Re: What games are you currently playing?
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2014 7:00 pm
Just finished South Park: The Stick of Truth, the best and funniest game I've played in a while.
Really wanting to play that game, a bit too pricey at the moment for me though.Bzzit wrote:Just finished South Park: The Stick of Truth, the best and funniest game I've played in a while.
From what I've heard, the game is much more fun and interesting when you aim for collectables, and is much more challenging. The bonus levels you can unlock in each world are also supposed to be a great challenge.Keane wrote:Yoshi's New Island. I wasn't expecting much, but it's kinda really disappointing to be honest. I feel the developers focused so much on trying to recreate the Yoshi's Island feel that they completely overlooked what actually made that game so good. The platforming is pretty dull and too easy, and the game just feels... empty. Nothing is engaging, the music is weak, the visuals are boring, and there's too much "look, remember this? what about this? yoshi's island is back!" for it to actually seem like a new game.
That game just came out today, I was planning on getting it.Keane wrote:Yoshi's New Island. I wasn't expecting much, but it's kinda really disappointing to be honest. I feel the developers focused so much on trying to recreate the Yoshi's Island feel that they completely overlooked what actually made that game so good. The platforming is pretty dull and too easy, and the game just feels... empty. Nothing is engaging, the music is weak, the visuals are boring, and there's too much "look, remember this? what about this? yoshi's island is back!" for it to actually seem like a new game.
I would, this is more like a Mario Kart 7 game: Fun for 30 minutes or to fill some time in, but you won't really sit down and play this for a long while.Rayfist wrote:That game just came out today, I was planning on getting it.Keane wrote:Yoshi's New Island. I wasn't expecting much, but it's kinda really disappointing to be honest. I feel the developers focused so much on trying to recreate the Yoshi's Island feel that they completely overlooked what actually made that game so good. The platforming is pretty dull and too easy, and the game just feels... empty. Nothing is engaging, the music is weak, the visuals are boring, and there's too much "look, remember this? what about this? yoshi's island is back!" for it to actually seem like a new game.
Would you reccomend I pass on this one for now and wait for a cheaper price?
I've played for a good while and found little challenge, because the design is incredibly easy. I will say the collectibles are hard to find, but I'm not too encouraged to go and discover them all when so far the game hasn't given me any reward for them and they just require me to replay levels. I'm trying not to compare it to the original, but I can't. I'm not sure why this game is called "New" Island when really, this is just all the ideas of a good old game executed less well here. I don't feel a want to collect everything and unlock everything, the game isn't creating it for me. Now to be fair, it's not an entirely bad game, and when the game does introduce a fresh new feature it's pretty fun (So why didn't they make more...?) and overall can be a fun relaxing something that I'll enjoy during a car ride or when I have nothing to do for a bit, but that's not what I want out of a sequel to a game that wasn't that.sonicbrawler182 wrote:From what I've heard, the game is much more fun and interesting when you aim for collectables, and is much more challenging. The bonus levels you can unlock in each world are also supposed to be a great challenge.Keane wrote:Yoshi's New Island. I wasn't expecting much, but it's kinda really disappointing to be honest. I feel the developers focused so much on trying to recreate the Yoshi's Island feel that they completely overlooked what actually made that game so good. The platforming is pretty dull and too easy, and the game just feels... empty. Nothing is engaging, the music is weak, the visuals are boring, and there's too much "look, remember this? what about this? yoshi's island is back!" for it to actually seem like a new game.
Ah yeah, I've been saving up for both of those titles, especially the upcoming Mario Kart.Rayfist wrote:I think I'll pass on this one for now, I'm more anticipating Kirby Triple Deluxe's American release, along with Mario Kart 8's release on the same month.
The only Yoshi's Island game I own is the original for SNES, and I still love it to death.
From what I heard, it's literally set on a different island, storywise. That's why it's called "Yoshi's New Island" and not "New Yoshi's Island".I'm not sure why this game is called "New" Island
Yeah I'm only like halfway through the story but it's actually pretty good for the most part. I do agree with most of the things you said about the stealth and gameplay, it is indeed great fun, however I do feel the game has its fair share of problems. I love the aesthetics of the city and the atmosphere that is evoked as you sneak around the streets and roof tops, but I feel the immersion is often hindered by poor level design and the way the city is all broken up into sections; having to wait through a a loading screen every time you enter a new section is pretty annoying. Having to constantly backtrack and navigate through he city can be annoying too and I often find myself just running through guards instead of being sneaky. I love the actual story missions though as well as the side missions as they can often be very unique and sometimes even humorous. Solving little puzzles in people houses to disable traps, find a secret room and steal their treasure is always fun and is often executed in really clever ways. Also utilizing the rope arrows is always extremely satisfying!buildersith wrote:Anyone played the new Thief yet?
I liked it too. But I wished that baby Bowser helped in the final boss instead of fighing us for paranoid reasons. It would've made the finale more epic by 10%.Keane wrote:
The Yoshi's Island DS was pretty decent, I never really got why people disliked that one too, I thought it, unlike this one, brought in a lot of fresh ideas to the concept and really felt like a more legitimate new title for the series.
It's a new island, but all this island is is a blander version of the original one. And the story is almost the same, too. :/ Alright I'll stop bashing it now, I did have some fun with it.sonicbrawler182 wrote:From what I heard, it's literally set on a different island, storywise. That's why it's called "Yoshi's New Island" and not "New Yoshi's Island".I'm not sure why this game is called "New" Island
I still need to completely playthrough it's predecessors. Really want to see more of Yarn Yoshi too.