Conan did a Clueless Gamer playing it and the game crashed halfway through 😂 Not even making it up, it’s on YT.

TIL broken is a premium feature 😂

Yo, Randy, eat your own shit! Don’t forget to swallow!

train of thought

bobby

You got yourself in a cul-de-sac there. The worm ate the train long ago 😂

You’re pointing a finger at the Soulslike genre here, not only HK. Some games may abandon it, but this is common enough to be called a genre stable.

You should try Salt and Sanctuary, Sekiro, Bloodborne, The Surge, Lords of the Fallen, or Lies of P—all had boss runbacks, and that’s ignoring HK, Silksong, and the original Souls games.

I was mostly thinking of NG2, yes. I enjoyed NGB, but NG2 is the only one I replay, and it’s mostly what I’m thinking of when I bring up Ninja Gaiden.

We can even go back further and bring up Bayonetta (2007), God Hand (2006), or even DMC 3 (2005) All are tough as nails, but super fun.

You joke, but I’ve never actually met any TW101 fan IRL 😂 I’m just yes and-ing the meme.

I only sleep with The Wonderful 101 fans 😎

Not putting checkpoints close to boss fights is not difficulty.

You’re pointing a finger at the Soulslike genre here, not only HK. Some games may abandon it, but this is common enough to be called a genre stable.

Just like the “hit hit, dodge/parry, hit hit” combat pattern, losing/recovering currency, enemies respawning on bonfire use… etc.

I think this whole genre is wack, TBH. I don’t even find it difficult, I just think what they test is perseverance in the face of misery and tediousness, which’s a bizarre thing to test in a video game. It’s almost as if it’s straight up telling you: this is a serious video game, no room for fun here.

Meanwhile, Ninja Gaiden proved you can simultaneously have extreme difficulty AND fun like one million years ago.

I don’t mind difficult games. I recognise that they exist as a kind of pushback against mobile games and casual games that have risen in popularity

You got that backwards: difficult games are as old as arcades. If anything, casual games exist as pushback against difficult games, not the other way around.

TBF, you can say the same about any game if you don’t enjoy the genre.

It is a great thing. Sliksong GOG price is 60% higher than Steam in some regions. GOG needs regional pricing.

Gog’s def the better choice here.

Depends on your region. GOG doesn’t have regional pricing.

And without regional pricing.

Question: has his series ascended to action status yet, or is it still an action RPG?

Another way to ask this: does freedom of expression in combat come from combat mechanics or character build? I’m assuming it’s still a combo, but 2 and 3 feel as if they’re leaning more towards action than RPG.

I don’t necessarily have any problem with action RPGs, but I’d be more inclined to add it to my wishlist if combat takes more from Ninja Gaiden than it does from Dark Souls.

Another one blames the beasts.

Capitalism + hyper consumerism. No time or patience to play around and discover. Gotta wrap up ASAP and move on to the next game.

That backlog isn’t gonna play itself.

Damn, you should steer clear of Japanese action games then.

Further, yes, I expect all products to tell me about their features.

Oh, really? I should get my money back from 20th Century Fox… they didn’t tell me Fight Club had the twist feature at the end. Thank you for pointing that out.

I cannot believe I had to discover it myself as I was watching the movie. Bizarre stuff.

Yeah, isn’t the Switch very close to becoming the highest selling console of all-time or something?

PC handhelds are booming, but the Switch is on a completely different level.

He’s talking to board members, isn’t he 😂 “Won’t happen again, I promise!”

Fuck capitalism.

Release Gravity Rush on Steam you coward #freegravityrush