This establishes the importance of the character, and as players are expecting a character, they then associate this character with the one they are to control. After clicking to start, your character is shown dropping into the level. The game is not just a 'joke', the level of polish it shows is actually extremely high. I just played the game again for the first time since it initially made the viral rounds, and I do believe that it does indeed deserve recognition. If a game that thrown together can get critical acclaim simply because it's viral then IGF is on a slippery slope.īut did it really take away from more deserving entries? I do think that there is a lot of unfounded elitism being shown by all quarters in objecting to the nomination. But what really bothers me is the apparent amount of work that went into YHTBTR. YHTBTR at least keeps it's commentary fairly deep. I guess that experience kinda jaded my view of parody games.
Did you ever play the game PYST? If that game had gotten a nod for anything. Really, I think YHTBTR is all about sense of humour and taste, and if you don't "get it," while enough other people do, then there's some natural bitterness there/"these guys are idiots for liking this." So yeah, I think it totally deserves the innovation award because it does innovate innovation in gaming really should look like something that's hardly "gaming as we know it," and I think YHTBTR qualifies as that. The simplicity isn't a problem, and given what the game was about I don't think the low-polish was much of a problem either (and guys, come on, there are piles of games with FAR lower polish than YHTBTR). I mean, if it's not your sense of humour then fine, but for me that was probably the funniest game I've ever played it's literally had me on the floor a couple of times. As someone who thinks YHTBTR is absolutely brilliant, I still don't understand the backlash against it. It's a wonder Super Obama World didn't get a nod too. Why not just put a banner on your site that says "minimum spec = Viral". So I didn't like the game in the first place, but then there's the IGN nomination.
Heck, I think I spend more time checking out the credits than I did playing the game the first time because I expected something, ANYTHING more than that. Sure it's a satirical poke at the current trend in video games, but it had such low production values and was so blasted short that it was hardly a game. and from the responce here i assume most everyone else gets that. no ones attacking anyone, its all in good fun. there was nothing mean or malicious about it, im almost positive that the guy who made YHTBTR would find it pretty amusing. YDHTBTR is as much of a joke then YHTBTR. Rather than complimenting the up and coming developers who really do deserve these awards you guys chose to pick on the one developer who's game isn't quite up to your standards. While I agree that, perhaps YHTBTR didn't deserve the award for innovation, in my mind it doesn't reflect well on you guys that this is how you deal with your game not being picked. I am just a very conflict-averse person, so I find the attack (which I guess is really just a parody, but due to its timing, is easily interpreted as an attack) on another indie developer disappointing. So rather than trying to debate that point, I'll let it go. how so? I guess I was really just referring to C*nt, which upon reconsideration, wasn't actually a cryptic sea release. It seems to be one of their primary PR tactics, and while its not something I really agree with, it seems to have served them well, so I don't see any reason for them to stop. The cryptic sea guys are excellent at courting controversy.
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