Once again it's a new Guess that Game but this time it's also the first one of a brand new year! I hope everyone was able to have a good time with family or friends over the holiday season.
Allow me to welcome you to Guess that Game, a monthly feature loosely based off of the game of 20 Questions. The first thing you might want to do is make sure you are viewing this with the website lights turned on (the switch is located at the top of the website near the search box). If you don't...the clues and answer might be inadvertently revealed as you read this.
However, instead of each of you asking me 20 questions, I have come up with 20 clues about a game whose identity you are trying to guess. The clues start out rather generic and progressively get more revealing, so if you have to read all of the clues, the answer should be fairly obvious by the end (or if you read only the 20thclue, you have a fairly good chance of guessing it, but that kind of defeats the purpose). Your goal is to guess the game after reading as few of the clues as possible starting in numerical order with Clue #01.
NOTICE: Of course I have no way of verifying the integrity of your answer, so should you choose to leave a comment with your score, it is based off of the honor system. I'll take you at your word.
Now, you might notice that except for Clue #1, the rest of them are blank. How are you supposed to read the rest of them? Ah, using the magic of technology...the clues are there, however the font is white so the text appears invisible. In order to view them, all you have to do is highlight the text by clicking and holding the cursor on the text and dragging the cursor over each clue. This is an extremely easy process that most of you are undoubtedly familiar with. Oh, as a reminder - if you're viewing the GI website with the lights off, obviously this isn't going to work since the font color is reversed. I recommend turning the lights on when viewing this blog.
The same concept applies to the answer which is found at the very end of the blog.
With that said let's jump right into the clues!
Good luck, you'll need it!
GOAL: Guess the game by reading as few of the clues as possible, starting at #1.
CLUES:
1. This game came out waaaaay back in the 90's. (Wow so ancient!)
2. It was the start of a new game series.
3. The game is split up into different episodes.
4. There were secret areas to find scattered throughout the levels.
5. The game originally released as shareware.
6. It was possible to play a few multiplayer modes in the game.
7. The game only had 10 different enemies for players to kill.
8. This game featured full texture mapping of all surfaces.
9. This game also had varying light levels that helped create unique atmospheres.
10. Players would have to unlock doors by finding the correct key or switch to open them.
11. There were only 8 weapons players could use throughout the game including a shotgun a rocket launcher and more.
12. There has been a film adaptation of this game that was not well received.
13. Players could see their face react to the environment as well as change as they took more damage.
14. This game's series continues on to this day and there are even new games that have released on today's consoles from this series.
15. This game has generally been considered one of the most influential games of all time.
16. This game was said to be installed on more computers than Windows 95 was installed on computers.
17. The game is considered a sci-fi, first person shooter, horror game.
18. This game has been modded to run on just about everything imaginable including things like calculators, digital cameras, Oscilloscopes and many more.
19. The main character of this game and series has technically never actually had a real name although he has been referred to as Flynn Taggart.
20. John Romero and John Carmack are generally known for their work on this game.
CONCLUSION:
So, how did you do? Star Wars edition!
You're Han Solo! (He's honestly way cooler than a Jedi) (1-5 clues)
You're a Jedi warrior! (6 - 10 clues)
You're a bounty hunter, hunting dangerous criminals to the ends of the galaxy! (11 - 15 clues)
You fell into the Sarlacc's pit and got eaten... (16 - 20 clues)
Possibly a much harder Guess that Game than usual but maybe there are some people who will be able to guess it fairly early on.
ANSWER BELOW:
DOOM (original DOOM from 1993)
Until next time, Game Informer
Regards
Want more Guess that Game in your life? Check out last month's entry here!