The Nintendo Switch

I have attempted to do purple and red runs, but unless I go whole-hog on the purple upgrades (instead of some 7 18 7 eventuality) I find that my weapons aren't strong enough to really effectively take down the Hand before he hits, hits, hits, dead. And going full purple (4 24 4) means I'm made of paper. Green builds are the only ones I have had real success with, which is reliant upon finding a good legendary main weapon, as none of the green mains are worthwhile (except the Symmetrical Sword, which is great if you pair it with an Ice Bow).

My typical favourite build is full green (4 4 24 or thereabouts). I grab the best crusher + wolf trap, pair (typically) a non-legendary Ice Bow with a legendary main (my favourite is legendary Infantry Bow). My mutations are Tough Nut + Efficiency + Ammo (or something other than Ammo if I'm not using Ice Bow). I always speed run (Prison > Promenade > Ramparts > Bridge > Village > Sepulcher), grab every upgrade and chest but don't bother killing unnecessary enemies, and only start cleaning things out properly once I get the Sepulcher timed door. I never take a cursed chest except if my build is weak, and never take the one in Stilt Village (the teleporting slugs always get me if I do).

It is legitimately terrifying to do a purple build and get to the High Castle and see the wizards take down your health to half with one bullet, ugh

Oh, also, I modify my strategy based on how many ++ and S weapons I can find, those modifiers are far more valuable than the actual level of the weapon

I love "75% damage reduction from projectiles" so much too. Some players skip Elites entirely but I always make time for them, the wolf trap + crusher makes such short work of them

so this sounds like a game i'd like!

yeah, highly recommended. it's a game where you can totally nerd out on the character builds/stats/most powerful routes through the various levels, but you can also play it more casually and successfully as a action platformer

Mordy I loved it at first but it kind of still snuck up on me as being One Of The Best Games I've Ever Played, I definitely think it'll improve loads with some of the promised DLC, really you'll love it, it's tough but fair

but you can also play it more casually and successfully as a action platformer

that was a terrible sentence. i didn't mean to imply that it's more successful as a game when approached casually, i just meant it's very accessible and has a nice smooth learning curve

yeah, dead cells owns. I've only played a few hours so far but early favourite builds have been centred around tactics (purple?)

i've also steered toward the purple/red builds so far. i tried shield/green for a while, but i have a terrible videogame weak spot for parrying. i suck at it, no matter the game. is it worth spending some time getting better with the shield, or does the green build lead to non-shield items that are fun?

To be honest, I never used the shield ever for the longest time, but I found that having played the game for 100+ hours at this point, the rhythms of all the different monsters are like second-nature to me, and I didn't even need to train myself to be good at the shield, I just knew when to parry and it was working fine. I'm curious as to how efficacious one is against the Hand, maybe I should search that

Oh but I still rarely if ever use one, unless I get some wildly overpowered Assault Shield toward the end

personally i'm still waiting for their magic school life sim game

you & me both buddy!!!

i have not played for even heard of dead cells but i have enjoyed this reminder of who much i like reading people talking a highly-specific ways about playing video games and video game strategy

Here's a really enjoyable video of somebody taking down the Hand at 3 boss cells using only shields and tonics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOPLcgYNbCs

i have a physical copy of dead cells coming to me because .. i forget why i thought it was necessary. somehow it legitimated the idea of investing time in it, should i find myself doing so. i don’t think i can justify that.

https://youtu.be/zLIv_UXI_So

I stupidly bought Smash Bros. and Diablo 3 both digitally and I can't have both on my HD

Wish there was a way to transfer a digital purchase to a cartridge purchase!

xpost Jesus, how bad must things be when in the almost 2 years since they first announced the game, not only has there been nothing revealed but a (tentative?) title but Metroid 4 production has been totally scrapped and started anew?

fgti, sd cards are cheap, expand that storage my dude

rough times for metroid. zelda survived a 2-3 year delay with a really good game though so hopefully that happens again

So what are the big Nintendo ports/reboots/sequels/AAA games on the horizon? Besides Untitled Goose Game?

whatever they had retro working on that was important enough to not give them metroid from the start, hopefully

i assume there's a direct next week, if they're dropping this news on us now

Josh there’s a big AAA on the horizon for you it’s called breath of the wild you don’t need to wait long you can even cook in-game

No cauliflower tho iirc

i missed whatever the cauliflower meme was but just gonna roll with it and pretend I'm laughing

Well, on the plus side "Spider-man" is not nearly as taxing as something like "Dark Souls," so maybe I'll be able to play it and Zelda concurrently. There's time for cauliflower experiments, too, especially since it's -7 outside right now.

hit me with yr best cauliflower recipe

momofuku cauli & fish sauce vinaigrette

ciderpress - josh has been posting about caulis over on the wild west main board that is ILE when he could have been doing more productive things like beating ganon

Does "ganon" mean "eggs?"

ganon eat the eggs

Josh, big news:
https://librorumque.itch.io/cauliflower-power

Does "ganon" mean "eggs?"

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ganon eat the eggs

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can i just

I got dead cells, which I thought I would hate

I do not

it's dope

I picked up Hollow Knight a few weeks ago and I really love it but I'm pretty much stuck at this point.

Thinking of picking up Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight if it ever goes on sale. Has anyone here played it?

i played a couple of the older ones but not that one yet, they're solid indievanias

Maybe this should be for the absent-minded thread on ILE but I *finally* figured out how to raccoon fly in Super Mario 3, after three decades. Keep tapping, don't *hold* the button. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

whoooooooa that's great! flying is crucial in SMB3

pirahna plant is out in smash bros

piranha

I am already so overwhelmed by the number of characters

well theres still 5 more left to go

soooooo can you not use the switch if it isn't connected to the internet?? all my games are downloaded and i tried using it in airplane mode and none of em work

huh it should definitely work, what games were you trying to play? there was a firmware update yesterday, dunno if that affected things but it shouldn't

i was trying literally any of them

i read somewhere that if a device isn't your 'primary' console then you need an internet connection. i had mine stolen a while back. i dissociated that one from my account and got a new one, so i'm really hoping this isn't going to be some weird legacy

all the games i've downloaded throw up a load screen that says 'checking if the software can be played,' which i assumed was firmware-related but now seems to be a DRM check

oh right weird. did you go thru Nintendo customer service to do that or just use some function in their account system? it might still have yr new one designated as secondary

and yeah that's the same message it throws up if you preload a game that isn't out yet and try to run it

jfc -- i deregistered the old one remotely before setting up the new one and it's still showing the new one as not the primary console.

i tried deregistering again and it says you can't do it more than once a year