CROSSNIQ+ out now, if you want a solid new puzzle game with “Y2K aesthetics”
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Saturday, 5 October 2019 04:13 (four years ago) link
Anyone get Overland? I've never played a turn-based game, but this looks pretty cool/scary.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 5 October 2019 13:02 (four years ago) link
Back up, never? Not Civilization, Heroes of Might and Magic, Final Fantasy, Fire Emblem…
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Saturday, 5 October 2019 16:45 (four years ago) link
Not a single one, ever. Never even heard of one of those games.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 5 October 2019 16:57 (four years ago) link
this explains a lot about you, Josh
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 5 October 2019 16:58 (four years ago) link
No kidding.
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Saturday, 5 October 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
pokemon...
― ciderpress, Saturday, 5 October 2019 19:03 (four years ago) link
You asking? No, I've never played it, either. All I know about Pokemon are the characters on Smash Brothers (that it took me a while to figure out were from Pokemon).
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 5 October 2019 19:31 (four years ago) link
you must've played ogre battle though
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 5 October 2019 20:01 (four years ago) link
Never heard of it. I did play Hunt the Wumpus though. And Zork.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 5 October 2019 20:30 (four years ago) link
zork is turn based strategy
― adam, Saturday, 5 October 2019 20:55 (four years ago) link
yeah, sorry; i was being a bit of a wiseass in that if you haven't played pokemon, you definitely haven't played ogre battle.
For my money, the essential turn-based battle game is Final Fantasy Tactics, which is available on iOS and PS:After fourteen years of on-and-off play, I finally beat Final Fantasy Tactics last night
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 5 October 2019 20:56 (four years ago) link
theres nothing strategic about zork
― ciderpress, Saturday, 5 October 2019 21:32 (four years ago) link
actually, I think Hunt the Wumpus might be turn based.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 5 October 2019 21:53 (four years ago) link
overland -- i bought it in alpha -- was a fun little puzzle, but the block-slideyness of it prevented it from having any narrative punch. much as i hate to agree with RPS so lukewarmly, that review of theirs that said 'you have few reasons to play this when you could play into the breach' was about right imo
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Sunday, 6 October 2019 13:23 (four years ago) link
You're right, it's not up to it. https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Playstation-2/
― koogs, Friday, October 4, 2019 9:40 PM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink
love my retropie but be warned that n64 emulation is a no go. ps1 is acceptable, but you might have to overclock the pi. the UI is a bit arcane but it will generally "just work" for about 95% of what you throw at it. for that other 5%, you'll have to deal with the even more arcane retroarch UI and some manual file editing over ssh.
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Monday, 7 October 2019 14:56 (four years ago) link
well, i went back to Kensington Curry's (which had snes minis in the window, for the original price, last time i went past) only to find no sign of them (which i kinda expected). they had switch lites in window this time but they were nowhere to be seen in the pokey nintendo corner they had downstairs. turns out they were all in the bins by the checkout, and piled up behind the counter.
(i ended up buying a 3rd party ps4 controller from argos instead. am writing the retropie image as i type)
― koogs, Monday, 7 October 2019 16:04 (four years ago) link
walking zidane around a quasi-3D church backdrop filled with pews, organs, and shit in FFIX should be a field sobriety test
― Tart Prepper (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 17:17 (four years ago) link
lol; it is easy to get stuck in those environments, yes!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 17:46 (four years ago) link
second post here is Jared Harris in a courtroom explaining some stuff to Cid Fabool https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/67461/realistic-airships
― Tart Prepper (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 8 October 2019 18:39 (four years ago) link
Played a bunch of Ori today. Still gorgeous and compelling, but I think I like Hollow Knight a little better. The latter seems to have taken a lot of lesson from the former, while putting its own spin on things.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 October 2019 23:20 (four years ago) link
ori's not really an action game like hollow knight, i feel like it's more at the metroid end of the metroidvania spectrum whereas hollow knight is all the way at the castlevania end except for that one platforming heavy area
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 9 October 2019 01:57 (four years ago) link
There might be something to that. I'm still early in on Ori, but for example I haven't had to figure out any sort of fighting strategy yet. But the platforming, when it pops up, is moderately challenging.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 October 2019 13:00 (four years ago) link
Wow, just got past the rising waters tree challenge in Ori, and that's got to be one of the most thrilling gaming experiences I've ever had.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 October 2019 23:06 (four years ago) link
the escape sequences are Good
― ciderpress, Thursday, 10 October 2019 23:11 (four years ago) link
All the backend dashboard crap in Ori is A Little Much. Hollow Knight definitely refined and perfected that stuff.
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 11 October 2019 12:51 (four years ago) link
I don't know what backend dashboard crap is, so I assume I'm a long way from getting there!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 11 October 2019 14:07 (four years ago) link
Setting aside the post-game game of Hollow Knight, which I haven't played and which ups the platforming challenge considerably, I'd say Ori so far is more challenging. Well, challenging in a different, more Celeste-y kind of way. HK's challenges are more in the Dark Souls vein, but there are bits in Ori that have made my thumbs hurt.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 12 October 2019 15:40 (four years ago) link
josh we need to get you some more refs besides Celeste and Dark Souls =DI know where you’re coming from, but it’s kind of like comparing all music to Pink Floyd and Ray Charles
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Saturday, 12 October 2019 16:20 (four years ago) link
That does cover a lot of musical bases! For sure Celeste is too new to invoke as a comparison, but tbf, Dark Souls is like the ur-comparison. "The Dark Souls of (x)" etc. And also tbf, Hollow Knight is heavily indebted to Dark Souls!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 12 October 2019 16:41 (four years ago) link
You should play civilization (V), which is like gamelan combined with Boris
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Saturday, 12 October 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link
I would totally listen to Indonesian trance metal.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 12 October 2019 16:52 (four years ago) link
Imagine doing that for a couple dozen hours while trying to convince Gandhi not to nuke you in a turn based strategy classic you won’t soon forget!!
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Saturday, 12 October 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
(It is also a touchstone reference for games, like Beethoven or Al Green)
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Saturday, 12 October 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link
The only downside is losing your job after poopsockin it (nsfw) for three weekday nights in a row
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Saturday, 12 October 2019 16:56 (four years ago) link
you are in luck https://sublimefrequencies.bandcamp.com/album/sujud
― adam, Saturday, 12 October 2019 17:39 (four years ago) link
Sublime Frequencies ftw! That music is insane.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 12 October 2019 18:47 (four years ago) link
I nearly bought a Switch today but changed my mind at last minute because I found out Witcher arrives tomorrow and that seems up my street...
But then I read a review saying the PS4 version is superior.
And then I realised a PS4 would let you browse the internet and watch Netflix, Now TV etc, right? And Switch doesn't? It might be the dealbreaker as right now I don't have a smart TV
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 14 October 2019 21:33 (four years ago) link
the majority of my ps4 time is spent using it to watch netflix, hulu, mlb.tv, etc. performance-wise, it'll handle The Witcher 3 a lot better than the switch can, too.
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Monday, 14 October 2019 21:41 (four years ago) link
it would certainly save me a lot of time in dicking around with my laptop and hdmi every time I wanna watch a film.
― frame casual (dog latin), Monday, 14 October 2019 21:42 (four years ago) link
if you like 16bit RPGs at all you it to yourself to buy Cosmic Star Heroine as it's currently 70% off at £3.29/$4.49about 50 hours into Dragon Quest XI, still absolutely loving it.
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 14 October 2019 21:47 (four years ago) link
i liked cosmic star heroine fine but it softlocked on me like 2/3 of the way through the game and i hadn't saved in an hour and that put me off from finishing it, it wasn't good enough that i wanted to repeat an hour
also i'd say its visually more like playstation 2D RPGs e.g. suikoden than 16 bit, it looks way too nice for SNES
― ciderpress, Monday, 14 October 2019 21:50 (four years ago) link
also yeah if you're interested in the witcher and not specifically interested in the switch's portability then PS4 is the way to go for that, that game is going to be severely muddied up on switch
― ciderpress, Monday, 14 October 2019 22:04 (four years ago) link
I wish there was some sort of shared save mode, to play it on PS4 but also switch to Switch as needed.
I just made it past the Forlorn Ruins/second escape in Ori, which was really tough but so creative I didn't really mind. Man, even the angry bird has a sad backstory. Been a long time since I found a blue energy cell, which I think I need to do to open those other gates. I've been stuck at 3 cells for a while now.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 13:20 (four years ago) link
is there anywhere that reviews all the random cheap-looking games in the eshop that sell for like $1-$10
― na (NA), Thursday, 17 October 2019 16:15 (four years ago) link
You could! I’d back your patreon.
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Thursday, 17 October 2019 16:21 (four years ago) link
these guys - and particularly their forums - are pretty good for thathttps://toucharcade.com/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 17 October 2019 16:31 (four years ago) link
one of the review sites that has 'nintendo' in the name reviews every switch release but i forget which
― ciderpress, Thursday, 17 October 2019 16:38 (four years ago) link
nintendo world report or nintendo life maybe
― ciderpress, Thursday, 17 October 2019 16:43 (four years ago) link
Return of the Obra Dinn out today for Switch. bought it, worried i'm not smart enough for it.
― na (NA), Friday, 18 October 2019 14:41 (four years ago) link