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DorianGravy posted:On that topic, what is the "mood" of Hyper Light Drifter like? I think the gameplay looks really neat, but the story seems somber and melancholy, and I'm not sure I want to play a game like that right now. If that's the case, can anyone recommend a good adventure or Metroidvania game that's a bit more upbeat? It's somber. I'd say only the Eastern Outdoor Areas are bright and fun, and the graphics have a real cool neon coloration to them, but even if the plot can be hard to decipher it's not particularly happy. I'd recommend the Steam World Dig games. 1+2 in that order. Ok sure they can get dire, as all games do with final bosses, but it's pretty fun and whole-hearted all the way through. Otherwise... Minit... which is not a metroidvania, but ish. OH! I mean A Short Hike is just the chillest loving game, Untitled Goose Game is a laugh and half, Katamari Damacy is a joy to play, and Donut County is Katamari-esque but has great fun dialogue as well. Celeste has its down moments but is also full of hope. None of those are metroidvanias but can be very upbeat fun games. A Short Hike is short, but it's also excellent, and it does feature a lot of exploration being somewhat gated behind how much stamina you unlock so it has metroidvania touches.
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DorianGravy posted:Why don't we all just ignore supposed leaks entirely? Even in the absolute best case scenario (the leaker being right), the game won't come out any sooner. And in most cases, it just makes people pine for things that aren't going to come out (while generating clicks for people who make things up). And there are a ton of games on Switch, so it's not like we're lacking in things to play. I recently played Shantae and The Pirate’s Curse and I don’t think you get anymore cheery than that. Mister Facetious posted:lol good luck with that. The social animal wants gossip, rumors, and speculation. This social animal just wants the Shiren 5 port to finally come out. Been playing Puyo Puyo Champions and drat still hard. Do the characters do anything besides voice tracks? Makes me want a port of Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo. I remember playing the poo poo out of it on the Saturn as a kid. Felt more casual and forgiving but that’s just 25 year old memories talking.
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b_d posted:the weirdest part was when they announced "mario's dick" and just showed mario with a big swinging ding dong for a good minute or so. I don't think it's even a game? It's kind of the same as Mario 128. Eventually there'll be a non-Mario game released, specifically to show off dick physics. Dickmin. Anyway, for real, I just saw a Bakugan commercial and it's the first time in my life I've ever even heard that word spoken out loud. Is it even a popular thing? I know poo poo all about yugioh, Naruto, digimon, or any of that stuff, but I've at least seen and heard all of that referenced for what must be decades now.
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Bakugan's been around slightly less long then Beyblade, I remember seeing the toy ads back when I still watched TV. I have to go out of my way to hear anything about Beyblade but Bakugan keeps popping up unbidden from time to time so someone must be buying it.
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I know nothing about code but I'm not sure I buy "RE7 won't run on the Switch but they're going to take the engine and make a Monster Hunter game that works fine" RE7 wasn't exactly fast paced and it didn't have much going on most of the time. Meanwhile MH is a fast paced game with particle effects, giant fast moving monsters, and up to 4 players.
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Sep 1, 2020 12:12
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Len posted:I know nothing about code but I'm not sure I buy "RE7 won't run on the Switch but they're going to take the engine and make a Monster Hunter game that works fine" RE7 wasn't exactly fast paced and it didn't have much going on most of the time. Meanwhile MH is a fast paced game with particle effects, giant fast moving monsters, and up to 4 players. There isn’t a way to RE7’s graphical fidelity on the Switch without turning it into a microwave. A game doesn’t have to be particularly big or complicated to have massive textures that make Switch struggle and cry.
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Eh if you can put Witcher 3 on Switch you can probably put anything, the question is wether it's worth spending time and effort to
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Sep 1, 2020 12:27
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Every single FPS I've played on Switch has felt absolutely terrible, except MAYBE Doom 3 cos of 60fps
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the switch is a gameboy and playing FPS on a gameboy is dumb. the control nubs are too small
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Sakurazuka posted:Eh if you can put Witcher 3 on Switch you can probably put anything, the question is wether it's worth spending time and effort to Witcher 3 is a game that scales exceptionally well for lower end machines. Most games run way way worse on low end rigs.
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Rutibex posted:the switch is a gameboy and playing FPS on a gameboy is dumb. the control nubs are too small Playing most AAA on the portable screen is less than ideal and doubly so with FPS. It isn't too bad docked usually though.
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Every single FPS I've played on Switch has felt absolutely terrible, except MAYBE Doom 3 cos of 60fps As a counterpoint, I have thoroughly enjoyed Turok 2 and Immortal Redneck in portable mode.
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Takoluka posted:As a counterpoint, I have thoroughly enjoyed Turok 2 and Immortal Redneck in portable mode. Wait Turok is on the switch?
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Sep 1, 2020 13:33
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Turok 1 + 2 are on the switch
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Takoluka posted:As a counterpoint, I have thoroughly enjoyed Turok 2 and Immortal Redneck in portable mode. I want to try Immortal Redneck but it never goes on sale 
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Sep 1, 2020 13:37
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Apparently you can now cancel preorders on the switch as long as you do it more than 7 days before the release date. Progress!
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I've been playing FPSers with a left joycon (for gyro) and a right hori pro con and it works great.
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Takoluka posted:As a counterpoint, I have thoroughly enjoyed Turok 2 and Immortal Redneck in portable mode. Oh yeah I forgot about Turok 1/2, they aren't bad. Turok 2 is the most confusing game I've ever played though.
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I think the quality of life improvements actually made Turok 2 worse. You're lost, so you turn on objective markers and you see that where you need to go is directly below you. Great, so now you spend the next ten minutes trying to get down from where you are when you actually need to go up a ramp on the complete opposite side of the map before you even get a chance to go further down
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RandomFerret posted:I think the quality of life improvements actually made Turok 2 worse. Yeah I gave up after the alien ship level, it was way too confusing. The port was really good though.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:It's kind of the same as Mario 128. I play games to escape reality, so I'll wait for the sequel, Dickmax.
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Takoluka posted:As a counterpoint, I have thoroughly enjoyed Turok 2 and Immortal Redneck in portable mode. Project Warlock is also very good in portable.
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Another day has come and gone without finishing Xenoblade. Are there people who like their games to be like 30% beginning, 20% middle and then 50% end like this game is? See also: Final Fantasy 15 Edit: Now it's a Mega Man style boss rush? What is this poo poo? I'm just hate-playing the game by now. Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 15:08 on Sep 1, 2020 |
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RandomFerret posted:I think the quality of life improvements actually made Turok 2 worse. I love Turok 2, and I 100% agree with this.
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numerrik posted:Apparently you can now cancel preorders on the switch as long as you do it more than 7 days before the release date. Progress!
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Samurai Sanders posted:Another day has come and gone without finishing Xenoblade. Are there people who like their games to be like 30% beginning, 20% middle and then 50% end like this game is? I chickened out the last 15% or so and just switched it to casual mode I just wanted it to end.
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I had a random thought today. I started humming the Chao Garden theme while making lunch, and that made me wonder all over again why Sega/Sonic Team/Whoever never released a standalone Chao raising game. I know I spent at least half my time in Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2 messing around with the Chao. Replaying levels? Sure didn't do it to get a better high score; I was after those cylinder things and more animals to power up my Chao! I'm sure I'm not alone in this.
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Silver Falcon posted:I had a random thought today. I started humming the Chao Garden theme while making lunch, and that made me wonder all over again why Sega/Sonic Team/Whoever never released a standalone Chao raising game. extremely same, pretty sure Sega just hates money
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That's what the Sonic Advance games were, there was just a lovely platformer attached to them
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Len posted:I know nothing about code but I'm not sure I buy "RE7 won't run on the Switch but they're going to take the engine and make a Monster Hunter game that works fine" RE7 wasn't exactly fast paced and it didn't have much going on most of the time. Meanwhile MH is a fast paced game with particle effects, giant fast moving monsters, and up to 4 players. They didn’t say it had to look good or have a good framerate I distinctly remember playing the monster hunter demo on an old 3ds and it just ran like poo poo but it still broke sales records
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Any good fishing games on the Switch? With how much time I spend on fishing minigame I thought maybe I go for a whole-rear end game.
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Okay, that's the final credits of Xenoblade. I'm extremely not motivated to play the post game stuff right now, unless it's just the most awesome thing ever. Edit: really digging the trend of RPGs being a little bit shorter. If you can call Final Fantasy 7R a trend, anyway. Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Sep 1, 2020 |
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Samurai Sanders posted:Okay, that's the final credits of Xenoblade. I'm extremely not motivated to play the post game stuff right now, unless it's just the most awesome thing ever. It's not worth playing. It's basically just some additional character development for Melia, that's pretty much it. You get Shulk, her, and two Nopons that are basically copies of Reyn and Sharla.
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Samurai Sanders posted:Another day has come and gone without finishing Xenoblade. Are there people who like their games to be like 30% beginning, 20% middle and then 50% end like this game is? It's my favorite single player MMO! Is this DE or 2? Or do they both kind of play like that? I just started DE the other day.
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The latest Mario 35th anniversary leak is “the Mario games are totally real and still coming out but they’re being pushed back.” I usually don’t follow video game leaks because they’re lame, and this is just more confirmation that they are lame (and almost always not true).
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ThatWhiteGuy posted:The latest Mario 35th anniversary leak is “the Mario games are totally real and still coming out but they’re being pushed back.” I usually don’t follow video game leaks because they’re lame, and this is just more confirmation that they are lame (and almost always not true). I feel like this Mario one has been going the entire year now. Good lord. At least there's some basis in reality for the Metroid Prime speculation, to my understanding. They haven't even said they're doing anything for Mario. It's not like Nintendo was like. Woo boy! Big Mario announcement this year guys! My most optimistic but still unlikely scenario is a bunch of Mario Switch games go on sale for $35. More than likely if there is a sale it'll be 35% instead, ehehehe.
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Samurai Sanders posted:Another day has come and gone without finishing Xenoblade. Are there people who like their games to be like 30% beginning, 20% middle and then 50% end like this game is? For the last 10% or so of Xenoblade's story I just rushed it because when the end wasn't in sight around level 60 I was starting to worry that the game's storyline would actually make use of the level 99 cap. It was really fun but goddamn, Xenoblade games are long. I think I spent 80 hours on the XC1 story. I put over 115hrs in to XC2 (included fighting various superbosses and additional screwing around) and that was before Torna came out as well. I forget how much time I put in to XCX but most of it was probably exploration because while XCX's story sucked and combat was busted as hell, the exploration was top tier.
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