doctorfrog on 9/11/2009 at 08:15
Via RPS, the first of the Unreal dev kit projects, Prometheus. It's a clear take on Portal, as it's a physics-rule-breaking sci-fi puzzle game, has lots of white walls and rounded corners and is curiously empty and dead inside. You command a small squad of quantum clones of yourself, one by one, in the same space of a few minutes, rewinding each time.
I've played only a few levels, and, like Portal, it's a decent enough puzzle game. Again, like Portal, a lot of the gameplay seems to be hold-the-door-open-for-me puzzles. Not as much polish, but worth a download.
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http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/11/08/prometheus-stands-alone/)
june gloom on 9/11/2009 at 09:39
Quote Posted by Aerothorn
You know, for some reason I thought I had posted a thread about (
http://www.talesofgames.com/barkley/) Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden when it came out, but apparently not. Possibly the greatest freeware game I have ever played. Add it to DA LIST. Also, the full title (Tales of Game's Studios Presents Chef Boyardee's Barkley, Shut Up & Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa) may well qualify as the longest game title ever.
Oh holy fuck, that was real?
Enchantermon on 9/11/2009 at 12:35
I'm guessing that it's not as lame as it sounds. What is it, an RPG?
gunsmoke on 9/11/2009 at 14:33
Quote Posted by dethtoll
Oh holy fuck, that was real?
Yeah, you don't remember when I talked about it a while back? It is an interesting old-school styled RPG>
Aerothorn on 9/11/2009 at 16:33
Quote Posted by Enchantermon
I'm guessing that it's not as lame as it sounds.
This is the most awesome high-concept RPG ever created. I don't even *like* basketball, but the sheer consistency and insane meta-referential basketball-based universe is brilliant.
Enchantermon on 9/11/2009 at 21:09
Well, I don't really care for basketball either, so if it can be enjoyed in spite of that, I guess I'll give it a try.
gunsmoke on 14/11/2009 at 16:58
It has almost nothing to do with basketball. Hell, just read the wiki on it. It is nothing like what the title implies.
doctorfrog on 14/11/2009 at 20:02
I don't know why this is, but seeing basketball referred to repeatedly as 'b-ball' in the game screenshots strikes me as really, really funny. Has anyone even said 'b-ball' since 1989?
Enchantermon on 15/11/2009 at 02:21
"B-ball" was still popular in the 90s, iirc.
doctorfrog on 15/11/2009 at 10:02
(
http://www.theblackheart.com.ar/) The Black Heart
Inline Image:
http://i34.tinypic.com/bg8b46.jpgIt's a simple fighter game with over-the-top combos. I used to like fighter games, when they were this simple. There was a brief period in the nineties where there was something of a blood splatter arms race between fighting games. I miss those times, because I am old, and because they were good times.
Inline Image:
http://i33.tinypic.com/33vm36h.jpgThe fighters look like they were drawn in MSPaint, but they animate quite well. The style is a weird mix of Asian and American horror, heavy on the Asian, but not too derivative. Then again, what the hell do I know.
I've had a few drinks, it's well past midnight, the heater's been on too long, and this game is kind of making me feel weird.
I have to say, though, I really like Animus. He just seems like he's having
such a good time.Inline Image:
http://i37.tinypic.com/wtbp6s.jpgInline Image:
http://i34.tinypic.com/2wp4d3q.jpg[small]
and yes, he does sprout tits and a tutu while fighting. no, i don't know why.[/small]
