Super Columbine Massacre Game Contends for an Award

I've played the game myself, and it's really not a good game from a design standpoint, even by SNES standards. When they do begin their rampage, you either slaughter some victims without much effort, or you may have some difficulty with the custodians and jocks at first, but when you level up they aren't difficult. Then when you get to Hell, the difficulty ramps way up. It kind of makes sense since it's Hell, but going from unstoppable killing machine to barely surviving even the weakest Hell enemies seems a bit disjointed. Also, it focuses too much on Harris, and Klebold is more of a 'supporting character.' So as far as an acutal game goes, no, it shouldn't win any awards.

However, that's not why this is one of the most important games ever made. SCMRPG is a game that actually takes its topic seriously. Whatever Ledonne's intentions were with this game, he made a huge stir by making a game that doesn't glorify anything about the killers. It is presented as a "this is what happened, this is some of the reason why, but we don't really know all the reasons." Some of the flashbacks in the game made me feel some degree of sympathy towards Harris, especially the scene where some of the jocks were harrassing him and then the subsequent beating in the locker room. It made him seem more human.

The bright colors also offered a sharp contrast to the very serious topic.

Also, this game akin to the episode of South Park entitled "It Hits The Fan" wherein they said "shit" on the air uncensored. Quoting Wikipedia: The creators of the show argued that they were angry because "if a drama or a serious show breaks the boundaries, it's 'bold' and 'artistic', but if a comedy show [like theirs] tries it, it's just stupid, or shitty, or bullshit.

Just replace "drama" with "movie" and "comedy show" with "video game," and I think you'll see what I mean.

And finally, it's odd that some of the people quoted in the video comment on the game "trying to cash in on a tragedy." I'd wager that Ledonne is losing money, as the game is free and the ad revenue is probably not enough to support his hosting costs. Also, the complaint about bringing up a recent tragedy, to me, seems flies in the face of two movies about the events of September 11, 2001. Yes, the studios behind the movies did donate at least some proceeds of ticket sales, but with the sheer volume of ticket sales, I'd wager that they did end up making a profit.

Muy intersante. So...you go into Hell afterwards? What happens there? How does it all end?

I remember a comment way back on the GP forums...one gamer had dled the game and played it, only get be revolted and disturbed by it. Now i'm thinking that that's what the author of the game intended.



Anyway, it's my 16th birthday:)

Great tralier. Did a very good job of promoting the game.

Also, is gameplay the main prequsite for this award? Does the winner need to play very well? Because from what I've heard, SCRPG doesn't.

That was a very creative video for the game.