23rd June 2014, 5:47 PM
(This post was last modified: 23rd June 2014, 6:04 PM by A Black Falcon.)
Dark indeed... yeah, Papers Please certainly is one of those games not meant to be "fun". I haven't played it enough yet to say how much it is worth playing, but the concept certainly is very unique, and that's great.
PC DD
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"Cant' Stop Laughing" Bundle - BattleBlock Theater & Castle Crashers - $2.50 (on sale on Steam) - platformer and beat 'em up. I've been somewhat interested in Castle Crashers ever since its release, but I've never been sure if I'd like it or not, given the comparisons I've always heard between it and Guardian Heroes, a game I don't like much... well, I'll finally see. As for the other game, it looks like an okay difficult platformer.
Atari 2600
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Mountain King - $5, cart only. Platformer that is somewhat impressive for the system thanks to the large size of the world. Basic graphics, but there's a large scrolling level here. Pitfall II looks a lot nicer, but that uses an enhancement chip in the cart for that... this game is larger (in ROM size) than most 2600 games, but has no actual processor boost, as you can tell when you compare the two games' graphics. Just having scrolling platforming on the 2600 is impressive, though!
Xbox
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Raze's Hell - $5, complete. Third-person shooter with a cute theme. It's an Xbox game, so of course it's a shooter... I've thought it looked a little interesting, but not enough to pay much for it. Finally found a copy cheap.
Nintendo 64
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Rat Attack - $7.50, cart only. This is an arcade action game. It's alright. It's topdown with single-screen (pretty much) levels, and you play as a cat trying to capture and kill the rats trying to destroy everything in each level. You move around and jump with one button, and by holding the other button the game uses you draw a box on the floor (size-limited). Any rats in the box when you let go of the button get caught. So yeah, it's a bit like an action game crossed with some Qix variant or something. It's nothing great, but it is simple fun. So far levels are easy, but bosses are challenging.
PC DD
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"Cant' Stop Laughing" Bundle - BattleBlock Theater & Castle Crashers - $2.50 (on sale on Steam) - platformer and beat 'em up. I've been somewhat interested in Castle Crashers ever since its release, but I've never been sure if I'd like it or not, given the comparisons I've always heard between it and Guardian Heroes, a game I don't like much... well, I'll finally see. As for the other game, it looks like an okay difficult platformer.
Atari 2600
--
Mountain King - $5, cart only. Platformer that is somewhat impressive for the system thanks to the large size of the world. Basic graphics, but there's a large scrolling level here. Pitfall II looks a lot nicer, but that uses an enhancement chip in the cart for that... this game is larger (in ROM size) than most 2600 games, but has no actual processor boost, as you can tell when you compare the two games' graphics. Just having scrolling platforming on the 2600 is impressive, though!
Xbox
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Raze's Hell - $5, complete. Third-person shooter with a cute theme. It's an Xbox game, so of course it's a shooter... I've thought it looked a little interesting, but not enough to pay much for it. Finally found a copy cheap.
Nintendo 64
--
Rat Attack - $7.50, cart only. This is an arcade action game. It's alright. It's topdown with single-screen (pretty much) levels, and you play as a cat trying to capture and kill the rats trying to destroy everything in each level. You move around and jump with one button, and by holding the other button the game uses you draw a box on the floor (size-limited). Any rats in the box when you let go of the button get caught. So yeah, it's a bit like an action game crossed with some Qix variant or something. It's nothing great, but it is simple fun. So far levels are easy, but bosses are challenging.