2010 IGF Reviews

Submitted by costik on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 19:01.

Many 2010 IGF finalists are not yet available to the public -- with games that intend to have some kind of commercial release, it's common to submit to the IGF while the game is still under development. And we don't generally review games that you can't actually play, since that, you know, kind of subverts the site's title. But we've reviewed all that you can play as of the present, and I'll update this page when other games are released and we review them, to point to those reviews. But at present:

Seamus McNally Grand Prize
Rocketbirds: Revolution
(N.B.: A playable version of Super Meat Boy is not yet available, but here's our review of Meat Boy, its freeware precursor.)

Excellence in Visual Art
Rocketbirds: Revolution

Excellence in Audio
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Rocketbirds: Revolution
(N.B.: A demo of Shatter is available on the Playstation Network, but we also don't normally review console titles.)

Excellence in Design
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! -- A Reckless Disregard For Gravity
Cogs
Star Guard

Nuovo Award
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Envirobear 2000
Today I Die

Technical Exellence
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Primetime Adventures

Primetime Adventures

Most RPGs are all about the characters: who they fight, how they advance, what they can do. Primetime Adventures in the antithesis of this: the characters only matter in their place in the story.

Matt Wilson's game can be a challenge for gamers who cut their teeth on classic roleplaying games. A character's strength depends on only two things: how much the story is focused on that character and how much the player has contributed to the story. Everything else is just description. Characters are based around an issue, which guides sessions where that character is the focus, but has no mechanical effect on the game. The system is clean and simple, but its effect is to bring out a story from those playing it.

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