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Thanks for all the feedback, guys, it’s swung me over to “wait for sale” territory

So it’s like Returnal… in pog-form

@ImmaWario You mean ‘rings’

@SteamEngenius The Archer class is not useless

@OorWullie I see what you did there

@RubyCarbuncle The grass is way too high in contrast compared to the rest of the scene. Yeah it hurts my eyes with the unbalance

@Dr_Corndog Maybe this will kick Nintendo in the butt to make one

@bimmy-lee He should work for The Onion

@DK-Fan Some of it is funny in a snarky way (I really liked the Frosty the Snowman reference) but it’s like I can’t take anything they say in the review seriously

@MatthewYoung That’s really interesting you picked Ys1&2 as your too choice; most people find it too simplistic. There is a certain charm to the ram-the-butt gameplay though. Also some really good music, remade well for that version

@Rovas still not available in the West

@Serpenterror What? It already is an RPG haven. There’s tons of Kemco RPGs 😜

@MatthewYoung Did you play Felghana yet

@DjinnFighter Yup it’s still my favorite Ys game, but Lachrymose of Dana comes close.

They really improved almost everything gameplay and story wise from the original Ys III; that said I still prefer the PCE version soundtrack over the Felghana one

@AnorakJimi Can’t it be both?

In all seriousness, I think it looks kick-ass, but I was hoping it was more like Warioland 3 (use enemy curses against them) than 4. Still Backing it though.

@Lolcat Castlevania Lords of Shadow was legit. I don’t care that it threw the previous canon out the window, it was expertly designed and executed as a self-contained story. It’s probably my third or fourth favorite in the series

I would love Mercury Steam to make more Castlevania but it’s unlikely after the underwhelming sales of LoS2, and their recent success with Metroid Dread

@Abeedo Clarence was unpopular?

Hopefully that backhanded quote will get him to speak up more about his time there, if he’s still alive.

I would love to know more about his process creating Castlevania and how it felt to learn that Castlevania III, one of the all time greatest games on the NES / Famicom, didn’t sell well enough. Konami poured their heart into that game.

Looks super interesting, and I dig the theme of making beauty out of ruin. Thanks for the heads up on this!

Thanks for the review. Wait for a sale it is.

@Fizza I also recommend the Hidden Object genre, which has elements of Point-and-Click, too. These games are laidback and have a hint reveal system if you need it. They also usually have beautiful art. Anything published by Artifax Mundi, which are usually on sale. I pick them up for about $2.

However the Point-and-Click genre is definitely the more obscure, but also the more fun to solve because of it. You get these “Aha!” moments and start to understand how the designers’ minds function; which helps solve future puzzles.

It’s disappointing the characters play the same, according to the NL review. No replayability 🙁 For a 7-hour $50 game😭

I’ll wait to pick it up on sale digitally

@Maxz There’s a patent for the tricks they used to do that

@John_Deacon I think it was more about offering folders in a stable way; they didn’t want to slow down the front end (because it’s so fast), so they must have figured that out

@Screen Mmm… pulpy!

@TheBigK Good call; great idea!

@rushiosan Yeah, after seeing what Super Nintendo games look like on Switch OLED… and then what they look like on 3DS’ much inferior resolution…

Yeah, no thanks

Back on topic:

I’m not sure they still are, but the Monster Hunter games were on steep discounts in the US. We’re talking 3 Ultimate for less than $6!

Day one for me

@RubyCarbuncle Pokémon Perywinkle and Puce

@Psycho-Werekitsune Same. I was about 80 hours before I went to the second area. I freaking love this game.

@Specter_of-the_OLED We need Darksouls 2 and 3 on Switch first

I think this looks great and I’m all for even more tributes to Streets, because it is that legendary.

This looks great

@kkslider5552000 I actually think Lords of Shadow 1 is still their masterpiece. Phenomenal first try with such a venerable series. Amazing art direction and depth.

@RudeAnimat0r You probably just don’t like the format of Metroid 2?

@Avol Whoa, what game breaking glitches? Would be good to know to try to avoid them.

@Ghost_of_Hasashi Dont forget BotW 2

@BloodNinja Immersion.

Like holy sh— you should feel what Returnal does with rumble on PS5. It’s game changing. There is still a lot of benefit rumble can bring to the table, but there should always be an option in games to lower its intensity.

@tanasten It would have to be a substantial fail rate to force a class action case

@Zuljaras Yes, much easier to fix than dead flash memory.

@GTHOLLAND Tell that to future generations who want the authentic experience we had. My nephews still try to collect retro games.

With that attitude we would have lost access to thousands of classic movies and songs had no one tried to preserve them. In fact we did lose tons of material (masters) from an awful 2008 Universal Music archives fire, that we’ll never get back. And let’s not get into all the knowledge we lost in the Alexandria Library fire. That’s why multiple sources of preservation is very important.

Of course we have digital now though, so there is that so long as companies think they can still profit off of their old works. But just like you can’t say reading digitally is the same as actually holding the book, people are always going to be curious about how past generations lived.

@Zeldafan79 You’re playing with fire with that one. That game uses a small battery to save data. It’s going fail sooner than later.

@neufel Your avatar goes so well with your reply 😀

@Kirby_Girl Holy crap that Kirby in your avatar is creeping me out 😳

@sikthvash Sure, buddy...

@Luigi_Skywalker They will still do something big for Zelda.

@Moroboshi876 The year is still young

Animation looks really stiff, and I’m kind of really tired of seeing that style. Also they play up the spear in the upsell text but don’t see it being used much in the trailer, and not in an interesting way, either.

It’s a pass for me, so far.

@everynowandben How are they “different enough”?

MK8+DLC and Deluxe are the same games, just the latter has the slightest improvements in some of the code (to run better on Switch).

Would you not count the PS4 version of Assassins Creed Odyssey along side the PC version, just because the PC version has updated code?

@Clyde_Radcliffe Splashdown (PS2) is a pretty fun Waverace like series, but yeah it seems that genre has sailed into the sunset, and yeah it’s really sad

@Franklin That’s a ridiculous overstatement. Bubsy 3D was broken up and down — unplayable, with no art direction; no progression; no purpose— unfinished. Balan is NOWHERE near that bad; it’s perfectly playable and it’s platforming systems work just fine, it also has a pleasant look (nothing special, but certainly nothing outright offensive), and a solid soundtrack.

@Franklin Lol I don’t understand all the hate for the demo; I played it on PS5 and had fun. It felt a lot like retro 3D platformers from the mid-‘90s. I just unlocked the extra levels in the demo.

True, some of the underlying systems are just questionable, (like having to feed the little animals, and not being able to jump in each costume), but I still think it’s especially geared towards younger players, and I think it’s simplicity applies there.

I really like the way the background “falls” into place too, as if a constantly changing stage play.

There are some well designed secrets that encourage exploration and experimentation, too.

@AuroraBoreale No that’s just how awesome Falcom games are

@Anti-Matter https://images.app.goo.gl/68iaJhkmjD1u1yDeA