The best game you've probably never heard of

[Talisman]

Day one purchases are extremely rare for me, but there's no doubt I'm going to be snatching this one up on release day.



The game is called Scribblenauts and it's only on the DS. Here's the basic sales pitch:

Scribblenauts is simple; quite literally, anything you write, you can use and reuse in the game. Players use the DS' touch-screen and the in-game notepad/keyboard to help their character, Maxwell, as he moves throughout 220 increasingly difficult levels on his never-ending quest for the star-like "Starites."

To solve the spatially oriented puzzles, players describe objects via the notepad/keyboard, which in turn appear on the game screen to help Maxwell. There are literally thousands of items in the game, both ordinary things like ladders, ropes, cars and buses, to the outlandish items, such as invisibility cloaks, pirates and black holes. The game is all about experimentation, imagination and endless replay value as players open their minds to the nearly limitless possibilities that are sure to make Scribblenauts unlike any side-scrolling platformer they have ever played.

And here's the post from neogaf.com that had me cracking up and feeling like a kid in a candy store at the same time:

I had played all the big titles at E3. Private showings of God of War III, Heavy Rain, Alan Wake. But at 4:00 on Thursday, I was wandering around the show floor, wondering what else I had to see. I saw a small little booth for "Scribblenauts!" in the Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment section. I mean, who goes to that booth? But I remember hearing about it on GAF, and so I decided to check it out.

Best game of E3? Without a ****ing doubt. Anyone who says otherwise did not play Scribblenauts. Best game of all time? Jesus Christ, I don't know, maybe. It's a game that challenges your IMAGINATION. No other game has ever done that.

So listen to this story. I was in the early levels; I didn't quite have an idea of how ridiculously in-depth the database was. I was summoning things like ladders, glasses of water, rayguns, what have you. But I reached a level with zombie robots, and the zombie robots kept killing me. Rayguns didn't work, a torch didn't work, a pickaxe didn't work. In my frustration, I wrote in "Time Machine". And one popped up. What the ****? A smile dawned on my face. I hopped in, and the option was given to me to either travel to the past or the future. I chose past. When I hopped out, there were ****ing dinosaurs walking around. I clicked one, and realized I could RIDE THEM. So I hopped on a ****ing DINOSAUR, traveled back to the present, and stomped the shit out of robot zombies. Did you just read that sentence? Did you really? I ****ING TRAVELED THROUGH TIME AND JUMPED ON A DINOSAUR AND USED IT TO KILL MOTHER****ING ROBOT ZOMBIES. This game is unbelievable. Impossible. There's nothing you can't do.

Holy ****ing shit.

Here's a quick developer walkthrough vid from E3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3HXgvl8lp0

It's out in September. I'm thinking about lining up now.

[Talisman]

The developers have said there are going to be "tens of thousands" of nouns in the game. The only limits are:

Concrete Objects Only
No Proper Nouns
No Copyrighted Words
No Adjectives
E-E10 rated words only - this means No Vulgar/Offensive/Lewd/Drug/Alcohol related words

[Reaper16]

It was the runaway critical hit of E3. I know that I'm excited as all get-out for it.

[Saulbadguy]

I heard there are quite a few internet memes in the game which I will enjoy. I literally haven't turned on my DS in nearly a year but that will change soon.

[suds79]

I don't know about never heard of but one that's not as bigtime?

I'm playing the heck out of Bomberman Ultra on PS3 right now.

A great, great party type game.

Only 10 bucks download.

[Talisman]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

I heard there are quite a few internet memes in the game which I will enjoy. I literally haven't turned on my DS in nearly a year but that will change soon.

Yeah, I know that keyboard cat made it in and I hear that if you type in Rickroll, Rick Ashley appears.

Originally Posted by suds79

I don't know about never heard of but one that's not as bigtime?

Well, I did say probably... I'm really into video games and almost overlooked this one. Hopefully it will get a lot more attention when it releases. I think the word of mouth will be huge.

[sd4chiefs]

I am dying to know what happens when you enter dildo.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by sd4chiefs

I am dying to know what happens when you enter dildo.

It probably won't register.

[Talisman]

Originally Posted by sd4chiefs

I am dying to know what happens when you enter dildo.

(Much like Soviet Russia) In Scribblenauts, the dildo enters you.

[Crashride]

DAMN im curious all of a sudden

[Thig Lyfe]

I have never desired a DS until now.

[Reaper16]

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

Wow. That looks ****ing sweet.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by PostRockPablo

Wow. That looks ****ing sweet.

I love the creativity you can bring to puzzles. The little puzzle in the trailer that said 'help [the man] see:" sure, you can just give him glasses. But you can also give him another eyeball or perhaps a sniper rifle. That's awesome.

[Crashride]

Whens the release date?