The idea is to navigate the globe, smashing world records in the various countries you'll visit – records that include flinging cow-pats and eating planes. The games are so shallow that you'll have zero desire to return once completed. Flick the remote to head-butt a watermelon, shake the Nunchuck to chew some cockroaches… you get the idea. If you love your facts, stick with the book.
The people over at Guinness World Records has produced their list of the top 50 video game characters of all time for this year’s edition of their best selling gaming book the Guinness Book of World Records: Gaming Edition.
Generic supersoldier in power armor on 3rd place? World is on the edge!
I appreciate Halo series for it's awesomeness but seriously...
It's not a bad list but,
30. Altair (Assassin’s Creed, Ubisoft, 2007)
35. Ezio (Assassin’s Creed II, Ubisoft, 2009)
Altair should not be above Ezio that's for sure
glad to see some of my favs on there:
Crash
Spyro
Nathan Drake
Ezio
Link
Ratchet
Ya Altair is not as memorable as Ezio Auditore de Firenze! His name just sounds so much better.
I love just saying his name,
Ezio Auditore de Firenze
It's just so Iconic and sounds badass and awesome
What a crappy list. How is soap or CPT price on that list, and above more iconic characters. This is why gwr isn't relevant anymore.
AG writes: "I am relatively split down the middle with Guinness World Records: The Videogame; some of the thirty-six games on offer feel like padding but some are genuinely excellent and the online Virtual Record feature will have you constantly trying to beat others' scores, which may bring you back to check that your record hasn't been broken.
Unfortunately, too many of the games involve frantic waving rather than any skill and this is just annoying enough that many adults won't continue playing after working their way through the good games. However, if you're looking for something to keep your children occupied then this is the game for you - just make sure that there's nothing valuable within swiping range, or world records won't be the only thing getting broken."
The Guinness World Records began in 1954, when brewery manager Sir Hugh Beaver was frustrated to find no definitive records available for reference and so decided to compile his own. This book immediately conquered the charts and from 1956 onwards has been sold to staggering success all over the world.
Then came television versions in 1972 (known as 'Record Breakers' here in England), a museum in 1976 and in 2008 a record book was created purely for video game scores. Surprisingly there hasn't been an official video game based directly on Guinness world record attempts until now, but with the interactive abilities of the Wii and DS, you can not only challenge friends to beat real life records, but you can also upload your scores via Wi-Fi and potentially get your name in next years' book.
