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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2021 20:01:16 GMT
Hunchback II could have been so much better with some polish.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Sept 21, 2021 20:04:39 GMT
It is EG.
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Post by Frog on Sept 21, 2021 20:11:26 GMT
It doesn't do anything new, but loads of games don't and they are still plenty good enough.
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Post by dominalien on Sept 21, 2021 20:13:14 GMT
It’s not too polished. Try jumping on some rocks or get out of water where you’re not supposed to. That said, it gets much better, especially level design, once you have the bow . That said again, I just hit a possibly progress-halting bug. When I kill the shrine guardian boss in the lantern cave the game slows down to a crawl and nothing more happens as long as I’ve waited (15 minutes?). Tried that twice with the same effect. Oh, well. |
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Post by dominalien on Sept 21, 2021 20:27:51 GMT
Looks like there’s a workaround. Cool.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2021 21:34:00 GMT
It's an extremely impressive looking and sounding game for a small studios first game. Some of the character movements are a bit clunky but other than that I'm pretty impressed.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2021 22:03:40 GMT
Is it as impressive looking as R&C?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2021 22:22:14 GMT
Nah doesn't have the same kind of scale or detail in the world going on. It's very pretty though. I'm digging the Ghibli style music too.
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Post by dominalien on Sept 22, 2021 6:44:29 GMT
Souls is very strong in this one. It borrows from everything, but does it well and puts it together nicely.
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Post by snackplissken on Sept 22, 2021 7:34:52 GMT
It's by Malindy, so take it with a huge pinch of salt. She does have the biggest takes. My favourite was "game design is hard" to excuse a shit part of a game. Did amuse me that she got called out big time for this review. Seems like your typical youth on twitter which gets offended about something but doesn't do any proper research so they look fucking stupid. |
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Post by snackplissken on Sept 22, 2021 7:35:43 GMT
Also feels good to criticise Eurogamer reviewers without fear of a mod potentially removing the critic. FUCK YOU.
"Oh you're hard" - David Brent
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2021 9:18:41 GMT
The 5.1 mix is a bit weird if you're using speakers. A lot of stuff coming the the rears that you wouldn't expect.
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Post by Frog on Sept 22, 2021 9:28:57 GMT
Some of the bosses are right tricky bastards. Just beat the corrupted *redacted* and had to knock the difficulty down as he was beating the shit out of me.
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Post by Gruf on Sept 22, 2021 9:37:19 GMT
I hate it when a game is too polished. Yeah, its the the worst, fuck off EG |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2021 9:43:40 GMT
Some of the bosses are right tricky bastards. Just beat the corrupted *redacted* and had to knock the difficulty down as he was beating the shit out of me. What difficulty did you start on? I'm pretty impressed with the combat. Nice and responsive. |
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Post by KinkyMong on Sept 22, 2021 10:05:41 GMT
A lot of stuff coming the the rears that you wouldn't expect. Where's Innuendobot when you need him? |
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Post by dfunked on Sept 22, 2021 10:16:35 GMT
She does have the biggest takes. My favourite was "game design is hard" to excuse a shit part of a game. Did amuse me that she got called out big time for this review. Seems like your typical youth on twitter which gets offended about something but doesn't do any proper research so they look fucking stupid. Yeah, that comment from iostars is absolutely spot on. One of those rare moments when the comments section doesn't make you want to poke your eyes out with a rusty fork. |
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Post by Frog on Sept 22, 2021 11:08:26 GMT
Started on the hardest one that was unlocked Decks, first few bosses weren't a problem but this particular one was as he is fast and hits like a truck. More so in his second phase.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2021 11:38:41 GMT
Yeah I nearly went with that one bit ended up just sticking it on the default. Dunno if it's the kind of game I want to be struggling to get through. Might knock it up if it gets too easy.
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Post by Frog on Sept 22, 2021 12:15:47 GMT
All the normal combat on that difficulty is fine but some of the bosses are quite tricky. I think the standard level is pretty well balanced for most people.
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Post by dominalien on Sept 22, 2021 14:58:28 GMT
Started on the hardest one that was unlocked Decks, first few bosses weren't a problem but this particular one was as he is fast and hits like a truck. More so in his second phase. I needed at least 20 tries for this one on +1 diff. That’s when I wrote about Souls, even the tree looks like the old one from DS. The game just goes from str to str after that. |
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Post by dominalien on Sept 22, 2021 15:05:54 GMT
Are you playing on PS frog?
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Post by Frog on Sept 22, 2021 15:37:06 GMT
Yes mate, it probably doesn't help that I don't love the ps5 pad, it's great for features but I don't love it for aiming. I kept getting his shoulder with rot and his wiggle kept making me miss and rot is quite a precious resource for that fight.
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Post by dominalien on Sept 22, 2021 16:00:50 GMT
Oh, what's your psn name? I don't think I have you in friends.
I played in 30 fps for a bit. Beyond the first 5 mins it's fine, even beat a boss in it. But aiming for weak spots was visibly harder.
I'm fine aiming with the pad, but I'm seriously fed up with the bow trigger effects.
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Post by dominalien on Sept 22, 2021 16:04:37 GMT
I kept getting his shoulder with rot and his wiggle kept making me miss and rot is quite a precious resource for that fight. Yes, but you don't need to shoot, L1 when you're fairly close does the same thing. Also, I'm not sure the game explains it, but if you jump and aim time slows down . That's sooo good for bugs, but useful basically all the time. |
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Post by Worlds on Sept 22, 2021 16:12:05 GMT
This worth buying? I like straightforward, gameplay focussed games with lush, peaceful, lovely open worlds or environments. Not too picky.
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Post by dominalien on Sept 22, 2021 16:52:00 GMT
Nah
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Post by Frog on Sept 22, 2021 16:53:19 GMT
AHH didn't know that, that's handy to know as they wiggle like crazy and have another way of doing it will help loads.
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Post by dominalien on Sept 22, 2021 16:55:24 GMT
Though in that particular fight you can just use it once… It helps, but not a lot.
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Post by dominalien on Sept 22, 2021 18:21:52 GMT
I just beat Stone Guardian and he was very difficult and got the glitch again... So now I have to beat him again and hope it doesn't happen. No biggie, only spent 1.5 hrs on him so far. Fucketty fuck. |
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