What Video Games Are You Currently Playing

  On 4/17/2019 at 4:30 PM, ambermonk said:

 

  On 4/17/2019 at 7:42 AM, oscillik said:

 

  On 4/17/2019 at 7:14 AM, ambermonk said:

I'm about halfway thru Project Warlock - an indie pixel FPS that came out last December. Cool aesthetics, good soundtrack, not disappointed. A must-try for the classic  early 90s shooter fan base.

I got that too, I tried playing it for a bit but couldn't get into it. Something about it that just feels off, something in the movement. I'll give it another try though.

 

DUSK had me wanting to play through from beginning to end, though. I'm also looking forward to Prodeus.

 

I felt iffy about Project Warlock at first too. But after you complete the first episode it turns out the array of environments and enemies throughout the game is much more diverse than it initially appears. Plus you get cool weapon upgrades.

 

I think I left off on E2M7 of Dusk on Cero Miedo about three weeks ago when I got distracted by Risk Of Rain 2. But I might return to it after finishing Project Warlock.

 

As for Prodeus, I just backed them on Kickstarter a few days ago. TBH I feel that indie devs are the true heroes of the game industry these days.

 

I'm for sure gonna return back to Project Warlock, just like I recently did with Wolfenstein: The New Order. Just will need a concerted push from me to do so.

DUSK is absolutely my favourite game of last year, deffo recommended. It ticks all the boxes for being a retro inspired game that brings in just enough modern niceties.

Most of the games I've own are from indie devs, or at least devs that started out as indies and became venerable and aborbed into something bigger (looking at you id Software). I've got a few games from the stupidly commerical devs, but they're generally not my favourites.

  On 4/17/2019 at 5:38 PM, Joyrex said:

I loved Faxanadu!

+1.

That and "Battle of Olympus" i keep revisiting frequently on emus. Excellent soundtracks, too.

Faxanadu isn't terribly hard if you go through the chore of farming coins early on.

Boxboy + Boxgirl demo now live for Switch, highly recommended for platform puzzler fans:

https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/boxboy-and-boxgirl-switch/

  On 4/17/2019 at 5:13 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 4/17/2019 at 3:22 PM, T3551ER said:

posting in the 666 page just because. Also, still on DMC V Blood Palace + 2nd replay. Game does a great job softly training you to steadily improve your skills while still keeping it fun. Spectacular game design prob my fave hack/slash second only to Ninja Gaiden II. 

 

EDIT: So I go to my google feed and I see Ninja Gaiden II and think "oh yeah, it's just google picking up on my post here and invasively sending me things info on things that, ok, yeah, I do want to know about" and then I see NINJA GAIDEN II IS NOW BACKWARDS COMPAT ON XBOX ONE!!!?!!!!

 

OASIDFPOAISHD FPOIAH S;OAHS DF;IOASHDF H 

 

*mind assplodes*

Pfft. This is the real Ninja Gaiden II:

 

An utter classic. I really loved the cut scenes and art when I was a kid. Plus the music is great.

  On 4/16/2019 at 10:14 PM, Nebraska said:

https://youtu.be/28uPjH5aQVU

 

lol @ this overpriced slap of plastic

"Capcom are stealing our Capcom emulator code...this is wrong"

lol

Goddamn, Cuphead is brutal

I love the visual style of this but doesn't seem to bring anything new to the table, very much a nicely skinned original Doom

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/prodeus/prodeus

^ I backed them a few days ago. I guess when it comes to a Doom tribute though it's actually preferable not to diverge too far from the original formula. But I'm stoked regardless.

And here's some recent gameplay footage of Wrath - another upcoming throwback FPS

  On 4/21/2019 at 8:29 PM, ambermonk said:

^ I backed them a few days ago. I guess when it comes to a Doom tribute though it's actually preferable not to diverge too far from the original formula. But I'm stoked regardless.

 

And here's some recent gameplay footage of Wrath - another upcoming throwback FPS

One minute in, and this looks great

The weather is sunny outside so it's all about getting back to Red Dead 2 on PS4 and playing some Katana Zero on Switch. 

  On 4/18/2019 at 10:22 PM, mcbpete said:

 

  On 4/16/2019 at 10:14 PM, Nebraska said:

https://youtu.be/28uPjH5aQVU

 

lol @ this overpriced slap of plastic

Ruh Roh

 

 

cool. kinda reminds me of the atari vcs with their over-powered quad core system and overclocked chip

https://twitter.com/SnoopDogg/status/1120486966288633856

  On 4/22/2019 at 11:45 PM, RSP said:

Well holy shit. I actually played that one as a kid. McDonald's seemed so innocent and magical back then.

  On 4/22/2019 at 11:45 PM, RSP said:

I'm not going to lie, I was at Mcdonalds when I saw this post.

  On 3/31/2019 at 12:01 AM, Nebraska said:

 

https://sega.jp/mdmini/

 

http://genesismini.sega.com/

Here’s the full list of “the next ten”, as Sega is calling them:

Earthworm Jim

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse

World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

Contra: Hard Corps

Streets of Rage 2

Thunder Force III

Super Fantasy Zone

Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master

Landstalker

https://techraptor.net/content/ten-more-games-announced-for-sega-genesis-mini-sonic-mickey-and-more

  On 4/23/2019 at 4:50 AM, ambermonk said:

McDonald's seemed so innocent and magical back then.

 

100% accurate:

  On 4/17/2019 at 6:09 PM, jaderpansen said:

 

  On 4/17/2019 at 5:38 PM, Joyrex said:

I loved Faxanadu!

 

+1.

 

That and "Battle of Olympus" i keep revisiting frequently on emus. Excellent soundtracks, too.

 

Faxanadu isn't terribly hard if you go through the chore of farming coins early on.

 

Also love Faxanadu, and Zelda II is still my favorite Zelda and one of my favorite games full stop.

I think "Sidescrolling platformer with RPG elements" is just my thing.

sekiro patch is out

  On 4/23/2019 at 6:34 AM, RSP said:

 

  On 4/17/2019 at 6:09 PM, jaderpansen said:

 

  On 4/17/2019 at 5:38 PM, Joyrex said:

I loved Faxanadu!

 

+1.

 

That and "Battle of Olympus" i keep revisiting frequently on emus. Excellent soundtracks, too.

 

Faxanadu isn't terribly hard if you go through the chore of farming coins early on.

 

 

Also love Faxanadu, and Zelda II is still my favorite Zelda and one of my favorite games full stop.

 

I think "Sidescrolling platformer with RPG elements" is just my thing.

You absolutely owe it to yourself to check out BoO then, if you haven't already... it's basically a Zelda 2 mod:

tried playing thru Zelda 2 again couple months ago, without using save states or cheating (did use a walkthrough though :-) 

got up to the last dungeon but it really started getting too hard. almost seems like the game relies on ... not picking up any Extra lives during the initial run and then stocking up on all the available extra lives specifically for the last dungeon... picking up an extra life in the game removes it from the map and going with this strategy pretty much means needing to start the game from scratch ;-; 

Zelda 2 rules but definitely gets a little too hard there toward the end. maybe one day ;-; 

Shakedown Hawaii finally hitting Switch on May 7. Now I can shut up about it, lol

  On 4/23/2019 at 7:24 AM, jaderpansen said:

 

  On 4/23/2019 at 6:34 AM, RSP said:

 

  On 4/17/2019 at 6:09 PM, jaderpansen said:

 

  On 4/17/2019 at 5:38 PM, Joyrex said:

I loved Faxanadu!

 

+1.

 

That and "Battle of Olympus" i keep revisiting frequently on emus. Excellent soundtracks, too.

 

Faxanadu isn't terribly hard if you go through the chore of farming coins early on.

 

 

Also love Faxanadu, and Zelda II is still my favorite Zelda and one of my favorite games full stop.

 

I think "Sidescrolling platformer with RPG elements" is just my thing.

 

You absolutely owe it to yourself to check out BoO then, if you haven't already... it's basically a Zelda 2 mod:

 

 

I've never played very far in it, I looked at it a bit on emulator and I may have rented it once as a kid but I'm not sure.  I remember it being good but I think there was something less satisfying about the controls.  I do need to play it for real sometime, though.  I'v heard Athena was another solid Zelda II style game.

  On 4/23/2019 at 7:37 AM, bitchroast said:

tried playing thru Zelda 2 again couple months ago, without using save states or cheating (did use a walkthrough though :-) 

got up to the last dungeon but it really started getting too hard. almost seems like the game relies on ... not picking up any Extra lives during the initial run and then stocking up on all the available extra lives specifically for the last dungeon... picking up an extra life in the game removes it from the map and going with this strategy pretty much means needing to start the game from scratch ;-; 

 

Zelda 2 rules but definitely gets a little too hard there toward the end. maybe one day ;-; 

I think if you played it as a kid it's different, because it dosn't seem too hard to me now but I do remember it was like 6 months before anyone I knew beat it back in the day. I actually remember leaving the room the first time a friend of mine beat it because I didn't have it yet and I didn't want the ending spoiled.