i got thimbleweed on steam and tried it for a few hours and found it dull
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 9 February 2018 14:05 (six years ago) link
i thought the first half of thimbleweed park was good and then it went off the rails. so if you're already not into it at the start then i'd say bail
― ciderpress, Friday, 9 February 2018 14:16 (six years ago) link
anybody getting dragon quest builders? i've had my eye on the ps4 version
i played the ps4 version when it came out. rentals aren't a thing anymore, i guess, but it would be the perfect rental. i was really into it for several hours, i built up my base, collected some key items, took down the first big boss...and then i never played again. part of it was confusion: the game vaguely told me that i should head "over the mountain" (or something like that) to access the next stage of the game, and after several journeys looking for the destination, i just gave up. but also, i knew that once you go to the next area, you essentially start over from the ground up, and i wasn't looking forward to that. i dunno, ymmv, but it was one of those games where it was really fun until suddenly it wasn't at all and i just left it behind.
― Karl Malone, Friday, 9 February 2018 22:25 (six years ago) link
i think the demo is up on switch for that?
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 9 February 2018 22:40 (six years ago) link
Doom finally getting a patch on Switch to deal with all the problems people have reported since December. Meanwhile, Sexy Brutale, which had been dealing with apparently debilitating issues since its release in December, finally got the patch it was promised ... which not only failed to fix the problems but made the image quality worse, so the designers had to recall the patch! Now that's some incompetence for you.
Anyway, excited about Doom, finally, which means I can get excited about Wolfenstein later, too.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 10 February 2018 14:12 (six years ago) link
Intrigued about Owlboy and Fe, both of which could be great or all style and no substance. Totally not intrigued about Bayonetta, which fanboys seem to dig for 5 million punch and kick combos but which looks run of the mill to me.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 14:03 (six years ago) link
i think bayonetta is great and i don't even like character action games in general. it's just one of the most ridiculous over the top experiences in gaming. haven't played the 2nd one but i certainly will grab it at some point
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 14:22 (six years ago) link
i bought the bayonetta two-pack for the wii u, played for a bit and enjoyed the mechanics of it but ended up getting seriously squicked out by the way the camera constantly leers at bayonetta :(
― albondigas con gas (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link
And there's a 3rd one coming, too, right?
I saw one review of 1&2 that basically said what makes the game sort of unique are the bazillion combos, but that most people just pick 2 or 3 that work and stick with them.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 15:55 (six years ago) link
the fighting system is fun, but tbh that's not the draw - the hyper-schlock absurdity isalso, GOD HAND had a crazier fight system, where you chose your moves from a long list and strung them together in lots of ways
― Nhex, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 18:02 (six years ago) link
that's not the draw - the hyper-schlock absurdity is
yeah it's from Platinum. they made Metal Gear Rising. they are basically the spirit of Contra/Shinobi era videogame craziness taken to modern era
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 18:20 (six years ago) link
can confirm owlboy is boring and pretty
― Dan I., Thursday, 15 February 2018 14:43 (six years ago) link
aw
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 15 February 2018 16:07 (six years ago) link
What about Fe? Is that out now?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 16 February 2018 13:26 (six years ago) link
Fe looks boring and pretty on purpose.
Fe? more like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIjFdodKpFc
― The Troops™ (jamescobo), Friday, 16 February 2018 20:07 (six years ago) link
too bad the Secret of Mana remaster looks like hot garbage. they need to localize the Japanese Seiken Densetsu Collection stat
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 16 February 2018 20:57 (six years ago) link
the music i've heard from the secret of mana remake sounds like an intentional sabotage of the original ost
― ciderpress, Friday, 16 February 2018 23:05 (six years ago) link
the rest of the game looks that way, too.
― i remember the corned beef of my childhood (Karl Malone), Friday, 16 February 2018 23:10 (six years ago) link
that's pretty frustrating to hear. some indie needs to cash in on a spiritual sequel/remake for real. hell, kickstart it and get Hiroki Kikuta to do the score, you'll gain a million right there
― Nhex, Friday, 16 February 2018 23:29 (six years ago) link
Hey, look, they must have seen my occasional complaint on this thread and finally patched Doom! If I can find a copy for less than $50 I think I'll buy it.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 20 February 2018 20:13 (six years ago) link
just picked up Bayonetta, preordered Kirby & rebuying Dark Souls.
this machine........
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 12:08 (six years ago) link
Finally bought Doom, now that it's been fixed. I am so far removed from gaming that I've never played a first person shooter, let alone anything that demanded the use of so many buttons, or even much in the way of aiming or actions more complex than standard jump/shoot/run mechanics. Played it a bit for the first time and it's cool but pretty overwhelming. Mostly I need to just practice moving around and playing with the camera, not to mention the newly added gyro controls, since as it is I barely know where I'm pointing half the time. I assume it will all click eventually and I'll get better.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 February 2018 03:28 (six years ago) link
Oooh, and now Outlast is on the Switch. Seems spooky.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 23:50 (six years ago) link
switch release calendar has dried up completely for me, nothing i'm excited about has a release date yet
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 00:19 (six years ago) link
where's the Direct, nintendo...
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 00:23 (six years ago) link
Are you saying you aren’t young and whimsical enough to be jazzed for Kirby
― direct to consumer online mattress brand (silby), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 00:33 (six years ago) link
I agree tho, my body craves marketing and announcements
Though I’m getting Kirby.
i'm not that big on kirby games & looks like this one is more designed for local multiplayer than most
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 01:41 (six years ago) link
Looking forward to Kirby as something I can play with my kids. Nintendo definitely being cagey about stuff in the queue. For the time being, though, I am more than content with the games I have, and I have yet to play Mario or Zelda (which are just waiting in the wings for me), or complete Celeste, or play the other Shovel Knight games, or get more than a couple of levels into Overcooked, or replay Steamworld Dig 2 (which I loved), or figure out how to use the controls on even a rudimentary level in Doom ....
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 02:18 (six years ago) link
OK, I've been playing on the easy "You Still Wear Diapers" mode or whatever on Doom, and it's a ton of fun so far, even if I rarely know entirely what's going on.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 05:15 (six years ago) link
lol never heard of overcooked, it looks awesome
― nxd, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 09:31 (six years ago) link
I rarely know entirely what's going on.
― NEW CHIMP THREAT (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 10:36 (six years ago) link
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― NEW CHIMP THREAT (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 10:37 (six years ago) link
That's what I have sort of come to appreciate. Death comes easy (like Celeste), but you are encouraged to seek it out and get up close to demons. It's counter-intuitive but fun to restore your health by getting close enough to get killed.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 13:13 (six years ago) link
a demo of Kirby is on the eShop in other regions, presumably will go up on the US shop tonight
― ciderpress, Thursday, 1 March 2018 17:13 (six years ago) link
there's nothing really exciting on the 2018 horizon for me (I'll pick up celeste when it drops in price & I'm fully done with botw). hoping for an announcement of some combination of wonderful 101 (port), luigi's mansion, NSMB, pikmin... really, there's plenty in the nintendo stable (between new releases for IPs and re-hashes *cough* wind waker *cough*)... plus, I don't really have much time to game these days so a sparse roster works for me.... do wonder if that's a factor in why so many /adults/ seem to have picked up switches but ~teens~ seem less enthused (no fortnite either, I guess)
a release date for prime would be nice too
― ||||||||, Saturday, 3 March 2018 20:09 (six years ago) link
I’ve never played Dark Souls and it’s my kind of game, hoping the port is good
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 3 March 2018 20:30 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I'm weirdly psyched.
I've been playing Doom on wimp mode, so I upped the difficulty to the next level and now I get my ass kicked in, like, 10 seconds. But it's fun! Still figuring stuff out, though. I find the map - and aiming! - perplexing, and there are all these little details I'm not sure I'm supposed to take note of. Like, is it plot/story, or is it clear instruction that I have to find the thing that does the thing to open the thing? I guess there's a lot to discover if I ever make it to the end and replay.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 3 March 2018 22:21 (six years ago) link
there's a new Kirby game demo up for free on the eShop. haven't played it yet but the screenshots look pretty nice.
http://www.siliconera.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/NSwitch_KirbyStarAllies_inhale_thumb.jpg
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 4 March 2018 15:47 (six years ago) link
My kids have been asking for that one so I preordered a while ago. Does look great/adorable.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 4 March 2018 16:17 (six years ago) link
This is also adorable:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbFwD9WA1Xc
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 4 March 2018 16:18 (six years ago) link
drats, i cant see the demo. must be EU only
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 4 March 2018 16:51 (six years ago) link
demo is out worldwide now I think? its fun and i'm glad there's a new co-op platformer me and my lady can play following how good rayman legends was in that regard
― jamiesummerz, Monday, 5 March 2018 10:23 (six years ago) link
Looking forward to it with the kids.
Still getting my ass kicked in rudimentary ways by Doom. But I think I decided to stick with the next to easiest mode (which is to say, default), which has been too difficult for me to progress but I figure I'll eventually figure things out and in the meantime have more fun and make the game last longer.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 16:40 (six years ago) link
there's actually some cool games lined up for 2018 that I hadn't clocked: kentucky zero TV edition; light fingers; shakedown hawaii; wargroove; 2064; fire emblem switch;
those plus yoshi, octopath & mario tennis should see me through. plus there's still plenty of year left for announcements.
― ||||||||, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 19:21 (six years ago) link
there's a lot of major titles we know have been in development (yoshi, fire emblem, pokemon, metroid, pikmin, whatever mysterious thing retro studios has been working on for the past 4 years) people are just getting antsy since none of them are actually confirmed for this year yet and the release calendar is going blank
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 20:45 (six years ago) link
also ppl seem to think they're gonna release an updated version of the wii u smash bros concurrently with the paid online service going live this fall, which makes almost too much sense to not happen
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 21:25 (six years ago) link
pls
― nxd, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 22:04 (six years ago) link