This game rules get it
The Switch version of Towerfall (the classic archery party game from the creators of Celeste!) includes new gameplay variants, six-player battles in widescreen levels, and guest archers Madeline & Badeline — who are featured in the CE trading cards. 💜 @exok_games https://t.co/0RwC78PksT— Limited Run Games (@LimitedRunGames) November 10, 2020
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 12 November 2020 23:42 (three years ago) link
i only like odyssey and botw are there any other good games, i dont like talking to villagers
― lag∞n, Friday, 13 November 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link
I've read the technical explanations for why Towerfall can only be local rather than online multiplayer, but it's still a damn shame that it can't be online. I bought it (on PC) and had a blast the last time I had people over to visit, but that can't really happen right now.
― Dan I., Friday, 13 November 2020 16:05 (three years ago) link
It is super low-latency or something?
― Nhex, Friday, 13 November 2020 16:06 (three years ago) link
In fairness it's extremely time/labor/money consuming to implement rollback netcode which is only in just recent years getting some mainstream recognition
― Nhex, Friday, 13 November 2020 16:10 (three years ago) link
xp instagram ads finally convinced me to pick up
~Cadence of Hyrule~
it's an interesting game, and having a decent sense of rhythm and cadence, i am awful at it. (not because i'm moving off the beat, but because it's just dang hard sometimes)
― @oneposter(✔️) (Karl Malone), Friday, 13 November 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
@lagoon I’ve killed a ton of hours on the Burnout Paradise remaster.
― DJI, Friday, 13 November 2020 16:40 (three years ago) link
Here's the explanation I saw about Towerfall: https://www.polygon.com/2014/3/11/5491146/why-you-dont-want-an-online-mode-towerfall
― Dan I., Friday, 13 November 2020 16:53 (three years ago) link
― DJI, Friday, November 13, 2020 11:40 AM (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
sweet a racing game might be what i need in my lyfe
― lag∞n, Friday, 13 November 2020 16:54 (three years ago) link
lag∞n have you given SMB35 a spin
― real muthaphuckkin jeez (crüt), Friday, 13 November 2020 17:46 (three years ago) link
xp Dan I - I will never trust Bennett Foddy, the man who created Getting Over It, to tell me anything lol
Also there have been some big strides in netcode (at least for 1v1 fighting games, which I feel would be applicable here) even in the time since that article was written in 2014. Parsec alone gives pretty surprising results, and people are already using that for Towerfall
― Nhex, Friday, 13 November 2020 18:00 (three years ago) link
haha wow, Bennett Foddy wrote that article!? I had no idea
― Dan I., Friday, 13 November 2020 18:04 (three years ago) link
I actually agree with him that online can't really replicate the classic online home/arcade experience of playing with others in the same room, and I get that there are many indie developers who focus on that aspect. All power to them! I've been involved with local gaming scenes, and it's tough, but it does still exist, somewhat
But most people play games online these days, and especially in this moment, 2020, any multiplayer game needs to get it together imo
― Nhex, Friday, 13 November 2020 18:12 (three years ago) link
But most people play games online these days
Most people play games on their phone, dude.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 13 November 2020 18:26 (three years ago) link
Yeah, but we're not talking about Sage Solitaire here or whatever. No one is playing Among Us over LAN or bluetooth.
― Nhex, Friday, 13 November 2020 18:28 (three years ago) link
its funny how nintendo who are famously the local multiplayer holdouts are having like their best year ever this year regardless
― ciderpress, Friday, 13 November 2020 18:58 (three years ago) link
a fair point. but every Smash Bros player i've ever known bitches endlessly about the netcodeAnd Animal Crossing's multiplayer is very optional (and frankly, pretty badly done - i mean, geez, anytime gets on or off the island every player has to freeze in place for loading screens...)
― Nhex, Friday, 13 November 2020 19:10 (three years ago) link
oh yeah its certainly not because their online play is good
― ciderpress, Friday, 13 November 2020 19:14 (three years ago) link
my partner plays about four hours of animal crossing every friday and uses it as a way to hang out with her 12 year old niece and the machinations of connecting to one another's island are so byzantine and poorly attuned that you REALLY have to want to make it happen... which is sort of nostalgic and touching in one sense but dumb as fuck in a much more real way.
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 14 November 2020 04:39 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oY2NxPtHyY
― ||||||||, Monday, 16 November 2020 22:08 (three years ago) link
I worried that I wouldn't enjoy Link's Awakening, as I'd never played the original on gameboy. The presence of goombas, etc., is still a bit disturbing, but it feels so classic. I love it.
― we can dance forever at covideotheque (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 9 December 2020 18:25 (three years ago) link
also feels like it will be short, so I'm glad I waited for the sale.
i didnt love it, gave up pretty fast, every part there was one weird solution like throw some powder on this torch, it looks very nice tho
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 9 December 2020 18:45 (three years ago) link
the original game is my fav zelda don't really love the remake style though
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 9 December 2020 18:58 (three years ago) link
its about the same length as link to the past iirc
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 9 December 2020 19:00 (three years ago) link
yeah, the magic powder working as the candle took me a bit. I couldn't figure that part out, so I went back to the phone hut to call the shy man with information. after he confirmed I was in fact doing what I should be doing, I finally tried magic powder. I was a little bit annoyed, but I think aimlessly trying bombs at random walls was a classic feature of original Zelda. "Magic Power" is a catch all for this approach.
― we can dance forever at covideotheque (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 9 December 2020 19:01 (three years ago) link
excuse me, "magic powder"
― we can dance forever at covideotheque (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 9 December 2020 19:02 (three years ago) link
I loved Link's Awakening on the Game Boy, but part of the joy of that game for me was the economical use of the A and B buttons for all the items, which I think is not the case in the Switch remake. (i.e. they give you a dedicated button for your shield and I think your sword too.) I missed the sale and replayed the Game Boy version last year so will probably pass on the remake for now
― real muthaphuckkin jeez (crüt), Thursday, 10 December 2020 05:13 (three years ago) link
Really? I felt like Link to the Past was way longer, but definitely could be my faulty memories. Def agree that some of the puzzle solutions are very 0_0 and fitting the time in which it was originally designed
― Nhex, Thursday, 10 December 2020 05:51 (three years ago) link
No video game will ever match the exhilaration I felt at 10 years old when I finally figured out how to reach the Tower of Hera in LttP
― real muthaphuckkin jeez (crüt), Thursday, 10 December 2020 15:41 (three years ago) link
lttp is so good, they shd remake that one cute graphics
― lag∞n, Thursday, 10 December 2020 15:47 (three years ago) link
they should make new games imo
― ciderpress, Thursday, 10 December 2020 15:48 (three years ago) link
Says the guy with 50 games that already exist to play
― is right unfortunately (silby), Thursday, 10 December 2020 15:55 (three years ago) link
only 1 of them is a remake!
― ciderpress, Thursday, 10 December 2020 15:55 (three years ago) link
Good point
― is right unfortunately (silby), Thursday, 10 December 2020 15:56 (three years ago) link
really they should devote all their energy to making more super mario odyssey, just crank em out, dont stop
― lag∞n, Thursday, 10 December 2020 16:24 (three years ago) link
saw a thing w someone reading the tea leaves re nintendo hardware partners quarterly reports and whatnot and it seems like theyre prob coming out with an upgraded switch, but what was interesting was then they speculated that nintendo could keep the switch platform and just keep releasing yearly hardware and software upgrades like they do with phones rather than the whole new systems every x number of years as is standard in the video gaem world, and i think its a good idea!
― lag∞n, Thursday, 10 December 2020 16:30 (three years ago) link
I’ve been hoping they do that since I got my hands on one, they have the perfect device for that and they’re never going back to the performance race so why not
― is right unfortunately (silby), Thursday, 10 December 2020 16:32 (three years ago) link
That sounds like a very un-Nintendo approach, & I have to admit I would miss them coming out with some new weird distinctive hardware idea every gen.
― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Thursday, 10 December 2020 16:36 (three years ago) link
i mean the device is still selling like hot cakes and building up a library of games forever seems good, and by the time youve reached the traditional new platform point in the cycle a lot of ppl will be ready to buy a second switch anyway cause their old one crapped out or you cant play the new games on it or its just better has 4k or whatever
― lag∞n, Thursday, 10 December 2020 16:42 (three years ago) link
They can do wacky ideas as accessories, and have done three already in the switch’s lifecycle: Labo (neat but didn’t set world on fire), Ring Fit (big success it seems), and now Mario Kart Live (tbd but I kind of want it lol)
― is right unfortunately (silby), Thursday, 10 December 2020 16:45 (three years ago) link
Honestly if they would make more of the back catalogue available and do firmware updates, it’d be the perfect console. I’d spend money on decent ports of games I never got to play.
― scampostiltskin (gyac), Thursday, 10 December 2020 16:45 (three years ago) link
gotta think the opportunity to wipe out all the work and risk associated with making a new console is pretty tempting
― lag∞n, Thursday, 10 December 2020 16:51 (three years ago) link
Mario Kart Live looks so good. the hundo price tag seems worth it. but I'm reluctant to get it for our household because it almost seems too good. what can you show a 5 year old kid after they've seen that?
― we can dance forever at covideotheque (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 10 December 2020 16:54 (three years ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Thursday, 10 December 2020 16:55 (three years ago) link
― scampostiltskin (gyac), Thursday, 10 December 2020 17:06 (three years ago) link
I thought Nintendo alone refused to
― stet, Thursday, 10 December 2020 17:15 (three years ago) link
The sheer excitement and hype for new consoles (particularly of THIS cycle in the middle of a pandemic!) can't be replicated
― Nhex, Thursday, 10 December 2020 17:15 (three years ago) link
Nintendo’s hardware isn’t a loss leader historically iirc
― is right unfortunately (silby), Thursday, 10 December 2020 17:16 (three years ago) link
Xbox has already tentatively moved beyond the generational cycle. “Xbox series X” should’ve just been called “Xbox” and they are cowards for not doing this
― is right unfortunately (silby), Thursday, 10 December 2020 17:17 (three years ago) link