The Fourth Annual Coint and Plick Video Games Poll - Part Three: #53 - 79

whoa the videos of 2 japanese schmups up there remind me why i both have tremendous respect for u dudes twitch reactions and why i also think ur all crazy

see i cant even spell shmups right, i obv have no business attempting to play them

im also glad that the video for deadly premonition up there gives everyone a sampling of the soundtrack built almost entirely on repetetive tuneless whistling

kind of curious how somewhere during development a game went from being a noir-investigative-horror-murder thing to…strawberry turkey sandwiches and rhyming wheelchair-pushers

looking over the list so far im p sure that at least one person voted for every single one of my pix, for the first time.

Same here! Maye we voted for the same stuff :|

Hey dudes, I am embarrassed to say that I messed this thing up from the beginning. I thought forks had finished the #66s so I started with #64. I'll do the other three #66s here. Before I move on to the next list.

OOOPS

#66: Digital: A Love Story – PC – 15 pts – 2 votes
Official Game Site

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/8/87209/1672835-box_digital_super.png

Mordy: Digital is superficially a love story. It's really about that feeling you get at 2 in the morning when insomnia has you surfing the internet checking out forums and pages you haven't been to in years. I can't remember the last time I connected to a BBS, but when I played Digital all those memories came flooding back. Downloading warez with my 56 kpbs (and less!) modem, listening to that satisfying dialing noise, playing MajorMOO and chatting strangers on bulletin boards. More interactive fiction than game, but one of the most moving things I've played (or interacted with) all year.

http://blog.hep-cat.de/pics/Digital_A_Love_Story_library.png

Nhex: The gameplay is bad and gets worse the further you get into it - fortunately it's only about an hour long, and well worth it if you have any memories of dialing into BBSs. I think RPS's take on it was pretty OTM:

RPS review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzPDXTP2QyI

http://www.commentsbling.com/graphic/cat/love/digital-love-myspace-graphics.gif

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3SkgokbK7E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVP7N9_Q6hs

Good job dude.

#66: Gran Turismo 5 – PS3 – 15 pts – 2 votes
Official Game Site

http://www.gamemanx.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/gran-turismo-5.jpg

Adam: the oddness of GT is a large part of its charm. completely bonkers menu design, the downtempo smooth jazz aesthetic, the baroque installation mechanics--at this point, like 12 years or whatever after the first GT, this shit is soothing.

http://www.windingdown.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/gt5-prologue-ss.jpg

Jeff LeVine: For me, the variety of content is the best thing about the game, but sometimes it's a weakness as certain areas seem to lack focus (rally in particular feels like shit to me). Online is undercooked and a mess... and that you don't get credits or experiences for online races is absurd (they claim it will be patched in at some point, I guess). Also the cars I'd most like to drive are too fucking expensive - I mean 14,000,000 credits expensive - THE GRIND. I don't want to lecture from the mountain tops, but if you're only going to turn off one assist, PLEASE turn off the racing line... you will find the driving much more fun the less crutches you use, but that one is the worst & totally ruins immersion in racing games, imo. Even with all the assists off, the fact that you can't turn off the HUD is also still a HUGE assist as you don't have to really learn the tracks or even braking points as there is no way to stop the game from telling you when to brake or downshift with a giant red flashing number. Also always having the map on screen should more than make up for no driving line even if you don't take any time to learn the track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2uQ2ayvvWY

if: Having not played a Gran Turismo since Gran Turismo 2 on the PS1, this certainly benefitted from a massive hit of nostalgia as the realisation hit of how much the familiar old tracks were still imprinted on my mind. The driving and range of features are more awesome than ever too though and eventually you even start to filter out the loading times and Byzantine menu structure. Racing around a virtual central London getting distracted by spotting familiar Chinese restaurants is also a great experience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oRe7j9xHPg

Tracer Hand: can i just say again how much i love this game?? like, <3 <3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HnaPkPXyPM

Eurogamer

this is exactly the kind of game i would rent if i rented games. i would love to have a go but there is no way i ever buy this until i see it for $5.

#66: Shatter – PC – 15 pts – 2 votes
Official Game Site

http://www.aeon.net.nz/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Shatter_Title.jpg

Nhex: Hadn't heard of this game at all until it went on sale during the Steam summer sale. Yeah, it's another indie PC Arkanoid clone among millions to come over the last twenty years - but it's just really fun. Sometimes the presentation can just win you over in games like this, which should be another generic clone, but the graphics were pleasing and the music just completely put it in another tier. I'll say it again: the soundtrack rules. http://sidhe.bandcamp.com/album/shatter-official-videogame-soundtrack

http://www.pcgamersworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Shatter-ps3-screenshot.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwx2czYmlT0

Will M: I love brick-breakers and since I got rid of my Blackberry this is what I've got. And the music!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLB2hdCbJek

Hamildan: Shatter is quite an addictive game....With trophies and a cosmic soundtrack you cant go wrong

Destructoid

this is exactly the kind of game i would rent if i rented games.

Yeah, I got it off Gamefly. But I think I'm going to buy it in a year or two once it drops in price a bit. Definitely a great game to have in your library.

Overall, Gran Turismo 5 took more than five years to complete, with a total cost estimated at approximately $80 million, making it the second most expensive game in history to developed, just behind Grand Theft Auto IV.[31]

#66: The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom – PC/360 – 15 pts – 2 votes
Official Game Site

http://bulk.destructoid.com/ul/164708-review-the-misadventures-of-p-b-winterbottom/004-620x.jpg

Salsa Shark: Great soundtrack, great concept, great mix of difficult and easy puzzles.

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

if: Ok so it is pretty much a less divisive, less ambitious Braid, but that game actually did comparatively little to explore some of the fantastic time reversing mechanics that it had come up with, and there was definitely space for someone to do this good a job of doing so.

http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/images/06/24/62444_orig.jpg

abanana: hey guys don't buy p.b. winterbottom it is a bad game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEW6o5egk5Y

1up review

i stand by my quote. it is poorly programmed too.

Are you guys ready for the next part?

Grind baby grind. how much did you finish over the weekend?

Nothing, man. I do all of these a la carte.

Wait, I think I meant "to order". haha

they're delicious regardless.

for some reason wordpress is being assy about which YT videos it chooses to embed rn