great looking games that failed to deliver

cool · Post by **cool** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 4:21 pm

my vote- the trail for it lasted longer than the length of time it was on the Itbox. Step forward the not so Fantastic Four.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:02 pm

cryptic clues.

imo it was a promising title but it was about as cryptic as the notw baby crossword. free money but cryptic ? tut-tut.

WaterGate · Post by **WaterGate** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:07 am

Dungeons & Dragons.

cool · Post by **cool** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:24 am

cryptic clues , still the managers choice on itbox

QuizMaster · Post by **QuizMaster** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:52 pm

Quiz City

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:25 pm

Monopoly

michaelmartin_526 · Post by **michaelmartin_526** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:44 pm

Toss The monkey.

Fantastic looking game, shit to play.

wires74 · Post by **wires74** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:05 pm

What happened to that alien game which appeared on gamesnets at the same time as In it to win it, only lasted about a week ?

Properpro · Post by **Properpro** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:32 pm

wires74 wrote:What happened to that alien game which appeared on gamesnets at the same time as In it to win it, only lasted about a week ?

Failed test game?

Nil Satis · Post by **Nil Satis** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:46 am

It has to be the recent Monopoly incarnations followed in second place by the new Cluedo.

Signed,

Mr Predictable

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:03 pm

Toss The Monkey and Quiz City are good suggestions here. For me, Monopoly is a league above both of those and let us not forget that it is very popular with Joe Public (and there's also an occasional decent knock to make it worth a decent player investing 50p, in my view).

Nil Satis · Post by **Nil Satis** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:46 pm

I think the description "great looking games that failed to deliver" fits Monopoly exactly - I have never disputed that it is a beautifully designed game and that it looks great, and indeed that it is very popular with punters, but I think the hit rate in terms of decent prizes is far too low for it to deliver what I am looking for in a game.

Toss the Monkey on the other hand looked garbage from the first time I saw it!

cool · Post by **cool** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:06 am

'What happened to that alien game which appeared on gamesnets at the same time as In it to win it, only lasted about a week ?'

It was abducted.

wires74 · Post by **wires74** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:56 pm

Falling about laughing,cool ever thought of being a comic !!!!!!

borgcontact4 · Post by **borgcontact4** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:16 pm

He is a comic, one of the best too. Had me rofl many a time