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The official "Why aren't you playing Owlboy right now" thread.
« on: February 14, 2018, 06:28:01 PM »
Explain yourselves.

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Re: The official "Why aren't you playing Owlboy right now" thread.
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2018, 06:58:24 PM »
I'm obsessed with DQ Builders at the moment, I may investigate after I am done.

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Re: The official "Why aren't you playing Owlboy right now" thread.
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2018, 07:50:32 PM »
Because I've heard it's an absolutely gorgeous game with pretty mediocre gameplay.

I will check it out because I am a sucker for aesthetics, though.
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Re: The official "Why aren't you playing Owlboy right now" thread.
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2018, 11:04:22 PM »
I just finished Celeste, started Nier:Automata and inexplicably bought Paper Mario Color Splash. BoyOwl will have to wait.
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Re: The official "Why aren't you playing Owlboy right now" thread.
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2018, 11:18:18 PM »
Because I have over 70 Switch games I haven't finished yet and am trying to cut back on my game spending to help save up the money for me to go to PAX.
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Re: The official "Why aren't you playing Owlboy right now" thread.
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2018, 11:51:09 PM »
I'm still trying to finish my backlog of Wii U indie games.  I'm going to wait until I finish that before I start creating a massive Switch backlog, which Owlboy will be a part of since the game does look pretty cool.

So hopefully in a decade from now I can give my opinions of the game.
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Re: The official "Why aren't you playing Owlboy right now" thread.
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2018, 12:48:52 AM »
Never heard of it. Don't have a Switch.
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Re: The official "Why aren't you playing Owlboy right now" thread.
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2018, 07:55:34 AM »
Because I've heard it's an absolutely gorgeous game with pretty mediocre gameplay.
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I've heard the same from multiple sources.
Hype thread titles aside, why should we be playing Owlboy right now?
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Re: The official "Why aren't you playing Owlboy right now" thread.
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2018, 10:55:49 AM »
I've got Hollow Knight in my backlog already.  One indie 2D platformer at a time, please.

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Re: The official "Why aren't you playing Owlboy right now" thread.
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2018, 01:28:18 PM »
Because I don't like owls.

Nor boys.

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Re: The official "Why aren't you playing Owlboy right now" thread.
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2018, 03:27:01 PM »
It's awful. The gameplay is extremely thin and constantly interrupted by the terrible emo narrative. I don't even think it looks particularly good with it's bland art design.

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Re: The official "Why aren't you playing Owlboy right now" thread.
« Reply #11 on: February 15, 2018, 04:03:37 PM »
Because I've heard it's an absolutely gorgeous game with pretty mediocre gameplay.
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I've heard the same from multiple sources.
The gameplay is too well polished and thought out for me to call it mediocre. It's not exactly what i'd call original or never before seen or anything but on a 1-10 scale with 5 being considered "Mediocre" this would be a solid 7 or 7.5. The other execution on the gameplay mechanics is just way too solid for me to call it mediocre but at the same time it isn't like I haven't worked with similar mechanics in other games (although maybe not in this particular combination.)

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Re: The official "Why aren't you playing Owlboy right now" thread.
« Reply #12 on: February 15, 2018, 05:18:04 PM »
I mean it’s essentially just open-ended shmup mechanics, right?
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Re: The official "Why aren't you playing Owlboy right now" thread.
« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2018, 10:22:33 PM »
Because I'm waiting for the PS4 version. Plus, I'm not fond of the price tag for Yet Another 2D Indie Platformer.

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