brigador is really good. like just a totally solid game. the campaign teaches you how to do the mix and match of freelancing and get opinions on the dozens of vehicles and weapons. they got a way to put the few dozen levels in different combinations well. just... a lot of stuff and it all fits together and it builds. it's really hard, and it gets harder. it's got implicit goals to work for and good progress towards them, even if the hardest goal seems basically impossible
also: quadrilateral cowboy comes out this month. other games don't matter (except brigador) (brigador is good)
It is reaaaallly rough but kind of interesting because of that.
I got the patch that reduces difficulty and random battles, and they're still a chore. I can really see why they added all the shifts to how random encounters work in Earthbound.
Welp, PS Plus is gonna run out on me. And admittedly I only used it for Street Fighter lobbies, I'll probably renew it soon both for SFV and the upcoming King of Fighters XIV (The moment Geese was revealed, it turned into a must-buy for me). I just hope the latter's netcode is good.
I'm too young to fully appreciate the nostalgia factor, but I love the idea. It's refreshingly simple in an age where the other two are busy trying to one up each other.
I'm too young to fully appreciate the nostalgia factor, but I love the idea. It's refreshingly simple in an age where the other two are busy trying to one up each other.
this is basically a licensed version of those shitty "200 games in 1 console!" things so that's cool I guess.
Yeah $60 is pretty excessive. I mean they can literally sell a $5 flash drive with an emulator and a pack of games and then spend their entire development time DRM-locking it.
mini NES has Super Contra but not the first one. No deal
Also, yeah, you could put every NES game ever on a flash drive with an emulator and there you go. Although you wouldn't get the ugly gray casing, I suppose.
Like honestly I'm kind of balking at the mere concept of thirty games for sixty dollars being too expensive for anyone when every game in there is great
I almost included something mentioning that very thing, before editing it out because I considered it not worth stating. It is, but I am still bothered by it, and this is no exception? Just that really.
I... didn't think you were? I was just kind of legitimately confused why everyone seemed to take this thing being ludicrously overpriced as a given when it really didn't seem that way to me
Like honestly I'm kind of balking at the mere concept of thirty games for sixty dollars being too expensive for anyone when every game in there is great
Have you seen Steam sales? Turns out digital makes things really cheap. Especially super-old games that, let's be honest, were largely not that good to begin with and half of which come as free extras in other more modern games. You're most likely paying for the novelty box.
Like, they defined our childhoods, but I've played some of those lately. With a very few exceptions on that list, they did not age well.
Emulation aside, these retro consoles have been around in one form or another for years, and if you're willing to live without the NES replica (or those specific games), you can find halfway-decent ones used for cheap.
This thing is significantly different in form, function, and audience than Steam sales
Also Steam sales are different because 1. They're temporary 2. As consumer friendly as they may be if you have self control, fact of the matter is that they're as cheap as they are as a tactic to get people to buy a million games they don't need
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The aesthetic is less to my liking than Limbo's, but i'm curious nevertheless.
top choices:
Pokémon Crystal Emu Edition
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
Tales of Symphonia
Magical Vacation
secondary choices:
A Witch's Tale (second playthrough for full story)
Final Fantasy VI Expert Version
also: quadrilateral cowboy comes out this month. other games don't matter (except brigador) (brigador is good)
This is definitely a game where the ambition outstripped the technology and money, especially at the end.
Why yes, I am a Fighting Game nut. :V
I'm too young to fully appreciate the nostalgia factor, but I love the idea. It's refreshingly simple in an age where the other two are busy trying to one up each other.
Nah. Wii U with Splatoon is priority.
Also, yeah, you could put every NES game ever on a flash drive with an emulator and there you go. Although you wouldn't get the ugly gray casing, I suppose.
I have to imagine at least some portion of that is so you can buy the gimmicky console itself
It just seems remarkably weird to complain about any individual sixty dollar thing when sixty dollar things are the norm in this medium
t. human psychology
Little Nemo
Also Steam sales are different because 1. They're temporary 2. As consumer friendly as they may be if you have self control, fact of the matter is that they're as cheap as they are as a tactic to get people to buy a million games they don't need
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Final Fantasy 2
Hook
Spelunker
for those that liked the idea but wanted something more substantial, here you go