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For Games Ranked 8–5
8.
Dragon Chaser
by
DragonChaserKev
Release Type:
Original Release
Fuzzy Description:
A girl with amnesia wakes up in a world harassed by warring nations and an angry dragon. She may be the chosen one, but what she’s chosen to do is anybody’s guess. Her job now is to explore the vast Dragon Quest-style world and figure out her calling, so that she can chase the dragon and make the world a safer place.
In theory.
Average Score:
(Two-thirds Rule in Effect)
Raw Score: 4.0
Total Voters:
Highest Rating:
8
Lowest Rating:
1
Achievements
Achievement
Dragon Quest Award
–Dragon Chaser basically emulates Dragon Quest.
Achievement
Super Sandbox
-Pretty much everything is open at the start of the game and you can go just about wherever you want in the world. And there are lots of places to explore, even if there isn’t much to do in any of them.
Achievement
The Big Empty
-There are so many areas of the game that have nothing to see or do.
Achievement
Slow to Fight
-Even though battles steadily grow in speed, they don’t at first, and they can run quite slowly in the beginning.
Achievement
The Great MIDI Crash
–Dragon Chaser will occasionally crash due to the OHR’s infamous MIDI bug.
Achievement
Dragon Quest Award
–Dragon Chaser basically emulates Dragon Quest.
Achievement
The Big Empty
-There are so many areas of the game that have nothing to see or do.
Achievement
Slow to Fight
-Even though battles steadily grow in speed, they don’t at first, and they can run quite slowly in the beginning.
Achievement
Super Sandbox
-Pretty much everything is open at the start of the game and you can go just about wherever you want in the world. And there are lots of places to explore, even if there isn’t much to do in any of them.
Achievement
The Great MIDI Crash
–Dragon Chaser will occasionally crash due to the OHR’s infamous MIDI bug.
Audience Consensus:
Sticks so closely to the Dragon Quest formula that performance and aesthetics may actually suffer for it. Floor tiles look like wall tiles. Searchable yet empty objects permeate the landscape, rendering wasted time on dead ends. Battles are slow and music is grating. But the writing is good and there is much to explore, so it has some merit.
7.
Quodia
by
Froginator
Release Type:
Original Release
Fuzzy Description:
A boy and his dog wake up marooned on the beach of a strange island, where sentient fruit need assistance dealing with a friendly bat, and embark on a quest to figure out how they can get back home.
Average Score:
Total Voters:
Highest Rating:
7
Lowest Rating:
2
Achievements
Achievement
Earthbound Award
-Even though the game doesn’t play entirely like Earthbound, it does carry much of its aesthetic.
Achievement
Battle Friendly
-One of the unique elements of the game is the ability to end a battle peacefully through diplomatic conversation and turn an enemy into an ally.
Achievement
Clean Mudslinger
-It’s a kid-friendly game with lots of mud slowing down our heroes.
Achievement
Saturday Morning Special
-Like Froginator’s earlier game, The Pumpkin Warriors (2014), which also received this award, Quodia maintains his cartoonish art style that’s reminiscent of an old 80’s cartoon.
Audience Consensus:
Graphically sits at the top of the heap, and has a strong cartoon-y feel, but the mostly absent gameplay and the annoying slowness of the mud level make the game dull overall. The choice-based battle system is a nice touch, but seems underfed as it is used for one enemy only. Needs more work to really stand out.
6.
Sour City
by
Phil
Release Type:
Original Release
Fuzzy Description:
A drug addict runs off with a mysterious briefcase when it hits him after it escapes a moving car, and he suddenly finds himself embroiled in a comedy of errors where one wrong turn throws him headfirst into another, in what may be the quirkiest, seediest, most disturbing OHR adventure of 2016.
Average Score:
(Two-thirds Rule in Effect)
Raw Score: 5.14
Total Voters:
Highest Rating:
7
Lowest Rating:
1
Achievements
Achievement
Adult Swimmer
-The art style is similar to the kinds of animated shows one might find on MTV or Adult Swim.
Achievement
Bugamon Quest 2016
–Sour City has a handful of game-breaking bugs, including one that forces you to replay the entire opening of Chapter 2 if you hit the wrong trigger. Bugamon Quest was a notoriously panned OHR game that hit Operation: OHR back in 2000.
Achievement
Cheesy and Sleazy
-Playing the game will basically make you feel like you need a bath afterward.
Achievement
A Sight Can’t Unseen
-There are moments in Sour City that the average player would like to forget, and then there are moments that the player can never forget, though he’d like to.
Achievement
Minigame Champion
–Sour City’s main appeal is in its bicycle and skateboard mini-games.
Achievement
Poisoned Heart
–Sour City is full of offensive material, and including it in this contest kind of taints the Heart of the OHR’s legacy. But because the contest doesn’t censor, the game is accepted anyway. James Doppler’s…Adventure for the Mind (2014) has also received this award.
Achievement
Adult Swimmer
-The art style is similar to the kinds of animated shows one might find on MTV or Adult Swim.
Achievement
Cheesy and Sleazy
-Playing the game will basically make you feel like you need a bath afterward.
Achievement
Minigame Champion
–Sour City’s main appeal is in its bicycle and skateboard mini-games.
Achievement
Bugamon Quest 2016
–Sour City has a handful of game-breaking bugs, including one that forces you to replay the entire opening of Chapter 2 if you hit the wrong trigger. Bugamon Quest was a notoriously panned OHR game that hit Operation: OHR back in 2000.
Achievement
A Sight Can’t Unseen
-There are moments in Sour City that the average player would like to forget, and then there are moments that the player can never forget, though he’d like to.
Achievement
Poisoned Heart
–Sour City is full of offensive material, and including it in this contest kind of taints the Heart of the OHR’s legacy. But because the contest doesn’t censor, the game is accepted anyway. James Doppler’s…Adventure for the Mind (2014) has also received this award.
Audience Consensus:
Stylistic yet grimy, the art style sets it apart from its competitors, giving it that unique “adult” feel. The story is disturbing, yet well-written, and the mini-games keep the main game from getting monotonous—possibly serving as its best feature. Its biggest failures, however, are the game-breaking bugs, the overly long battles, and the generally empty maps. Even if a player can get past the general scuzzy feeling that resonates from the game’s aesthetic, the bugs will break the deal. Made for mature audiences.
5.
You Need a Hero
by
Idontknow
Release Type:
Original Release
Furry Description:
Basically a group of wolf people walk around town trying to stop a bald girl from possessing the populace and making the hero’s life a living hell. Plot doesn’t make much sense, but there’s some great college humor at some point.
Average Score:
(Two-thirds Rule in Effect)
Raw Score: 5.75
Total Voters:
Highest Rating:
8
Lowest Rating:
4
Achievements
Achievement
Wolf in Wolf’s Clothing
-The heroes of the game aren’t people. They’re wolves.
Achievement
Team Builder
-One of the more interesting mechanics of You Need a Hero is the ability to talk to your teammates whenever you enter specially designated rooms.
Achievement
Diametric Opposition
-Even though the villain is pretty lame, she is exactly opposite of the hero, where he is a very hairy manbeast with no skills, and she is a very bald human girl with superpowers.
Achievement
You Need a Furry
-It’s a game about furries. I probably don’t need to explain this one.
Audience Consensus:
Story is loose on plot, and the humor will pretty much go over your head if you don’t understand furry culture. But the gameplay is classic OHR, and the ability to talk to your teammates in closed rooms is a nice touch.
