I was actually thinking of saying that myself. If you get really good at SSX it really makes you feel like a god of snowboarding. In the same way I talked about DMC, if you really master the game's mechanics you feel like an unstoppable cyclone of awesomeness. Skate was fairly good at that too with it's flicking mechanics. I got really good at that. I used to own everyone online just by stringing together endless flip trick and manual combos, while they were attempting some crazy line over some jumps or some shit.denseWorm said:Games in which I felt god-like. SSX3...
Yeah, From Dust is a worth spiritual sequel to Populous, just as much as Black & White was. Best XBLA game I have ever played. Cannot wait for MP in the second one.talker said:also from dust. you are in-game basically a god. you have no mortal shape and you can move sand, water & lava around (until to much water/lava comes and kills everyone in every village, YAY FOR TSUNAMIS!)
This chap?bigfatcarp93 said:Lol, I'm sorry, this is off-topic, but I had to mention the hilary of this thread's title reminding me of that Volus from ME2.
"I am a biotic god!"
Black and White also fits into this category since you pretty much are GOD in that game.Jean Hag said:The sims, you can literally play grim reaper with them, burn them to death, starve them, have them drown and the like.
Simcity, same shit different scale.
They always put me more in the mindset of a World War 1-era General.Grouchy Imp said:Every RTS ever (for obvious reasons) although special mention goes to Genewars for placing you in the position of having to genetically engineer new species to colonize planets devastated by interstellar war.
I dunno, there's something about the mindless obedience of your units to walk against their will into almost certain death just to grind the enemy down in a long and bitter struggle of attrition that gives the player a feeling of absolute ... ... yes, you're right, a WWI general.Pearwood said:They always put me more in the mindset of a World War 1-era General.Grouchy Imp said:Every RTS ever (for obvious reasons) although special mention goes to Genewars for placing you in the position of having to genetically engineer new species to colonize planets devastated by interstellar war.
"You're going over the top!"
"But we're badly outnumbered and have no means of escape!"
"Yes but hopefully you'll be able to burn down their barracks before you die horribly."