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Inzombiac posted:For some reason Metroid Prime is very relaxing to me. Same, I sat down to play it tonight and it just feels super soothing. It's got a great flow state of getting gear, checking the map for new rooms to visit, poking around corners for item upgrades, etc. The remaster looks and plays so good, it's easily one of the best looking games on Switch. I don't know how they got it looking this good and locked to 60fps, if the answer is "because it's a GameCube game with new assets" then maybe they should design more games with GameCube benchmarks in mind 
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finished prime remaster earlier, incredible makeover for an incredible game now, where's 2
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Inzombiac posted:For some reason Metroid Prime is very relaxing to me. It's such a perfectly balanced game. You're isolated, but it's not scary because you're protected and competent. There's a natural urge to get your poo poo back and escape, but there's no actual ticking clock. You're shooting bad guys, but you're spending equal time reading data logs or studying your map it takes the traditional Metroid Formula and slows it down by about 33%. In SM and its kin there's not a single moment where I'm not jumping around like a maniac and firing my cannon in every direction. In MP1 I'm carefully picking my way through ruins and ignoring enemies if they aren't bothering me
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Looper posted:finished prime remaster earlier, incredible makeover for an incredible game It's better than I ever imagined, I thought at best we'd get like an upressed Prime Trilogy rerelease with joystick controls. This looks and plays just like a nostalgic memory, I'm so impressed with the new graphics and lighting, and they keep the feel of the original game so well that I'd swear it was just upressed until looking at screenshots of the original and realizing how much work they did. Even the good rereleases Nintendo's done in the past had stuff you could quibble with (they completely changed the lighting engine in Wind Waker HD for example), or were just straight upressed ports like the 3D Mario collection. Prime Remastered is incredible. I'm so happy with it.
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Metroid Prime Remastered is 7th of all time highest rated Switch game. Seems a bit low.
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I can absolutely see how MP influenced a game like Destiny, but goddamn, that triple jump from Destiny sure would help here. The double jump just doesn't seem like enough sometimes 
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widespread posted:There's a mod for Sunshine called Super Mario SunBurn. Main features include the ability to go into different stages from other stages (though gently caress the Bianco Hills to Pianta Village path if it's the path I'm thinking of), Shines don't kick you out of the level, and some extra stages. Does it also let you tilt the camera up? I can't get over how claustrophobic the camera makes me feel. The whole having to stop and go into first person poo poo is also really awkward. I reckon the camera being limited has to do with system limitations. I would like Mario 64 and Sunshine to just have Odyssey camera controls. It's academic though, as I currently have no way to play emulations or mods.
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Feb 12, 2023 08:44
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pwn posted:Does it also let you tilt the camera up? I can't get over how claustrophobic the camera makes me feel. The whole having to stop and go into first person poo poo is also really awkward. Not sure if it does. But then again, I'm one of the weird ones where I don't think about looking up in a stage usually so 
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Feb 12, 2023 08:54
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The weirdest thing to me about Metroid Prime when I play it now is I really expect to be able to teleport from one save point to another. But nope, Samus has to backtrack through all the areas. Also I am bad at this giant plant fight. I know I beat this game on the GameCube, but that was a more spry me, evidently.
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Feb 12, 2023 09:32
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nom epique posted:How does the Nintendo bucks at Costco work. They’re like 80 bucks for 100 worth of Ninty bucks. Was thinking to use them to cop two games but can they be used for that? You pay the cash and get 2x$50 of credit, which can actually be used across Switch, 3ds, and WiiU assuming you've linked the same account for all of them. You can immediately turn that $100 credit into two Switch vouchers each worth the purchase of a major first party release (plus some assorted third party games). In other words, for $80, you can get $100 of stuff or convert to vouchers first for $120+ of stuff. It's a neat situation.
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Chronojam posted:You pay the cash and get 2x$50 of credit, which can actually be used across Switch, 3ds, and WiiU assuming you've linked the same account for all of them. That’s if you’re ok buying things digitally. There’s certain games I prefer getting physically knowing that I’ll be trading them in again. I did that with Pokémon and didn’t regret it. I’ll do it with Mario 3D world and Skyward Sword too. Forgotten Land is honestly probably one of those titles unless you’re a Kirby mega-fan.
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Rageaholic posted:I can absolutely see how MP influenced a game like Destiny, but goddamn, that triple jump from Destiny sure would help here. The double jump just doesn't seem like enough sometimes Keep playing.
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Feb 12, 2023 13:11
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F-Zero GX Remastered please
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Mister Facetious posted:Does adding outside games to your Steam directory let you download them to the Deck? The deck is running a version of Linux. There are workarounds for most games, but anything from an exclusive storefront that's not GoG (Microsoft Store, Epic Store, Battle.net) doesn't quite work. For Minecraft, unless you want an older version of the android port, it's a no go (unless you install windows). Epic games you can download and install but their online functionality doesn't work, since Epic uses some sort of anticheat system that doesn't conform to linux, or faking a Windows environment in linux, which is sort of what's going on with games when they run on the Steam deck. Rocket League, however, is still going through steam for previous owners of it, including myself. If I had to rely on the epic store to play it, I couldn't. Anyway, tl;dr - unless it's officially on Steam or available completely separately from storefronts, the deck can't really play it online unless you install windows, and I'm not doing that. To your second point, there are actually quite a number of cross platform games between steam and switch that play nicely, but I'm looking for a list, from those specific games, that can do couch co-op on the Switch as well. Rocket League does it (two players split screen, and then whomever you want to get online), but something like Minecraft Dungeons, which you'd think WOULD do that, doesn't. The moment you decide to play that game online via the Switch, that's it; you can't add a second player on that system. Same with Spelunky 2.
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Feb 12, 2023 14:18
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Mega64 posted:F-Zero GX Remastered please Yeah that's an obvious answer to "what other GameCube game could get a $40 remaster" question. Let a whole new generation of people experience the joys of racing against MEGACOCK.
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Feb 12, 2023 14:33
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Jet Jaguar posted:The weirdest thing to me about Metroid Prime when I play it now is I really expect to be able to teleport from one save point to another. that would suck
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Feb 12, 2023 14:37
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Orange Crush Rush posted:Yeah that's an obvious answer to "what other GameCube game could get a $40 remaster" question. Let a whole new generation of people experience the joys of racing against MEGACOCK. Put a DLC in the store to unlock the AX courses and I'll buy it, because there's no way my old man reflexes can do Story Mode again.
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Augus posted:that would suck No it wouldn't. I don't have time for all this poo poo.
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Poopy Palpy posted:Put a DLC in the store to unlock the AX courses and I'll buy it, because there's no way my old man reflexes can do Story Mode again. AX Courses was beat every Cup in Master Mode. Which is hard, but not straight up bullshit. You got the AX Racers by beating Story Mode on Very Hard, and that was the straight up bullshit.
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Feb 12, 2023 15:09
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beating gx story mode on very hard is my gaming white whale
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Why IS the FZero franchise locked up away in The Nintendo Dungeon anyway? Ive never actually heard a plausible explaination as to why there arent new games but Ive never havent ever looked into it. Do they just want to focus on Mario Kart as their flagship racing game or were the FZero games financial flops or...? I suppose if a new one is in the pipeline, we will absolutely never hear about it. goes without saying itt, but Ive been thinking a lot lately about how modern Nintendo's always had this weird dichotomy between niche toy company and big rear end tech company and one of their bizarre trademarks is that, as a corporation, they seem to be absolutely madly in loooove with the idea of zero communication until literally the last possible moment and then springing poo poo on people, like what just happened with Metroid Prime. gotcha!!!! 
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Got home at 3am from a bar shift on Friday night and drunkenly bought Prime and then promptly fell asleep on the sofa while it was downloading. Played it on Saturday afternoon before working at the bar again, now I have a lazy relaxing Sunday with nothing but the game and some laundry to do. Game very good. I’m playing it with the classic controls and at first wondered if I was being intentionally obtuse by doing so, but I’ve switched back to the new controls a couple of times and it feels weird now I’m used to the classic controls again - the game was definitely built around them, with platforming in particular feeling much easier because of the perspective auto-levelling. Also having full control of the camera while running around kinda makes the game feel more intense and FPS-like when it’s supposed to be slower paced, and having to stop and look around really helps you to soak the environment in. If Prime 4 looked like this no-one would have any complaints, it’s gorgeous. Some new minor quibbles I have with the game after 20 years experience are that I wish you could drop pins on the map (a la Hollow Knight) for currently unreachable stuff, and I wish save rooms had some first person in-engine animation rather than the message pop-up that kinda takes me out of the moment.
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Feb 12, 2023 15:16
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I read somewhere that it's considered less risky to publish a game of a franchise from recent memory than to attempt a sequel to something from 20 years ago
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wizard2 posted:Why IS the FZero franchise locked up away in The Nintendo Dungeon anyway? Ive never actually heard a plausible explaination as to why there arent new games but Ive never havent ever looked into it. Do they just want to focus on Mario Kart as their flagship racing game or were the FZero games financial flops or...? I suppose if a new one is in the pipeline, we will absolutely never hear about it. I loved using the red gazelle and playing that mode where you had to murk all of the other cars as fast as possible. I got really good at yeeting opponents off the track with those side bashes and spinning attacks.
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After years in storage and suffering through a minor basement flood, I pulled out my N64 for the first time in a long while. Had to perform some repairs on it (and my copy of Shadow of the Empire) but finally got it working again.(I forgot how desolate the stage design in Shadows is, but goddamn I couldn’t put it down and ran through the first half of it like I was back in high school.) I sold most of my other games for it off long ago, so all I have right now is Shadows and Rogue Squadron. So, I went looking for some and stumbled on a decently priced copy of Paper Mario, a game I never actually played despite having three different copies of SMRPG. I look forward to finally getting a chance to run through it, and on the original system.  On a completely different topic, I’m running through Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and somehow the camera has shifted to floating basically right up my point character’s rear end and I can’t for the life of me get it to back off so I can actually survey the goddamn battlefield. Any tips?
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wizard2 posted:Why IS the FZero franchise locked up away in The Nintendo Dungeon anyway? Ive never actually heard a plausible explaination as to why there arent new games but Ive never havent ever looked into it. Do they just want to focus on Mario Kart as their flagship racing game or were the FZero games financial flops or...? I suppose if a new one is in the pipeline, we will absolutely never hear about it.
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wizard2 posted:Why IS the FZero franchise locked up away in The Nintendo Dungeon anyway? Ive never actually heard a plausible explaination as to why there arent new games but Ive never havent ever looked into it. Do they just want to focus on Mario Kart as their flagship racing game or were the FZero games financial flops or...? I suppose if a new one is in the pipeline, we will absolutely never hear about it. To be perfectly honest, it probably has something to do with Mario Kart 8 being in the spotlight for the last like, almost decade now. On the other hand, Dread and the Bayo games show Nintendo has no problems backing up more niche, “hardcore” games as well.
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I mean I think F Zero isn’t getting much play as it was the niche of the niche. Like unless it’s the pet project of one of the higher ups I don’t see F zero really coming back or much of a reason for it to even be on the radar
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pooch516 posted:The only thing I heard about that was from an interview way back (I think around the Wii U times) where they said that Mario Kart 8 was very early on set to be a F-Zero game. I think they said that they couldn't think of anything "special" (new gimmick I guess) to put in a new F-Zero that would differentiate it from the other ones. I think it was even more recent that that; there was a dev only a few years ago who said that, yeah, they didn't have anything special to add to a new F-Zero game. Meanwhile, literally all F-Zero fans, myself included, are just reading that thinking "fuckin' SO?!? Did Smash Ultimate do anything significantly different than "... but now there's more!"? Just give us the ludicrously fast space race game, Nintendo. Rupert Buttermilk fucked around with this message at 15:37 on Feb 12, 2023 |
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Haha I just remembered in Prime after you beat the omega pirate, he suddenly topples over and squishes Samus, lol. Can't wait for the 22nd, I should have the dead space remake finished by then
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Meanwhile, literally all F-Zero fans, myself included, are just reading that thinking "fuckin' SO?!? Did Smash Ultimate do anything significantly different than "... but now there's more!"? Yeah but F-Zero doesn't have a competitive pro league for Nintendo to pull the rug out from under whenever they feel like.
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Waffle! posted:Yeah but F-Zero doesn't have a competitive pro league for Nintendo to pull the rug out from under whenever they feel like. But they COULD! Think of the possibilities! Also, I'd love a campaign mode where you have to get sponsors and all that, except these are all Futuristic Space Sponsors. And you get to put their godawful logo art all over your racer.
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I have never played Metroid PRime before and it epicly pwns when a game is exactly as good as the fans have always said it is. idk why there aren't like 500 games exactly like this
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:The deck is running a version of Linux. There are workarounds for most games, but anything from an exclusive storefront that's not GoG (Microsoft Store, Epic Store, Battle.net) doesn't quite work. Stuff on battle net (as long as it's blizzards games) works great actually. I've been playing overwatch on my Linux rig for years now. For your general problem though, this should help https://crossplaygames.com/crossplay?p1=nintendo-switch&p2=steam-pc Now you still need to check those games against protondb, cos stuff like dead by daylight is crossplay, but it's anticheat won't work on the steam deck, but apex legends which also has anti cheat will work for example. So don't just right off every competitive multiplayer.
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Feels Villeneuve posted:I have never played Metroid PRime before and it epicly pwns when a game is exactly as good as the fans have always said it is. idk why there aren't like 500 games exactly like this I completely agree. I felt the same when I played Symphony of the Night on the Deck a month or so ago. (There's a game that needs to be on the Switch. I will totally buy it and play it again if it is. PLEASE.)
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even by 2002 i remember most FPSes having more cutscenes or at least a "radio guy" to yell plot at you so it pwns how bare-bones everything is in Prime so far, just flavor text and log entries.
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Once rammer technology catches up to Nintendo's vision, F-zero will come back
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Silver Falcon posted:I completely agree. I felt the same when I played Symphony of the Night on the Deck a month or so ago. (There's a game that needs to be on the Switch. I will totally buy it and play it again if it is. PLEASE.) I've 200%ed Symphony of the Night once and 100%ed it several other times. I am definitely enough of a sucker to buy it again. Heck, just hook it up to my veins already.
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Actually here's your new twist, Nintendo. Make it a prequel, call it F-Zer0
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