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General Chat / Re: What are you hyped about today?
« on: May 18, 2014, 01:52:10 PM »
Graduation today.

Oh wait, you said hyped. I thought you said terrified....

Congrats!

I like this thread, it reminds me of Pop Culture Happy Hour's 'What's making us happy' segment.

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TalkBack / Re: Child of Light Review
« on: May 17, 2014, 07:45:08 PM »
The thing that's vexing about this game
Is that the story's incredibly lame.
The music and visuals are worthy of fame
But the combat's tedious and always the same.

That pentameter's a little too good,
And your verse is actually too tight.
Rewrite it with too many syllables
If you're intention was to ape Child of Light.

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TalkBack / Re: Child of Light Review
« on: May 17, 2014, 04:45:51 AM »
Nice review.

I agree with pretty much all the criticisms mentioned in the review, yet I still really enjoyed the game. The low points for me were definitely the writing and the lack of more rewarding puzzles and exploration. The combat system is so good, however, and new characters with new abilities were being introduced at such a pace, that I never found myself bored.

It has been mentioned on the last few episodes of RFN, but it's worth reiterating to anyone who intends on playing Child of Light is; play it on the harder difficulty and play it in short sessions and you'll have a good time.

I might even go through the game again in New Game + at some point just to fill out the skill trees of my various characters and to play around with the some of late game introductions whose abilities I didn't get to use as much.

I get the sense that Child of Light was a one-off, but I would very much like to see a spiritual sequel which integrated this combat system into a more comprehensive RPG.

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General Chat / Re: Music recommendations
« on: May 12, 2014, 09:40:25 AM »
Pixies rule. I've seen them play three times now. It's always a blast.

Their latest EPs were disappointing though. There were a couple of good tracks there, but the band just sounded flat.

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General Gaming / Re: What are you playing?
« on: May 11, 2014, 06:19:03 PM »
Child of Light

I think I'm enjoying this a game a little more than some people appear to be.

While the first few hours were appealing simply because of the art, in the last 5 hours or so the mechanics have revealed themselves and I'm getting a real kick out of the battle system. At first the tactics seemed limited by only having two active party members, but as the cast of playable characters grew I realised that you can swap out party members without wasting a 'turn' meaning that your full roster is available to you at all times. Switching between characters who can hinder enemies, gather aggro, deal elemental damage etc is nothing new, but the system in Child of Light for jugging these dynamics two characters at a time is immensely satisfying.

The two active party member system, combined with the action bar mechanic for 'casting', can sometimes lead to odd situations such as casting a heal spell on a party member that then dies before the spell can be completed, only to have all 3 enemies take aim at the remaining party member and wipe them out. With better planning and orchestration, however, scenarios like this are uncommon.

I'm really not a fan of the writing, which feels stilted and forced, and the story is what it is, but the music, art and mechanics are all superb.

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TalkBack / Re: My Exotic Farm Review
« on: May 11, 2014, 01:54:29 AM »
Any excuse to watch this again.


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Time for Iwata to go. He has had plenty of chances.
- Miyamoto

Someone is hoping for a promotion.


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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Figurine Platform for NFC Figures Announced
« on: May 10, 2014, 05:34:04 AM »
At the same time I don't want to be missing out on content because I don't want my house cluttered with a @#$!*& plastic doll collection.

That's an interesting point. I've never really thought about it because, honestly, none of these 'toy-to-life' games have interested me in the least, but locking content behind physical items will no doubt be a deterrent to some people who might otherwise have enjoyed the game content. I don't really have the space for tens of plastic figurines in my apartment, and I'd also feel more than little embarrassed by their presence. At the age of 26 I'm just about comfortable explaining to friends and family why I still enjoy playing video games, I don't really have the inclination to explain why that appreciation now extends to collecting little plastic figures.

I guess what I'm happy for my appreciation for Nintendo to be kept between me and my 3DS, and not put on display for the whole world to gawk at.

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*looks down at the ground and kicks the dirt culpably

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I make it a point not to play holier than thou, high and mighty on a message board. *shrugs*

I don't.  ;D

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I make it a point to not let anyone talking about video game companies on the internet annoy me greatly.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Patents Button-Customizable Handheld
« on: May 08, 2014, 05:03:55 PM »
Uprising patch incoming.

Joking aside, I wonder what impact the inclusion of interchangeable components would have on build quality? Would the overall quality of controls be negatively affected, or would the ability to swap out broken buttons, sticks, triggers etc actually offer an alternative to replacing the whole thing?

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It figures you would make that joke.

How you figure that?

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I wonder if the bump in their Construction-In-Progress has to do with building a plant to make the NFC figurines.

So...figures caused these figures?

sorry

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Figurine Platform for NFC Figures Announced
« on: May 08, 2014, 03:03:56 PM »
Nintendo's getting involved in this 'Toys-to-Life' genre too? Go figure.

sorry



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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Gaming's dead.
« on: May 06, 2014, 10:38:56 PM »
I'm afraid I've got some bad news...

...Sonic survived the crash.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 381: A Golden Opportunity
« on: May 06, 2014, 10:19:33 PM »
@MrDiamondJ's are Forever.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Gaming's dead.
« on: May 06, 2014, 09:29:22 PM »
That's terrible news. Such a loss. Has anyone informed the family? The father Ralph Baer will be devastated.

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General Chat / Re: What are you hyped about today?
« on: May 05, 2014, 04:04:10 PM »
The World Snooker Championship final.
Neutral Milk Hotel and The War on Drugs gigs later this month
The Waterboys gig next month
Godzilla
Summer weather

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TalkBack / Re: LostWinds Now Transferable to Wii U
« on: May 04, 2014, 03:44:38 PM »
I only played the sequel, but it was one of my favourite WiiWare games. I'd love to see another one, but I think that company went on to do things like Kinectimals for Microsoft.

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General Chat / Re: Music recommendations
« on: May 02, 2014, 08:38:42 PM »
Man! The next few weeks are going to kick ass. So many good gigs coming up.

14th May - Neutral Milk Hotel
29th May - The War on Drugs
20th June - The Waterboys

I just need to find something in July so that I can keep this summer gig train rolling.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 380: Will the Circle Be Not Broken
« on: May 02, 2014, 01:51:57 PM »
In SMB3, the mushroom direction is dependent on which half of the block you hit. Hit on the left half, it goes right. Hig on the right half, it goes left. Which way you are facing doesn't matter, though whcih directino you approach the block from will have an influence on whether you tend to be left or right of the middle of the block, depending on your play-style.

Yup. I assumed this was common knowled

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TalkBack / Re: Mega May 3DS Virtual Console Release Dates Unveiled
« on: May 01, 2014, 10:55:46 PM »
I have no knowledge of any of these Mega Man games for handheld systems, but I am totally on-board with more Gameboy, Gameboy Colour, and Gameboy Advance games being released on 3DS VC.

Long may it continue!

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