Oh, okay, this was my vote - for the writing I probably would have given it way more points, but it uses the StoryNexus format in a way that I found far more frustrating than its progenitor Echo Bazaar (or Fallen London, actually, it is now). Elongated waiting times, grinding actions, and storylets blocked off to those who won't or can't pay; all of these things made me give it only the cursory number of points. HOWEVER, I will say that if the description from Gameological appeals to you, at least play through the 'character building' stage - it really is fantastic horror writing.
― emil.y, Monday, 10 February 2014 17:05 (ten years ago) link
(Actually, full disclosure: I soured on it when in a hungover state I clicked a paid-for storylet option by mistake, and it took credits I had very slowly gained from playing Fallen London and hoarding for a couple of years. My mistake so I never expected them back, but it pissed me off so much I basically stopped playing.)
― emil.y, Monday, 10 February 2014 17:07 (ten years ago) link
oh hey, sent my rant via email poly, sorry i didnt get it in in time, use it if you want.
― Corpsepaint Counterpaint (jjjusten), Monday, 10 February 2014 17:13 (ten years ago) link
I tried to play all the games that were free on the noms list, Black Crown Project had a really cool premise + writing but yeah I balked at the idea of being locked out of certain storylines unless I paid. Playing just the beginning was still worth it, though!
― reddening, Monday, 10 February 2014 17:29 (ten years ago) link
Here's jjjusten's rant, minus specifics about games we'll be seeing later. If anyone else has general state-of-gaming blurbs this would probably be a good time for them. You can just post them in the thread at this point.
2013 for me is the year that I finally boiled over with rage about the love affair slobberfest about downloadable and indie games. SO much ink spent on half-assed stuff simply because it was some dude doing his ill-conceived art project that really means something maaaaaaan that i just couldnt take it anymore. This isn't to say this stuff all sucks or anything, i am glad we get things like fez and limbo, but this seemed to be the year that any mawkishly sentimental bore-fest or ugly as sin minimalist crap was going to get gold awards across the board....idk if this whole nightmare is thanks to dorks clinging to games as art, or some attempt by game bloggers to have credibility because they are so deep u know, but this shit has to stop. did we learn nothing from the heaping of praise on Braid, which led to lots of us paying that dumb dick money to discover that "oh wait this game sucks"? if people want to put a bullet in the head of indie games, this circle jerk of racing to laud the lowest common denominator and rewarding the poor or non-existent game design will do it faster than any draconian moves by the console companies. -jjjusten
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idk if this whole nightmare is thanks to dorks clinging to games as art, or some attempt by game bloggers to have credibility because they are so deep u know, but this shit has to stop. did we learn nothing from the heaping of praise on Braid, which led to lots of us paying that dumb dick money to discover that "oh wait this game sucks"? if people want to put a bullet in the head of indie games, this circle jerk of racing to laud the lowest common denominator and rewarding the poor or non-existent game design will do it faster than any draconian moves by the console companies. -jjjusten
― polyphonic, Monday, 10 February 2014 18:01 (ten years ago) link
just spent a couple minutes browsing for the bomb.gif that accurately illustrates that post but i couldn't find one that was exactly right
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 10 February 2014 18:09 (ten years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_B8z4gW2rKBY/SXPtrLiU-NI/AAAAAAAAABQ/gZqc9eKfsLg/s320/thumbs-up.jpg
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 10 February 2014 18:09 (ten years ago) link
i want jjj to list off specific examples until everyone has at least one game they can be angry on behalf of
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 10 February 2014 18:10 (ten years ago) link
i wanna know what games jjjusten is complaining about in particular, but i guess we'll see as the results unfold
― eric banana (s.clover), Monday, 10 February 2014 18:10 (ten years ago) link
i mean i think there was one great indie artfest game this year, but outside of that i was keen on a whole bunch of indie-ish titles that i don't _think_ fit that bill?
― eric banana (s.clover), Monday, 10 February 2014 18:11 (ten years ago) link
I know one of them because we ranted at each other about it. Such bullshit.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 10 February 2014 18:11 (ten years ago) link
Honorable Mention: Fiz: The Brewery Management Game – iOS/Android – 5 pts – 1 vote
http://i.imgur.com/bEt1Ypw.gif
Website | Metacritic | Touch Arcade | New School | Trailer
i can confirm that Fiz is a lot of fun! for those of you who enjoyed a kairosoft game or five (game dev story, dungeon village, grand prix story) but wish that they would do something new, this is the game for you. here are a few elements from the game, just to give a feel for it.once you get going, the game has a nice flow to it. while your team (all of whom you've give names that would make your mother disown you, of course) are making your brew, you're looking at the available markets for a future brew. every market has different preferences. there are dive bars where you can send your cheapass lager, there supermarkets with lots of customer (and lots of competition), and there are fancy places where the customers expect high-end expensive shit. there are also seasonal places where you can reliably unload a ton of brew during certain months. in addition to looking into what the customers like, and their affluence, you can also research your competitors offerings at the same market.once you've sold beer at a certain market, you have good data to plan your next brew that you'll send there. you can take a look at the history of your sales there, particularly at the quality of the batch that was sold, the price that you sold it at, and how quickly it sold. each batch of beer has an expiration date (usually around 2 months, to start with). you want to set your price at the magic spot where it just barely sells out just before the expiration date. if the price is too high, you won't sell out and some of the beer will expire. if the price is too low, then you'll sell out but your profits won't be as high as they could have been. the magic price point is different every time you make a shipment, because a) the quality of your beer will be different than the last time, and b) the competition may have changed up their offerings at the same market.there's also all the stuff you'd expect, like being able to upgrade equipment, events (i.e., make at least 85 units of a 700 quality beer by October in order to unlock a new character that you can hire; beer tasting competitions), unlockable recipes, etc etc.bottom line: kairosoft just got out kairosofted by a mile. - Karl Malone
once you get going, the game has a nice flow to it. while your team (all of whom you've give names that would make your mother disown you, of course) are making your brew, you're looking at the available markets for a future brew. every market has different preferences. there are dive bars where you can send your cheapass lager, there supermarkets with lots of customer (and lots of competition), and there are fancy places where the customers expect high-end expensive shit. there are also seasonal places where you can reliably unload a ton of brew during certain months. in addition to looking into what the customers like, and their affluence, you can also research your competitors offerings at the same market.
once you've sold beer at a certain market, you have good data to plan your next brew that you'll send there. you can take a look at the history of your sales there, particularly at the quality of the batch that was sold, the price that you sold it at, and how quickly it sold. each batch of beer has an expiration date (usually around 2 months, to start with). you want to set your price at the magic spot where it just barely sells out just before the expiration date. if the price is too high, you won't sell out and some of the beer will expire. if the price is too low, then you'll sell out but your profits won't be as high as they could have been. the magic price point is different every time you make a shipment, because a) the quality of your beer will be different than the last time, and b) the competition may have changed up their offerings at the same market.
there's also all the stuff you'd expect, like being able to upgrade equipment, events (i.e., make at least 85 units of a 700 quality beer by October in order to unlock a new character that you can hire; beer tasting competitions), unlockable recipes, etc etc.
bottom line: kairosoft just got out kairosofted by a mile. - Karl Malone
― polyphonic, Monday, 10 February 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
i quit playing it 2 days later btw
;_;
― Karl Malone, Monday, 10 February 2014 18:15 (ten years ago) link
lol polyphonic, did you animate that one just for me? <3
― Karl Malone, Monday, 10 February 2014 18:49 (ten years ago) link
lol karlz
― Nhex, Monday, 10 February 2014 18:50 (ten years ago) link
i don't know if Fiz is still a dollar, but if it is, it's totally worth it imo. you're not going to look back on it in a few years with nostalgic teary eyes, but it is genuinely entertaining for several hours. if i went to the arcade as a kid and was able to play a game for 5-6 hours on 4 quarters, i'd probably be pretty happy!
― Karl Malone, Monday, 10 February 2014 18:52 (ten years ago) link
not hard to guess what game(s) jjj is referring to, but i avidly await their reveal. i should probably try to play one/them before it appears, haha
― Nhex, Monday, 10 February 2014 18:52 (ten years ago) link
yeah I dl'd Fiz after hearing about it on here, and played it for a couple of days and then haven't gone back. I don't know why, it was fun, but I dunno...
― Euler, Monday, 10 February 2014 18:53 (ten years ago) link
that's just how i felt about beating 100000000 a few days ago, it's over and done, no regrets. hyped for YOU MUST BUILD A BOAT.
― Nhex, Monday, 10 February 2014 18:53 (ten years ago) link
There will be some caveman-level gifs from time to time to mix it up.
Sorry for the general shittiness of the overlays. I really need a Wacom.
― polyphonic, Monday, 10 February 2014 19:23 (ten years ago) link
Honorable Mention: The Swapper – PC – 5 pts – 1 vote
http://i.imgur.com/UBQtT3k.jpg
Website | Metacritic | Destructoid | Edge | Trailer
One-by-one, area-after-area, new elements pile on. Various types of light prevent aspects of the Swapper device from functioning, transport beams whip you and/or your clones from place-to-place at spine-compacting speed, gravity gets turned on its head, and crates need pushing. That’s just a light sampling of all the wrenches Swapper tosses into your well-oiled puzzle-solving machine, and it’s quite good at layering them on top of each other. One moment, I was synchronizing clones such that’d they walk opposite directions onto switches, and the next I was doing something similar while upside-down, unable to swap into other bodies, and seconds away from splatting into hair-and-skin-flavored space jelly. - Nathan Grayson, Rock Paper Shotgun, apparent hyphen addict
The Swapper has interesting world-building and truly challenging puzzles, the latter of which have been missing from too many adventure games of late. - one way street
― polyphonic, Monday, 10 February 2014 19:25 (ten years ago) link
the images look great dude
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 10 February 2014 19:37 (ten years ago) link
At this point, if iPhone games keep me entertained for a week's worth of flights, I'm satisfied.
― President Frankenstein (kingfish), Monday, 10 February 2014 19:38 (ten years ago) link
poly, please hit me up if writing for any of the games i nominated is nonexistent. i will justify.
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Monday, 10 February 2014 19:38 (ten years ago) link
A good rule of thumb is that if you think it doesn't have a blurb it probably doesn't.
― polyphonic, Monday, 10 February 2014 19:49 (ten years ago) link
2013 for me is the year that I finally boiled over with rage about the love affair slobberfest about downloadable and indie games. SO much ink spent on half-assed stuff simply because it was some dude doing his ill-conceived art project that really means something maaaaaaan that i just couldnt take it anymore. This isn't to say this stuff all sucks or anything, i am glad we get things like fez and limbo, but this seemed to be the year that any mawkishly sentimental bore-fest or ugly as sin minimalist crap was going to get gold awards across the board.
so gutted that you're alread married
― the undersea world of jacques kernow (Noodle Vague), Monday, 10 February 2014 19:52 (ten years ago) link
mawkishly sentimental bore-fest
surely this is critical darling gone home
― Mordy , Monday, 10 February 2014 19:59 (ten years ago) link
ngl I think what jjj is railing against describes my entire ballot. the only new PC game I paid money for this year was Gone Home :P
― reddening, Monday, 10 February 2014 20:41 (ten years ago) link
Swapper looks cool. I got it but haven't been able to play much. The ease to which you can clone and destroy your clones puts some spooky existentialism into it.
― bnw, Monday, 10 February 2014 20:46 (ten years ago) link
i've definitely gotten less interested in narrative as i've gotten older and more interested in rawer/ludic/mechanical elements of a game. there was a time when i was like 12 and could play a jrpg w/ 100 hours of cutscenes + be mollified.
― Mordy , Monday, 10 February 2014 20:57 (ten years ago) link
Honorable Mention: Borderlands 2: Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep DLC – PS3/X360/PC/Mac – 5 pts – 1 vote
http://i.imgur.com/GQSX9FN.jpg
Website | Metacritic | Eurogamer | Washington Post | Trailer
first things first, the borderlands team is as good at DLC as anybody our there, the only competitor MAYBE being both fallout games. this is no exception, but where it really shines is watching a bunch of behind the scenes dork let their tabletop freak flag fly. great writing, hard as hell, brilliant execution in wrapping the core game in some totally different vibe without breaking anything, and tons of in jokes and easter eggs that fly by so fast you will miss half of them the first time out. basically, if you like the game and you are plenty leveled up, you have no excuse to skip this. bonus points for making a DLC that will fucking pwn you if you just try to roll into it to test the waters, its crazy hard. - jjjusten
Tiny Tina may be the best post-release DLC I've played for anything. - Telephone Thing
It's more fun than the main game imo. - gbx
― polyphonic, Monday, 10 February 2014 21:16 (ten years ago) link
Wow I own that as part of the season pass and never even got around to installing it because I'd burnt out on the other DLCs before it got released. Will give it a go.
― JimD, Monday, 10 February 2014 21:32 (ten years ago) link
Honorable Mention: People – Browser – 5 pts – 1 vote
http://i.imgur.com/TtSQe4c.gif
Website | Developer's Blog
Arrow keys or WASD to move. Please make sure you can hear the game since the sound is an important part of it. Also be sure to play through to the end, it's worth it. - BenW, creator
I am like a rolling thundercloud of stormy love! - KevinZuhn, May 4, 2013 @ 1:56pm
― polyphonic, Monday, 10 February 2014 22:46 (ten years ago) link
love the gif. good game w minimal gameplay, moody aesthetics, doesn't overstay it's welcome; more arty indie games should be like it- short evocative & sweet.
― Mordy , Monday, 10 February 2014 22:49 (ten years ago) link
Should I keep going?
― polyphonic, Monday, 10 February 2014 22:52 (ten years ago) link
Sure! I'm following along by zing. Comments on other honorable mentions: fiz fizzled out quickly for me, borderlands 2 was fun but since I never finished it I didn't bother w the expansions. Haven't tried the other 2 yet- looking forward
― Mordy , Monday, 10 February 2014 22:54 (ten years ago) link
with people, i never heard the mission statement and i assumed the game was about saving the little black guys from being snagged up! just played it with the opposite impetus in mind and "beat it" what does it say about me that i've seen enough limboesque sad guy games that i assumed this one was about protecting your friends from being snapped up rather than helping be a matchmaker
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Monday, 10 February 2014 22:56 (ten years ago) link
yeah, keep going!
― Karl Malone, Monday, 10 February 2014 23:15 (ten years ago) link
glad someone voted for "people", it was the last thing to fall off my ballot. i also panicked at first when my little guys got siphoned off, it went against my hoarder's instinct.
― reddening, Monday, 10 February 2014 23:19 (ten years ago) link
also, loving the rollout format, polyphonic!
― reddening, Monday, 10 February 2014 23:21 (ten years ago) link
also following this with a mix of enjoyment and shame, having forgotten to vote :(
― a chance to cross is a chance to score (anonanon), Monday, 10 February 2014 23:31 (ten years ago) link
imgur is being a dick at the moment
― polyphonic, Monday, 10 February 2014 23:33 (ten years ago) link
Honorable Mention: Year Walk – iOS/PC – 5 pts – 1 vote
http://i.imgur.com/ZP7FTK5.jpg
Website | Metacritic | 148 Apps | Slide to Play | Trailer
The super old school gameplay wasn't frustrating because it added to the oppressive creepy atmosphere so effectively. - if
Spooky 2D/3D adventure game Year Walk, based on Swedish folklore, came out this week. I'm liking the Contre Jour aesthetics. - Sanpaku
Year walk is frustrating. Memorising sequences and revisiting old areas of the map to see if anything's changed are the dudliest of dud game mechanics. - ledge
― polyphonic, Monday, 10 February 2014 23:53 (ten years ago) link
i really want to play year walk
― Corpsepaint Counterpaint (jjjusten), Monday, 10 February 2014 23:56 (ten years ago) link
Honorable Mention: Resogun – PS4 – 5 pts – 1 vote | Top PS4 Exclusive
http://i.imgur.com/OguE7WL.jpg
Website | Metacritic | Polygon | Gaming Age | Trailer
Resogun's DNA comes from Defender and Robotron: hulking, high-scoring chasing 80s arcade cabinets from Williams that placed skill front and centre as your lone spaceship cut swathes through patterns of flitting bad guys. That is Resogun in a nutshell, retaining that purity of gunning down alien invaders in a scrolling siege. But don't be fooled, the heart of its gameplay may be timeless but there is modern fizz to its makeup.It is beautiful for a start; sparkly, glitzy laser fire exchanged over the neon wreckage of the last human cities, enemies exploding in a shower of voxels. It is busy but eminently readable, with distinct colours and patterns keeping your eye fixed between your ship and your foe. Resogun is a side scrolling shoot 'em up, but its levels are cylindrical, wrapping around a central point like a carousel. - Tom Hoggins, The Telegraph
It is beautiful for a start; sparkly, glitzy laser fire exchanged over the neon wreckage of the last human cities, enemies exploding in a shower of voxels. It is busy but eminently readable, with distinct colours and patterns keeping your eye fixed between your ship and your foe. Resogun is a side scrolling shoot 'em up, but its levels are cylindrical, wrapping around a central point like a carousel. - Tom Hoggins, The Telegraph
I had forgotten how much I enjoy side-scrolly shooters before I started playing this. Super simple, super fun. -DJP
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 00:14 (ten years ago) link
Top PS4 exclusive! Yeah this is why it's more fun keeping this poll insular.
― JimD, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 00:28 (ten years ago) link
Honorable Mention: Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut – PS3/Vita – 5 pts – 1 vote
http://i.imgur.com/gDEbNpC.jpg
Website | About the Director's Cut | Metacritic | The Digital Fix | Gaming Age | Trailer
Lone Survivor is Jasper Byrne's psychological survival adventure game that allows players to choose the method of their madness: Shoot everything that goes bump in the dark or sneak around quietly to escape the ravaged city; stay healthy with food or pills; seek out other survivors or go it alone. Jessica Conditt, Joystiq
Lone Survivor hearkens back to the classic Team Silent installments of Silent Hill, and shows how expressive pixel art not strictly tied to evoking nostalgia can be. - one way street
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 00:42 (ten years ago) link
lone survivor was pretty good. i can't remember why i stopped playing it, i think i forgot about it. so maybe not that good...
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 01:02 (ten years ago) link
This is a lot of work here Poly, nice rollout!
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 01:12 (ten years ago) link
just keepin ya seat warm
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 01:14 (ten years ago) link
good work polyphonic! I'm going to give MPQ another go...
― Angkor Waht (Neil S), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 20:11 (ten years ago) link
i am part of the problem
Card Hunter (Browser)Cookie Clicker (Browser)Device 6 (iOS)Paint it Back (iOS)Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time (iOS/Android)Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign (iOS/Android/PC)Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption (iOS/Android)Spaceteam (iOS/Android)The Room Two (iOS/Android)Knightmare Tower (iOS)
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 20:12 (ten years ago) link
xposts yeah, you're probably right about that!
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 20:12 (ten years ago) link
Gone Home seems to fail at all the things that video games are uniquely good at (telling a story through gameplay, letting you inhabit a character/world and feel involved, fun) and instead gives you a bad story made even worse by putting it in a game-like structure.
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 20:16 (ten years ago) link
my ballot
Spaceteam 10 GOTYNi No Kuni 10GTA V 10Ridiculous Fishing 10A Dark Room 10Icarus Proudbottom 10The Last of Us 10Clockwork Cat 10Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons 10Impossible Road 10
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 20:16 (ten years ago) link
My ballot:
Counterfeit Monkey (Interactive Fiction) - 30Ollie Ollie Oxen Free (Interactive Fiction) - 20Cursed Treasure 2 (Browser) - 10No One Has to Die (Browser) - 10A Dark Room (Browser) - 5Black Crown Project (Browser) - 5Candy Box (Browser) - 5Clockwork Cat (Browser) - 5Cookie Clicker (Browser) - 5Doctor Who: Legacy (iOS/Android) - 5
― emil.y, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 20:17 (ten years ago) link
Gone Home just sounds boring. No qualms w the Marvel game at #1, that game is damn fun. Sometimes I am glad for the free-to-play mechanics because when I run out of revives and free health kits, I can just call it a day.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 20:40 (ten years ago) link
I think I'm just irritated at Marvel because my gf has been addicted to another free-to-play match 3 game (Candy Crush....sigh.....) for months and i want her to either pay more attention to me or play a better game
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 20:59 (ten years ago) link
NEEERRRRRRRRRRRRDDDDDS
― Corpsepaint Counterpaint (jjjusten), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 21:02 (ten years ago) link
post yr ballots yall!
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 21:06 (ten years ago) link
868-HACK (iOS)Batman: Arkham Origins (PS3/X360/WiiU/PC)Diablo III (PS3/X360)Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon (PS3/X360/PC)Papers, Please (PC/Mac)Pocket Mine (iOS/Android)Remember Me (PS3/X360/PC)XCOM: Enemy Within (PS3/X360/PC/Mac)Fez (PC/Mac/Linux)The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (3DS)
― Angkor Waht (Neil S), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 21:18 (ten years ago) link
1. Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign (iOS) - 202. Bubsy 3D (Browser) - 133. Ni No Kuni (PS3) - 124. Fish Out of Water (iOS) - 115. Pocket Mine (iOS) - 106. Time Surfer (iOS) - 97. Knights of Pen and Paper (iOS/PC) - 88. Ridiculous Fishing (iOS) - 79. Quadropus Rampage (iOS) - 510. Type:Rider (iOS) - 5
guess my primary gaming platform
― eric banana (s.clover), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 21:27 (ten years ago) link
01 gone home - 30 points02 rayman legends - 20 points03 shin megami tensei iv - 10 points04 the stanley parable - 8 points05 fire emblem: awakening - 7 points06 ni no kuni: wrath of white witch - 5 points07 brothers: a tale of two suns - 5 points08 papers please - 5 points09 europa universalis IV - 5 points10 pokemon X/Y - 5 points
― no war but glass war (Lamp), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 21:27 (ten years ago) link
emil.y's ballot is awesome btw
― eric banana (s.clover), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 21:28 (ten years ago) link
Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign (iOS/Android/PC) Nimble Quest (iOS/Android/PC/Ouya)Scurvy Scallywags (iOS) Cookie Clicker (Browser)Candy Box 2 (Browser)Dungeon Plunder (iOS) LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (PS3/PS4/Vita/X360/Xbone/WiiU/3DS/DS/PC) Let’s Play: Ancient Greek Geometry (Browser) A Dark Room (Browser) TownCraft (iOS)
― Euler, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 21:31 (ten years ago) link
This is the list of a group that largely plays games on the bus or in a second window imo
― polyphonic, Tuesday, March 11, 2014 2:55 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Add the toilet & you got me
― Euler, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 21:32 (ten years ago) link
All 10pts:Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS) (top game)Euro Truck Simulator 2 (PC)Gone Home (PC)Hotline Miami (Vita)LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (360)Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (PS3)Super Mario 3D World (WiiU)Tearaway (Vita)The Last of Us (PS3)The Stanley Parable (PC)
Gratz Will, THANKS Poly. I know I had a rant about iOS games that don't work offline but at least that stopped me playing MPQ for more than a day or two.
― JimD, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 21:37 (ten years ago) link
thanks poly!!
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 21:47 (ten years ago) link
my boring ballot:
1) Dishonored DLC (Xbox 360) - 30 pts2) The Cave (Xbox 360) - 30 pts3) Tomb Raider (Xbox 360) - 10 pts4) Batman - Arkham Origins (Xbox 360)- 10 pts5) Flower (PS4) - 5 pts6) Candy Box - 5 pts7) The Stanley Parable (PC) - 5 pts8) The Wolf Among Us - Episode 1 (Xbox 360) - 5 pts
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 21:49 (ten years ago) link
emil.y told me privately that her 11th place game was Call of Duty Black Ops 2 in case you were wondering
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 21:50 (ten years ago) link
Hahaha.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 21:51 (ten years ago) link
Maybe we should've been talking about making an ilx FPS instead of an RPG.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link
Top 20 best selling games:
1. Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar)2. FIFA 14 (EA)3. Call Of Duty: Ghosts (Activision)4. Battlefield 4 (EA)5. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (Ubisoft)6. Tomb Raider (Square Enix)7. FIFA 13 (EA)8. Lego Marvel Super Heroes (WB Games)9. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (Microsoft)10. The Last Of Us (Sony)11. Batman: Arkham Origins (WB Games)12. Call Of Duty: Black Ops II (Activision)13. Just Dance 2014 (Ubisoft)14. Far Cry 3 (Ubisoft)15. Saints Row IV (Deep Silver)16. BioShock Infinite (2K Games)17. Killzone: Shadow Fall (Sony)18. Need for Speed: Rivals (EA)19. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (WB Games)20. Skylanders: Swap Force (Activision)
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 22:02 (ten years ago) link
(oh, that's just uk)
Top ten US:
Grand Theft Auto VCall Of Duty: GhostsMadden NFL 25Battlefield 4Assassin's Creed IV: Black FlagNBA 2K14Call of Duty: Black Ops IIJust Dance 2014MinecraftDisney Infinity
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 22:04 (ten years ago) link
i have played zero of those this year
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 22:13 (ten years ago) link
nice work polyp. well done to the academy too, adorably ilxish results.
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 22:28 (ten years ago) link
i hate when people call me polyp but thanks
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 22:29 (ten years ago) link
http://cdn0.dailydot.com/uploaded/images/original/2012/5/20/Herc_is_Disappointed.gif
2014 Biggest Disappointment: Bioshock Infinite
i was pretty excited for this game tbh. just garbage. like it was designed by people who heard about the first game but never played it. much much less absorbing setting and much much more boring gameplay. i made myself play it for a while and then just quit and never thought about it again. - Roberto Spiralli
I like that everyone else is kinda catching on to the fact that Bioshock is dumb and bullshit and not fun and not clever. Well, not everyone. Legit facepalms all throughout the game on account of how bad the "gameplay" AND how bad the "story" are but these were SOMEWHAT redeemed by the LEGIT LOLS at how AWFUL the ending of the story is. Unbelievably garbage, like if Christopher Nolan got a concussion and tried to make a movie with Dreamworks. InSHREKtion. God this game was dumb. It'd be less annoying if it didn't, like, stand in close proximity to a good story though? Like it was irredeemably bad but given the setting and themes it wouldn't have even been hard for this game's story to be good. Cyndi Lauper was the best part of this game. Fuck this game. – Will M.
Others receiving votes:
Deadly Premonition:
The PC port of Deadly Premonition was my greatest disappointment of the year: unplayable on release, with a strange text glitch that rendered all UI text and subtitles as unintelligible symbols. It's true that the game did live up to its uncanny reputation in that regard, but I couldn't play for more than five minutes out of fear that my laptop would melt and congeal into an eldritch mass or begin emitting messages from the Black Lodge. – one way street
The Stanley Parable:
... which said all it had to say in about a minute and then just got endlessly clumsy, not helped by being able to get endings in an order which further ruined the experience (e.g. I got the museum one first) - if
Tiny Death Star:
the stores update too quickly! too many notifications! and the food stores are boring: shoulda been like "Ewok Barbecue" and "Yoda's Yogurt". shoulda been funnier. - Euler
Pokemon X & Y:
I guess I didn't like this series as much as I thought I did – diamonddave85
Nimble Quest
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 22:52 (ten years ago) link
Ducktales: Remastered was just a nice shining turd of everything wrong w modern gaming. NES for idiots.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 22:57 (ten years ago) link
my ballot:
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (3DS)Batman Arkham Origins (360)Luigi's Mansion 2 (3DS)Steamworld Dig (3DS)Tomb Raider (360)Lego Marvel (PS4)Pokemon X/Y (3DS)Rayman Legends (Vita)Doki Doki Universe (PS4)The Cave (360)
― salsa shark, Tuesday, 11 March 2014 23:11 (ten years ago) link
nimble quest was my biggest disappointment, forgot to blurb it.
All the other nimblebit games have been stupid but addictive. This was just a dull as rocks ios also ran, all grind and no gusto. and hardly any charm.
― eric banana (s.clover), Tuesday, 11 March 2014 23:38 (ten years ago) link
I didn't feel right voting for Ni No Kuni higher b/c I've barely played it, much tho I love Level-5 and Studio Ghibli.
Limiting my voting to games I actually played(and mostly beat) makes an interesting contrast for the usual top-10 lists that incorporate all games on all systems.
I like the graphic used for the #1 pick.
― President Frankenstein (kingfish), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 01:14 (ten years ago) link
1. 868-HACK - 202. Saints Row IV - 153. Papers, Please - 154. State of Decay - 105. Spaceteam - 106. Ridiculous Fishing - 107. Rogue Legacy - 58. People - 59. Stanley Parable - 510. Card Hunter - 5
― Mordy , Wednesday, 12 March 2014 01:20 (ten years ago) link
yes bagman in the fight is key
― eric banana (s.clover), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 01:33 (ten years ago) link
1. Gone home - 202. Gunpoint - 203. Assassins Creed IV -104. Lego Marvel SH -105. Tomb Raider -106. Thomas was Alone -107. Saints Row IV8. Stanley Parable9. Shadowrun Returns10. Guacamelee
― President Frankenstein (kingfish), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 01:48 (ten years ago) link
Papa Louie 2: When Burgers Attack! (Browser) - 20Cookie Clicker (Browser) - 10Icarus Proudbottom Teaches Typing (Browser) - 10Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective (Browser) - 10Pom Gets Wi-Fi (PC) - 10Gone Home (PC/Mac/Linux) - 10The Last Door: Chapter 1 - The Letter (iOS/PC) - 10Paint it Back (iOS) - 10A Dark Room (Browser) - 5No One Has to Die (Browser) - 5
looking over it now, i see my ballot is split between shortish games whose concept/writing/humor i enjoyed, and more grind-y games that i fixated on for a month or two and then abandoned. that's probably due to low finances steering me toward games that are cheap or free. i'm interested in checking out some of the longer PC games on the rollout once they start showing up in bundles.
― reddening, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 01:54 (ten years ago) link
thanks poly
Batman: Arkham Origins (PC) - 5 BioShock Infinite (PC) - 30League of Legends (PC) - 5 Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign (Android/iOS) - 20Tomb Raider (PC) - 10XCOM: Enemy Within (PC) - 5Pikmin 3 (Wii U) - 10
from what i played since I'd give Rayman Legends at least 15-20 pts
― bnw, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 02:01 (ten years ago) link
Well hey I've started ni no kuni and hey this is goddamn depressing
― Corpsepaint Counterpaint (jjjusten), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 03:33 (ten years ago) link
game takes basically forever to ramp up but hey thats a jrpg for you
― eric banana (s.clover), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 03:46 (ten years ago) link
Ok and now it is tremendously charming
― Corpsepaint Counterpaint (jjjusten), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 03:52 (ten years ago) link
someday i wanna go back to it when i have no job
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 12 March 2014 04:30 (ten years ago) link
cool list, thanks polyphonic and everyone who voted
― goole, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 20:09 (ten years ago) link
'gone home' is 8 bucks on steam today, fyi. even though i voted for it, i think it counts as my 'disappointment' of the year; it just didn't quite live up to what i was anticipating. the ability to pick up objects was pretty pointless, no traditional puzzles, and i guess i just wanted more of a creepy/scare factor. i think if it had been a flash game i would've been supremely impressed by it, but as a downloadable title i just expected there to be more.
― reddening, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 20:43 (ten years ago) link
This is what I tell myself about every game
― Vinnie, Thursday, 13 March 2014 13:06 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I mostly agree on Gone Home, the main flaw for me was the fact it gave me a specific character to play then didn't really let me play that character realistically. If the set up had been "you are just some dude exploring an abandoned house" then spending ages rifling through drawers and cupboards reading old receipts etc would've felt fine, but telling me I'm a sister who's home from college to find my family missing spoilt that, because I wanted to be calling the cops, not wandering down to the basement to search for old newspaper clippings about the previous owner of the house etc (or spending the first 15 minutes going around turning all the lights on ffs). Didn't feel like it needed a scare factor, but did think it was a bit cheap of them to imply early on that it was going to have one when it ultimately didn't.
Still voted though because once I'd got past all that I really really enjoyed the period detail, I'm the right age now to have been around the same age as the main characters at the time the game's set, and they just got a lot of the "being a late teen in the mid 90s" stuff dead right.
― JimD, Thursday, 13 March 2014 14:23 (ten years ago) link
Where's my family? I know! I'll sift through my dad's vinyl to find out.
― Mordy , Thursday, 13 March 2014 14:33 (ten years ago) link
'gone home to vibe out'
― no war but glass war (Lamp), Thursday, 13 March 2014 17:28 (ten years ago) link