Nintendo eShop (Software Chatter)

[spatular]

2 hours ago, Fierce Poodle said:

How difficult is it? I had to quit Celeste due to my pathetic, aged reflexes.

 

it's pretty different to celeste, i just about managed celeste because of the frequent checkpoints, but gave up on blazing chrome pretty quickly because it puts you back pretty far when you lose too many lives, and i'm rubbish at run and gun games, which doesn't help. did seem like a cool game though.

[Popo]

2 hours ago, jonamok said:

Drink it in, man. 

Potable Espionage Action: Metal Gear Liquid. 

[Yasawas]

5 hours ago, deerokus said:

On a similar note I'm absolutely loving Valfaris. It's a heavy metal mosh pit of Contra and old school (pre-symphony) Castlevania with a touch of Doom 2016. Keeps the variety of weapons and enemies up at a great pace and the graphics and music are awesome. It's hard as fuck but thrilling. 

 

Iirc about 13 quid in the sale, worth it. 

Nice - this was on my list and I kept meaning to ask if anyone had played it. Looks a bit Metroidvania but it sounds like you’re saying it’s level-based? 

[Dig Dug]

Playing Konami Arcade Collection and R-Type got me desperately wanting more shumps to play. Do arcade archives go on sale often?

[deerokus]

3 hours ago, Yasawas said:

Nice - this was on my list and I kept meaning to ask if anyone had played it. Looks a bit Metroidvania but it sounds like you’re saying it’s level-based? 

It's linear and level-based with bosses and mini bosses at regular intervals, very much like Contra or Metal Slug. The levels flow into each other seamlessly though so you might not notice the level divides. And there's some hidden areas and stuff, the level design gets a bit more complex as it goes on and that platforming element is what reminds me a bit of early Castlevanias.

 

 

The art style is really gloriously over the top, with pre-rendered sprites so it looks fantastic. 

 

 

[HarMGM]

Thanks to ann coulter and Garwoofoo I've now come into possesion of this:

 

It even came with a nice colored manual.

[Wiper]

15 hours ago, Fierce Poodle said:

How difficult is it? I had to quit Celeste due to my pathetic, aged reflexes.

 

13 hours ago, spatular said:

 

it's pretty different to celeste, i just about managed celeste because of the frequent checkpoints, but gave up on blazing chrome pretty quickly because it puts you back pretty far when you lose too many lives, and i'm rubbish at run and gun games, which doesn't help. did seem like a cool game though.

 

It's hard, but in a different way - just as it looks like Contra, it plays like Contra; so it's more about learning patterns and where/when enemies will come rather than quick reflexes.

[memories]

What would folks best picks in the sale at the moment for under a fiver and under a tenner?

 

I have picked up the Mario Rabbids game for £3.50 using a bundle of gold points I had.

 

Tempted by To The Moon as I've wanted to play that for a while, £7.55 at the moment but I think bits short and I'm looking for a little bit of longevity for my money.

[monsly]

Is Football Manager worth buying? It’s in the sale but I haven’t played the game for years now. I read some reviews and they said the controls were a bit fiddly and didn’t work too well and that’s put me off. Anybody got any opinions on it? Cheers!

[Not Thread Owner]

8 hours ago, Dig Dug said:

Playing Konami Arcade Collection and R-Type got me desperately wanting more shumps to play. Do arcade archives go on sale often?

They were all on offer a few weeks ago.

[friedgold]

4 minutes ago, monsly said:

Is Football Manager worth buying? It’s in the sale but I haven’t played the game for years now. I read some reviews and they said the controls were a bit fiddly and didn’t work too well and that’s put me off. Anybody got any opinions on it? Cheers!

I put literally hundreds of hours into FM18 (still playing it) and while it takes a wee bit of getting used to it's absolutely fine. Way better than any previous FM I've played on console. Assuming they haven't changed it too much I couldn't imagine anyone struggling so badly they junk the game entirely.

[Sane]

8 minutes ago, memories said:

What would folks best picks in the sale at the moment for under a fiver and under a tenner?

 

I have picked up the Mario Rabbids game for £3.50 using a bundle of gold points I had.

 

Tempted by To The Moon as I've wanted to play that for a while, £7.55 at the moment but I think bits short and I'm looking for a little bit of longevity for my money.

These are my 'so cheap it'd be rude not to' picks this sale. Most of them were under 5 euro.

• Unexplored
• Pac-man Championship 2
• Songbird Symphony
• Runner 3
• Blaze Rush
• Conduct Together
• Volgarr the Viking

[Yasawas]

6 hours ago, deerokus said:

It's linear and level-based with bosses and mini bosses at regular intervals, very much like Contra or Metal Slug. The levels flow into each other seamlessly though so you might not notice the level divides. And there's some hidden areas and stuff, the level design gets a bit more complex as it goes on and that platforming element is what reminds me a bit of early Castlevanias.

 

 

The art style is really gloriously over the top, with pre-rendered sprites so it looks fantastic. 

 

 

I’m in - cheers!

 

 One more potential purchasing question before this sale’s over - does the SEGA Ages Sonic 2 offer anything fancy for someone who likes it but already has the MegaDrive Collection? I’m not one of those Digital Foundry cunts who notices a few frames of input lag btw

[Not Thread Owner]

17 minutes ago, memories said:

 

What would folks best picks in the sale at the moment for under a fiver and under a tenner?

 

Axiom Verge £7.49

Bury Me My Love 89p

Bastion £2.19

Golf Story £6.74

Isoland £1.45

Isoland 2 £2.33

Membrane 89p

Mutant Mudds Collection £1.09

Rock Boshers DX £2.15

Rogue Legacy £3.73

SteamWorld Dig £2.24

SteamWorld Dig 2 £5.99

SteamWorld Heist £3.74

Thimbleweed Park £5.99

Vostok Inc £5.45

Wonder boy The Dragon’s Trap £7.19

Xeodrifter 89p

Yoku’s Island Express £5.43

Yonu and the Celestial Elephants £7.19

 

 

[Not Thread Owner]

Oh, and all the £4.01 Sega Ages games

[Dudley]

Pacman CE2 isn't QUITE the joy the first one is, mainly due to the creator no longer being involved.

 

But if you have neither, CE2 is every bit worth having. 

[Jackson]

Heave Ho at £6 is brilliant. 

 

[Michael J Glocks]

1 hour ago, memories said:

What would folks best picks in the sale at the moment for under a fiver and under a tenner?

 

I have picked up the Mario Rabbids game for £3.50 using a bundle of gold points I had.

 

Tempted by To The Moon as I've wanted to play that for a while, £7.55 at the moment but I think bits short and I'm looking for a little bit of longevity for my money.

Under £5:

Crypt of the NecroDancer

Downwell

Tumblestone

 

Under £10:

Big Tournament Golf (thanks for recommending this @merrychan)

Don’t Starve

Lumines Remastered

 

Under £10 local multiplayer games you should get if you’re into that sort of thing: 

Windjammers

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Heave Ho

Hidden in Plain Sight

[Lovelyman]

15 hours ago, deerokus said:

On a similar note I'm absolutely loving Valfaris. It's a heavy metal mosh pit of Contra and old school (pre-symphony) Castlevania with a touch of Doom 2016. Keeps the variety of weapons and enemies up at a great pace and the graphics and music are awesome. It's hard as fuck but thrilling. 

 

Iirc about 13 quid in the sale, worth it. 

This looks sick af - going to go pick it up now.

[memories]

Lots of recommendations to look at, thanks all.

[cowfields]

1 hour ago, deKay said:

SteamWorld Dig £2.24

SteamWorld Dig 2 £5.99

SteamWorld Heist £3.74

 

Do I need to play these in any particular order? I am a bit fickle with games at the moment and not sure I'm going to commit so considering SteamWorld Dig 2 seems to be better than the first, can I just play that and skip the first? My worry is having no real fatigue for one big long adventure then having to start a new one afresh straight after, so I'll end up not wanting to play 2 and thus will waste my money on it, or will only ever play the less good one...

[Jamie John]

Just now, cowfields said:

 

Do I need to play these in any particular order? I am a bit fickle with games at the moment and not sure I'm going to commit so considering SteamWorld Dig 2 seems to be better than the first, can I just play that and skip the first? My worry is having no real fatigue for one big long adventure then having to start a new one afresh straight after, so I'll end up not wanting to play 2 and thus will waste my money on it, or will only ever play the less good one...

 

No. 2 is the best one. Play that. It's great.

[cowfields]

6 minutes ago, Jamie John said:

 

No. 2 is the best one. Play that. It's great.

 

Kinda the answer I was looking for really, I only really want one (more) game to play right now. 

[Not Thread Owner]

But 1 is still good

 

 In terms of story, it’s 1, 2, Heist.

[Popo]

I played 2 first... and it enjoyed it so much I went back to 1, which as dekay says is still good!

[rgraves]

And Heist is a totally different game - so maybe Dig 2 + Heist?

[cowfields]

1 hour ago, Popo said:

I played 2 first... and it enjoyed it so much I went back to 1, which as dekay says is still good!

 

That's what I wondered, often it's hard to go to an earlier game in a series as the latter versions often improve on technology and gameplay and they learn from their previous iterations (there are obviously a lot of exceptions to that, of course). I am curious about heist, but Dig 2 is more what i'm after. Think a Metroidvania is the itch that needs scratching basically.

 

If someone could just erase all of my memories of Hollow Knight that would be smashing and I could just experience that for the first time again. I thought Ori 2 would be good but I was put off. But everyone's been praising Dig 2, it's on sale, it's perfect timing.

 

  

[bradigor]

Sorry for the self promotion, but giving away Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair if anyone wants to enter. 

 

 

[Muz]

16 minutes ago, cowfields said:

 

That's what I wondered, often it's hard to go to an earlier game in a series as the latter versions often improve on technology and gameplay and they learn from their previous iterations (there are obviously a lot of exceptions to that, of course). I am curious about heist, but Dig 2 is more what i'm after. Think a Metroidvania is the itch that needs scratching basically.

 

If someone could just erase all of my memories of Hollow Knight that would be smashing and I could just experience that for the first time again. I thought Ori 2 would be good but I was put off. But everyone's been praising Dig 2, it's on sale, it's perfect timing.

 

  

It's brilliant - I played it on gamepass and felt it would have been a perfect switch title. I hadn't played the first one though it's not a story heavy game

[Zio]

3 hours ago, Horribleman said:

This looks sick af - going to go pick it up now.

 

Valfaris is one of my favourite games on the Switch! It's insanely difficult at times, but somehow manages to be so without ever being frustrating. I can't possibly recommend it enough.