LunarLoony

LunarLoony, 4 godziny temu

You can 100% the first three Spyro games in about 9-12 hours each. The first one can be done without any backtracking, even, since you have the same move set throughout.

I believe modern games take 100% runs way too far. I enjoyed 100%-ing the 3D Mario games… and then I got to Odyssey, and it was such a ridiculous slog that I couldn’t get much further than the standard ending.

LunarLoony, 4 godziny temu

Lego Star Wars TCS took a LOT of backtracking… but I did have fun with it. Think it took me about 40 hours by the end?

LunarLoony, 4 godziny temu

Ooh, Oddworld is a good shout. I loved 100%-ing Abe’s Exoddus

LunarLoony, 14 dni temu

Off the top of my head:

• The entire Pro Pinball series
• Yoku’s Island Express
• Creature in the Well
• Pinball FX3
• 3D Ultra Pinball: The Lost Continent
• Metroid Prime Pinball
• Epic Pinball
• Addiction Pinball

The MD game you’re thinking of is likely to be Psycho Pinball.

LunarLoony, 14 dni temu

Made by the same team as the Pro Pinball games, which is why it’s so darned good.

LunarLoony, 22 dni temu

XCOM 2 Legacy Soundtrack. Some darned good beats on there.

LunarLoony, 23 dni temu

A lot of over-designed armour and equipment, too. Especially in multiplayer.

LunarLoony, 29 dni temu

Halo deserves a bit more than a fun action show, yaknow?

LunarLoony, 29 dni temu

No, that was Halo Reach

LunarLoony, miesiąc temu

Just me or do aluminium buttons sound really uncomfortable?

LunarLoony, miesiąc temu

I’m not sure the NES was affordable per se. On release, it cost about $500 in today’s money. And then you had to buy games at extra cost. In a world where you could go to an arcade with your pocket money and have a decent amount of fun, I don’t think it was a great value proposition in the eyes of many.

LunarLoony, miesiąc temu

Apologies for being out of the loop, but… queue? Isn’t it single-player? Or were they throttling downloads?

LunarLoony, miesiąc temu

Meanwhile Stardew: “here’s a sequel’s worth of new stuff. Oh, and here’s another sequel’s worth of new stuff. Enjoy!”

LunarLoony, miesiąc temu

If there was ever a suitable time to release a game to the public domain…

LunarLoony, miesiąc temu

I’m a big fan of the 8bitdo Ultimate C, but my favourite may well be the GameCube controller

LunarLoony, miesiąc temu

Not really, I just think it’s the best controller. Ergonomic shape, octagonal stick gate (which is a criminally underused feature), good button layout… the only thing wrong with it is that the analogue triggers have a bit too much travel on them.

LunarLoony, miesiąc temu

I know the topic isn’t about HR, but as a huge fan of that game, I recently replayed the non-DC version and found myself really appreciating the yellow tint. It ties the aesthetic together, and the DC always looked a bit flat and unfinished without it. But that’s just me.

LunarLoony, miesiąc temu

“Jank and unfinished” sounds like it fits the immersive sim MO to me! (I mean this with the utmost respect)

LunarLoony, miesiąc temu

This is what happens everywhere: they’ll just keep chancing it until such a time as it’s acceptable.

LunarLoony, miesiąc temu

If you’re getting a big heap of money from Microsoft, who cares what decisions you make? (Playing devil’s advocate)

LunarLoony, 2 miesiące temu

Doom II wasn’t boring.

LunarLoony, 2 miesiące temu

Okay, so while you can’t literally use nothing but the SSG for the entirety of Doom II (especially since you don’t get it until MAP02), you can comfortably use it at least 90% of the time on UV. Shells are plentiful throughout the game.

LunarLoony, 2 miesiące temu

I can’t believe they’re remastering Combat Evolved again, but not Halo 3.

Well, as long as they do a better job than the original CE Anniversary, I’ll probably play it.

LunarLoony, 2 miesiące temu

I tend to agree, but it would be nice to play with the nice, rich visuals of Halo 2 Anniversary. And not have to look at Lord Hood’s craggy visage or the slightly polygonal Marine heads.

Reach, on the other hand: no remaster would improve how that game looks. Still a stunning bit of work all these years later.

LunarLoony, 2 miesiące temu

Pro Pinball Timeshock Ultra Edition, probably

LunarLoony, 2 miesiące temu

So what would you do instead?

LunarLoony, 2 miesiące temu

I hate to be nitpicky; but that’s a decompilation, not a demake.

‘Demake’ usually refers to a game that gets remade for a system older (or less powerful) than the one it was released for. A good current example is the in-progress Super Mario 64 demake for GBA.

‘Decompilation’ is where one reverse-engineers a game (or any software!) back to its original source code, or close enough that when you build it, it’s identical to an original copy. So, the goal of the Lego Island demake is to produce source code that can be built into a fully binary-compatible copy of Lego Island, indistinct from what’s on the original CD.

LunarLoony, 2 miesiące temu

Correct!

LunarLoony, 3 miesiące temu

For general purpose, I’d say 8bitdo Ultimate C.

I am a huge fan of the GameCube pad and would use it for everything if I could.

For 2D games, particularly fighting games, I’m very fond of the Saturn pad.

However, if I had to pick a best controller ever, it’s got to be the SNES pad. No question.

LunarLoony, 3 miesiące temu

I agree with your statement. However, what I believe the original comment was saying is that if the developers who have lost their jobs were to get together and make a game as they describe, then they would buy it. The malice was directed at Microsoft and so on.

At least, that’s how I read it…

LunarLoony, 3 miesiące temu

Fuck corporations

is precisely what everyone’s been saying this whole time. Nobody’s blaming the devs. Your rant is misplaced.

LunarLoony, 3 miesiące temu

It’s called market research.

LunarLoony, 3 miesiące temu

Guessing XCOM 2, judging by the font.

LunarLoony, 4 miesiące temu

It’s an RPG, of course it does! Particularly if you decide to give your character the ‘Bloody Mess’ perk, which causes every enemy to violently and horrifically explode in a shower of miscellaneous chunks.

LunarLoony, 4 miesiące temu

I’d say try one of the older Tekkens, 2-3 or Tag Tournament. They feel a lot better and punchier to me.

LunarLoony, 4 miesiące temu

Counterpoint: budget re-releases of games (e.g. ‘Platinum’ on PlayStation) were often an opportunity to fix bugs, or sometimes even add new features. A few examples:

• Space Invaders 1500 was a re-release of Space Invaders 2000, with a few new game modes.
• Spyro: Year of the Dragon’s ‘Greatest Hits’ release added a bunch of music that was missing in the original release.
• Ridge Racer Type 4 came with a disc containing an updated version of the first Ridge Racer, which ran at 60fps.
• Super Mario 64’s ‘Shindou Edition’ added rumble pak support, as well as fixing a whole bunch of bugs (famously, the backwards long jump).

Those are just off the top of my head. I’m certain there are more re-releases that represent the true ‘final’ version of a game.

LunarLoony, 4 miesiące temu

One look at the Switch store app says everything about how sub-optimal the OS is

LunarLoony, 5 miesięcy temu

Boomestest, obviously.

LunarLoony, 5 miesięcy temu

Doom clones!

LunarLoony, 5 miesięcy temu

Just finished Deus Ex: Human Revolution for the umpteenth time, and managed to bag the achievement for not triggering any alarms (commonly regarded as one of the most difficult achievements in the game, alongside Pacifist)

Yes, a moderate degree of savescumming was used. I’m not sorry!

LunarLoony, 5 miesięcy temu

‘Previously On’ from Series 11 is worth a watch. And possibly the episode prior to it if you want context - but the main reason is just because it’s a load of stupid RvB humour and it’s brilliant.

LunarLoony, 5 miesięcy temu

There’s a similar one called ‘One Chance’, in which you have three days to cure a disease that will otherwise kill everything. Same sorta concept.

LunarLoony, 6 miesięcy temu

“But it’s only cosmetic!!”

LunarLoony, 9 miesięcy temu

I’d argue that it’s ‘punt’ in the sense of to lightly kick something. I’ll give it a punt = I’ll give it its day in court

LunarLoony, 10 miesięcy temu

First time I played, somebody immediately stole my ship before I’d worked out how to fly the darn thing.

LunarLoony, 11 miesięcy temu (edited 11 miesięcy temu)

Thing is, what’s the alternative? Either you put a hard limit on the inventory, or you give players an infinite inventory. The latter can be made to work, but it also takes away the element of risk.

Perhaps ‘inventory size’ could be tied with difficulty settings. If you want a Deus Ex-type experience where you really have to be picky about what you bring, maybe that should be down to the player; and so should a huge inventory that lets you bring everything everywhere.

LunarLoony, 11 miesięcy temu

RuneScape has an excellent fast travel system. In fact, it has a whole bunch of 'em, and you have to work for them; either by completing quests, or by training your skills. You can also get items to expand your inventory somewhat, but they only work for specific item types.

LunarLoony, 11 miesięcy temu

I would wager it was a last-minute change as a result of focus testing. There is a lot going on in DK64, and sometimes you’re too close to a game to realise that all those button combinations aren’t the most intuitive to new players - and given the slapped-together nature of the tutorials, it makes me think it was an afterthought at best.