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Re: GRecommends: Top 10 Puzzle games (nominate now, deadline 11 November)

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 12:22 pm
by SerialCeler
My guide is always what is the primary focus of the game in question?

While there are puzzles in Resident Evil, I think the main focus of the game is adventuring, so I would classify it as an adventure game.

Re: GRecommends: Top 10 Puzzle games (nominate now, deadline 11 November)

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 12:52 pm
by Moggy
Errkal wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Errkal wrote:Sure portal counts, you have to workout how to get to the finish point using the portals, thats a puzzle.


Does Resident Evil count then?


Dunno never played it, I always thought that was a shooter type game.


Then you are not a gamer and should be banned from the forum. We are not paying for server bandwidth to allow scum like you to post your highly offensive and downright weird views. Get out!

Re: GRecommends: Top 10 Puzzle games (nominate now, deadline 11 November)

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 12:53 pm
by Errkal
Moggy wrote:
Errkal wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Errkal wrote:Sure portal counts, you have to workout how to get to the finish point using the portals, thats a puzzle.


Does Resident Evil count then?


Dunno never played it, I always thought that was a shooter type game.


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I played the first 20 minutes or so of 4 and about an 15 minutes of 5 does that count ?

Re: GRecommends: Top 10 Puzzle games (nominate now, deadline 11 November)

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:00 pm
by Moggy
Errkal wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Errkal wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Errkal wrote:Sure portal counts, you have to workout how to get to the finish point using the portals, thats a puzzle.


Does Resident Evil count then?


Dunno never played it, I always thought that was a shooter type game.


Then you are not a gamer and should be banned from the forum. We are not paying for server bandwidth to allow scum like you to post your highly offensive and downright weird views. Get out!


I played the first 20 minutes or so of 4 and about an 15 minutes of 5 does that count ?


They are not puzzle games.

Re: GRecommends: Top 10 Puzzle games (nominate now, deadline 11 November)

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 2:27 pm
by Ironhide
Moggy wrote:
Errkal wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Errkal wrote:Sure portal counts, you have to workout how to get to the finish point using the portals, thats a puzzle.


Does Resident Evil count then?


Dunno never played it, I always thought that was a shooter type game.


Then you are not a gamer and should be banned from the forum. We are not paying for server bandwidth to allow scum like you to post your highly offensive and downright weird views. Get out!


Resident Evil is gooseberry fool, played 3 for about 20 minutes but the hideous controls and cheap jump scares put me right off.

Re: GRecommends: Top 10 Puzzle games (nominate now, deadline 11 November)

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 2:28 pm
by Moggy
Ironhide wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Errkal wrote:
Moggy wrote:
Errkal wrote:Sure portal counts, you have to workout how to get to the finish point using the portals, thats a puzzle.


Does Resident Evil count then?


Dunno never played it, I always thought that was a shooter type game.


Then you are not a gamer and should be banned from the forum. We are not paying for server bandwidth to allow scum like you to post your highly offensive and downright weird views. Get out!


Resident Evil is gooseberry fool, played 3 for about 20 minutes but the hideous controls and cheap jump scares put me right off.


Says the Transformers fan. :roll:

Re: GRecommends: Top 10 Puzzle games (nominate now, deadline 11 November)

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 10:22 pm
by Rubix
• Portal 2 (PC)
• Super Puzzle Fighter 2 (Xbox360)
• Lemmings (PC)
• Tetris (Game Boy)
• Lumines (PSP)
• Braid (360)
• Professor Layton and The Curious Village (DS)
• Bejeweled (Mobile)
• Cut the Rope (Mobile)
• Zoo Keeper (DS)

Re: GRecommends: Top 10 Puzzle games (nominate now, deadline 11 November)

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 2:56 pm
by Wedgie
HSH28 wrote:
suzzopher wrote:What? Also DC Mr Driller over the GameCube version? Someone reboot Hugo.


I have a copy of Drill Land but it was very difficult to actually play it. Perhaps it would have been a different story if it'd ever been released in English.


I'm curious how language barriers can stop you enjoying a game like Mr Driller. :lol:

Re: GRecommends: Top 10 Puzzle games (nominate now, deadline 11 November)

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:06 pm
by HSH28
Wedgie wrote:
HSH28 wrote:
suzzopher wrote:What? Also DC Mr Driller over the GameCube version? Someone reboot Hugo.


I have a copy of Drill Land but it was very difficult to actually play it. Perhaps it would have been a different story if it'd ever been released in English.


I'm curious how language barriers can stop you enjoying a game like Mr Driller. :lol:


It was a little difficult to navigate the menus and Drill Land I think actually had progression and quite a lot of modes.

I've also got a feeling that it was either difficult or impossible to actually save progress when playing using Freeloader. There was definitely some issue with it.

Re: GRecommends: Top 10 Puzzle games (nominate now, deadline 11 November)

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:20 pm
by Wedgie
Hmm fair point HSH!

Anyway here's my top 10 (if I can remember 10 puzzle games I enjoy!)

1) Portal (360)
2) Tetris (GB)
3) Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (Mega Drive)
4) Picross (DS)
5) Portal 2 (360)
6) Hexic HD (360)
7) Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS)
8) Dizzy Treasure Island (C64)
9) Zoo Keeper (DS)
10) Cut the Rope (ios)

You can really say how many puzzle games I've played lol.

Not sure about Phoenix Wright games though...

Re: GRecommends: Top 10 Puzzle games (nominate now, deadline 11 November)

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 2:51 pm
by Ironhide
I've seen Polarium in several peoples lists and I don't really understand why it gets so much praise, I don't know whether it was simply the touchscreen controls or the fairly harsh time limit but I just couldn't get along with it at all.

Re: GRecommends: Top 10 Puzzle games (nominate now, deadline 11 November)

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 10:40 am
by SerialCeler
Just under two weeks to nominate your top 10 if you haven't done so yet. 101 games have been nominated so far.

Re: GRecommends: Top 10 Puzzle games (nominate now, deadline 11 November)

Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2016 10:02 am
by SerialCeler
The results are in, and as predicted Tetris takes the top spot. But it was only by a single point, as Portal makes up for just missing out in the list of top 10 first-person shooters.

Quick results

1. Tetris
2. Portal
3. Portal 2
4= Lemmings
4= Professor Layton and the Curious Village
6. Lumines
7= Braid
7= Donkey Kong
9= ChuChu Rocket!!
9= Kuru Kuru Kururin
9= Picross DS


1.
Tetris
Developer: Bullet Proof Software, Publisher: Nintendo
NES, Game Boy, 1989


2.
Portal
Valve Corporation, Valve Corporation
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, 2007

Backwards compatible on PS4 and X1

3.
Portal 2
Valve Corporation, Valve Corporation
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC

BC on PS4 and X1

4=
Lemmings
DMA Design, Psygnosis
Amiga, PC, 1991


4=
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Level-5, Nintendo
Nintendo DS, 2007

BC on Nintendo 3DS

6.
Lumines
Q Entertainment, Ubisoft
PlayStation Portable, 2004


7=
Braid
Number None, Inc, Microsoft Game Studios
Xbox 360, 2008

BC on X1

7=
Donkey Kong
Nintendo EAD, Nintendo
Game Boy, 1994

Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console

9=
ChuChu Rocket!
Sonic Team, Sega
Sega Dreamcast, 1999


9=
Kuru Kuru Kururin
Eighting, Nintendo
Game Boy Advance, 2001

Wii U VC

9=
Picross DS
Jupiter, Nintendo
Nintendo DS, 2007

BC on Nintendo 3DS

Bubbling under: Bust-a-Move 2 (PlayStation, Sega Saturn, 1996), Columns (Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, 1990), Cut the Rope (iOS, 2010), Dr Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine (Sega Mega Drive, Game Gear, Sega Master System, 1993), Hexic HD (Xbox 360, 2003), Spacechem (PC, 2011), Super Monkey Ball (GameCube, 2001), Tetris DS (Nintendo DS, 2006), The Lost Vikings (SNES, 1992), World of Goo (Wii, PC, 2008)

Don't forget, there is still time to vote for your top 10 Wii games too.

Re: GRecommends: Top 10 Puzzle games (Results revealed, p4)

Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2016 10:23 am
by jawafour
Terrific work, Celer! I'm well pleased to see that the Portal titles gained so much recognition... they're two of my favourite games. Professor Layton deserved an appearance, too, as that series was ace.

Re: GRecommends: Top 10 Puzzle games (Results revealed, p4)

Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2016 10:26 am
by HSH28
Not sure Layton really deserves a spot in the top 10, but its not a bad list overall.

Re: GRecommends: Top 10 Puzzle games (Results revealed, p4)

Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2016 12:00 pm
by Cumberdanes
Nice to see Lumines make the list.

Re: GRecommends: Top 10 Puzzle games (Results revealed, p4)

Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2016 12:03 pm
by jiggles
No Talos or Swapper even in the "bubbling under" and I realise why I never vote in anything on this forum.

Y'all have no idea what's out there.

Re: GRecommends: Top 10 Puzzle games (Results revealed, p4)

Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2016 12:06 pm
by HSH28
jiggles wrote:No Talos or Swapper even in the "bubbling under" and I realise why I never vote in anything on this forum.

Y'all have no idea what's out there.


Neither of those games are as good as something as niche as SpaceChem, which did make the bubbling under section though. I don't think they didn't make it because people have never heard of them, they just aren't good enough.

Re: GRecommends: Top 10 Puzzle games (Results revealed, p4)

Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2016 12:07 pm
by jiggles
HSH28 wrote:
jiggles wrote:No Talos or Swapper even in the "bubbling under" and I realise why I never vote in anything on this forum.

Y'all have no idea what's out there.


Neither of those games are as good as something as niche as SpaceChem, which did make the bubbling under section though. I don't think they didn't make it because people have never heard of them, they just aren't good enough.


Joke post.

Re: GRecommends: Top 10 Puzzle games (Results revealed, p4)

Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2016 12:37 pm
by SerialCeler
jiggles wrote:No Talos or Swapper even in the "bubbling under" and I realise why I never vote in anything on this forum.

Y'all have no idea what's out there.


In fairness, all those games bubbling under were tied on three votes and Talos received two so it didn't exactly miss out by much.