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[burningranger]

You forgot to add that the graphics are god-awful for a game in 2011.

2.0/10

What do you honestly expect out of a fan created free flash game intentionally based on the 8-bit era? You aren't usually going to get Mega Man 9/10 level graphics and experience for something comparably released nowadays.

Give me a good 8 or 16-bit game any day over generic military/space fps 271 or glorified sports game roster update '12 that you see these days.

 

[Regulus Tera]

/edit I'm the only published Games Journalist in this topic, aren't I? :T

Define games "journalism".

What do you honestly expect out of a fan created free flash game intentionally based on the 8-bit era? You aren't usually going to get Mega Man 9/10 level graphics and experience for something comparably released nowadays.

Give me a good 8 or 16-bit game any day over generic military/space fps 271 or glorified sports game roster update '12 that you see nowadays.

Swooosh.

 

[Narag]

Swooosh.

If I'd followed up Dark PHoenix's post with "Lack of multiplayer 1.0/10.0" like I intended this could've been avoided!

 

[Dark Phoenix]

What do you honestly expect out of a fan created free flash game intentionally based on the 8-bit era? You aren't usually going to get Mega Man 9/10 level graphics and experience for something comparably released nowadays.

Give me a good 8 or 16-bit game any day over generic military/space fps 271 or glorified sports game roster update '12 that you see these days.

I expect a certain amount of professionalism with games that are made nowadays. Especially for ones for such notable series as MLP. Obviously this shows the lack of the creative spirit when it comes to "fan" projects. If you aren't at least getting to HD with projects like these it's not worth looking at.

Spoiler

It was a joke, I think the game is amazing. SWOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH

 

[How About No]

It's been a rough year for PC owners. Exclusives have been lost, a handful of titles have been bumped from the bottom line-bolstering holiday season, and Angry Birds ubiquity is a sore reminder of social gaming. With each disappointment, more and more fans have looked to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Story of the Blanks -- a title whose screenshots have been lauded for months -- to be the saving grace of 2011.

But pinning so much on one title pretty much guarantees a letdown, doesn't it? Can Donitz live up to more than a year of mouthwatering coverage and placate fans who forked over $600 to see stellar title after stellar title come out on non-PC platforms?

Yes. Yes, it can. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Story of the Blanks is the most fun I've had in a videogame this year.

Putting you in the shoes of Applebloom -- a beginner Cutie Mark Crusader on the trail of finding her own purpose -- MLP tosses players into a third-person action/adventure/puzzle-solving/stealth homage to the horror movies of yesteryear. Applebloom takes on zombies, explores ancient forests, searches water wells and solves crate puzzles using the most basic of clues on her path to unearthing the secrets of the Everfree Forest alongside her book-chomping girl friend Twilight Sparkle and tribeswoman Zecora.

MLP does what few titles manage -- it completely immerses you in its experience. From the moment the game begins with a sweeping title screen move through the plains of Ponyville, MLP will have you hooked. It'll maintain that hold with its story, style and gameplay.

But the way the inconclusive ending is set up obviously means they have DLC in the making for this. "If you want to finish the game, buy this expansion pack!" sigh. I already downloaded flash to play your game, what else do you want????

 

[burningranger]

It was a joke

I didn't realize you were kidding. My bad.

 

[Regulus Tera]

I expect a certain amount of professionalism with games that are made nowadays. Especially for ones for such notable series as MLP. Obviously this shows the lack of the creative spirit when it comes to "fan" projects. If you aren't at least getting to HD with projects like these it's not worth looking at.

Hasbro just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Brony culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is with Nintendo where you can become successful by being cheap. If you screw the graphics with MLP, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is the Brony market, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase MLP:FiM:SotB for PC, nor will they purchase any of Hasbro's toys. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Hasbro has alienated an entire market with this move.

Hasbro, publicly apologize and cancel MLP:FiM:SotB for flash, or you can kiss your business goodbye.

But the way the inconclusive ending is set up obviously means they have DLC in the making for this. "If you want to finish the game, buy this expansion pack!" sigh. I already downloaded flash to play your game, what else do you want????

Back in my day we called DLC unlockables, or cheats, or secrets. I hate this fucking generation.

 

[Dark Phoenix]

I didn't realize you were kidding. My bad.

It's cool.

If you read my previous posts I was talking about how the lower quality graphics (8-bitness) added to the overall experience/creepiness of the game.

 

[Jintor]

Define games "journalism".

Money changed hands!

 

[ahoyhoy]

I just drank some White Russians while watching The Big Lebowski for the umpteenth time.

Any Lebowski/Pony crossovers out there?

 

[burningranger]

Any Lebowski/Pony crossovers out there?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-0mLcZz3gU

 

[Narag]

I just drank some White Russians while watching The Big Lebowski for the umpteenth time.

Any Lebowski/Pony crossovers out there?

All I know of!

 

[Captain Fish]

The only thing that bummed me out about that flash game, is that it's probably as close as I'll ever get to my dream Deadly Premonition style Friendship is Magic game. It's even got Sokoban in it!

I think I've posted about this before, but I seriously think an open world style game with that basic format, with a focus on the town as a community would work well. It would allow you to interact with the fairly large cast of NPCs, and side quests could incorporate different types of activities (Magic, Flying, Athletic.

As for plot, it wouldn't have to be horror, but I think figuring out a mystery in a close knit town would work fine.

 

[Neki]

I just want a 8 bit Megaman parody with Twilight stealing powers from defeated enemies, oh yeah.

 

[Narag]

If we're doing this, then I want a version of Shadowgate with ponies.

 

[AdawgDaFAB]

I just want a 8 bit Megaman parody with Twilight stealing powers from defeated enemies, oh yeah.

This needs to be made!


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[Boss Doggie]

Tropico 3 Gold is sale now, go buy it.

Speaking of which, Y/N Ponyville city sim?

 

[AdawgDaFAB]

Like an Animal Crossing type game? Sure. I think that has been mentioned a few times as an ideal genre for a FiM game.

 

[DeadPhoenix]

This needs to be made!
[IMG ]http://i.imgur.com/jnrxHm.jpg[/IMG]
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That answers where I got my new facebook photo from. Protopony is the only good looking one though, which is too bad since they are all awesome characters(MMZ Zero probably would have been a better choice in that case).

 

[Nocturnowl]

If we're doing this, then I want a version of Shadowgate with ponies.

Your investigation into what's causing smoke to cover Equestria leads you into a mountain cave, inside is a dragon, as you attempt to reason with it a fiery blast scorches your mane and leaves you so unidentifiable that even your cutie mark isn't visible amongst your charred body...
"It's a sad thing that your adventures have ended here"

 

[Choppasmith]

This Movie Mashup caught my eye. It's pretty good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH7NmVPb-aE

 

[Myke Greywolf]

Day 30 - Pony gaf talks and blabbers on about fluttershy being cutest and stupid pony stuff.

Day 45 - Pony-Gaf again argues about humanized ponies, this time ending not so friendshiply

Day 65 - More fighting occurs within the pony gaf thread, leading to cancellations of Synctubes due to more fighting and arguing, people being put on ignore lists and finally the thread being locked.

Day 94 - OT2 is finally made after season 2 begins, but Pony gaf is so broken up the thread doesn't past 2 pages and finally pony gaf dies out not with a roar or fighting off trolls but with a hushed whimper.

Wait, what date are you counting from?

It's been a rough year for PC owners. Exclusives have been lost, a handful of titles have been bumped from the bottom line-bolstering holiday season, and Angry Birds ubiquity is a sore reminder of social gaming. With each disappointment, more and more fans have looked to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Story of the Blanks -- a title whose screenshots have been lauded for months -- to be the saving grace of 2011.

But pinning so much on one title pretty much guarantees a letdown, doesn't it? Can Donitz live up to more than a year of mouthwatering coverage and placate fans who forked over $600 to see stellar title after stellar title come out on non-PC platforms?

Yes. Yes, it can. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Story of the Blanks is the most fun I've had in a videogame this year.

Putting you in the shoes of Applebloom -- a beginner Cutie Mark Crusader on the trail of finding her own purpose -- MLP tosses players into a third-person action/adventure/puzzle-solving/stealth homage to the horror movies of yesteryear. Applebloom takes on zombies, explores ancient forests, searches water wells and solves crate puzzles using the most basic of clues on her path to unearthing the secrets of the Everfree Forest alongside her book-chomping girl friend Twilight Sparkle and tribeswoman Zecora.

MLP does what few titles manage -- it completely immerses you in its experience. From the moment the game begins with a sweeping title screen move through the plains of Ponyville, MLP will have you hooked. It'll maintain that hold with its story, style and gameplay.

I call moneyhat shenanigans.

Also, the more I think about it, the more I like Celestia. She's so awesome. I just hope she won't get that huge mane and tail tangled on the kart wheels.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Like an Animal Crossing type game? Sure. I think that has been mentioned a few times as an ideal genre for a FiM game.

No, not something cutesy and easy like that.

I mean actually managing a city as a president... or in this case, a Mare-yor.

 

[OMG Aero]

The best pony game would be a version of Persona 4. The game starts with the first two episodes and then Celestia gives Twilight a year to research the magic of friendship (Complete social links) but instead of jumping into TVs, dungeons take the place of various episode plots (One dungeon could be the mountain in Dragonshy, the swamp in Feeling Pinkie Keen, etc). In order to get the best ending, you have to max out all the main character's social links.

Man, now I just made myself sad that this game will never exist.

 

[Songbird]

I love all of the Pony Kart images and would play the heck out of that.

Also I would kinda dig an action heavy, casual friendly, couch co-op RPG with the main cast. They'd have each element of harmony as the classes and do lots of silly quests for Ponyville and in the forest. Also, plenty of banter!

Spike is the loot mule.

 

[Master Milk]

The best pony game is the one we're actually getting, the fighting game.

Seriously, if it's not a fighter, I'm not sure why people even bother.

 

[Neki]

A platformer sounds easier and better to be honest.

 

[Nishastra]

Spike is the loot mule.

How ironic, considering he's the only one who can't carry saddlebags

Though he does have pockets.

The best pony game is the one we're actually getting, the fighting game.

Seriously, if it's not a fighter, I'm not sure why people even bother.

Because other games are good too

 

[Songbird]

How ironic, considering he's the only one who can't carry saddlebags

Though he does have pockets.


Because other games are good too

Upgrade those saddlebags for larger pack space! I guess I had Spike in mind as a Torchlight style thing.

 

[Nishastra]

Upgrade those saddlebags for larger pack space! I guess I had Spike in mind as a Torchlight style thing.

He wouldn't even have to run to town. Twilight just has to reconfigure his belch-port to go directly to some shop

 

[Myke Greywolf]

The best pony game would be a version of Persona 4. The game starts with the first two episodes and then Celestia gives Twilight a year to research the magic of friendship (Complete social links) but instead of jumping into TVs, dungeons take the place of various episode plots (One dungeon could be the mountain in Dragonshy, the swamp in Feeling Pinkie Keen, etc). In order to get the best ending, you have to max out all the main character's social links.

Man, now I just made myself sad that this game will never exist.

You just know that whoever would make this game, would include heavy shipping.

 

[Master Milk]

You just know that whoever would make this game, would include heavy shipping.

I smell a harem ending.

 

[Songbird]

He wouldn't even have to run to town. Twilight just has to reconfigure his belch-port to go directly to some shop

It would be an interesting way for Princess Celestia to send/receive quests.

 

[Boss Doggie]

RPGs are overrated! We need more simulation, especially the city type, and not a small scale one either!

 

[Nishastra]

An Equestia sim would be interesting, considering that even the weather is done via manual labor

 

[tiff]

Read "sim" as "dating sim" at first.

 

[Nishastra]

Well, there's about the right female to male ratio for a normal one, but who the hell would the player character be?

 

[Master Milk]

Well, there's about the right female to male ratio for a normal one, but who the hell would the player character be?

Twilight, of course.

 

[Myke Greywolf]

Well, there's about the right female to male ratio for a normal one, but who the hell would the player character be?

Selphin Sirt, the mysterious genre-undefined new pony in town, of course.

 

[Nishastra]

Of course.

If it's Twilight, then it can be a "friending sim" where you just play out the first episode of the show. The plot is perfect.

You just moved to a new school town and there's all these unusual new people who you then try to become friends with. Though that's kind of backwards... to be accurate, you have to try to avoid becoming friends with them but fail in the end.

 

[Master Milk]

Of course.

If it's Twilight, then it can be a "friending sim" where you just play out the first episode of the show. The plot is perfect.

You just moved to a new school town and there's all these unusual new people who you then try to become friends with. Though that's kind of backwards... to be accurate, you have to try to avoid becoming friends with them but fail in the end.

I have no idea why you think it's necessary to change it from a dating sim to a friending sim, at all.

 

[Nishastra]

I'm just trying to stay true to the show.

I don't recall Twilight courting anyone, ever

If she did, I bet there'd be an awful lot of books involved.

 

[tiff]

If she did, I bet there'd be an awful lot of books involved.

It'd be sorta like the premise of The World God Only Knows, only with books instead of dating sims.

 

[Narag]

It'd be sorta like the premise of The World God Only Knows, only with books instead of dating sims.

I think lauren Faust liking the seniorpony ilovebooks comic says enough!

 

[Captain Fish]

I would love to play a SimEquestria or Theme Equestria but I don't think Will Wright cares about that stuff any more, and Peter Molyneux is off making games I don't want to play.

 

[Ellis Kim]

Wait, what date are you counting from?


I call moneyhat shenanigans.

Also, the more I think about it, the more I like Celestia. She's so awesome. I just hope she won't get that huge mane and tail tangled on the kart wheels.

I would buy this... assuming it played well.

Now I want a MLP FiM Mario Kart SNES ROM hack, lol.

 

[Regulus Tera]

A Mario Kart game re-skinned with MLP shite would still be Mario Kart.

Money changed hands!

Serious question: is the pay good?

I can already hear the crickets.

 

[CHEEZMO™]

A Mario Kart game re-skinned with MLP shite would still be Mario Kart.



Serious question: is the pay good?

Depends on what size hat you wear.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Of course.

If it's Twilight, then it can be a "friending sim" where you just play out the first episode of the show. The plot is perfect.

You just moved to a new school town and there's all these unusual new people who you then try to become friends with. Though that's kind of backwards... to be accurate, you have to try to avoid becoming friends with them but fail in the end.

How about a mystery horror game? Like people end up being killed at night time and you have to solve those crimes by entering a parallel world or some shite.

And during daytime you hang out with Funky Student and Mysterious Fox.

 

[Pancakes]

Pony Rangers!

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The best pony game would be a version of Persona 4. The game starts with the first two episodes and then Celestia gives Twilight a year to research the magic of friendship (Complete social links) but instead of jumping into TVs, dungeons take the place of various episode plots (One dungeon could be the mountain in Dragonshy, the swamp in Feeling Pinkie Keen, etc). In order to get the best ending, you have to max out all the main character's social links.

Man, now I just made myself sad that this game will never exist.

This would be the best thing ever. I wouldn't mind a Pony RPG or some sort of TellTale style adventure game either.