As summer approaches, and the sun shows up more often, I recalled to my memories a good game from my late childhood : Boktai.
For those who don't know this game series, it's an experimental take on the infiltration gendra, by our good man Hideo Kojima. It's composed of three games on Game Boy Advance, and one on Nintendo DS (Spiral Knights).
So the hero of the original episode is called Django, and has to chase Undeads from his homeland. How ? The cartridge includes a light sensor that measures the exposure to UV/solar light.
When you are playing in direct sunlight, you can charge your weapons and Undead enemies gets weaker. The cartridge also has an internal clock, which make it really hard to play at night, even if you gathered enough solar energy in your weapons battery.
I thought it was a really cool concept which really shined *cough* and forced players to step outside to get stronger.
There were some issues though : when you play in direct sunlight, you have to protect yourself because you can get hot really fast. Plus, I had a silver GBA which in direct sunlight just act like a fuckin mirror, so it's kinda hard to play.
I was wondering, what other games force you to go out and move ?
I already thought about a few entries :
Streetpass Games / Nintendo 3DS
When you keep your Nintendo 3DS on Sleep Mode, you activate StreetPass, and collect coins for every 10 steps or so that you make. The coins earned that way can be used in various StreetPass games to unlock stuff, plus you can use it in a whole bunch of games to unlock collectibles too (Smash Bros. comes to my mind). It's a nice way to engage players in walk exercise.
Ingress / Mobile
Gather with other players to capture spots in real life. The game uses your phone position and tracks you, indicate spots to capture in the real world. I only played a few days but it seemed really interesting at keeping you outside to help your team to get as many points as possible.
Zombie Run / Mobile (or clones)
I played this a long time ago when the smartphone hype started. The game uses your location and you have to reach a goal like one kilometer away from your position, avoiding every zombie icon that shows on the map. You really have to move fast and I found this game really dangerous to play in city streets because you don't pay attention to traffic anymore. But it's good for your running skills !
So GAF, do you know other "outdoor" videogames ? Do you like them ?
Not just games that you can play outside, but games that are enhanced by the fact that you are outdoor.
(first thread, please be kind, or lock me outside if already discussed)
For those who don't know this game series, it's an experimental take on the infiltration gendra, by our good man Hideo Kojima. It's composed of three games on Game Boy Advance, and one on Nintendo DS (Spiral Knights).
So the hero of the original episode is called Django, and has to chase Undeads from his homeland. How ? The cartridge includes a light sensor that measures the exposure to UV/solar light.
When you are playing in direct sunlight, you can charge your weapons and Undead enemies gets weaker. The cartridge also has an internal clock, which make it really hard to play at night, even if you gathered enough solar energy in your weapons battery.
I thought it was a really cool concept which really shined *cough* and forced players to step outside to get stronger.
There were some issues though : when you play in direct sunlight, you have to protect yourself because you can get hot really fast. Plus, I had a silver GBA which in direct sunlight just act like a fuckin mirror, so it's kinda hard to play.
I was wondering, what other games force you to go out and move ?
I already thought about a few entries :
Streetpass Games / Nintendo 3DS
When you keep your Nintendo 3DS on Sleep Mode, you activate StreetPass, and collect coins for every 10 steps or so that you make. The coins earned that way can be used in various StreetPass games to unlock stuff, plus you can use it in a whole bunch of games to unlock collectibles too (Smash Bros. comes to my mind). It's a nice way to engage players in walk exercise.
Ingress / Mobile
Gather with other players to capture spots in real life. The game uses your phone position and tracks you, indicate spots to capture in the real world. I only played a few days but it seemed really interesting at keeping you outside to help your team to get as many points as possible.
Zombie Run / Mobile (or clones)
I played this a long time ago when the smartphone hype started. The game uses your location and you have to reach a goal like one kilometer away from your position, avoiding every zombie icon that shows on the map. You really have to move fast and I found this game really dangerous to play in city streets because you don't pay attention to traffic anymore. But it's good for your running skills !
So GAF, do you know other "outdoor" videogames ? Do you like them ?
Not just games that you can play outside, but games that are enhanced by the fact that you are outdoor.
(first thread, please be kind, or lock me outside if already discussed)
