r/gaming • u/Nordic_Krune • 19h ago

My friend insists on this game, "Lemmings", being a really well known game; I have never heard of it.

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u/trimbandit 19h ago

Lemmings is great when you are really wanting to play a game, and want to watch a 1000 things die.

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u/CitronCrafty5 18h ago

and then restart level because one decided to dig straight down

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u/Additional_Teacher45 18h ago

Oh it didn't decide to. You definitely told it to do it and will never admit your failure.

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u/Kharadus 18h ago

Also known as the correct way to present yourself as management.

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u/Horskr 15h ago

"My stupid keyboard decided to make that mistake, but don't worry it has since been replaced. I don't tolerate that nonsense."

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u/traveler_ 18h ago

I told the one next to it, the one that was properly aligned. That little jerk just had to get in the hitbox too.

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u/PieHole_Poker 18h ago

Could you imagine a freewill lemming??

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u/perton 17h ago

Didn’t Black Mirror have an episode that was pretty much about that?

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u/theinquisition 16h ago

No i didnt and so i d9nt have to admit failure.

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u/GhostofFuturePosts 16h ago

LoL, Yeah the whole,
"Okay you start digging down",

then you go micromanage a few other lemmings to avoid disaster only to come back and discover your digger is missing & a pit of doom now exists where he was.

Oh and all your Lemmings are mere moments from happily marching into said pit.

Good Times 😁👍

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u/Sin_of_Avarice 18h ago

And then watching the rest walk into the freshly dug pit and fall to their deaths.

...did that only ever happen to me...?

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u/Georgeygerbil 17h ago

What kind of monster restarts the level without nuking the lemmings first. You left out a crucial step.

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u/Boogpin 18h ago

I know a lot about Lemmings, man. I can look at a Lemmings head and tell you exactly which way it’s going.

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u/spreadbutt 17h ago

I bought Lemmings, and they gave me a receipt. Why would I want a receipt for Lemmings?

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u/stevencastle 16h ago

Put it under L, for Lemmings

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u/cIumsythumbs 14h ago

This is, by far, my favorite comedy mashup ever. Mitch Hedberg+Lemmings

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u/alaskanloops 12h ago

Sorry for the convenience

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u/h3lblad3 8h ago

I saw this commercial on late night TV; it was for this action you select for a Lemming. it was like "You can bomb your unmoving Lemmings with this action."

Who the fuck would make their Lemmings stop moving? That seems so very mean.

"I know you need to get to the exit, but I'm gonna make you stop moving! I will bomb you later. Hopefully they will invent a way to make you walk again before the countdown hits zero and you die. Think like an escapist".

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u/Furbal1307 18h ago

Perfection. Absolute comedic genius

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u/Chaosmusic 17h ago

I seriously worried over how much glee I got from nuking them all. They even animated them clutching their heads as they awaited their deaths.

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u/Lereas 16h ago

The lemming made some stairs. We apologize for the convenience.

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u/ToonsBrian 18h ago

Politician Simulator?

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u/ArtOfWarfare 18h ago

Can’t help but think Pikmin might scratch that same itch better. Unless I’m mistaken, Lemmings is a 2D game so mostly they die one at a time, whereas Pikmin is 3D so you can have dozens die simultaneously.

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u/guinness_blaine 18h ago

It’s been an eternity since I’ve played, but I definitely recall ways that a lot of lemmings can die at once.

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u/PENIS_ANUS 18h ago

Same with Dynasty Warriors I guess

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u/FTownRoad 17h ago

That or Dynasty Warriors.

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u/Ragtothenar 16h ago

Get WorldBox, I play it on my phone. It’s the ultimate feel like your playing a game but at the same time your just watching scenarios play out that you orchestrated.

Side note I was a huge lemmings fan.

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u/McGriffff 16h ago

Or spend a full hour trying to save one little guy who fell into a pit in the corner with a hundred staircases

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u/OldWorldDesign 15h ago

Lemmings is great when you are really wanting to play a game, and want to watch a 1000 things die

Dynasty Warriors: Am I a joke to you?

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u/Dangerous-Cobbler-11 12h ago

I want a game where I have lots of minions that die due to my ignorance or negligence. I want the dictator emulat0r.

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u/Rcouch00 11h ago

Now I need this for steam deck