Nice! \m/ xps
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:52 (four years ago) link
so sekiro looks cool but it's a dark souls / bloodborne game right? i just don't find that whole thing v enjoyable.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:52 (four years ago) link
as per my previous post i don't enjoy fromsoft games though this one certainly looks pretty compared to dark souls
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:53 (four years ago) link
i watched dunkey play it zombie monkey boss looked dope
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:53 (four years ago) link
xp it's even harder than dark souls / bloodborne since it's not an rpg so you can't 'get ahead' of the difficulty curve via levels/build
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:55 (four years ago) link
uh oh I don't know what one of the games in the top 3 is :\ :/
― silby, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:56 (four years ago) link
i think i know all 3...
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:57 (four years ago) link
I was blanking on the third too but then I reviewed my ballot, and the only question I have is order.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:58 (four years ago) link
i don't know the order but all 3 have been mentioned itt already
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:58 (four years ago) link
they're all indie games if that helps
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
Sekiro and Death Stranding were both games my bf played a lot last year, I threw the latter some points but not the former, it just wasn't as fun to watch. I know some people weren't so keen on the idea of me voting for something I'd not actually been at the controls for, but I do feel like it was a considered choice based on experiencing the game and not breaking the rules of the poll. Apologies to those who are still annoyed by it, though.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
i think watching someone play a video game is totally legit reason to vote for it and was basically my reason for voting for mario maker 2 fwiw and i sometimes feel like i'm inclined to gatekeep in other ways (like i'm a little skeptical of the gaminess of certain walking sims)
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:00 (four years ago) link
my decision tree:if you can win, it's a gameif you can lose, it's a gameif you wasd, it's a gameif you're playing pretend, it's a slightly weird game
― silby, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:02 (four years ago) link
If you can honk, it's a game.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:05 (four years ago) link
if you can honk it might be goty
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:06 (four years ago) link
Thanks Mordy. I guess I have a bit of self-doubt caused by slippery slope arguments, like, would you watch a Let's Play video and still vote for the game? That seems dubious to me.
Also: HONK
― emil.y, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:07 (four years ago) link
i voted for 2 of the top 3, and i have a good guess at the third (which i'm waiting for a good sale on).
― wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:12 (four years ago) link
number 3...
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:12 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/nWgwHTZ.png3 - The Outer Wilds - 93 points / 1.33 First-place votes / 6 VotesPlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
walking sims are definitely games, visual novels are the frontier where things get messy
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:15 (four years ago) link
i never finished this but what a cool and ambitious thing it is for an indie game
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:17 (four years ago) link
I was VERY concerned about playing this, because games in first-person give me bad motion sickness, and then this game also has some zero-g navigation. But it never became an issue for me!
Furthermore, I'm not a big fan of puzzle games, and for the endgame I had to look up guides and walkthroughs, but for a lot of it I managed to figure out most of the solutions.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:18 (four years ago) link
Ha wow given how many points I would have awarded death stranding my dumb non-voting actually really changed these results.
― jjjusten, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
i am greatly looking forward to playing this game
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
xxp Good to know! Lots of first-person games give me motion sickness too.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
i am glad death stranding did not win coint and plick
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:21 (four years ago) link
definitely the most impressive exploration/puzzle game to me since the witness
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:21 (four years ago) link
unless hypnospace outlaw counts as an exploration game which i guess it kinda does
ppl are very cagey about what this game even is, so I have no idea what it is!
― silby, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:24 (four years ago) link
I was concerned that Outer Wilds might have permadeath, but it doesn't really.
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
jjjusten how many wuld you have given it? :O 30?
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:29 (four years ago) link
ppl are very cagey about what this game even is, so I have no idea what it is!― silby, Wednesday, April 8, 2020 2:24 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― silby, Wednesday, April 8, 2020 2:24 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
i think the reason people are cagey is because the more you explain, the less you are surprised by it. i'll say this: it's a non-combat, walking/space-flying simulator where you have to figure out why a big tragedy is going to happen, and you get lots of tries to do so
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:30 (four years ago) link
it's kind without being cloying, its meditative without being boring, it's perplexing without being alienating, it just rules
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:31 (four years ago) link
ANYWAY, WHO'S READY FOR WHAT ARE DEFINITELY THE REAL TOP 2 GAMES
https://i.imgur.com/y2cP2Ys.png1 - Goose Of War 5 - 101 Points / 9 VotesBandai Wonderswan
https://i.imgur.com/NvPqVFv.png1 - Call Is Duty: Modern Is Warfare - 101 Points / 9 Votesidk Ouya or something
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:32 (four years ago) link
rip and tear good buddy
― silby, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:32 (four years ago) link
i'm surprised astral chain didn't place at all is it just that none of us got around to it?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:32 (four years ago) link
im very very very proud of these btw lol
wow is that order right??
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:33 (four years ago) link
i would never spoil anything with the psychout
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:33 (four years ago) link
I had to look several times to see the goose lol
― silby, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:34 (four years ago) link
ok... it is time for the reveal of the top 2 games... and i cannot stress enough, these are the REAL points/firsts/votes
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:34 (four years ago) link
no psych outs left
only games
SEMPER GAMES
https://i.imgur.com/VhzWTmf.png2 - Baba Is You - 109 points / 1 First-place vote / 7 VotesNintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh operating systems, Linux
https://i.imgur.com/bgVQHaY.png1 - Untitled Goose Game - 109 points / 1.33 First-place votes / 9 VotesNintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Macintosh operating systems, Microsoft Windows
omg
― silby, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:36 (four years ago) link
HAHA WOW. I gave UGG one point so uhhh blame me for the tie!
― Triceratops Vowell (Leee), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:36 (four years ago) link
Untitled Goose Game: I understand the feelings of those let down by it, but I enjoyed my time with it. Maybe slightly less than I expected, but it was a joyful time with only a few deranged and unnecessary annoyances.
I gave 30 points to Baba Is You. I'm so mad at this game right now. It's a good video game.
― silby, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:37 (four years ago) link
oooh outer wilds is on the Games Pass...
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:37 (four years ago) link