"Why use new Devs when you already have the og devs?"
Because it's Activision.
I know that's not much of an answer, but it is the answer.
I was surprised then this was rumoured and then announced, i figured they just grabbed the original devs from what they were doing to make this. Why use new Devs when you already have the og devs (unless they moved on when they were told to work in cod, which i absolutely would not blame them for).
I'm a bit worried about the new dev. Hopefully they deliver. Shame about the last dev that ended up in the CoD mines.
I think from reading it there will still be a free skate mode for levels with no time limit, it just may not have the challenges.
It should hopefully be fine but some of the bigger levels are definitely built around having no time limit to explore, so we'll see.
It's a different developer to THPS 1 + 2 - if they stick to the approach set out in that it'll be fine, but definitely just being that extra bit cautious until we see (and most importantly play) more of it.
Yeah and I'd imagine since you're packaging THPS3&4 together, wild shifts in format between the two of them would be quite jarring to go back and forth between.
I really don't know if I've actually played either of the originals of these. I think I might have jumped out after THPS2 and then come back for THUG. I know I loved the first two but I think just for financial reasons I never got to play 3 & 4. None of the gameplay I've seen looks familiar, and I know I never had Wolverine, Darth Maul or Officer Dick (which I would have done if I'd owned the games). So yeah, this could be a new experience for me.
No joke, I was actually going to post that.
But seriously it's a really dumb action game and probably great if you have burn out.
However might also be a good idea to take a break from games for 1 or 2 weeks. Happens to me every so often and a long break helps.
I loved THPS 4 so bo have no idea how the new format will change that. People freaking out online but i imagine three devs found a way to make it work or wouldn't have considered it.
Interesting that THPS4 will move to the classic '2 minute' formula in the remake, as opposed to the free roam levels and NPC missions structure from the original.
I always preferred the arcadey approach of the first three games, so not opposed to this if it's handled well. Though my recollection is that the levels in THPS4 are a lot bigger with a couple of different 'zones' and an exploration focus, so wonder if some aspects of the design will be lost in translation along the way.
But THPS4 is easily my least favourite of that original run (though only get into the series at 2) so I'm less precious about it than I am 2 and 3.
Whenever I'm burnt out on complex games or trying to push through a long one, I think the solution is often just playing a few games you know can be cleared in a sitting or two.
After an intense run of Nine Sols back in Jan I blitzed through No Case Should Remain Unsolved, Grunn and Citizen Sleeper in a week or two - all much shorter games (though CS2 is an epic at 9 hours compared to the others). Really feels like you have momentum then and you're ready to jump back into the next 'big' game. Have Indika and a few others ready to go for the next time I'm in that kind of mood.
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I will pay Ace Combat 7 one day..... On my xbox.
Yeah I go through the same thing at times. Recently tried Mass Effect 2 and Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and just couldn't get into them. Even tried Ori & (first game subtitle, can't remember which one it is) and haven't gone back to it. Trying to force myself to really get into Monster Hunter Wilds at the minute.
I know all are probably great games, I know I'd enjoy them once I got going. But so often just starting a game, they take so long to get going that my interest wanes and I fall off, just endlessly bombarding you with different tutorial stuff and menus.
So I play Tekken and Balatro.
This is Retr0 II. Play Ace Combat 7 😉 😄
Hit an awful lull with gaming recently, nothing is grabbing me at all. Alan Wake 2, which ticks all of my boxes is just not doing anything for me. I went through a bunch of PS Plus games last few nights and just bouncing off them. One thing I've found is how bad tutorials are in so many games these days. Very hard to get straight to the action due to complex systems but the tutorials are so boring, I'm put off before even getting started.
New Tennis game, holy jesus. Starts you in a match but doesn't tell you any buttons, kept hitting the net, quit, let's do tutorial. Ah ok……can't complete tutorial as it bugged half way through and couldn't complete it, uninstall.
WWE 2K24 (I'm not into wrestling but looks fun). Read and accept all these agreements, done. tutorial is damn awful boring, way too much stuff, forget it, I'll figure it out as I go……Can't play any modes until you accept agreements….Found the agreements again, read again, accepted again…..uninstalled game. I think I'm getting too old and grumpy for this modern gaming bullshit.
Alien Dark Descent, cool! Xcom in space!! ….. combat is automatic (makes sense, can't have me and the alien taking turns) but completely put me off, uninstall. TLOU Remake, looks great but got bored in chapter 2.
Turtles collection, hey nostalgia!….uninstall.
I'm gonna pick up Kingdom Come 2 this weekend and hope that does the trick for me.
Saying that, I reinstalled Mass Effect Trilogy last night as it's ME 3's 13th birthday today and it's amazing. looks great, sounds great, straight to action, breath of fresh air to play so not all hope is lost for me yet.
Last update on this, but getting a lot better with the leverless. Made it to Mighty Ruler in Tekken 8 on PC only playing online for less than a week, whereas it took me over 6 weeks on PS5 when the game first came out. A lot of that is obviously down to experience with the game, knowledge of characters/moves, but yeah, the leverless is a very fun way to play and in many respects has improved some aspects of my game. I can hit pretty much all my combos and stuff. The main bits I have trouble with are just the little filler bits between combos; hitting opponents on the ground, changing a combo because it's now against a wall etc. Going to take a while to build up muscle memory for that because it's a hard thing to practice because it's more circumstantial.
Got an adapter thingy so the Haute42 will work on PS5 (apparently without it, you'd have to have the dualsense on beside you and press a button on it every few minutes or the leverless would turn off after 8 minutes or something), but will stick to just using it on PC for now. Ranking up will slow down now because I'm up against better opponents.
So yeah, if you're into fighting games on console but you've never played with a fightstick or leverless, it's worth a try. Takes a bit of getting used to but is actually really enjoyable.
No game has a better opening than Vagrant Story.
Prove me wrong.
You can't
Sick burn by the AC social media person 😂 Grifter trying to get people to boycott the game, these people deserve every inch of ridicule they get.
Have to admit, i started AC7 recently and it's pretty damn fun. I mean it's not the best Assassin's s creed but Rogue definitely isn't the worst.
Similiar to how every 'sickos meme' sicko is precious to me.
Every AC7 sicko is precious to me.
So how many have you 'converted' over to AC7?
Another convert.
Just rolled credits on AC7, very enjoyable. Storyline is mad as a bag of cats, and you only get half of it because they start explaining stuff right in the middle of a huge dog fight, but the action is great.
Thanks for the recommendation retro
The turtle strengths and weaknesses make no sense. Donatello has the best range and does the most damage. Leonardo has decent range but his lack of damage makes him useless a few stages into the game and Michelangelo is a total dud, with Leonardo's lack of damage paired with awful range.
It means Donatello is the only really viable turtle to use for most of the game with Raphael being a decent replacement, he does the same damage and makes up for range with decently sized hot boxes on his weapon.
When you get to the very end of the game you can fill up Leonardo and mikes sub weapon with the scroll which makes them decent enough but you can do that with Don and Raphael as well.
That NES TMNT game was one of the most satisfying games I've ever finished. I was 8 when I played it but it really sticks in my mind. I specifically remember going to my mother complaining in frustration when doing the swimming level as I just wasn't able to get through it.
It was only years later that I found out the general consensus of how diffcult the game was. I would've gone easier on my 8 year old self if I'd known!
Don't forget, you just need to walk over the gap.
Yikes. Well there you go, it felt longer to me but thats why.
The horror when you lost Donatello made that game way harder.
That's the game, was made for NES but got conversions to a lot of European home computers and PC. If you got outside the technodrome you were pretty close to the end (although the levels in the technodrome are horrible). There's a lot of purely optional stages in the over world areas that just drain your life and don't give you any rewards.
