The Wal*Mart Game!

I got the cool ending!

I had so much playing the game. It was an open world exploratory game where you have to save a bunch of hostages from terrorists who took over a Walmart shopping center.

The premise of the game was delightfully absurd! The idea is so ridiculous, yet the author was so creative with how he structured the game. From the creation of a bomb, to hiding in terrorist clothes to blend in to the terrorists, all of the mechanics were so creative.

Alex did a really great job on this game! The only negative is that the uber ending doesn't work. I really wish Alex would come back and add that ending. You have to use the spy ear in the Toys section.

This is one of the best games on the sight. Alex makes great use of variables, delayed links, and he makes it challenging enough to where you're having fun, but not hard enough that you're stuck. I also love that he doesn't just give you an easy victory, you have to work for it. Even something as simple as navigating a car maze, you have to reverse the directions.

There are so many puzzles and games. Alex did a fantastic job and made a classic that will endure for many years to come!

I would give this game an easy 8/8!

Everybody light your torches and sharpen your pitchforks, because here comes Briar with an unpopular opinion!

Okay, I'm going to say it... This is one of those games whose ratings are skewed disproportionately positive because you can't even leave a rating unless you've dedicated however many hours of your life clicking random buttons in the hopes that you'll be able to figure out whichever fucking item it is that you're supposed to be using. (Here's a hint. It's the go-kart. Whatever puzzle you're trying to solve right now, I'd say there's a 90% chance you're supposed to use that bloody go-kart.)

Now don't get me wrong, I like puzzle games. In fact, I love puzzle games. I'd say the old-school point and click puzzle solving games are probably my games of all time. Tell you what kind of games I'm not so keen on... This weird brand of, "Spend several hours collecting a trolley full of pointless crap that you'll never end up using, until you find one item which you'll need to use for more than half the puzzles" games that CYS has going on.

Here's how I like my puzzle games: You collect a bunch of items. Every item is used once (maybe twice if you're feeling REALLY spicy) and then it disappears from your inventory and you never see it again. Also, most importantly, the puzzles actually make bloody sense! Like, "Oh look, a hungry monkey... And I have a banana. Whatever shall I do with this banana? And however shall I cheer up this hungry monkey? What a dilemma." Not, "Oh look, a group of terrorists. Whatever shall I do with these 100 useless items I have found, that no being in the world would have pockets large enough to carry all this crap in? Maybe I should use my go-kart for the 57th bloody time!"

I'm sorry but these games are just a bloody headache! There's no rhyme or reason to it, you're just wondering around aimlessly, picking up useless item after useless item that you're never going to use, wasting time searching for an Uber Ending tha doesn't even exist and driving around that bloody go-kart!

So, what did I think of the game? ... ... ... Yeah, it was alright. I mean, I don't think it's worthy of the ridiculously high rating it has (personally I preferred Jurassic Fairview Park, but that's probably just because it had dinosaurs.) Still, the game was very well put together. It came with a walkthrough, which is great for the pussies like me who can't be bothered to try again after one failed attempt. As a Brit, I had to appreciate the dry humour, and... Well, who doesn't like playing with go-karts? 6/8.

The game is fun, but holy hell is it hard. Eventually I had to resort to using the walkthrough. The game uses the items in a fun and unique way, and by the end of it all you'll have an arsenal of seemingly everyday items that you can use in creative ways to dispatch terrorists or solve problems.

Still, fun as the game is, it's not very well written. I noticed more than its fair share of typos and grammatical errors. Not to mention that it's kind of tedious doing some things, like having to check the lawn and garden section multiple times near the end in order to tell the manager you thought of something or check on the bomb.

Still, this game is a true CYS classic, and I really enjoyed it. 6/8.

Now to get that damn UberEnding...

This game is delightful madness- you have no idea what your doing, and WILL need to read the walkthrough, but it is a very funny and delightful story to play through. the great ending does have some sad parts-the RC car and the greeter- but other than that, it is a very light hearted and fun story.

got 2 of 3 and cant find 3rd.

yeah if I had time I'd work out exactly how to use all those useful items to free the hostages, but I did try. Only the RC car was any use.

Wow! Just wow! The game is full and dense and item uses are great! This is easily one of the best (and hardest) games on the site!😄

Uber Ending == Non-existent

this was pretty interesting, but also pretty challenging. a good way to spend your time. would recommend.

I really enjoyed this game! I think the lack of item instruction was perfect for this type of game. It would've been pretty boring if you were spoon-fed every detail. I see why this game is so popular, and I may return to explore things I didn't get to the first time (if any). I did get to all 3 endings, but I'm sad the Uber ending wasn't available. I'm thinking that ties up a lot of the loose ends that were left unanswered. 8/8