I tried the Etrian Odyssey demo but it was kind of boring. Spend quite a while readying your team, and then get lost in a forest you're supposed to map yourself. Stay away from the baboon!
Also 3DS sequels are getting weird. The touchscreen is completely ignored. D-pad controls where stylus controls used to be. Zany. Touchscreens are great for menus. The menu being in 3D is really unnecessary.
I hate this game. The map is useless because it doesn't account for buildings with multiple levels, which is ALL OF THEM. I can't find the frigging doors anywhere. Meanwhile batman's just repeating "I need to get to the Loading Bay." Am I familiar with this particular building and where the Loading Bay is?
When I find the door, I have to equip a special gun, which I don't know how to do - hold L, point above the door, then press R. It comes up about six inches. I duck and try to go in. No dice. Turns out (I looked this up) I need to hold B to Run (which I forgot already) and tap something else to ROLL UNDER THE DOOR. No crawling, just rolling. Maybe, I don't know, put a knob on it? Let there be an alternate, less esoteric way to enter?
I can't remember the buttons and it keeps popping up with X = Smoke Pellet when I don't need it. Why not just show me all the buttons? I looked up the manual and it shows the combat controls and that's it. Why should I have to hold ZR (WTF is ZR?) and press X when there's a touch screen that could just pop up with the action I want to take?
The touch screen does nothing. It says "Waynetech" and "Objectives." I have no idea WTF Waynetech is. It keeps saying "level up" yet I have NO IDEA how to level up. What happens when I poke level up? Nothing. But I do get to read a profile on the Joker. Whoopee.
I played the first game in one marathon session because it was so much fun. This one is just terrible.
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Re: Team Meat: We'd Work With Nintendo If Meat Boy Made It Into Smash Bros.
Super meat boy was ok for a Flash game. The graphics were ugly and the music was bad.
This guy's really full of himself. Indie game was an interesting movie but everyone in it seemed awkward, arrogant or affected by a mental disorder.
Re: Talking Point: What Games Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue Nine
I tried the Etrian Odyssey demo but it was kind of boring. Spend quite a while readying your team, and then get lost in a forest you're supposed to map yourself. Stay away from the baboon!
Also 3DS sequels are getting weird. The touchscreen is completely ignored. D-pad controls where stylus controls used to be. Zany. Touchscreens are great for menus. The menu being in 3D is really unnecessary.
Re: Review: Batman: Arkham City Armoured Edition (Wii U)
I hate this game. The map is useless because it doesn't account for buildings with multiple levels, which is ALL OF THEM. I can't find the frigging doors anywhere. Meanwhile batman's just repeating "I need to get to the Loading Bay." Am I familiar with this particular building and where the Loading Bay is?
When I find the door, I have to equip a special gun, which I don't know how to do - hold L, point above the door, then press R. It comes up about six inches. I duck and try to go in. No dice. Turns out (I looked this up) I need to hold B to Run (which I forgot already) and tap something else to ROLL UNDER THE DOOR. No crawling, just rolling. Maybe, I don't know, put a knob on it? Let there be an alternate, less esoteric way to enter?
I can't remember the buttons and it keeps popping up with X = Smoke Pellet when I don't need it. Why not just show me all the buttons? I looked up the manual and it shows the combat controls and that's it. Why should I have to hold ZR (WTF is ZR?) and press X when there's a touch screen that could just pop up with the action I want to take?
The touch screen does nothing. It says "Waynetech" and "Objectives." I have no idea WTF Waynetech is. It keeps saying "level up" yet I have NO IDEA how to level up. What happens when I poke level up? Nothing. But I do get to read a profile on the Joker. Whoopee.
I played the first game in one marathon session because it was so much fun. This one is just terrible.