r/ExplainAGamePlotBadly

You're going to do LOTS of spinning as you save your animal friends, traverse a wasteland, cross the tree-tops, slide around, beat up ape-men, and ruin priceless moments.

Hint #1: After four guesses (and me actually not intending it as bait), it is NOT Crash Bandicoot

Hint #1.5: after repeated guesses (The Three Guess Club) it is also not any Sonic, Zelda, Tomba, or Super Monkey Ball

Hint #2: this game is old and pretty niche

This is some great engagement, thanks all!

Hint #3: the game is wholly original, but it is based on an IP very popular in the 90's

Hint #4: you play as a human about 2/3 of the game

At hour 3 I'll post another hint. This makes my workday, thanks all.

Hint #5: your health regen item contains processed meat

Hint #6: this game itself is played as an anthology

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u/abjurationwizrar — 5 hours ago

You have to save the love of your life and your friends from an evil purple villain across a variety of levels.

Hint: the final battle is in space.

Hint: The main character is red.

Hint: One of the bosses in the game is a wolf.

Hint: Another boss is an Egyptian mummy.

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u/Baronsamedi13 — 8 hours ago

Your friend was framed by you, who isn’t really you but will become you when you become you, and you need to stop you

Hint 1 >!The game was released in the 2000’s!<

Hint 2 >!The game was exclusive to PlayStation!<

Hint 3 >!The game is part of a big franchise, but wasn’t made by the creators of the franchise!<

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u/Alicia_de_Elturel — 12 hours ago

Dying soldier attacks an abandoned military facility to find a cure for his disease. While there, he has to contend with shadows from his past.

Clue one was gonna be: “A portion of the game takes place in a snowy landscape” but that doesn’t help narrow it down at all since many of the bases people have guessed reside in a snowy landscape.

Clue two: There are likely pools of blood everywhere, but not really from the enemies that were killed, but instead from all the standing around the game forced you to do.

Clue three: The title of the game would make you think it’s a tie in or sequel to a movie, but it’s not. It just trying to use brand recognition to its favor.

Clue four: The game is really hard, but mostly because the combat is janky and if you die you have to start that part of the game over.

Clue five: The game is about twenty years old.

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u/munkey8888 — 1 day ago

You, along with three other unfortunate souls, must ascend/descend a tower filled with all kinds of monsters, traps, and curiosities to stop the darkness from overtaking the land. If you perform many menial and silly tasks, the bad guy turns into a sword that you use to confront and kill Evil God

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Sometimes your balls are hot, sometimes your balls are cold. Hell, sometimes your balls even explode! Kepp playing with your balls until you can save your bros!

(and that is a typo: Keep)

Hint #1: your only weapons are your balls

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u/abjurationwizrar — 7 hours ago

My my.. it looks like I meet with a terrible fate. Time to use Time Travel to stop this fate from happening. Now I have created a Spiderweb of outcomes,, and many lead to my death.

Hints (if needed)

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u/BushWookie-Alpha — 16 hours ago

A cute game about tiny little guys … ignore the wars and death

should be easy

hint 1: some timeline shenanigans are involved now

hint 2: it’s mostly story focused and there’s multiple chapyers of the story

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u/Alternative_Town_129 — 2 days ago

Man overcome with guilt of COURSE forgets he killed his wife and gets chased by spooky creatures. The puzzles sometimes make no sense, and there's a couple of things to collect along the way.

Hints go here

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u/abjurationwizrar — 22 hours ago

World's most stressed lesbian is tired of everyone's shit, and saving the world keeps getting more complicated

Hints:

1: A snarky know-it-all is often watching

2: A vibrant post-apocalypse

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u/BugApart8359 — 21 hours ago

Venture across colorful realms in order to defeat your archnemesis; a turtle! Oh, you can play as the main character's brother instead if you want.

Space for hints.

Hint #1: >!It's a 2D platformer.!<

Hint #2: >!Your character has a gun.!<

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u/Thexin92 — 23 hours ago