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drbunnig on 20 December 2022
S.Peelman said:
drbunnig said:

#17
- More action oriented to its predecessor, this sort of indicated where the franchise it took its cues from was going to head in the future.
- A more linear game, less focus on puzzles, and upgrading your arsenal via points accrued in combat are some other features that differentiate it from its predecessor.
- Features more outside areas than its predecessor - a more natural environment for the variety of enemies you face.
- Unlike its predecessor, it features two playable characters, who you switch back and forth between throughout the game. One of these characters was the playable character in the previous game.
- There’s a few instances of first person action, where you have to defend the vehicle you’re travelling on. It wouldn’t be the last time this franchise dipped its toe into the first person perspective - much like the franchise from the same developer that heavily influenced this series, there was a light gun spin off.

#13
- Introduces an audience that can help or hinder you.
- The size of the audience grows at certain intervals as you level up throughout the game.

17: I'm gonna throw Resident Evil 5 out there.

13: The Wonderful 101?

No to both, although 17 is along the right sort of lines.



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Machina on 20 December 2022
Darashiva said:

Let's get into the top ten next, shall we?

#10

-The fallen leaves...

#9

-On a pilgrimage to bring the Calm

#8

-The hunt begins

#7

-Ouroboros' plan is set in motion

#6

-Your request will be granted, just as long as you destroy all the idols

#6 - Shadow of the Colossus (could've also been #8!).

mZuzek said:
Machina said:

#12 - Sounds very atmospheric sci-fi-y. I'm guessing one of the Metroids. The audio sounds fairly modern, so I'll go with Dread.

#11 - Also sci-fi-y, but less forboding and also sounds less modern. I know you love Metroid, and we're in the top ranks now, so I'll guess Metroid Prime.

#10 - This one's really annoying me because I know I've heard that jingle before and it's super famous, but I can't quite put a name to it.

#12 is... wrong.

#11 is... also wrong.

You had the right idea there, but the wrong execution. Think you get what I mean.

#10 is certainly a famous game, but I'm not sure this jingle itself is. Just happens to sound like many other jingles because it's fairly standard, I suppose. This one plays on the "The End" screen, though in this case they didn't use those words.

UnderwaterFunktown said:

Pretty sure Machina got 11 and maybe also 12 right, but I'll take a stab at 14: Earthbound?

It isn't Earthbound. It's significantly more famous, I'm surprised no one got it. I'll make another hint when I get back home.

And umm, let's give Machina another chance, okay?

Other way around then? Prime then Dread.



mZuzek on 20 December 2022
Machina said:
mZuzek said:

#12 is... wrong.

#11 is... also wrong.

You had the right idea there, but the wrong execution. Think you get what I mean. 

Other way around then? Prime then Dread.

Yes.

I liked your audio reasoning, but you know. 2000's like being futuristic, 2020's like retro-styled future. Or something



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Darashiva on 20 December 2022
Machina said:
Darashiva said:

Let's get into the top ten next, shall we?

#10

-The fallen leaves...

#9

-On a pilgrimage to bring the Calm

#8

-The hunt begins

#7

-Ouroboros' plan is set in motion

#6

-Your request will be granted, just as long as you destroy all the idols

#6 - Shadow of the Colossus (could've also been #8!).

Correct, and yes, 8 is admittedly quite a vague hint.



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S.Peelman on 20 December 2022

Guessed by drbunnig

This little puzzle game might be a bit obscure, but it still is however, very good. Kula World, or Roll Away in America, has you finding your way as a beach ball on a group of floating beams and blocks. You can roll from one end to the other, and at ends you can turn around to the sides or underside of a beam or jump to another if it is near enough. You'll have to find ways to get all the keys to unlock the exit to the next level. This is very challenging, and there's plenty of levels so I have never been able to complete it. I tried it a lot, and it is one of my most played PlayStation games. It is even the only game I re-bought as a Classic when it was re-released on PlayStation 3. The urge to try it once more was too great.

Guessed by Darashiva

Way up here in the list do we find MediEvil. The medieval fantasy adventure game that is the very best game to have ever graced a PlayStation console if you asked me. I immediately loved this game when I first got it. At first as a pirated game anonymously part of our endless stack, but then it turned out to be good enough to be bought for real. The game has character and lots of humour, has fun and varying level design and memorable locations and plot moments. The final boss, the sorcerer Zarok, is one of those moments. It has a couple of phases that story-wise call back to the great battle in the game's backstory, first you have to support allied soldiers fighting enemy soldiers by giving them your health, then fight Zarok's horseback general, and finally Zarok himself. Before he comes out, he's audibly powering himself up off-screen by using several enchantments, trying to find the best one to use. There's chicken sounds and other things, and then he comes forth, as some kind of strange dragon hybrid. It was the most ridiculous thing I had ever seen.

Guessed by drbunnig

Speaking of ridiculous things; Theme Hospital. This started development as a 'serious' hospital management game, but then the developers thought that would be too boring. I think they were right, because it turned out to be one of my all-time favourite games. If you want humour, you want Theme Hospital. I liked planning and decorating the interior of the hospitals and providing care for the patients as you progressed through the levels, only to have someone puke on my shiny clean floor. Okay, no big deal, I employed a janitor. Then there are rats though, so more puke. Let's shoot them. But now too many patients with different diseases are intermingling in the hallways and waiting areas. More puke. And then there is an emergency, a helicopter comes down dropping off eight critical patients as indicated with an icon of germs above their heads and you have to vaccinate them quickly. But they are walking through the puke now, and others get infected. Every tile on the floor is puked on. People are now dying in puke and they get taken by the Grim Reaper himself! Ahh! So stressful.

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Darashiva on 20 December 2022

Next set of hints.

#10

-The fallen leaves...

-...tell a story.

#9 Final Fantasy X

-On a pilgrimage to bring the Calm

#8

-The hunt begins

-But first, you'll need a contract

#7

-Ouroboros' plan is set in motion

-To raise the Liber Ark, which houses the Aureole

#6 Shadow of the Colossus

-Your request will be granted, just as long as you destroy all the idols



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S.Peelman on 20 December 2022
Darashiva said:

#8

-The hunt begins

-But first, you'll need a contract

Monster Hunter World?



Veknoid_Outcast on 20 December 2022
S.Peelman said:

So most of these have been guessed quickly, except #9, which gets another hint. Also added #8.

13 - The American name of this game quite accurately describes what this ball does. Guessed by drbunnig - Kula World (Roll Away)

12 - Even though you are remembered as a great hero by the people and the history of the land, the spirits of the other, real, heroes continue to mock you for being nothing of the sort.
Hint 2: This is because, instead of heroically leading your army to victory, you actually took an arrow to the eye and died during the very first charge. Guessed by Darashiva - MediEvil

11 - I'm not sure you'd want to go here when you're sick. Guessed by drbunnig - Theme Hospital

10 - When you finally get every collectible, you get a reward that very much drives home that doing so was pretty pointless and not necessarily meant to be done. Guessed by Darashiva - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

9 - This game for some reason, has a lot to do about llama's.
Hint 2: In this one, there's even a cheat that turns your advisors into llama's.

8 - This looks like a 3D game, which it mostly is, but the characters are actually 2D cardboard cutouts. This is especially visible in the victory ceremony where the perspective seems off.

For #8, I feel like this has to be an N64 game, specifically a sports game with the victory ceremony. Mario Kart 64?



Darashiva on 20 December 2022
S.Peelman said:
Darashiva said:

#8

-The hunt begins

-But first, you'll need a contract

Monster Hunter World?

No, though I am playing it right now.



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Veknoid_Outcast on 20 December 2022

Top 15!

#15 - You can buy cosmetic items celebrating the heroic duo of this game in another game made by the same developer.

#14 - Forget about Turtles in Time; this is Frog in Time.

#13 - A content aggregator linked on this website is named after a race introduced in this game.

#12 - Eight years after this game released it got two successors -- one a direct sequel and one a prequel that happens to be #11.

#11 - See above.