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General Gaming Snap judging pixel art indies
crispy4000 replied to crispy4000's topic in The Spawn Point
Time Spent: 2 hours Rating: *** Fell off this a few years ago. To quote myself from then: It's both better and worse than I thought it would be. On one hand the combat system is very unique, kind of a real time Paper Mario. The writing is surprisingly on point for having to live under Undertale's shadow. Platforming is straight-up boring though, and production values are a little off at times, kind of like a 90's computer game that can't decide whether its pixel art or not. -
General Gaming Without saying your age...
crispy4000 replied to CastletonSnob's topic in The Spawn Point
With my own money? Zelda Ocarina of Time gold cart. -
This is part of their cross-buy argument. You already have a PC, you can buy an Xbox for your living room, subscribe to Games Pass and play games on both. Or vice versa if you get into PC gaming. It's not a winning strategy, or at least, it hasn't borne out to be thus far. There aren't many gamers with cash to burn on every device, most of us have to pick and choose.
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So you're telling me PC gamers are rushing out to buy PS5's, now that they had a taste of old Horizon, Spider-Man and God of War? Nope, not buying it. People have their reasons for choosing one system over another, and a year's wait on certain games is hardly a dealbreaker for someone not invested in a particular ecosystem in the first place. I only think this works if cloud gaming takes off in a meaningful way, and thus, the (mental) barrier to entry is removed.
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Misses the point. People were freaking out because this is a change in strategy. They can choose to tell us they're only testing the waters, but they're still opening Pandora's box by bringing former console exclusives to PS5. On that note, Phil did it again here by saying being "over a year old" is one of his criteria. There's going to be a lot of port begging, even as games are announced.
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General Gaming Snap judging pixel art indies
crispy4000 replied to crispy4000's topic in The Spawn Point
Time Spent: 1 hour Rating: ***½ Fantastic of what I've played so far. You don't walk, but instead warp from point to point, aiming your trajectory with the analog stick. The controls feel super polished, because of how the game intuits where you try to move to. And while it's hardly the most beautiful game on the list, I get a lot of Metroid Zero Mission vibes from the art, with its own flair. Even the music has a strong atmospheric vibe to it that gives the zones a sense of place. There is one obvious downside: several rooms will twist and flip your perspective. So even when you unlock the map of an area, you'll be scratching your head over which direction was true up, true down, etc. It really could have used some sort of UI compass, or even better yet, a rotating map that's visible in the corner as you play. The game can rail-guide you with the limited platforms you can warp to, but that structure isn't so different than what most Metroidvania's do anyways. It seems to be a bit contentious in critic reviews. But it clicked with me immediately, whereas several other reviews mention it didn't. So mileage could vary? You might have gotten it free from Epic. It's absolutely worth a shot. -
One thing is certain to me in all this: porting most of their games to Microsoft consoles would be an Arrogant Sony move. *We're still going to outsell you handily no matter for however long we do this, what's wrong with porting our games to your system a year late as well? You clearly need us to succeed! It's only true until its not. The smart Sony move would be to act decisively to preserve their high-end console monopoly, while simultaneously expanding their brand and subscription model in other sectors.
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Call me crazy, but the costs of losing 30% royalties and PS+ Subscriptions from a lost console market monopoly probably aren’t worth as much as porting your mega expense games to one more (underperforming) platform. Remember the stink Sony made over CoD? Royalties are a gargantuan portion of their buisness. The logical answer is to stop making everything 1st party AAAA, as Ubisoft would describe it.
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Cool, I have until then to get through the Yuffie chapters.
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I think it's a better situation for us all to own a single Nintendo platform at least, and it simplifies development for them. Nintendo was still riding high with software and hardware sales during the Nintendo DS and Wii era. They still sold 60+ million units of Mario Kart, split between platforms. So I don't think you can strictly say they're at full potential because they're focused on one machine. Though the gaming landscape back then was obviously very different, and they struck lightning in a bottle twice.
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General Gaming Snap judging pixel art indies
crispy4000 replied to crispy4000's topic in The Spawn Point
Time Spent: 30 min Rating: **½ Competent Zelda clone with randomly generated layouts, but lacks the polish of Blossom Tales. The main hook is that the game will glitch out on occasion, Missingno style, and you have to fight or otherwise overcome those glitches. There's also blood and gore when you or other NPCs die. You'd probably be better served playing a Zelda clone of another flavor due to screen tearing issues. It's unforgivable not to have vsync in a Zelda-like that scrolls like this. The hitboxes on bosses are also very suspect. -
That is true. But I'd imagine a lot of those sales were as pack-ins, considering that it sold better than any Gamecube game (and that console had roughly twice the install base by the end). Both those consoles are pretty much what happens if Nintendo only appeals to its core base. The Wii U even less than the Cube though. And the Switch was them at their full potential. 65.5 million Mario Kart 8's vs 8.5 million.