Archive for the ‘ bad game ’ Category

Note to my reader, this a rant from my good friend Everdan at http://www.twitch.tv/everdan76.  Go to is channel and  follow him.

The other day I was on steam looking what games were on sale. I was looking for a good strategy game to play, you know like Cossack, Starcraft or age of empire. So I’ve selected to strategy tag, on check out which game could be fun to play. I check out the first game of the list and wtf, it’s not a strategy it some kinds of shitty tower defense game. I check out the second game in the list, another tower defense game. I tell myself that probably the only one, the next one probably a RTS or TBS. I click on that third and to my dismay, it was still a fucking tower defense game.

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Cossack, that a real strategy game.

It’s seem to me that the strategy game with complex AI and game mechanic that I use to love and cherish are at the same level of those boring, straight to play tower defense. For me tower defense is more a tactical game that a strategy game because you only have one strategy in that kind of game, align towers (plant, heroes, archer) and wait for enemy to die at their hand. The placement of these towers is just a tactical advantage not a strategy. These should be tag small game, tactical game tower defense, but not strategy game. These games are simple to do, much more casual and maybe sometime fun. However a tower defense is nothing compared to a well flesh out real time strategy or even good old turn base strategy game, I still mourn a time when the word strategy meant something not just a series of pixel randomly moving  to get shot by an inert tower.

-Everdan

Catch me on twitch not playing a tower defence game at http://www.twitch.tv/everdan76

Baldur’s gate

A week ago I wrote that Bladur’s gate will be soon available on Ipad and We got more news that it will support multiplayer and should cost less than 10$.

More on touch arcade

Rotten tangerine (iOS & android)

I came across a really nice indie mobile game, it’s called Rotten tangerine, it’s available on android and iphone.

The goal is to prevent your tangerine to go bad, by tapping on the rotten one good tangerine will appear. However, sometime monsters appear and they will attack you tangerine to make them rot.

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Check out the review at Indiegames.com: http://indiegames.com/2012/03/mobile_game_pick_rotten_tanger.html

Worm is back

I usually don’t review pc game but I was surprise that they’re a new worm game coming, on pc & console. It’s call worm revolution, here the video footage :

It’s look good, they used a new graphic engine and added 3d. This one will definitely go on my wish list.

Epic sax game

I don’t know what to say about this game, it almost could go in a bad game review but it’s too original to do so. From indie game :

“In Epic Sax Game, players attempt to replicate Epic Sax Guy’s solo using six keyboard keys. After practicing, you can record a studio version and join a jam session before attempting the toughest challenge of all: a ten-hour YouTube video, performed live.”

Well I tried it and let say it music is not my strength but it’s definitely fun to try but I won’t take my chance on the 10 hours jam … 

You can play it here : http://www.pippinbarr.com/games/epicsaxgame/EpicSaxGame.html

Bad Game Friday : Evacu-8

It’s seem that a lot of movies get some small game, Evacu 8 is the lastest game you can found on the Super 8 movie web site (gonnabemint.com)

It has an old retro look (which is cool), it is very hard and have abysmal control.

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I honestly I couldn’t get to score more than 500 point at some point there a bus and I can dodge it, because if I go forward a rock fall on my head. But once I go the control I managed to get 1500. I don’t know if there an ending but I think the game cannot finish like asteroid were you have to spend 3 days to beat the high score.

I haven’t see the movie yet but it’s already in theaters.

I reviewed a Thor flash game when the movie Thor came out and someone told me that actually made a game like this for the new movie Captain America:The First Avenger in theatres in July 22 in the US (29 in the UK, check the release date here for the date in your country).

Like I say, I try to avoid the web site of a movie before I see it just in case there some spoiler on the site. I made an exception with Captain America I watched the trailer (Oh !! No !!) and tried the game.

Like Thors game Hammer of the gods and the concept is quite simple, you have to throws Captain America shield at Nazi (instead of Frost giant) to kill them.

While the game it’s not that bad for a game that you play 15 minutes then you’re done. They made a good improvement for the controls, it much more easier to throw the shield than it was to throw the hammer in the other game. Like the Thor game, you have to click on the mouse then move it back (toward Captain America) to set the power of the throw.

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When you complete a stage you unlock picture of the character of the movie if you complete the stage with only 2 throws or less.

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Hope you enjoyed this one even though it pretty much like the other game I reviewed. You can try it at : http://captainamerica.marvel.com/wield-the-shield/

I hope the Movie is even better and I hope to see it when it goes out.

I can across a game that looked good but the controls are so abysmal that I say arrrg lets just forget about it.

The name of that game is Dragon conquest and our quest for dragon supremacy start here at max game.

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There 2 mode the conquest mode you customize your dragon and you after go in each region to fight other dragon. I don’t know what happen when you win since I never won a fight in that mode, but each day (try) the dragon in the regions get tougher and you don’t, so once you get beaten you must stop playing, pretty stupid I say.

There the arcade mode were you get a dragon and you pick a dragon to fight, this one the dragons can be actually beaten, I managed to win but once you won there nothing you just go back to the title screen.

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You see the bar at the top left corner you have a cursor moving in all the bar and it has to land in the black zone give a successful hit. The bar is moving so fast that is actually hard to land it there.

If you value life don’t try this game is pretty bad…

I watched the movie Thor this week and I loved it, so out of curiosity I wanted to check the web site. I try to never check the web site before actually see the movie just in case there some spoiler.

While browsing the web site I came across game that ends up being interesting.

They actually have two games but the other one is more something to destroy your web pages like Kick-Ass.

The is Hammer of the gods and the concept is quite simple, you have to throws Thor’s hammer at frost giant to kill them.

Look like thos is going to kill some frost giant

While the game it’s not that bad for a game that you play 15 minutes then you’re done, the controls are somewhat difficult. You have to click on the mouse then move it back (toward Thor) to set the power of the throw. But most of the time you click and nothing happen.

For some reason throwing the hammer is a pain, luckly you can finish the game in about 15 minutes

When you complete a stage you unlock picture of the character of the movie if you complete the stage with only 2 throws or less.

 

Once you completed a stage you might get a reward if you throw well.

Hope you enjoyed this one, but I got to say that the movie is much better than the game …

Something you got a urge to torture someone, the torture chamber succeed at torturing you.

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It’s start with some bad midi and a suggestive title screen…

The concept is simple, you need to the guy until is health go to 0, you get point each time you inflict pain so the longer you torture the subject the more point you get.

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The control are simple :

It’s ”q” and  “w” to increase and decrease the gravity

“a” and “s” to increase and decrease temperature

And “z” and “x” to move the room wall to squash you subject.

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If you succeed on causing enough pain you might get a cool pain rank !

If you want to inflict yourself some pain go play that game, that probably where the game get it’s name.

The game is simple: do nothing…

Really !!  Thats what Idle. is about, doing nothing. You even level up after waiting for awhile…

Do you have the power to do nothing until your level 999 or you brain will blow up ...

It really boring, here the link : http://www.kongregate.com/games/Nabb/idle

This week  in bad game friday it’s actually more of a weird game friday.
I came across a funny game recently on http://www.indiegames.com called osada which I don’t know if we can really label it game since it more about making music with what you got on the screen.

Clicking on the right spot will make some music and move you to the next scene

It’s more about founding what to click and making music along the way some jamming are pretty neat and funny sometime you just have no clue of what happening and click everywhere.

Like a indian chorus, osada is fun and fresh to ear the first time but that the only time you will listen to it.

The game is pretty click (about 30 minutes) and you’ll probably just play it once.
But for the heck of it it will be a weird and fun ½ of your life that you will never see back 🙂

Indie game review :
http://indiegames.com/2011/04/browser-game-pick-osada-amanit.html

Official site : http://amanita-design.net/osada/

It’s late and it’s friday, so that mean it’s drunken bad game friday unedited version. 

I found a nice game yesterday, it’s not that bad actually it’s called Cycle Blob.

Even with it neon don't expect any 80s actions...

Made out of the fresh of webgl cycle blob bring out actually 2 cool thing :

  • 3d ! (yeah)
  • drunken driving

You might notice that the title look like it come from the 80s, don’t worry that the only thing that from the 80s. The control does feel liek way older though.

The game is simple your are sent to space to race against up to 3 other bike (cycle) around a blob (like the name). Now you know where the name came from… You bike is not a ordinary bike, instead of toxic fume of CO2, a kind of blue trace come out of your bike when your moving. This trace (probably something toxic) can block you opponent et destroy is bike.

You biek have some power shit in it, to bad it's pollute the environement.

So the goal of the game is to run around a blog and try to block others with your toxic blue sh*t. Be careful though, you blue trace can kill you too.

It's not the return of the rainbow, you have to run around and dodge any colored trace in your way.

It’s really hard to control but it’s actually enjoyable to play, nice concept with webgl. No end game, just no stop racing with other cars.

I know that it’s not such a bad game but it’s not a good one…

Nice concept and idea but that’s it…

Check it out here : Cycle blob