Goddam this wall jumping in Hollow Knight.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 13 July 2018 03:22 (five years ago) link
yooka laylee successfully harks back to the heady days of ‘90s 3d platforming in that the biggest battle is achieving anything at all with these shitty controls
― karl wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 14 July 2018 00:29 (five years ago) link
there’s a challenge where you have to fly/leap through a series of rings, but the character is so slidy and the camera is so fucked up that it’s basically superman 64
― karl wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 14 July 2018 00:31 (five years ago) link
i just bought Octopath Traveler. so glad progress carries over from the OT demo.
also got Captain Toad because the demo was so charming and $40 is not bad. i like the level design.
at one point the camera zoomed in and it looked really amazing but i could never figure out how to do it again.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 14 July 2018 04:38 (five years ago) link
http://md1.libe.com/photo/958836-une-image-du-jeu-captain-toad-sur-wiiu.jpg
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 14 July 2018 04:45 (five years ago) link
CT zoom is x. now this is a fun little game toybox to chill with.
OT is really nice too. combat is super addicting and so far the dungeons & bosses have been so cool. it is so nice to have the option to skip story/cutscenes and just get to exploring or whateve.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 14 July 2018 14:08 (five years ago) link
https://i.redditmedia.com/Lr_MydUtUcRyHDM5ZZ-3xpe-NjWvWezDs7_epbDAaFg.png?fit=crop&crop=faces%2Centropy&arh=2&w=960&s=0b896f573ad09026141edc0f60eba200
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 14 July 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
I stumbled into getting the dream nail in Hollow Knight, but I have no idea what it is or what it is for. I'm also currently dealing with the Mantis Lords, who seems achievable but still a pain in the ass, and for some reason feel like the first real bosses of the game.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 14 July 2018 15:34 (five years ago) link
i need to stop fucking around and just approach hyrule castle in BotW. i'm eager to check out hollow knight!
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 14 July 2018 15:37 (five years ago) link
lot of messing around to do in hyrule castle :)
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 14 July 2018 15:50 (five years ago) link
my last pre-hyrule grind plan was to pick up at least one piece of ancient armor and maybe get 20 ancient arrows or so - do you think that's necessary? or should i just unequip everything and run in there with only my underwear on? these are the only two options
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 14 July 2018 15:57 (five years ago) link
octopath traveller is greeeeeat and exactly perfect for my commutes
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 17 July 2018 11:28 (five years ago) link
KM you don't need that many ancient arrows, but on the other hand they definitely can help!
― Evan, Tuesday, 17 July 2018 12:41 (five years ago) link
Video games are good, can’t stop thinking about em
― devops mom (silby), Thursday, 19 July 2018 05:48 (five years ago) link
don't forget to redeem your Nintendo points from your cartridge games by going into the game options on the home screen. it's only 1% back but it adds up. i keep forgetting to do mine.
― ciderpress, Thursday, 19 July 2018 16:11 (five years ago) link
were we talking about pinball metroidvanias recently, or was that a dream? or were we talking about this?
https://kotaku.com/a-pinball-metroidvania-is-one-of-the-years-most-wonderf-1827695934
Yoku’s Island Express. looks great! "conquerable in about 5 hours"
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 19 July 2018 21:07 (five years ago) link
xpost to Evan
yeah, i ended up only using them like twice, with 18 in reserve! i'm totally one of those "end the game with 99 X-Potions" kind of people though
yes i talked that game up a bunch upthread. it's very good
― ciderpress, Thursday, 19 July 2018 21:08 (five years ago) link
oh thanks, it was above the fold (inside the fold?) so i missed it. it seems perfect for handheld mode.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 19 July 2018 21:10 (five years ago) link
loving Captain Toad so much. i like how much it has the SMB2 feels. last night i was throwing radishes at HD Shy Guys
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 20 July 2018 14:40 (five years ago) link
we packed the entire console, the pro controller and a spare HDMI cable to go on vacation. Such is the death grip that Mario Kart 8 maintains on my family. I’m hoping to get to put in some serious Octopants Travelin’ but unless I get a pass to stay indoors one day I doubt that’ll happen.
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 14:27 (five years ago) link
Agreed Adam, Captain Toad is really great. So clever how much game they manage to pack into these little vignettes.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 14:39 (five years ago) link
We dragged our Switch around Europe for MK8.
Here are my boys and their cousin playing in Atlanta (the last stop on our vacation):https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1761/29545959378_1491a9f5bd.jpgKart by David Isbister, on Flickr
― DJI, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 17:27 (five years ago) link
awww
― Nhex, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 18:54 (five years ago) link
i used to play a ton of videogames with my sister growing up, and my only regret is that i didn't somehow find the time to do it even more often. some of my best memories
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 19:16 (five years ago) link
iconoclasts out next week apparently, that's one of the few remaining games on my indie to-play listalso picross s2 if you've somehow run out of puzzles in the first one
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 21:09 (five years ago) link
also cosmic star heroine in a few weeks if people want another retro RPG after Octopath, or an alternative to Octopath that isn't 50 hours long
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 21:14 (five years ago) link
wait there's another picross coming out? good goddamn
― Nhex, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
I went all in, sold my Wii and Wii U and pile of Gamecube games and bought me a Switch. Mainly to play Mario Odyssey, since I already had Mario Kart 8 and Breath of the Wild for the Wii U. But... I bought them again because they're stone classics. Which is why I played Mario Kart all evening instead of Mario Odyssey.
― com rad erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 27 July 2018 05:34 (five years ago) link
I had this concept and I'm making it a reality: The best Nintendo Switch Games: a perpetual poll
― devops mom (silby), Friday, 27 July 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
want to finish a bit more of my backlog before i start recklessly ranking things
― ciderpress, Friday, 27 July 2018 19:45 (five years ago) link
anything worth copping on the summer sale
― ||||||||, Friday, 27 July 2018 19:50 (five years ago) link
i didn't know there was one, will look when I get home
― ciderpress, Friday, 27 July 2018 19:51 (five years ago) link
may be UK and europe only....... ?
― ||||||||, Friday, 27 July 2018 20:04 (five years ago) link
if there's one in the US it's not advertised anywhere in the news feed. theres a bunch of indie games on sale as always but nothing i can vouch for
― ciderpress, Friday, 27 July 2018 20:17 (five years ago) link
Tell me about Captain Toad - the demo was fun!
Was also thinking of picking up Inside - anyone tried it? I really enjoyed Limbo, but not really interested if it's just a carbon copy in a new skin.
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 27 July 2018 20:53 (five years ago) link
inside does the same thing as limbo more or less, but better and with more impact
― ciderpress, Friday, 27 July 2018 20:58 (five years ago) link
i havent played captain toad yet myself but if you've played the demo that's basically all it is afaik - a chill diorama-puzzle game
― ciderpress, Friday, 27 July 2018 21:00 (five years ago) link
Yep, it’s more like the demo, difficulty is pitched pretty low but it’s a fun little thing so far.
― devops mom (silby), Friday, 27 July 2018 22:10 (five years ago) link
Captain Toad is very relaxing. Unlike 200cc Mario Kart.
― com rad erry red flag (f. hazel), Saturday, 28 July 2018 06:04 (five years ago) link
not sure where to put this so I'm putting it here:
I'm watching a streamer play Hollow Knight without any of the nail upgrades and good lord, the masochism
(he's currently on like his 25th attempt at beating the Lost Kin boss)
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 29 July 2018 04:14 (five years ago) link
i'm playing captain toad at the moment! xps
a couple of frustrating levels down to my own terrible game skill but it's been so fun, cute, interesting and cool to work out each lil levelthirty quid seems like a steal for this even if it goes quite quickly
― nxd, Monday, 30 July 2018 08:20 (five years ago) link
my favorite levels are the puzzleboxy enemy-less ones even if they're pretty easy
― ciderpress, Monday, 30 July 2018 13:35 (five years ago) link
Gotta say, these things do ebb and flow, but Nintendo really seems to have hurt its valuation after unveiling virtually nothing at E3.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 30 July 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
Kind of infuriating to me that investors are betting heavily against a 100+ year old company based on one media event, it makes me want to buy NTDOY out of annoyance
― devops mom (silby), Monday, 30 July 2018 16:48 (five years ago) link
wait until after the quarterly financial briefing that comes out tomorrow, it was a slow quarter and people who don't understand things like "holidays" and "pokemon" and "smash bros" may panic
― ciderpress, Monday, 30 July 2018 16:54 (five years ago) link
good idea. I get some number of free trades from Vanguard I'll just throw some money at em.
― devops mom (silby), Monday, 30 July 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link
investors valuation of Nintendo doesn't have any bearing at all on our experience as consumers
― ciderpress, Monday, 30 July 2018 16:56 (five years ago) link
Nintendo should take itself private
― devops mom (silby), Monday, 30 July 2018 16:59 (five years ago) link
they probably could, they're still sitting on infinite money from the Wii and DS
― ciderpress, Monday, 30 July 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link