Jimquisition: Jimquisition Awards, Part Four

[ritchards]

But PaRappa was years ago! ... and it's a beanie, not a cap!

 

[Mr.Amakir]

No Spec Ops: The Line? Jim I am dissapoint.

 

[Beryl77]

Totally agree, a game doesn't have to be just serious or anything like that to be a good game. As long as it's fun, I'll like it.

 

[James Joseph Emerald]

OT: So.....is anyone not expecting it to be Spec Ops: the line? Or have I just mis-read the signs.

Actually:

I'm slightly disturbed that Lollipop Chainsaw got an award, yet Mass Effect 3, Assassin's Creed 3, XCOM, Hitman: Absolution and Spec Ops: The Line didn't.

Also, The Walking Dead game had a very compelling story, but you could hardly even call it a game. None of your choices even significantly impact the unfolding of events, so it's really just an animated movie where you occasionally press a button to continue.

 

[RiffRaff]

For Charity, perhaps Child's Play, Jim needs to do a Numa-Numa video.

 

[blackrave]

This has no credibility! I can't believe this won!
(hey, you asked for it Jim )

But to be honest I have nothing against braindead fun (no pun intended)
And this game seems like it

 

[Zombie_Moogle]

Only thing that turns me off of this game is that I heard it was short, and $25+ still seems a bit much if the game isn't more than 4 hours.

As for the winner (game tomorrow), I still think it was a good game, but not the best game of the year (at least, for me). Maybe because the whole last episode for was nothing more than closure to me with everyone I at all liked already being gone or dead.

It's about 6 and it is mean to be played over and over for unlockables and score challenging. Though if you're the type who just rushes through a game to see that credit scroll it'll probably underwhelm, but if you're the type who just rushes through a game to see the credit scroll.. why are you gaming anyway.

As Jim stated, Lollipop Chainsaw is very much reminiscent of the arcade hack'n'slash days. You play through it over & over, each time trying to beat your score. Crazy Taxi was a good comparison, as I'm pretty sure I nearly melted the Dreamcast disc of that game that I have & still play on occasion.
It's a game about a manic pixie killing zombies with a chainsaw. Suda51 had no delusions about that & developed the game accordingly

OT: So.....is anyone not expecting it to be Spec Ops: the line? Or have I just mis-read the signs.

Actually:

I'm slightly disturbed that Lollipop Chainsaw got an award, yet Mass Effect 3, Assassin's Creed 3, XCOM, Hitman: Absolution and Spec Ops: The Line didn't.

Also, The Walking Dead game had a very compelling story, but you could hardly even call it a game. None of your choices even significantly impact the unfolding of events, so it's really just an animated movie where you occasionally press a button to continue.

Everyone else will be giving plenty of love to all those other games. I think Jim is taking a moment here to give credit where it's due, but wouldn't otherwise get it.
IMO, Mass Effect 3 was good, Assassin's Creed 3 & Hitman: Absolution were just ok, XCOM & Spec Ops were excellent; all of these games will receive plenty of praise across the community, whether they deserved it or not.

 

[Lex Darko]

Not surprised by the The Walking Dead being Jim's game of the year kinda surprised X-Com didn't make it but this list is for outstanding games of 2012 not the only outstanding games of 2012. I can't disagree with anything on the list and even if I could it's still a really good best of 2012 list.

 

[Jimothy Sterling]

No Spec Ops: The Line? Jim I am dissapoint.

I may have to address this at some point. I've played Spec Ops: The Line, I have a lot of respect for its narrative. However, there are flaws I found with the actual game aspect of it, enough to disqualify its place in the running. It was a most worthy contender, but unfortunately there are issue I had with it.

 

[Deadagent]

I did love No More Heroes, I should really think about picking up Lollipop Chainsaw.

Depends, personally I think it's Sudas weakest work so if you're comparing it to those games then you might be dissapointed. It's still extremely fun and since its so short you'll have no issue playing it multiple times, like I did.

 

[1337mokro]

I guess Jim is just going to ignore the minigames isn't he.

Well if he won't mention it I will mention it.

Baseball minigame.

 

[LobsterFeng]

I'm glad that Jim has the guts to give a game a GOTY award simply by finding it entertaining. I mean who are we to argue against that?

 

[wildpeaks]

OT: So.....is anyone not expecting it to be Spec Ops: the line? Or have I just mis-read the signs.

I was rooting for Specs Ops (or Skyrim) as well, but doesn't seem it will be

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Only thing that turns me off of this game is that I heard it was short, and $25+ still seems a bit much if the game isn't more than 4 hours.

As for the winner (game tomorrow), I still think it was a good game, but not the best game of the year (at least, for me). Maybe because the whole last episode for was nothing more than closure to me with everyone I at all liked already being gone or dead.

It's about 6 and it is mean to be played over and over for unlockables and score challenging. Though if you're the type who just rushes through a game to see that credit scroll it'll probably underwhelm, but if you're the type who just rushes through a game to see the credit scroll.. why are you gaming anyway.

I don't do that unless the game is so horrid I can't stand to play it anymore, but I have to finish it for some reason (which has only happened once). Usually I tried to do most of the side stuff. I may give it a shot if I find it cheap somewhere.

OT: So.....is anyone not expecting it to be Spec Ops: the line? Or have I just mis-read the signs.

I was rooting for Specs Ops (or Skyrim) as well, but doesn't seem it will be

Skyrim came out last year?

 

[Eric the Orange]

Hey tomorrow a game I've actually played. That so rarely happens anymore.

 

[Eric the Orange]

A winner by the jimquisition's standards? That explains it! Doh ho ho ho, etc.

Oh, an interesting bit of trivia:

Spoiler: You will never be able to un-hear this

OT: So.....is anyone not expecting it to be Spec Ops: the line? Or have I just mis-read the signs.

To be fair she is a VERY prolific voice actress. So you hear her voice in a lot of things.

 

[T3hSource]

I may have to address this at some point. I've played Spec Ops: The Line, I have a lot of respect for its narrative. However, there are flaws I found with the actual game aspect of it, enough to disqualify its place in the running. It was a most worthy contender, but unfortunately there are issue I had with it.

I'm pretty sure you've watched Extra Credits' episodes on The Line,but having a problem with the gameplay is a valid reason not to give it an award,so I'm okay with that.I should get Lone Survivor sometime(probably won't,because too much yet so little time)

 

[Legion]

You have convinced me to get Lone Survivor, but I can't see myself being swayed towards getting Lollypop Chainsaw. Even if it wasn't for the "fan-service", and "silliness", I just don't really like hack and slash games.

I think 99% of people who watch your videos, read your reviews or follow your twitter could easily predict tomorrows episode. I have to completely agree with the choice.

 

[mjc0961]

Nah Jim, this isn't the controversial episode for me. Lollipop Chainsaw was just pure fun for the sake of having fun, and at the end of the day that's what video games are supposed to be: fun. Good on you for giving a game credit for that. Too many gamers these days are busy being so stuck up about games needing the best stories ever and the best graphics ever and the best this and the best that and blah blah blah that they forget that games are supposed to be ENTERTAINMENT. And Lollipop Chainsaw is certainly that despite not having the most intelligent story or realistic gameplay.

No, the controversial episode for me was Journey yesterday (I tried to make a post then but this forum was being retarded and not letting me post because the stupid capctha or whatever wouldn't load. I can't believe this site still does that shitty attempt to get people to sign up for pub club. Captcha the new members, not ones who have been here for 3 years and have 4000+ posts. If I was a spambot I would have been banned for spamming ages ago you idiots, so stop trying to shove that horrible spambot excuse down all our throats). Just comparing the episodes for Today, Monday, and Tuesday to Journey's episode yesterday really says it all for me. You give reasons why Lollipop Chainsaw is fun. You describe events from the game. You actually have things to say about it, and you actually had things to say about Dishonored and Lone Survivor as well. But when it came time to try and sell me on Journey, all I got out of the episode is that it starts off with some boring as hell walking around in the desert but then there's some co-op and later the game becomes "compelling" and other words Yahtzee has described as coming from the "GameSpot Review Generator". That doesn't actually tell me anything about why I would want to try Journey. It tells me nothing of what the game is like. It just seemed to me that you had nothing tangible to say about it like you have for the other 3 games and will have tomorrow for The Walking Dead. And considering that this game comes from the same developers as the phenomenally bad Flower and flOw, the episode had the opposite effect of what you had intended: it convinced me that I should NOT play Journey because it sounds like it's in league with Flower and flOw: an art game that forgets about the second word of that label and just focuses on being art at the expense of actually having a game to play. I'd rather just go replay Limbo, as it remembered that art game means you're also supposed to have a game in there.

Also, where did you get that fucking awesome Clem hat?!

I'm slightly disturbed that Lollipop Chainsaw got an award, yet Mass Effect 3, Assassin's Creed 3, XCOM, Hitman: Absolution and Spec Ops: The Line didn't.

I can't speak for the rest of those games, but Mass Effect 3 and Assassin's Creed 3 don't deserve awards. They aren't outstanding games, not to me anyway. Mass Effect 3 is nothing but years of promises broken, plotholes only filled in if you pony up some money for DLC, and some really crappy third person shooting that tries to be like Uncharted and Gears of War but didn't learn the lesson Gears 3 taught us that take cover, dodge roll, run, move between cover, and vault over cover should not all be on the same button and thus results in a lot of frustrating deaths that are completely the game's fault because Shepard decided to take cover right next to an enemy instead of rolling out of the way like you told him to. Gears 3 finally added and alternate control scheme that fixed this, and the fact that Mass Effect 3 came out many months later but didn't meet the new bar for controls that Gears of War 3 set is quite disgusting. They were clearly going for the "it's shit but shit everyone does so why change it [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/6553-Friends]" strategy, except that strategy doesn't work when someone before you evolved what gamers expect from a third person shooter's controls. So yeah, for all its problems, Mass Effect 3 is not an outstanding game. A decent game? Sure. Outstanding? Noooooo.

As far as AssCreed 3 goes, too buggy. No game sold to customers when it's still in beta is ever outstanding in my book.

 

[CyborgGinger]

Great video, Jim.

The face you pulled after putting the hat on at the end had me in stitches.