New Comic Thread, Friday 7/29/2011

Eat it You Nasty Pig.

so, is this game kind of lemmings meets populous?

I could play that game

Lagnar

Reminds me of Black and White, good times.

Jacques L'Homme

Lagnar wrote:

Reminds me of Black and White, good times.

I'm glad I'm not the only person who enjoyed that game, and if you could modify some of the more bullshit aspects of that game one could probably sit down and legitimately enjoy it.

You know, without being a masochist.

Rock Lobster!

Langly wrote:

I was confused at first, because I thought that Dust (or from dust I guess) was that game where you like, tip toe and woosh across a desert and leave messages with yoru footprints for other people to read.

I really like this comic though.

You're thinking of Journey. The new game from the guys that did Flow and Flower. Not Don't Stop Believin' Journey.

Hunter

That's a game that needs to be made.

Black and White: This Time It Works

If some developer made that game, one that actually did what B&W promised it could do, I'd buy the shit out of that game.

Rolo

Peter Molyneux is the king of that shit though.

Rolo

Here's an idea where I promise and imply that you have infinite control, infinite choices, a world that reacts to everything you do!

And three years later here's a completely linear game where at the beginning you choose GOOD/EVIL, and the middle you choose GOOD/EVIL, and the only consequences of your actions are the GOOD/EVIL ending cinematics.

hoodie13

Rock Lobster! wrote:

Langly wrote:

I was confused at first, because I thought that Dust (or from dust I guess) was that game where you like, tip toe and woosh across a desert and leave messages with yoru footprints for other people to read.

I really like this comic though.

You're thinking of Journey. The new game from the guys that did Flow and Flower. Not Don't Stop Believin' Journey.

Yeah, this is the guy who did Out of this World (Another World). IIRC.

Langly

Rock Lobster! wrote:

Langly wrote:

I was confused at first, because I thought that Dust (or from dust I guess) was that game where you like, tip toe and woosh across a desert and leave messages with yoru footprints for other people to read.

I really like this comic though.

You're thinking of Journey. The new game from the guys that did Flow and Flower. Not Don't Stop Believin' Journey.

thank you, this was killing me

Hunter

Rolo wrote:

Peter Molyneux is the king of that shit though.

Peter Molyneux is like the abusive asshole boyfriend of the gaming world. One day, his band will hit it big and he'll show you just how much he really loves you and pay back all the rent money he owes. He promises he won't get drunk again and smack you around. This time he means it when he says he'll go see a therapist.

But he'll never change. His games will never work right.

SiliconStew

Scooter wrote:

Druhim wrote:

Hunter wrote:

I want to try this game so bad, but ever since B&W 1 and 2 I'm gunshy about these "you're a god" games.

Please tell me it's fun...not just drop lava on a village fun, but actually controllable and fun.

Yeah, B&W ruined these kind of games for me

Same here. I could never figure out how to throw fireballs, and only passed the tutorial through luck, but I could get past that. But the micromanagement, god, the micromanagement. A god should not have to be telling its people to fuck to reproduce! Most gods can't get their people to stop!

If they're infinitely spawning in this game, much better.

Populous: Slaanesh Edition

Druhim

Hunter wrote:

That's a game that needs to be made.

Black and White: This Time It Works

If some developer made that game, one that actually did what B&W promised it could do, I'd buy the shit out of that game.

You just wanted to be able to jack off your monkey.

Hunter

Druhim wrote:

Hunter wrote:

That's a game that needs to be made.

Black and White: This Time It Works

If some developer made that game, one that actually did what B&W promised it could do, I'd buy the shit out of that game.

You just wanted to be able to jack off your monkey.

I had a wolf pet, and he threw people into the sea for fun. He also kept shitting in the food supply no matter how many times I slapped him. Fucker ruined my civilization through feces.

Druhim

good doggie

Jacques L'Homme

I shouldn't be laughing as hard as I am at that.

Didgeridoo

The worst was when you meant to punish your pet and the controls registered it as petting him

So my horse creature kept getting the idea that villagers were chew toys

The Geek

Rock Lobster! wrote:

Langly wrote:

I was confused at first, because I thought that Dust (or from dust I guess) was that game where you like, tip toe and woosh across a desert and leave messages with yoru footprints for other people to read.

I really like this comic though.

You're thinking of Journey. The new game from the guys that did Flow and Flower. Not Don't Stop Believin' Journey.

Supraluminal

God, yes, the punishment/praise mechanics in B&W were so bad. Your critter would shit all over the town, you'd go to smack him, and in that instant he'd start dancing for the villagers. Bam, you've punished him for being nice.

I remember inadvertently teaching my lion that pooping anywhere, at all, was bad, despite the fact that I was trying to train him to poop on the fields. As a result he wandered around farting up a storm and making uncomfortable faces while clutching his ass, trying desperately to hold it in. Funny, but not funny enough to outweigh my frustration at the clumsy game mechanic.

Artreus

This game is just an XBLA game so it is not going to be that big.

You just control certain elements to get your people to certain places.

It still looked pretty good to me

http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-from-dust/17-4531/

the biggest complaint I keep seeing from people is that you can not control the elements as accurately as people would like, and apparently there is some camera wonkiness.

Macro9

I hate that this was delayed on the PC.

I want it now.

Ten

I played it for a couple of hours the other day, I love the mechanics of picking stuff up and building stuff but I didn't expect it to be as puzzley as it is. Not that it's a bad thing, but it can get a bit fiddley and frustrating at times, and I guess I was expecting more of a traditional god game. It's still worth the $15 or whatever 1200 points translates to though.

Lagnar

Artreus wrote:

This game is just an XBLA game so it is not going to be that big.

You just control certain elements to get your people to certain places.

It still looked pretty good to me

http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-from-dust/17-4531/

the biggest complaint I keep seeing from people is that you can not control the elements as accurately as people would like, and apparently there is some camera wonkiness.

Wow, this looks amazing. Haven't even heard of it till today.

peteitude

"How much lava it too much?" isn't that the eternal question?

Dark Raven X

Holy shit, I remember Black And White. So many previews in the months leading up to it, Official Dreamcast Magazine would not shut about it.

It got a crazy high review score. So being an impressionable young lad, I rushed out to buy that shit. So excited to play.

If only I could go back in time.

If only I could tell my young self; "Don't worry. Some day, you'll know about the internet, and never get caught by this shit again."

Hunter

See, some people don't know about Black and White. The things we were promised.

Instead it was exchanging 50 bucks for Peter Molyneux shitting in a box and telling you it was epic.

Rolo

yeah, the only other person who could trump that kind of shit was Wil Wright with Spore

Artreus

Fable was my Black and white

The Otaku Suppository

Birthday comic is the best type of comic. Even if I didn't get what they were parodying at first.

Fandeathis

Hunter wrote:

Rolo wrote:

Peter Molyneux is the king of that shit though.

Peter Molyneux is like the abusive asshole boyfriend of the gaming world. One day, his band will hit it big and he'll show you just how much he really loves you and pay back all the rent money he owes. He promises he won't get drunk again and smack you around. This time he means it when he says he'll go see a therapist.

But he'll never change. His games will never work right.

This is so damn true. Fable was shite also.

Durkhanus

I enjoyed Black & White. I loved my cow, and the wacky honking noises he'd make when he was little.

I also enjoyed expanding my influence out to the point where I could grab my enemies' worshippers and sacrifice them on his altar, reducing him to nothing.

Oh, the screams, children. The screams...

Edit: Laptop keyboard loves to randomly move the cursor.

Jacques L'Homme

I don't know how you did this. You must be God for real or some shit.

Hunter

You couldn't have enjoyed Black and White because it did not work.

You see, there was no real control. Your avatar did whatever the fuck it wanted to with or without your input. Unless you got the only functioning copy in existence. Maybe you're a god.

Gaslight

I, too, enjoy Farscape reruns.

Ledneh

I remember Populous as "that SNES game where I have no fuckin clue what's going on but that last button sets all the houses on fire and everyone gets out and fights and that's kind of awesome I guess?"

Don't really know what the point was

Rolo

the populous games were actually quite a bit of fun

Rolo

Fandeathis wrote:

Hunter wrote:

Rolo wrote:

Peter Molyneux is the king of that shit though.

Peter Molyneux is like the abusive asshole boyfriend of the gaming world. One day, his band will hit it big and he'll show you just how much he really loves you and pay back all the rent money he owes. He promises he won't get drunk again and smack you around. This time he means it when he says he'll go see a therapist.

But he'll never change. His games will never work right.

This is so damn true. Fable was shite also.

it only gets worse

Antimatter

i picked up a used copy of black and white for like 10 bucks

bad decision


also, I totally thought Dust was the game where you were wandering through a desert

Druhim

Molyneux is such a blowhard.

JoeUser

Weird

Dark Raven X

Diggin' the generic afro voice