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Re: Feature: What's Your Biggest Nintendo Launch Day Regret?

Farts_Ahoy

Waited over night in front of my GameStop for a Wii. Got home, turned it on and the realized the CD reader wouldn’t read discs…

I was so excited though… I went on the Wii Shop Channel and spent 10 bucks on Mario 64. (No clue why) …never got that money back…

The next day I had to bring it back to the store and wait for a replacement that would arrive two weeks later in the next shipment (it was a hot item back in 2006)

Re: Review: Beautiful Desolation - Good Ideas Lost Down Obscure Pathways

Farts_Ahoy

Im about 3 hours in and for the most part enjoy it.

The biggest hurdle that through me for a loop though… this game isn’t an RPG! When I saw the graphics and post apocalypse theme, I immediately thought I was gonna play fallout of planescape. There is no combat whatsoever (at least in the first 3 hours)

Once I got over that… I really started to enjoy it. It has a really cool alien / unknown world feel to it. It’s very fun to explore the world beyond Penrose. However it is overly simplified… you can really only interact with 2 objects in each location.

The voice acting is horrendous! When talking with your brother Don, he doesn’t feel like a real person living through this conflict with you… rather just some actor reading lines.

The reviewer is correct when he shares his frustration with the controls… they don’t feel responsive and mixed with the gorgeous (albeit confusing) areas to explore. I found myself confused on where I could and couldn’t go.

Overall it’s an enjoyable adventure game with great locations and characters to meet… hindered by awkward navigation and a lack of environmental interaction. …I also would’ve enjoyed shooting stuff.

I give it a 7.5/10