The Fourth Annual Coint and Plick Video Games Poll - Part One: #106 - AKA the 26 games that got one vote and five points

You mean compared to the first one? I have no idea, I only played the second one (no cheats afaik)

I'm referring to the YouTube vid forks posted.

ok watched the vid & don't understand the glitch; enjoying my 10 gamerpoints for watching though.

finally! i realize now that i'm probably gonna buy just about every iphone game on this list

awesome! good work, forks!

how many people have played Chaos Rings? It really piques my interest that Square is "getting in the ring" on the iphone platform.

i loved achievement unlocked 2 (which all those shots are from), especially for the meta ending. never played AU1.

Both Achievement Unlocked games are awesome.

ftr, I loved Achievement Unlocked (1 and 2) and I think it was on an early version of my ballot before it had to make room for more substantial games. But as a one to two hour diversion it's classic. (esp the hot coffee secret unlock scene.) Also curious about Chaos Rings but I keep waiting for the price to go down. $12 feels too much to me for an iPhone game.

sad that bit trip beat won't work on my poxy iphone 3gs.

Yeah, I think I'm the only person (at least in these parts) who played Chaos Rings, despite much evangelising. It's easily worth $12.

$12 tho! Is the story good?

Well, no, the overall story isn't - it's really short and very generic. But the cute touch in the writing is the fact that as you play through, you interact with other characters who later become playable themselves, so you get to see their personal character stories (which are much more interesting that the larger plot) both externally and internally. It works quite nicely. But that's still all incidental to the combat: in a sense it feels like square's attempt at a roguelike.

I'm actually somewhat intrigued by that, but would rather hope for a Mac/PC port

#106: Cut The Rope – iPhone – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://cdn.pocket-lint.com/images/xqDY/app-day-cut-the-rope-0.jpg?20101014-145406

Walkthrough

Ledge: It’s a pretty bog standard puzzle game imo, far too dependent on timing and chance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1gf5UdYHwg

CNet Review

1 million sold in ten days, 2 million in three weeks

http://images.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cut-the-rope.jpg

a hoy hoy : Cut the rope is terrific and also incredibly incredibly frustrating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OCzpjvmyrg

Zero Punctuation Review (sorta)

http://viprasys.org/xfs/image/direct/GALCH4ygTZ/99657169b281791a25cd8907deed26f7.png

poop: How do you get a goth out of a tree?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkC8n6TntBs

IGN Review

http://pelwaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/cut-the-rope-game.jpg

Walkthrough

#106: DC Universe Online (Beta Demo) – PS3/PC – 5 pts – 1 vote

Official Game Site

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/dc-universe-online-release-date-is-november-2-2010.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7Nf-m6WGl4

Already it’s Sony Online Entertainment’s “fastest selling game,” whatever that means

http://www.cheatcodesgalore.com/playstation3/games/DC_Universe_Online/DC_Universe_Online-s2.jpg

Forksclovetofu: First I had to wait literally a full day and night for the 12 gig demo to download and when it finally loads, there's a gorgeous five minute CGI movie that seems like it's taken from some Geoff Johns script or other. Lex and the villains kill all the heroes then Brainiac comes and enslaves the human race but Lex survives and comes back in time to warn the heroes and also brings a gazillion space robot doohickeys that will infect the human populace with SUPERPOWERS so we can defend ourselves when brainiac comes. Blah blah blah. THEN! Character creation: very granular, great interface, loads of customizable fun. I spent a half hour making a guy who has acrobatic powers from doohickeys he creates and trains himself to fight with a bo staff and do acrobatics. He's got a skull mask, a paramilitary backpack and a polo sweater vest with a skull on it. Slacks, dress shoes, formal gloves. Calls himself Skully D. Then BANG Skully is on a ship in what's clearly a tutorial, killing bad guys, climbing on walls, doing backflips, levelling, getting POWER POINTS and generally being unkillable. Then (terrible looking) Superman shows up and wastes a shitton of guys. Oracle tells you to teleport to earth and BANG you're in a Gotham police station with 500 other losers called "THE FRAGMENT" and "COOLX" and so forth, flying and speeding and teleporting in various capes and tights. From there you’re off to the races. Having never played an MMORPG, the key opiates are fresh and very addictive. I put in two full ten hour days of play in a row and then made my 2011 resolution to not play this any more as this might otherwise be the only thing i do with my life this year.
Not that it's that great or anything but holy fuck the sugar drip of these online RPGs are painfully addictive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP6F3lkotRw

Taking aim at WOW

http://scrawlfx.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dc-universe-online_2009_04-14-09_05.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZZ4Vt8fH-M

The Curse of Superboobs

http://thegamingliberty.com/wp-content/uploads/DCUNIVERSEO.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIAZ1sdCzW8

”Trying to be Female Friendly”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK0eZnDxvy8

http://nerdreactor.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/DC-Universe-Online-Gotham-Metropolis-08.jpg

Jim Lee Interview

i enjoyed this -- got almost every star in the game. not quite as fun as angry birds but just as cheap. xp

and i'm VERY curious about DCU but i have no PC nor a PS. l4m3.

#106: Deathsmiles – 360 – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://www.aksysgames.com/wp-content/gallery/deathsmiles_screenshots/deathsmiles_02.jpg

... you inexplicably blow on the tokens, sending them and the hapless girl's skirt into the air revealing her panties.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f0ucrsjn4U

Alan N: My first impression of this game is that it looks great but I really, really wish they went straight Castlevania instead of the Pedo-vania art style the designers decided on. Thrilled to see they went with the age info at the character select screen too… everybody’s 17 and under! Second impression: eh, who cares about all that? This game is a blast; easily the best horizontal SHMUP since Gradius 5.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/05/deathsmiles_cosplay.jpg

A Question of Value

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwWCH0rsCgA

http://blog.emegames.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DeathSmiles-xbox360-03-600x450.jpg

1cc SHMUP Log Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shAm2oeWOjs

http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/189790-deathsmiles_header.jpg

Gamewit Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FACE5Bj4FQs

http://www.acparadise.com/cosplayers/10763/10763-36381-2f6aced7b3a9b991f5f2a2024a4332f7.jpg

can i suggest that you lump the links, comments, pics and vids together in their own sections? I hate to be a backseat driver and maybe everyone feels differently from me, but i find everything easier to take in that way. might also want to rehost some of the pics so that the thread will still be readable a couple years down the line.

eh, i like the diversity of it. And the Coint and Plick blog has been where this stuff gets immortalized.

fair enough. mb u should link C&P blog in the OP then?

so deathsmiles is what -- tyrian 2000 but with underage japanese girls instead of space ships?

xp I don't run the blog, but when/if it gets updated I certainly will.

not a fan of posting every single entry. seems overkill and makes points and places a little less significant. thats all my bitching. thanks for doing it forks.

I get more and more tempted to buy DCU. Tom Chick's write-up for Gamepro and enthusiasm over it in the latest Jumping the Shark podcast might have sealed it for me.

Anyone want to join me on PS3 and take the plunge?

the thing about Tom Chick is he has really unconventional taste in video games, which means I'm always interested in what he likes but keenly aware that it might not resonate for me at all. that said, i do want to try DCU really badly.

dont like mmorpgs because i hate people, but doing supervillan shit would be totally awes except i am also in the deprived of pcps3 camp so oh well.

btw i am now involved in endgame hatefuck with the game i was regretting not putting on my list, so im glad i didnt try to weasel forks into letting me change one of my votes.

jsut fyi chaos rings is so much less fun than the FFI & FFII remakes for the iphone that i wld rather play them, than the chaos rings. bcuz its p stupid.

Tom's totally an outlier, but I tend to like a lot of the same stuff he does (as you'll see with my #1 pick). Except for RTS games which can just piss off.

xp I don't run the blog, but when/if it gets updated I certainly will.

intro & first entry are up; I'll add them as my schedule permits.

he's definitely one of the few game critics with a recognizable POV

yer a sweetheart james

DC Universe was wonderful fun and I could easily see myself giving over to grind and new exploration; the ability to run a half dozen characters in three major environments as either a good or bad guy suggested near limitless potential. Also, the sandbox felt SO GOOD: hidden stuff everywhere, the wonderful sensation of wall climbing and soaring higher over buildings, the constant impending interest of something new to try. But I have a busy life and this is NOT a casual game. Had to let it go.

Twenty-six five-pointers?! I am reasonably confident that all of my five-pointers would have gotten more than one vote, but... now I wish I had given them more points, for some reason! bc my 5s are clearly worth more than other people's :S

Half my ballot was 5 pointers, though I know at least one of them will make it to 10 pts

#106: Desktop Dungeons – PC – 5 pts – 1 vote – FREE!
Official Game Site and Download Hub

http://www.qcfdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/41d96fe160bbfdef9253245e7bf57bce6g1.jpg

GameSetWatch Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rAxBgnC0oQ

#3 on Gamasutra’s Top Indie Games of 2010

http://blog.fileplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Desktop-Dungeons-Screen-4.jpg

Defining Roguelikes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is6BFNwPltQ

Nhex: It’s the most engrossing roguelike I've played in ages. Great, concise design choices and the new tileset was even better. It's time to get past text symbols, folks.

The Cloning of Desktop Dungeons

http://www.diygamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/DesktopDungeon001.png

Gravel Puzzleworth: love love love

http://blog.fileplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Desktop-Dungeons-Screen-3.jpg

Developer Blog

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyw4a2nbj81qzjh4m.png

Noodle Vague: It's cool but the lack of depth stopped me getting hooked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rki-y07ozxk

IndieGameReview rave: “more addictive than crack”

#106: Epic Citadel – iPhone – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Daily/2010/09-Sept/02/Epic%20Citadel/Epic%20Citadel%20header--article_image.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Rj_NrWVQ0

http://furiousfanboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/epic-citadel-1sm.jpg

Autumn Almanac: Really it's just a demo for Infinity Blade but you can lose yourself for ages in it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK9PCpN4MrI

http://images.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Epic-Citadel-1-660x440.jpg

1 million downloads in the first two weeks

http://www.medievalarchives.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Epic-citadel.jpg

Developer Interview

http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/032/Purple/22/ac/5b/mzl.gkuvczpz.480x480-75.jpg

As a Teaching Tool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqYi_WRq6M4

#106: Espgaluda II – 360/iPhone – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/02/espgaluda-2.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t4xt8S2mvk

Get yer SHMUP up

http://www.cave-world.com/en/common/img/cvi002/media/espgaluda2_iphone_01.jpg

Character Art

http://www.gamestrikes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/079e73a556mode02.png.png

Neogaf Thread

http://pineconeattack.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/IMG_0149.png

Insomnia Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scVhoSl6tZw

iPhone version Reviewed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIohX06i9vA

Anime Girls in Bullet Hell

http://www.appgamers.com/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/photo3.png

Jeff LeVine: Espgaluda 2 is considerably harder and more confusing that Mushihimesama Futari. Both are pretty crazy games though! in Espgaluda 2, I can barely get to level 3. A 1CC of MF seems not completely out of the question, but that's something I can't really see myself doing in E2. Espgaluda II is such a fucking tough game and really requires some very precise, small and fast movements that it seems like it would be impossible with the touch controls and relatively tiny screen of the iPhone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXSombNW6Lc

Wait, what’s ”1cc”?

loool at level ONE, jesus

even the name of the game is difficult to pronounce, they went all out

if nothing else, this poll has convinced me to download desktop dungeons as it looks amazing
do you really not DO anything in Epic Citadel but just look around? =
Espgaluda 2 looks entirely totally insane

Well, you can look around AND walk around. Which arguably makes it more advanced than Infinity Blade, where you can look around and wave a sword around but can't walk around.

^

desktop dungeons was going to be my #1 pick! oh well

Should probably have voted Desktop Dungeons (which I liked but forgot about) instead of the roguelike I actually voted for, which I fear I gave twice as many points. Hm.

(Seeing lots of rad games with the minimum number of points makes me feel guilty for point inflation in my own ballot, but I was just about to send my small ballot when I realised there was a minimum total # of points which I was short of. Sorry guys!)

get that "if i had voted" business out of here! there were more reminders than a pbs pledge drive on a tv that won't turn off and only gets pbs!

DD got a Mac port!
http://www.qcfdesign.com/?p=423

finally!

#106: FIFA 2011 – 360/PS3/PC/Wii/iPhone/PSP/DS – 5 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://fifasoccerblog.com/files/2010/06/FIFA-11-Arshavin-running.jpg

EZ Snappin: World Cup corrected the most broken bits of FIFA 10. Shame they broke new stuff in FIFA 11. Sold this, bought PES, am happier man.

PES vs FIFA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhnjwymz5L0

Jeff LeVine: This seems unsurprisingly solid. Passing felt the same as it’s still easy to ping pong the ball along (at least with Real Madrid). Defense felt slightly better w/ additional jockeying for possession animations. Maybe minor improvements to the computer AI when they're on offense? I didn't like the factoids popping up on screen during the game. The only "major" difference I noticed was with throw-ins and goal kicks; they've gone back to a magic circle that you can't move your player into, like in old PES - an improvement to the weird jerky animation that was going on there in the last few games, I guess.

Developer Interview

http://www.consolemonster.com/media/0000001832/screenshots/0000001832-L-a2151bb.jpg

Onimo: Kind of hard to keep control with this new 360 jostling thing - seems like anyone who gets close to my guy gets the ball. Are they trying to make it like real modern football where no-one dribbles anymore?

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

http://www.consolemonster.com/media/0000001832/screenshots/0000001832-L-05decf0.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeTRmyuv9CA

http://www.thunderboltgames.com/s/reviews/xbox360/fifa11_1.jpg

Laws of the Game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1NiQy7DQVc

Drinking Game

baaderonix: Ball dynamic feels very different; seems far too easy to steal the ball. The ballyhooed personality thing actually seemed noticable (eg. Barca playing in a Barca style).

http://fifasoccerblog.com/files/2010/12/FIFA-11-Warfare-580x325.jpg

Roberto Spiralli: If EA devises some bullshit for each year’s new FIFA they are WAY more interested in showing it off by shoving it in your face all the time than in whether it makes the game more or less fun to play; e.g. ball hitting the ref, defenders stopping and raising their arm instead of pursuing a through ball. OMG IT'S SO REALISTIC I AM DELIGHTED THAT HAPPENED WHAT FUN I AM HAVING NOW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFpfiqo3FQM

cozen: I'm addicted. They've done a great job of making fatigue and stamina meaningful this year and having the star players play like stars. It still doesn't quite have the ~soul~ or individuality of PES quite down but it's getting there.

Michiganders Don’t Like It

hahaha i was just about to come here and bitch about slingo and how it isnt even a game and bitch bitch bitch and then i noticed that i had been playing the lite version for 2 hours without realizing it.

this is why people have gambling problems

Slingo effortlessly combines the thrills of Bingo with the fun of poking blindly at a screen

said the guy who's like three stars away from 100%ing it

that slingo is evil

played it for an hour on lite and then deleted it. why? bc it was simultaneously so addictive and yet every new round i played made me angrier and angrier that it was suckering me in

What the hell now I really want to NOT download slingo

i am worried that one of my voted before i had time to play it games isnt going to place at this point, but that wont really be the end of the world, although i looked forward to yammering about its strengths (and significant weaknesses). no spoilers tho, so you will all just have to guess.

I thought all votes were placing?

no im saying i didnt play it until after i voted, so unless someone else voted for it it wont make the list (and i havent really heard anybody talk about it on here so?)

http://www.blogcdn.com/news.bigdownload.com/media/2010/05/warrirosboxcovermay7.jpg

I forgot to ask if I could vote for Evony.

NAUGHTY BEAR! NAUGHTY BEAR! NAUGHTY BEAR!

Naughty Bear is definitely not the worst game I played this year fwiw.

wow

i am impressed that a) you played naughty bear and b) that there are worse games!

It was the first game I put on my Gamefly queue lol

;_; I didn't vote

RIP Cataclysm

just so peeps dont think im getting hoity toity over here, i bout the rerelease of conkers bad fur day AND harvey birdman for wii, so my taste is uh questionable

#106: Taberinos – Flash – 5 pts – 1 vote – FREE online
Official Game Site

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-8Z07M5MC8

Captain Lorax: I got to level 19 I think. It’s insane.

http://www.dweepspace.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/taberinos.jpg

More flash games from the same designer, Tonypa

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4463864148_680948d40b.jpg

Estela: I love Taberinos.

Downloadable .swf version

http://static-2.socialgo.com/cache/85560/image/549.jpg

Download an MP3 of the Tamberinos' theme: “Tango de Manzana” by Kevin Macleod

#106: Teppoman 2 – PC – 5 pts – 1 vote - FREE
Official Game Site

http://small-games.info/s/l/t/Teppoman_2_1.jpg

”Teppoman 2 is a freeward 2D action platformer that puts you in control of a caped assassin with a craving for bananas, specifically the brown-coloured ones which can only be found inside a heavily-fortified base under the command of a white-hooded man.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPlG1uoV_jQ

http://www.indiegames.com/blog/images/timw/teppoman5b.png

Download for free by clicking the fourth link down on this page

http://www.pixelprospector.com/wp-content/gallery/teppoman-2/teppoman-2-01.jpg

Ikiki appreciation page

http://www.pixelprospector.com/wp-content/gallery/teppoman-2/teppoman-2-05.jpg

Bamcquern: I love this tiny naked ninja series and game developer Ikiki’s work in general, and this might even have rated higher if I could get past that really high wall that requires a string of difficult moves performed in about one second with precision timing to move on.

http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/9199/newbitmapimage.png

That'll do it for the #106 collection. We'll see about starting a new thread tomorrow.
Just looking over all these games, I'm a bit astonished at the diversity of visual styles, platforms, subject matter and tone. You'll see that's going to be something of a theme for this poll; we're all over the map.

how come my dn gets capitalised but slocki's doesn't I ask you

can't load this thread, reminds me why I never vote in stupid polls

yeah this thread's a bitch to load

That'll do it for the #106 collection.

thank god, Teppoman 2 was 106z

Brown bananas?

http://paxarcana.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/rotten_bananas.jpg

how come my dn gets capitalised but slocki's doesn't I ask you

http://www.overviewhealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/baby-cry.gif

can't load this thread, reminds me why I never vote in stupid polls

http://www.overviewhealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/baby-cry.gif

The Fourth Annual Coint and Plick Video Games Poll - Part Two: #80 - 105

if you want to taste the true depths of pointless ocd gambling the full version of slingo is now available for free fyi

Slingo owns, haters gonna hate

my god i can't believe i paid for those endless hours of anti-fun when i could've had them for FREE.

holy shit

why did I download Slingo

goodbye free time