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It still has struggle with finding the sweet spot between drudgery and annoyance, but it does it better in the latter half of the game. The value is very much in its characters and storytelling, but what you get out of that is going to be dependent on whether it connects with you. If you're here for the action primarily, it's probably not a winner. But ultimately I don't think the action is a detriment. Feint praise, perhaps, but it's important.
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Tell me to get back to rewriting this site so it's not horrible on mobileIs there a sweet spot between drudgery and annoyance?
RIP Hackman, the story is just plain weird though, you all didn't mention there was a mummified course, what?!
I have been playing RE4R VR which is incredible, just the most fun I've had in VR. Also finished Castlevania Curse of Darkness which I tried to play and finish many times over the years and due to a special mod I was able to get through it, still not that good, one of the worst CV games to me.
And I just started Soul Reaver HD, looks so good! Game is so old! Block puzzles! Who thought this was the best way to do puzzles in 3D. Why was that such a huge thing. Like someone was like "how do we use all this 3D space in games, oh I know, let's move giant ass blocks around slowly!"
Black Skylands is good, I was playing in bed. It's one of those rare games which looks over pixellated on a tv, to the extent that it's barely playable.
Then you play it on a small screen and it all looks right and is in proportion. Game is good, it's a top down shooter/adventure rpg where you can fly sky ships.
There's a lot more to the game than that. I've only been testing it out of curiosity, but there's crafting, resource hunting.
And it's very manual, in that to refuel your ship you rock up to a gas station and instead of a pop up menu you have to park your ship.
Then grab a fuel container from the hold, carry it over, hook shot over to the station and hold Y to refuel your container.
Then hook shot back and hold Y to refuel. When your ship takes damage there are visible holes you have to take a hammer to to patch up.
Story is fun too, I think this one will be a winner.
I definitely want the Soul Reaver Remasters. I only played a little bit of the first one on Dreamcast.
This weekend I've mostly been playing Banjo Kazooie N&B. I often catch myself just driving/flying around the amazing looking levels for fun in addition to the missions.
I'm on the 4th mission on Perfect Dark Zero now. If you enjoyed the game back in the day (I believe there's around 5 fans total), it still holds up well, except the enemy AI, which is terrible. Still fun to blast through them, though.
that is the one Castlevania game I think I've never touched. After Lament of Innocence, I was pretty convinced the world was not ready for 3D Castlevania games, and I don't think I ever heard a genuinely good word about Curse of Darkness. Sounds like I did not miss out on anything.This weekend has been all about Monster Hunter Wilds for me. Enjoying it very much. Also watched WWE Elimination Chamber which was quite good with a very big surprise in it. Never thought I’d see the day.
He's a bad bad man.A very bad man indeed.
Oh don't tell me you forgot that reference.
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This weekend I've taken on the punishing Donkey Kong Country Returns. Going to stop for tonight after dying over eighty times on one level.
Damn. Totally did forget that. Time to hand in my wrestling fan club card and hide in shame.
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Tell me to get back to rewriting this site so it's not horrible on mobileSorry to hear dude. That sucks. I've been there.
I just looked that up. I have to watch WWE one day just to see what it's about. Gaming people of the era we are have almost 100% cross over ven diagrams. Personally I've never seen a single minute of profesional wrestling. I read a LONG book about it and everything I know about it comes from conversations of gamers crossing over into the topic.
This is the book I read:
Is Wrestling Fixed? I Didn't Know It Was Broken!: From Photo Shoots and Sensational Stories to the WWE Network ― My Incredible Pro Wrestling Journey! and Beyond ...: Apter, Bill, Lawler, Jerry "The King": 9781770411548: Amazon.com: Books
I played the original 3 SNES games, have not been attracted to the newer ones at all. I did enjoy Princess Peach last year on Switch which makes me think the non-mario platformers are worth a go?
But they have to be good for my 7 year old as well, and from what you guys are saying about Returns, that's looking like NO DEAL.
Mick Foley has written two fantastic books about his career.