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

Hook Champ was pretty sweet, I gotta say

never played super hook champ - canabalt didnt really grab me i guess - soosiz def seems way more varied and old schooly

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.

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.

#84: Super Mario All Stars: 25th Anniversary Edition – Wii – 10 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site
http://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

oh hi dere, i voted for this

hope they're not as lazy with the Zelda 25th anniversary stuff that they've got planned

yeah, this was basically a repackaged super mario allstars, right?

sad because a sega ages quality SMB anthology would be pretty amazing.

yup xp-- mario all-stars for wii

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...

#84: Super Scribblenauts – DS – 10 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site
http://www.pubarticles.com/member/user_img/468/1287114468.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHyaM1B-adU

Metacritic

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

#84: Trauma Team – Wii – 10 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site
http://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

Metacritic

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

my futile one-man campaign starts here : give Naomi Kimishima her own game Atlus, dammit!

hope they're not as lazy with the Zelda 25th anniversary stuff that they've got planned

if they really want to celebrate Zelda's 25th anniversary their first step needs to be firing Aounama

http://mmii.info/_ign/36421.gifhttp://www.rphaven.org/gs/bc/0beetle.gif
http://www.nesmaps.com/maps/SuperMarioBrothers/sprites/BuzzyBeetleDark.gif
http://www.mariowiki.com/images/d/dc/SMBWGiantBuzzy.png
I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles
The last one is unused data from NSMB wii

woop woop

Only eight more #84s to go!

four actually.
then four #80s
then sixty two #13s.

I wish I rated one of my number ones higher now that I've completed the game

was it bad dudes?

http://i.imgur.com/GuewQ.jpg

lol'd at the first Trauma Team pic

62 #13s? srsly!?

no, i'm being silly.

Space Invaders Infinity Gene is now the first mobile handheld game to ever make me walk into a wall.

#84: Veggie Tales 3D – PC – 10 pts – 1 vote- FREE!
Download Hub
http://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 have no idea what I'm supposed to do in that game.

BUMP

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!

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.

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!

ditto! that game is fab

yyyyyyeah, it's all part of a plan

#84: Victorian BMX – Flash – 10 pts – 1 vote – FREE!
Official Game Site
http://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!

#84: World of Goo – iPad – 10 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site

http://theappera.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/world-of-goo-ipad-announcement-1.png

Dev Interview

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

are you splitting up the same game for different systems? coulda sworn i voted for Goo... or was this my vote?

your vote dude.

ah okay, i voted for the iPhone version, not iPad... hence the confusion :/

i don't think there IS an iphone world of goo yet? has it released?

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

http://tinyurl.com/cez93k

*sigh*

#84: World of Goo – jailbroken iPhone – 10 pts – 1 vote

hahaha <3

i mean it's essentially the iPad version but w/e

btw- iPod touch, to be specific

and now i realize i fucked it up the first time when i voted. meant IPOD TOUCH. i dont even have a fuckin iPhone ;_;

I think we need to repoll to make up for this critical error

#84: Yakuza 3 – PS3 – 10 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site
http://www.dpadmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Yakuza-3-01.jpg

Metacritic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lctqX1SrAQo

Matt D: Underworld melodramatic soap opera and karaoke simulator. It's an old-fashioned action-RPG, sending you wandering around its massive world searching for some arbitrary trigger to advance the story with depressing regularity but the environment is so fantastically well rendered that you walk away from the story at any time and find something to do, and it's charm / presentation is more than enough to overcome its deliberate anachronisms. The NA version apparently has a pile of cut content and I'm hoping for more localized development in #4.
http://www.cheatcc.com/imagesps2e/yakuza_3a.jpg
Eurogamer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL6kzPYJ0Ho

Dev Interview

http://www.psu.com/media/yakuza-3/site_yakuza-3-ss-8.jpg
Daniel_Rf: The most fun I've had doing chores for children ever.

Hysterical Impossibly Badly Dubbed Video Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9L2pButdCU

Jamescobo: It sucks that they're removing content, but I never got as much into the hostess stuff as other Yakuzatards so I'm not slitting my wrists over it or anything. As long as I can still win a fight with a tiger by sticking a cigarette in its eye, I'll be good. Anyone who doesn't buy this game should be reincarnated as Amy Winehouse's taint.

Composer Interview

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/07/yakuza_005.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo8YoAS2XZE

Yak Tested
http://gamestyle.com/media/images/games/screenshots/large/ps3-yakuza3-240310-04.jpg
Cozen: Massive, despite the cuts.

Sega claims to know what’s up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5EW6fq07_c

Four way tie for #80

#80: Halo Reach – 360 – 10 pts – 2 votes
Official Game Site
http://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

Four way tie for #80

the Minutemens lost prog epic

Haha, I just laughed out loud at my own joke.