acemuzzy wrote:

Steam describes this as a visual novel. What dues that mean exactly? Gameplay choices? Forks? Or a fuzzed story (so book / cartoon / movie)??

Some choices, mostly linear progression; reading, listening, watching.

JonB wrote:

mrsmr2 wrote:

mrsmr2 wrote:

It looks like I have El Inferno to do and I found the tree tops level yesterday. Had a few minutes and thought “no” - as I had the final boss to get on with. Will go and have a further play.

Had a further play.  Got 2 orbs, gave up on tree tops, and will need a guide to find the others.  Getting 12 Golds (EDIT: got 7 so far) on El Infierno, yeah right...  I was happy to get the chicken bombs.

The Tree Tops was the hardest part IIRC, and certainly frustrated for a while. Doable though, and probably put me in good stead for some of the more exacting sections in Celeste as well.

Grr, you had to mention Celeste.  I'd already decided it was too hard for me.

It looks nuts.
It's not a VR game is it? If not I might pick it up.

I was thinking that, it looks very pretty but needs to be played. I'm willing to give it a shot next time I'm looking for something new.

Console scrub.

Looks like the kinda game that would give me a headache though!

Headache scrub.

Bollockoff wrote:

Silke is a badger prose vet mate.

Indeed. Been around these boards a long time.

See if they'd cashed it that I'd a had no questions.

Moot 1 - 0 Elf.

Anyway, Velocity Ultra (Vita)

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Is ultra the first or second one?  Expect a grind if the latter.  Dunno about the first as I never finished it,

Not too grindy in the end, was only about 50xp short of one unlock and then I was golden.

But kinda dull ish by the end. Too many levels. Not enough invention or variety, despite the different level types. I really like the main teleport mechanic though, so much thoughts overall. Stingy 6 or generous 7? Probably the latter, just, cos lots of mini game content etc at the end... [7] it is

acemuzzy wrote:

See if they'd cashed it that I'd a had no questions. Moot 1 - 0 Elf. Anyway, Velocity Ultra (Vita)

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Is ultra the first or second one?  Expect a grind if the latter.  Dunno about the first as I never finished it,

Not too grindy in the end, was only about 50xp short of one unlock and then I was golden. But kinda dull ish by the end. Too many levels. Not enough invention or variety, despite the different level types. I really like the main teleport mechanic though, so much thoughts overall. Stingy 6 or generous 7? Probably the latter, just, cos lots of mini game content etc at the end... [7] it is

I was so appalled by the grind in no.2 I think I settled on a [4].

Firewatch 6.5
Enjoyable setting, graphically pleasing but a jerky mess. Didn't know what to expect but as far as walking sims go it was fairly enjoyable

Brothers a tale of some sort 7
Took a while to get my head around the controls once the brothers crossed over each other, but nice set pieces and short enough to do in one sitting without outstaying it's welcome. Pretty good story telling even if I thought I'd selected the wrong language to start with.

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

Calling this one done now.

An 8-bit Castlevania game in all but name, with some added modern polish and clever use of a multi-character system. The NES style presentation is nicely done, and very evocative of the era, despite its overall smoothness and extra graphical flourishes. The gameplay is mostly familiar Vania stuff, with branching levels and some feisty bosses, while switching between characters adds a strategic element. It's also very clearly geared towards multiple playthroughs, with different play styles emerging depending on how you approach it. I did three different runs in the end, and each time you see how the levels have been intentionally structured to cater for all these styles at once. Even so, I'd had enough of the same stages and bosses by the third go, and didn't really see the incentive to go through all the permutations. As clever as it is, it remains quite basic in the moment to moment gameplay.

Is that a yea or nay?

It looks nice, if it was PSVR I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

Hmm... might be worth waiting for a sale. Or if I pick up and need something similar. Thanks.

Yeah, that looks like it needs hard thought, though. When I'm stoned, I prefer games where I don't have to that much.