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    This is my latest video game acquisition. Coming on the heels of revisiting the awesomeness that is Metal Slug 4, I felt in the mood for another action game and this Mega Man X-inspired title satisfied. It's not a straightforward rip-off of the Mega Man formula though. Instead, it's a roguelite where you have a base where you store upgrades, and the game uses procedural generation to ensure that each play is distinctive, and though you may notice some minor repetition after enough play, it does a very good job of it overall. It also offers two-player cooperative play, though I haven't yet had occasion to take advantage of it. Anyway, highly recommended, especially to fans of the Mega Man X games who are looking for a new spin on that general type of action-platformer! It's available on everything current-gen: PlayStation 4, Switch, Xbox One, and on your computer through Steam, take your pick.

    Here's a trailer for it:


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    Quote Originally Posted by IMPress Polly View Post
    This is my latest video game acquisition. Coming on the heels of revisiting the awesomeness that is Metal Slug 4, I felt in the mood for another action game and this Mega Man X-inspired title satisfied. It's not a straightforward rip-off of the Mega Man formula though. Instead, it's a roguelite where you have a base where you store upgrades, and the game uses procedural generation to ensure that each play is distinctive, and though you may notice some minor repetition after enough play, it does a very good job of it overall. It also offers two-player cooperative play, though I haven't yet had occasion to take advantage of it. Anyway, highly recommended, especially to fans of the Mega Man X games who are looking for a new spin on that general type of action-platformer! It's available on everything current-gen: PlayStation 4, Switch, Xbox One, and on your computer through Steam, take your pick.

    Here's a trailer for it:

    Not my type of game.
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    Hate video games. Used to repair them back in the 80’s.
    When Donald Trump said to protest “peacefully”, he meant violence.

    When he told protesters to “go home”, he meant stay for an insurrection.

    And when he told Brad Raffensperger to implement “whatever the correct legal remedy is”, he meant fraud.

    War is peace.

    Freedom is slavery.

    Ignorance is strength.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brett Nortje View Post
    Not my type of game.
    You are forgiven.

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    Quote Originally Posted by IMPress Polly View Post
    You are forgiven.
    What other games are you playing at the moment?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brett Nortje View Post
    What other games are you playing at the moment?
    Well I just got through with the new Switch version of Gone Home, which has been just about my favorite game ever since it's initial release on home computers five years ago...



    ...currently I'm playing a really funny and awesome, vaguely Ninja Gaiden-inspired game called The Messenger that uses Metroidvania-style exploration and involves a share of Chrono Trigger-esque time-hopping and the fusion of narrative tragedy and deadpan gags. It shifts design styles from traditional linear platforming to more open-ended exploration in the course of the adventure, and art styles from 8-bit to 16-bit looks as well:


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    Quote Originally Posted by IMPress Polly View Post
    Well I just got through with the new Switch version of Gone Home, which has been just about my favorite game ever since it's initial release on home computers five years ago...

    ...currently I'm playing a really funny and awesome, vaguely Ninja Gaiden-inspired game called The Messenger that uses Metroidvania-style exploration and involves a share of Chrono Trigger-esque time-hopping and the fusion of narrative tragedy and deadpan gags. It shifts design styles from traditional linear platforming to more open-ended exploration in the course of the adventure, and art styles from 8-bit to 16-bit looks as well:
    I see you are nearly at five thousand posts?

    Yes, these are more my types of games! Have you heard of "Police Quest?"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brett Nortje View Post
    I see you are nearly at five thousand posts?

    Yes, these are more my types of games! Have you heard of "Police Quest?"
    Wow, I guess I am! Hadn't even noticed. I have been here for more than six years though. This used to be a more politically diverse place. Now I'm just here 'cause of a couple other people (one in particular).

    I hadn't heard of Police Quest before, but have just looked it up on Wikipedia. What do you like the most about it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by IMPress Polly View Post
    Wow, I guess I am! Hadn't even noticed. I have been here for more than six years though. This used to be a more politically diverse place. Now I'm just here 'cause of a couple other people (one in particular).
    I hadn't heard of Police Quest before, but have just looked it up on Wikipedia. What do you like the most about it?
    It is tedious at times, but I love the maps and ways to figure things out. Nice mystery.
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    I'm still stuck in the past, mostly playing old psx and snes games on my phone, lol.

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