[Event] The PokeCommunity Game-Along VI: Return of the Gaming

[PokeCommunity.com] The PokeCommunity Game-Along VI: Return of the Gaming

[PokeCommunity.com] The PokeCommunity Game-Along VI: Return of the Gaming


ughhhh I finished Piczle Cross Story of Seasons, but I had to kinda make several sprints to actually get to this point... I think the game is fine because it's hard to mess up a Picross game (besides the fact that things like menus seemed to lag? It wasn't the most stable game I've played) but oh I did not enjoy playing it for a monthly challenge like this. I've learned a lesson that these games are good as timekillers and should stay that way, because trying to play a lot at once got me incredibly bored and kind of annoyed, usually somewhere between the 1 and 2 hour marks. I like this game, I like Story of Seasons, and it's a reminder that one day I'll go back to Pioneers of Olive Town, but it was just okay and I kinda regret my choice.
Edit: The entire thing took 43 hours, which is way more than I expected???
 
I managed to 100% Scribblenauts Unlimited. It was... Decent. Though I was playing on what is apparently the worst version, so I can't hold it to the game too much. Regardless, I'll likely avoid picking one of those again, as the gameplay wasn't quite what I was hoping it would be.
 
I bet Portal 2's single player last night. Fun experience all in all. Maybe could have been a little shorter and hence tighter, but it had pretty great dialogue throughout.
 

April: Hack and Slash

They say that the pen is mightier than the sword. If that's the case, perhaps the computer is more powerful than either since it can do everything a pen can do but also let you play hit MMO FFXIV. I would argue though that if someone jumped me I'd rather have a sword on hand than be forced to beat someone over the head with my laptop or attempt to John Wick a guy with a BIC. So, this month, we're running an experiment to see which weapon is actually superior.

For the month of April, you must play a game that is either based around hacking and computers OR melee combat with a weapon.



[PokeCommunity.com] The PokeCommunity Game-Along VI: Return of the Gaming
 
gimmepie said:
since it can do everything a pen can do but also let you play hit MMO FFXIV.
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[PokeCommunity.com] The PokeCommunity Game-Along VI: Return of the Gaming

And here I thought the Game-Along would be the only thing that could release me from the absolute chokehold FFXIV 7.2 has me in...

I've been trying to stick to games I've never played before for these, and didn't end up finding anything on my immediate backlog that caught my interest. However, scrolling through what my options could be, I suddenly got a really strong yearning to re-experience The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, which I'd say heavily features melee combat with a sword. I'd like to actually go for 100% this time, because I never finished getting all the figurines. If you know, you know.
Though honestly, I was about to start replaying Kirby Squeak Squad today and the idea of only playing the game using the Sword ability was very funny
 
I'm tentatively going to try TIS-100. It's more of a programming game than hacking, I think, but the official thumbnail on steam DOES call it "the ultimate hacking game" so I feel like it should count.

I only say tentatively because I might be too stupid to get through it in which case I will pick a game with a sword. :coolrim:
 
Similarly to Cherrim, TIS-100 was the first game that came on my mind. But I'm not feeling like playing another Zachtronics game this soon after Infinifactory. So I have a question. Would games like Do not feed the monkeys or Orwell count? They usually focus on gathering info using computers and can have light hacking elements to them.
 
Janp said:
Similarly to Cherrim, TIS-100 was the first game that came on my mind. But I'm not feeling like playing another Zachtronics game this soon after Infinifactory. So I have a question. Would games like Do not feed the monkeys or Orwell count? They usually focus on gathering info using computers and can have light hacking elements to them.
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I'm going to say no to Don't Feed the Monkeys. From what I can see, it's less about the technology itself than about what you see on the screen. I'd be willing to pay Orwell at a stretch though since you do actively mess around with data and encryption through a computer in both Orwell games.
 
I will play The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. I've never played it before and I've heard very good things about it.
 
gimmepie said:
I'm going to say no to Don't Feed the Monkeys. From what I can see, it's less about the technology itself than about what you see on the screen. I'd be willing to pay Orwell at a stretch though since you do actively mess around with data and encryption through a computer in both Orwell games.
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That's a shame, since I already played both Orwell games. But I remembered that I have Hacknet_ on my backlog, so I'll play it.
 
Hacking and slashing?
Well, that's my cue to start my annual new game playthrough of Cyberpunk 2077, using a Netrunner build to hack my enemies on top of a Katana/Mantis Blade build to add some slashes in there as well. A literal hack 'n slash playthrough.
 
Phew, I managed to beat TIS-100! I'm glad I picked this as a challenge game because I can definitely see a world where I do all but one or two of the puzzles and give up instead of pushing the extra 10 hours to do them all to meet the challenge requirements. @_@

That said... there is a second page of bonus user-submitted levels but they came out as a free DLC update to the game so I'm not counting them towards the clear. I'll pick at them over the next few years probably but I argue they're outside the scope of this challenge for now haha.
 
Finished Recettear. Only took 6.6 hours for the credit roll. (Offers a lot of postgame stuff. Beat that at least once before.)

Falls into ruts too easily with this game. Prices things about the same for everyone (~104% for leveling speed for higher customer budgets). Mainly decides how much money to invest in new inventory. Slowly became "yes" towards the end. Forgot how basic the combat is too. Likens it to Link to the Past with only a sword and randomly generated dungeons. Admittedly benefits from a fair amount of game knowledge that a first-time player would not have.

Missed the mark on some mechanics too. Offers shop customization for different atmospheres (which attract different customers). Attracts the most customers by staying at a neutral atmosphere with the default stuff, though, so...great? Wishes for more consistency in the fusion mechanic too. Loses money on some and gains a relatively huge sum on others.

For the melee part of this: Tried Nagi (lancer) out. Eh. Dislikes the slow wind-up to attack. Appreciated the ability to run, unlike some (such as Louis).
 
I know much of my spare time will be spent on Xenoblade Chronicles X (the new version for the Switch). It does have melee weapons as one of the two on-foot weapon types (the others being guns)... but it's not your typical melee-weapon focused fighting. (Also mechs.)

So I'll go with something short, and apparently Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon fits that. Not played it or the main kickstarter game (this one was a bonus for it), and it has a bunch of melee weapons so I think that suffices.
 
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