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Re: Commodore 64 Games Are Being Teased For Nintendo Switch

CupidStunt

@Bydlak I hear you. They should be made available of course. I just personally do not find much enjoyment in them anymore. I still love the best 16 bit games like the day they were released, but the majority of these older computer based games I cant find the enjoyment in anymore, as much as I would love to.

However they are an important part of gaming history, and people should have access to them.

Re: Playtonic's Original Yooka-Laylee Game Is Getting A Follow-Up Title

CupidStunt

The first game started off well, but turned out to be more Banjo Tooie than Banjo Kazooie in the end I.e. a bit of a boring collectathon without the clever puzzles and rewards. For the sequel I would like some tighter and consistent puzzle-platforming design, with better camera and controls. I like a collectathon, but you need lot of secrets and clever designs to make it feel worthwhile. It really could have been brilliant but there were some poor design choices. Fingers crossed they do a better job this time.

Re: Uh-Oh, Nintendo Switch Online's N64 Games Might Be 50Hz In Europe

CupidStunt

We are living in days in which N64 games can be emulated on PC at 60fps in 4k. There is no excuse as to why 60fps should not be the case on Switch either for N64 emulation. I will be very disappointed if 50hz is the standard for N64 games in Europe, and does this affect us playing online with those on other continents.

Re: Bayonetta 3 Finally Gets A New Trailer, Out In 2022

CupidStunt

Why did she have so much clothes on lol? Her silly hypersexualization I found hilarious. In 1 and 2 she was incredibly camp and cheesy and her hyersexualization was hilariously ridiculous. It was a weird juxtaposition as on one hand you had the best 3rd person action/beat em up gameplay, alongside the utter ridiculousness of her character and those funny close up shots mid battle. I hope they are not going fr a PG rating!

Re: Netflix Will Reportedly Offer Video Games "Within The Next Year"

CupidStunt

I am not sure how I feel about this. Because of streaming services, we are absolutely saturated with repetitive TV shows. I find it impossible to get excited for new TV shows anymore . If we have gaming on demand like this, games will be churned out to increase subscriptions.

I already find it hard to get excited about new games like I used to, due to less new ideas for franchise updates or not so much new franchises, as well as the bastardisation of the indie scene. Having an over saturated streaming service will make things even worse.

I hope I am wrong.

Re: Talking Point: Can Metroid Dread Be The Franchise's 'Awakening'?

CupidStunt

Metroidvania is the biggest buzzword of the indie scene and has been for some time now. I hope the popularity in that format really helps the sales of this game. Hollow Knight sold over 3 million copies so I am in no doubt it will the best selling Metroid game of all time. I just Hope it is not dumbed down for the masses.

And that is the thing with Metroid: due to the Sci-fi setting, and the action, and does not have the same mass market appeal e.g. it does not appeal as much to (but of course to some) female and casual gamers. But there are more core gamers on Switch than there was on consoles like Wii, so I am expecting higher sales for sure.

Re: Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Is Coming To Switch

CupidStunt

@bozz Really it is a lovely, lovely, lovely game. The only bad thing is that the poor companion AI made it impossible to play on the harder difficulties. I loved playing it on PS4 Pro, and the protagonist was the exact opposite of the Trump's and Bolsenaro's of the World. It had a nice message. The story was very like a Dragon Quest game in that each Town had its own self contained story. It comes with a very high recommendation from me.