Most difficult game to 'explain' from the boxart.

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The Eggplant

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Planescape: Torment.

Sooo...you're this recently-deceased fellow who may or may not be blue, and you have to go around trying to find out why you're dead--only you're not actually y'know, dead--and pretty much the last few hours are one giant mind-fuck orgy.
 

SomethingUnrelated

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Metal Gear: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

Seriously though, Prototype: You're the polar opposite of a good person, with a truckload of powers, doing whatever the hell he wants without moral restriction.
 

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Uhm, idk... From the box-art, like whats on the box? Oblivion is sort of hard to explain I guess... "So its a map... And this here emblem thing is like an obliviongate to a demon world where this evil prince is plotting to take over the place we live which used to be his old domain and you have to do some random quests to save the world... Uhm, yeah!".

ForgottenPr0digy said:
wrong he is Easter European

His name is Niko Belic not Abdul Ail Mohammad.
Exscuse me! Are you insinuating that a man cannot be named Abdul Ali Mohammad and NOT be from the Middle East?! How dare you! *cough*

And yeah, Niko... That Easter European bastard...
 
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So, you're this Italian Plumber who's trying to rescue a girl from King Kong...and he's throwing barrels at you...which turn into fireballs...which follow you.

And then you go into this fantasy kingdom where you stomp on walking mushrooms...

And then you race against those mushrooms and the monkey...

And then you have to run around with a water hose, cleaning up all the mess you left...

And then you fly into space...

Tell me, how was your relationship with your parents?
 

ToxinArrow

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Too Human.

Your a cybernetically enhanced man-god-thing who is fighting robots trying to save humanity. It's set in the past, even though they have much cooler technology than we do. It also is based on Norse mythology.
 

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ForgottenPr0digy said:
Guitarmasterx7 said:
GTA 4. So you're this hate filled murderous middle eastern dude who gets constant phonecalls from his cousin, and the objective of the game is to fuck about.
wrong he is Easter European

His name is Niko Belic not Abdul Ail Mohammad.

he speaks Serbo-Croatian language

Back on topic

Final Fantasy X
You have a guy in knee deep in the ocean and having a sword in his hand. How is that a go with the title of final fantasy? When people read the title they think its some kind of porn game
Just wait for the reaction when Final Fantasy 30 is released :D
 

Iron Lightning

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Bioshock: Right, so you're this effectively faceless bloke, and your goal is to kill big diving suit wearing dudes and steal blood out of little girls.
 

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Modern Warfare 2


Theres a guy, with a gun, and a bombed St. Paul Cathedral, and it's meant to be good and there's a snowmobile.
 

GonzoGamer

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I always wondered what people thought when they saw the box for Katamari Damacy in the store and didn't know what it was.

What do you say to this?
You make new stars. It's great, play it..."on weeed."
 

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In general I rarely try and explain games unless it's trying to convince another gamer to play them.

The only time I really feel like I might need to justify myself is if the artwork seems too kiddy-kiddy. I was self conscious playing Pokemon, and to a lesser extent "Class Of Heroes".
 

Mr.logic

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GunstarHero said:
On my 16th birthday, I wondered to Game and picked up Devil May Cry (just out that week..).

I stopped off on my way home to visit my grandparents, and was inevitably asked what I'd bought, to which I replied along the lines of 'well, you're this bloke, and you have big swords.. And I guess you probably kill stuff with them, like these glowing things.'

Thinking about it now, I can't help but wonder what on Earth my grandparents must have thought from this explanation. With no context, a 'bloke' killing 'glowing things' must be a bit of a mind-boggler.

Same grandparents, I tried to explain Pokemon. 'You catch little things in balls, then fight with them'.

What game on your shelf right now would be the most difficult to explain to a non-gamer? Give it a bash, see if you can make Okami, Zelda, Metal Gear (50 points to whoever pulls THAT one off..) make sense, in few enough words to not lose the interest/boggle the mind of your audience.
You play as an espionage agent trying to thwart your evil brothers intentions of taking over the world,by using a secret nuclear weapon called metal gear.
 

suhlEap

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you play a floating arm in space... and er basically all of space has like... died and stuff?
 

Lullabye

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So, you, uh, work your way through the theory of evolution......and umm, eat shit until you, well, grow, and make a civilization....What's that you ask? What's the point?
Uh, well, see the creators never really got that far. I suppose if you really want to, you can wipe out all life everywhere......hmm? Yeah, kinda like reality, except you get bigger nukes.

Or


Yes. Yes you do. -response to the question everyone asked in their minds when first viewing the game. "Do I have to kill that?"
Also, you get perhaps the best horse in any game ever.
Also, the love interest doesn't talk.
Yes, it's the greatest game ever.
ps.
You can also jack and eagle and fly it over canyons.