Oh yeah, games like Californium, Firewatch, SOMA, along with Talos Principle and Witness, the latter seeming a prettier but hollowed version of the former.
― Darkest Cosmologist junk (kingfish), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 00:30 (eight years ago) link
anybody playing stardew valley? worth picking up? i love harvest moon but am a very caz gamer
― 龜, Thursday, 10 March 2016 12:21 (eight years ago) link
The press seems to be 'isn't it amazing that if one person puts their mind to it over a number of years they can almost create harvest moon' so hm
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Thursday, 10 March 2016 12:22 (eight years ago) link
I've been playing KANE AND LYNCH 2: DOG DAYS. this is my first cover shooter experience
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Thursday, 10 March 2016 12:23 (eight years ago) link
I started playing Life Is Strange but I gave up very, very early when I went 'well, that guy is going to be the killer, then'. I liked everything else about it, though.
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Thursday, 10 March 2016 12:25 (eight years ago) link
whoa dog days is a weird place to start playing cover shooters. did you turn it on easy? i hope it's on easy.
that game was weird and dumpy but had some of the coolest UI/VFX/presentation of all time and still stands up IMO as ahead of its time in that respect
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Thursday, 10 March 2016 15:53 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, the first episode of Life is Strange starts out clunky, but they get going by #2.
― Darkest Cosmologist junk (kingfish), Friday, 11 March 2016 01:18 (eight years ago) link
i've been playing dog days on medium but there are some sticking points in the back half that are making me debate easy. i feel like it doesn't benefit the game's narrative or aesthetic to respawn 5-10x each checkpoint instead of 1-2x. i like it a lot, i think, but i guess this fits in with my general trend of liking videogames that make you feel bad for playing videogames
i love the whole crappy-video schtick so, so much
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Friday, 11 March 2016 04:16 (eight years ago) link
playing Earthbound for the first time on my 3DS following the recent reissue. best £5 i've spent in aaaaaages and its making my bus journeys to work very pleasurable.
― jamiesummerz, Friday, 11 March 2016 10:37 (eight years ago) link
whoa its out on 3DS? fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck time to buy that i guess.
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Friday, 11 March 2016 16:08 (eight years ago) link
yeah that was my reaction too
― ripple-chested beefchrist (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 11 March 2016 16:40 (eight years ago) link
Is there a speed-up/fast-forward button?
― Darkest Cosmologist junk (kingfish), Friday, 11 March 2016 18:09 (eight years ago) link
it says out march 24 online, how did you buy it already :O
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Friday, 11 March 2016 21:14 (eight years ago) link
we have to wait until the 24th here in the U.S. of States
― grinding like a jolly elf (jamescobo), Saturday, 12 March 2016 03:15 (eight years ago) link
thanks to all who voted for sunless sea in the poll here. never been engaged with a game in quite the same way.
i finally won by establishing my own colony at aestival through the very damaging irem trade, and then not allying with anyone. i really cared about that decision! in deference to the makers of r-type...
are there other games with a similar languid pace? should i play pirates?
― home organ, Saturday, 12 March 2016 09:13 (eight years ago) link
Beat Oxenfree, Vanishing of Ethan Carter, and Dear Esther over the weekend. Got some way into Layers of Fear.
I recommend Oxenfree
― Darkest Cosmologist junk (kingfish), Monday, 14 March 2016 20:44 (eight years ago) link
Hadn't heard of Oxenfree, looks good
― Nhex, Monday, 14 March 2016 23:47 (eight years ago) link
I noticed earthbound on the 3ds store, never played it. should I?
― Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious. (Trayce), Tuesday, 15 March 2016 08:48 (eight years ago) link
if you like fun, then yes.
― jamiesummerz, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 11:07 (eight years ago) link
idk if earthbound is fun
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Tuesday, 15 March 2016 11:38 (eight years ago) link
if you like the meditative distraction of a simple rpg grind and also like corny jokes then yes
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Tuesday, 15 March 2016 11:39 (eight years ago) link
like a lot of those snes era RPGs earthbound hasn't aged that well as a game but it's still got good storytelling & a unique style
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 16:13 (eight years ago) link
mother 3 is better though...
one of my many terrible secrets of shame is that i've played earthbound like 5 different times, and i've never really made it out of the initial village area. does the game ever leave that stupid village? after about 10 hours i get bored
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 16:20 (eight years ago) link
i'm sorry, the village isn't stupid. it's actually pretty great. i just wish i could get past it.
i haven't played it in like 10 years so i forget the details but there's definitely multiple villages/towns/cities/areas
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 16:24 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/iEJ97QP.png
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 16:26 (eight years ago) link
i have really played the shit out of risk of rain recently. when you get in the groove, it's very calming.
― ulysses, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 17:17 (eight years ago) link
i got to the desert in Earthbound. the music in that game is incredible.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 15 March 2016 17:41 (eight years ago) link
Earthbound is great played on an emulator or with someway to fast-forward it. I originally beat it like in '06 or so with a controller and zsnes on my work laptop.
― Darkest Cosmologist junk (kingfish), Tuesday, 15 March 2016 17:52 (eight years ago) link
Bought Singularity on steam sale. It's from 2010, and boy does it ever embody that. Primary design ideas blend a shit load of Bioshock and some Call of Duty. The Bioshocky world-building(and retro filmstrips/audio logs) are not lower in production value, but at least they tried.
― Darkest Cosmologist junk (kingfish), Tuesday, 15 March 2016 17:56 (eight years ago) link
Earthbound is great played on an emulator or with someway to fast-forward it.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 15 March 2016 20:36 (eight years ago) link
I think the white album is a little padded, so I like to combat this by listening to the whole thing at 1.5x the correct speed
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 01:39 (eight years ago) link
last time i got into earthbound i was playing on a borrowed snes cartridge (this is like... 5 years ago) and i got just about as far as the part where it asks for your real name. then i had to return the cart. i reckon another month and i woulda beaten it, p sad. i was like really far in i think too. excited for this mobile opportunity to play it, def gonna beat it this time (and before the 4th generation poll i run in the fall-or-so, too)
― yellow despackling power (Will M.), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 04:38 (eight years ago) link
Partner bought Far Cry Primal the other day. Its a suprisingly fantastic take on the FC franchise. It has the basic structure of FC4 - take over villages and territory - but the whole controlling animals and crafting primitive weapons is a lot better than it sounds on paper.
― Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious. (Trayce), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 07:44 (eight years ago) link
xp iirc there's a lot more game beyond that point
― Nhex, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 07:52 (eight years ago) link
he said a month tbf
i actually had never played beyond the second (i think) town until recently, when i got to the big high-rise town, and now i've paused again for like a month and i want to get back to it but, oh, also i don't
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 08:58 (eight years ago) link
ultimately, it's worthwhile imo. that game is something special
― Nhex, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 10:35 (eight years ago) link
yeah recommended playing for everyone who likes charming weirdness, that game sets the bar for charming weirdness
― yellow despackling power (Will M.), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 14:56 (eight years ago) link
I've tried with Earthbound a few times but the beginning (first couple of days I guess) feels slow and not huge fun. is that me or the game?
― Szechuan TV (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 15:00 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Uc2as1F.png
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 15:24 (eight years ago) link
salt & sanctuary.
paging adam bruneau, paging adam bruneau, i think you would love this game (sorry if you try it and don't like it but it's only $18 which is one of the best bargains for a new game that i can remember, ever)
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 20 March 2016 15:04 (eight years ago) link
AB i think you'd like it because it's such a great combo of dark souls and castlevania SOTN. it obviously rips off elements of both but the enemies are new and unique, and the boss battles are intense. also this is heresy but tbh i'm enjoying it better than dark souls just because S&S is a 2D platformer and i'm much, much better at that than 3D
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 20 March 2016 15:08 (eight years ago) link
i think you've talked me into it. now when can i find time to play it.
― ulysses, Sunday, 20 March 2016 22:28 (eight years ago) link
― Szechuan TV (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:00 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it's definitely the game yo
otoh as of 15-20 hours in i don't think the game it is at any point trying to be either i. fast-paced or ii. fun particularly, and i think it has virtues other than these
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Monday, 21 March 2016 02:38 (eight years ago) link
i finished kane & lynch 2, which i hadn't thought about it but it's interesting to be stalled in that game and earthbound simultaneously--they're both player-hostile in not-entirely-dissimilar ways
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Monday, 21 March 2016 02:41 (eight years ago) link
earthbound isn't player-hostile? it's just reflecting the Dragon Quest steez of the times
― Nhex, Monday, 21 March 2016 03:10 (eight years ago) link
who put this giant pencil here / oh it's just here
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Monday, 21 March 2016 12:03 (eight years ago) link
Re: Salt & Sanctuary, it's amazing how well they translated Dark Souls boss fight mechanics into 2-D. I think the jumping aspect (you can freeze in mid-air when attacking, can't remember if that happens in Castlevania or some other game?) adds some complexity. Figuring out the attacks of this dragon boss yesterday was just as satisfying as Kalameet in DS...it seems impossible, then eventually you relax and start looking at the tells instead of the health bars, and it's not so hard after all.
The one thing that stresses me out about Metroidvania games is when you get that new ability that lets you traverse different parts of the world. I know I'm never going to remember all the places that I should backtrack to, and the thought of running through it all is a drag.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Monday, 21 March 2016 13:36 (eight years ago) link
KM thanks for the recommendation! sounds right up my alley. unfortunately i don't have a PS4 and can't find out when it comes out on Steam. everywhere lists TBA
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 21 March 2016 13:37 (eight years ago) link