Games That Make You Feel Clever
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The LAST game I played that made me feel clever..
I guess the Orcs Must Die! Series are pretty damn good about this, what with thinking about new, more effective traps each time and level.
Also, Ace Attorney. I dont think I need to say anything on this one.
I guess the Orcs Must Die! Series are pretty damn good about this, what with thinking about new, more effective traps each time and level.
Also, Ace Attorney. I dont think I need to say anything on this one.
Legend of Grimrock is a grandmaster at making you feel smart.
Things like the Checkered Room and the one room where you have a bunch of alcoves with cryptic messages to insert items into allowed me to use my brain like no game has in years.
Things like the Checkered Room and the one room where you have a bunch of alcoves with cryptic messages to insert items into allowed me to use my brain like no game has in years.
Even more annoying is when you're on the right track, but you present the right piece of evidence on the wrong piece of testimony. The last time I did this, there wasn't much difference between that part of the testimony and the correct one, so I ended up pulling my hair out for the next hour thinking my original line of thought was completely wrong. So I finally give up and check Gamefaqs, only to find that I technically was correct the first time. Thankfully these sorts of moments are truly rare. Still, it would be nice if these games could recognize that there can be more then one way to point out a contradiction so I don't waste time barking up the wrong tree.NinjaSniperAssassin said:
Anyways, yes,these games make me feel brilliant. I especially love it when I pick up on some mind-blowing revelation before the characters do. Only then I want to yell at them for not figuring it out already.
Clever? No.
But most Paradox Interactive games leave me feeling more knowledgeable. And hungry for reading material, which is a good thing.
But most Paradox Interactive games leave me feeling more knowledgeable. And hungry for reading material, which is a good thing.
In comparison, Portal 2 co-op made me say 'FUCK! why didn't I think of that!' perhaps a few too many times...Aerosteam 1908 said:
Probably battlefield 3.
Outsmarting randoms with smoke grenades makes me outright gleeful. Smokes are much more versatile than people realize.
Outsmarting randoms with smoke grenades makes me outright gleeful. Smokes are much more versatile than people realize.
Most recently, Mark of the Ninja. The game really lets you play around with the mechanics and rewards good timing and creative use of the environment. Sure, you can just stab two dudes, one at a time, but you could also pounce on one from above, string his body up a tree, then lure his friend to it, at which point he freaks out and runs across a grate, at which point you stab him from below and drag his body down. Don't get me started about the hillarity that is dropping a dead body in the middle of a group of guards and seeing them all freak the fuck out and shoot each other dead.
The game encourages clever play and trying out new things with challenges on each level. These are entirely optional, but reward points that are used to upgrade your moves and gear. Also, fancier methods of taking out enemies reward more points, which in turn also rewards more upgrade points. As a result, you'll be doing your best to do all the convoluted stuff instead of just plain stabbing people. The fact that the kill sequences are wicked cool doesn't hurt.
The game encourages clever play and trying out new things with challenges on each level. These are entirely optional, but reward points that are used to upgrade your moves and gear. Also, fancier methods of taking out enemies reward more points, which in turn also rewards more upgrade points. As a result, you'll be doing your best to do all the convoluted stuff instead of just plain stabbing people. The fact that the kill sequences are wicked cool doesn't hurt.
Yes, this!Shoggoth2588 said:
Zack and Wiki made me feel like Goddamn Isaac Newton at times. Now that game involved some unorthodox thinking. Cool level design, too. There were a few missions in that game that were balls to the walls hard though. I remember a nine-star mission in some kind of volcano that I got right in one try.With nothing other than brainpower and skill of course. I mean, who needs stuff like 'luck' and 'getting something accidentally right', right? >.>
The final mission is impossible without a guide though, the rest are doable. And the Airship mission is pretty satisfyingly challinging too
Catherine made me feel smart, having to think quickly to solve all those puzzles, and damn those Rapunzel levels! Portal 1 and 2 also made me feel smart.
Rune Factory made me feel smart because I managed to figure out what the devil to do and how the hell the runey system worked.
Rune Factory made me feel smart because I managed to figure out what the devil to do and how the hell the runey system worked.
Any of the games I'm playing. I am cleverly doing that thing, that point of the game, and makin' this shit look good.
*Puts on Will Smith sunglasses*
*Puts on Will Smith sunglasses*
Perhaps not the last game I played, but I always go back to my early gaming days playing 2D Adventure games, namely Monkey Island and Day of the Tentacle.
Nothing makes you feel more like a god than figuring out that in order to push the nurse out of the security room without her grabbing on to the statues arm that you need to go back in time, find the people making the statue, find the left-handed hammer, switch the hammers, wait for the sculptor to make a mistake, watch the sculptor let his left-handed brother take over so that the statue has its other arm out and can't be grabbed by the nurse on her way out the door. (high five if you remember that puzzle)
Loved those games.
Nothing makes you feel more like a god than figuring out that in order to push the nurse out of the security room without her grabbing on to the statues arm that you need to go back in time, find the people making the statue, find the left-handed hammer, switch the hammers, wait for the sculptor to make a mistake, watch the sculptor let his left-handed brother take over so that the statue has its other arm out and can't be grabbed by the nurse on her way out the door. (high five if you remember that puzzle)
Loved those games.
I was just playing Halo Anniversary recently and cleared one of the rooms on Assault on the Control Room full of sleeping grunts, ninja style. Every single enemy slain silently, I was actually giggling a little when I was smacking down the final few.
But I felt ace as fuck once it was done.
But I felt ace as fuck once it was done.
bioshock, i liked the free from combat so i could just really experiment and be really creative and clever.
Hitman definitely. Literally 95% of the fun of hitman games lies in finding inventive ways to kill your targets.
