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Modern Video Games / Re: Limited and Obscure releases

« on: March 09, 2019, 04:33:01 am »

Hmm is Bloodstained Curse of the Moon any good? Looks interesting.

It's a fun but short homage to NES era Castlevania. It's rather easy (or possibly, simply not full of bullshit like the NES games) so you notice the briefness of it. It perfectly fits its $10 price tag, if LRG puts it up for more than $20 with no significant content added, I can't say it'd be worth it.

It has a fair amount of replay value tho - branching paths, multiple characters to switch between and quite a few different endings.

Also keep in mind they confirmed this will be one that Best Buy carries as well.

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Modern Video Games / Re: What are your fave games of this gen?

« on: February 28, 2019, 05:34:58 pm »

Top 10, in no order:

Breath of the Wild
Bloodborne
Fallout 4
Super Mario Odyssey
Assassin's Creed Odyssey (a great gen for Odysseys )
Warframe
Final Fantasy XV
Doom
Injustice 2
God of War

There are several that I haven't played that, based on the praise they get from others, might make my list if I had - but I imagine we could all say that. Not enough hours in the day!

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Modern Video Games / Re: Limited and Obscure releases

« on: February 26, 2019, 12:25:23 pm »

FYI, while not limited releases Play-Asia is selling Asian English physical copies of both World of Final Fantasy Maxima and Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy! for the Switch. WoFFM comes out this week while CMDEB comes out next month. They are priced $46 & $47 respectively, and my order for both only cost $10 to ship to the US. Use code GEMATSU to knock $3 off.  Seeing as this is the only way to get these games physically for the Switch, I figured someone here might be interested.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Limited and Obscure releases

« on: February 15, 2019, 10:10:17 am »

Just a heads up, this was including in their Toejam & Earl release email they sent out yesterday:

Best Buy will be receiving 7,000 copies of this game on Switch from us with a different, non-foil, cover. Best Buy's copies will not be available until a later date and will likely not overlap our own preorder window. Please understand that if you sit out on our open window in order to try and secure a copy through Best Buy, you may be left empty handed. Best Buy also has the ability to not move forward with their order, as it has not been finalized yet. Opt to wait at your own risk.

There's a lot of CYA in that message, but I'm confident enough now to wait - especially since it wouldn't be the end of the world if I did miss out on TJ&E. If I can get the game for cheaper (my Gamer's Club Unlocked membership is still active for another year) AND not have my money tied up for months waiting on the game to get made, then I'll happily wait.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Limited and Obscure releases

« on: February 13, 2019, 03:45:37 pm »

Q.U.B.E. 2 for Switch went up for preorder from Super Rare Games this morning - there are only 23% left in stock as of this posting.

https://superraregames.com/products/srg-13-q-u-b-e-2-switch

I also dropped $5 down on the Trine trilogy at lunch. I'm in for Toejam & Earl from LRG, but I'll wait until next month both because this month has been SUPER expensive, and because they may put up another preorder before this one ends where I can combine shipping.

EDIT: Oh, and remember that Battle Chef Brigade, also for the Switch, comes out through Best Buy this Friday!

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Modern Video Games / Re: Limited and Obscure releases

« on: February 07, 2019, 11:00:51 pm »

Man, R-Type was my favorite shmup back in the day, so Dimensions is a must!

That, Varsus Collection and QUBE 2 - and I know Play-Asia is going to announce something new any day now. Busy month! I'm glad the currently announced LRG releases don't really appeal to me.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Limited and Obscure releases

« on: February 06, 2019, 06:17:18 pm »

I'll wait & see if there's a Switch port of Spelunky.

Also, Best Buy has Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe up for preorder for the Switch for $35, comes out on the 15th. Super Meat Boy comes out from them this Friday.

Oh, and Super Rare Games is taking preorders for Q.U.B.E. 2 for the Switch starting on the 13th.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Limited and Obscure releases

« on: February 03, 2019, 05:00:06 am »

My wife decided to pop in The Observer - a LRG release we picked up last year but that neither of us had played - and we were surprised to see it started an 8gb updated. That was very disappointing, since part of the point of LRG releases, I thought, was to have the game complete on the disc. Has anyone run into this with any of there others? Specifically, I mean really big updates to their games. Any update would defeat the purpose to some extent, but an 8gb update is ridiculous IMO.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Limited and Obscure releases

« on: January 25, 2019, 03:10:50 am »

Those kinds of super technical platformers aren't generally my cup of tea but I was thinking of giving it a shot

Same here, but I figure it's worth trying given all the praise and worst case scenario it's usually pretty easy to sell & recoup what you paid for LRG releases, especially the Switch ones.

Also thanks for the heads up on the Wonder Boy release. I have a preorder with SLG right now but I guess I'm still not on their mailing list. 

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Modern Video Games / Re: Limited and Obscure releases

« on: January 18, 2019, 10:27:49 am »

Today is the one day that all three of this month's switch preorders are up at the same time. Been waiting to save on shipping.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Nintendo Fans: What (if any) Wii U games should get a Switch port?

« on: January 16, 2019, 02:33:37 am »

I haven't even played it yet. A Switch option would be amazing.

Same.

Personally, I dislike the Wii U because it's so cumbersome to use. The bulky (and always dead when I need it) gamepad is required to use the system regardless of if the game I'm gonna play requires it or not. I always found it uncomfortable to hold, and again the battery life is terrible on the thing. So I'm fine with any Wii U -> Switch ports they want to do.

That said, the Switch has enough exclusives for me and it has become my #1 preferred system for indie titles. I know some people use "indie game" as some kind of insult, but they are some of the most innovative games out today IMO.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Limited and Obscure releases

« on: December 24, 2018, 09:14:22 pm »

I'm definitely in for Celeste and Danmaku Unlimited 3. I have Neurovoider on the PS4 already, and I have a feeling they'll do a run of Sundered for the Switch in a few months, so I'll pass on that one for now.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Are you hyped for dat Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee!?

« on: December 20, 2018, 04:13:06 am »

For those that have played it, how necessary is the Pokeball controller? I got my wife her own Switch and she's very interested in this game - she's actually never played a Pokemon game before, so this would be her first.  I'm hesitant to spend basically double to get the controller that will be used for one game (could have some use in future Pokemon games, but that's unknown right now), but if the experience is significantly worse without it I may have to suck it up.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Games in 2019

« on: December 20, 2018, 04:05:12 am »

Looking forward to several that have been mentioned already, but my most anticipated right now are (in no particular order):

Biomutant
Bloodstained
Dying Light 2
Mortal Kombat 11

And if by some miracle it makes it out next year, Cyberpunk.

With rumors that the PS5 will be out this time next year, I have to wonder which games I'm currently anticipating will actually be next gen games. The FF7 remakes are pretty much a lock, and probably Cyberpunk as well.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Limited and Obscure releases

« on: December 08, 2018, 07:13:51 am »

Ugh, LRG just keeps getting sleezier. I'm pretty they can't claim they're "helping preserve" Jak & Daxter, this is just a blatant fleecing. $120 shipped for 4 PS2 games, and that's assuming you just get the standard editions. 

And it looks like Dust has become their newest game to get endless delays. And the more big corporate tie-ins they get, the less I buy their excuses for these long waits after purchase. You'd think they'd have this whole thing figured out by now, right? Maybe at least wait until the physical game is finalized & has an ESRB rating before selling it? Just a thought...