Video game spotlight thread
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@FrostCat said in Video game spotlight thread:
Mine works
I bet you're not using Edge.
But he has an edge.
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@Lathun said in Video game spotlight thread:
Nah I am using Chrome Version 51.0.2704.103 m
That's a verbose way to say "you're right, FrostCat!"
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@FrostCat said in Video game spotlight thread:
But he has an edge.
But is he edgy?
No, watching that awesome video mellowed him out.
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@cartman82 Plus I am not wearing nearly enough red and black to be considered edgy
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@Lathun Any makeup or odd piercings?
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@FrostCat said in Video game spotlight thread:
@Lathun Any makeup or odd piercings?
Nope, I also don't have a myspace either. How will I ever become an edgelord now?
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@blakeyrat said in Video game spotlight thread:
@cartman82 Ok? But since it has a "home planet" feature you can pick one you like and take whatever biomes/animals/whatever you want TO IT.
You can "make it your bitch" as much as you want.Hmm, starbound has some kind of a story now? The last time I played, I just started on a damaged ship, no Earth destruction sequence. The onboarding seems different than I remember too.
Def worth another look.
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For Metroid's 30th anniversary on Saturday, I started playing through the 2D Metroid series.
After finishing Metroid: Zero Mission (good GBA game, you should acquire a copy... it's on the WiiU eShop) I moved on to the game I really want to talk about: Another Metroid 2 Remake aka AM2R.
AM2R is a free fan remake for Windows (and Linux soon) that was released on Saturday to coincide with the 30th anniversary of when the original Metroid was released in Japan.
Like Zero Mission before it, it took the newer style gameplay introduced in Super Metroid and applied it to one of the previous games. In AM2R's case, Metroid 2: Return of Samus for the GameBoy.
The most obvious thing that changed when you start the game is that the graphics resemble the newer Metroid games. Here's an example from the project's logo... original game on top, remake on the bottom.
Another problem with the original Metroid 2 is that it was less exploration focused than the other games in the series. You literally just had to kill Metroids to advance in the game, with the occasional side trip to get a powerup when you couldn't reach where the Metroids were. There was no sense of exploration that you get in other Metroid games where you see someplace you currently can't reach and know you'll have to remember where that is so you can come back once you have the appropriate powerup.
That's not the case with this remake. I've run into several doors I couldn't open yet, even in the first area of the game. I'm between 1/4 and 1/2 the way through the game and I still can't open doors near the game's start.
It's not perfect by any means (some sounds are meh, for instance), but I like what I've played so far.
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@powerlord If you like that sense of exploration, try An Untitled Story if you haven't already.
Be warned it gets quite hard at times. Lots of tricky jumping.Someone from this forum recommended Treasure Adventure Game once. I second that recommendation.
Both are free.
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@powerlord said in Video game spotlight thread:
Another problem with the original Metroid 2 is that it was less exploration focused than the other games in the series. You literally just had to kill Metroids to advance in the game, with the occasional side trip to get a powerup when you couldn't reach where the Metroids were. There was no sense of exploration that you get in other Metroid games where you see someplace you currently can't reach and know you'll have to remember where that is so you can come back once you have the appropriate powerup.
Strider (2014) is a brilliantly executed game in that style - big map with some optional detours for minor items, but mostly linear.
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@powerlord Super Metroid is the only SNES game I ever finished. Me want.
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@Zecc said in Video game spotlight thread:
@powerlord If you like that sense of exploration, try An Untitled Story if you haven't already.
Be warned it gets quite hard at times. Lots of tricky jumping.Another great game I rage quit at some point.
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@powerlord said in Video game spotlight thread:
Another problem with the original Metroid 2 is that it was less exploration focused than the other games in the series. You literally just had to kill Metroids to advance in the game, with the occasional side trip to get a powerup when you couldn't reach where the Metroids were. There was no sense of exploration that you get in other Metroid games where you see someplace you currently can't reach and know you'll have to remember where that is so you can come back once you have the appropriate powerup.
Metroid 2 is literally the only Metroid game I've played. That paragraph is utterly untrue.
Also I like the aesthetic of the Gameboy graphics better.
Also it pisses me off when people waste their talents and spend hundreds of hours stealing someone else's IP, regardless of how noble their intent is. You can already play Metroid 2. Make something new.
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@blakeyrat said in Video game spotlight thread:
Also it pisses me off when people waste their talents and spend hundreds of hours stealing someone else's IP, regardless of how noble their intent is. You can already play Metroid 2. Make something new.
Would we even talk about their product if they "made something new"?
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@cartman82 said in Video game spotlight thread:
Would we even talk about their product if they "made something new"?
Who knows? Since they didn't, it'll always be a mystery.
What a great way to fame and fortune, the secret is to steal someone else's property, then kind of modify it a bit I guess, then blatantly trumpet it around. What a noble person.
I want people to talk about my project, so my project will be stealing someone else's project! Brilliant!
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@blakeyrat I have to agree here. It just feels wasteful to re-use IP that is known to be guarded by highly paid lawyers. Since the game is free, there's literally no reason to want it to be popular. Instead try getting it on Steam Greenlight and maybe eventually make a little money, without lawyers looming.
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@blakeyrat said in Video game spotlight thread:
the secret is to steal someone else's property, then kind of modify it a bit I guess, then blatantly trumpet it around
Worked with Microsoft and the GUI
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@Jaloopa said in Video game spotlight thread:
Worked with Microsoft and the GUI
Which GUI? They invented the flat look with the Zune way back. Imitation goes the other way.
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@Jaloopa said in Video game spotlight thread:
@blakeyrat said in Video game spotlight thread:
the secret is to steal someone else's property, then kind of modify it a bit I guess, then blatantly trumpet it around
Worked with
MicrosoftApple andthe GUIjust about everything they have ever soldFTFY
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@powerlord Didn't Nintendo just file a DCMA claim against this and shut it down?
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Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth
This game is quite cool. I bought a Vita for it, which wasn't a good deal, especially now that they've admitted their loss and been removed from every store. But it's also on PS4, and the saves can be passed between them, which seems fairly cool.
Anyway, the game itself is one I've wanted to play ever since I saw the first screenshots: Colorful cyberpunk by the artist responsible for Durarara, Yozakura Quartet, Kamisama Kazoku, Devil Survivor, and a number of other things which all look pretty great. Then too, I'd played the DS Digimon Story games and really enjoyed those.
So, you start the game, and your character is in a chat room online in a scene straight out of Summer Wars (Which was by the same person who directed the old Digimon Movie, Our War Game, which is why they have the same basic plot and aesthetic). Your character has a creepy black and amber avatar, and only says "..." - which seems to be your catchphrase. Suddenly, a hacker appears and tells you and your friends to go to Kowloon tomorrow, or you'll get your accounts hacked. Rather than contact the police, your friends decide to comply, and decide to meet you in EDEN tomorrow.
So you log into EDEN, a popular virtual world where people meet up and conduct business, among other things, selecting your avatar along the way (Male or Female - it literally does nothing except make you look different, and while the script is gender-neutral as usual since it's Japanese, the English text assumes you picked male.). Then you meet up with your friends in this 'dangerous' place, Kowloon, where 'strange programs called Digimon' and 'hackers' roam. The main hacker gives you the ability to replicate Digimon data, and then bad things start happening to everyone.
So far, the story has been sort of average, but nice and long and certainly more than adequate. The art style is beautiful, but there are frame drops in a couple places, which really seems awful on a console. The combat is fairly simple JRPG fare, with the characteristic Digimon Story speed visualization to help you see the (often changing) turn order.
Where the game really shines is transformations: Digimon is all about becoming different things, and this game is no exception. Like the other Digimon Story games, any Digimon can become any other if you evolve and revert properly. There are a lot of requirements to get the specific form you want, and training your Digimon in the farm is often required if you need that 20 extra defense for your Metalgarurumon. It seems like you can passively train up to 50 at a time (only 40 for me currently), along with around 9 (Three full battle sets) on you. The grindy nature of it all could be off-putting, but in this rare case, I really enjoy it; this game has a lot of very obvious talent and effort put into it.
So, if you like colorful cyberpunk, don't mind a bit if a grind, and like JRPGs at all, you might well find it fun. One of the best games I've played recently.
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I want a free game for iOS. (Why free? Because the iPhone is just a temporary phone and I don't want to invest anything in it)
- No in-app purchases (or at least completely and absolutely un-needed for the game)
- No in-game ads (fuck ads)
I'll take any suggestion. Looking for a "standing in line for a few minutes" type of game.
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@Lorne-Kates 2048?
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@Lorne-Kates Free game with no ads? You're SOL.
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@mott555 said in Video game spotlight thread:
Free game with no ads?
Alien Swarm, but good luck getting that on iOS.
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@Lorne-Kates said in Video game spotlight thread:
I'll take any suggestion. Looking for a "standing in line for a few minutes" type of game.
Flow?
Flow Free
Flow Free® is a simple yet addictive puzzle game. Connect matching colors with pipe to create a Flow®. Pair all colors, and cover the entire board to solve each puzzle. But watch out, pipes will break if they cross or overlap! Free play through hundreds of levels, or race against the clock in...
(NFC if that works, I can't get to the store at work)
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@cartman82 said in Video game spotlight thread:
It's side-scrolling platform, with the usual roguelike-like trappings: perma-death, 10 minute runs, unidentified items and a lightweight unlock system (so far, I unlocked one new class and 5-6 starting modifiers).
Try Rogue Legacy if you haven't already. Seems very similar, although the unlock system is a bit more prominent.
@aliceif said in Video game spotlight thread:
Strider (2014)
Just realized I own this game since May. Never even looked at it.
@Tsaukpaetra said in Video game spotlight thread:
Flow?
Deceptively simple. Infinitely complex. LYNE is a minimalist puzzle game that will knot your brain as it calms your soul. Connect the shapes. Fill the board. Lose yourself in the interflowing paths of LYNE. "I highly recommend grabbing LYNE in the App Store if you’re a fan of relaxing puzzle...
Lyne is quite great too, though it costs money, so not for @Lorne-Kates . I think the best bet is to grab something like Pac-Man 256 and try not to get conned into spending money for microtransactions.
(for the record, I didn't like Pac-Man 256 very much).
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@Maciejasjmj said in Video game spotlight thread:
Just realized I own this game since May. Never even looked at it.
Although I have to say, any game that involves this kind of jump animation:
is bound to be amusing.
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@Lorne-Kates said in Video game spotlight thread:
I'll take any suggestion. Looking for a "standing in line for a few minutes" type of game.
This is a collection of 38 single-player puzzle games for the iPhone and iPad. Included games are: Black Box - Bridges - Cube - Dominosa - Fifteen - Flip - Flood - Filling - Galaxies - Guess - Inertia - Keen - Light Up - Loopy - Magnets - Map - Mines - Net - Netslide - Pattern - Pearl - Pegs -...
These are mostly exactly that kind of thing. I don't know if there's ads or IAP or not, though. I'm pretty sure th Android version didn't have any.
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Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.
A 2D stealth game with online co-op mode. Pretty fun. Though I admit I only played the single-player campaign.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Video game spotlight thread:
Flow?
Ads
@Magus said in Video game spotlight thread:
@Lorne-Kates 2048?
Ads. Plus it uses Game Center which is ads within ads.
@FrostCat said in Video game spotlight thread:
These are mostly exactly that kind of thing.
Winner.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Video game spotlight thread:
@Lorne-Kates said in Video game spotlight thread:
Ads
Ad-Blocker? Don't need to handhold now, do I?
I haven't gotten around to rooting the iPhone yet. ABP needs an iOS above 7.
Pre-emptively:
- Yes, I want to root the phone and throw hosts.txt on it
- No, I can't upgrade the iOS version. There's less than zero chance I'm installing iTunes on my computer, which is required for the iOS update.
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@Lorne-Kates said in Video game spotlight thread:
@Tsaukpaetra said in Video game spotlight thread:
handhold
Also, that isn't my hand.
I'm not complaining.
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@Lorne-Kates said in Video game spotlight thread:
No, I can't upgrade the iOS version. There's less than zero chance I'm installing iTunes on my computer, which is required for the iOS update.
Not even in a VM?
I remember specifically making an iTunes "appliance" just so I didn't need to enjoy the fun of iTunes on my actual machines.
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@Lorne-Kates said in Video game spotlight thread:
@Tsaukpaetra said in Video game spotlight thread:
handhold
Also, that isn't my hand.
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@mott555 said in Video game spotlight thread:
@Lorne-Kates said in Video game spotlight thread:
@Tsaukpaetra said in Video game spotlight thread:
handhold
Also, that isn't my hand.
My question for that scene: so does he normally shove his hand between two pillows? Interesting fetish...
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@Lorne-Kates said in Video game spotlight thread:
installing iTunes on my computer, which is required for the iOS update.
Didn't they add OTA updates several versions ago? No need to go near a computer
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@Lorne-Kates said in Video game spotlight thread:
There's less than zero chance I'm installing iTunes on my computer
Find someone else's computer, put iTunes on it, upgrade iPhone, set computer on fire when done. Or, you know, uninstall iToons
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@FrostCat said in Video game spotlight thread:
@Lorne-Kates said in Video game spotlight thread:
There's less than zero chance I'm installing iTunes on my computer
Find someone else's computer, put iTunes on it, upgrade iPhone, set computer on fire when done. Or, you know,
uninstall iToonsrevert the snapshotFTFVMs
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@Tsaukpaetra Seems like too much work.
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@FrostCat said in Video game spotlight thread:
@Tsaukpaetra Seems like too much work.
More work than actively avoiding upgrades free? Wait, this is starting to sound familiar...
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My husband and I were discussing games that make good use of the WiiU Gamepad (he's playing Tokyo Mirage Sessions right now), and the difficulty in doing so while enabling couch co-op. If you're like us and like both those things, one game that did it well was Affordable Space Adventures. My senpai even got to play, as it allowed for three players. We really had to coordinate and work together, not just do our own thing in the same shared space, and with everyone having different controls, everyone had a role to play. I had the gamepad, which meant I was running the engines, enabling and disabling various subsystems and routing power here or there; my husband had the light and the scanner, while my senpai had the steering. It was wild, and we ended up yelling at each other a lot, but it was a blast. Very casual, though.
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@Yamikuronue said in Video game spotlight thread:
It was wild, and we ended up yelling at each other a lot
Most games seem to result in this happening. :D
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@Yamikuronue said in Video game spotlight thread:
We really had to coordinate and work together, not just do our own thing in the same shared space, and with everyone having different controls, everyone had a role to play. I had the gamepad, which meant I was running the engines, enabling and disabling various subsystems and routing power here or there; my husband had the light and the scanner, while my senpai had the steering.
This made me think of the recently released "board" game Captain Sonar, albeit that game has 4 roles per team. Granted, I've never actually played it.
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One Finger Death Punch
Experience cinematic kung-fu battles in the fastest, most intense brawler the indie world has ever seen! With the unique 1:1 response system of One Finger Death Punch, players will feel the immediate feedback of every bone-crunching hit. Pay tribute to the masters using five classic kung-fu styles...
User reviews:
Recent: Very Positive (117 reviews)
Overall: Overwhelmingly Positive (10,349 reviews)I think the reviews speak for themselves, but it's a fast-paced 2-button game. dudes come on the left and right and you hit the left or right button/key/mouse to hit them. very very simple, but very fun and cathartic. And it's five dollars!
It doesn't start out this fast, the challenge will slowly build up. it's only this fast because they're playing it on the highest difficulty level:
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@bb36e An amazing game, especially for the price. It's often on sale for a dollar, too, much like 100% Orange Juice.
Hmm...
100% Orange Juice
Do you like board games? Do you like risking victory on dice rolls? Do you like unlocking things? Do you like collecting cards and using them to dominate your opponents? Do you like large collections of characters with unique mechanics?
Play 100% Orange Juice! It's cheap and lots of fun!
Also preferably play it without watching any videos and record your reactions and post them on Youtube. There are very few actual first impression videos for it, but those that exist are golden.
