Hey, Armikrog is launching this week.
Or is it?
Hey, it was a long weekend. I saw a Demiurge bonded in matrimony. Meanwhile, the two games I was most interested in were picked by the cohort below. So I'm going to re-pick the game with pretty clay art and a wibbly-wobbley, timey-wimey release date.
As with Schroedinger's Cat, I guess the only way to confirm the release or non-release is to actually collapse the probability and witness the events. Or maybe tracking its release chance would alter its position?
Chris "C" Cesarano
It's late on Sunday night, I've had a busy weekend, and I just cannot bring myself to spend an hour on YouTube finding trailers of indie games I've never even heard of.
So you get Persona 4: Dancing All Night from me. Sure, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 could be a wonderful return to form. It's possible Activision has learned some of its lesson. Or, considering I've heard so little about it, we could be looking at an even worse revival than Guitar Hero Live! is even attempting. There's evidently a new Overlord game coming out, but I'm not even sure it's the same type of game as its predecessors. For all I know it's some tower defense game that's $5 with briefcases full of microtransactions to drain your wallet until it's little more than a crusty husk of rotted cow skin. Also, it's been pushed back now.
Persona 4: Dancing All Night? It's a weird anime art-style offshoot of a Japanese role-playing game that involves Japanese school kids fighting monsters and building relationships, none of which occurs because this game is just about dancing. All night, in fact.
Screw it. I've got enough whiskey, and then some, to drink to that. All night, in fact.
Felix “Flanking Egret” Threepaper
For the third week running, the real question is: What game could possibly drag me away from Mother Base? I perch on a rock and scan for games worth extracting.
Look, if I didn’t mention FIFA 16 or NBA 2K16 last week, I’m not going to mention Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5 this week. Suffice it to say that sports-games fans have got it pretty good right now.
Toto Temple Deluxe comes with the aesthetic of a fun family co-op game but hardcore twitchy platforming that will ensure your family night ends in tears. Swords & Crossbones: An Epic Pirate Story looks like someone mixed Sid Meier’s Pirates! with a tactical RPG..
My vote goes to Jotun, an intriguing blend of Norse mythology, hand-drawn art and Shadow of the Colossus gameplay.
Greg "Doubtingthomas396" Decker
Epistory – Typing Chronicles is a typing game where you literally tell the story of a world through the muse. It's Bastion where The Kid is replaced by Mavis Beacon. As a failed author, I can't resist that. Epistory gets my game of the week.
This week:
PC
- Psycho Starship Rampage
- Sketch Tales
- Stairs
- Franchise Hockey Manager 2
- Thea: The Awakening
- Orion: A Sci-Fi Visual Novel
- Hypership Out of Control (Steam release)
- Might & Magic Heroes VII
- Jotun
- Samurai Warriors 4-II
- NBA 2K16
- Fallout Anthology
- Mighty Gunvolt
- Arcana Heart 3: LOVE MAX!!!!!
- 80 Days
- Dino Run DX
- Toto Temple Deluxe
- Lift It
- Hyperspace Pinball (Steam release)
- Daily Espada (Steam release)
- Expand
- The Escapists: The Walking Dead
- Jerry McPartlin – Rebel with a Cause
- ORBIT
- Swords & Crossbones: An Epic Pirate Story
- Jim Power: The Lost Dimension (Steam re-release)
- Epistory – Typing Chronicles
- Armikrog
- 8Bit Fiesta
- Heroes of Normandie
- Disposable Heroes
- Korwin The Game
- StarForce: 2193
- Omnipresent
- Angels Fall First
- Pixel Galaxy
- Luna Sky
- Polychromatic
- Black & White Bushido
- Lost Horizon 2
PS4
- Dungeon Defenders II
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5
- NBA Live 16
- Samurai Warriors 4-II
- Prismatic Solid
- Toto Temple Deluxe
- Journey Collector's Edition
- Grand Ages: Medieval
Xbox One
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5
- NBA Live 16
- Toto Temple Deluxe
Wii U
- Toto Temple Deluxe
PS3
- Samurai Warriors 4-II
Xbox 360
PS Vita
- Persona 4: Dancing All Night
- Samurai Warriors 4-II
Nintendo 3DS
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Armikrog - FINALLY! -, Jotun, and Persona 4: Dancing All Night (at some point). Not purchasing any just yet, though. Can't justify any purchases for about a month or so
Now Playing: Crimson Shroud, Blood of Bahamut, SMT IV, RDR, SBCG4AP, Octopath Traveler, The Baconing, The Legend of Dragoon.
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P4:DAN is definitely my GotW, even if I probably won't be picking it up until December at the earliest.
You bastard, Tanglebones. :)
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thrawn82 wrote:Tanglebones is a better man than I, in tears at my desk.
Helllls yeah. Gimme all of the rhythm games!
Dat PC list is........... Wow.
How did I live before digital distribution of old, cheap games?
MilkmanDanimal wrote:You did live before digital distribution of old, cheap games. Now you just play games.
Armikrog is finally coming out... Again? Hope the date doesn't slip... again.
Looks like NBA2k16 is also for PS3. There's also a game called Gem Legends coming out for the PSVita. Megaman Legends is also getting a digital release for Vita and PS3.
Wow, lost horizons 2 ... The first one was actually a pretty ok adventure game. Intriguing.
inactive here until further notice.
The most exciting ones for me this week are Might and Magic Heroes VII and Journey Collector's Edition.
My only issues are that I haven't played Might and Magic Heroes VI yet (still sitting in my Steam pile) and I don't have a PS4 yet to get Journey (I've played all those games on the PS3 already, but they deserve a replay).
"Great, power's out and the girl is trapped... I swear to God, if there's a zombie around the next corner..."
-Nathan Drake - Uncharted 2
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I haven't even given HOMMVI a good go. Spent an hour+ in it, but it left me feeling cold. This series needs a serious redesign for me to be interested, otherwise I'll go back to playing 3 and 4.
How did I live before digital distribution of old, cheap games?
MilkmanDanimal wrote:You did live before digital distribution of old, cheap games. Now you just play games.
Anyone check out Jotun?
LastSuprise: Destroyer of Wallets would be an excellent tag and/or third handle for you.
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Well VI was an attempt to redesign it.... I think.
New one adheres closer to the older games than VI but after VI's less than stellar reception I'm waiting on reviews for this one.
I believe the term you're looking for is "super fun to fact-check with a spotty wifi connection."
Words... are a big deal.
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The Beginner's Guide, the new game from The Stanley Parable creator Davey Wreden comes out on Thursday (PC and Mac). Don't know what it is, other than a day one perch.
Gravey, I'm never sure, on a scale of 1-10, just how serious you are when you post. – Minarchist
Ninja Pizza Girl is leaving steam early access Wednesday. I backed out on kickstarter and it's a fun little platformer. I'm looking forward to seeing what the final polish does for it.
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Yeah, I'm down for that.
Words... are a big deal.
Jill Lapore wrote:Editing is one of the great inventions of civilization.
I saw it patch today. Didn't even remember I had it. Must have been in a bundle or in the keys giveaway thread. Maybe I'll take the time to play it now.
What Stele said ^ -mortalgroove
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It's certainly not what you'd expect.....or exactly what you'd expect.
I will say that don't go into it thinking it's another comedy game or anything similar to Stanley Parable.
It's DEFINITELY not that.
Also - not that I'd touch it with a barge pole anyway because of who's involved with it - but apparently Armikrog is apparently an utter clusterfrack of buggy trainwreck and terrible gameplay/puzzles in the bits that aren't. Buyer beware.
inactive here until further notice.
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Words... are a big deal.
Jill Lapore wrote:Editing is one of the great inventions of civilization.
KS backer of Armikrog here. If you're thinking of checking it out, I can't endorse that plan. One of the puzzles literally has the solution /after/ the puzzle. Also, I ended up brute forcing a ton of stuff. Probably a third of the puzzles/game. The last "puzzle" is ... it's just so bad. That's the one that I really just gave up on. I could have brute forced it, but the interface made that undesirable (not the number of possible combinations, just the roughness of the interface).
I didn't encounter any serious bugs, but by all account they're out there. There's ... technically a story? There's an expo dump at the very beginning in the opening credits. Then there are periodic expo dumps in an unintelligible alien language. You can't understand them, so they're only kind of helpful. Unless maybe you can go back after the end of the game or something. I'd stopped caring by then.
The mildly insulting cherry on top is that, even with all my brutish ways, it's short enough that I probably could have gotten a refund on Steam if I hadn't been a backer.
It looks goram amazing. If you like stop motion, or clay-mation, or whatever that's called, it's a very pretty implementation of that style. Watch some of it on YouTube. Don't buy it. It's not that good.
Well, I've got this cabbage...
'fraid I can't avoid buying it, cause I'm also a kickstarter backer.
I dig it. I had the same problem. It's just a general disabling for the community, in case anyone needs the opinion.
Well, I've got this cabbage...
Are the puzzles bad in the same way that The Neverhood puzzles were bad?
Because I recall a solution that involved walking in one direction for ten minutes to push a button followed by turning around and walking back for another ten minutes.
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No, they're mostly combinations of some kind, or needing to have found a dingus. There's no inventory management. If you have the thing you need then you'll automatically use it. The combinations are usually discoverable nearby. Except for the second to last puzzle in the game. That one is kind of a pain. Oh, and the one where the answer is only available in the room directly after the puzzle. That's a winner too.
Well, I've got this cabbage...