It's shorter that the regular castle. i wish i could play SOTN for the first time again.
― formerly abanana (dat), Saturday, 2 March 2024 19:24 (two months ago) link
balatro is too easy i won on my second run. or first run if the tutorial one doesnt count
― ciderpress, Sunday, 3 March 2024 05:19 (one month ago) link
it unlocked a million things at once so im excited to play again
― ciderpress, Sunday, 3 March 2024 05:26 (one month ago) link
I'm playing Inkulinati. Stupidly clunky name. Concept is Pentiment's art (including a character cameo from that game) x Monster Train's team building and randomised journey mechanics.
― salsa shark, Sunday, 3 March 2024 19:48 (one month ago) link
yeah i was interested enough to add it to my wishlist but have a strong suspicion that the history porn is covering up a not-great game
― Morris O’Shea Salazar (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 3 March 2024 21:04 (one month ago) link
Is Balatro too easy? Feel like with these rogue-likes it’s so much luck of the draw, can land on a perfect set of circumstances in a given run and clean up. I got really far in one of my early runs, but haven’t gotten close to that since.Cool game. Not sure I’m as hooked on it as most seem to be, but I see the appeal.
― circa1916, Sunday, 3 March 2024 23:33 (one month ago) link
I just beat HUNTDOWN, which is a throwback side scrolling shoot em up with an 80s cyberpunk/outrun aesthetic and 16 bit-ish graphics. Main character makes some horribly corny Duke Nukem-esque movie quote quips occasionally that grate, but it was genuinely a really fun little game. Like to try 2 Player at some point.As an old Contra and Metal Slug head, it scratched that itch. If y’all know of anything else in that wheelhouse, let me know.
― circa1916, Sunday, 3 March 2024 23:48 (one month ago) link
** After finishing "Far Cry 5," I tried the 3 related DLCs (one is in Vietnam, one on Mars, one is zombie-themed) for maybe 30 minutes each and wasn't motivated to finish them. Probably won't get back into the FC universe any time soon.** Played a few hours of "A Plague Tale: Requiem" over the last few weeks - voice acting and graphics are good, but the gameplay and combat were just not fun for me, so I abandoned it. ("Dishonored" and "Dishonored 2" have a similar plague vibe, but are far superior games IMHO.)** Started "Rollerdrome" yesterday - this is really really fun! Roller-skating + guns in a dystopian near-future arena competition thingie. To replenish ammo, you have to do tricks, so you are constantly doing flips and grabs and grinds and stuff. The graphics are comic-book style (like "Sable") and look fantastic.
― ernestp, Monday, 4 March 2024 00:43 (one month ago) link
xp i was joking, theres like 10 more difficulty levels and lots of other decks besides the starting one that make some of the more obvious strategies less achievable
― ciderpress, Monday, 4 March 2024 01:16 (one month ago) link
xpost How was Far Cry 5? I have that one and 4 to play at some point. I assume they are more or less all the same? I thought the separatist compound in "Hitman" (3?) was fun, so I kinda suspect I would enjoy 5 over 4. Maybe it all comes down to the antagonist, but everything I read made a big deal of Vaas in Far Cry 3 and he was pretty stupid, so I suspect the story/baddie doesn't matter much, either.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 March 2024 01:52 (one month ago) link
I found the FC5 ending to be extremely disappointing, so much so that it kind of makes me regret putting 60 hours into it (I did a fair amount of side quests). The basic story idea had promise, and they blew it. The gameplay is fine - similar to FC3 and FC4. I enjoyed FC3 and FC4 more than FC5, all things considered. I'd say I liked FC3 and FC4 about equally, and there are some welcome trippy/psychedelic FC4 sequences and fun features, such as riding an elephant to trample people. Note that the outdoor settings of FC4 look pretty similar to FC3, so it might not feel like a terribly different game in that respect, if you need variety.
― ernestp, Monday, 4 March 2024 02:49 (one month ago) link
As an old Contra and Metal Slug head, it scratched that itch. If y’all know of anything else in that wheelhouse, let me know.
Huntdown is the only EAR-like i'm aware of but in the R2RKMF side-scrolling tradition here's some i've read good things about:
GnG Resurrection <- game of the decade tierTanuki JusticeBlazing ChromeSteel AssaultShinobi Non Grata
these are all recent ones, if you're willing to dig into Arcade Archives titles or emulation there'll be much more
― chihuahuau, Monday, 4 March 2024 11:27 (one month ago) link
Awesome, thanks!
― circa1916, Monday, 4 March 2024 19:37 (one month ago) link
There's a new Contra game coming out this year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pXSRjVS9IM
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 4 March 2024 23:38 (one month ago) link
one more since it's on a 90% off sale right now for PS4 and PC: Assault Suit Leynos (2015 remake)
I see the publisher's also slashed the price on the remake of Assault Suits Leynos (Target Earth), the predecessor to Assault Suits Valken/Cybernator—the doujin dev that made this remake is long dead, so once it's delisted, it's probably gone for good https://t.co/4rNvMP4cia— GSK | https://cohost.org/gosokkyu (@gosokkyu) March 4, 2024
― chihuahuau, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 01:05 (one month ago) link
Did you try Broforce? I played all the way through on coop and it was a mega blast - just a bucket load of action movie parodies.
― Ste, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 12:33 (one month ago) link
been playing a lot of In The Hunt, an Irem arcade game from 1993a scrolling submarine shooter, really beautiful pixel graphics which remind me a lot of Metal Slugalso it is HARD, boy was this was designed to munch coins!
https://i.imgur.com/JmplXzq.jpeg
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 13:23 (one month ago) link
just looked up the wiki and
In the Hunt was designed by a group of Irem employees that would later go on to found Nazca Corporation, the creators of the Metal Slug series.
welp that explains that then
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 13:27 (one month ago) link
Good recs all, thx. Obv no shortage of this thing, been around forever, was just curious about new spins on it. Was wondering if there were any Streets of Rage 4’s of the genre that passed me by.Down with remakes and out-of-the-ordinary old stuff too. Assault Suit Leynos is completely new to me, playing it now and it’s wild. I dig it.Broforce is on Gamepass, grabbed it. I have played Into the Hunt and I remember it just kicking my ass.
― circa1916, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 02:27 (one month ago) link
choice recent beat'em ups are Ninja Warriors Once Again, Fight n' Rage and Final Vendetta.
like everything else Tengo Project have been doing, NWOA is an improved remake of the SNES game; the other 2 are original indie games
― chihuahuau, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 12:07 (one month ago) link
fight n’ rage is a goat contender imo. the full package
― LaMDA barry-stanners (||||||||), Thursday, 7 March 2024 16:00 (one month ago) link
trying to replace my full fat msg (apex) addiction with diet msg (balatro) instead. it has such a pleasing look - that was always one of my issues with slay the spire. amazing game but so ugly
― LaMDA barry-stanners (||||||||), Saturday, 9 March 2024 09:41 (one month ago) link
Fight n Rage is dope. Picked that up a while back, highly satisfying beat em up.I think I’m gonna pick up the Konami Contra and Castlevania collections today.
― circa1916, Saturday, 9 March 2024 18:41 (one month ago) link
minor PSA for the Contra collection: despite being by M2, the emulation of arcade Contra is slowdown-ridden and Super Contra is missing the intro voice acting; both issues are corrected in the Hamster releases
other than that caveat, the rest of m2's contra collection is superb as expected
― chihuahuau, Saturday, 9 March 2024 19:25 (one month ago) link
New game from Moon Studios (who did Ori) is imminent, looks awesome. No Rest for the Wicked.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 10 March 2024 18:26 (one month ago) link
Yeah that game looks extremely up my alley. It's technically early access, so IDK if I'm going to grab it now or wait (I'm probably gonna wait).
I beat SOTN finally! I almost gave up until I found a rare weapon drop that made the rest of the game trivial. It was a fun time! My hunger for old Metroidvanias persists, so now I'm hip-deep in Aria of Sorrow, which I'm not enjoying quite as much; mainly cuz it feels *way* too hard.
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 13:39 (one month ago) link
Been many years, but I remember Aria of Sorrow being a top tier Castlevania game.
― circa1916, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 15:09 (one month ago) link
is that the first gba one? that was the best one iirc
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 16:14 (one month ago) link
I believe so. I used to have a combo cart with it and Harmony of Dissonance that I would play on my OG DS during train rides...20 years ago :'(
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 18:25 (one month ago) link
I never completed either of the og ones and never played the SNES one or Symphony, so playing Aria of Sorrow & Harmony of Dissonance on GBA felt like finally getting Castlevania.
I would rent C2 multiple times as a kid and it felt very mysterious and deep, proto-Dark Souls vibes, has there ever been a good remake/reissue?
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 22:20 (one month ago) link
Man I'm at the end of ffx and just hit a major "go out and grind" roadblock. Brutal.
Picked up Lisa in the most recent humble bundle. Lotta fun earthbound/undertale like rpg, but sad. high recommend
― H.P, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 22:22 (one month ago) link
When I see clips of games or series I've never played, like Final Fantasy or Yakuza or Metal Gear Solid, I have no idea what the f is going on.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 22:56 (one month ago) link
I'm like that with clips of mobile gacha games, it's a foreign country to me
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 22:58 (one month ago) link
you've never played a ff yakuza or mgs!!!!!
― H.P, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 23:04 (one month ago) link
You can't be playing far cry 3 (or anything by ubisoft) when y!ou haven't touched any of those series No more western-developed video games this year, only Japanese. They really own the sphere.
― H.P, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 23:08 (one month ago) link
had to buy another copy of balatro for my dog since she’s not getting walked anymore
― LaMDA barry-stanners (||||||||), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 23:12 (one month ago) link
xpost Ha! I'm not a fan of anime or anime designs, and I have an aversion to giant swords. But I do own Yakuza 0, maybe I will play that in 2024.
What's funny is I *have* played some of these characters in Super Smash Bros. but I had no idea who they were.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 23:14 (one month ago) link
Me either! But you're not getting any of that in any of those series (okay maybe a touch in FF, but there's so much variation there, there's a FF game for anyone).
I'd recommend MGS, it's the most western-gaming adjacent of the bunch, but yakuza 0 is a great trip.
xp lol
― H.P, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 23:15 (one month ago) link
|||||||| if you like balatro, high recommend Luck be a Landlord. Deckbuilder in the casino except its pokies instead of poker. It's such a beautiful little time drain, great great great game
― H.P, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 23:18 (one month ago) link
yeah, of those series only ff ever has anything to do with anime, but my instinct tells me that jic’s instinct to avoid them will turn out to have been correct
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 12 March 2024 23:20 (one month ago) link
too each their own (except mgs, that's for everyone)
― H.P, Tuesday, 12 March 2024 23:57 (one month ago) link
oh i love them, i'm basing that on his video game opinions that i've read
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 13 March 2024 00:20 (one month ago) link
Hold up MGS is all about mechs, which is an enormous genre within anime (of course anime as a term beyond "animated stuff from Japan" is reductive and useless).
Also I've decided I really don't like most Japanese media, with FF7 Remake being the straw that broke my back, because everything about it missed me on basically every level.
― Selune Gomez (Leee), Wednesday, 13 March 2024 01:43 (one month ago) link
I wouldn't say MGS is about mechs. It'd be like saying Far Cry 3 is about tigers. They're a small backdrop, far down on the list of things I think of when I think of MGS
― H.P, Wednesday, 13 March 2024 02:10 (one month ago) link
I think MGS2 is in the top 5 best videogames ever
― H.P, Wednesday, 13 March 2024 02:11 (one month ago) link
― H.P, Tuesday, March 12, 2024 4:04 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
also this is me
― gbx, Wednesday, 13 March 2024 02:54 (one month ago) link
hope you guys are holding up okay
― H.P, Wednesday, 13 March 2024 03:04 (one month ago) link
MGS is basically mecha as chekov’s gunand in the meantime you’ll get multi-generational spycraft machinations that change the politics of the world and create extra-governmental mercenary corps and work with weirdos with names like Revolver Ocelot and field voice calls from people who may or may not be real
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Wednesday, 13 March 2024 03:40 (one month ago) link
There was a Dunkey video about the Metal Gear series that had iirc ... the President of the US in a mech or something? Anyway, seemed pretty silly, I assume/hope intentionally. They're remaking some Metal Gear game, right? I'll play that, unless it turns out to be terrible.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 March 2024 13:20 (one month ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaLiLRVeaZA
(Apparently this is accurate!!)
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 March 2024 13:21 (one month ago) link