Mr_Horizon

I just played the demo version and am very disappointed. I love the original lunar lander, but this game doesn't feel very polished with controls that don't fit the corridor gameplay, and the "stress" mechanic feels tacked on.

Where is this a ZX Spectrum-looking game if it doesn't have the strong purple and yellow colors?

@joey302 It was a driving game where you cannot drift. I feel that is a crime in itself.

I just want a new port of Crazy Taxi for Switch.

I was so desperate I even bought Taxi Chaos.

Hah, I will never forget "Nemac IV", an fps released on the Commodore Amiga in 1996 that also had four weapons firing at the same time.

http://hol.abime.net/pic_full/screenshot/0901-1000/953_screen2.png

Not saying it was great, but it had the four guns at once.

Looks fun; I'm in! Let's hope I can get the right kind of friends to play it with me...

@Zulzar ah yeah, I know the feeling of "really wanting to like something". Maybe there'll be another game soon that hits the spot better.

@Zulzar I'd say it gives you the joy of racing but takes away many of its complexities - just focus on dodging cars, taking curves in time and do some simple boost/fuel management.
And for older folks like me it also plays into nostalgia, as its gameplay, looks and music are straight out of early 90s titles like Top Gear, Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge & Outrun.

@AG_Awesome yes, I was hoping for a smooth framerate too!

@BulbasaurusRex I mean that a f2p game needs to somehow make the money back. If you are lucky then selling cosmetic items is enough, and you are right: that's easy to ignore.

What I am afraid of is the stuff you see in mobile games, where you can either grind XP for an item, or just buy the XP.
Maybe you remember the drama about EAs Battlefront 2? A developer that needs to squeeze more money from a game might just nudge you to buy its XP packages via unreasonable grind requirements.
So I worry that a f2p game would be finetuned to "sell microtransactions", and not to "be as fun as possible".

A free2play game will ALWAYS try to nudge you into paying money , which means the game experience won't be as good as it can be.
I'll definitely pass this one.

Nobody mentioned multiplayer capabilities! I liked the 4 ports of both Gamecube and N64, I was quite sure they'd at least be brought up.

I miss Crazy Taxi so much, I even bought the terrible "Taxi Chaos", a car game where you can't even drift.
How difficult can it be to bring out a new instalment? It's really not THAT complex of a game, is it??

@sketchturner this made me look up which fps were in the 90s... and that list goes from "Wolfenstein 3D" to "Half-Life", "Quake" and "Unreal". The 90s had so many tech jumps it's crazy.

"Luto is working with a friend to bring this vision to life and plans to release it to the public." Are you suuuuure about Nintendo being okay with it?

Switch Sales down in double-digit percentages? Sorry folks, it's over. Nintendoomed.

Where are the gameplay pictures?
I still don't know what the actual game looks like!

I didn't like how little racing there actually is, often you can only properly steer your vehicle for small parts of the race, half of the time you are just "watching spectacle".

How about Commando and Paradroid?

I might still buy it, I love creative local co-op! This review kinda answers one question I had - are builder and driver working together, or is the builder trying to crash the driver?

Looks like it's the former, I prefer that.

So are people working together or against each other?

As in, am I trying to build a track to make sure my friend doesn't fail, or am I trying to have him fail?

The article doesn't mention this is a mobile port... I'm still curious, but a bit less so now.

nice! I like it and will buy it for the couch multiplayer.
Wait, does it have splitscreen??

@robr I had a word processor on my Amiga! I think...Wordworth? Oh, and Deluxe Paint.

@RupeeClock Thank you for explaining! I really needed a refresh on the 50/60Hz issue. I live in Germany, and had an Amiga myself for a long time.

I had read that these ports will not scroll as smoothly as the Amiga Originals, something about the Hz not converting easily. Can someone comment on framerates or scrolling speed? Is it a technically sound port?

YES PLEASE!!!

I've been waiting for a new Crazy Taxi for a long time.

this color and design reminds me of the OUYA. Maybe they're building a new one!!!

I'll buy it, but I'd prefer a physical

I haven't seen a single novel idea in this trailer. :/
I am not sold, except for the artwork of the sexy lady.

I hated Burnout Paradise and its open world nonsense. This is the game for me... BUT why just 30fps? Paradise manages 60, Need for Speed should too.

I had the original Amiga Version! For...49,- DM. So long ago. ^^;

Damn it! I preordered this at the first opportunity, dazzled by the original trailers, and now this!

I played through BotW, but I have never defeated one of the free moving Guardians. It was panic&run every time!

I bought it - I know it has some issues, but storybased games in a cyberpunk environment usually work for me regardless of gameplay.

I wish they'd get in more detail about framerates, resolution and graphical effects.

What's the regular undocked resolution? How frequent does it dip below 30 fps? :/

I played the first one for a bit and hated it. You are in the same damn house all game long running up and down the stairs to solve contrived puzzles, gameplay rarely changes, and it's very ugly looking. -_-
The 2nd game needs to be a lot better for me to give it a chance.

@Brady1138 I had heard so many good things about Subnautica and was also surprised how cheap the cover looks. I hope they come up with something new for the physical release.

looks fun! But I don't want to hear that song in a trailer anymore.

@Shiryu You mean that long bullet hell sequence? I discovered it by now, but only beat it on "skilled" (not hardcore) and by using the dark matter gun which eats enemy bullets.
While the rest of the game was polished enough, that fight felt a bit cheap and drawn out.

I have just beaten 1993 Shenandoah on "hardcore" last night. The other modes are pointless, it's like playing with training wheels.

I had fun, and it is the most Amiga like game I have played since selling my A1200 - more so than Gunlord X.

Some gameplay elements seem not thought out well - like what's the point of having different small ships? How many hits can my jet actually take? Zero on hardcore, but on the easier difficulties?

Saw some bugs too, on hardcore it sometimes deletes your save after a game over, and after a restart it's there again? Why do you sometimes respawn at the rightmost edge of the screen? A "secret level" is just a level you have beaten already? I also had the "Boss just flies away" bug.

@60frames-please It doesn't run on 60fps, I finished it yesterday and there are sub-30fps moments with certain enemies (some lay lots of mines, which seems to slow the game down).

If 60fps are essential for you, better avoid this title.

converting old Amiga games, are we?

I would like to order ports for: All Terrain Racing, Super Skidmarks, Ruff'n'Tumble, Virocop, Arabian Nights, and Superfrog!

ordered! It's arriving today.

Art style reminds me of "and yet it moves"

I've preordered the physical version of Burnout Paradise. So not exactly "downloading", but getting it regardless.

that's a bad trailer. What's with this elevator music with the railshooting action? I'll wait for a review, but I'd really like to see another Star Fox, or Astro Dog, or Space Cat, or Void Squirrel.

Is that from the team that made Avian Attorney?

Oh, the Genesis one is the cover of the original RPG book! Too bad I couldn't vote for that.

If one joycon is used for movement and one for shooting.... then you can "share" one robot and double the numbers of players!

That's what we did with "Wii Play Tanks" and "Frobot" on the Wii, thanks to the Wiimote+nunchuck combo.

This would be mad fun!