Proof Ninsuckdoodoo can literally take a crap and call it a game and people will buy it.
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Portal 2. Figure may as well finally finish it and move on to The Talos Principle and Q.U.B.E. 2. The Portal Reloaded fan game is awesome too, but it can make your head hurt, fans always have to scale difficulty up to like 1% of the pro gamer population.
Been playing too many shooters, I keep expecting to get attacked halfway through a puzzle.
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Nice! If you can handle the the more dated older games, it's definitely interesting seeing how Shantae has evolved over time.
We did lose Jake Kaufman, the composer, after Shantae: Half Genie Hero though. He gave us some genuinely great tracks before he left. Reminds you of old school platformers, but modernized a little.
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Fun game, but the video details are killing my ADD. I could use native stretch and get the shimmering in backgrounds from improper pixel shapes, use pixel perfect mode which shrinks the image and adds black borders, or use straight 720P which completely fills the screen even in pixel perfect mode, but is nowhere as sharp as native res.
Decisions decisions.
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Over 37 deaths so far past the Queen of Quills. With full upgrades, because how can you not grind a little with the reset crystal exploit.
They say this is an easy game, I guess I suck.
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Never got one because just not sure what to get. Half Genie Hero Ultimate is 15 bucks, that's still kind of pricey even on sale, Pirates Curse is cheaper, 10 bucks (Presumably without dlc), and Risky is 5.
I'll pay the 15 if it's the best of the bunch, would rarher pay more for a better game.
Ia story an issue, do you miss out by skipping games?
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Well, it's like this. The Shantae games do have an established continuity, recurring characters, and are impacted by prior games -- Shantae has no genie powers in Pirate's Curse because of events in Risky's Revenge, for example.
But, each game is a separate story arc. The story isn't particularly serious or complicated either. It's somewhat of a lighthearted comedy series. You may miss some gags and references, but it won't impact the experience much. I'd say just pick which looks most fun.
As for what's best, people will debate that. The games genre hop a bit, and mechanics/art style will vary between titles. Of those three, I enjoyed Half-Genie Hero the most(mechanically, visually, AND soundtrack-wise), but it's more of a conventional platformer with Metroidvania elements. Pirate's Curse is a pure Metroidvania.
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Shantae and the Seven Sirens has a very strong argument for being best in the series too, but it may be above your price point at 30$.
It seems to have figured out the best mechanics/controls, visual style, and design for the series imo. And expanded the story a bit. It took the best of all the previous titles, although Half-Genie Hero has a better soundtrack overall.
I guess it comes down to preference ultimately.
Last edited by StyleTime on Jun 9th, 2023 at 02:19 AM
Fanatical has it for 20% off. If Epic Game Store had it I'd use the Epic Coupon.
Looks like Gog once had a 70% discount, may just wait for a sale. In the mean time I'm about half way through The Messenger and enjoying every minute, definitely a top tier game a shame it doesn't seem popular. Shantae on the other hand is very popular, yet the reviews seem mixed, a lot of fans on Reddit or Gamefaqs claim it's "average" while others insist it's "decent", haven't seen too many rave about them like Hollow Knight or Shovel Knight.
But the art style looks up my ally, kind of reminds me of Guacamele a bit, think I want at least one game, and maybe more from there if I like it.
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