The insane kinda-RPGs of MDickie

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

 

[Late Bloomer]

 

[Konjad]

By the way, I forgot to mention that some time ago I finished The You Testament 2D. It's a very short game (2.5h long), but it's fun to try to follow Jesus and listen to his teachings, but because of confusing controls you accidentally rip Maria's leg off because of a missclick and now she has to jump on one leg until the end of the game.

The combat system is actually good (wrestling-like + some interesting magic), the dialogues are mostly Bible quotes, and the game actually offers factions (though you can only be an apostle, a priest or a citizen), and NPC friendship system (NPC can stop being your friend if you become a friend of a person he dislikes), though these are shallow systems but for the short experience of this game they work well enough - that is they provide enough hilarious situations. Moreover, Jesus tests you, and Satan persuades you and you have a few events with choices, so it does feel somewhat like an RPG.

Worth the 1€ I paid for sure.

 

[xuerebx]

By the way, I forgot to mention that some time ago I finished The You Testament 2D. It's a very short game (2.5h long), but it's fun to try to follow Jesus and listen to his teachings, but because of confusing controls you accidentally rip Maria's leg off because of a missclick and now she has to jump on one leg until the end of the game.

Hahaha that's hilarious!!

But couldn't Jesus regrow her leg? I mean he revived Lazarus - that's a feat which required a higher piety stat.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

 

[Late Bloomer]

The life of a smoker in the game Old School.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

 

[Fargus]

The life of a smoker in the game Old School.

And i thought his jail sim was schizo...

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

Those dialogues

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

 

[ropetight]

This is fantastic stuff, emergent gameplay at its best.
Made me laugh like crazy person, too.

 

[Iucounu]

Are these similar to the Postal games, or something completely different?

 

[Late Bloomer]

completely different

 

[mondblut]

Are these similar to the Postal games, or something completely different?

If the Postal protagonist was QWOP.

 

[Morpheus Kitami]

Are these similar to the Postal games, or something completely different?

Sort of, it's less like Postal in the sense that the chaos isn't something you have to work for at least a little bit, it comes to you whether you want it or not. Nearly anyone, at any time, can do anything. If you just try to play the game normally, unlike Postal, you aren't going to be able to just walk past the chaos or avoid it.

 

[JarlFrank]

Are these similar to the Postal games, or something completely different?

They're sort of life sims running in a wrestling engine, with the AI of NPCs being completely unhinged so weird shit happens at all times.

The school game is a great example. You can get beaten the fuck up by a teacher if you misbehave in class and then sent to detention if you fight back lmao.

It's just pure chaos of NPCs interacting with each other and everything devolving into mass brawls.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

 

[Zboj Lamignat]

This vid is a classic imo.

 

[I eat frozen vegetables]

This vid is a classic imo.

As with all of Joel's, which is where we get Bulk Bogan.

 

[kangaxx]

The suplex into a wolf - what a move.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

 

[Mark Richard]

If the craziness of MDickie's offerings is noticeable in the current Steam market place, imagine how much they stood out back in the 2000s when wrestling games took a decade-long hiatus from the PC. He basically had zero competition outside of spreadsheet simulators and web browser games, and when a developer doesn't have a squeaky clean corporate image to maintain, things get can gloriously indecent. All the dirty skeletons of the wrestling industry we're not supposed to talk about come pouring out in the form of mechanics and story events. Cripple/kill someone in a match, shoot up on steroids, screw someone out of their medical benefits, etc. That's one of the things I value most about MDickie games – they have no filter.

As for the other games, it's pretty much as you say. They use the wrestling engine as a base and always devolve into a massive pier-six brawl. It's kind of like how a child playing with action figures makes a token attempt at a story before his patience runs out and he starts smashing them together in a violent frenzy.

 

[ropetight]

When that RPG started firing like semiauto gun I almost choked laughing!

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

 

[Beastro]

The dog exploding broke me.