I hear youpc71 wrote:I just like buying games and looking at them and being all content knowing I have them. Playing the things? Who has the time?
Wookienopants wrote:Give me a decent discount on Dead Cells and I’ll bite.
However I’m tempted by The Messenger. Anyone here rate it?
Moot_Geeza wrote:60. The Messenger - Switch
Fantastic idea neatly executed, with the addition of a quality script for the most part. I found it odd that the game felt like it lost a layer of polish once you hit the 16-bit visuals (the shopkeeper decided to cease telling parables for a start, all of which were entertaining for the first half of the game, was writing another eight or so too much to ask?). In addition to this I found the Metroidvania* half a little too much of a chore, vastly preferring the straight ahead stages, especially as there's not always an explanation that you require a pick-up to progress (underwater maze, I'm mainly looking at you). I spent A LOT of the 13hr runtime hoping to stumble upon alternate paths. Controls are slightly fiddly - the unlockable downward slash should've been assigned to down + attack while gliding - but overall it's great to zip about the screen using your various moves. Some of the music is excellent, some is just blips and bloops. Not knocking the sound chip style, just that the composition of some tunes is half baked whereas others feel somewhere close to classic. That was often the way of it though, so hey ho - successful retro nod. It's a good game to play with headphones because they highlight the sound differences between the timezones. Hmm, anything else? The bosses are high quality, but there aren't nearly enough in the Metroid half, which is a crying shame.
I'm aware that I've been overly critical of it, party here but mainly elsewhere, but that's only because this could've been an exceptional game rather than a very good one. On paper it's almost my dream game, and at its core it's a very, very good ninja platformer. [8]
*Loose definition. You're revisiting areas and searching, but finding them is only occasionally locked behind the need for a specific ability.
AJ wrote:Hey, they look like normal priced games now.
AndCallMeCharlie wrote:I hear youpc71 wrote:I just like buying games and looking at them and being all content knowing I have them. Playing the things? Who has the time?
Wookienopants wrote:Give me a decent discount on Dead Cells and I’ll bite.
However I’m tempted by The Messenger. Anyone here rate it?
retroking1981 wrote:Super Mario Odyssey - in the post credits half
Raiziel wrote:Huzzah! Dragon Quest Builders is finally in a sale. I feel like I’ve been waiting years to play that.
afgavinstan wrote:
The Daddy wrote:Some more highlights from the US sale:
South Parks are both half price ($15 and $24)
Skyrim half price $30
Thumper half price $10
Rayman Legends $16
Lost Sphear $20
Lego Games half price
La noire $25
Set Suna $20
cosmicjellybean wrote:Only thing I saw in that sale that interested me is minit.
Andy wrote:retroking1981 wrote:Super Mario Odyssey - in the post credits half
‘Half’.
Moot_Geeza wrote:Three worlds?
Moot_Geeza wrote:Runner3 finished. I enjoyed it, but what a half-arsed sequel. Three worlds? I like a short game but that's silly, I was expecting a minimum of six. There's more to do and collect within the zones but I'm done, got maybe three and a half hours out of it.
Blue Swirl wrote:Moot_Geeza wrote:Three worlds?
Man, really? I just opened up the second, I was expecting much more to come.
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