Best games you've played in 2012 - an IFDB Poll
by Molly
RSS FeedThe year of our lord Two Thousand Twelve is almost over, so let's reflect back on the games we've played this year and see which ones we liked the most. Note that the games don't have to have come out in 2012 to be eligible for this poll. In fact I'd love to hear about the really awesome old games that you only got around to playing this year.
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| Bee, by Emily Short 6 votes "A gentle look at religion and childhood" [+]"A gentle look at religion and childhood" ( ) --Molly... "Captures the cycles of seasons and growing up" [+]"Captures the cycles of seasons and growing up" () --Joey Jones... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Danielle... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Sam Kabo Ashwell... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Porpentine... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Ghalev...  Vote for this game | |
| Endless, Nameless, by Adam Cadre 3 votes "Cadre still has..." [+]"Cadre still has it. There's some fun gameplay here, with a fair amount of IF philosophy to chew on." --Jonathan Blask... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --amciek... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Agnishom... Vote for this game | |
| Dinner Bell, by Jenni Polodna 2 votes "Hilarious and energetic" [+]"Hilarious and energetic" ( ) --Jeremy Freese... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sam Kabo Ashwell... Vote for this game | |
| Eurydice, by Anonymous 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Sam Kabo Ashwell... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... Vote for this game | |
| howling dogs, by Porpentine 2 votes "One of the most..." [+]"One of the most memorable and peculiar IF experiences of this year, and one of the best hypertext-style CYOA pieces I've ever seen." --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Wade Clarke... Vote for this game | |
| Ad Verbum, by Nick Montfort 2 votes "Everyone has..." [+]"Everyone has praised the famous second story puzzle rooms, so I'll only add that the word playground doesn't get nearly enough love." ( ) --Molly... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Lance Campbell... Vote for this game | |
| All Roads, by Jon Ingold 1 vote "Pyrotechnic fantasy trip" [+]"Pyrotechnic fantasy trip: I was never able to get past the game's only puzzle before this year. Now that I've finally finished it I'm very glad I picked it up again." ( ) --Molly... Vote for this game | |
| rat chaos, by Winter Lake 1 vote "One of the strongest Twine games of the year" [+]"One of the strongest Twine games of the year" --Porpentine... Molly says: Oh man, I loved this one too. I identified with the rat way more than I'd like to admit. Vote for this game | |
| Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom, by S. John Ross 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Sam Kabo Ashwell... Vote for this game | |
| Return to Doom, by Peter D. Killworth 1 vote "I finally got..." [+]"I finally got around to playing through the series that this game is from this year. While I wouldn't suggest that they don't have frustrating elements, all of them have memorable highlights- especially the latter two games in the series. This one in particular, the second game, has varied environments and creatures that have stuck in my mind months after I played it. A wide-scope-of-environments might be common to many old-school games, but I just thought it was done really well here." ( - Full review) --Jonathan Blask... Vote for this game | |
| The Statue Got Me High, by Ryan Veeder 1 vote "Great game with vivid imagery" [+]"Great game with vivid imagery: As God as my witness, I'll never forget the dinner party scene at the end." ( ) --Molly... Vote for this game | |
| Kerkerkruip, by Victor Gijsbers 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) --Anya Johanna DeNiro... Vote for this game | |
| Nostrils of Flesh and Clay, by Porpentine 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Sam Kabo Ashwell... Vote for this game | |
| Andromeda Dreaming, by Joey Jones 1 vote "A good small..." [+]"A good small sci-fi game in its own right which looks even better in the context of the competition it took part in, and better again as being part of the shared Andromeda universe." ( - Full review) --Wade Clarke... Vote for this game | |
| Muggle Studies, by M. Flourish Klink 1 vote "I haven't played..." [+]"I haven't played much fan-fiction-as-IF that didn't rub me the wrong way, but this one managed to slip through my defenses. While the puzzles aren't exactly challenging, I found exploring the game to be quite enjoyable, despite being only vaguely familiar with the Harry Potter universe." ( ) --Jonathan Blask... Vote for this game | |
| In a Manor of Speaking, by Hulk Handsome 1 vote "A rather..." [+]"A rather effortless-seeming and light comic adventure through a world of puns and figures of speech. Delivered with a lot of grace." ( - Full review) --Wade Clarke... Vote for this game | |
| For a Change, by Dan Schmidt 1 vote "IF as poem" [+]"IF as poem: My favorite detail was the subtle anthropomorphizing of the inventory." ( ) --Molly... Vote for this game | |
| Olivia's Orphanorium, by Sam Kabo Ashwell 1 vote "I really enjoyed..." [+]"I really enjoyed the narrative voice of this, and there's lots of dark humor; and it's just a bit off the standard path for IF, in a way I enjoyed." ( - Full review) --Emily Short... Vote for this game | |