (thirteen years ago) link
#84: Super Scribblenauts – DS – 10 pts – 1 voteOfficial Game Sitehttp://www.pubarticles.com/member/user_img/468/1287114468.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHyaM1B-adU
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
― bang-proof-bling-mans (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 March 2011 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link
#84: Trauma Team – Wii – 10 pts – 1 voteOfficial Game Sitehttp://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
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
― bang-proof-bling-mans (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 March 2011 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
my futile one-man campaign starts here : give Naomi Kimishima her own game Atlus, dammit!
― zappi, Friday, 4 March 2011 16:57 (thirteen years ago) link
if they really want to celebrate Zelda's 25th anniversary their first step needs to be firing Aounama
― the pussy/butthole addendum (jamescobo), Friday, 4 March 2011 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link
http://mmii.info/_ign/36421.gifhttp://www.rphaven.org/gs/bc/0beetle.gifhttp://www.nesmaps.com/maps/SuperMarioBrothers/sprites/BuzzyBeetleDark.gifhttp://www.mariowiki.com/images/d/dc/SMBWGiantBuzzy.pngI just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy BeetlesThe last one is unused data from NSMB wii
― CaptainLorax, Friday, 4 March 2011 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
woop woop
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 March 2011 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Only eight more #84s to go!
― instead of a brain in the subway mila kunis going down on you (silby), Friday, 4 March 2011 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link
four actually.then four #80sthen sixty two #13s.
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 March 2011 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I wish I rated one of my number ones higher now that I've completed the game
― CaptainLorax, Friday, 4 March 2011 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link
was it bad dudes?
http://i.imgur.com/GuewQ.jpg
― bnw, Friday, 4 March 2011 21:57 (thirteen years ago) link
lol'd at the first Trauma Team pic
62 #13s? srsly!?
― Nhex, Friday, 4 March 2011 23:14 (thirteen years ago) link
no, i'm being silly.
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 5 March 2011 00:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Space Invaders Infinity Gene is now the first mobile handheld game to ever make me walk into a wall.
― JimD, Saturday, 5 March 2011 20:13 (thirteen years ago) link
#84: Veggie Tales 3D – PC – 10 pts – 1 vote- FREE!Download Hubhttp://i1-games.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/Veggie-Tales-3D_1.jpg
Dev interview
http://i1-games.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/Veggie-Tales-3D_3.jpg
Bamcquern: A mock punk scribbly adventure game so nihilistic that it crashes when you win.
http://i1-games.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/Veggie-Tales-3D_2.jpg
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Monday, 7 March 2011 23:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I have no idea what I'm supposed to do in that game.
― a nan, a bal, an anal ― (abanana), Monday, 7 March 2011 23:34 (thirteen years ago) link
BUMP
― the pussy/butthole addendum (jamescobo), Saturday, 12 March 2011 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
fwiw, forks, all of the pictures and youtubes and blurbs are awesome, but if stripping it down to just a single picture and maybe a link makes things easier, I'm sure no one would be pissed!
― Z S, Saturday, 12 March 2011 17:59 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm actually finding this rate of unveiling to be pretty great, because it means I get time to try these games out as we go. Unlike previous years, where the sheer volume of stuff to play gets quickly overwhelming and I end up never get round to most of them.
― JimD, Saturday, 12 March 2011 18:32 (thirteen years ago) link
this is a valid point; I've been playing Desktop Dungeons relentlessly ever since its entry. definitely would have made my ballot if I'd played it last year!
― the pussy/butthole addendum (jamescobo), Monday, 14 March 2011 01:04 (thirteen years ago) link
ditto! that game is fab
― Euler, Monday, 14 March 2011 01:24 (thirteen years ago) link
yyyyyyeah, it's all part of a plan
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Monday, 14 March 2011 16:36 (thirteen years ago) link
#84: Victorian BMX – Flash – 10 pts – 1 vote – FREE!Official Game Sitehttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mgyYTW2w19c/TF3uWnEHyCI/AAAAAAAAJEs/MCdRCLf0n3Y/s1600/Victorian+BMX.gif
Nhex: I played A LOT of Flash games this year, even more than usual. It seemed like there was inventive, fresh stuff coming out every week in 2011 from every corner of the web. Victorian BMX was easily one of my favorites. This game had wonderful art, tight controls, addictive score chasing and an amusing, stupid metal riff that plays nonstop in the background to pump you up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G98YevAJQxg
jjjusten: AWESOME
http://media.kotaku.com.au/wp//2010/08/victorian-bmx.jpg
Gamasutra
http://www.indiegames.com/blog/2010/08/14/bmx.JPG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSsjsHnFOsA]
forksclovetofu: Joe Danger/Excitebike lite but good for whiling away an hour or two. Price is right!
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Monday, 14 March 2011 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link
#84: World of Goo – iPad – 10 pts – 1 voteOfficial Game Site
http://theappera.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/world-of-goo-ipad-announcement-1.png
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEdo-C5dfe8
By the Numbers
http://img.slidetoplay.com/screenshots/world-of-goo-2a.PNG
Braid as told by World of Goo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpf55Sin-jo
Forksclovetofu: Clever design and execution, comparable in some ways to Katamari. My downstairs neighbor is a mechanical engineer who knocked out the first fifteen boards in under an hour; he says this should be called “Building a Bridge”. But it’s an AWESOME bridge.
http://theappera.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/world-of-goo-ipad-announcement-2.jpg
Gravel Puzzleworth: Interesting how they packed so much so content in; every level had new ideas. I do sort of resent that I was never stuck. Maybe a bit too easy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLI0H--9gsc
http://toucharcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/worldofgooiphone-thumb-640xauto-9094.jpg
Durrr Durrr Durrrrr: OMG, that level with the balloons and the windmills, is probably the most graceful thing ever shown by monitor! Holy fucking shit! Who's with me?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bNsaK-M77g
2d Boy Website
http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/artwork/imgthumbs/na-wqpd/world_of_goo_iphone_art.jpg
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Monday, 14 March 2011 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
are you splitting up the same game for different systems? coulda sworn i voted for Goo... or was this my vote?
― thank you ilxor for starting this much needed thread (ilxor), Monday, 14 March 2011 19:11 (thirteen years ago) link
your vote dude.
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 04:45 (thirteen years ago) link
ah okay, i voted for the iPhone version, not iPad... hence the confusion :/
― ilxor you've listened to one odd future album once (ilxor), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 14:31 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't think there IS an iphone world of goo yet? has it released?
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Search "world of goo" on iphone app store gives me "did you mean word of god?"
2D Boy won’t put a specific date on World of Goo's iPhone debut, but it's currently targeting March 2011
― JimD, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link