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Manac0r posted:So I often frequent Gametrailers, more out of habit than anything else. Currently they are making Tropical Freeze sound like the second coming. As someone who's favorite games are challenging 2D platformers, it's my favorite game ever made.
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Manac0r posted:So I often frequent Gametrailers, more out of habit than anything else. Currently they are making Tropical Freeze sound like the second coming. Hell yes! Tropical Freeze is a great game with a top tier soundtrack.
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Mar 12, 2015 18:39
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It's a platformer that doesn't compromise on challenge, has great level design, is pretty as heck, and has an awesome soundtrack. Not without flaws, but if you like platformers even a little and you don't play it you are depriving yourself.
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Mar 12, 2015 19:12
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What are the flaws, then?
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Mar 12, 2015 19:15
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Austrian mook posted:What are the flaws, then? Apes are disgusting.
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Mar 12, 2015 19:18
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Bosses take too long and they should not have put that many swimming levels in one world, but these are really pretty trivial.
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Mar 12, 2015 19:19
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Well it has too many collectables, some of your partners are useless except for very specific situations, the boss fights are a real slog that take forever. Like five or six minutes and then the last attack pattern is super complex so hope you weren't attached to your progress, you just died and are doing the whole fight over. Also too many underwater levels which control somewhat awkwardly and they decided to give the Kong's a limited air supply even though they never had this problem in 2d games before, so there's a lot of waiting for or swimming back to bubbles. Also some checkpoints are just annoying, placed in places where you can't backtrack to a buddy barrel, and you need the buddy to reach a secret exit or KONG letter, so if you lose your buddy, well, better finish the level and start it over.
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Mar 12, 2015 19:22
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I just picked up Rayman Legends on the cheap thanks to those trailers in the eShop. I do not see it on the recommended games in the OP but all the reviews sound awesome. Here's to hoping I like it!
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Mar 12, 2015 19:29
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potassium poisoning
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Mar 12, 2015 19:30
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ColonelJohnMatrix posted:I just picked up Rayman Legends on the cheap thanks to those trailers in the eShop. I do not see it on the recommended games in the OP but all the reviews sound awesome. Here's to hoping I like it! Tropical Freeze is still waiting on my shelf to be played, but with that in mind, Rayman Origins and Legends are the two best platformers I've played in probably the last 5-10 years.
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Mar 12, 2015 19:34
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ColonelJohnMatrix posted:I just picked up Rayman Legends on the cheap thanks to those trailers in the eShop. I do not see it on the recommended games in the OP but all the reviews sound awesome. Here's to hoping I like it! I have it on PS4 and play it for a few minutes at a time and then have to put it down because it's just so loving weird I need a break. But it's definitely fun.
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A Big... Dog posted:potassium poisoning Hyperkalemia. 
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Mar 12, 2015 19:45
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How good are the Mighty Switch Force games?
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Mar 12, 2015 19:54
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SeANMcBAY posted:How good are the Mighty Switch Force games? Pretty dang good.
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Mar 12, 2015 19:59
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raditts posted:Tropical Freeze is still waiting on my shelf to be played, but with that in mind, Rayman Origins and Legends are the two best platformers I've played in probably the last 5-10 years. I'm pretty excited to play it. The "cartoon come to life" visuals of the trailers really have really grabbed me. We will see I guess! As for Tropical Freeze, I rented it when I bought the Wii and the difficulty frustrated me at the time. I think I need to try it again. It was hard to beat my head against the wall during some levels when I had Mario Kart, 3D World, and Wind Waker sitting there on the shelf waiting to be played. I've since put in plenty of time with them so I should give it a re-rent. ColonelJohnMatrix fucked around with this message at 20:46 on Mar 12, 2015 |
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Mar 12, 2015 20:20
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SeANMcBAY posted:How good are the Mighty Switch Force games? Good, but they're very much about figuring out the levels for the sake of beating the par time rather than straight completion. Fun, but I got tired of the lategame of MSF1 when it becomes pretty reliant on memorizing what launching blocks to use and when in levels that have a ton of launching blocks in them.
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Mar 12, 2015 20:33
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Narcissus1916 posted:I just finished up New Super Mario Bros 2 (2DS) and it mishandles secret exits. Badly. With this kind of stuff available, I hope to see a level editor for that game at some point. A modding community even half as extensive as SMW would be incredible.
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Mar 12, 2015 20:47
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A level editor, like a Mario Maker of some sort
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Mar 12, 2015 20:50
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greatn posted:Well it has too many collectables, some of your partners are useless except for very specific situations, the boss fights are a real slog that take forever. Like five or six minutes and then the last attack pattern is super complex so hope you weren't attached to your progress, you just died and are doing the whole fight over. Also too many underwater levels which control somewhat awkwardly and they decided to give the Kong's a limited air supply even though they never had this problem in 2d games before, so there's a lot of waiting for or swimming back to bubbles. Yeah... I agree on pretty much all of this stuff. Except for the too many collectables thing. The puzzle pieces are worthless, as all they unlock are artwork I believe. Kong letters are usually in plain sight or easy to find, though those are only required to unlock the bonus levels. But the puzzle pieces give you a reason to play levels again at least, but you won't find them all on your first attempt like the Kong letters (even though some of them are tough to get to) One of the last two final secret levels is hard as gently caress, and I still haven't been able to beat it.
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Mar 12, 2015 20:52
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I really like the way they placed the KONG letters in the levels, yeah- provide an extra challenge without you having to slow down and look for them. I am glad they didn't gate anything behind the puzzle pieces.
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Mar 12, 2015 21:04
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elf help book posted:Apes are disgusting. Agreed
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Mar 12, 2015 21:10
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SeANMcBAY posted:How good are the Mighty Switch Force games? Good, but simple and short. If I had paid full price for what amount to about three hours of content I would have been annoyed. The levels are mainly pretty easy puzzles that you have to solve and once you do that there's not much reason to come back to it.
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Mar 12, 2015 21:49
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Narcissus1916 posted:I just finished up New Super Mario Bros 2 (2DS) and it mishandles secret exits. Badly. wow, thanks for pointing this out. I played through the entire first world tonight and it was great!
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Manac0r posted:So I often frequent Gametrailers, more out of habit than anything else. Currently they are making Tropical Freeze sound like the second coming. it's good but the boss battles blow because they're just too loving long. You die a lot in this game, which is fine, but having to go through the memorized part of a boss battle for 20 minutes to the new hard part time and time again sucks
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Mar 13, 2015 03:47
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Twat McTwatterson posted:it's good but the boss battles blow because they're just too loving long. You die a lot in this game, which is fine, but having to go through the memorized part of a boss battle for 20 minutes to the new hard part time and time again sucks Note that this can be circumvented by stocking up on DK Barrels before the fight, which effectively quadruples your health.
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Mar 13, 2015 03:49
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Astro7x posted:wow, thanks for pointing this out. I played through the entire first world tonight and it was great! You're welcome! The difficulty curve is really well-managed too. Its never as boringly easy as some of the New levels, but even the final set of levels never gets too insane. The game gets really inventive, even coming up with some great twists on airships and ghost houses. On a totally different note, I'm playing DKCR (with classic controller support hacks) and I adore the K levels. Even the lack of Diddy kong feels purposeful and strangely fair.
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Mar 13, 2015 05:44
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Twat McTwatterson posted:it's good but the boss battles blow because they're just too loving long. You die a lot in this game, which is fine, but having to go through the memorized part of a boss battle for 20 minutes to the new hard part time and time again sucks 20 minutes? What game were you playing? There was no boss in that game that took more than 8-10 minutes to finish, and I'm using that time for the last boss.
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Mar 13, 2015 13:29
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People really overstate how bad the boss fights are in Tropical Freeze
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Mar 13, 2015 14:21
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I prefer the Tropical Freeze battles to the mario battles... some game designer at Mario HQ has absolutely convinced himself that 3 is some sort of magic number, but he's wrong, it makes a lot of boss battles feel way too short.
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Mar 13, 2015 14:24
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Three is the magic number. Yeah it is. It's the magic number.
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Mar 13, 2015 14:34
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Polo-Rican posted:I prefer the Tropical Freeze battles to the mario battles... some game designer at Mario HQ has absolutely convinced himself that 3 is some sort of magic number, but he's wrong, it makes a lot of boss battles feel way too short. I like the boss fights in Mario games for that exact reason. v  v Platformers are generally all about progression forward or up, and when you break up that progression with a long boss fight then the game either makes you use the game's combat mechanics (which tend to be simplistic in a platformer) or it shoehorns in an overlong scrolling section.
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Mar 13, 2015 15:32
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One thing that's caught my eye with recent Nintendo games is the little "pause" that happens after you damage a boss or stronger enemy. Is there any word on why this is? It has to be intentional.
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Mar 13, 2015 15:36
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Lblitzer posted:One thing that's caught my eye with recent Nintendo games is the little "pause" that happens after you damage a boss or stronger enemy. Is there any word on why this is? It has to be intentional. Probably just a fun effect to give a feeling of impact.
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Mar 13, 2015 15:38
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The pause when anyone gets hit or picks up a power up in 3D World is probably the game's biggest flaw, cool my girlfriend's jump timing just got thrown off because I got hit by a fireball on the other side of the screen.
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Polo-Rican posted:I prefer the Tropical Freeze battles to the mario battles... some game designer at Mario HQ has absolutely convinced himself that 3 is some sort of magic number, but he's wrong, it makes a lot of boss battles feel way too short. Yeah, it's kind of refreshing to have a boss battle that is not three hits and that's it.
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Most 2D Mario boss fights are also kinda crap once you realize that most of the koopa kids give you a slight opening before they launch into an attack pattern, every time. You can sneak in three hits long before they even use their gimmicky attack. Also, I'm in World 3 of Donkey Kong Country Returns. Holy hell, this is glorious. I really like how the game handles difficulty - starting in World 2 it doesn't gently caress around but it also absolutely spews extra lives and tokens at you. I talked to a friend who mentioned that he found the game too hard. I then realized that he never used any items because "that would be cheating." And while the yellow potion is pointless, the extra heart is a literal lifesaver every time I've used it. The game is just going bananas with excellent levels - cannon cluster with a barrage of cannonballs on the beach, tidal terror where I'm dodging octopuses and tidal waves, and then a romp through ruins that bring back everything I love about barrels in this series. Its like Retro extracted what made the original DKC great, threw out the rest, and brought their own hand to the series.
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Mar 13, 2015 17:21
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Youre using items? 
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Mar 13, 2015 18:34
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Using items is definitely cheating. If you aren't playing with your toes, like a real monkey, you aren't playing the game as intended. Cheater.
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Waltzing Along posted:Using items is definitely cheating. If you aren't playing with your toes, like a real monkey, you aren't playing the game as intended. Donkey Kong could easilly learn how to hold a controller.
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ColonelJohnMatrix posted:I just picked up Rayman Legends on the cheap thanks to those trailers in the eShop. I do not see it on the recommended games in the OP but all the reviews sound awesome. Here's to hoping I like it! Rayman Legends is, to me, a much better game than New Super Mario Bros U
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