Where the hell is Outzone? We were promised this and other Taoplan classics a good few years ago but nothing had materialised in switch. I want to pay on my big TV in the living room and on the go not on my PC via Steam.
I'd be interested in how this compares to the first two games, both of which i loved. Unlike this reviewer I certainly wouldn't have wanted to have been messing around with technicalities of oxygen tanks and weight belts would much prefer to dive in and look at the pretty fishies....which was pretty much all the previous 2 games entailed so really curious if people think this game is genuinely worse. As someone that loved the first two games I will be getting this and probablyu enjoying it a lot.
The polar opposite of Mario or Link's fluid and seamless movement which makes exploration a joy. Tombraider in contrast makes exting a room, walking down a corridor and entering another room a tortuous challenge deemed worthy of celebration....I think I'll pass thanks.
Can't recall which I played first this or the gameboy game but must say I totally adored Harvestmoon 64. In comparison I found subsequent DS games overcomplicated and unfocused. I would definitely revisit this were it not for the fact the N64s 2d graphics look terrible on the switch online service.
The game was awful on GC and unless they've fixed the terrible random card battle system (which idiot/sadist designed this exercise in frustration) the awful voice acting and the treacle like pace of character movement I don't see myself picking this up for my switch.
Owlboy is one big snoozefest I regret buying, the same goes for Iconoclasts which someone mentioned. Lots of much better pixel art games out there. Huntdown is good as is the excellent Horace.
A few hours in and this feels way more like the (awful) xenoblade chronicles X than it does the amazing original xenoblade chronicles game. The graphics are nothing special, the original wii game graphics were much more impressive and had a much more distinctive art style compared to these which feel very generic in terms of design. Even on a technical level they aren't impressing in fact at times it looks to me almost like I'm playing a 3ds game. Will concede that the soundtrack is pretty good.
Gunlord seems nothing like Turrican beyond an initial graphical design similarity....downloaded it expecting a modern Turrican and was severely disappointed....I seem to recall the square wave beat on the st syncing nicely with the characters movement helping create a sense of weight that was completely absent from gunlord.
The tutorial was awful, sapped any desire to play the game almost entirely....very little effort put into converting it to the switch from the PC original. I got it cheap otherwise it would be being traded in for sure.
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Re: Hamster's Arcade Archives Celebrates Eight Years Of Switch eShop Releases
Where the hell is Outzone? We were promised this and other Taoplan classics a good few years ago but nothing had materialised in switch. I want to pay on my big TV in the living room and on the go not on my PC via Steam.
Re: Review: Endless Ocean: Luminous (Switch) - A Meditative Marine Milieu, But Incredibly Shallow
I'd be interested in how this compares to the first two games, both of which i loved. Unlike this reviewer I certainly wouldn't have wanted to have been messing around with technicalities of oxygen tanks and weight belts would much prefer to dive in and look at the pretty fishies....which was pretty much all the previous 2 games entailed so really curious if people think this game is genuinely worse. As someone that loved the first two games I will be getting this and probablyu enjoying it a lot.
Re: Review: Tomb Raider I-III Remastered (Switch) - The Best Way To Rediscover A Gaming Idol
The polar opposite of Mario or Link's fluid and seamless movement which makes exploration a joy. Tombraider in contrast makes exting a room, walking down a corridor and entering another room a tortuous challenge deemed worthy of celebration....I think I'll pass thanks.
Re: Review: Harvest Moon 64 - Rose-Tinted Specs Recommended For This Beloved Farm Sim
Can't recall which I played first this or the gameboy game but must say I totally adored Harvestmoon 64. In comparison I found subsequent DS games overcomplicated and unfocused. I would definitely revisit this were it not for the fact the N64s 2d graphics look terrible on the switch online service.
Re: Review: Toaplan Arcade Garage: Zero Fire - M2 Tackles Gaming's Greatest Meme In A Fine, If Stingy, Collection
Just give us Outzone already.
Re: Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster Launches On Nintendo Switch This September
The game was awful on GC and unless they've fixed the terrible random card battle system (which idiot/sadist designed this exercise in frustration) the awful voice acting and the treacle like pace of character movement I don't see myself picking this up for my switch.
Re: Best Pixel Art Switch Games
Owlboy is one big snoozefest I regret buying, the same goes for Iconoclasts which someone mentioned. Lots of much better pixel art games out there. Huntdown is good as is the excellent Horace.
Re: Review: Wave Race 64 - A Thrilling Racer That's Still Deeply Impressive
Loving the Japanese version with its rumble support. So much better than the PAL version I loved on my N64 back in the day.
Re: Review: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2 - An RPG Classic That Time Hasn't Been Too Kind To
Typical hold mouse button to win fare that is/was so popular with gamers on certain platforms back in the day
Re: Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection - The New Gold Standard For Retro Compilations
Am hearing bad things about huge input lag in some of the games in this collection....putting me off what had seemed like a certain purchase.
Re: Review: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - An Epic, Emotionally-Charged Masterpiece
A few hours in and this feels way more like the (awful) xenoblade chronicles X than it does the amazing original xenoblade chronicles game. The graphics are nothing special, the original wii game graphics were much more impressive and had a much more distinctive art style compared to these which feel very generic in terms of design. Even on a technical level they aren't impressing in fact at times it looks to me almost like I'm playing a 3ds game. Will concede that the soundtrack is pretty good.
Re: Hamster Confirms Two More Coin-Op Classics For Its Arcade Archives Range On Switch
Vendetta was absolutely amazing....Will pick up crime fighters in the hope that they subsequently give us vendetta.
Re: Review: Turrican Flashback - An Annoyingly Incomplete Collection That's Still Worth A Look
Gunlord seems nothing like Turrican beyond an initial graphical design similarity....downloaded it expecting a modern Turrican and was severely disappointed....I seem to recall the square wave beat on the st syncing nicely with the characters movement helping create a sense of weight that was completely absent from gunlord.
Re: Review: Turrican Flashback - An Annoyingly Incomplete Collection That's Still Worth A Look
No atari ST versions....no 8 bit versions....very far from a complete anthology.
Re: Review: Big Pharma - Save The World By Curing One Cold At A Time
The tutorial was awful, sapped any desire to play the game almost entirely....very little effort put into converting it to the switch from the PC original. I got it cheap otherwise it would be being traded in for sure.
Re: September is Hanabi Festival in Europe
Wheres Farming week?
They cant starve us pal gamers of Harvestmoon64 forever can they?
Re: Legend of Hero Tonma
Hope this gets an EU release I remember the arcade version was very nice if quite hard.