Paid Members PunkStep Posted February 25, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted February 25, 2022 That's surprising, they've released quite a lot of games over the past 18 months. I can't imagine what they'd be announcing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted February 25, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted February 25, 2022 Speculation is that it's DLC for Legends, or possibly something for Pokémon Unite, their pay to win MOBA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Must be running out of games to remaster by now. What was the last proper Pokémon game assuming Arceus doesn’t count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted February 26, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted February 26, 2022 The last "mainline" Pokémon game was Sword/Shield which was gen 8. Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl was gen 4, but there was also the Let's Go ones from a couple of years back, so I wonder whether that sold well enough for Nintendo to stick a gen 2 version of that put. There's a Pokémon Unite event going on at the moment as well though, so I reckon it might be to do with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted February 26, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted February 26, 2022 (edited) I bought one of sword or shield, my first since red or green. It was great but incredibly repetitive. I'm sure for most that's the point but battling faceless bum #64 for the nth time wore thin before I completed it Edited February 26, 2022 by Tommy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted February 26, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted February 26, 2022 38 minutes ago, Tommy! said: I bought one of said or shield, my first since red or green. It was great but incredibly repetitive. I'm sure for most that's the point but battling faceless bum #64 for the nth time wore thin before I completed it The gameplay loop hasn't really changed in the 25 years since the first generation. They try to garnish it with extra features and the graphics advance, but it's ostensibly the same game. This is also why a lot of people were singing the praises of Legends when it came out. It's a very different gameplay experience. My copy of Go Straight arrived today, and unpacking it was such an experience. The shipping bag had the Bitmap Books logo all over it, and there was some really nice art on the box it came in. The book itself is pretty special. I don't want to take it out of the cellophane, but I also know it'd be a lot of fun to just open it to a random page and have a read, but I'm enjoying just reading the digital copy on my phone. The digital copy has a little "prepared exclusively for (name)", which is a nice touch, but also a great way of tracking somebody down if it ends up getting shared on a torrent site or suchlike. Hopefully they do one about fighting games at some point in the future. Heck if I wasn't such a mess I'd try and do it myself, but I don't have the resources for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 I've seen that on Twitter and even though I'm not a huge gamer these days, I think I'm gonna grab that as it looks superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted February 26, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted February 26, 2022 (edited) It's a great read. I wish I had access to all my old ROMs and one of those random number generators so I could just stream and play these things at random. Edited February 27, 2022 by jazzygeofferz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted February 27, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted February 27, 2022 It's a big one. I just ordered a copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted February 27, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted February 27, 2022 Well I'll be buggered, they've announced a new gen Pokemon series already- Violet and Scarlet. They haven't brought out a new generation this soon after the last gen since gold & silver, have they? And one of the starters is basically Donald Duck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted February 27, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted February 27, 2022 (edited) Also some new free add-ons for Legends Arceus should have arrived today. It tends to be about 2-3 years between main series releases, and gen 8 released the end of 2019. I think an external dev did the gen 4 remake, which is why it bucked that trend of being a remake of a previous gen in the current generation's style. Edited February 27, 2022 by jazzygeofferz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironic Indie Lad Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Played enough of Horizon: Forbidden West to give some proper thoughts on it now. I think overall I would have to say that this game is pretty decent but overrated. I know plenty of people say this about Horizon but its true imo, it seems to borrow almost everything from other AAA games and do them not quite as well. I dont think the game is any better or worse than your average Assassins Creed. The Good It looks absolutely fantastic, certainly on the PS5 anyway. I've not had any real tech issues other than some quite noticeable pop-in. The map is enormous and there is nice variety in the environments. The soundtrack is really excellent. The ranged combat is pretty satisfying. The Not So Good I find the story and characters incredibly boring The main story is pretty much a big extended fetch quest. Its pretty much go to an area, fight a boss, retrieve something and bring it back to your base. Repeat. The upgrades to your equipment and skill tree seems tacked on and quite shallow to me. It seems like it barely makes a difference. I found the hand holding extremely annoying. You literally can be standing for like 3 seconds and Aloy will say "maybe I should scan and look for somewhere to climb" etc. The climbing is quite poor compared to Uncharted, Tomb Raider etc.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King Of Swing Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Agree about the main story. Story always seems to suffer the most when it comes to open world games. I quite like the characters though. About 50 hours into the game (cleaning up some side content before finishing the main story) so it must be doing something right to keep me going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TildeGuy~! Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 The Go Straight book has just arrived and it looks amazing, can’t wait to dive into it. Was well packaged and it weighs about 160lbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted March 1, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted March 1, 2022 I got mine this morning. And yes it's a large and heavy tome. A bit disappointed that they haven't covered WWF Superstars in the book. The book is great and full of facts. The gatefold sections have as high a quality feel to them as the rest of the book. Great value and highly recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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