Author Topic: Scribblenauts (Read 5184 times)

Cool, can't wait to get home and dl. I'll still buy it next week though.

Quote from: demi on September 11, 2009, 01:02:05 PM
Ew, if you type GAF it makes the GAF logo.

There was a huge Scribblenauts thread at GAF that some of the creators read and posted in. Apparently, they got a lot of ideas [read: memes] from the thread that were eventually incorporated. No one that doesn't know about GAF will ever see it, though, so I don't really see this is as being a big deal.

demi · « **Reply #20 on:** September 11, 2009, 01:39:35 PM »

By buying it, you are supporting the enemy.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #21 on:** September 11, 2009, 01:42:31 PM »

Quote from: demi on September 11, 2009, 01:39:35 PM

By buying it, you are supporting the enemy.

But I'll also be supporting dinosaurs fighting zombies, so it's a tough choice.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #22 on:** September 11, 2009, 03:38:38 PM »

wooooooo. acquiring.

PS: check out this awesome ban post:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=17537005&postcount=449

Tucah · « **Reply #23 on:** September 11, 2009, 03:51:40 PM »

Been playing this for an hour. It's definitely fun, but it was waaaay overhyped on GAF. I guess it could get better once the puzzles are easy.

Haven't played the true DS GOTY, M&L3 yet. About to start it

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #24 on:** September 11, 2009, 04:35:34 PM »

Bowser's Inside Story is fucking awesome, I played the Japanese version. Want to find the crack for the English version. :-/

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #25 on:** September 11, 2009, 07:19:43 PM »

There is only one character for Liberal, Conservative, and President

other oddities:
-"dick" summons a dude
-"golden shower" summons a regular shower

cool breeze · « **Reply #26 on:** September 11, 2009, 08:55:13 PM »

so, how is the game?

I'm tempted to just download it and play it on my DS Lite instead of waiting until Tuesday.

Motorstorm PSP also leaked, but can't be played yet. I want to try it out and see if it's worth buying.

Bebpo · « **Reply #27 on:** September 11, 2009, 08:56:58 PM »

Were their other games any good?

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #28 on:** September 11, 2009, 09:26:56 PM »

Drawn to Life was pretty meh, but this is pretty fun I have to say. The later levels are much more interesting.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #29 on:** September 11, 2009, 11:40:58 PM »

Quote from: Kestastrophe on September 11, 2009, 07:19:43 PM

There is only one character for Liberal, Conservative, and President

other oddities:
-"dick" summons a dude
-"golden shower" summons a regular shower

What about dirty sanchez and/or cleveland steamer?

demi · « **Reply #30 on:** September 11, 2009, 11:42:40 PM »

i tried "fat" and i just got a puddle of fat. :'(

0 / 10 i hate this game

Raban · « **Reply #31 on:** September 12, 2009, 04:06:51 AM »

Quote from: the lyte edge on September 11, 2009, 09:58:42 AM

Quote from: archie4208 on September 11, 2009, 09:39:36 AM
Is the game actually good or does it boil down to having a giant interactive dictionary?

I dunno. I went through the training portion and stopped. It was way too simplistic. I see the potential for a good puzzle game though.

This has to be one of the stupidest verdicts on a video game I've ever heard. I'm not even super-hyped for Scribblenauts, but you can't call a game simplistic when you only play through the fucking tutorial. That's like watching a trailer for a film and judging the whole film based on only that, which unfortunately happens all the time.

Reb · « **Reply #32 on:** September 12, 2009, 04:29:54 AM »

The simplicity is the charm, I think.

I like it, but it doesn't really entertain me. Put it away.

bork · « **Reply #33 on:** September 12, 2009, 04:39:23 AM »

Quote from: Raban on September 12, 2009, 04:06:51 AM

Quote from: the lyte edge on September 11, 2009, 09:58:42 AM
Quote from: archie4208 on September 11, 2009, 09:39:36 AM
Is the game actually good or does it boil down to having a giant interactive dictionary?

I dunno. I went through the training portion and stopped. It was way too simplistic. I see the potential for a good puzzle game though.

This has to be one of the stupidest verdicts on a video game I've ever heard. I'm not even super-hyped for Scribblenauts, but you can't call a game simplistic when you only play through the fucking tutorial. That's like watching a trailer for a film and judging the whole film based on only that, which unfortunately happens all the time.

It's not a verdict. I said "I dunno," because well, I don't know yet. :P Frankly, the tutorial was so boring I didn't really want to go any further. It's also several levels long, by the way.

You also don't even have to jump into the game if you just want to mess around and see what you can conjure up...it lets you do this right on the title screen.

E-DuB · « **Reply #34 on:** September 12, 2009, 04:56:30 AM »

Quote from: demi on September 11, 2009, 01:02:05 PM

Ew, if you type GAF it makes the GAF logo.

Reason enough not to buy this game

Are you Fucking kidding me?? Will try in about 7 minutes

Bebpo · « **Reply #35 on:** September 12, 2009, 05:07:55 AM »

Quote from: Borys on September 12, 2009, 04:57:29 AM

Quote from: a slime appears on September 11, 2009, 04:15:09 PM
Quote from: Borys on September 11, 2009, 03:50:53 PM
Bowser's Inside Story
Honestly, I'm way more excited about that game. Scribblenauts for $15 is hard to pass up though.

Yeah I loved M&L1&2. The most ingenious (meaning fresh) RPGs on the GBA/ DS.

I loved #1, but got really bored midway through #2 and shelved it. I held off on #3 for the US release cause the Japanese version of the mario rpg games have NO HUMOR; it's 90% added in the translation and thus the US ones are far superior. I'm looking forward to playing #3. Maybe I'll even give #2 another shot someday......

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #36 on:** September 12, 2009, 09:49:17 AM »

I liked M&L2 alot, but I remember the end boss being really cheap for some reason.

archie4208 · « **Reply #37 on:** September 12, 2009, 10:25:29 AM »

Quote from: Kestastrophe on September 12, 2009, 09:49:17 AM

I liked M&L2 alot, but I remember the end boss being really cheap for some reason.

The last boss had like a million HP or something. It took me about an hour to beat and I was never in fear of actually dying.

tiesto · « **Reply #38 on:** September 12, 2009, 11:10:56 AM »

Never played any of the Mario and Luigi games... nor any of the Paper Mario games apart from Super... any good? I've always worried they would be FAR too easy for a leet RPG player like me

cool breeze · « **Reply #39 on:** September 12, 2009, 02:01:31 PM »

I like all the Mario RPG games except Super Paper Mario, which was incredibly boring despite the cool premise. They are easy, but I don't think it's really a bad thing. It's nice that leveling up makes your attacks go up by one instead of several hundreds and thousands. Most other JRPG give you life bars with hundreds or thousands of hp, attacks that can deal out the same, and it's all superfluous. It's nice to have a life bar that's only two digits long. They also have a lot more action elements compared to other turn based games, both in battle and in the overworld. I haven't read up on the third game at all (story, mechanic wise) and I'm picking it up this week.

More and more I'm considering just trying out scribblenauts from the downloaded version and passing the full game. Post more impressions so I can see if it actually holds up after an hour. Their last two games were neat ideas (not as neat as scribblenauts) but were really boring games.

Raban · « **Reply #40 on:** September 12, 2009, 02:59:01 PM »

Quote from: the lyte edge on September 12, 2009, 04:39:23 AM

Quote from: Raban on September 12, 2009, 04:06:51 AM
Quote from: the lyte edge on September 11, 2009, 09:58:42 AM
Quote from: archie4208 on September 11, 2009, 09:39:36 AM
Is the game actually good or does it boil down to having a giant interactive dictionary?

I dunno. I went through the training portion and stopped. It was way too simplistic. I see the potential for a good puzzle game though.

This has to be one of the stupidest verdicts on a video game I've ever heard. I'm not even super-hyped for Scribblenauts, but you can't call a game simplistic when you only play through the fucking tutorial. That's like watching a trailer for a film and judging the whole film based on only that, which unfortunately happens all the time.

It's not a verdict. I said "I dunno," because well, I don't know yet. Frankly, the tutorial was so boring I didn't really want to go any further. It's also several levels long, by the way.

You also don't even have to jump into the game if you just want to mess around and see what you can conjure up...it lets you do this right on the title screen.

That's kind of strange if all you wanted out of the game was to find out how much random shit you can spawn. The idea of solving puzzles entirely with your imagination is awesome to me, and I assume the more mind-bending puzzles don't pop up until the end of the game where creativity plays a much bigger part. To me, Scribblenauts is like this year's Portal, except a lot less linear.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #41 on:** September 12, 2009, 10:34:23 PM »

The puzzle levels suuuuuuck. I've played all of them from the first two worlds, and a few from the last world, and almost every one of them amount to "Give ____ an object they'd use."

It's an interesting concept, but they've applied it like they're teaching preschoolers. There was one that looked really tough. "Get these bad guys to heaven." and the first time I did it all crazy like, air lifting them with a helicopter, sneaking them by the angel guard and everything, but then i later figured out that if you give them holy water or a cross or something else like that they just float up and you win.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #42 on:** September 12, 2009, 10:44:32 PM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on September 12, 2009, 10:34:23 PM

There was one that looked really tough. "Get these bad guys to heaven." and the first time I did it all crazy like, air lifting them with a helicopter, sneaking them by the angel guard and everything, but then i later figured out that if you give them holy water or a cross or something else like that they just float up and you win.

Sounds pretty awesome to me.

demi · « **Reply #43 on:** September 12, 2009, 10:59:48 PM »

You can try the Action modes two. Theres a lot of levels in the game. Advanced Mode as well, which requires you play the level 3 times in a row, but you have to do a different solution each time - can't retype what you already used.

demi · « **Reply #44 on:** September 12, 2009, 11:01:14 PM »

I've been playing Layton more though. Huh.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #45 on:** September 12, 2009, 11:05:40 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on September 12, 2009, 10:44:32 PM

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on September 12, 2009, 10:34:23 PM
There was one that looked really tough. "Get these bad guys to heaven." and the first time I did it all crazy like, air lifting them with a helicopter, sneaking them by the angel guard and everything, but then i later figured out that if you give them holy water or a cross or something else like that they just float up and you win.

Sounds pretty awesome to me.

That was one of the "better" ones. Most of the others were literally things like "Give the dentist things he'd use."

Action stages are a lot better, and the game is still wicked overall. Simple, yes, but strangely addictive.

E-DuB · « **Reply #46 on:** September 13, 2009, 02:39:01 AM »

So I tried it out, typed in 'GAF' and saw the logo pop up. I chuckled, turned off the game and went back to playing Bust a Move in Space

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #47 on:** September 13, 2009, 08:13:41 PM »

This game is boring. I quit. None of the clever ideas ever work due to limited interaction between things, and you just end up summoning the same things over and over again. zzz back to dragon quest.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #48 on:** September 13, 2009, 08:39:27 PM »

so its basically a pretty limited and linear action game with a fancy tech demo? got it

GilloD · « **Reply #49 on:** September 13, 2009, 08:54:44 PM »

I'm surprised at how deft some of your solutions can be (The Cross/Holywater thing mentioned abive is cool) and how fun some of the levels are, but the "CHallenge" stuff sucks. "SOlve a Level 3 times!". Well, okay. Once I use a Jeep, next I use a sportscar, then I use a UFO. Am I done yet?

Also, rampant abuse of the word: 'Jetpack'. I also wish you could preview the item you'll spawn. "Glass Case" spawns a Brief Case, and then you're down a Par.

Anyway= Sometimes this feels like an alarmingly brilliant little puzzle game, sometimes it feels like a tech demo. I wish there was more incentive to be creative.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #50 on:** September 13, 2009, 08:56:49 PM »

I like how the par system punishes creativity.

cool breeze · « **Reply #51 on:** September 13, 2009, 08:59:53 PM »

the impressions in this thread are a bit depressing. I went to the gaf thread to see if there were others, and the only thing I found was possibly the biggest loser: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=17568393&postcount=1005

Dude is on a quest to get people banned if they post impressions of the game and don't post a picture showing they have a boxed copy. ffs

demi · « **Reply #52 on:** September 13, 2009, 09:18:25 PM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on September 13, 2009, 08:56:49 PM

I like how the par system punishes creativity.

I wouldnt put it that way.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #53 on:** September 13, 2009, 09:30:25 PM »

It's true though. If you don't want to just summon wings or a helicopter with a rope attached to it, you have to be prepared to go way over par.

GilloD · « **Reply #54 on:** September 13, 2009, 09:37:03 PM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on September 13, 2009, 08:56:49 PM

I like how the par system punishes creativity.

Sort of. That's what I mean- Do I hook up a dragon to a helicopter and fly it around? Well, that's 3 objects. 'Rocket Launcher' probably does the same thing. On the other hand, there are several levels where a low-par is a major challenge and forces you to think creatively.

It's such a mixed bag

cool breeze · « **Reply #55 on:** September 16, 2009, 01:04:32 AM »

This game is neat so far.

Controls are really bad and sometimes it feels like the game has everything except the thing you're thinking of, but that's fine. I did all the puzzle levels and upto 1.7 for the action stages in the first world, and I assume it gets more complicated eventually.

Hollywood · « **Reply #56 on:** September 16, 2009, 01:05:49 AM »

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on September 11, 2009, 03:38:38 PM

wooooooo. acquiring.

PS: check out this awesome ban post:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=17537005&postcount=449

You serious? They're trying to investigate whether someone pirated a game or not so they can ban them? What asswipes. Damn that board is so fucking distinguished mentally-challenged.

Hollywood · « **Reply #57 on:** September 16, 2009, 01:07:49 AM »

Quote from: swaggaz on September 13, 2009, 08:59:53 PM

the impressions in this thread are a bit depressing. I went to the gaf thread to see if there were others, and the only thing I found was possibly the biggest loser: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=17568393&postcount=1005

Dude is on a quest to get people banned if they post impressions of the game and don't post a picture showing they have a boxed copy. ffs

Is it that fat worthless fuck amirox?

Raban · « **Reply #58 on:** September 16, 2009, 03:40:37 AM »

So I got this game. Pretty solid, played through the first 4 stages like non-stop on puzzle mode, going through them in action mode. It's a good game but the controls are so terribly broken it's like I'm playing a free internet flash game, except I paid 36 dollars for it. I unfortunately find myself using the same items over and over again, not because I'm lazy, but the puzzles aren't as engaging as 5th Cell made them out to be. Most of the hints are so vague, they should have presented specific objectives instead of putting you in a room and just blurt out some random clue. Maybe I'm not smart enough for this game.

Either way, it's a really novel game, but the controls are so frustrating sometimes. Borderline game-breaking.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #59 on:** September 16, 2009, 03:46:32 AM »

I keep coming back to this game for some reason, despite the list of problems I have with it.

- The levels are repetitive and dull
- The game should inspire creativity, but the levels are so simplistic that you have to force yourself to solve things creatively
- The controls are awful
- The camera does this stupid snap back
- The level editor is pretty disappointing

Yet every once in a while I feel the need to pull it back out and see if certain words I thought of work. I keep thinking I've played the last of it, but I always come back to it. It's weird.

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Author Topic: Scribblenauts (Read 5184 times)