PixlBit

Posted on 05/30/2020 at 12:34 AM | Filed Under Blogs

For sure. I've been playing a bunch of games lately, so I'm sticking around. I always looked forward to recommendations from you. You playing anything lately? 

Posted on 05/29/2020 at 03:38 PM | Filed Under Blogs

I'm glad you're back. I always read your takes as thoughtful and humourous, never really intolerable. I took a long absense too, and just recently started blogging here again.  I haven't really been playing anything new lately is the reason. Playing catch up with the back log. I'm barely on Dying Light and The Surge. Also getting through Persona 5. There's supposed to be a big psn sale next week, like the steam summer sale, so I'm sure I'll have plenty to buy, play and blog about this year.

Welcome back!!

Posted on 05/19/2020 at 03:13 PM | Filed Under Blogs

I didn't know Zelda 2 was bad until I got older and everyone said it was bad. That was one of those games I would get tips for in the playground, like a lot of other NES games.  Deadly Premonition, Silent Hill and Resident Evil games all have considerably bad controls, also Monster Hunter, but they are still good. Weird, that can't decide if bad-but-good zone?

Posted on 05/19/2020 at 03:04 PM | Filed Under Blogs

Part of it has to do with me playing through games that I missed the conversation about when they first came out, so I'm playing catch up. It's more of a text-book research/analysis type of play throughs that's keeping me playing through games I normally wouldn't be that interested in. I like souls games, but I haven't really enjoyed many clones except for maybe The Surge, but it's mainly the addition of Monster Hunter part carving and armor collection as well as map-less areas to explore without hand-holding that I appreciate. There's also a nice variety of odd weapons to mix things up when I get tired of the same combat.

Posted on 05/19/2020 at 03:00 PM | Filed Under Blogs

I feel the same about some games being too long and over staying their welcome. The Surge is actually on the shorter side of most souls-likes and there is no map, icons or real sense of direction which forces you to explore every corner looking for shortcuts. Finding shortcuts back to base, or picking up new weapons or armor is rewarding in itself, instead of following NPC quests or markers. I think for these reasons I have a higher tolerance for it, and I find the grind addicting. 

Playing Skyrim recently, I enjoyed the game more when I was just wandering the landscape and finding random dungeons, but I didn't like the rewards or boss fights at all and when the map got full of quest markers I felt overwhelmed and got bored. Same thing with GTA 5. I just like my games short and to the point I guess.

Posted on 05/17/2020 at 09:00 PM | Filed Under Blogs

Oh my gosh. I have no idea how we played all those hard ass NES games back in the day. Kid Icarus was one I never played. I just remember him as a character from the Captain N cartoon. Those medusa heads in Castlevania, or bats in Ninja Gaiden!

Posted on 12/12/2019 at 06:04 PM | Filed Under Blogs

The games look really good on an hdtv. Not sure if Nintendo is upscaling them with hardware or software, but the pixel-perfect option for games makes them look really sharp and the pixels look really good and pixely. They don't look terrible like the iphone remakes of older games that smooths out the jaggies. 

I've been enjoying Breath of Fire I, Kirby games on NES and SNES as well as all the mario games. I hope they start adding GBA and N64 and Gamecube games. 

Posted on 12/08/2019 at 09:32 PM | Filed Under Blogs

Okay. Thanks for sharing. I really don't like the 'always online' aspect of it at all. I might try the free trial when Crystalis and Kirby All Stars drops this week. Honestly would be cool if they had neogeo, gameboy, gba games available like a service too.

Posted on 12/08/2019 at 02:35 AM | Filed Under Blogs

Ah. Okay. So you need the sub to play the classic games like a streaming service then? Do you sub to it? I mostly just play Zelda, but the classic games looks interesting enough.

Posted on 11/29/2019 at 12:40 AM | Filed Under Blogs

The demo convinced me to buy the game. It was on sale. I think they're pushing the game for release of DLC soon.