Still tippin' away with Star Wars. Kinda see where the Metroid comparisons are coming from now. Performance seems to be all over the place on the X, anyone else have any issues?

Blurgh. I was buzzing about this game but the general impressing I'm getting is it's a bit of mess overall, and had Rise of Skywalker not come out, could have done with 6 months in the oven. Thoughts?

He's let himself go since he stopped teaching boxercise.

C&C made it seem like a good 7-8/10 yarn that struggles with the Western thing of just not quite nailing the very nearly excellent combat, but they mentioned the performance issues as being a real thing across all platforms.

Hugs

Sparky beat me to a joke

Anyway, still on Ori and the Blind Forest right now. Hit the 3rd and presumably final chase sequence and it's a right pain in the hole. I didn't mind the first two much either. This one has a habit of killing you before you know what's going on, forcing you to redo everything up to there again, hoping you manage to figure it out next time. It's a bit of a blot on what's otherwise been pretty great.

I say this every time they're mentioned and I'm in the minority but I loved the chases. The one with the crumbling rocks was the weakest, bit I'd happily play a challenge mode that contained a load more.

LivDiv wrote:

Go to the Matriarch yet?

Killed her 3rd try. Tough for a Gears a game but felt kind of like a Dark Souls boss, just learn the trick and repeat, don't make a mistake.

Wonder of the sequel will repeat them. I'm guessing so, but less brutally.

If they put a minecart level in I might combust.

JonB, my criticisms of the game were the 2nd and 3rd chase sequences (requiring memory more than skill), oddly placed difficulty spikes in the main game, and just a feeling of padding towards the end.

With relatively minor complaints such as some of the skills in the skill tree having no impact until you find the actual skill in the game (a screw up when they made the definitive edition or something like that, according to the devs), dpad foobarred when using a ds4, annoying stutters (Unity again) which caused precision platforming to be an issue when trying to go quickly through the map (not a significant issue but noticeable from time to time).

I mean I 100%’ed it so it wasn’t terrible but it would have been amazing if it had ended after the 1st escape sequence.

mrsmr2 wrote:

JonB, my criticisms of the game were the 2nd and 3rd chase sequences (requiring memory more than skill), oddly placed difficulty spikes in the main game, and just a feeling of padding towards the end. With relatively minor complaints such as some of the skills in the skill tree having no impact until you find the actual skill in the game (a screw up when they made the definitive edition or something like that, according to the devs), dpad foobarred when using a ds4, annoying stutters (Unity again) which caused precision platforming to be an issue when trying to go quickly through the map (not a significant issue but noticeable from time to time). I mean I 100%’ed it so it wasn’t terrible but it would have been amazing if it had ended after the 1st escape sequence.

I can't say I have any issue with the size of it. The final level is as good as anything and the pacing of introducing new powers then giving you room to exploit them is pretty much spot on.

I gave up on the d-pad early on. It's certainly no good for the bash function when you're trying to launch off objects at precise angles. Definitely a game made with analogue in mind. I do think the control is slightly off overall though - just a bit too twitchy and oversensitive. Visually it's also too busy at times, making it difficult to pick out hazards.

I may as well take this to the 52 games thread now anyway.

Moon Studios has been working on the sequel for quite a while. I doubt I'm alone in hoping for something spectacular. If they iron out the kinks and push on with the foundations laid by Blind Forest it'd take some beating for GotY 2020. I love the twitchy controls, nimbleness is key.

100% of Ori map done. Mostly a collectathon to finish up at the end, but worth it all the same. And that's enough of that. I like that there's an achievement for finishing it without dying. I'm sure someone will have done it, but it's a bit optimistic of them, I think.