The Fifth Annual Coint and Plick Poll for Best Video Games of 2011 - Part One: 74-109

deezballz

Was arrival that bad? It had some decent parts, I definitely liked it more than Overlord (aka timefiller firewalker RMXXXXXXX fuck a hammerhead) and I liked it WAAAAAAAY more than the previously mentioned firewalker (fuck fuck fuck a hammerhead). Yes plotwise it was a pile of ugly non-interactive war crime, but the semi-stealth bit was tolerable, and the five-wave fight was really great, and the help-to-not-help twist was pretty neat, and the map looked pretty great. I get the arrival love.

Shadow Broker DESTROYS it though.

yr not supposed to say "previously mentioned" when the previous mention was earlier in the sentence y/n english is tough

if i was subbing you i'd remove it but this is a message board so relax say i

Well, firewalker was free so I don't really count it (you're right though, it's rubbish). Overlord didn't have much going on gameplay-wise, but gameplay isn't what I want from Mass Effect anyway (I know, that sounds nuts) and I remember really liking the style of it. Arrival was just bland and tedious and perhaps also more disappointing just because it was hyped as a kind of bridge point or something between ME2 and ME3: I guess I wanted more and better story, and didn't get it.

so basically can we just 'call it' for radballs at this point?

3 way tie for #104

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#104: And Then, the Ghost Saw Hands: A Game I've Never Played (aka Hands Up) – PC – 7 pts – 1 vote - FREE!
Official Game Site
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bamcquern: A game about a ghost travelling through a pink underworld of disembodied hands while "Hands Up" by Ottawan plays in his head. It was programmed in two hours by using an app called LogMeIn that allows you to access your computer through your phone. I voted for this because I'm never sure if I play it because it's fun or because I like the song. What I mean is that it is (or was) a two-pronged addiction. And I realized tonight at dinner that it has this amniotic/gynecological thing going on.

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#104: Forget Me Not – iOS / PC – 7 pts – 1 vote - FREE on PC!
Official Game Site
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Touch Arcade
Metacritic
PC Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuYAf-LVXWU
bamcquern: Endless Pacman with endless guns. Two players can blast each other at the same time. Includes self-destructing levels, large flapping ghosts, snacks, combos, abstractly cartoonish enemies, and wraparound levels that let you shoot your own butt (which will blow you up). The sound effects burble, burp and plop, often in motivationally ascending tones. Every game is different.

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#104: Lego Pirates of the Caribbean – 360 / PS3 – 7 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site
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Metacritic
Gametrailers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sS8hgKevl4

It's usually me who drops a lone vote for a Lego game each year, but I didn't this time round. 3 new titles came out in 2011 (too many!), POTC and Harry Potter 2 did nothing new at all, and the third Star Wars game tried something new (Er, lego RTS levels) but they just added big difficulty spikes wIthout adding any fun, which isn't what under-10s need.

fuuuuuuu-

sorry about the broken/incorrect title images for the Ghost Saw Hands and Lego Pirates! Will fix later tonight when I get home. :-/

no biggiez dude.

downloading Forget-Me-Not right now

It looks good, right?

bloop bloop bloop, I should play more after I get some work done/finish eating lunch before the cat steals it from me

I voted for Forget Me Not. Here was my blurb:

Forget Me Not takes unironic inspiration from games like Pac-Man or Centipede and makes something new and exciting. If this had been in the arcade in the early '80s people would be obsessed with it, and it makes good use of touch controls.

aw shit, i think there was an error there in that I didn't connect that Forget-Me-Not and Forget Me Not weren't two separate games. By that standard, let the record Forget me Not has 19 points and is in something like 50th place. However, I have hours logged in organizing this nonsense and am not quite willing to be a pedant about it. Mea culpa and it's a good game is all.

this is the first year i feel a little left out for not having access to any iOS platform

last year was mine. It definitely helped motivate me to get a pad.
BTW, Incoboto is AWESOME

Four way tie for #100.

(I am really slow at putting these together, sorry, but I will definitely make it through all 4 tonight, and possibly go beyond if you send me digital alcohol)

#100: Child of Eden – 360 Kinect – 8 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site
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Metacritic
Gametrailers
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NYT
Ian F.: Playing this on Kinect felt like the future in a way that nothing else in 2011 came close to. It didn't last for long, but while it did it was total jaw-dropping sensory interaction overload. If they got Perfume to soundtrack it rather than Genki Rockets it would probably move up another few places.

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great, now there are teeth marks in my screen

Ha, I thought the Glenmorangie was a game result at first. Would Play.

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#100: Last Rocket – iOS – 8 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site
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Touch Arcade
Metacritic
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6h8AQ5zwL0
polyphonic: A great real-time puzzler with cute pixel art and an interesting game mechanic.

well, it was inevitable that I would screw something up within 2 posts. Forks can fix the double image later, sorry for the eyesore!

"we'll fix it in post"

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#100: Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars – 360 / PS3 – 8 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site
Metacritic
Gametrailers
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SlJZl1Lq8M

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#100: W.E.L.D.E.R. – iOS – 8 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site
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Touch Arcade
Metacritic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvZUFaMnZRE
Jeff: Addictive letter swap, word making game. In the later levels I spend so much time thinking about each move, it sort of drives me crazy. Occasionally, I've looked at the screen for 30 minutes before making a move.

I have played a lot of WELDER, but I couldn't vote for it because it makes me so angry.

The new update SUCKS. I wouldn't have voted for it if I knew what was coming.

hmm... but it just went on sale to $1..

I HUNGER
FOR RESULTS

Monsters Ate My Poll Results

How many games have you completed in the last two days? NOT ENOUGH. GET BACK TO WORK.

zs?

yeah, i will post a few before going out to be with my new gf (the true reason i have not completed enough games in the last few days. this is all her fault!). it's just really tough to turn down awesome nights with this wonderful being by saying "i'm sorry, i can't. i have to post a few more results from an online best of 2011 video game poll tonight." but i will do a few between dinner and heading out tonight! and then tomorrow afternoon i'm off of work, so i will do more!

dude, as we all know video games and girlfriends dont mix, priorities man cmon jeez

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3 way tie for #97:

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#97: 2012 IGF Pirate Kart – PC – 9 pts – 1 vote – FREE!
Official Game Site
Paste Magazine - Outsider Videogames: 2012 IGF Pirate Kart
Rock, Paper Shotgun
Compilation of Twitter Reviews
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti1buJ6Nra4

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bamcquern: An incomplete list of games in the 2012 IGF Pirate Kart that don't suck:

I'm Being Eaten By A Spider-Queen (And I Don't Like It One Bit!)
Wee
Stork Ride
The Great Star Fusion
Run! You Fucker!
NetPack
Dorkgimp Weinerstink: They're Out to Suck Your Brains!
Mattar Iject
I'm Not a Bad Person, I Just Have Low Self-Esteem
Fuck All Y'all
Eliza Edith Escapes Expiration
Motion Columns
Let's Typing Some English
The Deathracemas
Virtua Swordsman
Bushido Code
Needlesoft Haystack Explorer
Murder Dog IV
Crime Zone
SAKE EXPRESS * PRO WRESTLING
Attack of the Heavenly Bats
Bang Bang Roguelution
Klik Asia
Cubetendo
Silent Skies
Canabalt for Pink Daleks
SSSHIFTY
Tyrion 2011
Shoot One Million Rockets at One Million Enemies
Söze
Betasuppe
Arenatron
Space Phallus
Maveric Minibuss
Oceanspirit Dennis
Spike Sisters
Lazer Bitches
Write
pongpongpongpongpongpongpongpong
Rogue Hockey
Aubergine vs. Magenta
Lava Bricks
Babymine
Tanks vs Aliens
rougelaika: a remembrance

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#97: Escape from Puppy Death Factory – In Browser – 9 pts – 1 vote
Click here to play it on the official website
Developer’s website
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xnVA2m3OSY
abanana: Tricked me into thinking it would be a Metroid clone then turned out
to be an innovative puzzle game. Even better.

fixed dupe w/MOD MAGIC

thanking you!

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#97: Rayman Origins – 360 / PS3 – 9 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site
Metacritic
Gametrailers
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQX_6ovlPdU
polyphonic: This game is kind of a masterpiece. One of the best two-player sidescrollers.
jjjusten: ok so is it possible that Rayman Origins might be super awesome? because this demo is super awesome

i didnt get it in time to vote but if i had...

anyway the answer is YES IT IS TOTALLY SUPER AWESOME

i only played the original rayman, for ps1, and i remember it was a lot of fun and very challenging, in a good way. is it still kind of really difficult?

(or maybe i just wasn't very good at the first one?)

This game should be muuuuuch later in the results.

It gets challenging, but I think it's balanced really well. There are parts that are quite tough, but if you fail it doesn't knock you back too far and so it's not as frustrating as it could be.

21 way tie for #76 -

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#76: Aliens: Infestation – DS – 10 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site
Eurogamer
Metacritic
Gametrailers
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GtOOIs6unw
jamescobo: Aliens: Infestation looks like a must-get

I suck at Rayman. Which bums me out, because it's BEAUTIFUL.