beetle psx (in retroarch) fast forwards very well for me, i use it all the time when practicing speedruns
i think default is spacebar
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Finally, the world can agree with me that System Shock 2 sucks, but now in HD
EDIT: Oh, we’re talking about this in the games you played thread
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From Tiny Cartridge:
the first internally developed title since Taito has re-entered the consumer market
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If you have the computer for it you could also just try overclocking the emulated CPU? For most JRPGs it usually just speeds up the action with not too many issues while keeping the music mostly the correct speed.
Definitely agree with this, and to expand a little:
For me, Slay The Spire’s replayability is predicated on achieving one of 1-3 viable builds per character, with bad luck essentially dooming a run by Act 2. Thus, you have to replay over and over until you get the right streak of luck that you can get ahead of the game’s difficulty curve.
Comparatively, Dicey Dungeons is far more flexible, there’s a good variety of builds and mechanics, and there’s not obvious “trap” builds or cards that hobble your future potential and narrow the percentage chance of you finishing a run. It has a relatively gentle difficulty - I beat the game on the two novice characters the first time I played them - and, as you mentioned, lots of “bespoke mechanics” to explore and experiment with.
I think I prefer Dicey’s approach and variety for this reason. Not quite so much “well, this was a wash” when playing a run, which is a really bad feeling.
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ion maiden is now “ion fury” (because of the lawsuit I guess) and it’s coming out tomorrow
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do i split it do i split it
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it will probably devolve into toups posting alone but I’m fine with that
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at last
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You’d be surprised at how actually well balanced Slay the Spire is, basically any card can be good and you can get by with subpar / average synergies by just learning the game
It’s arguably too balanced
I think the only real trap card is Perfected Strike (the one that gets more powerful as you get more cards with « strike » in it, it tempts you to get more attack cards and ditch mitigation/support)
That being said all I ever want to do is play as Silent and stack ludicrous amounts of poison
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I didn’t really have this experience.
The most consistent play I had was in taking the same few cards that have overwhelmingly good general value, waiting until I picked up a playstyle-defining card like Limit Break or Catalyst, then morphing my entire deck around the same rigid strategies that the designers clearly poured all their card design effort into.
While you can coast on subpar synergies and such in the early phases of learning the game, I don’t think it translates to finishing a run or facing the Heart. I’m not a terrible player of these sorts of games by any means - and I like Slay the Spire and think it’s well-balanced for what it is trying to do and the characters it gives you - but I find Dicey’s approach to be more fun.
Looks amazing. I can’t decide which version I want to get.
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this is hype shit. I am so excited
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oh my god could this be the beginning of a taito renaissance give me elevator action returns again
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I really hope so
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Does ‘re-entered the consumer market’ refer to a post-2010 withdrawal? That mini-Taito renaissance around Space Invaders Extreme was rather beautiful.
This looks more conservative than those days but I hope it’s just the clips used for the trailer, that spirit of re-examination that was contemporary with Galaga Legions and Pac-Man DX could return every decade for the rest of my life and I’d be happy, recontextualizing the classics with every generation of new blood they get.
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wasn’t there a wiiware bubble bobble around then
WiiWare Arkanoid, Bubble Booble, Puzzle Bobble and Rainbow Islands. Also Space Invaders Get Even that I’m about to try.
i remember space invaders get even was good but the episodes felt too short? or they were too expensive? hm i should try that game again
now i wanna play infinity gene ps3 version too