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Posted November 30, 2014
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McDon: I'm kinda interested in this whenever it comes out. It's by a Bioshock dev and it's where you're an AI turned sentient in a game-in-development and you've to rewrite the game to your suiting in order to be "free". All the while, you've to hide from the devs by disguising your actions as just simple glitches.
That sounds trippy and awesome! I would try it out for sure.
Posted November 30, 2014
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amok: The Metagame?
OH
MY
GOD
:D
Posted November 30, 2014
Also a few other examples that I think could technically be considered metagames (although deconstrucing games could be a better term): Syobon Action (better known as Cat Mario), Default Dan and Eryi's Action, where the games go against everything you learned from other games and sometimes even go against their own rules.

And for a bonus, here's this little gem: Handheld Video Game.
It only goes meta at one point, but wow, what a point it is. :D
Posted November 30, 2014
Deadpool game often breaks the fourth wall, much like comic book.
Posted December 01, 2014
Does Glitchhikers count as a metagame?
Posted December 01, 2014
well saints row 4 is pretty meta
its a video game that takes place ina video game ( virtual reality ) and has all sorts of nudges winks and references to other games
one mission is a parody of the metal gear series
and it also makes references to it self ( the player characters from saints row 1 show up as default player 1 2 and 3 ) and a host more
Posted December 01, 2014
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LoboBlanco: Does Glitchhikers count as a metagame?
I don't know. Why should it count as one? :)
Posted December 01, 2014
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LoboBlanco: Does Glitchhikers count as a metagame?
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flummoxed: I don't know. Why should it count as one? :)
Well, I don´t have any idea what a "metagame" is :P
Posted December 01, 2014
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flummoxed: I don't know. Why should it count as one? :)
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LoboBlanco: Well, I don´t have any idea what a "metagame" is :P
self referential and usually fourth wall breaking

ie being aware its a video game or commenting on video game tropes


saints row 4's mission from asha with love is both a parody and fourth wall breaking

deadpools game is incredibley meta
Posted December 01, 2014
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LoboBlanco: Well, I don´t have any idea what a "metagame" is :P
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snowkatt: self referential and usually fourth wall breaking

ie being aware its a video game or commenting on video game tropes

saints row 4's mission from asha with love is both a parody and fourth wall breaking

deadpools game is incredibley meta
Ohh...ok. Thanks, I think I got it now.
Posted December 01, 2014
Cardhunter is kinda meta because your character is a teenager who is playing a tabletop RTS/RPG called 'Cardhunter' I assume Knights of Pen and Paper is a bit like that too but I haven't played that one

Thomas Was Alone is almost like Stanley - the 2D platform game, the narrator is VERY similar!

Speaking of Stanley, if you've only played the original, free Half Life mod remember that the free demo of the new full game has completely different content to either the full game or the original mod!
Post edited December 01, 2014 by Fever_Discordia
Posted December 01, 2014
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Fever_Discordia: Cardhunter is kinda meta because your character is a teenager who is playing a tabletop RTS/RPG called 'Cardhunter' I assume Knights of Pen and Paper is a bit like that too but I haven't played that one

Thomas Was Alone is almost like Stanley - the 2D platform game, the narrator is VERY similar!

Speaking of Stanley, if you've only played the original, free Half Life mod remember that the free demo of the new full game has completely different content to either the full game or the original mod!
That narrator voice in TWA :3
Posted December 01, 2014
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LoboBlanco: Well, I don´t have any idea what a "metagame" is :P
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snowkatt: self referential and usually fourth wall breaking

ie being aware its a video game or commenting on video game tropes

saints row 4's mission from asha with love is both a parody and fourth wall breaking

deadpools game is incredibley meta
Not only self-referential, but also games about games - collecting the cards in Steam, for example, is a metagame.

Or it can be a gamification of games - achievements in games are metagames
Posted December 01, 2014
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snowkatt: self referential and usually fourth wall breaking

ie being aware its a video game or commenting on video game tropes

saints row 4's mission from asha with love is both a parody and fourth wall breaking

deadpools game is incredibley meta
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amok: Not only self-referential, but also games about games - collecting the cards in Steam, for example, is a metagame.

Or it can be a gamification of games - achievements in games are metagames
Now that you mention it, here's another example :D
Posted December 01, 2014
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amok: Not only self-referential, but also games about games - collecting the cards in Steam, for example, is a metagame.

Or it can be a gamification of games - achievements in games are metagames
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flummoxed: Now that you mention it, here's another example :D
yeah, there are a lot of those games.

Achievement Unlocked is one of the series (I still prefer #3 :)), another is the Upgrade Complete games. But going down this route, you also have games like DLC Quest, You Only Live Once and others.
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