Glad to hear you enjoyed Spider-Man @JohnnyShoulder ... I think the game takes a while to build up but it does stick the landing quite well. I know it's basically a rehash of Spidey 2 but Otto's arc was still pretty good even if most know the outcome. I really liked Mr Negative too as a villian
I think I played most of the sciencey stations @Th3solution and I don't recall any problems either on my PS4 slim.
Though it was a while back!
Previously known as Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy
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"You don't have to save the world to find meaning in life. Sometimes all you need is something simple, like someone to take care of"
Yes! Nail on the head there@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy, was gonna mention that but ran out of time at work earlier. Thought the arc between those two was spot on.
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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
I had no idea whom Mr Negative was before this as he's a recent comic creation but I'd happily take more of him in a film or the eventual sequel which'll probably include Venom
Only thing that annoyed me in Spidey was MJ really. Said it before when mookysam posted his thoughts on this a while back but she just really got on my nerves with her almost deathseeker like stubborness of "But I'm a journalist!" to run into trouble 😅
Miles also felt a bit... there. I don't think he was distinguished enough from Peter really in terms of personality.
Plus I love Mysterio so whilst the cameo in the college party mission was nice... I'd love more of ol' fishbowl in the sequel... Even just a spidey suit like it!
But otherwise yeah... I really enjoyed it. Doesn't break the open world mould but it does everything rather well otherwise
Previously known as Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy
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"You don't have to save the world to find meaning in life. Sometimes all you need is something simple, like someone to take care of"
@Kidfried Thomas Was Alone made me care about a bunch of featureless colored shapes and see them as unique characters with interesting personalities. So I count that as a narrative success.
Subtract the wonderful narration, though, and you're left with an incredibly basic and generic platformer.
Currently Playing: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (NS2); Corpse Factory (PC)
@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Yeah I see your point in regards to MJ, she does seem to have a bit of a death wish. She complains about being a damsel in distress, well stop sneaking into bases full of armed private soldiers.
Did not know anything about Mr Negative either and I only found about Miles Morales from watching Into the Spider-Verse. I would love to see a game in that kind of art style and different Spider heroes. Any game with Spider-Ham would be better. I assume they wanted this to be Peter Parker's story so maybe that is why Miles wasn't really given much to do.
If the post credit scenes are anything to go by he will probably have a bigger part to play in the sequel, along with Green Goblin (and the mask that MJ found in Osborne's penthouse).
Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
After dealing with a week of sickness, I've managed to power through and finish Horizon Zero Dawn, and my replay of Persona 4.
"We don't get to choose how we start in this life. Real 'greatness' is what you do with the hand you're dealt." -Victor Sullivan "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one and the same thing." -Solid Snake
I don't know if this counts as beating a game, but I finally got through the Painted World of Ariandel DLC for Dark Souls III. After days of being stuck on that fight with Sister Friede her ass is finally grass. It feels good to be past that boss. She's been haunting my every waking moment. That's why I've not posted much on here for the last few days, to be honest. I've been stuck on that boss. I've been seeing her everywhere I went. Pretty sure she was on the checkout in Tesco the other day. Anyway, she's dead now. DEAD I TELL YOU
Good job, Parappa. You can go on to the next stage now.
@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy@Gremio108 Nothing could be as bad as The Nameless King... well maybe The Orphan of Kos with all the screeching and trying to kill you with a placenta.
Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.
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As for my thoughts on both games, I'm currently working on reviews for the dedicated thread. I will say that both games were definitely good, and I enjoyed them. The hows and whys you'll have to wait.
"We don't get to choose how we start in this life. Real 'greatness' is what you do with the hand you're dealt." -Victor Sullivan "Building the future and keeping the past alive are one and the same thing." -Solid Snake
@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I've got to the last bosses of the DLC for DS3 and BB. The only boss I can remember struggling with in the DS2 dlc is the poison dragon. Not to say there none of them were not difficult though.
The last boss in DS1 dlc, Manus is very tough and also links to DS2. Atorias is very cool fight but also a toughy!
Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.
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Finished River City Girls tonight. Overall I really enjoyed the game. As a fan of beat em ups like Double Dragon, River City, Streets of Rage, Final Fight this game was a pure nostalgia trip. Some elements I didn't like the screen lock portions (I personally felt they were cheap ways of adding a difficulty spike).
What really shined for me was the boss battles. I loved how they were more strategic battles, you couldn't just brute force your way through you had to wait for opportunities to attack the boss. Once you figured out the pattern though the bosses were pretty simple.
Story wise it's just your typical someone is kidnapped and you have to find them but River City Girls manages to do it in a comical kind of way. There's some in game cut scene as well as comic book styles cut scenes.
Graphics were good as well. Way Forward went for more sprite based graphics like Shantae for example but that was more to keep it in line with River City Ransom and the other Kunio games. I liked them since I grew up with sprite based games during the NES era but honestly I think more traditional graphics of today wouldn't have just seemed out of place with this game.
The soundtrack was excellent combings chiptune style music and J-pop for a unique soundtrack that like the graphics just seemed to fit this game perfectly. I am glad that I bought the Limited Run Games release since it came with a copy of the soundtrack but you can get it on Spotify if you want it.
Overall this game is a great addition to the Kunio series of games. If you enjoy the beat em up genre of games, especially the Kunio games, are looking for a game that doesn't take itself to seriously and is just fun all around the I highly recommend River City Girls, it's especially fun if you have another player to play with as well.
Overall Score I would give it an 8/10. It's generally a great game hindered by a few annoying parts like the cheap feeling screen lock parts and some awkward platforming sections but shouldn't be missed if you like beat em ups.
@Kidfried I honestly feel the review is unnecessary as that's basically what this thread is for. I guess some people just feel that cause the thread title doesn't have the word review in it's title that they needed to create another one or something.
I guess some people just feel that cause the thread title doesn't have the word review in it's title...
Or ya know it was talked about between us @Genrou and we decided that the longer format user reviews that had been cropping up in this topic would be better suited to have their own topic... helps not bury up the smaller impressions among other things
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