Mento (Level 33)

Can't tell if I want GB to hire Rich Gallup, Matt Rorie or Adam Sessler before they find work elsewhere. It's a treasure trove of funny on-camera gaming gents right now, for one unfortunate reason or another.
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Experiment #2: Acrostic Reviews. So these things are basically game reviews/descriptions where the letters at the start of each word spell the name of the game. I'm sure this won't be a complete failure! Cautiously optimistic exclamation point!

1. Ys

Yay! Swords!

2. Halo

Harass adolescents loudly online.

3. Doom

Dangerous odyssey often murderous.

4. Nier

Nothing is ever rational.

5. Quake

Quite unstable asskicker kills everything.

6. Worms

Wiggling omnicidal rascals murder sheep.

7. Braid

Bleak representation aids interesting design.

8. Fable

FAILBLE! (Actually.. basically.. largely exemplary.)

9. Limbo

Lad in monochrome, beautifully oppressive.

10. Bully

Boy unites local lawless youths.

11. VVVVVV

Very, very, very, very, very ...very.

12. Tetris

Truly exciting tactical Russian industry simulator.

13. Pac-Man

Pie abomination crazily munches all nutriments.

14. Tenchu

Taciturn elite ninjas cleave hostiles, unopposed.

15. Diablo

Demons infest ancient building. Look out?

16. Portal

Physics, obstacles rarely trifle agile lass.

17. Metroid

Mercenary eliminates titular ravenous organisms, infrequently disrobing.

18. Fallout

Fifties appliances look like old useless trash.

19. Persona

Priceless Endurance Run showcases obviously narcotized antagonist.

20. Atelier

Alchemists try every logical ingredient, expecting results.

21. Disgaea

Demons, in strategy games, aren't eternally antagonists.

22. Killer7

Kamikaze-ing invisible loonies laugh eeriely, ruining 7.

23. The Sims

Theoretically, humans emote strictly in message spheres.

24. Mega Man

Mustachioed evil genius antagonizes magnanimous android nipper.

25. God of War

Gruff, ornery dude obliterates fiends without any remorse.

26. Alan Wake

A lazy author nobody wields ass kicking emitter.

27. Saints Row

Scatological action idiocy naturally trumps sullen Russian's oppressive whining.

28. Dead Space

Doomed engineer ambles determinedly, showing perturbing abominations curbstomp expertise.

29. Bomberman

Balls out madness, bombs erupting randomly, magma avoided narrowly.

30. Ape Escape

A precocious, evil, emancipated simian creates anarchy, pesters everyone.

31. Fatal Frame

Frightened adolescent takes ancient lens - flashes randomly annihilate malevolent entities?

32. Mass Effect

Mankind's awesomest soldier, Shepard, explodes fools, fights evil crayfish, Terminators.

33. Torchlight

Triapsing over randomly created hellholes, letting inhuman gofer hock trash.

34. Ace Attorney

Acquiring clues, eager advocate trickily trounces ostentatious rival. Nearly everyone yells.

35. Psychonauts

Psychic, steadfast youth challenges horrific orthodontist, not actually understanding true situation.

36. Baldur's Gate

Badass adventurers loot dungeons, utilize rodents, slay gods and terrorize everyone.

37. Bulletstorm

Bulky unstoppable Logan lookalike expertly tethers/shoots/thrashes ornery regional mutants.

38. Castlevania

Chivalrous, adamant slayer takes long, exhausting voyage annihilating nocturnal, immortal aristocrat.

39. Final Fantasy

Franchise includes nearly always: Large friendly avians, numbered titles and spirited youths.

40. Resident Evil

Ragtag elite squad invades domicile, encounters numberless terrifying enemies, voices indescribably lousy.

41. Splinter Cell

Sneaky professional leisurely infiltrates nasty terrorist establishments - recovering clues, eliminating loathsome lowlifes.

42. Team Fortress

Though experts always manage frags, others rarely trouble real elite, seldomly surviving.

43. Kingdom Hearts

Kid in nightmarishly gaudy Disney owned Multiverse has exciting adventure repelling tenebrous scoundrels.

44. Street Fighter

Savage tournament recruits every eccentric troublemaker for intensely gruelling hassles to establish reputations.

45. Super Mario Bros.

Strange, unbalanced plumber emphatically rises, mashing against rectangular iron objects, brain ravaging obviously severe.

46. Metal Gear Solid

Mostly evil terrorists amass local goofballs, expressly antagonizing raspy soldier obviously located inside deliverable.

47. Professor Layton

Puzzles randomly outbreak from every single source, often regarding logic and yanking Tetris objects nonsensically.

48. Grand Theft Auto IV

Gangsters retain antihero Niko's devious talents he'd exhibit fighting thugs and unidentified terrorists, often invading vehicles.

49. Sonic the Hedgehog

Somehow, once noteworthy iconic character (the hedgehog) eventually has extra dimension, getting egregiously, hatefully obnoxious, gradually.

50. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner - Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army

...No.

Video_Game_King is online on Jan. 13, 2011 at 9:43 p.m.
So Much To Do, So Ridiculously.....at least I tried.
zameeron Jan. 16, 2011 at 6:57 p.m.
Fantastic list
abdoon March 7, 2011 at 2:34 p.m.
Holy crap, this is awesome.
maimran91on May 3, 2011 at 8:44 a.m.
Your list is awesome
ahoodedfigureon May 7, 2011 at 3:18 a.m.
I almost think the LO in Diablo could be something about loot, but I can't think of what would work with "o".
Brackynewson May 8, 2011 at 3:01 a.m.
I am terrified of what you could rend/wrought if you also drew infographics.
BeachThunder is online on May 14, 2011 at 8:45 p.m.
This is a great idea and well done too =D (Maybe 'assclown' could just be 'antagonist'?)

*follows*
Aklimakkson Aug. 28, 2011 at 12:38 p.m.
Great stuff. Some of these are impressively inventive.
dankempsteron Nov. 7, 2011 at 7:03 a.m.
Yet another incredible list from Mento. How do you do it, good sir?
djames216on Feb. 16, 2012 at 3 p.m.

My! Every numbered title outstanding!

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