aspro said:

Did not have much time but played Slay the Spire, 198X (hit a wall with the Ninja Gaiden tribute level) and started Untitled Goose Game which I am playing with my daughter.

I'm going to persist with 198X, I get the feeling that the difficulty level combined with minmial checkpointing (and one hit kills) is only to artificially lengthen the game.

gamingeek said:

aspro said:

Did not have much time but played Slay the Spire, 198X (hit a wall with the Ninja Gaiden tribute level) and started Untitled Goose Game which I am playing with my daughter.

I'm going to persist with 198X, I get the feeling that the difficulty level combined with minmial checkpointing (and one hit kills) is only to artificially lengthen the game.

I've been eyeing Slay the Spire and 198X let me know how you fare.

Speaking of which, I've been quite reluctant to get into the deck building genre.

Have you guys tried them? Are they any good? I can't visually see what's so good about them.

Slay the Spire gets credit for inventing the "run-based" deck building genre and while there have been many that followed in it's wake the consensus is that no-one has done it better so that's where I'd start.

Don't be put off by the "deck building" component aif it is not somethign you've done before -- it all happens organically, it's not like it's a task in teh game where you haev to stop and figure out some deck construction category.

Having played Magic the Gathering for decades, I was undoubtedly introduced to most if not all of the concepts prior (admitting this so I don't come off like, "You don't have to know anything about Poker to play Balatro-ish".

Ravenprose said:

I've been playing Tunic (PS5) this weekend. I really appreciate how the game doesn't start off with a bunch of story and tutorials. It starts off like the original Zelda, allowing you to figure things out yourself just by exploring.


Finding pages of the paper manual scattered around the world is a nice touch. The manual explains the controls but is onky partially translated from a different language, forcing the player to interpret what is being said. I like that a lot.

I also happen to be playing Tunic at the moment. I like the exploration and discovery, but I'm not really into the boss fights. It's good that there's an invincibility option available. I've used it for one section I didn't want to bother with.

Té_Rojo said:

I also happen to be playing Tunic at the moment. I like the exploration and discovery, but I'm not really into the boss fights. It's good that there's an invincibility option available. I've used it for one section I didn't want to bother with.

Yeah, the diifficulty is more frustrating than fun for me. I'll have to try out that invincibility option when needed; I reduced the difficuilty and turned off the stamina depletion, which helps. I'm more into exploration and puzzles these days than fast-paced combat.

L

gamingeek said:

One podcast leader with sources said something like "get ready to play modern AAA games on Nintendo in 2025.

Metroid Prime 4 confirmed for 2025.

gamingeek said:

One podcast leader with sources said something like "get ready to play modern AAA games on Nintendo in 2025.

Such wild predictions!  This man must really be in the loop.

Rain Rain rain, We've had 18 inches of rain in the last week. Water everywhere. I had to drive through 7 flooded roads yesterday to get home.

Good thing it stopped, nothing but sun now for the next week.

Ravenprose said:

Yeah, the diifficulty is more frustrating than fun for me. I'll have to try out that invincibility option when needed; I reduced the difficuilty and turned off the stamina depletion, which helps. I'm more into exploration and puzzles these days than fast-paced combat.

I've now finished it and I'll say it's a good idea to get all the pages of the instruction booklet. I just looked up how to find the last ones I needed.