Earthbound is great played on an emulator or with someway to fast-forward it. I originally beat it like in '06 or so with a controller and zsnes on my work laptop.
― Darkest Cosmologist junk (kingfish), Tuesday, 15 March 2016 17:52 (eight years ago) link
Bought Singularity on steam sale. It's from 2010, and boy does it ever embody that. Primary design ideas blend a shit load of Bioshock and some Call of Duty. The Bioshocky world-building(and retro filmstrips/audio logs) are not lower in production value, but at least they tried.
― Darkest Cosmologist junk (kingfish), Tuesday, 15 March 2016 17:56 (eight years ago) link
Earthbound is great played on an emulator or with someway to fast-forward it.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 20:36 (eight years ago) link
I think the white album is a little padded, so I like to combat this by listening to the whole thing at 1.5x the correct speed
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 01:39 (eight years ago) link
last time i got into earthbound i was playing on a borrowed snes cartridge (this is like... 5 years ago) and i got just about as far as the part where it asks for your real name. then i had to return the cart. i reckon another month and i woulda beaten it, p sad. i was like really far in i think too. excited for this mobile opportunity to play it, def gonna beat it this time (and before the 4th generation poll i run in the fall-or-so, too)
― yellow despackling power (Will M.), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 04:38 (eight years ago) link
Partner bought Far Cry Primal the other day. Its a suprisingly fantastic take on the FC franchise. It has the basic structure of FC4 - take over villages and territory - but the whole controlling animals and crafting primitive weapons is a lot better than it sounds on paper.
― Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious. (Trayce), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 07:44 (eight years ago) link
xp iirc there's a lot more game beyond that point
― Nhex, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 07:52 (eight years ago) link
he said a month tbf
i actually had never played beyond the second (i think) town until recently, when i got to the big high-rise town, and now i've paused again for like a month and i want to get back to it but, oh, also i don't
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 08:58 (eight years ago) link
ultimately, it's worthwhile imo. that game is something special
― Nhex, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 10:35 (eight years ago) link
yeah recommended playing for everyone who likes charming weirdness, that game sets the bar for charming weirdness
― yellow despackling power (Will M.), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 14:56 (eight years ago) link
I've tried with Earthbound a few times but the beginning (first couple of days I guess) feels slow and not huge fun. is that me or the game?
― Szechuan TV (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 15:00 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Uc2as1F.png
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 15:24 (eight years ago) link
salt & sanctuary.
paging adam bruneau, paging adam bruneau, i think you would love this game (sorry if you try it and don't like it but it's only $18 which is one of the best bargains for a new game that i can remember, ever)
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 20 March 2016 15:04 (eight years ago) link
AB i think you'd like it because it's such a great combo of dark souls and castlevania SOTN. it obviously rips off elements of both but the enemies are new and unique, and the boss battles are intense. also this is heresy but tbh i'm enjoying it better than dark souls just because S&S is a 2D platformer and i'm much, much better at that than 3D
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 20 March 2016 15:08 (eight years ago) link
i think you've talked me into it. now when can i find time to play it.
― ulysses, Sunday, 20 March 2016 22:28 (eight years ago) link
― Szechuan TV (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:00 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it's definitely the game yo
otoh as of 15-20 hours in i don't think the game it is at any point trying to be either i. fast-paced or ii. fun particularly, and i think it has virtues other than these
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Monday, 21 March 2016 02:38 (eight years ago) link
i finished kane & lynch 2, which i hadn't thought about it but it's interesting to be stalled in that game and earthbound simultaneously--they're both player-hostile in not-entirely-dissimilar ways
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Monday, 21 March 2016 02:41 (eight years ago) link
earthbound isn't player-hostile? it's just reflecting the Dragon Quest steez of the times
― Nhex, Monday, 21 March 2016 03:10 (eight years ago) link
who put this giant pencil here / oh it's just here
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Monday, 21 March 2016 12:03 (eight years ago) link
Re: Salt & Sanctuary, it's amazing how well they translated Dark Souls boss fight mechanics into 2-D. I think the jumping aspect (you can freeze in mid-air when attacking, can't remember if that happens in Castlevania or some other game?) adds some complexity. Figuring out the attacks of this dragon boss yesterday was just as satisfying as Kalameet in DS...it seems impossible, then eventually you relax and start looking at the tells instead of the health bars, and it's not so hard after all.
The one thing that stresses me out about Metroidvania games is when you get that new ability that lets you traverse different parts of the world. I know I'm never going to remember all the places that I should backtrack to, and the thought of running through it all is a drag.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Monday, 21 March 2016 13:36 (eight years ago) link
KM thanks for the recommendation! sounds right up my alley. unfortunately i don't have a PS4 and can't find out when it comes out on Steam. everywhere lists TBA
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 21 March 2016 13:37 (eight years ago) link
S&S sounds so cool but i was watching the gameplay and the visuals look pretty washed out and boring?
― Mordy, Monday, 21 March 2016 13:40 (eight years ago) link
I guess? I like the look of the game and different areas have somewhat different palettes, but I suspect that visuals don't matter to me very much in games (compared to other people).
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Monday, 21 March 2016 13:49 (eight years ago) link
looks v nice imo. found it a little tough to get into, the gameplay not quite as much of a pull as the actual DS games, but liking it a lot now i am over the hump.
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 21 March 2016 14:07 (eight years ago) link
i've become obessed with driveclub bikes over the past couple of days after picking it up in the ps store sale. it's really good! start a track in time trial mode and just endlessly looping around it on a massively overpowered superbike, shaving fractions of a second off my best time every few laps, is weirdly meditative and soothing to me.
picked a great time to buy it too, like 24 hours before the developer got shuttered by sony :(
― Upset by racist left wingers calling me an egg (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 23 March 2016 13:21 (eight years ago) link
Yeah was gonna say
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Wednesday, 23 March 2016 14:48 (eight years ago) link
i look forward to enjoying it for a month before sony shut down the servers and it becomes unplayable
― Upset by racist left wingers calling me an egg (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 23 March 2016 16:58 (eight years ago) link
Despite having very little time to play games at the moment, I've managed to find myself juggling several after my birthday yielded many games/gift cards for games. So I'm currently playing Heavy Rain on the PS3 with my wife, and revisiting Pokemon Yellow on the 3DS virtual console.
A friend also bought me Bloodborne on PS4, so I'm trying to come to terms with playing a properly hard game. I'm also still churning through Fallout 4 (which I'm really just not enjoying as much as I'd hoped), and I'm nearly finished Shadowrun: Hong Kong.
Really like the look of Salt & Sanctuary, but think I'll wait for the Vita release. I also want to wait for the Vita release of Hyper Light Drifter, which comes out on the PC in just over a week, but I backed it on Kickstarter for 2 copies so I'm getting it on PC first. Hopefully it's good enough to revisit on the Vita when it eventually ships.
― CraigG, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 16:59 (eight years ago) link
I get the impression Sony are taking Driveclub in house rather than shutting it down? So server switch off seems unlikely, it might even end up getting more frequent updates.
― JimD, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 19:15 (eight years ago) link
this is my favorite trap room in Salt & Sanctuary so far, i did the exact same thing: https://youtu.be/VNP1FSDUx3M?t=366
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, 24 March 2016 16:34 (eight years ago) link
haha, i haven't gotten that far yet, although i have reached the edges of the hall of cages. i'm planning on spending a lot more time with it on saturday, though.
when i left off, i was kind of unsure where to go. i seemed to have reached a point where i could only go to 2 new areas, both of which featured enemies that were way too difficult for me. one of them was the castle sort of off to the upper right, and you could only access it by using the obelisk that lets you flip upside down. soon after entering, i almost always get annihilated by the little floating flame skulls. one hit from them seems to deplete more than half of my life bar, even when i'm wearing armor that's fire-resistant. i dunno, maybe i need to just spend more time leveling first? (i think i'm around LVL 29 right now)
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 24 March 2016 16:38 (eight years ago) link
the castle is the place to go, and it's definitely a difficulty spike. i admit i looked up where the sanctuary was and ran there, then ground out some levels (the only time i've felt the need to do that) and learned how to deal with the skulls (ie don't get hit by them, and you can touch them without damage as long as they're not firing up).
another non-obvious thing that helped a ton is that you can level up the same stat multiple times on the same node. at first i was going through all this useless stuff on the skill try just to get another point of dexterity.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, 24 March 2016 17:36 (eight years ago) link
damn, this looks really good.
― ulysses, Thursday, 24 March 2016 17:45 (eight years ago) link
try = tree
also how often do you guys have that horrible moment of self-awareness when you realize how ridiculous the minutiae of any game must sound to anyone who hasn't played it?
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, 24 March 2016 17:47 (eight years ago) link
when four people are nattering on about how the yimmicks are totally fouling up that last jump where you should be able to get a toehold but the crumbling turf has led to a faceplant on the spikes BUT the anti-yimmick jodhpurs you purchase from the second merchant at the ice station (the hidden merchant, not the guy with the dog) totally make that jump a breeze and you can even backstab that fucker and kick HIM into the spikes.... that is the moment when i get my credit card out and walk sadly to the teevee to buy another game i will not likely finish. the seduction of the gullible through excitable argon wins again.
― ulysses, Thursday, 24 March 2016 17:51 (eight years ago) link
"jargon", not http://s1.thingpic.com/images/px/8egCww5y5x8bTXdbLJvhcZBc.png
― ulysses, Thursday, 24 March 2016 17:52 (eight years ago) link
and learned how to deal with the skulls (ie don't get hit by them, and you can touch them without damage as long as they're not firing up).
aah, thanks! i didn't realize you can sometimes touch them without getting damaged, so the way i was approaching them was kind of crazy and counterproductive. i'll give it another shot.
re: self-awareness and insane minutiae, i usually try to dial it down but on a thread like this i'm just let it all hang loose
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 24 March 2016 18:44 (eight years ago) link
Stardew Valley: they ain't kidding, this will warp time past you in a blink
― Darkest Cosmologist junk (kingfish), Friday, 25 March 2016 06:49 (eight years ago) link
I am still getting used to all the underlying systems (especially the submission & pin-escape minigames) and fine-tuning my settings, but I have played enough of WWE 2K16 to endorse it wholeheartedly. it's basically The Show, except it's about pro wrestling instead of baseball. I haven't played a wrestling game since that Fire Pro game which inexplicably came out in the US towards the end of the PS2's run, and this definitely scratches the itch (or at least I feel eminently confident that it will once I get the timing & logic down).
also been playing some Civ V with the Steam Controller lately and I sincerely and truly recommend the experience of kicking back on the couch and building up an empire enthusiastically enough. CK2, EU4, and Cities: Skylines all work great too (although I only gave them a cursory test; I'm limiting myself to Civ rn to avoid burning myself out on the genre); if someone ever puts together a template for Colonization I may never leave my apartment again.
― grinding like a jolly elf (jamescobo), Sunday, 27 March 2016 10:22 (eight years ago) link
I am also still playing Galak-Z; I am unilaterally terrible at it but the premise + mechanics are just too satisfying to put down. it's free on PS4 for PS+ members this month btw.
― grinding like a jolly elf (jamescobo), Sunday, 27 March 2016 10:38 (eight years ago) link
star wars battlefront developers did an excellent job of making people disappointed the new hero was nien nunb only to reveal him as a powerful battlefield commander
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 29 March 2016 15:58 (eight years ago) link
borrowed my sister's copy of until dawn, resolved to lead all of these hapless teenagers to their respective untimely deaths
― art, Wednesday, 30 March 2016 01:54 (eight years ago) link
trackmania turbo is amaaaaaaaaazing
― Upset by racist left wingers calling me an egg (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 3 April 2016 19:36 (eight years ago) link
okay, hooked on salt/sanctuary now
― ulysses, Sunday, 3 April 2016 19:43 (eight years ago) link
Anyone playing Hyper Light Drifter? I'm loving it so far; especially, oddly enough, the total lack of any context clues in the UI or environment beyond the initial "press X to slash," etc- really forces you to go for full immersion and apply what you know of how other games in the genre work, though it did make me cry a single manly tear upon realizing that what I thought was currency for upgrades was in fact quarters of said currency and far from being able to buy the cheapest upgrade in the game at a point where I was already starting to butt up against incredibly hard fights, I was only 25% of the way there.
The music from Disasterpeace (Fez, It Follows) is really something else too.
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Sunday, 3 April 2016 20:08 (eight years ago) link
Yep, I'm playing Hyper Light Drifter. Really enjoying it, but I'm only about 2 hours in. Still not 100% sure what I'm doing, but I seem to be gradually getting further through areas, and lighting up ~somethings~ here and there, so I assume I'm making progress. Loving the sound track, too.
― CraigG, Sunday, 3 April 2016 20:31 (eight years ago) link
definitely gonna get HLD sometime in the future. SFV still pretty much sucking up all my game time
― Nhex, Sunday, 3 April 2016 20:55 (eight years ago) link
Lately p heavily into Cities: Skylines, its a pretty decent replacement for the old SimCity4 and its mod community (the Simtropolis forums even brought it into their fold). I wish it ran a little better than it does on my laptop, but I'm enjoying it regardless.
Also if anyone is playing Animal Xing New Leaf hit me up with a code so I can come and vandalise... er play in yr town.
― Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious. (Trayce), Monday, 4 April 2016 01:49 (eight years ago) link
i should open that game...
― Nhex, Monday, 4 April 2016 03:36 (eight years ago) link
Finished Salt & Sanctuary, great game. It was kinda crazy how similar my approach was to Dark Souls, from the build (melee, one-handing a fast weapon so I can keep a shield in the other hand, rarely using it but enjoying knowing that it's there) to being terrible at looking at item descriptions.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Monday, 4 April 2016 17:11 (eight years ago) link