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Thinking of picking up either Shovel Knight or The Messenger. Anyone who has both care to recommend best option. Looking for a platformer I can dip in and out of.
Have Hollow Knight but find its not great for a quick game here and there cos it can be hard to make progress sometimes. Could play for 30 mins there some days and not even make it to the next bench
The Messenger is very good albeit fairly difficult in places. It starts off as a linear platformer but then opens up later on. It controls well but you might find yourself dying a bit at the start until you understand the different techniques.
It's a bit more forgiving than Shovel Knight in places and the areas leading up to each boss is quite short which lends itself well as a quick pick up and play. 15-20 hours of gameplay too.
You can't go wrong with either to be fair. Shovel Knight is up there with the best platformers of all time. Finish one, give yourself a break, then get the other.
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The Messenger is very good albeit fairly difficult in places. It starts off as a linear platformer but then opens up later on. It controls well but you might find yourself dying a bit at the start until you understand the different techniques.
It's a bit more forgiving than Shovel Knight in places and the areas leading up to each boss is quite short which lends itself well as a quick pick up and play. 15-20 hours of gameplay too.
You can't go wrong with either to be fair. Shovel Knight is up there with the best platformers of all time. Finish one, give yourself a break, then get the other.
Cool, might treat myself to The Messenger so. Don't mind a bit of a challenge as long as its fair and the controls are tight. Nothing worse than games presenting ridiculous challenges that require exact timing and having pi$$ poor controls ruin the whole experience.
Actually think I'd enjoy the linear part before it goes all Metroidvania. Refreshing to see a indie platformer have at least a section that isn't Metroidvania these days as the market seems to be completely saturated with them.0 -
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And the problem is?
I think there are more rogue like/lite games than Metroidvania games, to be fair...
The Messenger is a great choice, though. I'm stuck on a boss about half way through - must get back to it.
I'm a fan of them myself when they are done right. Metroid is one of my favorite franchises in gaming. I'm just shocked these days if I read a review that doesn't mention Metroidvania
Agree on the Rogue like/ lite side of things though, a$$ load of them out too. Have Dead Cells on the Xbox and its good but I think I only have room in my life for 1 Rogue like game (although I did buy Crypt of the Necrodancer in sale which I haven't gave much play time)0 -
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No itsthe Thunderblight Ganon in the Divine Beat in Gerudo Desert
Beat first one I came across without too much hassle but this guy is pasting me. Only have two handed weapons at the moment and their far too slow for him.
I might have got over ambitious in taking it on this early. Best I've done is about half health and got him down to second phase.
Yeah the Gerudo valley section is like the hardest, you can go any order you want, but the proper order (in terms of difficulty) easiest to hardest is Zora (elephant) - Goron (lizard) - Rito (bird) - Gerudo (camel)
But again, you dont have to do them in this order, just might be progressively easier this way.
And in terms of weapons, be prepared to be disappointed, they all break and all last pissing time. Even theMaster sworddoes but its repairable, that being a major let down, and its my only real complaint about the game, the weapon system was woeful
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Yeah the Gerudo valley section is like the hardest, you can go any order you want, but the proper order (in terms of difficulty) easiest to hardest is Zora (elephant) - Goron (lizard) - Rito (bird) - Gerudo (camel)
But again, you dont have to do them in this order, just might be progressively easier this way.
And in terms of weapons, be prepared to be disappointed, they all break and all last pissing time. Even theMaster sworddoes but its repairable, that being a major let down, and its my only real complaint about the game, the weapon system was woeful
Its not until this stage in the game that I'm starting to have issues with the weapon system. All along it seemed grand and there is nearly always another better weapon to be picked up soon after one breaks. Badly need a decent one handed sword for this lad now as all I seem to be coming across is two handed and their too slow, need to have shield at the ready at all times with this guy.
Farmed a bit last night and got additional inventory slots for weapons and hoping to pick up a couple of reasonable one handed swords and try him again. Had him down to his last phase last night but just couldn't land a hit so he is looking more doable and reckon I'll beat him with a couple of decent swords at hand.
Still really enjoying the game though and its good that you can just leave the area once you've got to the boss and can come back again whenever (presume there is no time limit and it doesn't reset the beast or anything). Map is huge and despite is not being the most densely populated of maps, there is still loads to do and always fun getting over the next mountain to see whats there.
Have Mario coming next week and Xenoblade Chronicles too so will give Zelda a break for a bit then.0 -
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markcahill1985 wrote: »Hi Guys, picked up a switch for myself for Xmas, looking for a controller but think the pro one is a little steep, any cheaper decent alternatives you would recommend?
Have you got a gamecube by any chance? I got myself a gamecube controller adapter off amazon for £23 and now have myself 2 x gamecube controllers i can use, which is great as the cube controller is the best one ever :pac:
Failing that, if you want to stay official and dont mind wires, you can try the pro controller wired. You can get the pro controller wired for €25-30 in smyths.
https://www.smythstoys.com/ie/en-ie/video-games-and-tablets/nintendo-switch/nintendo-switch-accessories/c/SM06045203
Failing that, you can look around for some non official pads, which might be ok, i never get them though, maybe look for reviews before you buy
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Max Mafioso wrote: »Was in Smyths getting some stuff when I saw this controller https://www.smythstoys.com/ie/en-ie/gaming-controllers/nintendo-switch-controllers/bowser-wired-controller-for-nintendo-switch/p/168495 and just had to get it
Nice! Id pick up a couple of them myself if i didnt already get sorted with the gamecube controllers. They are at a great price, and i have never had an issue with wires on joypads.
I was tempted to get the wireless gamecube controller as it works with all switch games, but they dont have rumble of any kind and require AA batteries which is lame 0 -
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