JonB wrote:Yeah, I'm arguing against even that. Sort of.hylian_elf wrote:Will give it a read. But all it needed was a temp save option like you get on some Mario games. As soon as you restart the temp save file it vanishes. So there’s no reloading saves to retry a bit you died on etc.
I mean, I know it's important, but not having any kind of save is also important to what the game is trying to do.
years ago I wrote:Following a conversation about left and right handedness, the age old debate about user customisable controls came up. I was surprised at how many people thought it a good idea, so wanted to redress the balance.
Fully customisable control mapping? No way, bad idea. The developer decides how you interact with their vision. If a dev wants to let you change things around then fine. Vs fighters a good example where allowing full mapping works, but in many games it can encourage game breaking behaviour, either through busting immersion or allowing exploits. As much as one may claim to be an "honourable" gamer, the temptation to use save states when emulating is strong
We can quite rightly berate developers for implementing clunky or unwieldy controls, and along with other gameplay factors let that inform your buying decision. But a developer giving the user the freedom to do the wrong thing is just as bad as doing it themselves. We blame Bethesda for buggy missions, never the player for doing things in the wrong order
If we expect developers to predict what the player will do and accommodate even the strangest actions and motivations, then we can't tie their hands by removing one of the biggest tools they have. The pad is the most direct communication between dev and player, don't let the player dictate that conversation
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b0r1s wrote:Loved this boss, probably the easiest in the game, but such a great setting and score.
https://blog.playstation.com/2021/05/28/returnal-the-making-of-that-unforgettable-hyperion-fight/
b0r1s wrote:Your thought about what is happening to Selene is similar to what I thought, though in my mind I think she died and she’s in the in between state between life and death and this is how she has to pass on. Out of interest, what would you score it?
mistercrayon wrote:What channel is that video from? I still can’t see video links on this phone.
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