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by Magical_Isopod
January 26th, 2023, 2:58 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: What's Out This Week?
Replies: 2653
Views: 1526386

Re: What's Out This Week?

Oddly, I have heard it's not available to owners of the physical version of Rare Replay? Not sure if that's an assumption, but Microsoft has been using "owners of the digital version of Rare Replay" as specific verbiage.
by Magical_Isopod
January 25th, 2023, 10:58 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: What's Out This Week?
Replies: 2653
Views: 1526386

Re: What's Out This Week?

Is Dead Space more survival horror or action horror? I haven't seen much of the game and purposely haven't looked anything up in anticipation of this remake but what I have seen gameplay wise, it never looked particularly stealthy. I think that depends largely on what difficulty you play it on. On ...
by Magical_Isopod
January 24th, 2023, 8:51 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: What's Out This Week?
Replies: 2653
Views: 1526386

Re: What's Out This Week?

That's really interesting, because I totally see where you guys are coming from... But I'm more inclined to dive straight into the abyss and confront terror in these sorts of games. Only have enough bullets to drop 2 zombies and I have to get past 4? Bring it on, kite two of 'em, kill the other two ...
by Magical_Isopod
January 24th, 2023, 2:50 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Game suggestions for the podcast
Replies: 2123
Views: 1445591

Re: Game suggestions for the podcast

ratsoalbion wrote: January 24th, 2023, 2:06 am Also already on the list (currently 2500+ titles on there though).
And we'll cover them all, right? :)
by Magical_Isopod
January 24th, 2023, 2:44 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: What's Out This Week?
Replies: 2653
Views: 1526386

Re: What's Out This Week?

I've always found it interesting, the horror games that are most beloved to me don't SCARE me, but they give me the weirdest sense of euphoria. Like that whole sequence between the Historical Society and the Docks in Silent Hill 2 makes me feel like the hair on the back of my neck stands up, and I g...
by Magical_Isopod
January 24th, 2023, 2:13 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Whatcha Been Playing?
Replies: 11699
Views: 6927039

Re: Whatcha Been Playing?

I know the 2002 remake of Resident Evil like the back of my hand today, but it's easy to forget... I had to use a walkthrough a lot during my first play through. I think the same is true for others as well. I can almost guarantee a lot of the people bemoaning games for "handholding" today ...
by Magical_Isopod
January 24th, 2023, 3:32 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Whatcha Been Playing?
Replies: 11699
Views: 6927039

Re: Whatcha Been Playing?

Somehow I was under the impression that Sonic Lost World for 3DS was a 2D sidescroller like Generations was. I genuinely have no idea how I came to that conclusion. But I spent more than I'd like to admit on a game I evidently did not do even cursory research on. >: Not the first time this has happe...
by Magical_Isopod
January 23rd, 2023, 12:57 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
Replies: 8
Views: 5469

Re: 563: Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin

I picked this game up strictly for the podcast and played for a few hours whilst sick yesterday... And I can describe my feelings as both "bored" and "overwhelmed." For a game that purports to be a loud, dumb prequel to FF1, I found the combat to be incredibly convoluted, with me...
by Magical_Isopod
January 22nd, 2023, 7:56 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Game suggestions for the podcast
Replies: 2123
Views: 1445591

Re: Game suggestions for the podcast

Tormented Souls and The Chant. Two fantastic, recent horror games with a lot to talk about.
by Magical_Isopod
January 22nd, 2023, 3:45 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: What's Out This Week?
Replies: 2653
Views: 1526386

Re: What's Out This Week?

That would be unfortunate if that's the case, because Dead Space 1 is not only readily available on PC, but the PS3 and 360 versions are inexpensive and incredibly common, with the 360 version being upgraded on XB1X and S|X. FF7R did the same thing though, starting as a straight remake before going ...
by Magical_Isopod
January 22nd, 2023, 3:43 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Games Completed 2023
Replies: 399
Views: 2243834

Re: Games Completed 2023

The emulation on that collection is markedly inferior, with substandard visual and audio emulation, plus input and audio lag. Some different games too. I have that collection on Xbox but it's always a last resort. If I can play a game another way I will, including the Switch online service. No kidd...
by Magical_Isopod
January 22nd, 2023, 2:07 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: What's Out This Week?
Replies: 2653
Views: 1526386

Re: What's Out This Week?

I am very apprehensive about Forspoken, because Square-Enix has been withholding review codes from a bunch of major and small media outlets. That's usually not a good sign. A friend of mine is very excited for this game because it has an "Indigenous protagonist," but I can't find any evide...
by Magical_Isopod
January 22nd, 2023, 2:00 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Games Completed 2023
Replies: 399
Views: 2243834

Re: Games Completed 2023

That Genesis Collection on Switch goes on sale often, too. I seem to recall getting it for $8. Why bother paying extra for that ludicrous "expansion" bundle when you can just get that instead, and keep it forever? Nintendo confounds me.
by Magical_Isopod
January 22nd, 2023, 4:16 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Games Completed 2023
Replies: 399
Views: 2243834

Re: Games Completed 2023

#2 - Tormented Souls (2021, PS5) Boy howdy, did this game ever come out of friggin nowhere and knock my socks off. It was briefly shouted out my My Life In Gaming's year-end wrap up, and a few folks on their Discord absolutely sang its praises. Tormented Souls is like a Resident Evil or Silent Hill...
by Magical_Isopod
January 19th, 2023, 11:22 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Replies: 10
Views: 5295

Re: 568: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

As someone who's not really a Star Wars fan, I went into this one with a degree of trepidation... I really like Respawn as a developer, and I remember feeling personally betrayed when they announced Fallen Order, and not Titanfall 3! But I must admit, even from the early trailers, the game looked st...
by Magical_Isopod
January 19th, 2023, 11:04 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Replies: 10
Views: 42732

Re: 592: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

I really loved the first Metroid Prime, but I could never really get on with this one... I found the dual ammo system and health-draining death fog to be elements that added tedium and discouraged exploration. This is one of those games I've rebought a few times thinking, "I should give this on...
by Magical_Isopod
January 19th, 2023, 1:54 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: The forum seems a little more lively these days
Replies: 12
Views: 5938

Re: The forum seems a little more lively these days

I really value this forum for posting my long-form (and much more nuanced) gaming opinions versus Discord and Twitter. It's helped my develop a narrative voice, especially in how I share things with other people. While I do wish it were more busy, and consistently so, I do most certainly appreciate ...
by Magical_Isopod
January 16th, 2023, 2:13 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: What's Out This Week?
Replies: 2653
Views: 1526386

Re: What's Out This Week?

Once you get past the novelty of "Wow, a game from an independent developer?!" Braid is honestly kind of mid. It's nothing greater than the sort of stuff people were making on Newgrounds at the time.
by Magical_Isopod
January 16th, 2023, 11:47 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Dead Space 3
Replies: 7
Views: 2915

Re: 553: Dead Space 3

I'd have happily played more of that, indeed more of any of it, be it more Isaac & Carver, Gabe and Lexy from even more from mobile game's protagonist, Vandal. But I guess, it just wasn't to be. I have an hypothesis that the Dead Space Remake is going to pull an FF7R and be a remakequel. They a...
by Magical_Isopod
January 16th, 2023, 11:36 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Dead Space 3
Replies: 7
Views: 2915

Re: Our next podcast recording (21.1.23) - 553: Dead Space 3

I picked this one up cheap and went in with an open mind. "Yeah, it's EA during their worst period, but it's Dead Space! Surely it can't be all that bad." After a pretty strong and narratively compelling intro sequence, you meet Isaac on a Moon colony, having completed the unasked-for meta...