Yasawas Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Was I just being grumpy when I played it yesterday or is ToeJam & Earl every bit as charmless as it seems? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Thread Owner Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 3 hours ago, Yasawas said: Was I just being grumpy when I played it yesterday or is ToeJam & Earl every bit as charmless as it seems? I thought it was great. Just a shame the lead dev turned out to be an arsehole or I’d have bought it before at a higher price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yasawas Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Aye it might just have been my mood, I'll give it another go. It did seem to tick all the right boxes. Dare I ask what nature of arseholery we're dealing with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Thread Owner Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 33 minutes ago, Yasawas said: Aye it might just have been my mood, I'll give it another go. It did seem to tick all the right boxes. Dare I ask what nature of arseholery we're dealing with? I forget what, sadly. It was something said during the ToeJam & Earl Telethon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryH Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Rocket League is on sale now. It’s on my wish list but is it going to suck me in and spit me out as a hollow husk of a human? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierce Poodle Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Too late to be worrying about that I’m afraid. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryH Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 45 minutes ago, Fierce Poodle said: Too late to be worrying about that I’m afraid. Define yourself by your deeds and not what shit you chat on a games forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merrychan Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Went on an eshop splurge and got: Katana Zero, Gris, Kentucky Route Zero, Sega Ages Shinobi, Return of the Obra Dinn, Windjammers, In Other Waters and Sayonara Wild Hearts. Already had plenty to play but looking forward to these What a machine. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Picked up Picross S1 and had my first few attempts at Mega Picross and now I feel really stupid so thanks a bundle for the confidence boost everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudley Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 22 hours ago, Yasawas said: Was I just being grumpy when I played it yesterday or is ToeJam & Earl every bit as charmless as it seems? The Mega Drive one? You're mad. The new one? You're probably right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppy2000 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 My wife and son have spent the past 2 weeks shouting at each other on Conduct Together.... Should I buy Heave Ho for similar shouty antics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulando Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 33 minutes ago, Stoppy2000 said: My wife and son have spent the past 2 weeks shouting at each other on Conduct Together.... Should I buy Heave Ho for similar shouty antics? Take a look at Good Job! My wife and I have played it for hours and it’s a wonderful co op game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdn2 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 I still think Overcooked is the best 'Shout at your partner' game. Heave Ho is great, but I've only played it single player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovelyman Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 I think I'm nearly at the end of Valfaris. It's the best 2d platform shooter I've played on years. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosegrinder Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Jolly said: Picked up Picross S1 and had my first few attempts at Mega Picross and now I feel really stupid so thanks a bundle for the confidence boost everyone. It comes with practice. They're massively rewarding when it clicks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosegrinder Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, Horribleman said: I think I'm nearly at the end of Valfaris. It's the best 2d platform shooter I've played on years. I died a lot. I was playing it when tired but the crouch/aim down clunkiness pissed me off. I'll try again when my brain isn't being a penis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Puzzles Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 I got Bastion, Gris and Thumper yesterday in the sale. Oh fucking hell Thumper is a trip straight to hell, isn't it? After playing it I feel shook up the same way I have done after riding a big rollercoaster. Also I am really bad at it, which probably makes things worse. Still a great game though, but I shall limit my play time in case I have a full on gibbering breakdown again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosegrinder Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Thumper is like a survival horror rhythm action game. It's crazy how perturbing it is. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Thread Owner Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Snipperclips is a great shout-at-your-partner game. Its abstract nature means there are often no words to describe what you need to do, which would no doubt lead to some excellent lockdown situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerokus Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 7 hours ago, Horribleman said: I think I'm nearly at the end of Valfaris. It's the best 2d platform shooter I've played on years. It's so good. The developers have nailed the timing for introducing some new absurd and seemingly insurmountable challenge harder than the last to make you just laugh at the ridiculousness of it all in a way I've only seen in masterpieces like Contra Hard Corps. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRP Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 10 hours ago, mdn2 said: I still think Overcooked is the best 'Shout at your partner' game. Heave Ho is great, but I've only played it single player. It gets so hard so quickly tho, if your partner is not video games experienced you hit a wall fast 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watusi Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 2 hours ago, deerokus said: It's so good. The developers have nailed the timing for introducing some new absurd and seemingly insurmountable challenge harder than the last to make you just laugh at the ridiculousness of it all in a way I've only seen in masterpieces like Contra Hard Corps. is it pretty tough then or manageable ? I love me some Turrican / Contra / man with gun-em-ups but I’m shit at hard games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerokus Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 It's hard but I've played harder. Not as hard as Hard Corps for example! The checkpoint system is decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovelyman Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Yeah I think the difficulty is pitched well. You'll retry things but you'll get further each time. It looks bloody incredible too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zio Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Just to echo - Valfaris is hard, but not impossibly so, and most of the time I find myself laughing at how insane it all is rather than being frustrated that the game is unfair. It's more like "You want me to do what now? Are you mad?" kind of difficulty than "Fuck this piece of shit!" difficulty. Also there's a risk/reward checkpointing system that really helps. Basically you go around finding resurrection stones and each one you hold increases your life gauge. However you'll also pass stone tables that you can spend a resurrection stone at, saving that spot as a checkpoint. So you basically end up hoarding what resurrection stones you can until you get to a seemingly impossible bit, die, fight your way back to the nearest checkpoint then spend a stone (and lose a bit of your maximum health) so you get to keep chipping away at the tough bit without having to restart too far away from it each time you die. At which point you either spend another stone at the next checkpoint to save yourself from ever having to do that section again, or decide you know what you need to do to get past it now, so risk it by continuing on. It's a great system, because it means they can be generous with the checkpoints, but punish you for using them all. It gives the game just the right amount of challenge without it ever not being fun. Honestly, it's bloody great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovelyman Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 The bosses are great too. Not too rigid so you can do them your way once you've cracked their tells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earlymodernsteve Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Horribleman said: The bosses are great too. Not too rigid so you can do them your way once you've cracked their tells. Although the cheap Spoiler explosions after you kill them can fuck right off Need to go back and polish this off but will probably have to restart as I'll have lost my touch. Got past the golden dude with the big hammer/axe before the review was due. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yasawas Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Skulls of the Shogun is under a fiver on sale now and has been on my wishlist for a wee while. Anyone got impressions of it? I love turn-based strategy but I don't need another one (Disgaea 4 arrived yesterday ffs!). But maybe I do. I have a weird hankering for SmileBASIC today, I've been investigating that and Fuze 4 Switch recently and it seems the better supported. I've always wanted to tinker with programming, I loved BASIC on the Speccy and this seems like a wonderfully awkward way to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partious Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 34 minutes ago, Yasawas said: I have a weird hankering for SmileBASIC today, I've been investigating that and Fuze 4 Switch recently and it seems the better supported. I've always wanted to tinker with programming, I loved BASIC on the Speccy and this seems like a wonderfully awkward way to do it. I got smilebasic at the Japan release what must be a year ago. I've enjoyed playing the uploaded games so I've got my money's worth. As someone with no experience of basic/game coding I found the Japanese documentation/online guides pathetic, especially compared to the likes of pico 8. I'd like to see it catch on outside Japan as that's about the only way it will ever get some decent guides (Japanese users don't seem big on putting their time into making free step by step guides in general in the way you get on the English language internet, not that I blame them). There are some pretty impressive shmups on it, but less representation of non-shmup genres. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yasawas Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 11 minutes ago, partious said: There are some pretty impressive shmups on it, but less representation of non-shmup genres. Nice! I think I might bite, cheers. I did have a quick shot of the demo yesterday (which isn't in English although I understand the full program is now thanks to a patch) and my rudimentary Japanese at least got me far enough to see it wasn't the toy I might've assumed - it does seem pretty full-featured, slick and not aimed overtly at kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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