Thirith on 17/3/2020 at 06:11
I pogo'ed off Shovel Knight pretty much completely. I might try it again in a year or so, but after hearing everyone raving about it, I was surprised by how little it did for me. Perhaps part of it is that back in the NES era I was firmly Camp Commodore, and the look and feel of those games (C-64, later Amiga) was a different one.
Part of me thinks this might be the best time to play Pathologic. Part of me thinks it might be the worst time to play Pathologic.
Renzatic on 17/3/2020 at 07:09
I was a total Nintendo fan during the heyday of the NES, played the Mega Man games, and Duck Tales, the two games that are probably the most direct influences on Shovel Knight.
Overall, I'd say I liked the game, but I didn't absolutely love it. Maybe I played it at the wrong time, or I just wasn't in the mood for an 8-bit style action game, but whatever the reason, I ended up thinking it was just pretty okay.
Quote Posted by Thirith
Part of me thinks this might be the best time to play
Pathologic. Part of me thinks it might be the worst time to play
Pathologic.
Hey, I watched The Stand while sick with the flu once. Didn't mess me up too bad.
Starker on 17/3/2020 at 08:06
I played Atari 2600 for a very brief while, then NES, then SNES with a bit of Mega Drive on the side, then PS2, then I stopped playing on consoles. But NES games have this specific look and feel and sound to them that Shovel Knight instantly brings me back to, "Oh, that's DuckTales, that's Castlevania, that's Super Mario World."
SNES also has this a little bit, but the games are all over the place, really. And PS games I mostly associate with janky 3D that makes you a little bit sick just to look at it. Some of the best games, but those terrible jagged polygons don't really make for any fond feelings. The huge contrast of going straight from beautiful 2D art to ugly 3D probably didn't help any.
Thirith on 17/3/2020 at 08:50
At the time (i.e. NES era) especially, I'd say that you could mostly look at a screenshot and see whether it's a console game or a computer game, and people more familiar with the different brands could probably tell what console any particular game was on. The aesthetics were different, but game design was also different. You make different games designing for joystick and/or keyboard vs. designing for a console controller. I couldn't say exactly what it is - perhaps it's partly that many of the big console games at the time were made in Japan, so you'd have different cultural factors playing into this? Or did America also develop a lot of console games?
henke on 18/3/2020 at 12:53
I got a month of EA Access on PS4, so over the past couple days I played through...
Sea of Solitude
One of these Rime/Bound esque things which exists somewhere between walking simulator and 3rd person platformer. It tells the story of a depressed young girl who is working through some shit. The storytelling is less abstract and more straightforward than in most games of this type, which I appreciated. The visuals are great, the character animation is wonky, and the gameplay is bland. You're really playing this for the story though, and it was quite good and affecting.
Star Wars Battlefront 2 Single Player
I think a lot of people like me, who don't give a shit about multiplayer games, might've missed that there was a whole singleplayer Star Wars campaign included in this when it came out a few years back. And it's not a bad one either! Some annoying checkpointing aside the gameplay is tight and good. It's mostly shooting, but you also have the option to stealth some parts, and there's quite a few flying sections too. The story follows the leader of the Imperial "Inferno Squad", starting at the end of ROTJ and ending with The Battle of Jakku. Interspliced into this are some levels where you play as more recognizable characters(Luke, Leia, Han, Lando, Kylo). The story was pretty good, except when it switched to the other characters, as those sections often felt a bit shoe-horned in. Overall, yeah, a good Star Wars game! There's also a small follow-up campaign that I haven't gotten into yet.
Not sure what else is worth playing in this EA Access thingy. I might check out Fe and maybe one of the newer Needs For Speeds.
Thirith on 18/3/2020 at 13:18
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I think a lot of
people like me, who don't give a shit about multiplayer games...This prompts an
Arma-tinged Awwww from me...
"Sad... man... at... six o'clock!"
:p
henke on 18/3/2020 at 13:52
Heh, come on. I meant specifically PvP-focused stuff like the Battlefields, CoDs, Overwatches, Fortnites, etc. I do like online co-op games. :)
henke on 18/3/2020 at 18:16
Played through the SW Battlefront 2 follow-up campaign Resurrection in one sitting aaaaaand, man, it was good. It's much shorter then the main campaign but also really tight and well paced. Great storytelling and very satisfying gameplay.
Thirith on 19/3/2020 at 06:24
I should really play the Battlefont single-player campaign too. At the very least those guys have the aesthetics of Star Wars down pat. Even if it's not the greatest shooter in the world, it'll be nice eye (and ear) candy.
Edit: Also, doing the silly Assassin's Creed 3 collectathons is a surprisingly effective distraction right now. I develop this weird tunnel vision, in which Coronavirus doesn't exist, only feathers, almanac pages, trinkets, synchronisation points etc.
Jumping Taffer on 19/3/2020 at 16:45
Going to be hopefully be playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons tomorrow if with all that's going on doesn't affect the order arrival.