Video Games Knowledge Quiz - Season 9 - Pirez

[Giant Chicken]

Plants Vs Zombies, Zuma, Behewled Stars? These are just guesses tbh.

[The Jonster]

Bejeweled 3, Bookworm, Plants vs Zombies!

[dr_st]

Bejeweled 3, Bookworm, Plants vs Zombies!

That's correct!
Also Zuma's Revenge (but not the original), Bejeweled Twist (not Stars), and a few others.

Scoreboard
DaveRattlehead - 8 points + 70% bonus question 1
Greengoop - 8 points
The Jonster - 6 points
PluMGMK - 3 points
Pirez - 3 points
Ithasmore - 1 point + Bonus
LoveMetal - 1 point
Master - 1 point

Q32. In the combat of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - explain how Block differs from Deflect and how both are tied into the Posture mechanic.

Bonus Question 2: Other than being games released on the PC in the 1990s, what do all of the following titles have in common?
Descent, Descent II, Earthworm Jim, Heroes of Might and Magic, Heroes of Might and Magic II, Norse by Norsewest: the Return of the Lost Vikings, Mortal Kombat 3, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Quake, Warcraft II.

[DaveRattlehead]

Block is a defensive move; as the name says, you block the attack. It reduces vitality and posture damage, but not completely. It's a safe move, but it isn't effective because you'd end up with your posture broken, making them easier to kill you.

Deflect, also known as "parry", is another defensive move, but it's more aggressive because you damage your enemy's posture faster, increasing your chances of victory, and it doesn't affect your posture that much.

Let's say the posture is your "stability", and it's measured with a bar. This is probably the most important factor in this game, because a low "stability" makes you more vulnerable to lethal attacks. Depending of the defensive move you use (block/deflect), you'll lose more or less stability. Deflects (parrys) not only doesn't make you lose that much "stability", but also helps you to break the others' "stability". Of course, this move is harder to dominate, so a bad timing means you're a dead man

[dr_st]

A super detailed and accurate answer by Dave puts him within a point from victory!

Will the next question be the last?

Scoreboard
DaveRattlehead - 9 points + 70% bonus question 1
Greengoop - 8 points
The Jonster - 6 points
PluMGMK - 3 points
Pirez - 3 points
Ithasmore - 1 point + Bonus
LoveMetal - 1 point
Master - 1 point

Q33. In the second half of the 1990s - video games were moving from 2D to 3D in droves. In the realm of PC games list:

• Three franchises where after the first two games were released for DOS as 2D games, a third installment was released for Windows, with a "3D" in its title.
• One franchise where the third, 3D, game, was also released for DOS.
• One franchise where the third installment moved it into the 3D world, but without an explicit "3D" in the title.

Bonus Question 2: Other than being games released on the PC in the 1990s, what do all of the following titles have in common?
Descent, Descent II, Earthworm Jim, Heroes of Might and Magic, Heroes of Might and Magic II, Norse by Norsewest: the Return of the Lost Vikings, Mortal Kombat 3, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Quake, Warcraft II.

[dr_st]

No one wants to give Q33 a try?

Here's a hint: All of the game series I have in mind were referenced in the current season of the quiz, one way or the oher.
And here's a hint for Bonus Q2: Get some inspiration for Q33.

[Greengoop]

Were all the games 2D, but released during the jump to 3D era?

[Giant Chicken]

Only one I know is for part 3 with Super Mario 64, if that counts for anything.

[DaveRattlehead]

-Earthworm Jim 3D, Duke Nukem 3D, Prince of Persia 3D
-Duke Nukem 3D
-GTA III (from 2001 but I can't think about another example rn )

[dr_st]

-Earthworm Jim 3D, Duke Nukem 3D, Prince of Persia 3D
-Duke Nukem 3D
-GTA III (from 2001 but I can't think about another example rn )

Can you please correct the Duke Nukem 3D in the first item?

[DaveRattlehead]

I believe all of the alternative games I have in mind were released for DOS, so no, unfortunately I can't correct it

[dr_st]

I believe all of the alternative games I have in mind were released for DOS, so no, unfortunately I can't correct it

Well, you could always take advantage of the hint, check which other games I mentioned during the quiz and try to guess.

[DaveRattlehead]

I believe all of the alternative games I have in mind were released for DOS, so no, unfortunately I can't correct it

Well, you could always take advantage of the hint, check which other games I mentioned during the quiz and try to guess.

Okay I think I have a serious candidate! It took a while, right?

As you said, I checked the games mentioned in this season. I don't think there's an Electro Man 3D, so...

The answer is Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2.

Is Simon the Sorcerer 3D the one left?

[dr_st]

Yes! Simon 3D is the one I had in mind!

And now we have a winner and can conclude this season!

DaveRattlehead - 10 points + 70% bonus question 1 - WINNER!
Greengoop - 8 points
The Jonster - 6 points
PluMGMK - 3 points
Pirez - 3 points
Ithasmore - 1 point + Bonus
LoveMetal - 1 point
Master - 1 point

Now, here is some technical debt of questions that were not, or not fully answered.

Bonus Question 1. in the early 2000s, the North-American PC releases of some Ubisoft games included two pairs of games advertising one another on the back cover of each other's manual booklet. Meaning - booklet of game A was advertising game B, and vice versa, and booklet of game C was advertising game D, and vice versa. Which are the game pairs A-B and C-D?

Dave guessed correctly "Beyond Good and Evil" and "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time". The other guess - "Splinter Cell + Far Cry" was partially correct, as I believe one of them did advertise the other, but not the other way around. So Dave got 70% of the score (and 70 tings) to go with his answer.

If you are curious to know which other pair of games was advertising one another - that would be... Rayman Arena and Rayman 3! Strange that no one thought that it's still OK for Rayman to be a subject of questions in the general video game quiz.

In regards to Bonus Question 2. The common thing for all these games is that they have had both native DOS and native Windows versions released. That's why I thought the last question could put someone on the right track, but I agree, it was a difficult question, and was intended as such.

Tings have been distributed to the relevant members. Thank you all for participating. I had a great time hosting, and asking questions that, for a change, did not only revolve around Rayman.

In accordance with the customs - DaveRattlehead, would you like to host the next season? I know that you are currently in the middle of hosting the general knowledge quiz, so there is no urgency. You can wait until you are done with that one (if you wish), but you can also do it in parallel, if you prefer.

[Greengoop]

Congratulations Dave!

[DaveRattlehead]

Thanks for hosting this season dr_st and congratulations for the questions, there were very interesting ones! It was also a great way to remember/know some great oldies.

And yeah, sure, I'm more than happy to host the next season. Since it isn't necessary to wait for two weeks, I'll start asap (I need to think about some questions ).

[Hunchman801]

Congrats Dave on your impressive video game knowledge!

[DaveRattlehead]

Greetings everyone, and welcome to the 5th season of the Videogames Knowledge Quiz!
Since I was running the other quiz and didn't have much time this week, I had to postpone the start of this one, but here we are. Let's start with some easy ones and little by little we'll move on to the more complicated ones

Leaderboard
Nobody??

Question 1
Which character in GTA 4 was very likely to call you on the phone to go bowling?

[Greengoop]

Big Smoke!

[DaveRattlehead]

Big Smoke appears in GTA San Andreas, not GTA 4!