Concluding The Third Annual Coint and Plick Poll: ILG’s Best Video Games of 2009 - Part Four: #1 through #20

oh man dudes beatles: rock band in the top 10 is so rong

TOP 5!

I kind of feel bad for voting for it now. It's the only thing I did vote for which hasn't already been listed, and NO FUCKING WAY was it the one that deserved to place highest. It's just rock band. With beatles songs.

RB: Beatles, Dragon's Age + Arkham Asylum. What are the other 2?

but beatles are the GREATEST BAND OF ALL TIME ergo..

as long as FUEL doesnt make it

forks, i forgot to vote. can i give 100pts to FUEL pls?

lol lamp. and that quote attributed to me is a rewritten version of what i said. thats ..... odd.

zappi, "I’ve done a bit of editing to streamline but I’ve made every effort to maintain your meaning. My apologies if you feel misquoted; feel free to correct me on this thread."

BTW, the following games did NOT receive a vote. Anybody wanna rep for them?
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!, Band Hero, Brutal Legend, Fat Princess, God of War Collection, Guitar Hero 5, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Little Big Planet PSP, Little King’s Story, Lostwinds, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, Noby Noby Boy, Peggle DS, Phantasy Star Zero, Pixeljunk Monsters Zero, Ratchet and Clank:Future, Resident Evil 5, Saboteur, Sam and Max, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, Sims 3, Tales of Monkey Island, Trine, Wet

not me

Lamp - re: NSMBWII, did you ever try out the co-op (thought it was pretty fun that way too & changes up the way the game works quite a lot)? Also what control scheme were you using? I thought just the wii remote on its side felt pretty nice... admittedly, I still haven't played as much of the game as you did - keep meaning to go back to it...

Tales of Monkey Island really should've been my greatest disappointment. So not fun to play.

i put beatles rock band on my ballot just as filler. starting to feel real guilty over here...

just remember: YOU DID THIS

we've made a terrible mistake

Super Mario Bros Wii is delightful. I think I played it for like 6 hours straight the other day.

Lamp - re: NSMBWII, did you ever try out the co-op (thought it was pretty fun that way too & changes up the way the game works quite a lot)? Also what control scheme were you using? I thought just the wii remote on its side felt pretty nice

i did although not extensively. at least not while i was sober. the mutliplay just felt like a hassle rather than an advancement. i was using the same control set-up and thought it was a little loose and unresponsive. lol @ fighting game nerds here tho mb

my biggest beef i guess is like main console smb releases used to push boundaries both mechanically and visually. they felt like deeply considered attempts to improve/expand/reconsider the franchise and platforming generally. nsmbw is incredibly lazy in that sense but its also really sloppy. compare the castle in smw where u are riding the snake blocks at the start to similar lvl in nsmbw ~ the placement of obstacles the timing the layout the choices offered the player are all better, more intuitive, more careful, more cunning in the older game.

smb games used to have the ~best~ level layouts around nswmb is blocky and random and uses space poorly. aerial levels in smb3 feel like they were designed by god on some instinctive preordained shit. whereas nsmbw feels like kids playing w/lego sets.

couldn't disagree more but whatevas

Ratchet and Clank: Future is probably the best R&C game.

i may be overstating my dissatisfaction - kinda working thru some things w/r/t to the nostalgia impulse and conservatism in games rite now - its a perfectly serviceable mario game really.

The only time I played the Mario game, it was three player, and we kept bouncing off each other and unwittingly leading to each others' demise. The mood in the room was not good.

Drop7 was a Flash game I got bored of years ago. No way is it better than even some of the other casual games on this list.

nsmbw basically kinda sux fu ilg
― Lamp, Wednesday, February 10, 2010 5:43 PM (52 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

u sux

go play style savvy u lumpen nerd

never has my d-name been so apt btw

The only time I played the Mario game, it was three player, and we kept bouncing off each other and unwittingly leading to each others' demise. The mood in the room was not good.

― Your body is a spiderland (polyphonic)

The first sentence I understand. However, for me the followup would be:

It was hilarious, with everyone yelling, "Oh my god! Dude, you are such a dick!" and then peals of laughter rang out until the next exclamation of, "You bastard! You're gonna pay for that!"

Didn't ever get very far but had a great time.

Lamp - I definitely agree that the older, original Super Mario Bros games are better and feel better than the wii one, honestly I don't know if anything can compete with the near-perfection of those classic games - shit nothing on this list does, that's for sure. Still think the Wii game is fun / propeller hats!

RE5 was pretty epic in hype/disappointment. Game was okay but Dead Space was all "I fucked yr girl already lol."

^^^otm

re: brutal legend - when its good, its v fun, but that isnt much of the time. at first i thought that i was just disliking it because thanks to tim schaeffer disappointment, but then i realized that probably the only reason i was playing it in the first place was because of him. take away that mystique and you've got bargain bin at the gamestop written all over it.

true story: last night when playing it i was thinking "well at least if i finish it then i'll probably unlock the whole soundtrack and thats pretty cool, i can let it play in the background when i want a metal mix" which pretty much sums up the problems here.

how did i manage to leave drop7 off my list

Anybody wanna rep for them?

You know, The Sims 3 was good. It's the first Sims game to come out since I became part of a little 2xparents+boy family myself, and making little versions of ourselves then trying to coax them into acting like we do was real FUN TIMES.

It was on my ballot at one point, but got forced out by something else (can't remember what, probably beatles fucking rock band). The other game which was on my initial ballot but then got dropped was the Barclay's Fantasy Premier League. Both deserved a place on the overall list really.

btw i promise not to go all Mad Men/Inglorious Basterds on yall when beatles places, this poll has been a charming bastion of non haterade compared to the other seven polls that are winding down on ILX this week

we're pretty relaxed on the book poll. except when whiney showed up.

http://snp.bpb.de/referate/mk4.gif

#5: Trials HD – XBLA – 98 pts – 7 votes – 1.5 Top Game Vote – Top XBLA game

Official Game Site

http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/05/17/51704_TrialsHD-Screenshot-01_normal.jpg

Metacritic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhsusQvTab8

Sondrangerbot: I really enjoyed beating ILXors' records, even if it didn't happen that often.

Polyphonic: This game completely took over my life in 2009. In a just world, this would disappear and be sent into outer space and instead I would've written three novels or something.

Tech Interview

CraigG: It's a nice simple concept, and the HD treatment makes it all the better. It's absolutely brutal on Extreme though; I've only managed to complete two of the tracks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-7yvOO5yrs

Forksclovetofu: Trials is basically the most super awesome flash Excitebike clone ever, but I think I need to never play this again. It's an ugly one-more-play obsession and a hair pulling stressball. Plus I'm not very good at it!

http://www.totallygn.com/wp-content/gallery/trials-hd/Trials_HD_screen_07.jpg

Goole: Ledge has earned enough Trials cred to be crap at every other game forever without shame IMO.

Developer Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AkyLv5zors

Cozwn: Fuck this game in the fucking fuck. IN THE FUCKING FUCK.

http://koti.kapsi.fi/~watchman/journal/wp-images/trials_hd/trials_hd.jpg

JeffLevine: Very addictive and fun at times but equally frustrating and aggravating... to the point of steam shooting out of the ears and controllers (almost) being broken.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hht0HeNPhuI

Will M: I like it when the little man hurts himself.

#4: Beatles: Rock Band – PS3/360 – 138 pts – 11 votes – 1 Top Game Vote
Official Game Site

http://www.360sync.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Beatles2.jpg

Metacritic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-qt5szlQ_U

Geir Hongro: This may be what causes me to invest in a gaming machine.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/10/beatles-rb-102009.jpg

Developer Interview

Antexit: What a drag it is that the release of this game coincided almost perfectly with my getting completely and probably permanently bored with the GH/RB mechanic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgPUqMQU7Vk

S1ocki: Not innovative, but making the package infinitely more tasteful and less crass than the horrible Guitar Hero games made all the difference to me. Also, a soundtrack way more consistent than any other music game.

http://fidgit.com/assets_c/2009/10/Beatles_Rock_Band_Abbey_Road-thumb-550x309-26663.jpg

JimD: I didn't really like the Beatles until this year. Paul's bass parts FTW.

NYT Feature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNoTA7mb900

Polyphonic: Here is the ideal way to play this game: my friend Robert is singing, I am on guitar and primary harmonies, my friend Adam is on drums, Robert's wife Sara is on bass, and our friends Tim and Diane are on secondary harmonies. We are playing either "Revolver" or "Abbey Road" from start to finish. If we're playing "Abbey Road", I get to sing the medley.

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/988/988734/the-beatles-rock-band-20090601004936777_640w.jpg

Wired Feature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klv_fEyw9kg

Webber: This game could only be better if it were motion capture and you got bonus points for doing Paul's head wiggle.

(at this point i wish I could hide everything but the pic results in the film poll)
(btw rock band is for karaoke gaywads)(plus you agree with geir)

trials HD and demons' souls, huh? ILX board in fun-hating obsessive-compulsive contrarianism shocker

Do we have a thread about OCD gaming?

i was ocd for trials like no-one else, but when the d/l content came out i could barely stand it, it was like i'd overdosed without even realising.

I am a huge karaoke gaywad, there is no getting around this point.

i was ocd for trials like no-one else, but when the d/l content came out i could barely stand it, it was like i'd overdosed without even realising.

I golded all of the d/l content. :(

i had a go, and then found myself restarting tracks again and again and again and again, just like the first time, but HATING it!

also i am so sad i haven't got to sing harmonies on beatles rock band yet.

After I golded everything I made a concerted effort at getting platinums on as many tracks as possible.

also i am so sad i haven't got to sing harmonies on beatles rock band yet.

Harmonies are easily the killer app of RB:B.

hahaha A+ on pulling that geir quote

trials HD and demons' souls, huh? ILX board in fun-hating obsessive-compulsive contrarianism shocker

― antexit, Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:17 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

then how do you explain beatles rock band??

still no atelier rorona????????

― Lamp, Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:06 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark

also Trials HD is on the very short list of 360 games I desperately covet

cobo - do you have a PC?
http://store.steampowered.com/app/16600/