Same here! Maye we voted for the same stuff :|
― Alderaan Duran (Will M.), Saturday, 14 May 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
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
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 18 May 2011 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
#66: Digital: A Love Story – PC – 15 pts – 2 votesOfficial 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
― polyphonic, Thursday, 19 May 2011 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
Good job dude.
― it is sad but their is so much beauty (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 May 2011 02:09 (twelve years ago) link
#66: Gran Turismo 5 – PS3 – 15 pts – 2 votesOfficial 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
― polyphonic, Monday, 23 May 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 23 May 2011 17:01 (twelve years ago) link
#66: Shatter – PC – 15 pts – 2 votesOfficial 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
― polyphonic, Monday, 23 May 2011 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― polyphonic, Monday, 23 May 2011 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
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]
― nuclear power, jet propulsion, radar, laser beams, cordless phone (abanana), Monday, 23 May 2011 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
#66: The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom – PC/360 – 15 pts – 2 votesOfficial 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
― polyphonic, Monday, 23 May 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
i stand by my quote. it is poorly programmed too.
― nuclear power, jet propulsion, radar, laser beams, cordless phone (abanana), Monday, 23 May 2011 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
Are you guys ready for the next part?
― polyphonic, Monday, 23 May 2011 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
Grind baby grind. how much did you finish over the weekend?
― crazy donkey winger (forksclovetofu), Monday, 23 May 2011 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
Nothing, man. I do all of these a la carte.
― polyphonic, Monday, 23 May 2011 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
Wait, I think I meant "to order". haha
― polyphonic, Monday, 23 May 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
they're delicious regardless.
― crazy donkey winger (forksclovetofu), Monday, 23 May 2011 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
for some reason wordpress is being assy about which YT videos it chooses to embed rn
― you penis-curling she-devils (jamescobo), Monday, 23 May 2011 18:08 (twelve years ago) link