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Mister Facetious posted:I'm playing Astral Chain, and it's the opposite of that. I recommend it. I should go back and actually try to get S+ on all chapters. The combat was super satisfying once you had everything unlocked.
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I gotta say, the Indie World presentations always get me super hyped about the future of gaming, it’s cool that people from everywhere are able to put their game on a Nintendo platform that has such a massive audience. Since the Switch was never really about AAA gaming in the way that the other consoles and even the PC are it’s allowed something beyond the usual ecosystem to develop. Obviously the reason most people get the Switch is because of Nintendo’s games but there are just so many people who have one that there are audiences for things that might not ever have flourished otherwise. Seeing Aztech, that cool runner game from Detroit and that weird little thing from that German dev makes gaming feel so much bigger. The foundational creation myths of gaming tends to focus a lot on white guys in their 20s and 30s who built the industry because of how it developed and was marketed and it’s nice that such a wide variety of cultures are now being represented by the people who are a part of them. Like, I don’t know if I’m gonna play everything that was shown today but it was all really cool and Nintendo giving it the same sort of attention that they give to big publishers is a welcome change. Microsoft was the first console developer to give air to indies in that way with XBLA and the Summer of Arcade promos but I think that Nintendo saw that and realized that was what the Switch needed to succeed. I have more games for the Switch than for any console I’ve ever owned. Part of that is that it’s way easier and cheaper to buy games, especially with regular sales, but part of that is that there are so many more varieties. I know the Switch Pro is coming sooner rather than later but I truly hope that the Switch ecosystem lives forever, it’s the culmination of Nintendo’s rocky development over the last decade and it’s the first console since the PS2 that I can imagine having such a long life that people are still making games that play on it a decade down the line. I grew up playing Nintendo consoles and I think the Switch is their crowning achievement.
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Apr 15, 2021 00:38
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Bit on The Longing. Somehow glitched through my home cave in the first five minutes and when I rebooted the game I’m stuck in a screen of black with only my character and I can’t even walk anymore. Guess I’m spending the next 400 days like this!
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Apr 15, 2021 01:37
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homeless snail posted:IDK about the Hori but most square gates can be twisted to diamond gates, which are more properly what a real Pac-Man cabinet would have, a four way stick. Yeah I considered this too, but people say that Hori fighting stick is not easily modifiable. Mega64 posted:Bit on The Longing. Somehow glitched through my home cave in the first five minutes and when I rebooted the game I’m stuck in a screen of black with only my character and I can’t even walk anymore. You should do a gigantic set of Let’s Play videos, and pretend it’s a normal part of the game. Good Sphere fucked around with this message at 01:40 on Apr 15, 2021 |
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Apr 15, 2021 01:38
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Mega64 posted:Bit on The Longing. Somehow glitched through my home cave in the first five minutes and when I rebooted the game I’m stuck in a screen of black with only my character and I can’t even walk anymore. Turn on your monitor?
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Apr 15, 2021 01:44
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I have fond memories playing Ninja Turtles at the arcade with my friends (ugh, that was 30 years ago) and I cannot wait to play TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge with my kids on the Switch. Absolute highlight of the direct for me today.
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Apr 15, 2021 02:22
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Ragequit posted:I have fond memories playing Ninja Turtles at the arcade with my friends (ugh, that was 30 years ago) and I cannot wait to play TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge with my kids on the Switch. Absolute highlight of the direct for me today. I did that with my brother and cousin on a cruise years ago. I remember my uncle would be down the hall at the casino and periodically he'd bring us a pile of quarters he won at the slots so we could keep playing. We beat the Ninja Turtle game twice on that trip.
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Apr 15, 2021 02:54
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Oxenfree is the perfect game to start at 5pm on an overcast afternoon and finish at about midnight huddled up on your couch. I really loved the voice acting for the.. late game thingy. Probably my favorite example of that sort of thing. I hope they iterate on that for the sequel.
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Apr 15, 2021 03:30
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At the end of the 400th day of The Longing, the King wakes up and announces the release date for Silksong.
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Apr 15, 2021 03:51
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Saga Frontier is live! Hope it holds up as well as I remember.
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Apr 15, 2021 05:08
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Ragequit posted:Saga Frontier is live! Hope it holds up as well as I remember. It doesn't unlock on PC till the morning, I'm curious about people's impressions on this. Schreier said they got rid of the gold ingot trick but made a lot of other quality of life improvements
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Apr 15, 2021 05:55
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i don't have any nostalgia for the banjo games and i genuinely think some aspects of those were better left off dead and that yooka-laylee really didn't need to bring them back but i absolutely don't think it's even remotely comparable to balan wonderworld in any form whatsoever
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Apr 15, 2021 05:55
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Policenaut posted:... but a lot of Shenmue 3's plot deals with the fact that Ryo Hazuki is nowhere near qualified to fight his blood enemy... Obligatory link to this bit from Shenmue 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qREMlE47eIY
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Apr 15, 2021 07:56
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has anyone tried star renegades post-patch? it's on sale. i tried it for PC but the only games i can play on PC are headclickers so i'd quite like to get it for switch if they fixed it.
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Apr 15, 2021 09:47
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I'm liking The Longing but man now I just have Warszawa stuck in my head. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gy94N_mcWs
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Apr 15, 2021 09:59
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Frankston posted:I'm liking The Longing but man now I just have Warszawa stuck in my head. That's a feature.
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Apr 15, 2021 12:01
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I'm trying to decide between Project Warlock and Void Bastards. Thoughts? Edit: Goddammit, Cities Skylines and Road Redemption are also on sale, aaauuuggggghhhh too many choices! Rupert Buttermilk fucked around with this message at 12:48 on Apr 15, 2021 |
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Apr 15, 2021 12:45
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I'm trying to decide between Project Warlock and Void Bastards. Thoughts? Void Bastards I feel like you've kinda seen everything it has to offer within an hour.
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Apr 15, 2021 13:02
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Apr 15, 2021 14:23
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Hobo Clown posted:How well does Cities Skylines play on the Switch? It plays fine but I really prefer the precision of a mouse, weirdly enough. I hear larger cities turn the game in to a slideshow.
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Apr 15, 2021 14:38
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My PC Skyline plays always end with like 10% of the map covered and the simulation running at like 1 game day per several real life hours at that point it's just too slow. I can't imagine trying to play on the Switch, you probably can get like 8 hours of play time with the CPU. Skylines is extremely CPU intensive and one of the things I like to do with a new computer is play Skylines and see how much more of the map I can cover before it becomes unplayable. There's people with really long saves that real life runs faster than the sim. They just let it run 24/7 and check in on it every few days. I found a lot of getting further in the game wasn't about solving problems so much as figuring out what caused a ton of CPU cycles and avoid doing that leading to very mechanical and min/maxed around CPU usage cities.
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Apr 15, 2021 14:43
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I had it for PS4 and didn't mind the controls, and taking it handheld would be nice, but was mostly wondering about the performance and it seems like that'd be an issue
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I'm surprised a PS4 doesn't encounter much the same issues. It's possible the PC version just sucks or the console one has a bunch of stuff that's laggy stripped out.
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Apr 15, 2021 14:54
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mp5 posted:Schreier said they got rid of the gold ingot trick Noooooooooo. What about the junk shop glitch? 
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mp5 posted:Schreier said they got rid of the gold ingot trick I haven’t tested it myself yet hut I don’t think this is true. People on gamefaqs are saying both the gold and junk shop tricks work, and there’s even an achievement for “Sold gold for a certain amount of credits or more”, which sounds like a tongue in cheek acknowledgement of it
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Hobo Clown posted:How well does Cities Skylines play on the Switch? A lot like Witcher 3 - if it's the first and only version you've ever played you'll have a pretty good time. Otherwise, you'll probably find the tradeoffs to be too much.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I'm trying to decide between Project Warlock and Void Bastards. Thoughts? Road Redemption is fun, but the loading times are long and the game is pretty loving janky. I beat one time for the first time after putting in some 10+ hours. I think you could make a better choice.
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Welp, I decided on Risk of Rain 2. It wasn't on sale (that I noticed) when I posted originally, but the moment I saw it, I had to get it. I absolutely love the first one and heard that (after updates) the sequel actually was worthy.
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Apr 15, 2021 18:18
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Beat Mario 64 with 100 stars. I did all main 6 stars in the 15 courses, I'm probably missing some special level stars and all the 100 coins but nope not going to do that again. The game is remarkable for its time whereas today I'd say it holds up but it's not a great game. It's good. My memories of it were better than going through it just now, a lot of Stars feel like filler and for how repetitive the courses can be I feel like it could've been better thought out. Still it's small nitpicks for such a revolutionary game. I'll start Sunshine soon, which I've never played, all while plugging away at Pikmin 3. Speaking of Sunshine is there an ideal way to go at it, just blind? Any point in 100%ing it? 100YrsofAttitude fucked around with this message at 18:31 on Apr 15, 2021 |
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Can someone give me a list of switch games that are discounted that I should Definitely Have On Switch? I was thinking of 'enter the gungeon' but I'm playing it on pc and have read complaints that it slows down on switch. Also I like having the large-resolution pc screen for it, although I'm not sure if that makes any kind of difference. I have Hades, Into the Breach, an atelier, a mario and a zelda already (but not the zelda ramake game), and spiritfarer
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100YrsofAttitude posted:I'll start Sunshine soon, which I've never played, all while plugging away at Pikmin 3. Getting 100% in Sunshine will require you to get all the blue coins. There are 30 per level, some only appear on certain shines (this is not told to you at all, btw), and nothing about them is tracked other than the raw number you have per stage. You can either way until the end of the game to track down all of them at once, or get the 96 "real" shines and call it a day. Anything in between is asking for heartbreak and frustration.
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redreader posted:Can someone give me a list of switch games that are discounted that I should Definitely Have On Switch? I was thinking of 'enter the gungeon' but I'm playing it on pc and have read complaints that it slows down on switch. Also I like having the large-resolution pc screen for it, although I'm not sure if that makes any kind of difference. I always recommend Bastion and Transistor, plus they're dirt cheap.
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redreader posted:Can someone give me a list of switch games that are discounted that I should Definitely Have On Switch? I was thinking of 'enter the gungeon' but I'm playing it on pc and have read complaints that it slows down on switch. Also I like having the large-resolution pc screen for it, although I'm not sure if that makes any kind of difference. I have over 100 hours in gungeon and never really had any slowdown that impacted the gameplay negatively. It does have some settings for optimising graphics or performance also.
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100YrsofAttitude posted:Beat Mario 64 with 100 stars. I did all main 6 stars in the 15 courses, I'm probably missing some special level stars and all the 100 coins but nope not going to do that again. Sunshine is more of a pain to 100% and I don't think it is worth it. Still a good game, though!
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Apr 15, 2021 18:50
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Just gently caress that loving Pachinko level. Those physics were terrible.
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I never understood the boats in the Noki Bay level that were apparently made out of paper-mache.
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100YrsofAttitude posted:Speaking of Sunshine is there an ideal way to go at it, just blind? Any point in 100%ing it? iirc once you beat the final boss you can have mario wear sunglasses and a shine sprite shirt. this is the real reward. 100% completion just gets you a different ending photo and isn't worth it because blue coins are a huge pain
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redreader posted:Can someone give me a list of switch games that are discounted that I should Definitely Have On Switch? I was thinking of 'enter the gungeon' but I'm playing it on pc and have read complaints that it slows down on switch. Also I like having the large-resolution pc screen for it, although I'm not sure if that makes any kind of difference. Dead Cells
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Apr 15, 2021 19:20
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Blasphemous is like  right now and I hear it’s also very good
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Blasphemous is like It is but maybe watch the trailer and see if the imagery is something you can get in to. It's not as gross as BoI but it is grotesque
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