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TalkBack / Re: Azur Lane: Crosswave (Switch) Review

« on: February 24, 2021, 01:43:22 AM »

Yeah, the story is just insipid. It could be vaguely interesting if the aliens were more present but instead it's all some no stakes competition and constant character introductions. Also it stars the worst character design in the game, god damn Shimakaze is terrible.

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TalkBack / Re: Remake Of Original Akiba's Trip Coming To North America In Summer

« on: February 11, 2021, 04:04:03 PM »

Brouzouf

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 708: Can't Out-Edge Mario

« on: February 08, 2021, 01:02:06 PM »

I had a retail copy of Baldur's Gate 2 back in the day, the manual was a small book that explained all the rules. I remember reading that a LOT trying to understand it.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 704: Paid CeX Acts

« on: January 11, 2021, 01:11:58 PM »

So did Jon have his copy of Monster Monpiece on his Vita when the store was turned off?

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TalkBack / Re: Supraland (Switch) Review

« on: October 26, 2020, 05:48:14 AM »

Wow, you must have gotten lost REAL bad to get the score this low...

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 691: Those Weird Deviants Who Start With Sunshine

« on: September 21, 2020, 01:11:21 PM »

Palicos don't talk but other felynes do, e.g. the chamberlyne that takes care of your home. But then again player controlled hunters don't speak either so maybe they're just sending the idiots that can only communicate in grunts out to be cannon fodder.

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TalkBack / Re: Bounty Battle (Switch) Review

« on: September 14, 2020, 04:49:08 PM »

I'll cheer for Slap City then, let's see if that pulls it off.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Downloads - September 3, 2020

« on: September 01, 2020, 05:52:12 AM »

Get Lair of the Clockwork God! I haven't laughed this much at any game.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 686: Apocalypse BOGO

« on: August 17, 2020, 10:55:48 AM »

Disco Elysium is considered a modern equivalent to Torment. No idea when those console ports are coming tho.

I remember the fool's errand of trying to bind every one of Turok 2's 30-ish weapons to a different key back in the day just because I was used to directly selecting guns in other PC shooters. I think you need three rows of keys to make that work.

BTW, you can use the money bullets in Metro if your gun accepts the right kind of ammo. IIRC you have to hold the reload button to load those. They're supposedly more powerful.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 679: False-Good Ideas

« on: June 29, 2020, 11:10:08 AM »

I believe the console versions of Sunset Riders are missing stages and I think each version is missing a different one.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 677: Their Time, Their Dime - The Way to Help Yourself and Don't Bother Me

« on: June 15, 2020, 10:29:55 AM »

None of my wishlisted titles are on sale but I don't need the eshop for getting a cheap backlog when there's the itch.io bundle of over 1000 games.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 670: The Owltimate Copyright Infringement

« on: April 27, 2020, 11:54:41 AM »

James, I thought you'd be all over advanced trolling in SMM2. Like the ones CarlSagan42 plays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuQnz0fyKVA

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 670: The Owltimate Copyright Infringement

« on: April 27, 2020, 10:18:04 AM »

Too late, the dev behind Giana Sisters died a few years back.

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TalkBack / Re: SuperMash Builds May 8 Release Date

« on: April 24, 2020, 01:10:41 PM »

Yeah, it's not good. Of course an automated game maker would only make mediocre slop but they decided to add the "fun" of artificial glitches which can just be completely game breaking.

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TalkBack / Re: Toy Fair New York 2020 Roundup

« on: February 25, 2020, 02:43:15 AM »

Fucking FunkoPops, they look even worse scaled up like that!

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 661: Dropping the Gloves

« on: February 25, 2020, 01:40:07 AM »

I think Puyo Puyo is technically a spinoff from some serious JRPG which is where those characters are coming from.

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TalkBack / Re: Burnout Series Spiritual Successor Dangerous Driving 2 Coming To Switch Holiday 2020

« on: February 19, 2020, 04:47:57 PM »

I think all of their Dangerous ______ titles have been received badly?

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 652: Notanyfe, Anyfe, Thatsanyfe

« on: December 17, 2019, 09:29:58 AM »

The most annoying part about those arcade archives and virtual console games is that they're only on consoles and consoles get obsolete. I have a bunch of those games on the Wii, PS3, Vita, Wii U, ... that aren't available on current systems. Meanwhile those collections I got on the PC still work on my current PC. The slow rate of releases certainly gets worse when you can't even have all of them in one place.

I wonder what a Pokemon game based on Germany would be like... Notable flora and fauna includes the world's deadliest mushroom and the largest catfish (big enough to eat small dogs). Notable evil plots...

To shock Miyamoto I'd try coding Donkey Kong black. Like give him a rap theme song and...

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 651: Identifying Your Sugar Daddy

« on: December 09, 2019, 04:12:40 PM »

Link's Awakening on the GB was my first Zelda and I got stuck on the first puzzle that involves pushing those dark blocks that are usually non-pushable but specific ones can be moved exactly one tile. I didn't know that they are sometimes pushable.

I don't know about Grandia 1 but when I played through Grandia 2 I had to ask a friend afterwards what it looks like when you lose because I didn't die once. And I wasn't even remotely completionist with the game, only learned afterwards when reading a guide that you can find additional eggs.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 650: Use Steroids, Kids

« on: December 02, 2019, 11:15:13 AM »

Speaking of Inland Empire, that's a skill for your character in Disco Elysium. It lets you argue with your necktie, among other things.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 648: Les Absents Ont Toujours Tort

« on: November 18, 2019, 11:51:02 AM »

Syrenne, it's safe to talk about Touhou on a Nintendo podcast, Touhou Kobuto V Burst Battle was one of the first physical Switch releases. Of course that's just a fan game, the rule of thumb is if the art looks professionally drawn it's a fan game.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 648: Les Absents Ont Toujours Tort

« on: November 18, 2019, 02:27:50 AM »

I think there's evidence out there that Lucky is not named after Palmer Luckey. Don't remember where though.

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TalkBack / Re: Layton's Mystery Journey (Switch) Review

« on: November 10, 2019, 05:51:43 AM »

James savaged the 3DS version on RFN back when that came out, apparently the puzzles are trash. Every puzzle was a sliding block puzzle or a trick question where you had to answer 1 or 0.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 645: But First, I Want to Talk About Burger Time

« on: October 28, 2019, 12:19:34 PM »

I trust noted Burger Time expert Jeff Gerstmann who stated "There is only one good Burger Time game and it's Burger Time."

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Downloads - September 26, 2019

« on: September 24, 2019, 01:27:23 AM »

With Contra being retail there's at least a good chance of cheap leftover copies in bargain bins...