Thought I'd sit down last night and blast through the Kirby and the Forgotten Land post game content but it's a bit like the Mario games were the post game is really quite substantial. Each stage is a remix of all the stages from every world and it's actually sort of challenging with the game getting very creative with the game's abilities. The boss fights are all based on the previous ones but they've gone to town on them by giving them extra attacks, phases and buffing up their standard attacks. Great little way to finish off the game.
Portal Reloaded is another one I might try. It adds a third portal for time travel.
FYI now live to install.
I think it depends on the game.
Puzzle games they're going to be more difficult as it's the more hardcode players who are interested.
But I find a lot of mod where it's not complete reskin just make things easier by adding in a lot of over powered stuff or automated stuff.
I had not heard of Mel. Had a quick look and there are 9 community mods for Portal 2 showing up in Steam. Must try a few of them.
What I dislike about these mods or any fan made games is they tend to miss the point of the main game and seem to be aimed at hardcore fans who want more difficult versions. The portal games had short room sized puzzles with only the occasional one where you had to react to something and if you had to reset it only cost you maybe a minute at most.
I remember playing Mel and think I stopped after getting to an area which required precision portal placement while being flung through the air and when I failed it took a couple minutes just to get to that point again. Watched a play through of it later and seemed they had even longer levels.
It's like people creating levels in Mario Maker. I don't think I played any that could be mistaken for a level made by Nintendo. All went for the hard or gimmicky options.
Of course, maybe this one will be different. Also I'm just not good at games. 😃
Anyone looking forward to this free mod? I am.
You need to own Portal 2 to use this mod when it releases. Currently on sale for 0.97 euro.
ABOUT THIS GAME
Portal: Revolution is a fan-made mod for Portal 2 which plays before the events of Portal 2 in the dead and decaying Aperture facility.
MECHANICS
Over 40 new puzzles
The campaign contains 40 brand new puzzles making use of new test elements and presents existing mechanics in a new way not seen in Portal 2.
1440p on ultrawide. I don't watch fps too closely to be honest. 80-100 makes it sound like it swings widely but its pretty consistent. I've seen it on the 80s and I've seen it hit the 100s but mostly it's consistently around 90.
I've a 6800XT. Not top of the range by any meams but if you don't care about Ray Tracing (which I don't, because it sacrifices fps) then I'd recommend AMD.
Well well. Apparently, the Switch has been the primary platform this was developed for - with 60fps promised for both docked and handheld. This bodes well for a potentially excellent "port"
I think it was recommended here a few times so I picked up Against the Storm. Perfect for the steam deck and looks amazing on OLED.
Little 20 min loops that are surprisingly running into hours of game play.
Also grabbed blade runner enhanced edition on steam for €4. Comes with the original too. But I've heard the enhanced edition has gotten better since it's launch where it ended up looking worse than the original 😭
I definitely have a few balance and gameplay issues with Like a Dragon, and the pacing of the Yakuza games in general can be rather frustrating. But Like a Dragon did so much right, and if Infinite Wealth expands and refines all that it could be something very special.
Also, the mainline series is loooonnnng overdue a big change of location like this one is doing. I know Like a Dragon went to Yokohama, but Hawaii is the biggest swing the series has taken so far so hopefully it pays off!
I enjoyed Like a Dragon but it is very, very grindy trying to upgrade your weapons.
Especially since this was designed as a JRPG from the get-go rather than an April Fool's that got out of hand.
Gives rise to this "never skip a cut scene" clip that was doing the rounds. 😂
They're amazing, and that's all you need to know :P
But seriously: the new protagonist Ichiban (who was introduced along with the shift to turn-based combat in the last mainline game) is maybe my favourite video game character, as he's such a lovable goofball. And the games have totally embraced the wild and the wacky, while also being surprisingly smart and forward-thinking. A great example of a series reinventing itself.
I've no proper idea what the Yakuza games even are and at this stage I'm too afraid to ask.
I love battering street thugs with a traffic cone in the Yakuza games.
I don't want to get ahead of myself or anything, but Infinite Wealth could be the best JRPG ever made given all the wild stuff they're doing in it.
Not only has it got an animal crossing rip off but a whole Pokemon rip off as well.
Ah, will wait a while to get Like A Dragon: Infi..... it has a city builder where you are given a blank island (Dondoko Island) to build up from scratch and even make your own home on it!!??? DAY 1!
Edit: I completely missed this reveal a couple of months ago
Wow, what resolution ?
I’ve high hopes for the lost crown. Ubisoft are no strangers to solid platforming and a metroidvania is a perfect fit for a throwback to the originals.
Won’t be on steam though, booooo! I guess it’ll have to be the PlayStation so.
Yep got it sorted. It was crashing a lot, near on unplayable. I had to switch from Vulkan to DX12. All sorted now, beautiful ultra HDR settings and 80-100 fps. That's one good thing about waiting 5 years to play a game 😀
So, did you sort out the technical issues you had with the game ? Think you said it was crashing or ???
I plan on getting the new Prince of Persia at some point anyway.
But was watching a couple of clips of it and having recently also completed Hollow Knight and seeing clips of Celeste, I have to ask, whose idea was it to think "Oh all games just need to be covered in spikes".
Also, I mention this a lot when people talk of liking Prince of Persia, but for anyone who wasn't aware, the Wii version of Forgotten Sands was a completely different game from the PS360 version. So if you weren't aware and have the ability to play it, I recommend it.
I love that scene and the music captures it beautifully. Moving to pastures new with Spring in the air.
I'm 17 hours in now and also watching some western movies. I'm completely engrossed I don't want it to end. Been a while since I felt this way about a game.
It's amazing how 5 years ago the game didn't really click. I thought it was a beautiful game, a good game. But I just didn't have the time to be riding a horse around in a video game. Now 5 years later it's the perfect game for me right now.
Going to see Rhiannon Giddens in Vicar Street ... who contributed some excellent music to RDR2 ... including this, in this beautiful piece of video game cinematography...
Demo out on Switch next week too ...
Oh, sweet; well I know what I'll be doing next week then so. That's a good sign in of itself 'cos you'd imagine there'd not be a demo for the Switch if Ubi weren't confident; if it was something slung over the wall in the last week of dev. you'd wanna make sure nobody plays it before parting way with their cash 🤣
After giving out about Ubisoft games I have to say I've always enjoyed the PoP games and in particular the unusual for a videogame setting. Played most of them except for the Forgotten Sands games.
I was actually thinking about how disappointing the 2008 game was. It looked and played great but the hun structure meant you ended up back tracking a lot which got annoying. However what really stuck out to me was the outcry over the death mechanic meaning you couldn't die and were just set back a couple of platforms. It's seemed blasphemous back then but in a modern context it's a mechanic that we are all used to and it was just way a bit too ahead of its time.
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