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What kind of game is this, exactly?Gauntlet, but with Marvel characters.
Obviously, no one is going to be able to crack the mind of Sakurai, the Joker of the video game development world. But, how can close can NWR users get to that madness?1. There's 74 total characters (unique and echo) now, and I believe it'll round off at an even 80 when all is said and done by release date.
So, let's have a friendly competition to see who can predict it best.
1. How many fighters will Ultimate end up having at release? Give me your number either based on unique fighters or total number of fighters including echo characters.
2. Who are the remaining characters you think will be announced? Don't forget to mention if you think they will be unique or echo.
3. If the rumor is correct, then what do you think the final five stages yet to be shown will be?
4. If the secret mode is called Spirits after all, what do you think the mode will contain. Shoot for 5 details.
5. If there is any other predication you want to make about the game, this is your chance for extra credit. Go for it!
Staff needs to give me back my mod powers. I could fix all of this so fast and make the Funhouse fun again."MTFFA" doesn't quite have the wretched appeal that "MAGA" does.
Here's a big one, The Last Story (2012, Wii).Oh, goodness. Great review.
This one got recommended to me on the Discord, and man was it a ride. The Last Story is a fast-paced action RPG where you fight in real time and simultaneously direct your party of mercenaries around. They get caught up protecting a lady of royalty of an island nation on the verge of (basically nuclear?) war with a southern continent.
No random battles, all the fetchquesty bits are entirely optional, a score with so many highlights, fantastic localisation with loads of U.K. accents represented and fun banter... Yeah I really dug this one.
Are there problems? Sure, the framerate can't always keep up with the size of the city they've created and will outright stutter during some of the bigger fights in the mines with loads of enemies and particle effects from spells popping off everywhere. The multiplayer mode is also down of course now, since it was online only - no local option.
The game is kind of ugly by today's standards too. Lots of bloom, and the major hub city is essentially all browns/beiges/grays. I personally also really dislike many of the character designs, though your mileage may vary there. Their voice acting picks up the slack though, really strong here.
Those technical & visual problems aside, I would also say the game makes some... curious narrative decisions at times. I'm pretty sure there's a sidequest which allows your main character to date several NPCs? I didn't follow that quest so could be wrong, but it feels inconsistent with the otherwise pretty central love story.
More importantly however, the game gives these false choices sometimes. There's fairly major reasons why you would want to refuse to cooperate with the Duke, and many characters encourage you to turn down his offers. But actually turning him down is basically impossible, since your character is dim as a lamp and won't see the super obvious warning signs until it's way too late.
While that's kind of neat in that the story basically makes you an accomplice to actual fucking genocide, it also really, really sucks you can't prevent that from happening because of these false choices. Don't pretend like I have a choice, especially on major themes like this, if you're just gonna force the player to pick one option anyway.
I have one more curious complaint about the pacing: the game is just around 40 chapters long, which I cleared in 27 hours. However, around chapter 30, 31~ish the plot basically goes full-throttle towards the finish. I suppose it's a good thing that everything felt tense and critical enough to wanna keep playing, but it basically overshot my planned bedtime by oooooh four hours? Haha, I suppose blaming my lack of self-control on the game is unfair, but that felt a bit wonky in terms of time balancing.
I've read some things online about people thinking the battle system doesn't really take advantage of all its potential until the very last bosses. Not sure I agree with that, as it gets really complex and stressful by the end. The last fight especially is really tough and took me close to an hour to figure out. Up until there though, the game is mostly smooth sailing which I like.
The game is just kind of delightful really. You can paint your armours in really garish colours, so I had the big brute guy in hot pink and black, the shy introverted girl in a hideous tint of snot yellow, my main character I tried to turn into a walking rainbow for shits & giggles, had another one in Halloween colours running around. The game also tracks some really idiotic stats, like the amount of times you bang your head on street signs, trip over fallen oranges, and even rewards you for rudely bumping into people a lot. You can even load banana peels on your crossbow to trip up people and they even work on one of the final bosses, hilariously.
Add to that quite some strong characterisations, again, fan-tas-tic music, fast-paced combat, skippable filler chapters, some gorgeous CGI cutscenes, and you basically get what Final Fantasy 8 should always have been: a quarter of the length, techno-fantasy mix, floating castles, prison breaks, sewers, romance to actually root for, much more streamlined inventory stuff and way less obtuse.
Recommendation: if you have The Last Story still wrapped on a shelf somewhere, hook up your Wii (U) and play this one. You'll know within half an hour if you'll like it, since it hits the ground running and rarely lifts its foot from the gas. If I was an objective reviewer, I'd point to the problems and give it four stars. Luckily however, I can freely choose to ignore them and declare this my favourite Wii game since Brawl.
FIVE STARS.
Ah! I ran with Red Monika, Alumon, and Garrison. Garrison, especially, got WAY incredibly strong.Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Goodness, what a game. Game has a super heavy emphasis on battles - I mean, the game is titled Battle Chasers, after all. But if you're looking for a JRPG type of game to play that is crazy big on aesthetics and art style, then Battle Chasers is for you.
I loved every single bit of my 52 hour play-through. I found all of the ultimate weapons for my primary three party members and levelled them to max level. Using the Tolkas Arena is a great way to do just that.
I found the sound effects and music really well put together. When Gully lands a hit on an enemy, you really feel the hit - thanks in part to the HD rumble, of course. I loved the art style, and you can definitely tell artists who worked on the Darksiders series, worked on this game as well. Alumon could be straight out of Darksiders!
But yes, heavy emphasis on battling, and story sequences are played out through a series of comic still frames with small bits of animation thrown in here and there. Most of these take place before dungeon boss sequences – but there are points where they'll stop the gameplay to drop another to pad the story along. They're fun sequences, definitely. Great artwork.
Seriously, if you love JRPGs, then this game is for you.
I recently finished Battle Chasers myself, it was a great game. The Perk system was really important and I would often re-arrange mine to get the most out of my crew. My mine three settled down to Calibretto, Alumon, and Garisson. Who did you play as?
MAIN TIMEMine...
Smash Bros: Kirby/Samus
Melee: Mario/Young Link
Brawl: Zero Suit Samus/Lucario
Project M: Charizard/R.O.B.
Smash 4: R.O.B./Greninja
There’s lots of characters I’ve wanted to be good with but never invested enough time into. The worst offenders are Shulk and Bowser Jr. from Smash 4. Two of my absolute favorite characters, fallen by the wayside.
Khushrenada Recommended Purchase?KRP Certified!™
I wonder if Unannounced Title 2 will be an actual direct sequel, or if will be a weird shoe-in like the US Super Mario Bros. 2 was.:/
Is there a sensor bar? I thought I read one of the JoyCons has an IR pointer?No sensor bar. The right Joy-Con has an IR pointer in the bottom of it.
It is a damn mystery why they crippled the hell out of the Switch in console mode. I might understand shaving a bit off in handheld mode.Crippled it? How so? Was there that much of a reduction in power from previous dev kits to what's getting released in less than two months?
Nintendo has been playing the less power game for a while, but this is really fucked up. I am out again until some serious games come out.
