The packaging for the game really tried to hide it was an advertisement game. Title is Darkened Skye which says nothing about it being a skittles game.
Apparently the singular of skittles is “Skittles” according to that game
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CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Years ago there was an rpg based around skittles. Yes skittles. It was a banger, fun as hell. It also flopped because absolutely-fucking no one wants to play an advertisement.
Listen here EA - the world fucking sucks, no one is fucking happy. Can you just focus on making fun fucking things and not take a giant enshitification all over the one things most of us have to keep us from being on top of a water tower with a high powered rifle? Can we have ONE FUCKING THING??!
QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 15 hours ago
Hell, 7up had a platformer. Wasn't a bad game
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 7 hours ago
*Pepsi Maaaaann!*
That game was a fever dream.
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 15 hours ago
That Xbox BK game, Domino’s Noid game, I think 7up had an othello clone.
DupaCycki@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Unfortunately, Andrew Wilson needs more money to purchase more kidnapped children from Asia.
ms_lane@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Ventrue Princes gotta Ventrue Prince.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 15 hours ago
The best game that was just an advertisement was Chex Quest.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Cool Spot was my jam but I still drank Sprite
Whitebrow@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Weirdly enough, there’s been A FEW of these types of games that were based either on a specific product or a specific brand, and they were for the most part, weirdly well done for the times they released in and actually sorta fun.
Off the top of my head, Pepsiman for a specific product and the whole lot of Lego games if we’re talking about a whole product line.
I think that whole genre is called advergames
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 7 hours ago
Sometimes I forget that the LEGO games are just really fancy ads.
vrek@programming.dev 18 hours ago
Those Xbox burger king games were legitimately fun…
ripcord@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Sneak king!
vrek@programming.dev 14 hours ago
That was one of them… Weren’t there two others but I agree sneak King was the best.
Zephorah@discuss.online 18 hours ago
I think legos are in their own genre no matter what. That’s like advertising a game franchise.
grue@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
I am genuinely surprised none of the freaks around here have mentioned the KFC dating sim yet.
jaycifer@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
The Dungeons and Dragons idle game has a champion that is composed of Nerds candy pieces. It’s actually a fun character concept because you can switch the nerds around to different colors, each one with a different class that changes how their mechanics work. But it’s just so weird seeing candy you can eat alongside Drizzt Do’urden that I never use them.
Butterpaderp@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Candystand.com games went crazy back in the early 2000’s
Cavemanfreak@programming.dev 12 hours ago
The old Kellogg’s game from mid 90’s was really clunky, but it was great fun as a <10 year old not knowing any better!
turkalino@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
That Nerf clone of Unreal Tournament was dope