Games With Ridiculous Premises

[Sanagi]

http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=2022&pageid=1

"Video gamers have consistently demanded one thing from their hobby: entertainment. Beyond that, we don’t much care what inane task we're asked to complete. Give us a crystal banana, call it a power-up, and we’ll gladly leap over a robot octopus to grab it, even if it means risking a slice of our life pie."

It's actually just pointing out the silliness of some of the most popular games of all time, but it's still a fun article.

[Silliw 2]

Man, they need Serious Sam on that list.

And Karnov. The 8-bit Russian strongman who battles fireball wielding fish people and a Tyrannosaurus Rex. I loooved that game.

[Green Goblin]

got to say that a pretty interesing artcile

[StreetFighterRyu]

got to say that a pretty interesing artcile

It's funny as hell too.

[Black Atom]

Mario Bros is pretty weird.

What was the one where the kid follows his frog into a toilet or something/

[Gargus]

Eh if you want a really entertaining reading on obscure games go here. This guy is also halfway intelligent in his writing.
http://www.encyclopedia-obscura.com/games2.html

Someone obviously hates nintendo and mario.

But really alot of those were pretty stupid to try and point out like guitar hero or tetris. And alot of was just purely thrown in for the sake of complaining like talking about drunk friends cursing eachother for smash brothers or brightly colored world for super mario, everything is brightly colored really.

Was alot of just pointless observations with a dash of vulgarity, wasnt even whitty.

[Fish Sauce]

Someone obviously hates nintendo and mario.

:confused:

I wasn't getting that kind of vibe at all.

[Black Atom]

I remember that terrible Superman game for the NES. Poor Superman.

[Shades0077]

I don't think video game premises get much more ridiculous than A Boy and his Blob. You've got an amorphous white thing that follows you around, and when you feed him different flavors of jellybeans, he changes into different helpful forms. All this in your quest to save his home world or something like that.

Rootbeer Rocket!

[StreetFighterRyu]

I remember that terrible Superman game for the NES. Poor Superman.

Superman first came out for NES? The first Superman game I've played was the N64 one.

Anyways, they have a good point for Tetris. And some of the other games too. It's all about the high score. (It's always about the high score)

[Gargus]

:confused:

I wasn't getting that kind of vibe at all.


9 out of 12 games were nintendo games and almost all of those were mario games. I was being facetious for the most part, but he does seem to hate mario to pick on him so much.


Anyways, they have a good point for Tetris. And some of the other games too. It's all about the high score. (It's always about the high score)

What good points? According to his logic playing poker is ridiculous. "oh you have to match hearts, spades, numbers and colors and you get special abilities that allow you to take other players card!" or monopoly "oh well you roll dice to move a shoe around streets where you build little green houses and trade pink money with other players and a man says pass go get 200 dollars!"

Anything sounds stupid when you take it out on context like that. That wasnt insight, that was just dumb observations.

I could make giving CPR to save someones life sound ridiculous if I tried.

[Sanagi]

He's just poking fun at video games. No need to take offense.

[Fish Sauce]

9 out of 12 games were nintendo games and almost all of those were mario games.

That's true, but I saw it as more of a light hearted joke than anything. I mean the premise is ridiculous, and the fact that it's mostly Nintendo games could show that he is actually a fan.

[Michael P]

Eh if you want a really entertaining reading on obscure games go here. This guy is also halfway intelligent in his writing.
http://www.encyclopedia-obscura.com/games2.html

Someone obviously hates nintendo and mario.

But really alot of those were pretty stupid to try and point out like guitar hero or tetris. And alot of was just purely thrown in for the sake of complaining like talking about drunk friends cursing eachother for smash brothers or brightly colored world for super mario, everything is brightly colored really.

Was alot of just pointless observations with a dash of vulgarity, wasnt even whitty.
There's a thing called "tongue-in-cheek" that you might want to look into.

[Serik]

Earthbound's premise was thoroughly ridiculous, but in the best way possible.

[Michael P]

Earthbound's premise was thoroughly ridiculous, but in the best way possible.

A game based on Japan's idea of what the US is like. Utterly brilliant.

[StreetFighterRyu]

9What good points? According to his logic playing poker is ridiculous. "oh you have to match hearts, spades, numbers and colors and you get special abilities that allow you to take other players card!" or monopoly "oh well you roll dice to move a shoe around streets where you build little green houses and trade pink money with other players and a man says pass go get 200 dollars!"

Anything sounds stupid when you take it out on context like that. That wasnt insight, that was just dumb observations.

I could make giving CPR to save someones life sound ridiculous if I tried.

Um, it's ridiculous, yes, but like he stated, we don't care 'cause of the "high score". Also, calm the hell down. Geez.

[Cyke]

The impression I get is that this article is affectionate satire, not vitriol hate.

[mattx110]

The impression I get is that this article is affectionate satire, not vitriol hate.

i agree.
you don't write about how crazy the things are that games make you do unless you spent the time playing the games.

[a. non]

Katamari Damacy: The King of All Cosmos goes on a drunken bender, destroys all the stars in the universe, then sends the Prince to Earth to make new ones. Works for me. :D

[1WEBHEAD]

You are stuck in a mall full of pyschopaths and zombies while trying to solve a goverment conspiracy.

Try not to die. . .

[Jack]

Are there games that don't have ridiculous premises?

[Dizzy D]

Are there games that don't have ridiculous premises?

Leisure Suit Larry: You are a loser trying to get laid. More realism than a statistical tank-sim with a target audience of 10 people.

[asloveislost]

Are there games that don't have ridiculous premises?

Battle Toads.

[Jmacq1]

There's a thing called "tongue-in-cheek" that you might want to look into.

Seriously.

I mean, it's not like the title of the article is "12 Great Video Games With Ridiculous Premises" or anything...oh wait.

He's not making any comment at all as to the quality of the games (hint: the title tells us he thinks they're great), just bemusedly commenting on the craziness of the setting/premise.

[Black Atom]

Seriously.

I mean, it's not like the title of the article is "12 Great Video Games With Ridiculous Premises" or anything...oh wait.

He's not making any comment at all as to the quality of the games (hint: the title tells us he thinks they're great), just bemusedly commenting on the craziness of the setting/premise.

The article would be funnier if the obeservations were ironic or compiled by someone who didn't sound like a blithering moron. I mean, Tetris is ridiculous? Or is the joke that he purposely chose games to rant about that aren't that ridiculous because he purposely wanted to sound like a blithering moron? If that's the case, mission accomplished, but a straight-up commentary on the plethora games out there with truly ridiculous concepts (Bad Dudes, anywone?) with legitimately humorous comments would've actually been funny.

[Jmacq1]

Well, I wouldn't call Tetris ridiculous so much as pointless (on the surface), but yeah, I can see where the writer is coming from.

"I'll make a video game where you stack blocks!" probably sounded pretty ridiculous at first, too.

The premise folks...all the guy is talking about is the premise. Not the gameplay, not how awesome the games are. Just the premise.

And most of those he lists are in fact pretty ridiculous on the surface, if you give it any thought (with a couple exceptions...Guitar Hero most notably). Not the worst that video games has to offer in terms of premise, but there's a reason it's "12 Great Video Games" and not "12 Video Games You've Never Heard Of."

[Black Atom]

What's ridiculous about the premise of Tetris? It's a puzzle game. It'd be like me going on a rant about how ridiculous backgammon is.

I mean, the guy has a point with Mario, Donkey Kong and Kirby, which all have really absurd concepts. But Dr. Mario? The guy complains because the point of this puzzle game is to match a colored pill to corresponding color of germ. I dunno, I don't want to argue about it, but the article would've been funnier if the columnist was able to make a better case -- or at least wittier comments -- about why the games are ridiculous.

[666MasterOfPuppets]

http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=2022&pageid=1

"Video gamers have consistently demanded one thing from their hobby: entertainment. Beyond that, we don’t much care what inane task we're asked to complete. Give us a crystal banana, call it a power-up, and we’ll gladly leap over a robot octopus to grab it, even if it means risking a slice of our life pie."

It's actually just pointing out the silliness of some of the most popular games of all time, but it's still a fun article.

Effing HILARIOUS!

On Kirby's Dreamland:

"The Premise: A cognizant pink balloon floats through Dream Land on the planet Pop Star, inhaling everything in sight like a stoner going through withdrawal. This is in hopes of…well, nothing in particular actually. He just kind of pisses off trees or steals the treasures of an evil penguin king (we assume it's evil, anyway).

What Made It Ridiculous: Absolutely everything. Inhaling a living creature allows you to gain their power, and then spit out stars. The world is apparently made of pink marshmallows. Enemies include disembodied, hovering rabbit and pig heads. It was essentially an acid trip for 10-year-olds."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Eh if you want a really entertaining reading on obscure games go here. This guy is also halfway intelligent in his writing.
http://www.encyclopedia-obscura.com/games2.html

Someone obviously hates nintendo and mario.

But really alot of those were pretty stupid to try and point out like guitar hero or tetris. And alot of was just purely thrown in for the sake of complaining like talking about drunk friends cursing eachother for smash brothers or brightly colored world for super mario, everything is brightly colored really.

Was alot of just pointless observations with a dash of vulgarity, wasnt even whitty.

The Superman article was really funny. Damn, when will Superman get a GREAT game?

[founder81]

What was the one where the kid follows his frog into a toilet or something/

Master Blaster.

I think the only only game where you can use the Pause button to beat the bosses.

[Sanagi]

Master Blaster.

I think the only only game where you can use the Pause button to beat the bosses.
Why do so many people say that title backwards?

[GozertheGozarian]

Why do so many people say that title backwards?
Because it actually is. (http://www.gamefaqs.com/search/index.html?game=blaster+master&platform=0)

[Jmacq1]

Master Blaster.

I think the only only game where you can use the Pause button to beat the bosses.

There was a glitch on the original Mega Man that allowed you to use the pause button to beat at least one of the bosses (The giant rock creature).

Worked like a charm if you had the NES Advantage with it's "slow motion" feature. :D

[Black Atom]

There was a glitch on the original Mega Man that allowed you to use the pause button to beat at least one of the bosses (The giant rock creature).

Worked like a charm if you had the NES Advantage with it's "slow motion" feature. :D

And that boss was a beast without that glitch!

The slow-mo controllers were funny, too. It was cool until you realized it was just pressing start over and over. It didn't work in games where start activated a selection menu.

[Jmacq1]

Yeah, the rock-creature was a huge pain in the butt without the slo-mo electro-blast glitch. :)

[Sanagi]

Because it actually is. (http://www.gamefaqs.com/search/index.html?game=blaster+master&platform=0)
Yes, that was my point.

[GozertheGozarian]

Sorry, I thought you were saying Master Blaster was right.

[Flying_Postman]

It cannot get more incredulous than this people..
Cho Aniki Seinaru Protein Densetsu (PS2)

Bizarre Japanese premise? Check. Extreme levels of sexuality? Check. Great gameplay? Okay... by all accounts, this game isn't very good, but it bears mentioning that a space-shooter featuring scantily-clad men as ships flying across a land soaked with "Holy Protein" would pique interest anywhere.

Having recently gained attention due to its controversial content, there's no better time for the US to get a dose of Holy Protein. This is the kind of game you want to whip out to showcase how crazy Japanese games can get.

That was from games.net "Top 25 games that did not come to the US" article.
http://www.games.net/article/feature/116721/stranded-the-top-25-games-that-havent-come-to-america/

I can imagine the chaos if this comes to US shores.

[Jack]

Wow, I didn't realise that was a series.

[666MasterOfPuppets]

It cannot get more incredulous than this people..


That was from games.net "Top 25 games that did not come to the US" article.
http://www.games.net/article/feature/116721/stranded-the-top-25-games-that-havent-come-to-america/

I can imagine the chaos if this comes to US shores.

I agree. One of the weirdest games I've heard about.