whatchu playing now

yeah its definitely low interactivity, the appeal is more the story & the mystery-solving & all the goofy caricature-ish characters

Gonna experiment with spirit of justice on the iPad, it’s like a quid

I believe the quid only buys you the first (short, tutorial) case. Still a good intro.

no joke, i think super monkey ball: banana mania may be my most anticipated game of the fall

I, too, am enthusiastic about the return of Super Monkey Ball

i didnt play any of them the first time around so i'm excited for that yeah

I thought I'd start with the very first Ace Attorney game, on iPad - it's super adorable for a game about murdering women!

I also bought Obra Dinn on Switch, which is incredible so far. At first I thought it would be too grim - "Great! I'm watching a 90s-themed pixellated murder-suicide!" - but solving the individual crimes is *very* satisfying. And because there's so little tutorial and hand-holding, I appreciate the occasional "well done!" messages even more. God it's grim though!

I started Paradise Killer and I'm super confused. Lots of fantasy world lore dumps that sound crazy, then it's a murder mystery? I'll give it more chances.

I learned that there are Blaster Master Zero games available on PS4 (and Switch etc) a la Metroid Zero, very curious to try one of these.

The first one is really good. I haven't played the second one yet. There's a third one coming out soon.

yeah its definitely low interactivity, the appeal is more the story & the mystery-solving & all the goofy caricature-ish characters

― ciderpress, Saturday, July 31, 2021 2:58 PM (six days ago)

When you say low-interactivity, do you mean the new one has *less* interactivity than the previous AA games, or the same? I adore the original trilogy and am after something to distract me from life, so was thinking about getting the Chronicles (I never went further than the first trilogy as the new characters looked kind of annoying in the other ones, don't know if I'm missing out).

I also love both Obra Dinn and Paradise Killer, if that gives you an idea of the sort of games I like. And in fact, if it does, please recommend me something, I really need something new to play.

it's the same as the originals gameplay wise. there's a couple new/different 'mechanics' like e.g. the trials in london have a jury which adds a new segment where you have to sway the jurors, but overall it's ace attorney as you know it

The only "bad" ones in the original series are Dual Destinies and the first Miles Edgeworth game. and there's still some enjoyment to be had in those.

i really liked the big final case in dual destinies but yeah the regular cases weren't great

Ok I started the first Blaster Master zero and it's sick, although I may have to stop because these games with non-stop button pressing end up hurting my hand/wrist.

I recently picked DQ11 back up as well. It's been a blast. I had to switch to classic battle mode though, I can't deal with the moving around thing.

other than attempting to flee by crossing the yellow line, moving around is just cosmetic, it does nothing

Yeah I was disappointed by that, myself. I wanted it to be functional.

finally got da Death Stranding and really love it. It's going to demand some time though, unfortunately now being back in the office physically means I have less of.

Papetura:

https://papetura.com/

I'm a huge sucker for things like paper art (e.g., Dark Train) and claymation, so this really hit the spot with a great Floex soundtrack too. Fairly short P&Cer, and the puzzles have some interesting and unusual twists that mess with the standard gamer impulse to blow up everything in sight.

oh nice i loved the machinarium soundtrack i'll check taht one out

It's not as good as Machinarium's soundtrack -- a high bar -- but still pretty good.

Wow that looks really nice

Enjoying shits and giggles on Totally Accurate Battlegrounds lately, yeah its just battle royale with stupidness and this isn't 2016 but having fun nonetheless

On a completely different matter, has anyone had experience with Sea of Thieves? I have an itch to try it out, but reports of none noob friendly etc, ala pubg, are making me hesitant.

i dunno if we have a "what am i think of" ILG thread, but most everyone has this one bookmarked, so i will try here.

i remember there was a game developer, one guy, who made a bunch of weird lo-fi games that ilxors were really into. i don't think it was michael brough, but same vibe? he had a website with like dozens of little tiny games on it. i cannot remember his name or any of the games. anyone know what i mean?

also not rohrer

only thought was michael brough! were they iphone games, or computer games?

Any of these? (old bookmarks in my browser that I may have got from ilx?)

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/index.html
https://runhello.com/

OH WOW, ABA games website is back up?!? AMAZING

but no it wasn't him. i don't think it's runhello either, i really think this guy may have just used his name on his content. but now i am wondering if it is, in fact, michael brough, and i am imagining a second guy who doesn't exist.

did he at one point have like a couple dozen games on his site, some of which you could maybe play in browser? the guy i am thinking of though definitely had some REALLY SMALL games.

FOUND IT

https://www.increpare.com/

STEPHEN LAVELLE

i guess i didn't need to type his whole name in all caps oops

there was even a thread Stephen Lavelle puzzle games that don't give you their rulesets

well done Will, I was reading the question and I was like "oh man it's the one website with all the games that are squares"

but then, the memories of all the websites that are also composed of squares interfered

quake

to celebrate the 25th anniversary?

id just released a remastered version

i only ever got to play quake against bots back in the day. and i feckin enjoyed every minute of it.

the remastered version is fine, matchmaking is a bit off, though

some of the new levels (namely, a couple deathmatch ones) are quite good

being able to play original quake with a low ping and fast computer has confirmed that I am a bit better than the old dial-up modem setup would have indicated

7 Days to Die, clunky 'world made of cubes but doesn't look like it zombie survival+crafting' type thing.

Hohokum, 2D exploration game with simple puzzles, kind of like Flow or PixelJunk Eden. it starts off seeming like it might be randomly generated, with stages made out of circles and other basic shapes, but later stages reveal that it's definitely not.

From the makers of I am Dead / Wilmot's Warehouse!

I've played WW once and enjoyed it (then got distracted with other stuff)

It can get quite stressful but I like this kind of thing

I'm not in front of my Steam atm, but there's something visually similar where you fly drones about delivering items. Can't remember what it's called, i recall a lot of green graphics.

Finally got around to Subnautica (PS version) and found myself really enjoying it. That changed abruptly after the game glitched out on me and corrupted/removed my 20+ hour save game. Googled it and apparently that’s been a common issue for YEARS, still not resolved. Wtf, guys.

Anyway, game does the survival/building/exploration thing very well and the sense of dread and wonder as you roam the deeps is great. I, uh, unfortunately can’t recommend it.

I've been wholly uninterested in playing just about anything lately (at least on consoles) but Chicory is absolutely delightful and charming. Light puzzling with adorable animals = yay!

that seems like a natural for the switch

And yet it's not on there!

To the Moon (2011). 10 years to get around to playing this - basically, visual novel - made in RPG Maker XP. Saccarine and sentimental as all get out, I can't lie, it worked for me. Great story concept, and not surprised they're trying to adapt it into an anime film. A sequel came out years later and the third part of the trilogy comes out at the end of this month.

Side question: is this the most notable RPG Maker-made game outside of Super Columbine Massacre RPG!?

Yume Nikki is a bit of a Velvet Underground situation in that it's influence over game creators is far greater than the amount of people who've actually played it
Omori has a chance to become big given how much hype it's got over the last couple of years