The Discussion Thread -Day #35- The 15th Annual Greatest Games Event

[Darashiva]

Mnementh said:

Darashiva said:

#37

Not only is Control the most fun game to simply play that Remedy has ever made, the combination of gunplay and magic powers works wonderfully, but it also features one of my favourite settings in all of video games to date. The Oldest House is wonderfully cryptic and strange place, and the wider world it begins to reveal during the story as well as the various side quests and optional collectibles. I also found the characters far more well-rounded than in previous Remedy games, Jesse Faden being a great main character driven by an excellent performance by Courtney Hope. The rest of the cast is great too, a particular highlight being Ahti the janitor, and the voice actors do a great job leaning into the slightly off feeling of the whole game. Finally, I'd be remiss not to mention the Ashtray Maze, one of the single best levels in any video game in recent memory. Combined with the track "Take Control", it's a genuine highlight in an already excellent game.

Control is a good game and I like the creativity of some stuff, like the level literally called Jesse Faden starring in "Swift Platform". and I hate platforming as I suck with that.

But if you like the vibe of Control, you should know it is clearly inspired by an internet thing called SCP. When I played Control and got the first document describing an artifact I sat there thinking: this is literally an SCP, which makes the Federal Bureau of Control the SCP Foundation. Wikipedia has an explanation and you find the SCP in the SCP-Foundation Wiki. Be aware that SCP is completely community driven, nobody owns it, it is by not one author but many, it has no real canon, although the SCPs clearly have a vibe or tone - something that Control copies. Some SCPs are better, some are bad, but some are amazing. Good examples are SCP-294 or SCP-426. So if you want more of the tone of Control you find it there.

Not related to SCP or Control, but similar in vibe is the novel House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. (see Wikipedia or buy). And of that book I know only because (to get back to videogames) because of the Doom-WAD MyHouse.wad: https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/134292

Can recommend all that if you want to dive deeper into strange stuff.

I'm aware of SCP and I've read a few things about it here and there, but never really taken a deep dive into it.

Mnementh said:

Darashiva said:

#31:

• Details the events of a secret offensive during the second Europan War.
• Takes place at the same time as the first game in the series.
• Much of the game is set in the frozen northern reaches of the continent.
• Much of the overarching storyline of the whole series focuses on a race of valkyries and their powers being used, or abused, in the war.

Even the first hint clearly say it is a Valkyria Chronicles game, but as I don't know enough of the series I am not sure which one. So I left it for others. So much for that... I take a random guess and say VC4.

Correct.

drbunnig said:

Current list - https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread/248646/post-only-once-the-official-thread-the-15th-annual-greatest-games-event/4/#4

47
- Robotic animals take each other out in a title from the developer of one of the biggest franchises of all time (which is currently awaiting its sixth numbered entry into the series). The developer was going under a different name at the time of this game’s release though.
- You have to take control of these robotic animals to do combat, solve puzzles, and get to each level exit.
- A 3D puzzle platformer of sorts that saw release on a Nintendo console, with a poorly received port also being put out on Sony hardware.

46 (incorrect guesses - Psychonauts)
- The playable character is like the antithesis of Freddy Krueger
- A top down Zelda-like game exclusive to one of Nintendo’s rivals in the 5th gen.
- Seen by some as a spiritual successor to an isometric action RPG released for the Genesis, this game itself had a sequel which, aside from the name, had no real ties to its predecessor.

43
- Several of the multiplayer modes and control schemes in this game are references to the IP the game is part of.
- Those references being names of films / books, and names of female characters, respectively.

42
- For the first time in this sub series, a playable character has different initials than all the others.

41
- Both the good and bad guys are feline fine with this power up.

40
- Obtaining the collectibles in this direct sequel is not quite as frustrating as the first game in the series.

39
- Whether or not this game has a subtitle depends on the region of release. If you remove the subtitle, then it shares its name with two other games in the series.

47: Space Station Silicon Valley?