radiofloyd Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Eastward and TOEM have reviewed well: Eastward reviews: Game Informer - 8.5 Eurogamer - Recommended RockPaperShotgun Polygon - Recommended TOEM reviews: Eurogamer - Essential Destructoid - 8 IGN - 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Came out some time ago on PC, I remember being fascinated by the concept but I'm neither sure how well it'll work on console and about the whole roguelike approach (though admittedly rhythm games are usually just build around replaying and replaying and replaying the same thing as well). They put some effort into the port though, runs at 60fps across all systems, which includes last-gen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Battlefield in for a delay it looks like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 New WipeOut game announced!!! Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler 💩 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Look what they did to our boy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Maf Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Rating spotted for Castlevania Advance collection https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-09-17-castlevania-advance-collection-rated-for-ps4-xbox-one-nintendo-switch-and-pc I never played any of these so might be a cool collection. My Castlevania experience is all over the place but all the ones people like are the ones I haven't played so maybe this will help with that Quote The suggestion is this collection includes the much-loved Game Boy Advance Castlevania games Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, and Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 That's basically confirmed at this point, there was a Korean rating about this a couple of weeks/months ago as well. Both Circle of the Moon and Aria of Sorrow are excellent. Personally I like them even more than Symphony of the Night. Harmony of Dissonance is a weird one. They made it very bright with a very very big player character so that you could properly see stuff on the then-not-backlit screen of the GBA after some publications criticised CotM for its very dark presentation. Didn't like it too much back in the day but I'd play it again just to see if my opinion might have shifted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Outcast 2 has been announced: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-09-17-cult-classic-sci-fi-adventure-outcast-is-getting-a-sequel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Except for that really weird "looking at camera" thing from the main character this looked rather decent. Overall it was a nice lineup from THQNordic, nothing that's 100% up my alley but a very diverse list of games (couldn't help but laugh at the Spongebob game which is basically Spongebob: Rift Apart). I don't know why these organisers think casting Keighly as the host is a good idea though. I don't think anyone in the gaming community goes "Cool, Keighly is hosting!" when they see him. Might as well just pick some random in-house dude/lady who has some charm and can articulate and your show is immediately better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Keighley is basically like a freelance marketeer so when you hire him it's not just him as host it's the whole production, but it maybe would be a good idea for him to hire a host, but then that's extra cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Ok, that makes sense for something like ONL then, but this was just a pre-recorded video that got uploaded on youtube at a specific time, I think they would have managed without him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Just saw this trailer for a Contra-ish side scroller on Switch called Steel Assault. Might need to keep an eye on reviews because it looks kind of cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 New trailer for Freedom Planet 2, out in Spring. https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/09/freedom_planet_2_gets_updated_trailer_hits_steam_in_spring_2022 So far just Steam confirmed. Very pretty looking game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 I enjoyed the first game a lot. It was a bit loose in some ways, levels were quite long, in fact the game was a bit long. You'd also pass through enemies when attacking, which might have been by design but it made it feel like it was lacking that extra polish. It's good though, so I'll probably pick this up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 The Castlevania Advance Collection is out now on Switch. It includes Circle of the Moon, Harmony of Dissonance, Aria of Sorrow and Vampire’s Kiss (?). Only £16, too. Seems a great price, I was expecting it to be more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Vampire's Kiss is the SNES "port" (or actually more of a remake) of Rondo of Blood which IIRC is widely considered to be the best action Castlevania before they moved full-time Metroidvania. I never played that version but the original Rondo (or the PSP remake) really is phenomenal. It's cool to see it in here, especially as everyone was only expecting the GBA titles. There was a Limited Run release of Castlevania Anniversary, I think I'll wait a bit to see if they're doing something similar here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Castlevania Advance Collection is out on all platforms not just Switch it turns out. Maybe these games would be better in Switch’s portable mode, though. I’m looking at the screenshots off the PS4 version on my TV and this pixel work seems to be be low quality, or my TV hates it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Dunno what's in the advance collection but I doubt it's the pixel work and more the TV The reason some of these games seemed to look better in memory is partly cause they did look better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Eurogamer have introduced a two tier paid subscription model, you can read about it here: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-09-28-support-eurogamer-to-view-the-site-ad-free-and-much-more Lots of comments under the article, mostly negative. I’m inclined to agree with them. It we were talking about Eurogamer as it was in the mid to late 2000s, I might have considered it. But not now. If it generates enough income to improve the quality of the articles on the website, then I might consider it further down the line. But I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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