Discussion Thread – The 13th Annual Greatest Games Event

[Darashiva]

S.Peelman said:

So Veknoid had made yet another correct guess with Metroid Fusion at #39 (does he know me too well?), but #41 and #40 haven't been guessed yet so here's more hints for those. Also adding #38.

41 - There's an easter-egg in a sound clip in this game, where a traffic report comes from something from another, related (but different), game. It usually reports heavy traffic.
Hint 2: The name of it even uses the same three letter prefix as everything else in this series.
Hint 3: You can also fly this helicopter in it's own game, through your creations from this game if you import them.
Hint 4: There's is a disconnect though, because while that game is 3D, my game's buildings are 2D sprites. Which is fine for the game itself.

40 - In a live-action cutscene, your instructor in one level, as you fly one of the enemy's craft, casually refers to your enemies as "Bucketheads".
Hint 2: You'll also have to "follow his lead and do what [he] say".

39 - Contrary to it's more open structured predecessors, this handheld game featured a bit more linear, mission-based progression. Guessed by Veknoid_Outcast - Metroid Fusion

38 - The single-player mode of this game, the base game anyway, features campaigns for five of the six civilisations, though a mini-level of the sixth can be played as an easter-egg in one of the levels of one of the other campaigns after you find it by revealing the map through a cheat-code.

41: Simcity 2000, should have figured it out with the helicopter hint already.