apsham Posted November 6, 2017 Report Share Posted November 6, 2017 At its heart it's a game about exploration and wonder - a lives system just eats away at that, so yeah they made an awesome call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skummy Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 Lives have always been a hangover from arcade games as a means to force you to spend more money, they should have been done away with years ago - though now that I've said that, I fully expect EA to start releasing arcade-quality games where extra lives are paid DLC.... I've seen a few people - not necessarily talking about Odyssey - suggesting that "infinite lives" just makes games easier, but it's actually the opposite; removing an arbitrarily finite number of attempts the player has to complete a task just gives the developers freedom to make the task more difficult, or more complex, because the player has less incentive to just give up altogether. It's part of the reason so many indie platformers etc. are just fiendishly difficult, in the best possible way. Anyway, back to Odyssey...it falls somewhere between Super Mario Galaxy and Breath of The Wild, and that's a very special place for a game to exist. A level of free-roaming that Mario hasn't really had in years, but not so open as to be overwhelming or lacking direction. Some of the things Mario does perfectly are intuition - I've only encountered one or two Power Moons so far that have made me think, "how the hell am I supposed to get that?", the majority present a solution to the problem very naturally - and attention to detail; first time playing it, the texture of the grass in the first world was one of the things to really catch my attention, but there are so many little bits and pieces I love. One thing that made me smile yesterday was realising that Goombas panic and look frantically back and forth if you jump over them, as if they can't figure out where you've gone. Little things like that just add so much charm and character, and are a big part of the reason Mario still works as a franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skummy Posted November 8, 2017 Report Share Posted November 8, 2017 New Donk City Parade is SO GOOD. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted November 8, 2017 Report Share Posted November 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, Skummy said: New Donk City Parade is SO GOOD. I love that the lyrics to the song are printed on the inside of the game case. It's like a proud child showing everyone the picture they drew at school. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPS Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 23 hours ago, Skummy said: New Donk City Parade is SO GOOD. I texted my brother right after. So amazing. I said last night to my partner - "the world would be a worse place if there was no Super Mario games". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted November 10, 2017 Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 The ending of Mario Odyssey is absolutely wonderful. The whole game is wonderful. I love it. (post-game spoilers) Spoiler OH MY GOD MUSHROOM KINGDOM FUCKIN YOSHI OH MY GOD I LOVE IT ALSO FUCK THAT 2D LEVEL THAT'S DOWN THE WELL IN MUSHROOM KINGDOM BUT ALSO YES YOSHI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugobomb Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 Playing Metroid Fusion on the SP. So much fun even though Metroid is one of those franchises I've never got round to playing before. May need to track down Zero Mission as well, since it seems to be a remake of the first Metroid game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sousa Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 Metroid Fusion is incredible, it's such an overlooked game but it's so much fun. It handles that slow escalation of power better than pretty much any Metroid game in the series so it feels so great to finally have the power to mop the floor with the SA-X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skummy Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 The 2D scrolling bit in Bowser's Castle is lovely. As is the Mushroom Kingdom. And basically the whole stretch in-between. "Ending" spoilers; Spoiler No idea if it's intentional, but Peach sounded way too into Mario/Bowser once you capture him and pick her up. There's a lot to unpack there. Laughed like an idiot at Mario and Bowser fighting for her affections, just shoving flowers in her face, until she rejects both of them, though. The shot of Bowser sulking while Mario pats him on the back and tries to comfort him is peak Mario silliness, I loved it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apsham Posted November 21, 2017 Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 Animal Crossing mobile game is now out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPS Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 Mario and Rabbids is so good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted November 30, 2017 Report Share Posted November 30, 2017 You know what's nice? The fact that I completely forgot that the Switch has a touchscreen. Honestly, I haven't used it once. It's so nice to have a console with a touchscreen that doesn't rely on it too heavily, but has the feature available if necessary. I suppose that it can't rely on it too heavily anyway, as it would be limited to using it in handheld mode, but it's still a nice thing to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apsham Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 Anyone else grab Xenoblade 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 1 hour ago, Apsham said: Anyone else grab Xenoblade 2? I can't see myself getting it for a while as I haven't played the first one yet, but it's looking like another great Switch game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apsham Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 From what I gathered you don't really need to know too much about the previous games - which is a good thing because I won't be picking up a Wii or 3DS to play them anyways, I like it so far but it's a slow start. Which I guess you can expect from a minimum 70 hour experience with deep systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skummy Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 I can't remotely justify buying it right now - between the price and the fact that I'm not spending as much time gaming as that would entail; I ploughed well over a hundred hours into Xenoblade on the Wii, and this one looks even bigger and more impenetrable. I'm sure I'll give it a go eventually, but I know it's going to be a slog in places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 For me, I don't think it's a reasonable purchase right now because I have a few other games I'm meaning to play, but not a lot of time to play them. I'm not likely to feel like tackling a long RPG at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizza Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 I'm super broke and sad that the local library doesn't get Switch games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your Mom Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 I'll play it eventually but I have so much more to work through first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 Here's a really nice story for you. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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