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Kantor on 03 December 2020
Mnementh said:
Kantor said:

Whoops, fallen a little behind. I don't think anyone got 31 so I'll make it easier.

31) A spiritual successor to a game with quite mediocre reviews that completely changes everything but the concept. A prequel came out in 2018 and had excellent reviews, though I found it very slow. Developed in San Diego by a studio whose Scotland branch develops a hugely popular crime series.

30) The campaign sees you travel across Greece, Egypt and Scandinavia chasing a powerful and ambitious cyclops

29) This god game, the third in its series, replaces its predecessors' isometric view with a fully rotating 3D overhead view. The lead developer went on to make another god game, a series of RPGs and then a bunch of conceptual experiments that nobody really liked.

28) This game's narrator, who reads out quotes as you advance scientifically, sadly passed away last year.

27) This sequel to a rebooting of a classic FPS series continues to add further RPG elements.

26) Seeing this game's secret ending requires you to eat a bunch of umbilical cords

#31 Red Dead Redemption

#29 I didn't even knew there were more than one Populous game but your description of the game and Peter Molyneux is very spot on, so Populous: The Beginning apparently.

#26 I have no real idea, but Umbilical Cords make me think this might be The Binding of Isaac

31 and 29 are correct. I miss the god game genre and he was so good at it :(

I couldn't get into The Binding of Isaac at all, but not a bad guess. 

Bofferbrauer2 said:
Kantor said:

Whoops, fallen a little behind. I don't think anyone got 31 so I'll make it easier.

31) A spiritual successor to a game with quite mediocre reviews that completely changes everything but the concept. A prequel came out in 2018 and had excellent reviews, though I found it very slow. Developed in San Diego by a studio whose Scotland branch develops a hugely popular crime series.

30) The campaign sees you travel across Greece, Egypt and Scandinavia chasing a powerful and ambitious cyclops

29) This god game, the third in its series, replaces its predecessors' isometric view with a fully rotating 3D overhead view. The lead developer went on to make another god game, a series of RPGs and then a bunch of conceptual experiments that nobody really liked.

28) This game's narrator, who reads out quotes as you advance scientifically, sadly passed away last year.

27) This sequel to a rebooting of a classic FPS series continues to add further RPG elements.

26) Seeing this game's secret ending requires you to eat a bunch of umbilical cords

29: Populous: The Beginning?

28: Civilization IV?

29 is correct as above.

28 is very close, but Nimoy passed away five years ago.



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Runa216 on 03 December 2020
UnderwaterFunktown said:

36) Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair?

32) Rachet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal?

31) Dark Souls maybe?

36 - Yep! (actually kinda surprised this was gotten so quickly)

32 - Yep! 

31 - also yep! Also shocked you got this one so quickly! 



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Runa216 on 03 December 2020
Mnementh said:

#32: South Park: The Fractured but whole

#31 Demon's Souls

#30 AssCreed Black Flag

32 - Nope! already guessed as Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal

31 - Yep but already guessed! 

30 - Yep! Love this game! Even got it again for Switch! 



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Mnementh on 03 December 2020
Runa216 said:
Mnementh said:

#32: South Park: The Fractured but whole

#31 Demon's Souls

#30 AssCreed Black Flag

32 - Nope! already guessed as Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal

31 - Yep but already guessed! 

30 - Yep! Love this game! Even got it again for Switch! 

Actually, Underwater guessed Dark and I Demon for #31. You said Yep to both, only one can be true



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Bofferbrauer2 on 03 December 2020
Kantor said:
Mnementh said:

#31 Red Dead Redemption

#29 I didn't even knew there were more than one Populous game but your description of the game and Peter Molyneux is very spot on, so Populous: The Beginning apparently.

#26 I have no real idea, but Umbilical Cords make me think this might be The Binding of Isaac

31 and 29 are correct. I miss the god game genre and he was so good at it :(

I couldn't get into The Binding of Isaac at all, but not a bad guess. 

Bofferbrauer2 said:

29: Populous: The Beginning?

28: Civilization IV?

29 is correct as above.

28 is very close, but Nimoy passed away five years ago.

Civilization V then



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The_Liquid_Laser on 03 December 2020
Jpcc86 said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:

More hints:

29. a. This first entry in the series is based on a classic piece of literature.
b. There is a character in this game that is over three hundred years old and only ever had one true friend.
c.  "The Water Margin".
d. The original concept of this game was that you would wander the marshes of China and gather together legendary heroes, but before the game was released they added more traditionally fantasy things like elves and dwarves.
e. Only your character can assemble the 108 Stars of Destiny.

Shit, how did I miss this one. This is Suikoden, the first on I take? Ted would be over 300 years old if I remember well. 

Yes, Suikoden is correct.

Mnementh said:
The_Liquid_Laser said:

More hints:

29. a. This first entry in the series is based on a classic piece of literature.
b. There is a character in this game that is over three hundred years old and only ever had one true friend.
c.  "The Water Margin".
d. The original concept of this game was that you would wander the marshes of China and gather together legendary heroes, but before the game was released they added more traditionally fantasy things like elves and dwarves.
e. Only your character can assemble the 108 Stars of Destiny.

26. a) This game finds a variety of different ways to combine the most popular game in the world with another game created by Sega.
b) Part of the gameplay of this game originally comes from Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine.

25. This MMO from a well known franchise managed to pass Everquest in total number of subscribers.  Of course, about a year after the game's North American launch World of Warcraft was released and completely dwarfed it in popularity.

#29: Oh, you literally gave away the name of the book in c, which I didn't realize as the german name is more like the outlaws of liang chan. With d I realized you meant that book. So, a lot of games actually are based on that book, but I think most well-known is Suikoden, so I assume it is that.

#26: Puyo Puyo tetris

#25: Guild Wars?

29 is right, but Jpcc86 beat you to it.

26 is correct!

25 is wrong.

Runa216 said:

Now that I'm back from VGChartz Jail for being an astute observer, some more stuff!

50 - Portal
49 - Guitar Hero II
48 - Resident Evil 4
47 - Super Mario Odyssey
46 - Portal 2
45 - Mario Kart 8/Deluxe
44 - Axiom Verge
43 - The Messenger
42 - Mega Man X4
41 - Red Dead Redemption
40 - Minecraft
39 - Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

38 - This platformer brings back the world map style of a predecessor in the 90's

37 - 2D minecraft with fantasy elements.

36 - 2D sidescrolling platformer that is a sequel to a poorly recieved kickstarter.

35 - This game just got a remake and helped to create and define a subgenre

34 - This game is the 4th entry in a series that builds upon itself with sequels, meaning almost all the contents from parts 1-3 can also be played in this game.

33 - Best Selling SNES game that doesn't feature Mario.

32 - This threequel's title is a cheeky play on words for anal sex.

31 - When Sony opted not to buy the rights to this game, it went multiplatform. It was so successful that Sony asked the company to make a game in this style for the PS4.

30 - Yarrrrrrrrrr....and I guess magical artifacts that nobody cares about.

Just going to take my best guess on all of these.

38. Super Mario World
37. Terraria
36. Shantae: The Seven Sirens
35. Final Fantasy 7
34. Street Fighter 4
33. Donkey Kong Country
32. South Park: The Fractured But Whole
31. Dark Souls
30. Sea of Thieves



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Runa216 on 03 December 2020
Mnementh said:
Runa216 said:

32 - Nope! already guessed as Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal

31 - Yep but already guessed! 

30 - Yep! Love this game! Even got it again for Switch! 

Actually, Underwater guessed Dark and I Demon for #31. You said Yep to both, only one can be true

Right, Dark Souls is different. 31 is Dark, 35 is Demon's



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The_Liquid_Laser on 03 December 2020

More hints:

25. a) This MMO from a well known franchise managed to pass Everquest in total number of subscribers.  Of course, about a year after the game's North American launch World of Warcraft was released and completely dwarfed it in popularity.
b) Originally, combat in this game revolved around parties performing skillchains together.  After the success of WoW, this game changed a lot of it's mechanics and skillchains became less important.

24.  In this 80's arcade game you can shoot monsters or drop apples on them.



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Runa216 on 03 December 2020
The_Liquid_Laser said:
Runa216 said:

Now that I'm back from VGChartz Jail for being an astute observer, some more stuff!

50 - Portal
49 - Guitar Hero II
48 - Resident Evil 4
47 - Super Mario Odyssey
46 - Portal 2
45 - Mario Kart 8/Deluxe
44 - Axiom Verge
43 - The Messenger
42 - Mega Man X4
41 - Red Dead Redemption
40 - Minecraft
39 - Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

38 - This platformer brings back the world map style of a predecessor in the 90's

37 - 2D minecraft with fantasy elements.

36 - 2D sidescrolling platformer that is a sequel to a poorly recieved kickstarter.

35 - This game just got a remake and helped to create and define a subgenre

34 - This game is the 4th entry in a series that builds upon itself with sequels, meaning almost all the contents from parts 1-3 can also be played in this game.

33 - Best Selling SNES game that doesn't feature Mario.

32 - This threequel's title is a cheeky play on words for anal sex.

31 - When Sony opted not to buy the rights to this game, it went multiplatform. It was so successful that Sony asked the company to make a game in this style for the PS4.

30 - Yarrrrrrrrrr....and I guess magical artifacts that nobody cares about.

Just going to take my best guess on all of these.

38. Super Mario World
37. Terraria
36. Shantae: The Seven Sirens
35. Final Fantasy 7
34. Street Fighter 4
33. Donkey Kong Country
32. South Park: The Fractured But Whole
31. Dark Souls
30. Sea of Thieves

38 - Super Mario World is the predecessor from the 90's. the game at 38 is a modern game. 

37 - Yep! 

36 - Nope! (Never even played that one, plus it was already guessed as Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair)

35 - Nope! I did just accidentally admit it was Demon's Souls, though. 

34 - Never even played it. But this is a good guess! Completely wrong genre, but it does apply! 

33 - Yep! (I think the hint was way too easy)

32 - Nope! Already guessed to be Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal

31 - Yep!

30 - AAAAHAHAHANO. (I hate that game. Tried it for like, 3 days and never touched it again. I hear it's better now.) IT has already been guessed as Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. 



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Runa216 on 03 December 2020

A Little update:

50 - Portal
49 - Guitar Hero II
48 - Resident Evil 4
47 - Super Mario Odyssey
46 - Portal 2
45 - Mario Kart 8/Deluxe
44 - Axiom Verge
43 - The Messenger
42 - Mega Man X4
41 - Red Dead Redemption
40 - Minecraft
39 - Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

38 - This platformer brings back the world map style of a predecessor in the 90's

37 - Terraria

36 - Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Laid

35 - Demon's Souls

34 - This game is the 4th entry in a series that builds upon itself with sequels, meaning almost all the contents from parts 1-3 can also be played in this game.

33 - Donkey Kong Country

32 - Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal

31 - Dark Souls

30 - Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag



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