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EEVILMURRAY

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  1. 4 hours ago, Cube said:

    After you punch up the first enemy, you’ll walk down a corridor and be squashed by a pillar and be instantly killed. Fighting past the first enemy again, you’ll time your run and dash past it – only to be killed by a second pillar. The third time, you fight again and try to stop before the second pillar. It will clip you, but you’ll be alive – but the recoil will send you under the first pillar and you’ll be crushed and killed again.

    The game is a trial-and-error experience, getting a bit further each time. I used save states pretty quickly but it was still incredibly frustrating. And that’s just the first level – the second is much, much worse.

    Level two consists of lots of tiny platforms. The screen is too far zoomed in to see much, and the camera doesn’t scroll how you would like, so you have to make many blind jumps. Some platforms will also collapse. Another really frustrating things are platforms that move towards and away from the camera, 

    As you slowly progress, you’ll encounter doors that need keys. You’ll need to explore elsewhere in the level to find the keys. Sometimes, these paths are hidden off screen. For example, there’s a bridge that collapses when you stand on it, get past and carry on and you’ll find a locked door. To find the key, you have to jump into the empty space under the collapsing bridge – something that usually kills you.

    So... Dark Souls then?

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  2. 57 minutes ago, drahkon said:

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    I'm about halfway through the first book and it's really good! A little difficult to read as I have to have a dictionary nearby and use it a lot, but a great read nonetheless.

    What would you compare them to?


  3. 12 hours ago, Ashley said:

    Yeah, Mike Ashley owns them both and the vast majority of Game stores moved into Sports Direct about 2 years ago now. 

    Plus Sainsbury's has owned Argos for years too. Plus Habitat so some of the very large stores have homeware from Sainsbury's, Argos and Habitat all in one store but under different brands 🤷‍♂️

    I've known of the Argos/Sainsbury's remix for years, mainly since the two closest Argos' closed and the nearest can only be found in a Sainsbury's miles away. I only ever go into Sports Direct to buy footwear, so I only just found out :( 


  4. Went to Sports Direct to buy some new trainers as the heels had worn down making me slip occasionally... And discovered that like Argos' are appearing in Sainsbury's, there appeared to be a GAME store in a Sports Direct. Naturally I had to have a browse. Found this delightful t-shirt for 8 quid. I could not resist.

     

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  5. 9 hours ago, bob said:

    I think you may need to say more.

    I don't want to spoil the whole game for you! If you go in the water they play a Jaws-esque theme plays with a massive black gaping hole biting at you. Get on it people.

    6 hours ago, Ashley said:

    Yeah. Is it the right or left foot?

    I think the sprite gets mirrored, but I'm thinking the right... ?

    6 hours ago, Julius said:

    Don't listen to him, @EEVILMURRAY

    Please say less. 

    please :blank:

    I know the feeling, you want to uncover the secrets for yourself. Go seek

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  6. 18 hours ago, Jonnas said:

    Somehow, none of my predictions came true :nono:

    But it was a pretty solid showing:

    • Gonna try out the demos for Pepper Grinder and Unicorn Overlord;
    • The 5 Rare games are games I have never really played, so to my NSO backlog they go;
    • Penny looks good, though my priorities are elsewhere right now (same thing goes for Another Crab, really);
    • Pretty cool to see Epic Mickey return, honestly. Wishlisted;
    • I already have Pocket Card Jockey on the 3DS, so I won't repurchase it, but it's really dang good!;
    • Monkey Ball, Endless Ocean, and MH Stories aren't my cup of tea, but I'm happy they're there.

    All in all, pretty decent.

    I recommend bringing in a friend for Snake Rattle n Roll, it's two player bit munching fun about getting fat enough to leave the level.

    And you can lick a foot to death. Need I say more...


  7. Watching the trailer, I was a bit concerned on the roguelike nature of the dives, the footage had some nice looking underwater temple things, you only get one chance to explore it before it disappears forever/whenever it is generated again on rotation, assuming at random?

     

    Also, is there some sort of oxygen based timeframe?


  8. 10 minutes ago, darksnowman said:

    Fantasy Life: good to see it pop up.

    Demon Slayer Sweep the Board: curious what this entails.

    I've seen a gameplay video for Sweep the Board, it's literally Mario Party. If I was more of a fan of the series I might've considered it

    Fantasy Life I felt confused about the structure, you go to the past, to steal stuff to build in the future?! Why cut down a tree in its infancy to build a bench in the present, let that tree grow and harvest the lumber when it's huge, or have you build something in the past so it's there in the present... Am I missing a trick here...


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    22 hours ago, Julius said:

    I could see a return to Johto being on the cards at some point - even if it's "just" a Let's Go title -

    I think I'd prefer an ILCA Johto remake to a Let's Go title, janky as their first attempt was I get what they were going for, as I don't think they were given an appropriate timescale or budget. 

    Wash your fucking mouth out right now.

    19 hours ago, Hero-of-Time said:

    I've been waiting for this for too long. I loved the Let's Go games and would love Game Freak to continue with that series.

    You wash your fucking mouth out right now too!

    18 hours ago, Julius said:

    I still haven't played my copy 

    H'WHAT?! You want something but you haven't played the former incarnation?! Wash your fucking mouth out thrice more times for your absolute cheek.

    The Let's Go games were just dull. The Safari Zone had its appeal as it was a small niche area. Spreading that concept across the whole region sucked the excitement, and the challenge, out of everything.

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  10. 16 minutes ago, bob said:

    Similarly, anime has this trope where they just outright explain what they're doing, because they can't be bothered to find a way to show you naturally, i.e. "the demon detected that I was going to feint one way, and then adjusted his stance to counter my attack! Oh my!" 

    Is this regarding the drum dude? 

    I feel what you're saying, which is why I haven't been going through it as vigorously as I could. I think I'll try to finish My Hero Academia instead of trying to find new anime to watch.

    I did watch Porco Rosso on Netflix, that was an unusual watch.


  11. Thinking about this I'm really having a tricky time about thinking about what they could come out with of any substance. I mean, there will probably be 1-2 new Pokémon for Unite, something for Masters EX, there was a recent tweet about new Concierge episodes, so probably more information on that.

    Maybe some more added stuff to the DLC for Scarlet/Violet on top of the starters update.

    Black and White remake would be the next step on the pattern, which wouldn't be a bad thing.

    Fingers crossed as always for a new Ranger game.


  12. I finally watched the dubbed Attack on Titan finale part 2 yesterday, my word... how lame. I would query if it followed the manga (not that it would really matter), but based on Julius' load blowing above, it kinda does.

    Spoiler

    Much like the whole saga, this started with so much promise, the final battle was awesome, but then it started to decline.

     

    I had already had it spoiled for me who was going to kill Eren, so I was expecting a really emotional tormenting exchange between the two before the final blow, and there was build up to this, but instead we got a simple slice which seemed so smooth I thought they were going to pull a hologram/decoy card. but nope, that was it. Job done. They must've spent too much time with Armin in his whiny philosophical scenes to fit it in.

    Then cut to some sort of lifetime montage of Eren telling Armin about the events and wiping his memory about the conversation, which looked like it happened several times during their time together (the first even before the events of the first season?) and the rationale for all the killing was:

    A) He doesn't really know

    B) Reasons

    C) He wanted to see this weird lake/swamp of blood

    I mean, I was going on the events of carnage/prisoner dumping from another land/torture/etc from the previous seasons to be rationale enough for an anime villain and their character arc. But hey, fuck me I guess, he just wanted to. They might as well have put a giant sign telling me to go fuck myself and I wasted all that time watching him be conflicted about stuff, then it's revealed he's told other people about this too, he knew what would happen and didn't seem to give that much of a shit, so we were treated to several seasons of good acting. When did he get this Professor X style power? 

    Mikasa was transported to some sort of alternate timeline where he and Eren live in a cabin? I first thought it was one of those anime things where the character goes into one of those self-delusions ("I don't feel like I'm supposed to be here"), before breaking free. Like Evangelion but less shit. But it seems it was Eren's psychic sorcery at work again.

    All of this seems to stem from some girl being pissed off a coupla thousand years ago, who I think was the parasite worm thing? Turning people into titans though, that was great and was looking forward to another good battle, but missed a trick there.

    Falco flying, which titan did he get that power from/when?

    I am surprised that Levi didn't die, when people normally start seeing the ghosts it generally means they're on their way, but I guess it "wasn't his time yet"

    Epilogue = pointless. Really couldn't give a shit. Credits show tree getting bigger and the city getting more advanced before being destroyed, I'm guessing the writers were trying to nudge me saying "Hey hey, Peace doesn't last forever, do you get it?", and then I am Legend turning up and walking into the tree as if it's some sort of teaser/satisfying ending? 

     

    Like Bob, I felt a bit confused on some of the faces later on, like the woman who took over the army. She looked familiar, but I'd lost interest.

    I think one of the things that made this so disjointed for me was the release. There was such a delay between everything I'd forgotten half of the stuff before the next instalment came along, plus the penchant for jumping through time/location without warning was confusing. I think if I had started watching it for the first time with everything out, I might feel different. Instead I have something which started off so amazing, then started to have all sorts of random tat crammed in that it became a mess.

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