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Post by Bill in the rain on Dec 14, 2022 2:09:58 GMT
I bought Sonic Mania when it was on sale. Played it for 20 minutes. Got pissed off at repeatedly drowning in the Chemical Plant Zone and went back to playing BOTW. Kids are occasionally playing through Sonic 2, getting pissed off at repeatedly drowning in the Chemical Plant Zone, going back to fortnite, and then a week or two later repeating the same thing. Glad to hear Sonic Mania is an authentic experience. |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Dec 14, 2022 2:10:54 GMT
Been really enjoying the pick up and play nature of the switch lately. Been struggling to get into longer games (GOW:R is the latest one I’m struggling to get through) but really enjoying just having 10 - 30 Minutes of Mario Kart and Splatoon 3. Odd Picross and Mini Motorways session too. Rocket League and Fortnite are good for pickup and play games too. |
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Post by Lizard on Dec 14, 2022 2:49:04 GMT
Underwater Sonic has never been fun.
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Post by JuniorFE on Dec 14, 2022 8:27:18 GMT
Underwater Sonic has never been fun. Counterpoint: Sonic Colours. Not better than the rest of the game, but much more tolerable underwater gameplay than usual from what I remember. |
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Post by Vandelay on Dec 14, 2022 8:30:06 GMT
Underwater Sonic has never been fun. Underwater sections in any 2D platforming game are always the weakest bits. |
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Post by dangerousdave on Dec 14, 2022 8:30:32 GMT
I dont mind the original labyrinth zone. Just pretend you're in 'bullet time'. Makes it much more fun.
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Post by dangerousdave on Dec 15, 2022 13:32:19 GMT
I posted a few weeks ago about a little gem called Pinball Wizard. It's a rather cute take on pinball that replaces the pinball with a wizard and a table with a dungeon. It's as simple as using flippers and a couple of easy to grasp skills to clear rooms of enemies, unlock doors and climb a deadly tower. The game eases you into the experience with a simple level-up system. You earn experience and gold from every run you have and they are put towards unlocking new abilities and increasing your health, speed and attack damage. Eventually (after a couple of hours) you'll become powerful enough to reach the top of the tower and defeat the Zelda-like boss with ease. At first glance this will seem like an disappointingly short game, but once you've ascended the tower and seen the credits roll, you unlock the Dungeon mode. This is the real meat of the game. It's essentially closer to a more traditional pinball experience in which you're simply chasing a high score in a single dungeon/table. The tables on offer are basically a number of conjoined rooms with enemies that must be defeated, in order to unlock access to the final boss room, where you'll score the most points. At this point you're essentially chasing high scores on a leaderboard, but besides 2 standard dungeons (that offer a decent pinball challenge) there is a third 'daily' dungeon. These dungeons are a little easier, but they change daily and keeps things feeling fresh. I've managed to top the leaderboards on a few occassions, but it's been nice seeing the same few names in the top 10 and it has given me extra purpose to play. Just to beat the familiar faces when I have the time of day. It's a great little game, however you play it, and one of my favourite 'indie' games of the year. Cheap and cheerful, so I thought I would plug it again on here. It visually reminds me a lot of Graceful Explosion Machine. That was made by Vertex Pop, but this game was made by Frosty Pop. Apparently there is no connection, but a weird coincidence none the less. Here's the Youtube Launch Trailer |
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Post by damagedinc on Dec 15, 2022 13:48:06 GMT
Underwater Sonic has never been fun. Underwater sections in any 2D platforming game are always the weakest bits. Exactly this and it has nothing to do with the nightmares ecco the fucking dolphin gave me |
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Post by dmukgr on Dec 15, 2022 15:25:58 GMT
Sounds great - I do love me some pinball.
I've added it to my wishlist on Deku.
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Post by damagedinc on Jan 25, 2023 14:27:30 GMT
Goldeneye coming on the 27th
Including wide-screen and online multiplayer!!!
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Post by dangerousdave on Jan 25, 2023 21:22:47 GMT
Looking forward to it. Should look quite nice on a portable screen. I hope they don't mess up the button layout.
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Post by Red_Bool on Jan 26, 2023 10:24:10 GMT
I just found at that owners of Rare Replay on Xbox get Goldeneye for free \o/
That's unexpected and very nice!
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Post by dangerousdave on Jan 26, 2023 14:00:47 GMT
Yeah, it looks like neither party can sell the game on its own, so its either a freebie or a digital rental.
I wonder if Rare Replay owners will have permanent access to this game, or if at some point all parties lose the rights to distribute it.
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Post by malek86 on Jan 27, 2023 8:00:32 GMT
Yeah, it looks like neither party can sell the game on its own, so its either a freebie or a digital rental. I wonder if Rare Replay owners will have permanent access to this game, or if at some point all parties lose the rights to distribute it. That would be a messy situation indeed. At the very least, I'm guessing digital owners will have access to it permanently. The game has been added to my account as if I had bought it (the store says "owned", which it doesn't say for Gold or Game Pass games), so it would be pretty crappy if they just removed it like that. Anyway, performance isn't great even on Series S. Makes me think the emulation by Code Mystics isn't all that. Maybe, if Nintendo uses their own emulator, things will actually be better on the Switch? |
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Post by dangerousdave on Jan 27, 2023 12:58:03 GMT
Well, I imagine even the Switch version will require a few emulator patches. Few N64 games release in a great state.
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Post by chuchurkt on Jan 27, 2023 13:31:23 GMT
Other than the control options, which YT has some good guides to fixing, I've been enjoying it. 30FPS has it looking like my rose tinted glasses remember it.
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Post by dangerousdave on Jan 27, 2023 13:46:51 GMT
Not a bad way to play it. I remember tanking the frame rate on purpose, with rockets and mines. Its weird that frame rates did nothing to dampen my experience back in the day. Unless it was a dodgy 3D port on SNES hardware!
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Post by cubby on Jan 27, 2023 17:40:09 GMT
That's annoying, the hori split pad can't have it's buttons remapped to flip the sticks. Literally unplayable.
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Post by damagedinc on Jan 28, 2023 9:41:09 GMT
Thought about picking up the n64 controller for the switch.
Jeez sold out and selling for 200 on ebay. Why they not stocking this thing!!
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Post by steifybobbins on Jan 28, 2023 23:47:52 GMT
I never played Goldeneye back in the day. I abandoned my beloved Nintendo for Playstation. Jumped on this immediately to see what the fuss is about and I have to say... I LOVE IT! Yes the controls are terrible but set it to Agent with auto aim and it's a blast. The last FPS game I genuinely loved was Medal of honour on PS1. Multiple objectives, carefully placed enemies, great sound, atmosphere and feedback. All these things were lost in the spectacle as hardware improved IMO and Goldeneye is virtually identical to MOH In every way. I'm genuinely excited to get back to it. God I miss when shooters were designed to reward good play and encourage exploration before Hollywood style spectacle took over.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2023 23:52:51 GMT
Bit ironic too since this game was actually based on a film.
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Post by steifybobbins on Jan 29, 2023 0:02:12 GMT
Bit ironic too since this game was actually based on a film. I never thought of that! I stand by my point though even if I failed to articulate it well 😃 |
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Post by JuniorFE on Feb 8, 2023 9:18:21 GMT
Nintendo Direct dropping at midnight (my time, so 12 hours from now), focused mostly on Nintendo Switch games releasing in the first half of 2023 (so probably Tears of the Kingdom, Octopath 2 etc) Not sure if embedding will work properly since it's a not-yet-started live, but here: www.youtube.com/live/yMdUSVSEp7U?feature=shareEdit: yeah it didn't. Oh well, the link does work at least  |
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Post by dfunked on Feb 8, 2023 9:26:56 GMT
It's been a while since we've had a Metroid Dread style mic drop moment. Come on Ninty!
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Post by JuniorFE on Feb 8, 2023 9:35:49 GMT
Switch 2 to accompany the Zelda trailer perhaps?
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Post by Bill in the rain on Feb 8, 2023 9:39:11 GMT
Is there a new Metroid Prime game incoming?
If not, can't be bothered.
/same as every year
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Post by dfunked on Feb 8, 2023 9:41:58 GMT
@bill - absolutely no idea when we'll see that. It got started from scratch a couple of years ago by Retro, so probably a couple more years away.
/edit
Bloody hell, it was four years ago that it moved to Retro. Maybe something soon then...
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Post by dangerousdave on Feb 8, 2023 11:51:38 GMT
Switch 2 that launches with both Zelda and Metroid.
Seriously though, the Metroid Dread developers are apparently long into another Metroid project and that excites me more than Prime 4!
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Post by JonFE on Feb 8, 2023 12:03:41 GMT
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Post by JuniorFE on Feb 8, 2023 12:24:38 GMT
Hm. Can't say I'm too happy about that one, to be honest. For the precedent it sets if nothing else.
Although at least if there's one game I'd expect to be worth the increased price tag in terms of content it'd probably be that one...
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