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Re: New Tales From The Borderlands Is Seemingly On The Way To Switch

Bass_X0

I had avoided the original for years as I had never played the actual Borderlands games and had no interest. I had played The Walking Dead, Batman and A Wolf Among Us and enjoyed them. Then when Tales From The Borderlands went on sale this year, I downloaded it and quite enjoyed it. I’ll be looking into this new one.

Re: Nintendo Reassures Fans "More" N64 Games Will Be Added To Switch Online

Bass_X0

@CharlieGirl Yeah, sure I get you want to play the quirky games just because they’re quirky - but going back to them now you’ll see they actually aren’t that enjoyable to play games despite them being quirky. Many just don’t hold up any more and several didn’t hold up as being enjoyable in the 90s either when they were new.

Re: .dog

Bass_X0

I downloaded this as part of the “two cats, one dog” bundle for £0.89. For less than £1 for three small basic games, it was okay. This is the only way you should download this game; it’s a serious rip-off at full price - DO NOT PAY FULL PRICE!

It’s an easy platform game for kids. I breezed through the fifty stages in twenty - thirty minutes. You jump on all the other animals to complete the stage. That’s it. There’s no story, no timer, no lives, no puzzles, no points, no bonuses, no bosses, no bottomless pits, not even a number showing how many animals you have left to jump on to complete the stage. You don’t have any special moves and there are no items to pick up. The platforming is very simple and the stages are short; the only slight challenge is that some of the animals are quicker than others, and a few occasions there is limited room to jump. The dog is cute with a wagging tail and controls well enough; the jumping mechanics are decent for such a simple game. It was satisfying jumping on multiple enemies without touching the ground but the game doesn’t reward you for doing so. The only enemy that gives you any trouble is the mushroom as it can hit you if you are standing slightly over the edge of a one block high platform. Once you jump on all the animals, the stage ends and the next stage starts. There are only three different backgrounds - grass, ice and fire and I think there is only one background music running throughout. If there is more than one, it didn’t stand out as being different. Having completed all fifty stages, there is no incentive to replay them. It was fun for the low cost I paid for it but it’s definitely a game for young kids. I can pretend that this was originally an NES or Game Boy game from the 80s remastered for the Switch. Again, definitely do not download it at full price; check for a bundle on sale or wait for one if it’s not currently on sale.

I have to rate this a 1/10 for the high cost they are charging for it. But because of the bundle being on sale, it’s the most enjoyable 1/10 game I’ve played and was worth the £0.30 I paid for it. I played it for longer than some games I paid more for.

Re: Tales from the Borderlands

Bass_X0

Just got this in the sale and completed the first chapter. Enjoying it so far. I don’t know anything about the Borderlands series before this.

Re: Former Nintendo Employee Admits He's Frustrated With Switch Online, Calls For More Transparency

Bass_X0

Ice Hockey is far from the worse game on the service. It’s not about what todays kids want to play, it’s about getting as many games on to the service as possible, and if some happen to be bad games, so what. They still existed. You’re not supposed to like every game on the service. I don’t want someone at Nintendo running quality control reducing the amount of games we see on the service even further. I’m all for quantity over quality here, as we will still get quality games too. And there will be some bad games on the PlayStation service too.