Nintendo Switch - The Bear and Badger

EvilRedEye

So, turns out the original Donkey Kong is quite good???

Kow

Put about 3 hours into this Octopath demo and it's fucking terrible shit. Reams of awful dialogue, some of it in appalling ye olde English; some mawkish sentimental bit of story; more endless drivel dialogue; random fucking battles a la FF7; 30-year-old line up in front of enemy and take turns type battles where you can't tell how long it's going to take or how much life an enemy has left; more stupid random battles. And a final endless fucking battle against some thing that just kept going and going with no kind of indication of whether it was going to take 5 more minutes or the rest of my life. It has nice graphics.

[Deleted User]

Opinion unclear. Did you like it?

Kow

In there first day obviously.

[Deleted User]

Thx for the clarification.

Kow

I await someone opining that it's a great example of whatever shit it's supposed to be.

hylian_elf

Childintime wrote:

Opinion unclear. Did you like it?

Well he did play it for 3 hours so must’ve liked it!

[Deleted User]

hylian_elf wrote:

Childintime wrote:

Opinion unclear. Did you like it?

Well he did play it for 3 hours so must’ve liked it!

That does that doesn’t mean anything. I’ve put 300+ hours into Skyrim which is a giant pile of horse shit.

Vela

@ERE

Donkey Kong is great. I have very little experience with the game outside of the game and watch version, but it's perfect for high score chasing.

Don't bother going for top rank though. Wes Copeland ha that spot.

Raiziel

Childintime wrote:

hylian_elf wrote:

Childintime wrote:

Opinion unclear. Did you like it?

Well he did play it for 3 hours so must’ve liked it!

That does that doesn’t mean anything. I’ve put 300+ hours into Skyrim which is a giant pile of horse shit.

You’re breaking my heart here, Cinty.

AJ

He's right, though; it's an awful game.

Raiziel

Bob

I'm still loving it Raiziel.

It's amazing. It's so amazing that you can find new and fresh things to do even after all this time.

Did a misc quest last night that, after some pretty tough combat with a mega creepy crawly thing, granted me a 10% health spell perk after exploring some more after the quest finished. A lot of the really good stuff is hidden away.

Raiziel

hylian_elf

Sounds nice. I may very well give it a try at some point. If Cinty can put up with 300 hours so can I.

AJ

I was playing it just last night, the world building is great, even if their ambition far, far outreaches their budget. Stick it on easy and it's a fun adventure romp around fantasy land, bopping wolves on the head with maces.

But if you can't see that, as a game, it's an outdated, broken mess, then there's something sorely lacking in your critical analysis.

AndCallMeCharlie

Kow wrote:

Put about 3 hours into this Octopath demo and it's fucking terrible shit. Reams of awful dialogue, some of it in appalling ye olde English; some mawkish sentimental bit of story; more endless drivel dialogue; random fucking battles a la FF7; 30-year-old line up in front of enemy and take turns type battles where you can't tell how long it's going to take or how much life an enemy has left; more stupid random battles. And a final endless fucking battle against some thing that just kept going and going with no kind of indication of whether it was going to take 5 more minutes or the rest of my life. It has nice graphics.

Much better than my analysis after playing the first demo of “its shit”

Bob

Raiziel

AJ wrote:

I was playing it just last night, the world building is great, even if their ambition far, far outreaches their budget. Stick it on easy and it's a fun adventure romp around fantasy land, bopping wolves on the head with maces.

But if you can't see that, as a game, it's an outdated, broken mess, then there's something sorely lacking in your critical analysis.

I’m fully aware of Skyrim’s faults, and I’ve never denied they exist. But I have an emotional reaction to Skyrim and Oblivion before it. I have always had my head in the clouds, and here were these games that let me explore a fantasy world in first person. In a small way they fulfill the dreams of my youth, and for that I can forgive them their faults.

Bob

Besides.. outdated possibly although I'd argue it looks sweet in the Special Edition on PS4 Pro.. I don't really like melee combat but I always go archer/spell casting/thief so it doesn't matter.

That I can play on handheld is even sweeter on Switch.

afgavinstan

Captain Toad demo now out on Japanese eShop. Couple hundred meg only. Three levels.

Sweet!

Vela

An utterly charming game. Until the final level where it does the equivalent of rope a dope to the player.

afgavinstan

Well that was a fun little distraction for twenty minutes. Can see myself enjoying it. Good that it's coming with a lower RRP, for first party Nintendo at least.

Moot_Geeza

Vela wrote:

An utterly charming game. Until the final level where it does the equivalent of rope a dope to the player.

The

Spoiler:

Moot_Geeza

We have a new EShop winnar. Flashback - pretty much the original game, mind - takes the biscuit at £17.99. Hello yes you may call me Con.

retroking1981

I'll pick that up in a sale, just sold my SNES version for £30.

Vela

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Vela wrote:

An utterly charming game. Until the final level where it does the equivalent of rope a dope to the player.

The

Spoiler:

mummy maze?

Yes.

Moot_Geeza

I bid the game a fond farewell at that point, I'd already seen the credits and it looked like a bit of an undertaking.

dynamiteReady

Being able to continue from the Octopath Traveler demo, on a retail copy...
I'm guessing that's been done before, but where can I find examples?

Tempy

Mafia 3, Yakuza 6 and Prey spring to mind

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