Meet the Facebook Game That Mocks Facebook Games

[Thedayrecker]

What if they make a game parodying the parody? Where does it stop?!?!?

 

[Gunner 51]

I guess the hipsters are catching on to hating facebook games.

Me, I always hated Facebook games. I only ever played them just to be ironic. (Sorry, I couldn't help that.)

But in all seriousness, I get the impression Facebook games - or more precisely - Zynga games have always been loathed by a large part of the FMs here on the Escapist.

 

[Killerbunny001]

This reminds me of Hypnotoad and Everybody Loves Hypnotoad. I`m all in for retarded fun but this is too much.

 

[Plurralbles]

I checked. It's real. I'm glad or it is just a terrible innuendo.

 

[AvsJoe]

Well, I've just started my own Cow Clicking adventure. Let's see how long I'll play this one. I'll give it less than a week.

 

[Mana Fiend]

I shall invite all my friends! Let's see how they like it, damn FrontierVille invites...

Plus, I need my clicks, dammit!!!

 

[Baldry]

I'm going to go buy a rope and get on my chair.

Honestly this is very disappointing and if any of my friends play it, I will slap them.

 

[Arcanist]

The whole "Game you can play without actually playing it" aspect of social games is why I hate them with a fiery passion. They may be games, but that aspect is a perversion of the entire concept of a video game.

Take Heavy Rain. Sure, it was just machinma you had to push buttons to watch, but at least when you pushed buttons something other than the prospect of pushing more buttons happened.

Games like FarmVille and FrontierVille, on the other hand, just have you push buttons so that you'd have the privilege to have your friends push buttons so they could have you push buttons. There's no drive. No motive. It's an empty, emotionless joke.

 

[Buizel91]

Oh I'm already hooked. I clicked my cow. Bam. These next six hours will be excruciating

same here =( haha

 

[Denamic]

Click my cow!
Click it, and click it hard!
Mmmmyeah, that's good stuff.

Genius!

 

[Optimus Hagrid]

Mao Cow.

I MUST CLICK ON MY COWS.

 

[Hamster at Dawn]

I'm tempted to play this just so I can post a message saying that I clicked my cow and see people's reactions. I wonder how many other people would click their cows in response.

 

[JEBWrench]

Hey, another Diablo clone! Sweet!

 

[The Hairminator]

I only need to click my cow just one more time...

JUST ONCE MORE!

You can quit whenever you want, right?

[sub]You just don't want to...[/sub]

 

[John Funk]

catching a glimpse of FrontierVille on Susan Arendt's screen every once in a while

Whoa whoa whoa.

Susan Arendt plays FrontierVille?

[HEADING=1]I thought I loved you Susan! D':[/HEADING]

I kid I kid XD

OT: I think this game is brilliant! Being British, I do love a little bit of satire in my life ^^

Been known to from time to time, yep. The animation when you have to scare off a bear is hysterical - just ask Funk - the fox looks like he's on heroin, and you collect poop. It's a hoot. It's also a fun way to interact with other game journos and game devs.

It's true. More games need to let you scare bears (not care bears) by jumping up and down and wiggling your hands.

 

[Susan Arendt]

The whole "Game you can play without actually playing it" aspect of social games is why I hate them with a fiery passion. They may be games, but that aspect is a perversion of the entire concept of a video game.

Take Heavy Rain. Sure, it was just machinma you had to push buttons to watch, but at least when you pushed buttons something other than the prospect of pushing more buttons happened.

Games like FarmVille and FrontierVille, on the other hand, just have you push buttons so that you'd have the privilege to have your friends push buttons so they could have you push buttons. There's no drive. No motive. It's an empty, emotionless joke.

I haven't played FarmVille in quite some time, but there's a point to FrontierVille. You have to clear your property, collect different sets of items, get married, raise crops, etc. You're given goals to achieve, and while some of them involve visiting neighbors and helping them out, the vast majority of them don't. It's certainly not a skill-twisting challenge, or anything, but there's more substance there than you might think.

 

[hyperdrachen]

Anyone seen the movie Idiocracy?

 

[rsvp42]

I'm going to go buy a rope and get on my chair.

Honestly this is very disappointing and if any of my friends play it, I will slap them.

But since it's an ironic jab at Facebook games, it's ok right? This is the only Facebook game I could stomach because it's hilarious.

 

[masher]

This is an all new take to the term "Grinding".

GOD, that sounds mundane... yet you -know- people will play it.