Hero-of-Time

I'm still happy enough ploughing through Switch games and so I'm in not immediate rush for the successor. The console is still selling well in Japan (fallen off quite a bit in various EU countries though) and so I can understand why Nintendo continue to hold off, especially when their software just won't stop selling.

2027 it is! Crazy that we are nearing the end of October and we've still heard nothing about it. I wonder if they are indeed gonna just keep tight lipped until early next year?

Shame. It was a fun game. It once agains proves the point that it doesn't matter how good the game reviews or plays, if it can't reach an audience then it's a very risky thing to do in the current gaming environment. It's why we are seeing indie developers fold even if their game is highly praised.

Good start for the game in the UK.

Some details have leaked about the game.

Massive DLC package incoming!

Details from that online playtest thingy have been leaked. Seems like some social online game/experiment. Certainly not up my alley of interest.

When you pick a mode you go to Player Settings within it. There you can change whether a character is CPU controlled of player controlled.

I picked this up from Argos yesterday morning, took a break from my spooky games and fired it up today. I've only played the 1 board because I've been spending a lot of my time on the game trying to unlock achievements (so happy they are back in the game) and playing the Bowser Kaboom Squad online. That mode is so much fun, although a little frustrating when trying to unlock an achievement that requires the 7 other players to do well. The S rank achievement continues to evade me due to either shoddy connections or the other players being garbage. The AI ain't much better either. The standard party map I did play was a bit of a drag. The first half was okay but then the last 5 turns were just filled with events and cutscenes. The Ally games dragged on far too long as well. I wish you could just skip all the AI moves or at least fast forward them all. They really kill the pace of the game.

8 years ago today.

This is pretty cool.

I see the Etrian Odyssey collection is down to an all time low of £28. I'm already swimming in JRPGs but that price may be too good to resist.

That is amazing! I'd love to buy it but it's so expensive.

Shawn Layden once again speaks out about the state of the industry. https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2024/10/ex-playstation-exec-shawn-layden-says-theres-been-a-collapse-in-gaming-creativity I agree with most of his points. It's no wonder a lot of creativity has gone down the pan when a single failure could mean the closure of your studio. Again, this all comes back to the ballooning gaming development costs, something that Shawn warned about years ago, as did Iwata.

Game's release date has been pushed up by a week. Probably to avoid Monster Hunter.

Played through the first speedrun level. Fun enough but very short. I'll probably wait until they have all been released before firing the game back up again. Happy to see that each stage comes with new trophies though.

Looks like this has been a massive flop. https://metro.co.uk/2024/10/11/dawn-remake-flopped-even-worse-concord-ps5-21777476/

Some of these leaked designs were awesome.

Apparently this is the first time a shiny Meloetta has been made available. Everyone is kicking about the requirements to unlock it though.

Man, that would have been pretty cool.

Mario Party icons are now available.

Annoys the hell out of me that this isn't on the Switch yet. Maybe they'll release it just in time for it's 25th anniversary....