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Anyone know if this will also get a dozen different releases and rereleases from LRG?

Hopefully there's a subplot that nods to the romantic Miiverse saga of Allan and Nicole.

Many indie games deserve better sales numbers. I don't recall NL posting an article about all of them?

How does the game even function without the Intellivision Amico controller for which it was obviously designed?

@ScalenePowers Spot on. Gaming needs actual journalism. This magazine ain't it and never has been.

This may be the lowest effort “collector’s edition” I’ve ever seen. I’m glad the game is getting a western physical release and I don’t hold out hope for another publisher doing the same, but woof this is some peak LRG laziness.

It wasn’t that good. Very poor “tutorial” and unclear instructions, almost like the devs assumed you would already know how to play.

But yeah I’m sure this is all part of a global conspiracy and where are the real journalists and WoKE ShEePLe blah blah blah

@kurtasbestos This ! You've summed it up perfectly. It's intriguing looking but ends up incredibly disappointing. I already wore glasses when I played it so maybe I was immune from its side effects.

Woof.

In my opinion, this game does not merit this price. The art style is interesting but gives everything a feeling of "sameness" after about 10 minutes. The gameplay is shallow and can be an unrewarding grindfest especially with some of the earlier boss fights you'll stumble across. The music is pretty bad in places, conflicts with the theme of the game at times, and there's not much of it.

I watched this one closely when it came out as there was a physical release on PS4. I'm glad I went with one of its many digital sales under $5 instead.

I wish there were more Cotton releases.

Have to agree with others - it's been spotty for Super Rare since around summer 2020. Exhibit A: Monster Prom, which is still available to purchase. Hopefully they have better things to come. Horace, for example, seems like the kind of game that deserves preservation.

@kingmike THAT was where I saw it! Thank you.

I don’t know if it ever saw release, but I definitely remember reading in Nintendo Power about someone doing exactly this for the Game Boy. At the time I thought it was an interesting idea, but who would actually want this on a handheld device? Womp womp.

Anyone buying from this publisher can look forward to receiving the game in roughly 19 months.

@KateGray Is there a NL annual award for best subheadline? Because there will be no need for any other nominees this year. Also, much love for crabs, especially the giant enemy variety.

Why isn’t anyone complaining about the review score compared to the one given World’s End Club, or claiming that it’s based on an “anti male” concept? Surely we can do better, commenters. And by better, I mean worse.

@stuntz0rZ Then diplomacy has failed and war is upon us. Shut down the site, lads. It’s all over.

You know they say all men are created equal, but you look at me and you look at Samoa Joe and you can see that statement is NOT TRUE! See, normally if you go one-on-one with another wrestler you've got a 50/50 chance of winning. But I'm a genetic freak, and I'm not normal! So you've got a 25% chance at best at beating me! And then you add Kurt Angle to the mix? Your chances of winning drastically go down. See, the 3-Way at Sacrifice, you got a 33 and 1/3rd chance of winning. But I! I got a 66 and 2/3rds chance of winning, because Kurt Angle KNOWS he can't beat me, and he's not even gonna try. So, Samoa Joe, you take your 33 and 1/3rd chance minus my 25% chance and you got an 8 and 1/3rd chance of winning at Sacrifice. But then you take my 75% chance of winning (if we was to go one on one), and then add 66 and 2/3rd percent, I got a 141 and 2/3rd chance of winning at Sacrifice! The numbers don't lie, and they spell disaster for you at Sacrifice.

@Rutkowski87 Wow. Spicy. I bet a lot of people here heed your warning and avoid the video game reviews on a website that reviews video games.

If you like picross, check out Murder by Numbers. It's a blast!

I'm stunned the Nintendo 64 isn't listed. That form factor was really sexy, especially stacked up against the utilitarian (but of course, far more successful) PlayStation. N64 also helped usher in the era of analog sticks that are so integral today. So where's the love?

@StephenYap3 Hadn't heard of that one - I looked it up and it looks great! Thanks for the tip. Makes the comment section worthwhile.

Did you hear about how PJ wrote three reviews...with a PENCIL?

@XCWarrior Have you played both of the Conquer games? I'm intrigued but they look a bit dense and I'm afraid they may be hard to get into. Looks can be deceiving though!

Feels a bit like what LRG did with the two Blaster Master Zero games. They need to be on separate carts because...?

From my limited experience with SLG, you will be waiting a very, very long time to see what you bought.

@Darlinfan You are a very angry person. Look at what you're writing. Clutching pearls. Bitching. Poor imagination. I think you need to go outside and maybe get some fresh air.

If you'd read my post, which you evidently didn't, you'd see that it starts with "I am torn." That means there are two sides of this. That's a very important cue for you to interpret as "mixed feelings." In case you ever interact with people, you'll want to have that kind of context cluing in mind!

Point 1: Classic game. Nice to see it getting some rub.

Point 2: Glut of new games getting no reviews as this site, like all others, has limited resources. Herzog Zwei is not a new game. It's been reviewed by many other reputable publishers. Unfortunately those same publishers don't review a lot of the great indie games.

I know it's going to be super important for you to have the last word and fire off another angry reply, so just know that I'm not going to bother reading it. No matter what sick burn you think you're conjuring up, I won't see it, I won't care, and you really should find human companionship.

@Darlinfan You seem really nice. When discussing things with friends or the people you work with and you don’t agree with them, do you always miss the point and go after them personally or do you reserve it for online comment sections? I hope you have a very nice day.

I am torn about this review. On one hand, pleasant to take a look at a classic game and the last of the Sega Ages offerings. On the other, do we really need another review of the game? When resources are limited and there are so many new games every week, it's odd to have NL commit its reviewers to this and other re-releases rather than look at new offerings. Same can be said of the recent Punch Out release. Who does that review serve other than the nostalgic audience? There's a lot of shovelware on the eshop, to be sure, but there are also plenty of games that never get the review treatment on this site.

Strictly placing blame on the devs ignores the fact that there's a publisher involved, too. The devs don't necessarily have the luxury of not releasing a game in order to preserve integrity. There was certainly effort that went into improving the game. Clearly they fell well short and clearly the game deserves a low score. But look up any episode of "What Happened?" on Matt McMuscles' YT channel and you will see there is almost always a lot more to the story of a failed game than many in this comment section are assuming.

Hopefully it will be on brand with Ubisoft as an open world experience stuffed with lootboxes and paid DLC.

Pretty sure I hear "Paul is Dead."

I was disappointed.

Not a lot of variety. Too many JRPGs, action rpgs, platformers, puzzlers, coop puzzle platformers, Metroidvanias, party games, action games, ports, new IPs, sandboxes, re-imaginings, demos, free games, coming soons, coming this summer, coming this year games.

Glad some of you others liked it.

I wouldn't mind Power Pro Baseball. The Switch could use more sports games and I have a soft spot for baseball. RBI Baseball isn't cutting it.

I wish I could find the comment, but I distinctly remember Sligeach Eire proclaiming that eShop sales of games were not significant.

I miss that guy. He was great comic relief.

Pretty tempted to get this for the strawberry pie recipe.

Wonder if our old friend Sligeach Eire has been keeping busy on Metacritic...

@GrailUK thanks!

@grailUK I am new to importing games. Any idea whether this would have English text available in game?

Hang on a minute.

I have it on very good authority from another commenter in a different thread that Nintendo is the laughing stock of the gaming world.

Can someone sort this out? I’m just a silly video game player who is clearly a slave to Nintendo.

How does it compare to the gold standard of Devil's Third?

Still no third party support for the Switch. Really sad!

Hoping for an RCMADIAX anthology with lots of extra goodies like a SPIKEY WALLS plushy and a keyboard that can only type in block capitals. The combined eShop value is $20 but the physical collection will sell for $180.

LRG is pretty bit or miss for me. They offer a fair amount of middling to sometimes downright bad games that you have to wonder who is willing to pay the physical premium for them.

And regardless of whether the games are good or bad, that physical premium can sting quite a bit when you look at the price on, say, Steam (for a universal platform release).

Here’s hoping they have a good one in the works for switch! Golf Story seems like a deserving title. Maybe it could come with a retro Galf poster.

This is likely a stupid question but I want to make sure based on the screen grabs: Is it still in Japanese? If so, how hard is it to figure out what to do?

@RusevDay Since you've already decided it deserves a 5, regardless of what the site says, does that mean you've played all the kits? Please post your review as I'm waiting for one, myself, but don't have the hands-on experience to award it a score as you have.

Dom, what are “lifestyle sales” you say you have in brackets?

Also I am surprised that Ni No Kuni hasn’t been a stronger seller.

I thought steamworld 2 was getting a spring physical release?

But but but...I have it from a reliable source in Ireland that digital only sales aren’t significant. This must be a mistake.

Where were the triple A game announcements?

Sincerely, Sligeach.