Masocore

June 14th, 2008

Ever heard of masocore games?  They exist primarily to make you hate them (and to make Battletoads look easy).  More specifically, they have almost no coherent rule system: masocore games’ rules change constantly, and the only way to beat them is constant trial and error.  The videos here, particularly of I Wanna Be The Guy, are instructive in their blatant disregard for your time.

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One Response to “Masocore”

  1. Jeff Says:
    June 14th, 2008 at 9:25 pm

    I linked to this game awhile back, but didn’t realize that it was part of a genre of games:

    http://www.kongregate.com/games/Eggy/the-unfair-platformer

    I think I mentioned it in relation to whether people like games that are sort of determinative or games that have some randomness to them. In this game, exactly as you specify, you have no idea what’s coming and just have to memorize the layout of the levels. It’s kind of fun in a weird sort of way for a few levels, but obviously the player’s patience wears out.

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