THE BEST OF THE FAKE TROLL GAMES - an IFDB Poll

by Max Fog
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Like, games that have a blurb that is seemingly a troll game (like SPY INTRIGUE, as an obvious example) but then very soon after you start playing it you realise it's actually a really good game (or better than you would have imagined).

I understand there are not many of these, but I really want to try and find some more like Spy Intrigue.

It's mostly along the idea of the blurb being low quality (but sufficiently long enough I can prove a point with it), but also some of the game having this "troll vibe" is okay.

Sorry for the restrictions!

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DICK MCBUTTS GETS KICKED IN THE NUTS, by Damon L. Wakes (as "Hubert Janus")
2 votes
"Aimed for the Golden Banana, won it convincingly" [+]"Aimed for the Golden Banana, won it convincingly" --Andrew Schultz... "Quite a clever..." [+]"Quite a clever and knowing approach to writing a troll game, as it's both a genuine-troll game and a fake-troll game in one." --Joey Jones...

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'Steading of the Hill Giant Chief, by Mike Russo
2 votes
"Only the source code is the troll here" [+]"Only the source code is the troll here" ( - Full review) --manonamora... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Zape...

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Scary House Amulet!, by Ricardo Dague
1 vote
(No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --MathBrush...

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Pogoman GO!, by Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman
1 vote
"One of the largest Inform games out there, code-wise" [+]"One of the largest Inform games out there, code-wise" ( - Full review) --MathBrush...

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SPY INTRIGUE, by furkle
1 vote
"The game that started the poll" [+]"The game that started the poll" () --Max Fog...

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Poll created on April 3, 2024