115 hours into Hades and pretty sure I will surpass Karl's 150
― lukas, Friday, 18 December 2020 23:07 (three years ago) link
I’m on a hades break but I’m gonna go back in this weekend probably.game should cost $90
― is right unfortunately (silby), Friday, 18 December 2020 23:09 (three years ago) link
I'm about 25 hours into Hades right now and am struggling not to slide off it at this point, tbh. The repetition of the grind is getting to me, and I haven't yet managed to get past Theseus and the Minotaur. Maybe I'll give in and switch to God Mode. I'm kind of surprised to hear that people have sunk 100+ hours into this, so I reckon the game itself must have some nice surprises still in store.
In the sale I picked up Ashen and Kentucky Route Zero. Will dig into those when I'm finished with Moon and Astral Chain.
― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Saturday, 19 December 2020 14:31 (three years ago) link
I play with God Mode on. It makes the game better.
― mildew and sanctimony (soda), Saturday, 19 December 2020 14:44 (three years ago) link
hades opens more once you start beating it
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Saturday, 19 December 2020 14:49 (three years ago) link
all their previous games have eventually gone on deep discount on switch - my backlog's big enough rn that I'm happy to wait
― ||||||||, Saturday, 19 December 2020 14:51 (three years ago) link
Speaking of, I did play a few bits of a couple of things I impulsively bought on sale.
Carrion: funny and gross you-are-the-monster game, pretty great creature controlsShady Part of Me: Only played a minute or two, but like Gris this game is absolutely gorgeous.I am Dead: Based on the recommendation above, plus a couple of year-ends. I played the most of this, and it's utterly charming and super low-key, perfect salve for things.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 19 December 2020 19:35 (three years ago) link
shd i get a switch in 2020 (2021)
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 21 December 2020 00:37 (three years ago) link
do you want to play video games in bed / on the toilet / at the parkdo you want to play mario
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 December 2020 00:42 (three years ago) link
you forgot "on the plane/train/bus" but yeah this year kind of ruined that huh
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Monday, 21 December 2020 00:46 (three years ago) link
yeah like ive had a lot of downtime this year and i don't like desktop for gaming. i only like sports games, really but i DON'T want a console
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 21 December 2020 00:50 (three years ago) link
like, i should have bought one in march
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 21 December 2020 00:52 (three years ago) link
Switch probably not the best for sports games
― kniphofia face (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 21 December 2020 00:54 (three years ago) link
mario = parkour = sports
― lag∞n, Monday, 21 December 2020 00:55 (three years ago) link
Sports games are just bad Mario games
― is right unfortunately (silby), Monday, 21 December 2020 00:56 (three years ago) link
Video games are a two-dimensional vector space where one axis is “Mario” and the other is “Zelda” and the origin is “Tetris”
thats video game science
― lag∞n, Monday, 21 December 2020 00:58 (three years ago) link
cannot tolerate this invisiblization of turn-based rpgs
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Monday, 21 December 2020 01:30 (three years ago) link
theyre zelda
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 December 2020 01:32 (three years ago) link
mario rpg is zeldalink's crossbow training is mario
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 December 2020 01:33 (three years ago) link
red is scarletblue is tealso brush your teeth after every meal.
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Monday, 21 December 2020 01:35 (three years ago) link
If zelda was turn-based I would be a heck of a lot better at dealing with darknuts
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Monday, 21 December 2020 01:37 (three years ago) link
I rarely play my Switch undocked, fwiw.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 21 December 2020 02:03 (three years ago) link
All video games are turn-based, sometimes your turn is just 1/60 of a second long
― is right unfortunately (silby), Monday, 21 December 2020 02:25 (three years ago) link
I can’t wait to try my hand at the queen’s gambit edition of smash bros
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Monday, 21 December 2020 02:36 (three years ago) link
― is right unfortunately (silby), Monday, 21 December 2020 02:40 (three years ago) link
the best sports game is on switch
(super mega baseball)
― ||||||||, Monday, 21 December 2020 08:09 (three years ago) link
the new one isn't though, is it?
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 December 2020 14:27 (three years ago) link
yuphttps://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/super-mega-baseball-3-switch/
― ||||||||, Monday, 21 December 2020 14:33 (three years ago) link
oh dang
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 December 2020 14:48 (three years ago) link
I loved 2 though and don't like 3 at all
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Monday, 21 December 2020 22:06 (three years ago) link
what's bad about 3?
― kniphofia face (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 21 December 2020 22:10 (three years ago) link
1 is the best imo but i haven't played 3
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 21 December 2020 22:12 (three years ago) link
baseball games were actually a huge part of my NES experience. RBI, little league baseball, base wars, etc. I need a baseball game, so I guess the rec is to get 2 instead of 3?
― kniphofia face (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 21 December 2020 22:26 (three years ago) link
gameplay in 3 looks very similar to 2. game now seems to have a more developed franchise mode and players have a number of new skills/qualities, which seems like a nice addition. it is pricey though
― ||||||||, Monday, 21 December 2020 22:31 (three years ago) link
I started the second Ori yesterday. It looks great, and feels even more like Bambi meets Hollow Knight. (It's also trickier than the first Ori so far.) But the nicest reminder is how good the Switch Pro controller feels and how well it holds a charge, compared to the PS4 controller.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 25 December 2020 15:09 (three years ago) link
I can't really explain why I didn't like 3 - I loved 2, I was playing it non-stop before 3 came out. And then 3 came out, I played it twice, and I stopped. Everything about it just felt off to me - all the graphics were smaller (which is especially annoying on an undocked Switch), the controls felt fiddlier, having to deal with wild pitches and pickoffs was annoying.
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Friday, 25 December 2020 18:17 (three years ago) link
Ori 2 is pretty tough, btw, both the platforming and the puzzles. I've had to look two things up already just in the first area, and the solutions were things I literally never would have considered or even discovered.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 December 2020 15:01 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDuQGng-ar8
Bowser's Fury Cat Island looking pretty dope
― Nhex, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 14:28 (three years ago) link
sick
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 14:49 (three years ago) link
into it
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 15:06 (three years ago) link
i bought the 3d mario all-stars. galaxy gives me vertigo, sunshine is basically a house-cleaning simualtor, and mario 64 fucking rules.
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 15 January 2021 20:22 (three years ago) link
they're all great though
sunshine is maybe a lil underappreciated but i still hate that it railroads the order in which you can do the missions in each level. galaxy does it too iirc but its missions are a lot more even in quality
― ciderpress, Friday, 15 January 2021 20:33 (three years ago) link
Hmm, Bowser's Fury looks good, I'll probably cop that. I haven't bought a Mario since Odyssey. I don't want to drop $60 on the All-Stars collection because the only one I *really* want out of that is 64.
Dragon's Dogma is on sale for $15 again on the eshop. I overcame my ambivalence and picked it up, and I'm glad I did! It is worth a lot more than 15 bucks. It is a little bit dodgy graphically on Switch, with some distracting pop-in, but it runs at a pretty smooth 30 FPS. But this game is *wild*.
For example, I picked up this escort sidequest that took me waaaay off the beaten path to some fortress in the middle of nowhere. There is no Skyrim-style fast travel in this game. Getting there felt like a real journey; my party had to face down several gangs of goblins, snakemen and bandits, all of whom were pretty tough. And then we had to get *back* to the main city, preferably before nightfall.
On the way back, we were waylaid by a giant cyclops. Taking it down took a few tries, and involved climbing up the monster's back, Shadow of the Colossus-style, which was particularly hard because I had made my main character an Andre the Giant-sized barbarian type (your character's height and weight have actual impact on things like how much you can carry, how easy it is to climb monsters, etc). Killing it like an actual accomplishment, like getting past a tough area in Dark Souls. And we still weren't even halfway back to where we needed to be. The relief I felt once we did finally get to a safe area where we could rest was fucking *real*. I'm only 9 hours into this game and I am excited to see how big this iceberg is, exactly.
― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Sunday, 17 January 2021 16:35 (three years ago) link
*killing it -felt- like an actual accomplishment
― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Sunday, 17 January 2021 16:37 (three years ago) link
i have not played 3d world and so will purchase it but im not sure if i can ever play mario without cappy again
― lag∞n, Sunday, 17 January 2021 16:38 (three years ago) link
when you jump on cappy you go far
― lag∞n, Sunday, 17 January 2021 16:40 (three years ago) link
Got the $25 Borderlands thing bc I had never played it. After I found myself loving it, I was relieved to see that ilx also (mostly) loves it.
― sell her Dior (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 4 February 2021 02:05 (three years ago) link
I am playing as the guy named Mordy, and I like to pretend the whole game is art about the Thatcher thread.
― sell her Dior (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 4 February 2021 02:10 (three years ago) link