Four way tie for #80
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 19 March 2011 00:52 (thirteen years ago) link
#80: Halo Reach – 360 – 10 pts – 2 votesOfficial Game Sitehttp://www.everybodyplays.co.uk/images/screenshots/picsforarticles/Halo-Reach-Jetpack.jpg
Metacritic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PeDW4tHlVU
Polyphonic: My favorite Halo is Pretty Hate Machine.
http://www.shoppingblog.com/pics/halo_reach_ss1.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMYrKTU8Hmc
Zero Punctuation
http://nogamenotalk.com/files/2010/09/Halo-Reach-Funan-14-Sep-b-1.jpg
Over 200 Mil in sales for day one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQwXVgNHLo
bnw: One nice thing about Halo games: colors and light as opposed to all the drab, rusted out worlds most FPS games put us in!
http://turbo.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2010/04/halo-reach-advert.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttaL_7tGl7c
On an “M” Rating
http://www.teamteabag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/HaloReachSpartanSkull.png
Mitch Krpata: Bungie's best effort to date, Reach is an incredibly polished, multifaceted offering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs2TPo7z0sM
The Beta Story
http://www.softsailor.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Halo-Reach-012.jpg
the Minutemens lost prog epic
― zappi, Saturday, 19 March 2011 00:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Haha, I just laughed out loud at my own joke.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Saturday, 19 March 2011 00:55 (thirteen years ago) link
#80: Infinity Blade – iPhone – 10 pts – 2 votesOfficial Game Sitehttp://nerdreactor.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/500x_infinity_blade.jpg
Autumn Almanac: Run to glowing spot, hit knight, run to glowing spot, hit knight. Dull. But pretty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDvPIhCd8N4
http://timenerdworld.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/586_infinity-blade.png
Eurogamer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uySr31INttM
Jim D: Probably voting for the engine more than the game here, but dude it's GORGEOUS.
http://gamersleak.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/infinity_blade.jpg
Even better on iPad2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ssd4P0bgSM
Dev Interview
http://gigaom2.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/05-infinity-blade.png?w=610
A beautiful garden with very high walls
http://touchreviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Infinity-Blade-God-King.png
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 19 March 2011 01:10 (thirteen years ago) link
#80: Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 – Wii/DS/PC/PS3/360/PSP/iPhone – 10 pts – 2 votesOfficial Game Sitehttp://farm3.static.flickr.com/2757/4478873931_67b1f48ff9.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbDu_0TxQLM
2.7 Million sold
http://www.gaminglives.com/wp-content/uploads/lego_harry_potter_hermione_enlrg.jpg
Producer Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv4KZhi_GMU
Gametrailers
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hOEkcXiPJVM/TFApR4On-qI/AAAAAAAAAeU/vxbpMXuvGfk/s1600/Lego-Harry-Potter-Years-1-4-01.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nv9p4tbcbI
http://wireninja.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/lego-harry-potter-emma-watson.jpg
Euler: My son is playing the heck out of it, so I voted for him.
http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/baby-lego-harry-potter.jpg
http://www.marriedwithvideogames.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/LegoHarryPotter-SS5.jpg
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 19 March 2011 01:25 (thirteen years ago) link
#80: Ys 7 – PSP – 10 pts – 2 voteOfficial Game Sitehttp://admintell.napco.com/ee/images/uploads/gamertell/ys_7_psp.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpbwTNORntk
Captain Lorax: I'll rep for any Ys game from Oath in Felghana onward. Ys has basically nailed the winning formula for top-down action-RPGs… and it’s more action than RPG. If you enjoyed the gameplay for A Link to The Past then you will like Ys games.
http://www.rpgland.com/content/media/2009/07/7thys01.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QHR-azBa4w
http://www.japanator.com/elephant//ul/17465-japanator-recommends-ys-the-oath-in-felghana/Ys%207-620x.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnHt0-GfMhg
Localization Interview
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7nkd65kq31qd4q8ao1_500.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGFrVdoq3WY
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 19 March 2011 01:36 (thirteen years ago) link
aaaaand that's finally it for this thread. New thread for 53-79 is forthcoming sometime this year.
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 19 March 2011 01:49 (thirteen years ago) link
i can see why you kept putting this off now
― Nhex, Saturday, 19 March 2011 01:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Just going to rep for Lego Harry Potter for a minute (I gave it its other vote and, like Euler's, it was really a vote on behalf of our junior household gamer).
The original lego star wars was pretty solid in 2005, and this is what, the fifth or sixth iteration now? So it's a) great that TT are even bothering to continue making improvements to the core game (they could very easily just be re-skinning the same idea over and over), and b) even more great that they're making really intelligent improvements, which are aware of and focussed on their core audience of under-10s.
Basically it seems Travellers' Tales are the only people making kids' games that don't insult kids at this point.
― JimD, Saturday, 19 March 2011 13:57 (thirteen years ago) link
(The improvements, btw, come down to more puzzles, less fighting, smoother co-op experience. All good stuff).
― JimD, Saturday, 19 March 2011 13:59 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^ yes; I've been watching my son play this a bunch & I agree with this take on the improvements, though I oughta try playing co-op with him.
I've read that Toy Story 3 is a pretty good kids game but I haven't picked it up yet, gonna let my boy drain the Harry Potter game first.
― Euler, Saturday, 19 March 2011 15:21 (thirteen years ago) link
I periodically check the Ys Forum for Ys Origin (Ys Six for the pc) fan-made translation patch. Ys fans have been waiting years for that patch. If you don't feel bad about torrenting Japanese games then I say go ahead and get Ys The Oath in Felghana (Ys Five for the pc) and the translation patch for that one (some low end PCs can play it just fine).
Ys = fast smooth hack'n'slah action that isn't as simpleminded as many hack'n'slash games since there is more emphasis on dodging, memorizing boss patterns and not all enemies can be powered through with a flurry of sword strikes -- many have unique patterns and attributes that will change up the way you approach combat with them. Ys hack'and'slash is rewarding because it's fast, like I already mentioned, and there is a variety of attacks/combos. Plus the graphics are always good looking. There isn't really many puzzles or as many kinds of items as A Link to the Past but I still think that's a good game to compare Ys to.
― U2 the musical by Spiderman (CaptainLorax), Saturday, 19 March 2011 20:02 (thirteen years ago) link
I can't believe someone else voted for ys 7! all of the town/plot/dialogue stuff is incredibly dull but the hackin' and slashin' is the heart of it and it just feels so right.
― original bgm, Sunday, 20 March 2011 02:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Whoa, another PSP game to play? Awesome! It is pretty much all I have been playing all year, I figured after Tactics Ogre I'd have to pu it down.
― Postmodern Bourbon Development (Will M.), Monday, 21 March 2011 00:18 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, the first hour or so is insanely dull. I wouldn't fault anyone for putting the game down because dull and overlong introductions to a story i don't care about/endless training tutorials RIGHT AT THE START OF A GAME are my number one pet peeves with game design. it amazes me that games still do this to people. my time is limited and I want to actually PLAY SOMETHING, people!!
but if you can soldier through, you'll be rewarded with a very fun hack n slash rpg.
playing the PSP remake of ys 1 & 2 right now. highly recommended if you've never played these games before in one of their thousands of other reincarnations.
― original bgm, Monday, 21 March 2011 22:48 (thirteen years ago) link
the Settlers 7 post is the most highly-trafficked post in the history of the blog by like a factor of ten
― the pussy/butthole addendum (jamescobo), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 06:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Which what where? Linky?
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 10:41 (thirteen years ago) link
http://cointandplick.wordpress.com
the Settlers 7 post in question: http://cointandplick.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/coint-plick-2010-84e-settlers-7/
― the pussy/butthole addendum (jamescobo), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 20:13 (thirteen years ago) link
wow, i honestly didn't know you had caught up. fuck, now i feel extra guilty. will post more tonight.
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
also james: i can provide you with the raw html if that would make doing the blog easier?
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
no problem! with Wordpress it's basically just a matter of cutting everything straight from the posts & pasting it straight in; the biggest hassle is grabbing the YouTube links and that ain't no thang. at this point the tagging probably takes longer than pulling the info from the post.
― the pussy/butthole addendum (jamescobo), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 20:27 (thirteen years ago) link
james, any idea why it's so trafficked? is it getting hit on GIS?
just GIS'ed it: answer is YES. I run a SNES blog and the pages that get the most hits are accidentally SEO'd into getting mad hitz.
― Postmodern Bourbon Development (Will M.), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 06:01 (thirteen years ago) link
What's with you guys running these awesome game blogs and not sharing the links? Post em here! :)
― larry buttz (Z S), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 12:32 (thirteen years ago) link
i think i have pimped it on this site before but it's everygame.wordpress.com and it's not v good anymore
― Postmodern Bourbon Development (Will M.), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link
givf part threeeeeee
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 10:34 (thirteen years ago) link
okay, i'll take a stab at this today/tomorrow.
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 13:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Yay! And sorry for mithering.
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 13:42 (thirteen years ago) link
le sigh
― the pussy/butthole addendum (jamescobo), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 22:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Was a best of the decade (2000s) poll ever done on ILG?
― ℳℴℯ ❤\(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 22:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I think the only non-yearly one we did was the attempt at the PS2 poll but I don't think that even made it to the polling stage
― the pussy/butthole addendum (jamescobo), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 22:51 (thirteen years ago) link
We did the poll for the PS2 one, I have the results, I was just kind of bummed by the turnout so I never published it -- I may do so when Forks is done, though! I am still sitting on the list!
― Postmodern Bourbon Development (Will M.), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 22:53 (thirteen years ago) link
aw i wondered what happened to that, trying to choose 10 made me go back & play some of the ps2 games i missed the first time round - think my 10 would be a lot different today
― /人 ◕ ‿‿ ◕人\ (zappi), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 23:00 (thirteen years ago) link
c'mon forks!!!!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 23:08 (thirteen years ago) link
It may make more sense at this point for me to completely re-run the polling & maybe even the nominations for PS2, and anyone who doesn't send in another list I'll just use their old one to beef up the numbers. That's somehow unethical though I bet. Ha.
― Postmodern Bourbon Development (Will M.), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 01:16 (thirteen years ago) link
i would be down with that, will m
― Republicans voiced concern about young pages hearing the word uterus (stevie), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 07:19 (thirteen years ago) link
oh man, was wondering what happened to the ps2 poll. think I voted for that one. will be pretty into this if it happens.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 6 April 2011 11:44 (thirteen years ago) link
The Fourth Annual Coint and Plick Video Games Poll - Part Three: #53 - 79will try to add new stuff tonight
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 7 April 2011 16:27 (thirteen years ago) link