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

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.

That's funny. The game that was sort of a prototype for Escape from Puppy Death Factory is included in the Pirate Kart. It's called Ssshifty. Escape from Puppy Eath Factory is better, though. Anna Anthropy's write-up is cool:

http://www.auntiepixelante.com/?p=1231

....and sorry, I have to leave now to go meet up with my girl and feel like 3:20 in

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more tomorrow!

I was watching some let's play of Rayman Origins with a little kid doing co-op with an adult. It was cute. The kid didn't want to talk very much.

Sucks that a good-looking game like Aliens: Infestation has to be on a portable system.

21 way tie for #76 -

JESUS

one vote, 10 pts, woo

to be followed by another 20 two votes, 10 pts presumably?

Yeah we're gonna be on 10 pts for a looooong time.

God, that guy in the let's play for the pirate kart is such an asshole. I want to kick him in the nuts.

is Aliens: Infestation good enough to warrant me finding my DS (haven't played it since we moved in Sept), finding the charger, finding my r4 (or whatever it's called) pieces, finding the game, loading it onto my card, and playing it?

alternatively: good enough to purchase?

Yeah we're gonna be on 10 pts for a looooong time.

I solemnly swear that we will not.

Well I mean at the very least we will be there for like 30 entries.

re: aliens: infestation - I'm the one that voted for it but stuck it at the bottom of my list. it's fun but gets tedious. a little too much backtracking for my tastes and I wish enemies didn't always spawn from the same spots. it's no super metroid but it does have its charms. plus aliens and space marines and stuff.

I got Rayman Origins, played it for a bit with a friend. Now the game is absolutely gorgeous, and for that alone I don't regret purchasing it, but I don't quite see why it's a great platformer? Or does it get a lot more interesting after the first world?

The videos I've seen look attractive, but the game looks undesigned.

Yeah, as pretty as it is, there's no real coherency to the characters or world whatsoever. I have no idea what the heck I"m looking at half the time.

all those titles in the pirate kart are fkn hilarious

Sucks that a good-looking game like Aliens: Infestation has to be on a portable system.

lolwut

yeah, was thinking that the ds is really the perfect platform for something like 'aliens: infestation' as welll

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#76: Aquaria – iOS – 10 pts – 1 vote
Official Website
Touch Arcade - ‘Metroidvania Goes for a Swim’
Metacritic
Gametrailers
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqY9mDOw-UI
Jeff LeVine: I tried out the demo a while ago (a year ago?) and thought it was pretty neat. Very relaxing / very nice music / a little confusing.

got the PC demo of this and it's not chill enough imo. it's no Endless Ocean or Ecco

why dont we just skip down a bunch and list #51-100093 later? i mean even the action poll didnt try to do 109 entries

and that was for ALL ACTION MOVIES EVER and had like 100x more voters

but it's way more than 109 with all the ties, right?

you should run your own games poll and decide how you want to do it.

im too busy running your mom iirc

oooh. You got me.

i got your mom iirc

brilliant!

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#76: Atom Zombie Smasher – PC – 10 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site
Metacritic
Gametrailers
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CykKXFNiuQ
fennel cartwright: ludicrously compelling in its simplicity. Beautifully scaled down.

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#76: Bejeweled Blitz – iOS – 10 pts – 1 vote
Apple Store
Touch Arcade
Metacritic
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwnSbUjmksI
DJP: I would have rated this game higher had I not given my finger vicious repetitive strain playing it.

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#76: Crysis 2 – 360 / PS3 / PC – 10 pts – 1 vote
Official Game Site
Metacritic
Gametrailers
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jjjusten: bulletstorm demo for me was basically elevated thx to playing the crysis 2 demo just before it but i would be the first to admit thats kinda like giving a thumbs up to spoiled milk because at least it washed down the taste of that shit sandwich you just finished

lol is "#76" a 21-way tie?!?!

We're going to get through this, people. We're going to get through this.

Crysis 2 is visually so beautiful. The graphics, sheesh. But no one ever talks about this game so I guess the game must be boring or somefin

s10cks u gotta chill man, srsly

I voted for crysis 2 and I guess it's mainly because I never had a pc which could run crysis 1 and yeah, it's technically and visually amazing. And then I guess as a military-style shooter it's pretty vanilla. Stealthing kind of breaks it, you could speed run the whole thing in under an hour pretty easily if you just stayed cloaked, so any bits you do actually play, you need to actvely choose to play. But yeah, it held my attention and I finished it and it was a pretty fun time overall.

Quote for the back of the box right there.