bin.pol.social

essell, do gaming w I just got a Playdate!

Looks like a cool bit of fun. I’d buy one if it weren’t triple the price I’d pay.

ClaireDeLuna, (edited )

To be fair the price includes 10 or so original indie titles which if you go by the store front’s average game pricetag ($5.36) that accounts for $53.6 worth. (And that’s really not fair to some of the games I’ve played)

Correction: The first season of games that come with the device total out at 24 so going off of that original 5.36 average you’d actually have about $129 give or take worth of game value, leaving the actual Playdate device at a $71 purchase for the device itself.

essell,

That is a fair point.

NoIWontPickAName, do gaming w I just got a Playdate!

Looks interesting , but it has a $200 price tag and while I love old school games, I can buy a $30 gadget that has hundreds of the old games I used to play.

Also, the crank should be able to charge it, that would help with the price tag, you could throw it in a bug out bag

ClaireDeLuna, (edited )

I have a playdate and have seen this sentiment a lot.

Imo the charging mechanic would ruin the usability of the crank in many of the games. Some games require rapid cranking and having a charging mechanic would not only be another point of future mechanical failure, but also slow it down too much.

It’s also worth noting that the device also has a gyroscope so it can detect tilting, shaking etc as well. It’s very versatile for it’s size. It’s NOT an emulator (though it can run an emulator), it’s a fully original handheld console.

$200 is a fair price because that includes something like 15-20 games. Every game for the playdate is original and hasn’t existed before it came out.

zagaberoo,

The playdate is not meant to replace an emulator and buckets of roms. It’s its own game console with lots of great new games made by passionate devs.

I’ve played more of the 24 pack-in games than I’ve ever spent time actually playing with the multiple emulator station consoles I’ve set up over the years. I love seeing what new games devs put out on the catalog, too. No in-app-purchases or any such BS, so devs just have to try and make a game that’s worth your couple bucks up front.

The creative constraints of the 1-bit color and limited inputs push games in fun directions too. The crank is amazing as an analog rotation input, which has been missing from game consoles since the early 80s. Steering and aiming with the crank is so fluid and intuitive that it really adds to immersion.

It’s not the kind of thing everyone’s going to get $200 of value out of, but if it happens to be up your alley its truly incredible.

godzilla_lives,

From my understanding, it’s meant to be more like an art piece than a simple games emulator.

yelgo, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of April 21st
@yelgo@lemmy.ca avatar

Needed a palet cleanser after binging Baldur’s Gate 3 for the last month and a half, found Nova Drift, very enjoyable bullet hell rougelike.

Fedop,

Eyyyy I love this game, I never could get a good run build going. Maybe it’s time to re-download it

sag, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of April 21st

Balatro

Fedop,

Number gets big and brain gets happy

Fluid, do gaming w Heroes 3 appreciation post
@Fluid@aussie.zone avatar

An incredible game. If you are keen on trying a modern take on it, Songs of Conquest is an about to be released spiritual successor which is very enjoyable.

jaykay,
@jaykay@lemmy.zip avatar

Thanks, I will check it out

prettybunnys,

That was released in may of 2022

jemikwa,

That was early access. The full release is soon (q2 2024) according to their Steam page

WeLoveCastingSpellz, (edited ) do games w Which game series had the worst anniversary celebration?

Morrowind, which in 20th aniversary of Skyrim aniversary edition released

Omegamanthethird,
@Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world avatar

Arby’s had a better Morrowind anniversary celebration.

twitter.com/Arbys/status/1520780090413568008?lang…

WeLoveCastingSpellz,

that’s fuckin’ epic

Zarxrax, do games w Which game series had the worst anniversary celebration?

For the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros, Nintendo released Super Mario All Stars for the Wii. It was just an emulation of the SNES game from years before. It was released for $30 even though you could buy all of the original games on the Wii shop for like $21 total. It just reeked of “We know you’ve already bought these games like 4 times, but please buy them again”. They did do a better job on the 35th anniversary though.

hal_5700X,

They did do a better job on the 35th anniversary though.

No, they didn’t.

For the 35th anniversary, they did all this.

  • They removed Mario 3D All Stars from the eShop and stopped selling it in stores to get FOMO sales so people would care less that it was a lazy overpriced cash grab collection.
  • They removed Super Mario Bros. 35 from the eShop and shut down the servers, making it completely unplayable.
  • They removed the ability to upload levels in Super Mario Maker 1.
dinckelman,

The way how Nintendo has a complete inability to understand modern, usually online, entertainment services, is truly an achievement. Just creating an NNID for your console is already a colossal pain in the ass, but it doesn’t begin or stop there. The way how fairly modern games got their entire service lineup completely shutdown is just unacceptable

Zarxrax,

Well I mean, they also ADDED Super Mario Bros 35 to the eShop, for free. You can’t just mention the removal as if it had always been there. I agree it was shitty for them to remove it though, it was one of my all time favorite games. But I’m at least happy that I got to play it.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

You paid a subscription for it. It wasn’t free. Just like any other online game, there’s no reason it has to die.

JowlesMcGee,
@JowlesMcGee@kbin.social avatar

Is the 35th anniversary the release of 64, Sunshine, and Galaxy on the Switch? I'd say the artificial scarcity aspect to induce fomo wasn't any better. It might have even been worse.

Bbbbbbbbbbb, do games w Which game series had the worst anniversary celebration?

For its 30th Anniversary Magic the Gathering hyped up the return of $1000 card packs with the CHANCE of pulling non legal reprints of its original Alpha set, including the covered Black Lotus, that is…again…not legally playable in any format and is worth the same as a lotus you get from your home printer. For $1000.

MTG site

Wiki summery of event and controversies

News Article

JoMiran,
@JoMiran@lemmy.ml avatar

Came here for this comment. Was not disappointed.

Coskii, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of April 21st
@Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I thought about playing a lot of things. I spent about 2 hours in helldivers 2 and that was about it for the week.

pelletbucket, do gaming w Need fighting game advice

i just mash

sleepybisexual,

That works ok in tekken, but I want to actually be decent at fighting games

MentalEdge, do gaming w Heroes 3 appreciation post
@MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz avatar
Dariusmiles2123, do games w The Sega Dreamcast

I had a lot of fun on this console, but I don’t think it would have been able to compete with Sony and Microsoft.

Maybe if it played the Nintendo way, deciding to be really different and not focus on power but on simple games.

timo_timboo_,

Maybe if it played the Nintendo way, deciding to be really different and not focus on power but on simple games.

Well back then, Nintendo wasn’t like this, at least not on the home console market. The Gamecube was pretty powerful for its time, more so than the PS2 some would say.

Dariusmiles2123,

Yeah you’re right. I should’ve said « the way Nintendo is acting nowadays ».

GameCube was a beast when I bought it.

luciferofastora, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of April 21st

Some Sekiro, some X3: Terran Conflict. Taking on a whole squadron of enemies with a single (albeit powerful) ship to calmly dispatch them one by one is just the perfect mix of cozy and power fantasy for me to wind down between the more fast-paced sections of “Let’s chop you down as fast as possible because the longer the fight drags on the more mistakes I’ll make”.

The_other_fish, do gaming w Heroes 3 appreciation post

Recommend you try Horn of the Abyss mod. A couple of new towns and a lot of good balance changes. Works really well with the HD mod too

jaykay,
@jaykay@lemmy.zip avatar

WoG mod is also great

ExhaleSmile, do gaming w Heroes 3 appreciation post

Oh man, I LOVED this game!!

Give me a rampart, upgrade those elves and find the crystal mines!

jaykay,
@jaykay@lemmy.zip avatar

Necro and Isra is the way. 1300 skeletons before you have dragons haha

  • Wszystkie
  • Subskrybowane
  • Moderowane
  • Ulubione
  • NomadOffgrid
  • muzyka
  • rowery
  • test1
  • esport
  • Technologia
  • FromSilesiaToPolesia
  • fediversum
  • ERP
  • krakow
  • shophiajons
  • informasi
  • retro
  • Travel
  • Spoleczenstwo
  • gurgaonproperty
  • Psychologia
  • Gaming
  • slask
  • nauka
  • sport
  • niusy
  • antywykop
  • Blogi
  • lieratura
  • motoryzacja
  • giereczkowo
  • warnersteve
  • Wszystkie magazyny