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Played some more of the other games, that crankins adventure one where you crank to move forward and back through time (sort of) to avoid stuff, its nicely animated and at first seems like a fun idea but im only on level 16 or so and already a bit fed up with it, not really finding it that fun, apparently there are 50 levels, think ill give up on it tbh. also tried one of the free ones on the store, reel steal, you control a fishing line down through a stage to hook an item to steal at the bottom and get it out, its a nice idea and quite fun but it gives you a medal for getting points/speed, but you cant retry (unless im missing something) you have to finish all (5?) levels then retry them all, or pick a different character which i think adds slight changes to the stages to make them harder? This seems like a missed opportunity, retrying to get the medals as you get better at the levels seems like it would be fun.

^ nice one, ill have to try and get in this when ive finished starfield. I cant load the game without a sub, as nintendo are doing a lot these days, id just like to buy it the old fashioned way

Snes f-zero is awesome, not sure id want to play a 100 player version, will sign up to the online to give it a try at some point though. apparently theres a timetrial mode?

if your problem is faces/animation this isnt going to help but i have read you can get bogged down with crap sidequests in new atlantis so if you do give it another go i think its probably a good idea to pick a faction or the main quest and get on with that.

^ yeah thats really crap, chances are high mine will end up dead at some point i guess, better play it while it lives

yeah i didnt explain too well but apparently theres no way of having adequate protection, which seems to be a bug, what i read on the internet anyway, i dont know

Was mainly doing the main quest and enjoying it then it gets a bit boring imo so started one of the factions (vanguard/uc i think?), finished that now and overall thought it was pretty good, some good missions, (and some not so good), but yeah it was fun, enjoyed the story behind it. only real bug ive had on an ice planet i keep getting hypothermia or something, google it and it says no point healing it all the time as itll just keep happening. So just healed up when that ice mission was done.

When i next have netflix id be tempted to watch it, it has the advantage over the anime of not being 1000 episodes.

super quick delivery on these, about 15 months!

Playdate arrived last week, only played the first 2 games so far, the surfing one i like but its really hard/random, it makes good use of the crank, its pretty fun, very small. The birder one is like a small rpg/adventure thing, with some obscure puzzles so i used a guide to finish it but didnt win the competition, theres some funny stuff in there but the mechanics arent great imo, i dont know, it was ok. just got the week 2 games too, one seems to be a music making thing, not tried the other yet.

Playdate finally arrived!

yeah thats exactly what i do, still need to get the latest forza and halo at some point

Yeah i dont know ive skipped a lot of stuff with fast travel it sounds like but inventory management takes so long i sort of dont mind saving time elsewhere

^ yeah i hope thats how it works out and there arent hidden microtransactions or something else stupid like that

Yeah im just fast traveling everywhere and just going with it also not sure thats how its supposed to work. And yeah there definitely should be maps, found one via google for one of the towns. Also wouldnt mind some more space combat after going to the trouble of finding out how it works, but it doesnt seem to happen much, maybe im fast traveling past it all.

Hope its good!

September?

I played a bit too, i have a problem with picking stuff up, spending most of my time picking stuff up, getting overencumbered then having to work out what to drop. Im working on my weight lifting skillz. Its odd though in other ways the game is really streamlined with fast travel and stuff. So ive wasted a lot of time, but also saved a lot of time, its sort of evening itself out. the graphics are a mixed bag sometimes i think it looks really nice, other times it looks odd/bad. the tutorials arent great, especially ship flight. quite enjoying it so far anyway.

^ iirc DANGERMAN liked it on 3ds. Not really surprising as its not my sort of game but i didnt like it. The 3d actively works against you making stuff look like its in the background but you can die from running into it.

I never used to like open world games, i dont mind as much now, maybe just got used to them as so many games went that direction, not sure. The two latest zelda games make a good argument for open world. Think im quite good at ignoring open world stuff, like witcher 3 and cyberpunk i can just ignore a lot of the map markers and get on with the main quest.

Thats cool, think i need to move advance wars and kirby out of my old games bit too then ( and maybe batsugun too)

Maraca based rhythm action game. The original on dreamcast was great, with maraca controllers, not played it in years mind. Was a bit sceptical about this, didnt think the joycons would work that well for the motion controls, but it works a lot better than i expected, probably partially because it seems pretty lenient in recognising hits. But at the same time it doesnt work quite as well as as it could, id expect the vr version to be better, think its quest exclusive? the music selection is sort of similar in that its better than i expected, but it could also have been better still. Didnt recognise most of the songs by name but playing through them theres certainly enough songs that ive been enjoying playing through, even though i maybe wouldnt listen to them outside the game. To register normal hits It doesnt work based on the height of the controller, it uses the angle of the controller, so if you hold your hands up the controller will angel up automatically, for middle hits your supposed to hold them straight, and for down you point them down. Its probably easier to explain how it works with a video (ill try and add one later) but theres 6 locations you can shake a maraca/controller at (top middle bottom, and each have left/right) thats how the original worked, with iirc some posing where you hold a pose. The new version has maybe too much posing and other stuff like movements/dancing stuff going on. The ones where you slide the controllers around to match movements on screen are a bit odd too in that they start far too quickly for you to follow them entirely (unless you memorise them i guess), the game doesnt care too much though and will give you a perfect hit as long as you follow the last bit ok, its sometimes a bit vague what youre supposed to be doing though which isnt great for a rhythm action game. Usually the game just gives you the benefit of the doubt and registers a hit even if im not sure i hit the note, sometimes it goes the other way though, although maybe i need to get better at it. Because of the above, if you want to play it seriously for high scores and stuff its maybe not great, although again maybe i need to get better. But i would say it is pretty fun and im enjoying it, no regrets on getting it. not tried playing with a pad yet, which worked well in the original, suspect with all the dancing/sliding going on in this it might not work as well here? the graphics i quite like (after thinking the graphics looked a bit crap in the trailer) its mainly just a load of mad stuff going on in the background, and ive got a cool hat. Its very colourful. for sonic fans the blue guy is in this dancing and stuff. oh yeah theres a roulette thing which seems odd, you can toggle it off, which i have. theres also an ios version, not sure if its quite the same game though. ive mostly been playing the songs in the quickplay mode, but there is a sort of single player thing which seems to be just challenges, most of which are quite easy so far but the one to not miss notes is really annoying but looks like it can be skipped. anyone else giving it a go? The trailer shows how the gameplay works, although in very short bits

Cheers Nag! Mines sort of not listed but im sure itll work anyway.

Yeah i was tempted to leave it till it was cheaper too. finished it now, about 10 hours total. The last boss was the first time the combat got a bit annoying, dying seemed a bit random but not too bad really, its not a long fight though which helps, took about 5 retries. not much more to add on what ive already said. enjoyed it. still lots left to do, will probably try and do all the high five things at least.

Oh man that sucks. dont know why i thought they fixed that a while ago.