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
heist is older than dig 2 fwiw, they've been alternating platformer and strategy games
― ciderpress, Thursday, 25 April 2019 21:36 (four years ago) link
Had no idea!Been playing a bit more of Cuphead, which has been a blast. The fights really mess with you. I was attacking a slot machine, and not only was I unclear if and how I was damaging it, every time I died and thought I got a bead on it for next time, its attack would change up! Sneaky.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 April 2019 00:23 (four years ago) link
Dark Souls for $28 or katamari reroll for $21? Ive not played either, and I've saved the island express.
― camp pendleton subway yelp review (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 27 April 2019 01:54 (four years ago) link
Both imo
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 27 April 2019 04:20 (four years ago) link
a third possibility
― camp pendleton subway yelp review (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 27 April 2019 04:41 (four years ago) link
and the possibility i chose
― camp pendleton subway yelp review (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 27 April 2019 04:51 (four years ago) link
Steamworld Quest is good, satisfies my residual hearthstone urges
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Saturday, 27 April 2019 05:11 (four years ago) link
It looks so good. But i can't pay full price.
― camp pendleton subway yelp review (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 27 April 2019 05:39 (four years ago) link
I rolled a ball through a stanislaw lem story. Then i looked at some blood stains and died.
― camp pendleton subway yelp review (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 27 April 2019 06:36 (four years ago) link
I forgot all about Katamari! But $20 I can deal with, so bought it. I've never played, but it looks like stupid batshit fun.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 27 April 2019 12:49 (four years ago) link
It’s subtle zenlike fun mostly
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Saturday, 27 April 2019 13:21 (four years ago) link
the song...is catchy
― camp pendleton subway yelp review (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 27 April 2019 16:43 (four years ago) link
Yes
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Saturday, 27 April 2019 16:55 (four years ago) link
thats the most famous part of the game tbh
― ciderpress, Saturday, 27 April 2019 17:24 (four years ago) link
I've never played the game and I have the song stuck in my head a lot.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 27 April 2019 17:51 (four years ago) link
ok, played it for the first time and, well, this game is pretty weird. I could barely figure out the tutorial. I'm going to set it aside for now and go back to cuphead though.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 27 April 2019 19:51 (four years ago) link
It started weird for me and then i was hooked. Headphones are a must if playing portable.
― camp pendleton subway yelp review (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 27 April 2019 19:56 (four years ago) link
Josh
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Saturday, 27 April 2019 19:59 (four years ago) link
lol
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Saturday, 27 April 2019 20:12 (four years ago) link
local video gamer struggles with new game, goes back to notoriously easy game cuphead instead
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Saturday, 27 April 2019 20:15 (four years ago) link
Ha. But I know what to *do* in Cuphead! I literally can't figure out the tutorial of Katamari. Like, the actual controls on my Pro. For example, when I'm supposed to press r (I think) to jump, I'm not sure if I'm actually jumping. Or when I think I'm supposed to press both sticks down to quick turn, it ... doesn't do anything? I literally can't tell! These are just the empty room instructions, fwiw. I played the actual 10cm tutorial level and that worked out ok, but I'm worried I will need those other controls at some point. (Same with Cuphead, btw, doing OK at the start but can't tell if I'm not beating the slot machine level because I'm not using something I'm supposed to use or just ... not beating it. I think the latter! I can't jump through the stupid bouncing yellow balls right).
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 27 April 2019 20:50 (four years ago) link
Currently taking a very brief break on Zelda, btw, for anyone wondering! Then I'll get camel and fire mountain monster. I have the master sword and everything else I want/need, I think.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 27 April 2019 20:52 (four years ago) link
dark souls feels like zelda on hbo
― camp pendleton subway yelp review (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 27 April 2019 21:58 (four years ago) link
That's funny, because I played Dark Souls first and it made me feel like Zelda was Dark Souls on Disney.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 27 April 2019 22:00 (four years ago) link
I rolled over a patch of cymbal playing toy monkeys and my 3 year old absolutely lost it
― camp pendleton subway yelp review (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 27 April 2019 22:41 (four years ago) link
katamari may be the better of these two very similar games
there's a lot of rolling in both
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 27 April 2019 23:34 (four years ago) link
fuggit, i just rebought katamari for like the fourth time
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 27 April 2019 23:35 (four years ago) link
yeah i bought it the other day too. first time to own it, though!
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Sunday, 28 April 2019 00:33 (four years ago) link
i may have mentioned this before but last year i found out the demo disc for "katamari damacy" has a shoegaze song on it
it's a pretty good shoegaze song too
― Burt Bacharach's Bees (rushomancy), Sunday, 28 April 2019 00:34 (four years ago) link
I got a little carried away with the latest sale and picked up Katamari, Rocket League and Disgaea 5.
This is my first time playing a Disgaea game, I've only played a small handful of tactical RPGs, but about 10 hours in and this is pretty fun so far.
― cwkiii, Sunday, 28 April 2019 18:24 (four years ago) link
katamari switch is, weirdly, buggy as fuck and the controls are particularly wonky... of course, i'm aware the wonky controls are part of the gameplay but they're especially stubborn and prone to getting you stuck in corners.that said, i beat it and i suppose i'd recommend it. It's katamari!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 3 May 2019 22:30 (four years ago) link
I could have sworn when it was released I saw a whole bunch of reviews recommending remapping the controls or something. Anyway, good to know it wasn't just me!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 4 May 2019 16:20 (four years ago) link
Anyone know anything about that Darkwood game coming in a couple of weeks? It looks pretty cool, sort of a top-down survival game?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7i65PybwKw
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 5 May 2019 13:13 (four years ago) link
I didn't have a WiiU, but I've been watching MarioMaker streams for years--I cannot wait for MarioMaker 2.
― unashamed and trash (Unctious), Thursday, 9 May 2019 01:47 (four years ago) link
Mario Maker has the temerity to release the same week as 2 of the few games i want to play more than it so i'm probably gonna be late to the Making party
― ciderpress, Thursday, 9 May 2019 13:10 (four years ago) link
Katamari's terrible controls are a deal-breaker for me! The game has never been so un-fun to play
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 9 May 2019 13:11 (four years ago) link
can't argue with that.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 9 May 2019 15:30 (four years ago) link
Takahashi may have been right that the game doesn't really work with offset sticks
― don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Thursday, 9 May 2019 16:20 (four years ago) link
switch katamari is the only katamari i've ever known (outside of playing a demo in Target/Best Buy/etc. many years ago, probably), and this feels like an advantage for building control hell tolerance
― i got bag sauce in my bag (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 9 May 2019 16:49 (four years ago) link
also i can cite the poor controls for my undergrown katamari in arguments with my dad, the king
― i got bag sauce in my bag (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 9 May 2019 16:51 (four years ago) link
i don't remember the controls on the originals being particularly sharp either
― na (NA), Thursday, 9 May 2019 16:56 (four years ago) link
Finally got to play some Switch games. P.S. If you don't have Baba Is You you're doin' it wrong.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 9 May 2019 17:20 (four years ago) link
yeah, same.
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Thursday, 9 May 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
you're rolling a big asymmetrical chunk of awkwardly-shaped stuff around spaces littered with more awkwardly-shaped stuff, maybe the controls should be clunky and frustrating
― na (NA), Thursday, 9 May 2019 17:57 (four years ago) link
oh they're not sharp on the ps for sure! but they are NOTABLY more awkward on the switch. and not just for precision; I can't even play it for very long as it ends up hurting my hands.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 9 May 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link