Fantastic article Kate, thanks for this. I wish there were more that looked at games months or even years after their release to check on improvements, bug fixes, DLC etc.
I was interested in My Time at Portia but all the reviews talked about interminable loading times. Have these been fixed? There's no way of knowing other than posting on Reddit
I loved the premise of this game and the comments from the writers that they were looking to create a "cozy" atmosphere with the school setting (snowball fights and school setting must be a reference to Final Fantasy Tactics Advance on the GBA). It's a mixture of walking around 6 areas of the school essentially performing fetch quests and then turn based SRPG battles. The music is good, the art style engaging and the setting enjoyable. The battles are a bit too easy so far but I am in the early game so they're probably not representative of what's to come. Its fun so far, a couple of hours in, but unfortunately the load times are increasing to the point of unplayability. Walk from a room to the corridor - 10 sec Walk from the corridor to the map screen - 25 - 30 sec Map screen to next location - 10 sec Get/do what you need, which is usually quite brief, and then rinse and repeat. It's putting me off playing now as I seem to spend more time staring at a blank screen than playing the game. They seem to be lengthening as well as I get further in as it was much shorter earlier on. If it could be optimised better then it would be a fun game for tactics fans but for now I would hold off.
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Fantastic article Kate, thanks for this. I wish there were more that looked at games months or even years after their release to check on improvements, bug fixes, DLC etc.
I was interested in My Time at Portia but all the reviews talked about interminable loading times. Have these been fixed? There's no way of knowing other than posting on Reddit
Please Nintendo Life, let's have more of this!
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The swing, ball flight and general feel of the holed looks exactly like Super Stickman Golf.
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For UK readers Argos is selling Ever Oasis for only 16.99 through eBay. A rare bargain as most of these are sadly going for ever increasing prices.
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I see a lot of these releases covered here. I've never played any, which would be a good one
to start with?
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I loved the premise of this game and the comments from the writers that they were looking to create a "cozy" atmosphere with the school setting (snowball fights and school setting must be a reference to Final Fantasy Tactics Advance on the GBA). It's a mixture of walking around 6 areas of the school essentially performing fetch quests and then turn based SRPG battles.
The music is good, the art style engaging and the setting enjoyable. The battles are a bit too easy so far but I am in the early game so they're probably not representative of what's to come.
Its fun so far, a couple of hours in, but unfortunately the load times are increasing to the point of unplayability.
Walk from a room to the corridor - 10 sec
Walk from the corridor to the map screen - 25 - 30 sec
Map screen to next location - 10 sec
Get/do what you need, which is usually quite brief, and then rinse and repeat. It's putting me off playing now as I seem to spend more time staring at a blank screen than playing the game. They seem to be lengthening as well as I get further in as it was much shorter earlier on.
If it could be optimised better then it would be a fun game for tactics fans but for now I would hold off.