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Posting this a little less than twelve hours after since, hey, Saturday's my late shift day, and I have to go in for a nine hour shift in an hour and a half! Hooray.
DAY 2: The Most Underrated Game You’ve Ever Played
Look at that box. Look at it. Now tell me what you'd expect it to be, just based on the box art and title. If you said "a cheap Professor Layton cash-in", you'd have what I originally thought about the game. If you said "a generic match-3 game"... well, you'd be half-right.
Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure is half oldschool 2D platforming game, half Panel De Pon (the game America knows as Tetris Attack and Planet Puzzle League), and much like Rhythm Heaven yesterday, it's both a game that I was afraid to pay money for before I played it (and subsequently bought after playing the ROM) and is also digital crack.
The premise is simple - the world 'exists' in two seperate states, the top platform game and the bottom puzzle game, and you can toggle between the two at any time. Enemies killed in the platform game turn into blocks/tiles in the puzzle, which must be disposed of before they reach the top of the screen or else they'll come back in their new blocky form and really ruin your day. Your powerups (free lives, health refills, etc) also show up on the puzzle side of the game, so it's best to keep an eye on it now and then.
Part of the game's charm is that its characters are insufferably, some might almost say outlandishly, stereotypical. The spoken 'dialogue' in this game is just a Simlish mashup of stereotypical noises, the titular character talking in "i say"s and "pip pip"s and "eh wot" and the like (His death cry is even a decidedly British "Poppycock!"), his plucky child sidekick throwing in a "guvn'r" now and then, with the other characters being equally ridiculous. The game is also on a hefty dose of WTF: as far as the story goes, well... I will just write it pure and simple, right here.
You are a Gentleman Adventurer seeking out pieces of the most magnificent gentleman's suit ever. These wardrobe pieces are inexplicably gold and will grant the power to rule the world. Also, one of your powers is to transform into an invincible, tea-powered robot.
One more notable facet of this game? It is hard. We're talking Ninja Gaiden, Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero?, Mega Man Zero, etc etc balls-to-the-wall tear-out-your-hair difficult. The first world is fairly simple stuff, until you reach your first boss... which is basically just a giant chunk of health to wear down. Then, suddenly, the platforming becomes harder, the regular enemies become more sinister, and there's more of them...
By the time I got to the 4th world, it was taking me several days of playing to get through a single level, let's just put it that way. And it's rather fairly difficult, too - very rarely are there CHEAP deaths, health refils are incredibly plentiful, and your trips to the puzzle half of the game pause the platforming action, so you don't have to "juggle" them per se like you do in other games of the "two things at once" mindset like The World Ends With You.
Come for the interesting premise, stay for the eye-blistering difficulty. ♥
Day 1: Your current favorite game
Day 2: The most Underrated game you’ve ever played
Day 3: A game that makes you really happy
Day 4: A game that makes you sad
Day 5: A game that reminds you of someone
Day 6: Favorite puzzle game
Day 7: The game with most surprising game plot twist or ending (don’t share the actual twists, and if you do, mark them spoilers for the love of all that is nerdy)
Day 8: A game you’ve played countless times
Day 9:A game with the best or most original soundtrack
Day 10: Favorite Retro game
Day 11: A game that changed your opinion about something
Day 12: A game that you dislike
Day 13: A game that is a guilty pleasure
Day 14: A game that no one would expect you to love
Day 15: A videogame character who you can relate to the most
Day 16: A game that you used to love but now hate
Day 17: A game that disappointed you the most
Day 18: A game that you wish more people would’ve played
Day 19: Favorite game based on a movie/book/comic/etc
Day 20: Favorite stress relieving game
Day 21: Favorite Fighting Game
Day 22: Favorite table-top RPG
Day 23: Favorite racing game
Day 24: The one awesome game idea that still hasn’t been done
Day 25: The most hilarious game you’ve ever played
Day 26: A game you’ve left sitting at the final boss fight and still haven’t returned to
Day 27: A game that you wish you could play, but suck at
Day 28: A game that makes you feel guilty
Day 29: A game from your childhood
Day 30: You favorite game (or series) of all time
DAY 2: The Most Underrated Game You’ve Ever Played
Look at that box. Look at it. Now tell me what you'd expect it to be, just based on the box art and title. If you said "a cheap Professor Layton cash-in", you'd have what I originally thought about the game. If you said "a generic match-3 game"... well, you'd be half-right.
Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure is half oldschool 2D platforming game, half Panel De Pon (the game America knows as Tetris Attack and Planet Puzzle League), and much like Rhythm Heaven yesterday, it's both a game that I was afraid to pay money for before I played it (and subsequently bought after playing the ROM) and is also digital crack.
The premise is simple - the world 'exists' in two seperate states, the top platform game and the bottom puzzle game, and you can toggle between the two at any time. Enemies killed in the platform game turn into blocks/tiles in the puzzle, which must be disposed of before they reach the top of the screen or else they'll come back in their new blocky form and really ruin your day. Your powerups (free lives, health refills, etc) also show up on the puzzle side of the game, so it's best to keep an eye on it now and then.
Part of the game's charm is that its characters are insufferably, some might almost say outlandishly, stereotypical. The spoken 'dialogue' in this game is just a Simlish mashup of stereotypical noises, the titular character talking in "i say"s and "pip pip"s and "eh wot" and the like (His death cry is even a decidedly British "Poppycock!"), his plucky child sidekick throwing in a "guvn'r" now and then, with the other characters being equally ridiculous. The game is also on a hefty dose of WTF: as far as the story goes, well... I will just write it pure and simple, right here.
You are a Gentleman Adventurer seeking out pieces of the most magnificent gentleman's suit ever. These wardrobe pieces are inexplicably gold and will grant the power to rule the world. Also, one of your powers is to transform into an invincible, tea-powered robot.
One more notable facet of this game? It is hard. We're talking Ninja Gaiden, Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero?, Mega Man Zero, etc etc balls-to-the-wall tear-out-your-hair difficult. The first world is fairly simple stuff, until you reach your first boss... which is basically just a giant chunk of health to wear down. Then, suddenly, the platforming becomes harder, the regular enemies become more sinister, and there's more of them...
By the time I got to the 4th world, it was taking me several days of playing to get through a single level, let's just put it that way. And it's rather fairly difficult, too - very rarely are there CHEAP deaths, health refils are incredibly plentiful, and your trips to the puzzle half of the game pause the platforming action, so you don't have to "juggle" them per se like you do in other games of the "two things at once" mindset like The World Ends With You.
Come for the interesting premise, stay for the eye-blistering difficulty. ♥
Day 2: The most Underrated game you’ve ever played
Day 3: A game that makes you really happy
Day 4: A game that makes you sad
Day 5: A game that reminds you of someone
Day 6: Favorite puzzle game
Day 7: The game with most surprising game plot twist or ending (don’t share the actual twists, and if you do, mark them spoilers for the love of all that is nerdy)
Day 8: A game you’ve played countless times
Day 9:A game with the best or most original soundtrack
Day 10: Favorite Retro game
Day 11: A game that changed your opinion about something
Day 12: A game that you dislike
Day 13: A game that is a guilty pleasure
Day 14: A game that no one would expect you to love
Day 15: A videogame character who you can relate to the most
Day 16: A game that you used to love but now hate
Day 17: A game that disappointed you the most
Day 18: A game that you wish more people would’ve played
Day 19: Favorite game based on a movie/book/comic/etc
Day 20: Favorite stress relieving game
Day 21: Favorite Fighting Game
Day 22: Favorite table-top RPG
Day 23: Favorite racing game
Day 24: The one awesome game idea that still hasn’t been done
Day 25: The most hilarious game you’ve ever played
Day 26: A game you’ve left sitting at the final boss fight and still haven’t returned to
Day 27: A game that you wish you could play, but suck at
Day 28: A game that makes you feel guilty
Day 29: A game from your childhood
Day 30: You favorite game (or series) of all time
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