definitely a game thats more fun to watch than to play for me
― ciderpress, Saturday, 20 April 2019 14:46 (four years ago) link
Difficulty depends on the player’s genre preferences, I think. I only played a couple hours of cuphead, but I found it easier than dark souls. I am really bad at 3D action games, but I feel at home in 2D
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Saturday, 20 April 2019 15:01 (four years ago) link
Buuut I don’t think I’ll buy it for switch (I played on a friend’s PC) because the d-pad hurts my fingers. Maybe I need to upgrade to the pro pad
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Saturday, 20 April 2019 15:04 (four years ago) link
pro d-pad has issues with ghost inputs on the diagonals, its not perfect either
― ciderpress, Saturday, 20 April 2019 15:09 (four years ago) link
maybe they've fixed it in more recent ones idk
Damn, I’m glad you mentioned that! I’ve beeen considering going pro but if I’m going to pay that much for an extra pad, I want it to be perfect
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Saturday, 20 April 2019 15:20 (four years ago) link
its the best controller for everything except for games that require d-pad precision
― ciderpress, Saturday, 20 April 2019 15:24 (four years ago) link
I use an 8bitdo pad with the switch on the rare occasion I have it hooked up to the TV, works great
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 20 April 2019 15:25 (four years ago) link
yeah i'd look into 8bitdo stuff for a bluetooth pad with a good dpad. i personally love the dpad on the pokken controller, but that's wired and doesn't have sticks so its not an all purpose solution
― ciderpress, Saturday, 20 April 2019 15:28 (four years ago) link
oh, nice! i hadn't considered that. i might pick up one of their playstation pad imitations (SN30 Pro+)
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Saturday, 20 April 2019 15:30 (four years ago) link
i think you can also get an adapter to use a dualshock4 on switch but i havent looked into that
― ciderpress, Saturday, 20 April 2019 15:33 (four years ago) link
How have Nintendo managed to screw up a d-pad?? They invented the d-pad and I mean I’m not an expert or anything, but superficially at least, it looks like they’ve barely changed it at all since the nes.
― JimD, Saturday, 20 April 2019 16:36 (four years ago) link
Some mess about the configuration of the contacts. If you push eg in an upward direction on the left arm you can get an up input. It’s to be regretted.
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Saturday, 20 April 2019 16:41 (four years ago) link
basically if you take your pro controller and hold down just the right arm of the d-pad and shift the weight of your finger up and down you can get diagonal inputs because its too sensitive, even though you're not touching the up or down arms. same with any direction on it. theoretically this can happen a little bit with any d-pad thats not individual buttons if you're applying enough force, but the pro controller one is way more sensitive to it than e.g. the ds4.
apparently you can fix it with some surgery by using insulating tape to cover the inner half of the contact pads underneath but i haven't bothered to try since it's not too bad on the xenoblade model that i have.
― ciderpress, Saturday, 20 April 2019 16:44 (four years ago) link
Wow. I mean that can only boil down to “wasn’t broke, tried to fix it anyway” right?
But yeah thanks for the reminder here, I was all set to grab Cuphead but hadn’t stopped to think about the lack of anything appropriate to play it with.
― JimD, Saturday, 20 April 2019 16:56 (four years ago) link
i like the joycon disconnected d-pad! its only bad for fighting games where you have to do motions and such
― ciderpress, Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:00 (four years ago) link
stick would also be fine for cuphead
Sad lol that we’re now referring to four buttons as a “disconnected d-pad”!
Maybe stick would work but I know that pretty much every ps twitch shooter I’ve played over the last few years has given me the choice and I’ve ended up favouring the d-pad.
― JimD, Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
yeah, for intense dexterity games i have to use the d-pad. analog is out of the question.
pretty much any d-pad hurts my tender thumbs after hours of use (i had to quit celeste on ps4 two different times because of minor thumb injuries!), but the joycon version ends up hurting much more quickly. :(
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:19 (four years ago) link
Played Celeste entirely with the stick tbh
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:27 (four years ago) link
O_O
i'm jealous, i wish i could!
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:28 (four years ago) link
yeah other than fighting games i prefer using the analog stick for anything with more than 4-way movement, even compared to a good dpad
― ciderpress, Saturday, 20 April 2019 17:34 (four years ago) link
You’ll be telling us you play Tetris with a stick next (my son does this and it makes me feel like I’ve failed as a parent (as does the fact he keeps his y-axis uninverted in FPS games)).
― JimD, Saturday, 20 April 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
he keeps his y-axis uninverted in FPS games
― gbx, Saturday, 20 April 2019 19:12 (four years ago) link
Inverted y axis hasnt been a thing in forever.
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 20 April 2019 19:17 (four years ago) link
I'm 34 and barely remember it being default
an fps avatar is not a plane.
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 20 April 2019 19:24 (four years ago) link
how do you move a telescope god I am seething
― gbx, Saturday, 20 April 2019 19:29 (four years ago) link
like a telescope. not like an fps avatar
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 20 April 2019 19:30 (four years ago) link
this feels like a generational difference
― gbx, Saturday, 20 April 2019 19:36 (four years ago) link
actually upon suddenly noticing what thread i'm in i wonder if it's a mouse/thumbstick difference
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 20 April 2019 19:38 (four years ago) link
(tho there are def inverted-Y mouse players)
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 20 April 2019 19:39 (four years ago) link
_ he keeps his y-axis uninverted in FPS games_calling cps
― L'assie (Euler), Saturday, 20 April 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
I have to play Tetris 99 with the Joy-Cons bc dpad is mandatory and I accidentally hard drop with the pro controller’s dpad which is unacceptable. But doing diagonal inputs on a dpad is the pits as far as I’m concerned.
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Saturday, 20 April 2019 19:55 (four years ago) link
xp you're posting in the switch thread where the correct way to do it is gyro instead of stick for Y-axis
― ciderpress, Saturday, 20 April 2019 19:56 (four years ago) link
― L'assie (Euler), Saturday, 20 April 2019 20:00 (four years ago) link
if you don’t invert Y-axis you’re a tory sorry
― ... and the crowd said DESELECT THEM (||||||||), Saturday, 20 April 2019 20:30 (four years ago) link
def weird things with left switch sticks.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 20 April 2019 20:38 (four years ago) link
I've gotten weirdly so good at Tetris 99
I said "fuck it" and stopped trying to learn T-spins and just started playing with good garbage technique and I've come in 1st four times this past week.
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 20 April 2019 22:09 (four years ago) link
Should I get Cuphead for the Switch? Y/n
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 20 April 2019 22:37 (four years ago) link
I was happy to see that they changed the scoring for the 2nd Tetris 99 tournament; unfortunately I didn't realize it was even happening until the end of the 2nd day. :(
Also, Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight finally went on sale, so I picked it up last night. Enjoying it very much so far.
― cwkiii, Saturday, 20 April 2019 22:43 (four years ago) link
i now have more hours on tetris than i do on botw + mario combined O_o
found this simple t-spin triple setup that helped me finally wrap my mind around them after a long time of mostly non-understanding (keep an eye on the pieces on the left, everything else is just filling in the gaps)
#Tetris99 #Tetris #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/avVAY2l8Q0— kjsdfhglasbfjd (@kjsdfhglasbfjd1) April 20, 2019
― lumen (esby), Saturday, 20 April 2019 23:14 (four years ago) link
your twitter handle...
― Nhex, Saturday, 20 April 2019 23:29 (four years ago) link
figured it out heh?
― lumen (esby), Saturday, 20 April 2019 23:32 (four years ago) link
well dang it now i wanna figure it out. playing that guides axiom game has broken me and now i am running it thru caesar ciphers and keyboard shifters and stuff
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boot Edge Edge" (Will M.), Sunday, 21 April 2019 00:09 (four years ago) link
i didn't figure out anything. i just hate it
― Nhex, Sunday, 21 April 2019 05:09 (four years ago) link
OK I have started opening my Tetris games with a T-triple set-up and you know what? sure. It's fine. Thank you.
What is annoying is end-game... there is no reallll logic to what pieces will flip across the landscape to their intended location, and 90% of my late-game deaths are the result of me trying to flip and important piece westward and having it run aground
― flamboyant goon tie included, Sunday, 21 April 2019 06:03 (four years ago) link
Played a bit of Cuphead, it's like an adorable, beautifully designed Contra! I think I need to remap the controls, though, since it's set up to be pretty cramp-tastic
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 April 2019 12:55 (four years ago) link
steamworld quest looks fun
― camp pendleton subway yelp review (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 25 April 2019 20:54 (four years ago) link
That company seems to have taken a turn for the, well, turn-based. I loved the Metroidvania ones, but didn't buy the last one. Will look into this one.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 April 2019 21:02 (four years ago) link