The Gamer's Quarter

Ketch · . Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 420

So what's the buzz surrounding Chibi-Robo? Is it worth buying -IF you can still find it anywhere or is it just another interesting curiosity.

DaleNixon · . Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 179

It sucks.

OtakupunkX · . Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730

I remember reading good things about it from someone on here. It might have been Wes.

Personally, I've never tried it, but since it's cheaper now (I think) I might have to give it a go when I have money.
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SuperWes · Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:58 am Post subject:

It's really good. DaleNixon doesn't know what he's talking about. Read my article in issue 5 to learn more about it!

As far as Skip games go, it's probably the one most deserving of a widespread release. As far as finding it goes, I'm pretty sure you can find it cheap if you look hard for it, but it's on its way out. I tried to find a copy for someone yesterday as a Christmas gift and Best Buy was out.

-Wes
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aerisdead · . Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 254 Location: Toronto, Canada

I did a review of it for eurogamer; it's linked here:

http://www.mathewkumar.com/2006/11/13/187/

I loved it very much.
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Viewer · . Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 8

I liked it--the characters had a lot of personality to them, and I thought the plot moved well. What really set me off was when Jenny wouldn't leave her frog mask off, even after I collected all the frog rings twice! And then once I collected all of them and left the room, THEY RETURNED TO THE EXACT SAME LOCATION THEY WERE BEFORE.

That was the instant I became sick of the game, when it was made perfectly clear my efforts were worthless.

wourme · . Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 362 Location: Maridia

I had put off buying Chibi-Robo for along time, even after playing it for ten minutes or so at a friend's house, because I was skeptical that a game about cleaning a house could remain interesting, even if there were some obstacles or whatever. But when it got down to $15 with free shipping, I couldn't resist.

And there's much more to the game than I expected. It remained kind of slow and plodding all the way through, but it really was interesting and very original.

I just now read the article in Gamer's Quarter issue 5, and I agree that CR addresses things I haven't really seen in a video game before, even if somewhat superficially in places. In that way, it kind of reminds me of Silent Hill 2. Of course, it's also about the farthest possible thing from Silent Hill 2 in many ways.

Still doesn't top Steambot Chronicles for my favorite video game of 2006, though.

Edit: I agree that there should be some sort of warning that when things "reset," nothing comes of doing them the second time. It would be different if there were locations that were extremely tricky to reach and items were hidden in those places after you finished the game in some sort of clearly optional bonus game.

Edit: Okay, I just finished the dinosaur/flowers sequence. I guess the death and suicide weren't quite what they seemed after all. It was still pretty interesting that they included them, though.