LunarLoony

LunarLoony, 5 godzin temu

Shared goal? Shared with whom?

LunarLoony, 11 dni temu

Diversity, equality, and inclusion. All very terrible things, as you can see…

LunarLoony, 25 dni temu

Mario & Rabbids Kingdom Battle was a rare gem from Ubi. Other than that, their best “recent” game is probably Rayman Legends, and that’s like a decade old now

LunarLoony, 24 dni temu

Oh yes, I keep forgetting about that. Must give it a try sometime.

LunarLoony, miesiąc temu

A video game that happens to get big updates every so often…? Call 'em expansion packs if that makes life easier

LunarLoony, miesiąc temu

2008 called, it wants its retorts back

LunarLoony, miesiąc temu

Meaning…?

LunarLoony, 2 miesiące 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, 2 miesiące 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, 2 miesiące temu

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

LunarLoony, 2 miesiące 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, 2 miesiące temu

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

LunarLoony, 3 miesiące temu

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

LunarLoony, 3 miesiące temu

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

LunarLoony, 3 miesiące temu

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

LunarLoony, 3 miesiące temu

No, that was Halo Reach

LunarLoony, 3 miesiące temu

Just me or do aluminium buttons sound really uncomfortable?

LunarLoony, 3 miesiące 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, 3 miesiące temu

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

LunarLoony, 3 miesiące 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, 3 miesiące temu

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

LunarLoony, 3 miesiące temu

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

LunarLoony, 3 miesiące 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, 3 miesiące 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, 3 miesiące temu

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

LunarLoony, 4 miesiące temu

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

LunarLoony, 4 miesiące temu

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

LunarLoony, 4 miesiące temu

Doom II wasn’t boring.

LunarLoony, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 5 miesięcy temu

Pro Pinball Timeshock Ultra Edition, probably

LunarLoony, 5 miesięcy temu

So what would you do instead?

LunarLoony, 5 miesięcy 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, 5 miesięcy temu

Correct!

LunarLoony, 5 miesięcy 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, 5 miesięcy 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, 5 miesięcy temu

Fuck corporations

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

LunarLoony, 5 miesięcy temu

It’s called market research.

LunarLoony, 5 miesięcy temu

Guessing XCOM 2, judging by the font.

LunarLoony, 6 miesięcy 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, 6 miesięcy 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, 6 miesięcy 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, 7 miesięcy temu

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

LunarLoony, 7 miesięcy temu

Boomestest, obviously.

LunarLoony, 7 miesięcy temu

Doom clones!

LunarLoony, 7 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, 7 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.