this is off to a great start so far.
― lil urbane (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 18:10 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, and I love the little color-coded bar.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 18:11 (nine years ago) link
(apologies in advance if some of these images are from the wrong games. a lot of them have generic names.)(not elsa frozen brain surgery tho, that's the only game called that i think)
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 18:11 (nine years ago) link
#74 - Helixhttp://i.imgur.com/mL5tkBV.pngPoints: 6Votes: 11st Place Votes: 0
My iOS gaming centered on games that I could play for short bursts. I love the strange, unexplained iconography of Michael Brough's games. But where 868-Hack was a contemplative exercise (that I was probably too high to figure out), this is a simple physical task: draw circles around enemies until you die.- polyphonic
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 18:12 (nine years ago) link
i wish i had known you were starting w/ 6 pts and not 5 so i could give all my 5 pt noms 1 extra point
― Mordy, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 18:13 (nine years ago) link
i didn't know i was starting at 6 until i saw how many 5s there were tbh
gotta game the game poll i guess (see: reddening) (who you will see A LOT OF today)
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 18:13 (nine years ago) link
#74 - The Last Door: Season Onehttp://i.imgur.com/r9fkAbE.pngPoints: 6Votes: 11st Place Votes: 0
A pixellated horror game made by an indie company in Spain. The first chapter was a simple "explore the creepy mansion" deal, but the other three chapters branched out to other locales in an effective way. The plot gets kind of convoluted as it goes on, but the draw here is less the plot and more the macabre set pieces.- Reddening
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 18:23 (nine years ago) link
okay I may lose an hour or so to Elsa Frozen Brain Surgery based on that screenshot alone
― DJP, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 18:26 (nine years ago) link
i didn't even pick one of the screenshots where her head is open
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 18:27 (nine years ago) link
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8654/16086864863_97a5d6df95.jpg
what the fuck
― DJP, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 18:30 (nine years ago) link
#74 - Retryhttp://i.imgur.com/txnk5z8.pngPoints: 6Votes: 11st Place Votes: 0
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 18:35 (nine years ago) link
just played through Elsa, it's only about 60 seconds long. it's a thing.
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 18:37 (nine years ago) link
it's a hilarious, insane thing
― DJP, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 18:40 (nine years ago) link
#74 - Transmissionhttp://i.imgur.com/WSNtTrS.pngPoints: 6Votes: 11st Place Votes: 0
A puzzle game by the Science Museum with such nice sound design that I'll doggedly try to beat the harder levels even though I'm terrible at them.- Reddening
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 18:44 (nine years ago) link
that game looks really pretty
retry is free, btw
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 18:52 (nine years ago) link
lol i guess it paid off to cut a few games so i could affix stray points to my lower ballot!
i'm not going to search for examples on my work computer, but that website with the elsa frozen game has a tag specifically for games where the frozen characters are pregnant and need your help to give birth. they're not graphic but i'm still pretty sure i'm on an FBI watch list for opening them.
― bonkers candle ancestors (reddening), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 18:55 (nine years ago) link
#74 - With Those We Love Alivehttp://i.imgur.com/uh0I4JI.pngPoints: 6Votes: 11st Place Votes: 0
I've found Porpentine's games hard to settle into in the past, but this one hooked me unexpectedly. Striking and unexpected imagery is one of her hallmarks, but this was the first time I didn't feel any resistance to it and was just like "hell yeah, the Empress was mantled with fleshrags and wearing a diadem of heretic bone."- Reddening
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 18:57 (nine years ago) link
i really could not find compelling images for this that didn't involve people drawing on their arms. which kinda makes me want to play it because why the fuck are ppl drawing on their arms?
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 18:58 (nine years ago) link
These image cards with all of the game info and points on them look great. Well done!
― salsa shark, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 18:59 (nine years ago) link
admittedly i didn't follow the instructions to draw on my arms, i thought she was being metaphorical until i looked up ppl's reviews afterward and saw literal arm-drawings.
― bonkers candle ancestors (reddening), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:04 (nine years ago) link
#72 - Flappy Golfhttp://i.imgur.com/DUP82m9.pngPoints: 7Votes: 11st Place Votes: 0
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:10 (nine years ago) link
this is definitely the weirdest early crop of games yet
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:11 (nine years ago) link
#72 - Nidhogghttp://i.imgur.com/irVwn8H.pngPoints: 7Votes: 11st Place Votes: 0
A bit like if Éric Chahi made a jousting sim. Great fun, although it didn't have a lasting appeal for me.- Polyphonic
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:24 (nine years ago) link
that's a PS4 game?
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:27 (nine years ago) link
Flappy Golf and Retry were mine. I liked them both for similar reasons. Just the right about of difficult to keep you playing over and over and over and over without making you think that it is impossible. You get just the slimmest glimmer of hope.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:27 (nine years ago) link
nidhogg looks the same on all systems and is very intentionally intellivision retrohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODmqS5C7jIQ
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:31 (nine years ago) link
whoa, soundtrack by Daedelus!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidhogg_(video_game)#Development
― lil urbane (Jordan), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:33 (nine years ago) link
nice work so far, will!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:35 (nine years ago) link
#71 - Metal Slug Defensehttp://i.imgur.com/hO8rrxY.pngPoints: 8Votes: 11st Place Votes: 0
tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap boom tap tap boom.- Sterling Clover
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:36 (nine years ago) link
oh man, i hate that game
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:38 (nine years ago) link
btw, next year for revenge i'm gonna give all my low picks numbers like 8, 11, 13, 6 pts
metal slug tower defense ugh whyyyyyy
― Nhex, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:39 (nine years ago) link
at least all these dumb freemium apps are splitting votes so they can't win (oh wait lol last year)
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:40 (nine years ago) link
#60 - 80 Dayshttp://i.imgur.com/V4iLIv5.pngPoints: 10Votes: 11st Place Votes: 0
I liked the idea better than the execution tbh.- forksclovetofu
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:45 (nine years ago) link
^glowing praise itt
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:46 (nine years ago) link
my wife's game of the year ^
― Mordy, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:46 (nine years ago) link
what the - i never even got to a matching game in that... are you sure that's an accurate screengrab?
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:49 (nine years ago) link
lol i was wondering about that
― Mordy, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:49 (nine years ago) link
i am completely non-confident that it's accurate
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:49 (nine years ago) link
lol i guessi need to redo that one
heh, i see what you did there. That's a different thing entirely. You're looking fro thishttp://www.inklestudios.com/80days/
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:50 (nine years ago) link
#60 - 80 Days
http://i.imgur.com/h0DHTa8.png
Points: 10Votes: 11st Place Votes: 0
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:52 (nine years ago) link
SERVICE
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 19:53 (nine years ago) link
thank god for gimp templates
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 20:00 (nine years ago) link
that other game is called "around the world in 80 days" and it is on some bonzo buddy looking website
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 20:01 (nine years ago) link
I liked the idea better than the execution tbh.
same here. it was on my ballot but i dropped it off at the last moment. i played through once, was tempted to play again just to go to a different region and/or try to get a better score, but i haven't opened it again since. but then again, i'm not really a fan of interactive fiction games so the fact that it held my attention for an hour or whatever is probably a good sign?
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 20:01 (nine years ago) link
I liked the demo/free chapter of Dream Machine back when it was first released. The Last Door also worth a play through if you don't mind pixel art and like horror-adventure. Found most of the gameplay of With Those We Love Alive tedious clicking with no change, but did really like the arm drawing thing - and yes, you have to do it.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 3 March 2015 20:03 (nine years ago) link
#60 - Anno: Build An Empirehttp://i.imgur.com/l8xIYFk.pngPoints: 10Votes: 11st Place Votes: 0
I'm cool with f2p city builders I guess? plus it sounds like Anus- Euler
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 20:04 (nine years ago) link
more or less covers my opinionbut you know what you just reminded me was that i DID play a good interactive fiction game and didn't list it in my ballot: Heavy Metal Thunderit's great though, try ithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXRCZmMrNAg
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 20:06 (nine years ago) link
#60 - Campus Life: Fashion Girlhttp://i.imgur.com/j3xamRi.pngPoints: 10Votes: 11st Place Votes: 0
I just wanna party- Euler
― (Download Baseball Scouting Report App) (Will M.), Tuesday, 3 March 2015 20:55 (nine years ago) link
That's always my problem with year-end polls. I only have maybe three 2015 games and I don't think I've played a one. I have some very strong opinions about 2012, though.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 16:47 (eight years ago) link
Year-end polls should always be polls of what was released five years prior, imo.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 16:49 (eight years ago) link
otm
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 16:50 (eight years ago) link
... i don't see why coint and plick shouldn't extend to games made between 2000 and 2015 but played in the past year? Just that much harder to make a consensus.
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 16:54 (eight years ago) link
i don't see that working very well. besides, it's nice to have the poll as a time capsule of that particular year, even if like everyone else here I won't get to the best of 2015 until probably 2019.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 17:08 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I wouldn't seriously promote the inclusion of pre-2015 games. Year end polls just always make me think a) there's no way anyone had time to really get through enough games/music/movies/tv shows to have a clear idea of what really stood out and b) there's no way anyone had time to really sit with any individual game/album/movie/tv show long enough to get a sense of how much they really like it or how it's going to hold up. How many year-end list-topping cultural products are justly forgotten just a few years later?
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 17:24 (eight years ago) link
What if we did a Coint & Plick -5 where we polled 2010? And then next year we could do 2011? I dunno, I'd be into it
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 17:26 (eight years ago) link
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/gZEdDMQZaCU/hqdefault.jpg
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 17:31 (eight years ago) link
lol
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 17:37 (eight years ago) link
What is the new FTL? I could do with it for my shit old slow pc.
― calzino, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 18:02 (eight years ago) link
Not sure what "the new FTL" means. If you mean game along its lines, the two games I've read about are _Renowned Explorers_ and _Convoy_. Explorers is the one I'm most tempted by, fwiw, but I don't know much about it.
The big hype of the moment seems to be _Undertale_, which at least LOOKS like it shouldn't require a powerful computer. I've bought into the hype and picked it up now, despite having no history with the NES sort of RPG that it seems to be based on, but hopefully I'll "get it" nonetheless. I have the impression that it's sort of a self-reflexive metagame, done in a funny, unpretentious manner.
― gradually louden lots (Øystein), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 20:04 (eight years ago) link
I guess "metagame" is a poor word. I gather people use that term for when they make up their own goals in a game to make it more challenging. E.g. play FTL without ever pausing it or without buying anything in the stores.
― gradually louden lots (Øystein), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 20:05 (eight years ago) link
"there are no good video games in 2015 c u next year"
― -san (Lamp), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 20:05 (eight years ago) link
i just dl'd Undertale but haven't play it yet.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 20:07 (eight years ago) link
good games in 2015 that readily come to mind: witcher 3, MGSV, Bloodbourne
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 20:13 (eight years ago) link
Actually, looking through the stuff that came out in 2015, I'm realizing that pretty much all I've bought and played are reissues of super old games (RE, Duke Nukem). Plus I only own a PS3 (and a Vita for all of five days). Despite some releases I've heard good things about but haven't gotten around to yet (MGSV, Life Is Strange, Lego Dimensions), 2015 wasn't exactly catering to me.
The Jackbox Party Pack 2 came out in 2015 and got good mileage with my family yet again so I might wind up just voting for basically the same thing I did last year.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 20:18 (eight years ago) link
Marvel Puzzle Quest wins again
― Does that make you mutter, under your breath, “Damn”? (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 20:20 (eight years ago) link
Uuugggggggh
― Jeff, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 20:22 (eight years ago) link
I'll add Nuclear Throne, Invisible Inc, and Crypt of the Necrodancer.My favorite is Afterbirth, the DLC for the Binding of Isaac: Rebirth.
Ones I want to play: Undertale, Prison Architect. Curious about, but don't have the computer for it, I think: Cities Skylines.
― gradually louden lots (Øystein), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 20:26 (eight years ago) link
I only played Bloodborne and some non-2015 games (Demon's Souls, The Swapper). Would really love to play Undertale and Talos Principle though.
― expertly crafted referential display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 20:37 (eight years ago) link
recommend flywrench if you like extremely difficult twitchy geometric things
― home organ, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 21:07 (eight years ago) link
2015 games for me were Mortal Kombat X and Batman: Arkham Knight, neither of which really knocked it out of the park. Other than that, mostly mobile and older games as usual. I need to start keeping a game journal
― Nhex, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 21:31 (eight years ago) link
There's never enough time to play all of the games of the year, but considering people didn't have enough time to play all of the NES games for that poll we can't exactly just say adding a couple years' lead time will "solve" anything. Maybe I'll set up something like a bonus question where you can put the best 1-3 games not from 2015 that you played in 2015 and they can get shouted out after the poll or something?
― nerd shit (Will M.), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 22:25 (eight years ago) link
plz don't include pre-current year games, i don't participate in these but i like the general sort of desperation that makes up everyone's ballots and results in bizarre lists of games i've never heard of
― qualx, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 22:28 (eight years ago) link
not kidding at all C+P is great every year
― qualx, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 22:29 (eight years ago) link
Maybe I'll set up something like a bonus question where you can put the best 1-3 games not from 2015 that you played in 2015 and they can get shouted out after the poll or something?
that seems like a good compromise. Can't wait!
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 22:40 (eight years ago) link
I will probably start setting up the nominations list next week, which can run into feb, then voting into start of march, and the rollout early march... i know it's late but games take a long time to play! i still have 5ish in steam that may place but i need to play
― nerd shit (Will M.), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 22:41 (eight years ago) link
also it's early but everyone play life is strange, i want that game to place well
Oh, I looked at getting that. Might see how much that and Her Story are on Steam in a bit.
My top pick is probably going to be Sunless Sea, a slow-paced exploration game from the same universe as Fallen London/Echo Bazaar. A little of the old steampunk tendency (in case you're against that sort of thing) but great narrative work and tbh I really needed something of that relaxing pace.
Other things will probably be bits of IF... and Neko Atsume.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 22:56 (eight years ago) link
otm about sunless sea I kept thinking about how it's "slow play" in the best way (I love the brooding meditative silence). I got the merchant cruiser recently after three captain deaths and I feel like I still have 90% of the storylines to see
― Mordy, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 23:08 (eight years ago) link
Oh, Life is Strange is PC only, no mac version. Bah.
― emil.y, Thursday, 31 December 2015 00:36 (eight years ago) link
Life Is Strange is getting a PS4 disc relase in January - I will probably pick it up then, bar some crazy PSN flash sale.
― Nhex, Thursday, 31 December 2015 02:18 (eight years ago) link
I definitely support using the inevitable nomination thread to needle each other into playing titles for the first three months of 2016 btw
― Nhex, Thursday, 31 December 2015 02:19 (eight years ago) link
Ninth Coint & Plick: Best Games of 2015 NOMINATION THREAD
― nerd shit (Will M.), Monday, 4 January 2016 21:41 (eight years ago) link