52 Games - Speed


Topic no. 6 is out and I figured: Everyone seems to think that Speed is the same as fast. But why is that? Indeed, it’s understandable that most of us think about fast action, games, which are about goevenfaster. Breaking through the sound barrier in Xtreme-G 2 was pretty fantastic on the N64, get all the goals within the timelimit in Hanger, the first area of the very first Tony Hawk, or just run through the stages of a Sonic - it’s obvious.

Good that you earn extra points this time if you DON’T mention any racing game and DON’T mention any Sonic. And also good that I’m about to slow down this topic. Today everything is so fast anyway, I need something else sometimes to relax and that’s when I take a short vacation in…

Animal Crossing (GameCube)

You’re stressed out from you everydays work? You don’t want any rushing timelimits? Paying your rent in time isn’t your thing? Then come visit us, where you can be rich from selling apples and peaches and where strange animals want to be your neighbors! 

This could be a travel brochure for Animal Crossing. I move into my small house and be happy about the candle on a box and a radio which I get for free. After I take my first steps with helping out at the local shop the friendly-suspect racoon tells me that I should please pay my bills at the post office, and off we go to discover the small world.

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52 Games - Challenge

 

A few word at the start: This time the topic was “Prüfung”. I translated it with challenge, but you can also translate it with test or exam. Decide on your own if this entry fits or if it doesn’t.

Anyway, this topic was actually a good challenge. Last week I complained about the too-easy topics so far, and now this one let me think for quite some time what to write about. After some long discussions with myself it is…

Shadow of the Colossus

Shadow of the Colossus for the PlayStation 2 is about a young hero that wants to rescue a girl. She was sacrificed, and you visit a far away land to find a power to bring her back to life. You come to a temple and find that your sword has such power, but you get the quest to find and destroy some giants in the world, so you can release it’s force.

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52 Games - Minimalism

 

Just when I saw this weeks topic I knew which game I want to write about. No big words this time, it’s

Wario Ware Inc. - Minigame Mania (Gameboy Advance)

This was a complete spontaneous buy, back in 2003 when it was released. Look kind of weird, I had to much money, just give it a try. And it became one of the most weirdest (yet good) experiences I ever had.

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52 Games - Nature

This time it was pretty simple, as soons as I saw this weeks topic I knew which game I wanted to talk about.

But first: I’m ashamed. I never finished the game I’m going to write this entry about. Which is something I need to change, so, thanks, blog project, for reminding me about it.

Without any more words, this time it is:

Okami

In form of a white wolf you play the godness of sun, Amaterasu, which has to defeat the evil demon Orochi. He was banned long time ago, but he was released again and destroyed most of the land. Everything is burned down, nothing seems to be alive anymore. Our goal is it to bann Orochi again and bring the nature back in this world.

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52 Games - Cold

 

Round 2 starts with the topic “cold”. Right from the start I thought about a game, but then I decided to think it over anyway. I guess every Jump’n Run the last 500 years had somehow somewhere something related to snow and ice, there’s a bunch of snowboard games - boring. The reinterpretation of the first Silent Hill, Shattered Memories, came to my mind, also D2 for the Dreamcast. But since I didn’t play any of them (much) I stayed with my first decission.

Fahrenheit

Released in 2005, this game, which more seemed like an interactive movie, totally got me right from the first sight. It starts in New York, where Lucas Kane becomes a murderer in a toilett of a diner. He seems to be possesed, and while he kills his victim pictures flash the screen, where another guy with a cape does the exact same moves. As soon as the victim is dead, Lucas kind of wakes up and has to escape from the scenerie. At this point, we can hand on his actions for the first time - and the game offers a lot of choices.

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52 Games - New beginning

 

Here we go, already the first topic “New beginning” was a challenge. The question: Which game should I pick? Minecraft seemed obvious, you always start a new construction area here and build already existing structurs completly new. Terranigma was choosen by someone else, I didn’t like the demo of Bastion, no reboots of any series which came in mind and so it become…

Tetris DX

I guess everyone knows Tetris, but not Tetris DX. This fine “deluxe” update was released for the Gameboy Color in 1998 and offers a few new features compared to the original game. You can now save profiles and highscores, and there are also some more game modes.

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What is 52 games?

A pretty interesting project that was introduced by a german gaming blog named Zockwork Orange. Each monday they pick a new topic, and every blogger can sign up and write something gaming - related then. The project will last for a year (so, 52 weeks overall) and we are already in week 5 now.

You might have noticed a few entries named 52 games on my blog, so far just in german. I’ll translate my text from now on, so my german readers can find the new stuff directly on my new blog, and you, my english readers, can just sit back and relax - the content is coming right here.

Don’t wonder you’ll get 4-5 entries straight now, since I want to keep up the scheduled topics. As soon as I’ve translated the texts I already got, you’ll get a new one every monday (or, as soon as it’s done then - you always have a week to submit your entry).

Hope you’ll like it, let me know in the comments (or on Facebook / Twitter - Links are in the sidebar) what you think about it!

Dears,

Redmaker