Should There Be More Christmas Games? | Slightly Civil War

[@theescapist]

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[@MalzraAirwynn]

"You're gonna have trouble peeing for life!" Jack Packard 2020

[@louistherrien4483]

Chthulu saves Chrismas. Enough said.

[@monsterhunter66]

I’d give that game at least 1 play through. If anything just out of pure curiosity

[@TheCottonClub]

Right? A plot that involves saving Christmas blows Yatzhee's argument out of the water

[@thatguy4084]

This brings me back to the flash game about playing as scrooge and shooting the homeless

[@DarthRadical]

Helping drive down the surplus population?

[@thegardenofeatin5965]

All Christmas games I'm aware of fall into one of two categories: An existing game with snow, snowmen, reindeer, santa hats, presents and trees scattered around with the main theme tune remixed to add in some jingle bells, OR, "Santa has lost the presents and he needs your help collecting them all back before Christmas."

[@jdbruiser]

Wintermoor Tactics Club is a lovely Christmas-like game, shame many haven't heard of it.

[@BlankPicketSign]

One of my favorite shitty games on PS1 was The Grinch game, where you played as mean old Grinch himself, sabotaging shit, breaking things, stealing stuff! IT WAS FUN!

[@BladeLigerV]

"Zero Punctuation: Dead Rising 4" would like to say a word.

[@robertschuren7231]

Where is the stealth game where you are Santa dropping off presents? Hide from the adults, but make sure the kids spot you. Hard mode has you trying to lug a full sized bike through a chimney without waking the neighbors. It could work, just no lethal take downs on mom and dad.

[@julianemery718]

Maybe with the children seeing you part, you have to keep it at the "enemy thinks he saw you, but doesn't quite now" part and no more.

[@andrewhickinbottom1051]

Oh great, now i've got that insanely catchy James Pond II: Robocod music stuck in my head - the first Christmassy game i can recall

[@discipleinblack]

How are we not talking about Saints Rows Christmas DLC?! It accomplished not restricting the whole game to the topic but was also an absolutely GOLDEN piece of dlc.

[@mattevans4377]

I'm about the upset quite a few people: Santa, or the person who was the basis for Santa, was most likely pagan.....

[@ultgamercw6759]

I think a Christmas Tycoon game were you have to build up a factory and toy shops would be amazing.

[@MasterEm243]

Why bother with Christmas games when the Yakuza series perfected the Christmas formula?

[@isen2619]

I see a market for Indie Christmas games. Ones you load up when the Christmas season starts so soak in the season and play till you're sick of it and then come back to it the next year.

[@firedog647]

Saint's Row IV had the best Christmas DLC ever - save Santa from aliens and give him superpowers.

[@but_in_space_though2919]

We don't need entire Christmas themed games, it's enough that we have Christmas events in games. 🎄

[@Slaeowulf]

Or a Christmas mod, like Duke Nukem's Nuclear Winter.

[@bird3713]

This is a really good point

[@julianmyjulian]

There he is, burn the heretic

[@TheCottonClub]

The Christmas section in Bully 😄👍

[@wesleythomas7125]

Christmas games are for christmastime, end of. They're holiday content stretched out into a full game. Although, I'd like to see a fighting game with Santa Claus vs. The Headless Horseman, and the winner has a cage match with the Easter Bunny.

[@SnuSnuDungeon]

Who marries in Stardew Valley when you can have Krobus as a roomate?

[@kitthekat6844]

That "Cut that out" bit got me wondering... how much are these debates edited?

[@user-om9hc5jg7v]

More than the podcast that follows

[@MazeFrame]

Probably a lot of uhms and ehs? getting axed, and maybe a hand full arguments streamlined a bit.

[@15oClock]

In my opinion, no, there shouldn't be anymore Christmas games; Secret Santa already exists and there's no improving on that.

[@gogetta159]

I haven't watched the video yet but Yakuza has become my Christmas game series. Cause most of the games outside of a few take place during Christmas, and its Christmas in Japan which is something a broke bastard like myself likely wont experience anytime soon.

[@gogetta159]

Bonus in Yakuza 5 you can dress up as Santa during a side mission and beat the shit out of some kids with Christmas music playing while you do it.

[@Seikyuu]

-Spider-Man Miles Morales -Bayonetta 2 -Batman Arkham Origins

[@SymbioteMullet]

I think Saints Row IV did it best. Christmas DLC rather than a dedicated game. Funny and on brand, and not too long. And if you're a grinch, you don't have to buy it at all. Special mention to Terraria for just having christmas stuff happen anyway, but you have to put a bit of effort in.

[@jonc-1989]

I prefer games which add a bit of christmas to them. I.e: 1. Cities Skylines, building a christmas tree, adding snow etc 2. Planet Coaster, making a snow/Christmas area with presents, christmas trees and lights etc 3. Visceral Cleanup Detail has a good Christmas expansion thing 4. Animal Crossing has a semi good Christmas event

[@CommanderOshawott]

But wait, there is an achievement for Peace on Earth!!!! You just have to play MGSV online and de-nuclearize your server, likely requiring gratuitous micropayments in service thereof!!!

[@maromania7]

as much as I don't like it, jack has a point. I play costume quest or its sequel every halloween, I played it with my spouse this time. Christmas is, above any of the others, a game about tradition. and the Rankin-Bass films will show you that 'quality' doesn't quite have to be the top priority. it just has to be 'good enough'

[@angeldeb82]

LOLed at the Whos portrayed by imps, and the female imp getting nervous and frightened at the command above her that says "Press 'E' to impregnate"! XD And Jack Packard as Santa Claus! XD

[@Pranaynaynay]

Does batman arkham origins count as Christmas game? It's set at the time of year and I honestly loved the aesthetic it had

[@Psychol-Snooper]

Let me pitch this one; Newborn Baby Jesus v/s the Hordes of Hell, Doom style.

[@gouki4u]

Die Hard: Christmas at Nakatomi Plaza could be a pretty cool stealth game.

[@Achievement_Slayer]

Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza exists. It's a game that follows the movie in a first-person view of John McClain. Follows the movie well and functions well enough as a game. I wouldn't play through more than once though

[@gouki4u]

@@Achievement_Slayer That's wild. I just looked it up, and it was released in 2002 by Sierra of all publishers. I remember Die Hard Arcade, but had no idea any other games existed.

[@TheCreepypro]

too funny how this felt less like a debate and more like two men airing out their grievances against Christmas

[@jmalb42]

10000 points for mentioning Oubliettes

[@jamesharrison658]

7:48 I feel personally attacked

[@experiment0789]

3:30 I'm sorry but that’s incorrect, Mr. Gimbals wasn’t trying to stop Macy*s because of Kris Kringle, sure he was mad because of the “greatest good will policy” that unknowns to him was created by Kris, but he was just a normal business competitor so of course he would want to try to beat his rival. I don’t know if you could there was one but the closet person to an antagonist in that movie would be the incompetent therapist Mr. Sawyer.

[@dashawnsmith6526]

It works better with just having Christmas themes so they can go away once the season is over

[@DarthRadical]

I could see there being fun little Christmas themed party games. But not AAA titles.

[@jamespondy0]

Christmas games = Jingle Hells, and snowball fights in GTAO

[@MercenaryTau]

I hate arbitrary Christmas games more than I do lootboxes. 2-3 months of Jolly people shoving Christmas themed everything down your throat is enough

[@lukearoo]

I'm going to have a stab at this one, hard to develop for. Christmas already a target release time for most AAA titles, so that's who you have to compete with and pay to market against, you cant be late because who's going to buy a Christmas game (or play one) in January-November? almost all Christmas games i can think of have been viral marketing, clones, ripoffs and flash games. Guess mobile games might fare better.

[@adampoole948]

Most of the Christmas games that do exist are garbage indie games..the holiday just doesn't lend itself well the way say Halloween does..Christmas themed dlc/ events work ok, especially as parody like the dlc for saints row 4 which was a lot of fun, but as full games? Not really

[@kilroy987]

Ask the question in June, because people are only interested in Xmas games at Xmas.

[@HighHeelKnight]

There needs to be mote Christmas SONGS! I adore Mariah Carey, but there were years in which I would drive with my radio off just to ensure I wouldn't hear "All I Want for Christmas." 🤦

[@Cooleepable]

Yeah. That St. Nick brawling thing... It's probably bunk. No historical evidence for it.

[@lordbuss]

3:19 A Yahtzee.

[@ascalion41]

Jack rather do this rather than rlm best of the worst

[@jacks.cosplay]

Theres lots of Christmas games, its just all generic shovelware unfortunately. 2D platformers mostly. However individual levels seem to fair better. Also anyone know merry gear solid its a metal gear parody

[@gokusondbz]

Scott The Woz Talked About Some On The Wii

[@Timmy_T]

Press "E" to impregnate

[@Justin-Theobald]

I read the title as should more games be released at Christmas.

[@arturiaarthus8367]

i love you both so much!

[@ledzeppelin27]

Jack is good at making good points but he sounds so fakely phoned in, I can't take anything he says seriously

[@JoshuaJeremiah]

Huzzah for lions!

[@Ishpeck]

At the time of me posting, there are 93 likes and 0 dislikes on this video. It's a Christmas Miracle the Internet curmudgeons have managed to miss this video so far.

[@growlerthedog]

Christmas Lemmings

[@angeldeb82]

And don't forget about "Christmas Ducks" as well as "Duke Nukem: Nuclear Winter". :D

[@nicknevco215]

just have to see if Yahtzee will support the losing side More Christmas games

[@01oo011]

Absolutely not!

[@ronaldjames6067]

Haha, I nearly skipped this one because of it's weird subject matter. Well, there is my new years resolution, have more faith in Jack and Yahtzee !

[@alangreenway6695]

No mention of Christmas Dizzy Yahtzee? Call yourself an Englishman?

[@Penguin_pablo17]

If only we could speed run vaccine distribution

[@Zedaxal]

Just reskin and sell as DLC paid content.

[@redtukeguy4263]

My answer: no.

[@sownheard]

No

[@Shatterverse]

No.

[@vincevileborne]

😂