February Games Chat: The Year of Hoverkitty, Ch. 3

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What is the greatest love story in video games? This poll is closed.
Tidus & Yuna (Final Fantasy X)	14	7.37%
Wakka & Lulu (Final Fantasy X)	8	4.21%
Wakka & Yuna (Final Fantasy X)	1	0.53%
Lulu & Rikku (Final Fantasy X)	13	6.84%
Rikku & Tidus (Final Fantasy X)	3	1.58%
Kimahri & Yuna (Final Fantasy X)	2	1.05%
Tidus & Ifrit (Final Fantasy X)	16	8.42%
Yuna & Rikku (Final Fantasy X)	16	8.42%
Wakka & Wakka (Final Fantasy X)	70	36.84%
Auron & Kimahri (Final Fantasy X)	23	12.11%
Kimahri & Tidus (Final Fantasy X)	15	7.89%
Yuna & Tidus (Final Fantasy X)	9	4.74%
Total:	190 votes

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Anno: May 10, 2017; I'm going to drown! For no reason at all!

I think GaaS means like a dozen different things to different people and it's one of the reasons it's so hard to talk about a lot of those games rationally.

# ? Feb 10, 2024 01:50

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# ? Jun 11, 2024 05:07

RPATDO_LAMD: Mar 22, 2013; 🐘🪠🍆

Free to play games are also gaas

But yeah the fundamental distinction that makes it a "service" is on the business end. if they're a service business and not a products business, they're expecting to maintain their customers and make a certain amount of recurring income from each one instead of one-time sales. (Or at least, a certain amount on average. Maybe most players buy nothing and some are mtx whales but when you add it all up you can say "we make $x per month per thousand players").
Which means the game will never stop bugging you to pay up in some way or other.

I'm sure half the reason manager brained people love GaaS isn't even the "it could be the next fortnite!" thing but just the fact that stable recurring revenue is so much nicer on the accounting side than selling products once for a flat fee.

RPATDO_LAMD fucked around with this message at 01:55 on Feb 10, 2024

# ? Feb 10, 2024 01:51

FirstAidKite: Nov 8, 2009

Hoverkitty In The Hoververse Chapter 3 has been released.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2768760/Hoverkitty_In_The_Hoververse_Chapter_Three/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2768760/Hoverkitty_In_The_Hoververse_Chapter_Three/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2768760/Hoverkitty_In_The_Hoververse_Chapter_Three/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2768760/Hoverkitty_In_The_Hoververse_Chapter_Three/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2768760/Hoverkitty_In_The_Hoververse_Chapter_Three/

quote:

Hoverkitty in the Hoververse Chapter Three is the third game in the Hoverkitty in the Hoververse series. The Hoververse series is about a robotic cat traveling around a planet called the Hoververse, protecting it and the creatures that live within the world from the clutches of malicious entities.

In this 3D game, you can explore the land, and soon you will find that there is something amiss, something that could upend the Hoververse. Things are not as they should be, and it is up to our unlikely, yet valiant hero and heroine to put things back in order and bring peace back to the Hoververse.

For the first time in the series, you can discover the mysterys of the Hoververse as either Hoverkitty or Hoverflea, which means you have multiple ways of completing a level. Hoverkitty is a robotic cat that can wield a sword for close combat, and Hoverflea is a robotic flea that shoots lasers for skirmishes that can be fought further away.

A quest that you will find in most levels is Treat collecting. Sometimes you must collect Treats to pass a level. Hoverkitty and Hoverflea can both collect Treats, but one advantage to playing as Hoverflea is that he is smaller than Hoverkitty, which means he can fit in smaller areas.

This has aspects of an adventure,3D, first-person shooter. You will meet old enemies, such as the Hoverkitty Hunters, and also new allies that can help you in the Battle for the Hoververse.

This game also has some lore to it, for all you Hoverkitty fans out there, so be on the look out for some new an old faces and facts.

I highly recommend checking out the dev's games if you are interested in odd, weird games with a lot of charm. They are not what would be considered good by the conventional sense of the word but they are good to me. They are enjoyable, memorable, short, and inexpensive. Most of all, they are honest. There is no cynical trendchasing here, just 1 person doing all the art, the music, the writing, the voice acting, the animating, and the world is a better place with amateur developers like this contributing their work regardless of how others may perceive it. I'm going to copy my steam review to here.

quote:

Alright, so right out the gate I just want to make this clear. I greatly enjoy this developer's work and I wholeheartedly recommend this game to anyone looking for a unique and unforgettable experience. That being said, there are a lot of flaws with this game, some even gamebreaking, but I would still recommend this despite those flaws. I will list the problems I ran into below, in no particular order.

- Levels generally have an end goal of collecting a set amount of treats or defeating a bunch of enemies. However, several levels were able to be partially skipped because the end level trigger still existed before I finished the objectives. This would skip me ahead to the next level.
- Both Hoverkitty and Hoverflea rotate at the same time regardless of who you are controlling, making it difficult to use their powers in tandem to defeat the enemies.
- Several game over screens had a large pink box obscuring the game.
- Switching between Hoverkitty and Hoverflea sometimes leaves you stuck in place, having to press their respective swap button again to get control of them. Additionally, sometimes the controlled character changes but the camera doesn't.
- The controls for keyboard are awkward. Every level requires that you press B to get rid of the text displaying your controls. Movement is WASD but turning requires pressing R to turn left and L to turn right (Yes, R for left & L for right), and Hoverflea's beam is fired with P.
- The game at one point froze up and crashed at the same point repeatedly. There's a cutscene and level load that for some reason locked the game up. I was able to play through on a better computer (my computer is not good at all) and while the game progressed as normal, the other computer was getting uncomfortably hot while running the game.
- There is a level trigger near the end of the game that puts you into a cutscene from the game's midpoint, effectively sequence breaking backwards.

I need you to understand that these are undeniable flaws and problems, things that are definitely not good. With all that said, however, I still really enjoyed this game. Why? Because this is one of many games made by a passionate developer who does all of the art, all of the music, all of the voice acting, all of the writing, everything on her own. This isn't a cynical cash grab or something like that, this is a work of art and I mean that sincerely. The developer has, through the medium of video game development, created memorable pieces of art that astound and inspire me. It would be great if the major glitches were fixed and it would be great for the controls to be rebindable, but the product she has made that exists here on this page is still a fantastic piece in a series of pieces that show what someone is capable of doing if they have the willpower and drive to complete a project. Countless times I myself have tried to start projects, only for them to fizzle out when I hit a brick wall. When I see stuff like Hoverkitty In The Hoververse, I feel inspired to keep trying. Finishing and delivering a work that isn't just chasing some current trend, all while continuing to grow as an artist, writer, and (especially with this new game) musician, it all just gives me hope that I can maybe do something some day.

People may look at this and thing I'm being ironic, or that I am insincere. I have no means of proving the sincerity of this review. I can only hope that those who read this will take it at face value that I enjoyed this game and I hope others will check out this developer's games and experience the enjoyment I felt.

Here are links to her other games, not counting Hoverkitty 3.

The Bubbleboy Project
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2328360/The_Bubbleboy_Project/

quote:

Welcome to The Bubbleboy Project. In the first game, you will play as a wobbly boy made of bubbles, in a 3D side-scrolling world that has sharp objects at every turn. The second part will be a bit more mysetrious as you traverse as yourself our 3D forest and building that are open world. Good Luck!

Kati The Astronaut
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2099180/Kati_The_Astronaut/

quote:

Help Kati the Astronaut traverse the depth of space and defeat enemies to save the universes!

Hoverkitty: Hoververse
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1928290/Hoverkitty_Hoververse/

quote:

Help Hoverkitty rescue her friend Hoverflea in the Hoververse! Your life will forever be changed.

Hoverkitty In The Hoververse Chapter Two
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2472970/Hoverkitty_In_The_Hoververse_Chapter_Two/

quote:

Hoverkitty is back, and she needs help. Help Hoverkitty as she goes on a epic adventure, where the choices she makes lead her on a journey that could save, or destroy, the Hoververse.

# ? Feb 10, 2024 02:15

I said come in!: Jun 22, 2004

What I don't like are online only games with battle passes, because the entire game is balanced and centered around the battle pass.

# ? Feb 10, 2024 02:30

External Organs: Mar 3, 2006; One time i prank called a bear buildin workshop and said I wanted my mamaws ashes put in a teddy from where she loved them things so well... The woman on the phone did not skip a beat. She just said, "Brang her on down here. We've did it before."

Wb fak

# ? Feb 10, 2024 02:34

hatty: Feb 28, 2011; Pork Pro

Hey fak

# ? Feb 10, 2024 02:39

Bad Video Games: Sep 17, 2017

Holy poo poo. FAK is alive. wb

# ? Feb 10, 2024 02:46

Shard: Jul 30, 2005

This article really makes me think very well of Hideo

https://www.gematsu.com/2024/02/hideo-kojima-on-decision-to-develop-physint-i-realized-that-people-die

Hideo Kojima posted:

�I fell ill in 2020,� Kojima explained. �It was also during the pandemic, so I was sick and isolated during all of it. I even had surgery. And I thought, �I can�t anymore.� I was at my lowest and felt like I couldn�t go back to making games. I wrote a will, too. And in that moment, I realized that people die. But, I turned 60 last year. I�ll turn 70 in ten years. I hope to never retire. Having said that, if the users desire it so much, I thought I should change my priorities a bit. I still want to do new things, but I decided to make an action espionage game. I get many requests from Hollywood to make films, but I�ve refused them. Because I have my own company now, I can�t leave for one or two years to go make a movie. The company would collapse. I was in a tough spot. And I talked to Guillermo del Toro about it. And he said, �Hideo, what you�re making is already a movie. Keep going as you are.� His words saved me. And since we�ll be working with many creators in the business, though the output is a game, it won�t be too different from movies.�

# ? Feb 10, 2024 02:57

HopperUK: Apr 29, 2007; Why would an ambulance be leaving the hospital?

God bless Hoverkitty

# ? Feb 10, 2024 03:08

Khanstant: Apr 5, 2007

Battlepass the worst f2p development to me. All the usual daily login poo poo + the "selling gift cards and then reclaiming the 6 dollars left on a half dozen 5 year old Xmas gift cards" trick.

Because of their nature and dependence on using free players and playtime as a resource, I already view f2p games as weird labour I'm paid for with limited access to the worst version of gameplay that game has, so the idea of paying them to give me new chores is exhausting. I would always rather just pay one flat price for a game and get all the stuff, I never want to gamble for junk, or have a carrot dangled in front of me. I want to play a game when I feel like it and never attempted to be made feel like I'm "missing" something by not playing.

# ? Feb 10, 2024 03:11

Khanstant: Apr 5, 2007

Shard posted:

This article really makes me think very well of Hideo

https://www.gematsu.com/2024/02/hideo-kojima-on-decision-to-develop-physint-i-realized-that-people-die

Jeez, for some reason I thought he was like 10 years younger but he's been making games since before I was born so idk why. Thank you Del Toro for setting him back on the path of light. Hollywood would be a waste of time, we already get better movies from Kojima with controllers in our hands, why would I just wanna watch some static movie. What if I want to zoom in on something or restart a section because I killed someone by accident?

# ? Feb 10, 2024 03:19

Shard: Jul 30, 2005

I like that Hideo makes weird and interesting things to play.

# ? Feb 10, 2024 04:10

bovis: Jan 30, 2007

Yo welcome back FAK!

# ? Feb 10, 2024 04:41

Muscle Tracer: Feb 23, 2007; Medals only weigh one down.

FirstAidKite posted:

Hoverkitty In The Hoververse Chapter 3 has been released.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2768760/Hoverkitty_In_The_Hoververse_Chapter_Three/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2768760/Hoverkitty_In_The_Hoververse_Chapter_Three/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2768760/Hoverkitty_In_The_Hoververse_Chapter_Three/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2768760/Hoverkitty_In_The_Hoververse_Chapter_Three/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2768760/Hoverkitty_In_The_Hoververse_Chapter_Three/

I highly recommend checking out the dev's games if you are interested in odd, weird games with a lot of charm. They are not what would be considered good by the conventional sense of the word but they are good to me. They are enjoyable, memorable, short, and inexpensive. Most of all, they are honest. There is no cynical trendchasing here, just 1 person doing all the art, the music, the writing, the voice acting, the animating, and the world is a better place with amateur developers like this contributing their work regardless of how others may perceive it. I'm going to copy my steam review to here.

Here are links to her other games, not counting Hoverkitty 3.

The Bubbleboy Project
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2328360/The_Bubbleboy_Project/

Kati The Astronaut
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2099180/Kati_The_Astronaut/

Hoverkitty: Hoververse
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1928290/Hoverkitty_Hoververse/

Hoverkitty In The Hoververse Chapter Two
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2472970/Hoverkitty_In_The_Hoververse_Chapter_Two/

same

# ? Feb 10, 2024 04:52

mutata: Mar 1, 2003

Sup, FAK

# ? Feb 10, 2024 06:06

haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

Guillermo del Toro rules

# ? Feb 10, 2024 07:09

RBA Starblade: Apr 28, 2008; Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

Khanstant posted:

Because of their nature and dependence on using free players and playtime as a resource, I already view f2p games as weird labour I'm paid for with limited access to the worst version of gameplay that game has, so the idea of paying them to give me new chores is exhausting. I would always rather just pay one flat price for a game and get all the stuff, I never want to gamble for junk, or have a carrot dangled in front of me. I want to play a game when I feel like it and never attempted to be made feel like I'm "missing" something by not playing.

I simply log in whenever I want to regardless, winning the battle(pass).

# ? Feb 10, 2024 07:12

Ms Adequate: Oct 30, 2011; Baby even when I'm dead and gone
You will always be my only one, my only one
When the night is calling
No matter who I become
You will always be my only one, my only one, my only one
When the night is calling

haveblue posted:

FAK rules

# ? Feb 10, 2024 07:32

A Cup of Ramen: Oct 16, 2012

wb FAK

# ? Feb 10, 2024 08:34

Pwnstar: Dec 9, 2007; Who wants some waffles?

I think Kojima is a genius but in an accidental way, where any reveal/emotional beat/piece of dialogue that doesn't land is the funniest thing I've ever seen.

# ? Feb 10, 2024 10:37

lordfrikk: Mar 11, 2010; Oh, say it ain't fuckin' so,
you stupid fuck!

Cool, Aimee-Ffion Edwards voiced Mio in XB3. Seems 2022 was her year.

# ? Feb 10, 2024 11:44

Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

Steve Yun posted:

To think, Dragon�s Crown Pro could�ve been that if they focused on fashion instead of boobs

Steve Yun posted:

Genshin Impact has fashion and made like 5 billion

Fashion fashion fashion!

Steve Yun posted:

Xbox could�ve won if they had a bunch of kids running around on their platform with cute outfits

https://x.com/stellarblade/status/1756003293946679543?s=46

https://x.com/stellarblade/status/1756004020450439678?s=46

Fashion! Fashion! Fashion!

# ? Feb 10, 2024 14:19

Sakurazuka: Jan 24, 2004; NANI?

The Nikke devs know what sells

# ? Feb 10, 2024 14:21

Electric Phantasm: Apr 7, 2011; YOSPOS

Sakurazuka posted:

The Nikke devs know what sells

They're the ones making Stellar Blade? Cause that explains a lot lol.

# ? Feb 10, 2024 15:26

Khanstant: Apr 5, 2007

RBA Starblade posted:

I simply log in whenever I want to regardless, winning the battle(pass).

I do that too but it's still annoying to see something you paid for go expire.

# ? Feb 10, 2024 17:54

RBA Starblade: Apr 28, 2008; Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

Khanstant posted:

I do that too but it's still annoying to see something you paid for go expire.

I also don't buy them

# ? Feb 10, 2024 17:59

Khanstant: Apr 5, 2007

What is one videogame you play and like. I mostly know games and genres you don't like emphatically.

# ? Feb 10, 2024 18:03

Dabir: Nov 10, 2012

Their avatar is literally from a video game

# ? Feb 10, 2024 18:06

ONE YEAR LATER: Apr 13, 2004; Fry old buddy, it's me, Bender!; Oven Wrangler

I like video games that are fun and good, mostly avoid ones that are boring and not good

# ? Feb 10, 2024 18:09

Khanstant: Apr 5, 2007

Dabir posted:

Their avatar is literally from a video game

I always thought it was from a space comic.

# ? Feb 10, 2024 18:12

Dabir: Nov 10, 2012

It's the Mothership from 1999's game of the year, Homeworld

# ? Feb 10, 2024 18:18

RBA Starblade: Apr 28, 2008; Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

Lol at not buying battlepasses meaning I don't like games

Dabir posted:

It's the Mothership from 1999's game of the year, Homeworld

There's some Interceptors there too

# ? Feb 10, 2024 18:22

Mr Hootington: Jul 24, 2008; I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY

I buy the fortnite battlepass. I like that battlepass.

# ? Feb 10, 2024 18:24

Dabir: Nov 10, 2012

RBA Starblade posted:

Lol at not buying battlepasses meaning I don't like games

There's some Interceptors there too

I wouldn't have wanted to guess which ones they were, all the Kushan fighters kinda look the same to me

# ? Feb 10, 2024 18:26

RBA Starblade: Apr 28, 2008; Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

Dabir posted:

I wouldn't have wanted to guess which ones they were, all the Kushan fighters kinda look the same to me

Scouts are basically half an Interceptor, Attack Bombers fill in between the fuselage, and Cloaked Fighters someone gave up and just made a different ship lol

I've always enjoyed how nearly all ship types have a common chassis for their size, really helps the design philosophy a ton

# ? Feb 10, 2024 18:28

Khanstant: Apr 5, 2007

RBA Starblade posted:

Lol at not buying battlepasses meaning I don't like games

That's not what I meant at all, Battle passes are bad and I'm the sucker for buying the MtG one last set despite it being my favourite Magic set yet. I know you play games lol and you're talking about one now so asked and answered.

# ? Feb 10, 2024 18:38

RBA Starblade: Apr 28, 2008; Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

Khanstant posted:

That's not what I meant at all, Battle passes are bad and I'm the sucker for buying the MtG one last set despite it being my favourite Magic set yet. I know you play games lol and you're talking about one now so asked and answered.

Armored Core also owns

# ? Feb 10, 2024 18:42

Khanstant: Apr 5, 2007

I got a weird itch for Mech games last night but I didn't play one, I just watched a 2 hour playthrough of Mech Warrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy. That game was much longer as a kid. They weren't even speedrunning and took time to read the briefings and lore stuff between missions.

# ? Feb 10, 2024 18:50

xoFcitcrA: Feb 16, 2010; took the bread and the lamb spread; Lipstick Apathy

Khanstant posted:

I got a weird itch for Mech games last night but I didn't play one, I just watched a 2 hour playthrough of Mech Warrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy. That game was much longer as a kid. They weren't even speedrunning and took time to read the briefings and lore stuff between missions.

Have you tried Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries? It's basically the game I'd wished 2 was back in '97 or '98 or whenever that was.

# ? Feb 10, 2024 22:48

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# ? Jun 11, 2024 05:07

Morpheus: Apr 18, 2008; My favourite little monsters

A new video in my favourite genre - retrospectives on older games I have never played and will never play - just came out as this sinus infection of mine hit a fever pitch and man I didn't realize how much of a balm hearing someone wax on about the history and mechanics of Ultima 3 would be for my wracked body.

Edit: oh right it's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_m3u9MZ8NU

# ? Feb 10, 2024 22:55

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