Just for the record, that FPS game he reviewed can get really difficult too. So heads up.
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Apparently we also have to kill Radahn as well. Not too difficult boss ever since he was nerfed, but still kinda annoying. I had to beat him 3 different times to get all my builds ready for the DLC
Elden Ring Publisher Warns Fans They Have Less Than Two Weeks to Beat Mohg So They Can Play Shadow of the Erdtree DLC - IGN
With the release of hotly anticipated Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree less than two weeks away, publisher Bandai Namco has reminded fans they need to get a move on and prepare for its launch by defeating one of the original game’s optional bosses.
I think he means Yathzees actual game Starstruck Vagabond, not the subject of his latest review.
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He was nerfed? Why, he was already one of the easier bosses when you knew you could just resummon your allies.Apparently we also have to kill Radahn as well. Not too difficult boss ever since he was nerfed, but still kinda annoying. I had to beat him 3 different times to get all my builds ready for the DLC
Elden Ring Publisher Warns Fans They Have Less Than Two Weeks to Beat Mohg So They Can Play Shadow of the Erdtree DLC - IGN
With the release of hotly anticipated Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree less than two weeks away, publisher Bandai Namco has reminded fans they need to get a move on and prepare for its launch by defeating one of the original game’s optional bosses.www.ign.com
At the launch players struggled against Radahn even with the summons, while others found ways to cheese him. I remember struggling against him as well, then realized I can just cheese with with scarlet rot. Anyways, I think he was nerfed on one of the earlier post-launch patches.
Ninja Warriors Again (SFC/SNES) - Still a challenging game, even though it is easier than the remake. There.
Are some things i'm more appreciative of in the original version. You can actually get high scores in the original and your health would always refill at the start of a new stage. In the Saviors remake, If you leave a stage with half or less than half of your health. You won't get the full thing back. They got rid of scoring in the remake. And it's all time attack stuff now. I don't know why they couldn't have had a separate mode for scoring and time attack. Would have added a bit extra replay value to the remake.
Are some things i'm more appreciative of in the original version. You can actually get high scores in the original and your health would always refill at the start of a new stage. In the Saviors remake, If you leave a stage with half or less than half of your health. You won't get the full thing back. They got rid of scoring in the remake. And it's all time attack stuff now. I don't know why they couldn't have had a separate mode for scoring and time attack. Would have added a bit extra replay value to the remake.
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I wonder if that patch went through before or after I got to Radahn. Either way I beat him with the summons.
Today's demos
Luna Abyss
Touted as a first person action adventure with fluid platforming and bullet hell combat, which, yeah, pretty much covers it. The general movement, way you lock onto enemies, and open doors by shooting them with specific weapons reminds me a bit of Metroid Prime, tho this seems to be entirely linear. Also gives me minor Returnal vibes, tho with slower and much easier combat. Probably the most visually impressive game from a technical standpoint, even if I'm not a particular fan of the desaturated, almost black and white, contrasted with red look. It's a striking palette, but also kind of played out.
Metal Slug Tactics
I mean, the name says it all. Metal Slug as an isometric turnbased tactics game instead of a run & gun sidescroller. There's really not much else to say about it. It's a solid tactics game with a few minor twists on genre conventions and all the charm those classic Metal Slug sprites and sound fx bring to the table.
Luna Abyss
Touted as a first person action adventure with fluid platforming and bullet hell combat, which, yeah, pretty much covers it. The general movement, way you lock onto enemies, and open doors by shooting them with specific weapons reminds me a bit of Metroid Prime, tho this seems to be entirely linear. Also gives me minor Returnal vibes, tho with slower and much easier combat. Probably the most visually impressive game from a technical standpoint, even if I'm not a particular fan of the desaturated, almost black and white, contrasted with red look. It's a striking palette, but also kind of played out.
Metal Slug Tactics
I mean, the name says it all. Metal Slug as an isometric turnbased tactics game instead of a run & gun sidescroller. There's really not much else to say about it. It's a solid tactics game with a few minor twists on genre conventions and all the charm those classic Metal Slug sprites and sound fx bring to the table.
Yeah.
But it does seem more like a Stardew Valley wannabe and I'm not really in the mood for that after all. At least not now, maybe later.
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I just finished the demo of Luna Abyss and initially I thought it was going to be more mertoid prime also, but then I got a bit further and the lock in made more sense, even with keyboard and mouse. Luna Abyss is a first person bullet hell, you use the lockon so you can focus more on dodging when fighting something bullety. Either way, was pretty cool and it has my attention.
His hurtboxes were nerfed along with a 10% damage reduction on patch 1.03 from 3/17/2022. Then on April 4th with
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Finally did my rebirth in Elden Ring, so now I have a kinda crappy faith build and I think I totally hate it. I've never used magic in a souls game so jumping in mid newgame+ is... really dumb. I'm almost certainly going to rebirth again and maybe do more of a dex, str build, instead of full str.
STR/FTH is really powerful and versatile (deletes Malenia with the Blasphemous Blade’s skill and a good talisman/spell setup), but I’m going into the dlc with a sword n bow’rd type build I started originally after experimenting with magic/incants for most of my PC playthrough. They were fun (especially as a Carian Knight) but I got tired of constantly cycling through spells. It just felt a bit too busy. Now I’m farming a shitton of different arrows since they’ll be my only range tactic besides maybe some throwing daggers here and there.
I’m one of those 62% or so on Steam that still needs to beat Mogh, but it will also get me the last Achievement for the game.
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I've heard its really powerful, but I never used magic in any souls game, so its a completely new experience with stats I don't understand and abilities I never use. I've always heard that magic is op since you can kinda do anything with it, but I play either heavy armor block, or light to med dodge whacking builds and I found a nice chopper I was enjoying.
I just finished Half-Life 2 for the first time. And I didn't really care for this one either.
When you review a game on Steam, it asks you simply "Would you recommend this game", and today in 2024 I can think of a 100 games that I would rather play and recommend before I even consider Half-Life 2. And even in the context of 2004, I think I would just rather play Halo 2, instead.
When you review a game on Steam, it asks you simply "Would you recommend this game", and today in 2024 I can think of a 100 games that I would rather play and recommend before I even consider Half-Life 2. And even in the context of 2004, I think I would just rather play Halo 2, instead.
Today's demos
500 Caliber Contractz
A 3D platformer where you're some kind of assassin with a sniper rifle where you get dropped into an open sort of N64 style sandbox level and have to find and eliminate your target. The gimmick here is that while your regular jump sucks, you're a little guy with a bigass gun, so you use the recoil to launch yourself in various directions, tho you need to touch the ground to reload and fire/launch again. Reminds me a little bit of Pseudoregalia, in that it promotes experimenting with the move set, both to progress and to discover hidden movement tech. Seems promising, even if it feels still very early in development, and lacks a lot of polish. Also kinda ugly looking, with a lot of drab grimy unfiltered textures, tho I suspect that like Cruelty Squad, this is intentional, albeit not as abrasive.
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Game where you're a French soldier trying to survive in the trenches of the Great War. Plays like a classic survival horror game, so you've got your limited supplies, limited inventory space, save rooms complete with ink ribbons, puzzles to solve, and of course purposefully slow and clunky combat. Except it uses a top down perspective like Signalis, but with the 3D models filtered to look like sprites, like Dead Cells. It also seems to completely eschew any supernatural or anachronistic elements. Everything is period appropriate, your enemies are all too human but by no means less monstrous, and the horror comes entirely from the oppressive bleakness of war.
500 Caliber Contractz
A 3D platformer where you're some kind of assassin with a sniper rifle where you get dropped into an open sort of N64 style sandbox level and have to find and eliminate your target. The gimmick here is that while your regular jump sucks, you're a little guy with a bigass gun, so you use the recoil to launch yourself in various directions, tho you need to touch the ground to reload and fire/launch again. Reminds me a little bit of Pseudoregalia, in that it promotes experimenting with the move set, both to progress and to discover hidden movement tech. Seems promising, even if it feels still very early in development, and lacks a lot of polish. Also kinda ugly looking, with a lot of drab grimy unfiltered textures, tho I suspect that like Cruelty Squad, this is intentional, albeit not as abrasive.
Conscript
Game where you're a French soldier trying to survive in the trenches of the Great War. Plays like a classic survival horror game, so you've got your limited supplies, limited inventory space, save rooms complete with ink ribbons, puzzles to solve, and of course purposefully slow and clunky combat. Except it uses a top down perspective like Signalis, but with the 3D models filtered to look like sprites, like Dead Cells. It also seems to completely eschew any supernatural or anachronistic elements. Everything is period appropriate, your enemies are all too human but by no means less monstrous, and the horror comes entirely from the oppressive bleakness of war.
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Tried the demo for Blazing Trails. Its a top down shootemup... its like the nes game jackle, it plays very similar, you are in a vehicle you drive around, have a machine gun that only fires up and missiles that fire in the direction your facing. You even can rescue friendlies and deliver them to a rescue chopper, and it even has them go in one at a time like in Jackle. It might have been good if the sprites weren't so big, but I think its an avoid.
I finished Ninja Warriors Again and Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge (Game Boy). Both are fun games. BR is clearly the superior gameboy game of the GB trilogy. Ninja Warriors Again has aged like fine wine, but the remake blows it out of the water. The only thing the original has over the remake are an actual scoring system and being a bit easier. I do prefer the final boss in the original compared to the remake. I did a Hard Run of Streets of Rage 2 playing as Blaze.
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