A phrase I've coined, a "distance" game is where the object is to throw or get a person or thing as far as possible. Examples: Flight, Burrito Bison, Polar Bear Sports, Kitten Cannon, etc. Though the concept has been around for ages, it died eons ago for me. Anyone know of a good twist or perhaps an idea that could bring much needed freshness to the genre?
You've coined a phrase for something which already has a term for it. They are called launch games.
Anyways, there isn't all that much to them. The good ones have a decent amount of skill involved along with the upgrades you currently have. There's not much of a twist that can add anything to them as the end goal is just go far...so at most you can add different levels or obstacles.
Into Space 2 is a fairly good one though, since there's missions and things to do also.
I *smashed head into keyboard* hate *smashes head again* these *once more* games *final time*
To me..they are all the same game Launch, do poorly Upgrade Do poorly again Upgrade Start to do somewhat better Upgrade *repeat a few times* Random interval where you surprisingly do really well Upgrade much more with more money from random better run Do pretty good Upgrade Pretty good Upgrade *repeat* Do really well...like time before...except achieve "victory"
Congratulations...you just did the same exact thing over and over and over and over and over again until one of those times made you go far enough to be "victorious"
Congratulations...you just did the same exact thing over and over and over and over and over again until one of those times made you go far enough to be "victorious"
That's pretty much the definition of every single game...
That's pretty much the definition of every single game...
No...I mean literally the same thing over and over again. Other games may have the same idea/concept when playing it..but at least have some changes in the gameplay...this, you literally upgrade, launch, then either move left or right a tiny bit while the computer does most of the work
Yes, good games make you accomplish a lot of different things to finish a game... But in the end it is always the same thing all over again.
Mario Bros: move your tiny little char from point A to point B. Over and over again, 3 times a level, for 8 levels. This is one of the best games ever made.
Bubble Bobble: you have a small dragon character which spew bubbles around. You need to catch every single monsters in each level and pop the bubbles to win over them. Redo that for 99 levels, then on level 100 you have the boss. Another timeless classic.
Yes, good games make you accomplish a lot of different things to finish a game... But in the end it is always the same thing all over again
Please look at my bolded point. In distance game...the computer is doing about 95% of the work. I let whatever aircraft I'm using go...then just let it fly
Please look at my bolded point. In distance game...the computer is doing about 95% of the work. I let whatever aircraft I'm using go...then just let it fly