The Nintendo Switch

Katamari Damacy is still reliably bizarre and the HD makeover for Switch, though cursory, is good enough; but my muscle memory is so keyed to Dualshock2 that the Switch sticks arrangement has taken some adjustment. I love this game though, will happily fail levels over and over so I can hear the music again.

Also considering revisiting Tales Of Vesperia but the steps necessary for getting the best weapon for the enigmatic lady warrior were gigantically convoluted and exceptionally easy to mess up very early in the game, with no indication that you'd done so so until much later on. There was also some late-game uber-weapon sidequest that once started, whether completed or not, made the last boss 3x longer and harder. Never completed it as a result but it was definitely the best Tales I've played. Will probably succumb once it's in the sale but current price seems a bit steep.

i'm enjoying it but i'm generally content to ignore arcane side stuff like that in old jrpgs. it's not nearly as good as berseria so far though imo

Anyone bought the new Mario so far, and been plussed or nonplussed?

it's a remake of the wii u title, right? i will definitely pick it up at some point because i've never played it and i love 2D mario

yeah its just a port of the wii u version bumped up to 1080p and with the luigi expansion included

as i said upthread i found the prior NSMB games to be bland and conservative, but they're basically just iterations on super mario world so if more super mario world sounds good to you then that's what you're getting.

My boy is loving it

think it’s finally convinced me to get donkey kong

dunkey is otm on trop freeze vs NSMB here https://youtu.be/1UhFWoDZLxA?t=339

i want more SMB3 style, less SMW

Recent pick ups:

- Sonic Mania Plus
- Steamworld Dig 2
- Golf Story
- Undertale

all cp-approved games good work

Is there any catch buying games from eBay?

Seem to be a few "new & sealed" ones on there £10-£20 below usual price

shouldnt be any catch if they're actually sealed

indies direct tomorrow, i think wargroove might be dropping finally

The catch would be somewhere in the description if it were a scam, like "photo only" or something silly.

it's US only still but dekudeals.com is a v useful price tracker for switch games, being able to see the history is great for knowing whats actually a good sale price for a particular game bc every publisher does things differently

must be a non zero chance RE2 comes to switch right ?

this year's remake? non-zero I guess but I wouldn't count on it

idk they haven't shown any interest in bringing RE7 which is the same engine

shat. still, getting RE, RE0, and RE4 so...

if those find an audience on here maybe it'll come down the line

all the insiders say that the 32gb cartridges are still prohibitively expensive and there's several doable AAA ports that have been shelved because of that and not the switch's specs, thats something that will resolve itself with time though as flash memory gets cheaper per unit

dunkey is otm on trop freeze vs NSMB here https://youtu.be/1UhFWoDZLxA?t=339

i get this but i found DKTR kind of a dull chore!

i think it's just a Good Thing that Wasn't My Thing

Your Kong Is Not My Kong

sure, it's more a criticism of the presentation than the gameplay anyway

Switch is the best-selling console in the US for 2018, by dollars and by units.

not a huge surprise given how it's off-cycle from the others but more switches means more switch games down the line so good stuff

stuff i deem noteworthy from the indies presentation:

wargroove feb 1

crosscode coming this year with no date yet

steamworld quest, looks like a card-based rpg

pretty-but-dreary-looking pixel art horror platformer called Inmost

inmost looks fly

aesthetic is v hollow knight

when is goose game coming

I want goose game

out run rules, still

the theme tunes are just some hardcore rosebud-dopamine rushes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8eRT4HVT1U

ooooo steamworld quest looks like my jam

xp i almost changed my ilx username to 'passing breeze' at one point in the past

wargroove is out on my birthday, gonna be a good birthday

what is wargroove? normally i'd just google it but i'm at work (?!?!?!?!!??!!) and my phone is dead.

spiritual successor to Advance Wars by Chucklefish (Starbound is their previous notable game) since IS apparently abandoned that series to focus on fire emblem

oh, nice! i'll keep an eye out for it, thanks

or, turn-based strategy grid wargame with 4 differently-playing factions if the above doesnt mean anything to you

it does - i've played a few of the advance wars games, although it's been a while. in general, i really enjoy turn-based strategy grid games. i was really into Into The Breach for about a week, but then got very burned out/bored and never came back, so it'd be nice to start out with something else in the genre.

Dead Cells rules, by the way

personally i'm still waiting for their magic school life sim game

I am still playing Dead Cells, months onward. I got up to two boss cells, but felt frustrated with how many useless blueprints I'd unlocked (nothing really more frustrating than getting a L cursed sword or whatever) so I started again, and only unlocked the blueprints I like (Crusher, Ice Bow, Death Orb, that's basically it). Haven't beat tHotK beyond 0 boss cells, keep getting smacked at the end there, but getting better and better

yeah, i've still only made it through a few of the bosses, haven't completed a runthrough yet. i agree on the blueprint frustration, though. i didn't realize at first that i shouldn't unlock the ones that i don't like using, because then the random melee/ranged/shield will occasionally select it for the starting gear.

in general though, i think it strikes a comfortable middleground between two styles of roguelikes - you can gradually improve/expand the selection of available gear and starting items like healing potions, which helps you gradually progress farther in the game. But there's also a very tangible feeling of natural improvement as you become familiar with enemy patterns and level layouts. i wonder how i'd do now, starting over with nothing unlocked, just based my higher level of skill.

I have attempted to do purple and red runs, but unless I go whole-hog on the purple upgrades (instead of some 7 18 7 eventuality) I find that my weapons aren't strong enough to really effectively take down the Hand before he hits, hits, hits, dead. And going full purple (4 24 4) means I'm made of paper. Green builds are the only ones I have had real success with, which is reliant upon finding a good legendary main weapon, as none of the green mains are worthwhile (except the Symmetrical Sword, which is great if you pair it with an Ice Bow).

My typical favourite build is full green (4 4 24 or thereabouts). I grab the best crusher + wolf trap, pair (typically) a non-legendary Ice Bow with a legendary main (my favourite is legendary Infantry Bow). My mutations are Tough Nut + Efficiency + Ammo (or something other than Ammo if I'm not using Ice Bow). I always speed run (Prison > Promenade > Ramparts > Bridge > Village > Sepulcher), grab every upgrade and chest but don't bother killing unnecessary enemies, and only start cleaning things out properly once I get the Sepulcher timed door. I never take a cursed chest except if my build is weak, and never take the one in Stilt Village (the teleporting slugs always get me if I do).

It is legitimately terrifying to do a purple build and get to the High Castle and see the wizards take down your health to half with one bullet, ugh

Oh, also, I modify my strategy based on how many ++ and S weapons I can find, those modifiers are far more valuable than the actual level of the weapon

I love "75% damage reduction from projectiles" so much too. Some players skip Elites entirely but I always make time for them, the wolf trap + crusher makes such short work of them

so this sounds like a game i'd like!

yeah, highly recommended. it's a game where you can totally nerd out on the character builds/stats/most powerful routes through the various levels, but you can also play it more casually and successfully as a action platformer