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Suicide Review

Name:	Nikhil Sharma
Date Posted:	Jul 26, 2007
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While on the quest to find and play at least 10% (don't ask) of games made on TGE, I found a hidden chest of nooses..

Item Found: The Suicide Review for the Utlimate Duck Hunting.

I am sure most of you have already seen it while a million others haven't. Also, why can't other reviews on other (majority) of the sites be this honest and funny? Is it the dreaded 'empty ADS space' the editors fear? If I ever release a game in this life I want the reviewer to be brutally honest (and funny if possible) with it because, to be honest, I find Indie games reviews lacking in the 'brutal' area.

That's pretty much it folks. Sorry, no hot screenshots, moolah making content packs or a kick ass game ideas for my non-existent MMORPG available at this moment. I am doing 'research' (read = stuck) on various random ideas and designs like a thousand other developers. This research helps me keep my mind off of the important things like.. learning how to program in basic.. learn how to learn the user-friendly interface of Blender.. searching for free TGE tutorials which don't come in books.. searching for resources then getting devastated after learning how much code needs to be modified to add the free resource which in turn leads you to bother the free resource provider with.. ahh hell, you get the point.

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Cornell Cook (Jul 26, 2007 at 21:34 GMT)

Hehe was pretty funny review, one of those type of reviews where curiosity kills the cat. You have to find out if it really bad as they say it is. It looks pretty good seem like some minor issues with path finding and such.

Hehe Just "Tighten up the graphics" and AI slap it on the Wii and mostly likely have a contender to Duck Hunt.

Blake Lowry (Jul 26, 2007 at 22:01 GMT)

Oh.. at first didn't realize this was the one in the GG store. Is that bad? I've never played it. Hilarious review tho :P

mb (Jul 26, 2007 at 22:55 GMT)

LOL best review I've ever seen! I can only hope (if I ever finish) my game gets a such a review.

Joshua Dallman (Jul 27, 2007 at 01:48 GMT)

Take a game that was made for a niche audience (hunters), give that game to a snarky reviewer (not a hunter), and what do you get, "The Suicide Review."

Don't laugh too hard though, UDH is coming to Nintendo Wii in August (see www.detn8games.com). Not many games that have started on Torque can claim that, to say nothing of the huge sales the developer saw selling this game in Wal-Marts across the country.

Nikhil Sharma (Jul 27, 2007 at 01:50 GMT)

@Cornell
UDH has surprisingly good graphics with a good level design (for the kind of game it is). I have only played the demo for like 20 mins, but it's hard to tell if it's really a TGE engine because designers have done a good job with level design, textures.. etc. Gameplay on the other hand is even more painful than peeling the skin off your face with a blunt knife. Terrible interface (typical in TGE based games) and lack of documentation (another thing common in TGE based stuff.. :P) doesn't help either.

Blake Lowry (Jul 27, 2007 at 04:07 GMT)

No offense, but just cause its on the Wii doesn't make it a better game. I am neutral on the subject (cause I have never played it).. but that is worth noting. Sure they will have MASSIVE success so that rocks! Even cooler its TGWii! :D

Ian Roach (Jul 27, 2007 at 04:08 GMT)

Lol , love the vid review. I played the demo and didnt like it, but then again its not targetted for people like me who has absolutely zero interest in hunting.

good to hear more independent games making it to the wii

Sam Redfern (Jul 27, 2007 at 11:22 GMT)

Funny review ye. I'd have to agree with Josh though, this is what you get when the reviewer doesn't fit the player profile for the game. It took me a while to realise that this was the main reason my game is under constant fire at mmorpg.com yet players on other sites such as rpg.net or wargamer.com really like it.
Edited on Jul 27, 2007 11:24 GMT

Benjamin Bradley (Jul 27, 2007 at 13:10 GMT)

My favorite part of this game was sitting in the office and constantly pressing the duck call whistle button until it drove Eric Fritz nuts.

James... didn't I have you and Eli "review" this game during your internship. All that could be heard on our side of the GG offices were Duck calls.

Tom Cassiotis (Jul 27, 2007 at 14:15 GMT)

Best game review evah!

Andy Hawkins (Jul 28, 2007 at 23:39 GMT)

Quote:
LOL best review I've ever seen! I can only hope (if I ever finish) my game gets a such a review

I agree. This is a great review - it tells you how to make it better. However I was watching it, thinking "man this game looks technically great" the character anims look good too. I was impressed by the game's depth too. Good luck to the author(s) and you got a Gametrailer review - nice!

I'm sure duck hunters will love this game because of the effort you made to satisfy their passion.

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