Critical Miss: Top Five Games of 2012 #1
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Thomas was Alone was good, but it wasn't game of the year good. It fools you by being pretentious and out of the ordinary, but when it comes right down to it the story and characters are actually pretty shallow, and everything else was pretty generic. Certainly great by indie standards, but really nothing all that special overall.
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What was pretentious about it? I liked it because it wasn't pretentious, it just told an interesting story in a nice way and then left it at that. It didn't have a really ridiculous and weird epilogue like Braid, and it didn't leave an ambiguous ending like Limbo just for the sake of it.Covarr said:
Captcha: cup cake. So sweet and tastey.
Interesting choice, I enjoyed Thomas Was Alone, I never though I could care so much about coloured blocks.
If there is someone who didn't cry at To The Moon that is a person with no soul. Even I cried at that game and I've been said as having a swinging brick for a heartCapitano Segnaposto said:
Oh you guys.
If those honourable mentions are supposed to be a joke (and I hope so, just for the sake of The War Z) then I'm sad to see Dust: An Elysian Tail is also a part of the put-downs. I loved that game.
Myeeeeeeehhhh.
Sure, the narrative is interesting. But that's all the game really has going for it, unless you really dig puzzle-platformers.
I dunno, I guess I prefer a narrative punch to be delivered with as little obstruction from the gameplay as possible, if it's going to be delivered at all, and that's something puzzle games can't really capitalize on. It's part of the reason why while I liked Spec Ops: The Line, I'm not going to put it on any pedestals, because especially in the later sections the gameplay started actively detracting from the strength of the narrative.
The thorough snubbing of Journey makes me question my reality, though.
Sure, the narrative is interesting. But that's all the game really has going for it, unless you really dig puzzle-platformers.
I dunno, I guess I prefer a narrative punch to be delivered with as little obstruction from the gameplay as possible, if it's going to be delivered at all, and that's something puzzle games can't really capitalize on. It's part of the reason why while I liked Spec Ops: The Line, I'm not going to put it on any pedestals, because especially in the later sections the gameplay started actively detracting from the strength of the narrative.
The thorough snubbing of Journey makes me question my reality, though.
Admit it, you just put this one in the top slot so you could type the sentence "2012's most rounded game character was a rectangle"
I now feel obligated to play it due to your endorsement. I'd heard good things, but none this positive.
You guys wanna clarify how much of your Honorable Mentions we're supposed to take seriously?
Because you're on the record for a few of them, but I was wondering what your opinions are on Zero Escape (beyond "This shit is bananas!") and Skullgirls (one of my favorite fighters in a long time).
I now feel obligated to play it due to your endorsement. I'd heard good things, but none this positive.
You guys wanna clarify how much of your Honorable Mentions we're supposed to take seriously?
Because you're on the record for a few of them, but I was wondering what your opinions are on Zero Escape (beyond "This shit is bananas!") and Skullgirls (one of my favorite fighters in a long time).
There was a time before the Simpsons where people actually had different ways of saying essentially the same thing.Sejborg said:
It was a scary time when memes were much harder to spread and people didn't just post "this" to express their opinions.
dittorhizhim said:
my first impression is "most heart-warming in-game romance was between a rectangle and a square" <--- myeeeeeeh, but I will try and play 'Thomas Was Alone' before further comments...
Well, Thomas Was Alone is in my Top 5 of 2012 (I played it on Jan 1. 2013 though, so it didn't make my list in time), so I agree. It was a too easy puzzle game, but a great, lovely experience. Very charming, and evoked a gamut of emotions I didn't expect. The soundtrack is spot on too; after hearing and watching the game on YouTube for about 30 seconds, I felt compelled to play it and bought it on Steam and played it immediately. I liked the prologue too, other than the random villan shoehorned in for no reason. The scene in the comic broke my heart for a good little bit of time
I am partial to puzzle platformers and British narrators though, so I'm biased. The integration of the narrator in this game made it for me, much like the narrator made Bastion for a lot of people.
I am partial to puzzle platformers and British narrators though, so I'm biased. The integration of the narrator in this game made it for me, much like the narrator made Bastion for a lot of people.
