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What are you playing, Nintendo edition.

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  • #4152
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,540 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Yep, finished at 100% on 56 hours I think. Not sure if boss attempts are included in that time. It is a huge game though.

    "Howlongtobeat" says 29.5 hours for completionists though. Depends on your playstyle and ability level.

    https://howlongtobeat.com/game/129785




  • #4153
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,540 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    I have Hogwart's Legacy ready to go as my next big game, but I think I need a palette cleanser before jumping into another huge game.

    So my next game is Rebel Transmute, a Metroidvania that came out 2 weeks ago.

    It's a nice short one, definitely under 10 hours with a decent sized map. Good challenge too. You start with a very short range gun, so it's almost a melee game.

    Beat the first boss this morning.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adkiY7rb17g




  • #4154
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121940413#Comment_121940413

    Snap; picked that up yesterday. Created by one guy - and it shows in some respects - but a nice feel to the thing. Very much wearing its inspirations on its sleeve but I've like the cut of its jib so far. I did have to turn on the HD Fonts 'cos the pixelation was just too much in places.



  • #4155
    Len_007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 581 ✭✭✭Len_007


    The last night of Mario Kart 8 Wii U online :(

    Let me tell you, the competition is fierce tonight



  • #4156
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,540 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    For my Metroidvania peeps, Ato is a new game that came out last week.

    No real enemies apart from bosses (and they aren't super difficult - yet!). Lots of fun platforming, puzzles, upgrades, lovely pixel art, a great soundtrack and a decent sized map. Should be 6-8 hours in length.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fq3rdlWlF4



  • #4157
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,767 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Can’t get enough of the new Shiren The Wanderer over the past week. A deceptively simple roguelike (turn based movement and combat, in which the enemies move / attack when you move/attack) expands in scale as you discover more about its various systems, items and secrets. So much potential for fun emergent gameplay and random moments of chance (sometime positive, sometimes will end your run in a moment). Runs great on the Switch thanks to a simple but effective 3D art style. It’s often pretty difficult and lacks the consistent progression of some roguelites - but splits the difference with some subquests that add extra items to the pool as you go and optional additional support characters.

    One of the Switch’s finest games IMO.

    https://youtu.be/FRssUWr3Iug?si=raFBCB2c90F47eML



  • #4158
    brady12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭brady12


    Astral Chain . Surprised at how well it runs and how good it looks . Playing docked .



  • #4159
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,540 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122021331#Comment_122021331

    Finished this 100% a few days ago. Final time was 11h 30m. Dark AF storyline!

    After about an hour at the default difficulty, I restarted the game at the one below that. Still a good challenge but some of the bosses were a bit easier. Great game - one of those hidden gems on Switch that not many will play (unfortunately).

    I'm on Tales of Kenzara: Zau now. It's good, but I'm not absolutely loving it yet - I'll persevere.



  • #4160
    Xofpod
    Registered Users Posts: 740 ✭✭✭Xofpod


    Finally picked up Metroid Prime Remastered. Worth it alone for the flashbacks to the Gamecube era…



  • #4161
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Played Rebel Transmute but really hated the feel of the thing; too clumsy and the one-man dev was really showing in its design.

    Switched to Haak and that's more been my jam. Plays more like Hollow Knight, Prince of Persia, Guacamelee and so on; fast and slick.



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  • #4162
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,634 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I'm currently trawling through my Gameboy and GB Color carts now I'm the owner of an Analogue Pocket.

    And they look and play amazing.

    Also, installed a bunch of cores, and was playing New Super Mario Land, a hack of Super Mario Land but with the visuals of NSMB, it's brilliant



  • #4163
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,324 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    I'm currently about halfway through an artifact hunt in Metroid Prime



  • #4164
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122205988#Comment_122205988

    … annnnnd dropped outta Haak. Finished the final boss then realised that it's one of those True Ending games with a grind for getting the "proper" ending. Why the F do indie games do this so much?



  • #4165
    mrcheez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,913 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Finished all expansions of Quake 2...Holy crap that took 6 months (playing on and off obv)

    Incredible value for money on that one and never a dull moment



  • #4166
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,540 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122237597#Comment_122237597

    It's not that bad, pixelburp. You just have to find 4 towers and hack them, then beat the final boss again. 30 mins more, tops. Use a guide to find the towers.



  • #4167
    ThePandazorian
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭ThePandazorian


    Towards the end of Paper Mario TTYD. Absolutely loving this game. Never played the original on Gamecube.

    Writing is genuinely very witty, characters are great, gameplay is refined over Paper Mario 64.

    And Peach gets undressed at least three times in this game LOL



  • #4168
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,634 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122238230#Comment_122238230

    It's incredibly good value, and I was always a fan of the game, it really put my 90s PC through it's paces!



  • #4169
    smokingman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,755 ✭✭✭smokingman


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122238230#Comment_122238230

    Finished It a while back and just got Doom Eternal in the sale. Absolute cracker on the swith so far



  • #4170
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,080 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    I happened across a copy of Arms going for €18, so that's my new Switch game after wrapping up Super Mario Wonder. I've played a couple of levels of the Grand Prix so far and it's good fun.



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  • #4171
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,540 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    I played and finished Animal Well to the first ending, and did some of the post game content. I don't know if I have the patience to get 65 eggs and 16 rabbits but I'm going to give it a break for a while and start Paper Mario (I finished the prologue and started chapter 1 this morning - fantastic so far).



  • #4172
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,324 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122253325#Comment_122253325

    Where did you get Arms?



  • #4173
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,080 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122256567#Comment_122256567

    Saw it by chance in CEX. I remember trying the demo ages back and thinking it was fun but not €50 worth of fun, then kinda forgot to keep looking for it over time.

    Now, if only I could find a copy of Astral Chain going for an even remotely similar price...



  • #4174
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Started up Death's Gambit: Afterlife there last night and JFC. Maybe I played it too tired & strung out but the introduction to the game was bleedin' awful. A tonne of mechanics smothered in lore that smells suspiciously like Dark Souls nonsense, and a really dreadfully weighted gameplay section.

    Nice feel to the combat so far, but I'm struggling to make sense of the whole thing. Also not helped by being one of those games not configured for handheld and so the text is nigh unreadable.



  • #4175
    eggy81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭eggy81


    got hollow night in the latest sale for €7. Just started it last night. First metroidvania to try since dread. Enjoying it so far if finding it a little tough. Gonna take me forever



  • #4176
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Hate giving up games cos they cost money but if I'm not enjoying them either ... ? Dropped Death's Gambit cos I just didn't gel with it at all at all

    So instead, decided I needed a comfort Metroidvania and so fired up Steamworld Dig 2: not the hardest or the longest, but the digging mechanic is such fun, the controls and feel so right. I hope there's room for a Dig 3 sometimes, I know this franchise loves bopping about genres (wish more did!)



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  • #4177
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,540 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Took a break from Paper Mario TTYD after 2 crystals.

    Playing Beyond Good & Evil. Great port, loving it so far.

    The camera is still f-ing horrendous though (especially in rooms with a fixed viewpoint or narrow viewing area).



  • #4178
    Xofpod
    Registered Users Posts: 740 ✭✭✭Xofpod


    Just finished Super Mario U on the switch with my daughter. Took us a lot longer than usual marios as a disproportionate amount of time was spent pitching each other off platforms….

    Love the 2d marios. Might need to have another run through Wonder.

    Also picked up Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Layer in the eshop sale for peanuts. Looks more Sonic-y than anything else but could scratch the itch.



  • #4179
    Mr.Saturn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,963 ✭✭✭Mr.Saturn


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122357841#Comment_122357841

    I'm still annoyed Yooka Laylee 2 isn't co-op. It looked to be scratching the gap left by Retro not putting out any new Donkey Kong for that balls-hard co-op fix, but you've to suffer alone apparently.



  • #4180
    SuperBowserWorld
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,472 ✭✭✭SuperBowserWorld


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122357841#Comment_122357841

    It's not like a super fast Sonic game. It's like Donkey Kong or Mario with an overworld top down puzzling section bolted on. Very good platforming in the game.

    Rayman Legends is probably ahead of most of the 2D Mario games for me, and it also supports multiple players if you are looking for that. Usually dead cheap too.



  • #4181
    Xofpod
    Registered Users Posts: 740 ✭✭✭Xofpod


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122368651#Comment_122368651

    Yeah, played and loved Rayman Legends, probably on the WiiU. Brilliant, especially the music levels (Black Betty comes to mind), but not quite at the 2d Mario mark, to my mind. More opportunity to screw over your co-players in Mario…



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  • #4182
    SuperBowserWorld
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,472 ✭✭✭SuperBowserWorld


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122371157#Comment_122371157

    I presume you've played Super Mario 3D World. It's multiplayer and pretty much top tier Mario. Which means top tier video game.



  • #4183
    Xofpod
    Registered Users Posts: 740 ✭✭✭Xofpod


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122371911#Comment_122371911

    Yep, great game. Again, played on the WiiU so have never played the Bowser's Fury add-on. May well be worth a revisit. I think DK Tropical Freeze will come first for a replay though



  • #4184
    SuperBowserWorld
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,472 ✭✭✭SuperBowserWorld


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122371976#Comment_122371976

    Tropical Freeze is hard, gave up a couple of times, but it's so good I went back and finished it.

    The two Ori games are brilliant too. Especially the second one.



  • #4185
    Xofpod
    Registered Users Posts: 740 ✭✭✭Xofpod


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122372011#Comment_122372011

    Yep, Tropical Freeze hard but not unfairly so. Finished it before but so long ago it should feel fairly fresh again.

    Played a little bit of Ori but too Metroidvania for my tastes at this precise moment. Saving all my focus in that area for Silksong, which should be out any day now….



  • #4186
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Picked up Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus, which is a game that wears it's Hollow Knight influence pretty plainly on its sleeve. Gorgeous 2D Japanese inspired art style and has a nice feeling to it; controls well and with a nice snappiness to it.

    My only complaint is one of those mandatory "keep ahead of the fire/waves/dangerous-thing" sections that suddenly demand split second dexterity out of nowhere. Have been stuck at that for ages now, my fat fingers struggling to get past it.



  • #4187
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,540 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    I'm about an hour (and two bosses) into it and I love it. Beautiful and fun game. Love the traversal mechanics, but I feel like I might regret saying once I'm a few more hours into it. 😊



  • #4188
    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122420517#Comment_122420517

    I'm a few more hours into it since my vent & it's definitely an ebb & flow kinda game; fair enough for the most part but then has difficulty spikes that make me hover over the "invincibility mode" in the Options Menu.

    As you say though, it is a ludicrously gorgeous game with its art-style; I particularly love the detail of its characters "speaking" in little musical flourishes. Such a nice tweak to the standard approach to have NPCs speak gibberish.

    Post edited by pixelburp on


  • #4189
    Xofpod
    Registered Users Posts: 740 ✭✭✭Xofpod


    Picked up Arkenoid: Eternal Battle for less than €3 on the eshop. It has a decent single player mode, both the 80s original and a revamped version, and an online "battle" mode, but the real joy is the local competition mode, up to 4 players. Already causing chaos and division in my house…



  • #4190
    Xofpod
    Registered Users Posts: 740 ✭✭✭Xofpod


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122514183#Comment_122514183

    Music is pretty decent too, 80s electronica type stuff…



  • #4191
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,281 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Played through 'Thank Goodness You're Here!' over the weekend. Absolutely loved every second of it. Only about two hours long but definitely worth picking up IMO, very unique game.

    Only down side was the framerate is a little Choppy on The Switch.



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  • #4192
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,540 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    I'm about an hour (and 1 boss) into Crypt Custodian, the new game by Islets and Sheepo developer Kyle Thompson. He's a developer I'd pretty much buy anything from, sight unseen. Islets and Sheepo are both brilliant.

    Crypt Custodian is a top down metroidvania about a cat who is punished to clean up the afterlife for all eternity. Another great game by Kyle and will probably take 10-15 hours to 100% (so I hear). Good level of challenge too, without being too frustrating.

    About €7 in Brazil (external eshop credit required) or €17 here, going to €20 in about 12 days.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSgnBzIrRtI



  • #4193
    _Godot_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 886 ✭✭✭_Godot_


    I'm replaying Pokemon X on the 3DS. Enjoyable but I miss wondertrading.



  • #4194
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,324 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    Layton Vs Phoenix Wright.

    Was going on holidays so wanted a game to play on the 3ds.



  • #4195
    Xofpod
    Registered Users Posts: 740 ✭✭✭Xofpod


    Playing Mario and Sonic at the Olympics (Tokyo) with my daughter. Fair amount of button bashing events (a la Daley Thompson, for those of a certain vintage…) but we're really enjoying the rugby 7s. Funny, cos have no time for the sport in real life but it's great craic. Might even tempt us in to Mario Strikers….



  • #4196
    mrcheez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,913 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Just discovered the Drastic DS Emulator on Google Play Store (free) so going through all my favourites like Puyo Pop Fever, Ace Attorney, Advance Wars



  • #4197
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,540 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Got a few new games at the weekend.

    Gimmick! 2 is a great platform game with an excellent physics engine that leads to some head scratching puzzles. Not too easy either. I've played the first level three times, and can only find 6 of the 10 hidden chests. A great David Wise soundtrack is a massive bonus too.

    Castlevania Dominus Collection - I'm 3 bosses into Order of Ecclesia. I can't really remember it. Originally (and last) played on the DS over 15 years ago, so it's like playing it for the first time again.

    Bzzzt is a twitch platformer with lovely crisp graphics and a good soundtrack. Levels are really short and has a great "one more go" appeal. Levels are timed, with a par time on each to beat. Nice game to pick up and play a few levels at a time. 50 levels plus 25 bonus levels.

    Peglin is a roguelike that mixes Peggle with turn-based battles. The more you play, the more you unlock and the easier it gets.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05XZbLEtWAM

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRyCdSuMEA4

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMt97Szjjls



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