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Video Game Bored / Re: Nintendo Anounces Switch 2
« Last post by team filler on January 10, 2025, 07:32:00 PM »
Waiting for space world
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Video Game Bored / Re: Nintendo Anounces Switch 2
« Last post by james on January 09, 2025, 06:23:19 PM »
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Video Game Bored / Re: What are you playing?
« Last post by Bebpo on January 09, 2025, 06:05:20 PM »
Also cleared Vergress on UFO50 last night. It was good but intense on the nerves. I had the most issues with stage 3 because I'm not great at bouncing on enemies in it.
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Video Game Bored / Re: Random Gaming Talk Thread
« Last post by Polident Hive on January 09, 2025, 05:38:08 PM »
Got the TrimUI Brick from Amazon. May return it.

For what it is, it’s great. Controls are good. Screen is good. Solid build quality. But I don’t think these vertical handhelds are for me. Went in expecting if I didn’t use the shoulder buttons, it’d be fine. Nope.

The Anbernic? Saturn style handheld is cheap and can get send in time. Considering picking that up.

Updating to avoid double post: got the Arc-S and prefer it. Not “pocketable” or compact. It’s likely as large as a Vita or Retroid. Main thing is it’s comfortable to use. Basically the 8bitdo M30 Sega style controller, widened, with a screen slapped on. Whether this is a plus depends, but it’s toy-like. Light, hollow, cheap-ish plastic. Feels like I can dump it in a bag without case and it’ll be fine.

Two downsides I’ve read about. You need a cheap USB C charger for it. Somehow decent fast USB C chargers don’t work? Limited alternative OS options. The MinUI analogue pocket clone OS looked nice. Some of these support Batocera. There’s Onion and Garlic for others. This only seems to support something called roxnix.
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Video Game Bored / Re: What are you playing?
« Last post by Bebpo on January 09, 2025, 01:47:01 AM »
Beat more games (been in a gaming mood):


Lunastice - Fairly decent indie 3d platformer that is like a halfway between Sonic speed and non-Sonic jumping/attacking 3d platformer. But takes a bit to get good and then is over in <3 hours so isn't all that satisfying. Would love to see a sequel that is double the size.


Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore - Thought this was going to be a gag, but it was actually freaking great 2d stage based metroidvania. Really fun gameplay, good level design, funny cutscenes, great music. Only complaint is too much backtracking at endgame to collect everything. But surprisingly fantastic game.


Crow Country - Was solid. Great visuals and detailed environments, fun and challenging puzzles, actually a good story. Combat is kind of shit and it's basically a bite sized RE you finish in like 5 hours so it's satisfying but feels small and short. It's a good game, could've been better though.


Off-Peak - Was an ok short little free adventure game by Cosmo D (first release on Steam by Cosmo D prior to Norwood Suite).


The Secret of Retropolis - VR adventure game noir style. Was solid with some good writing and VA and nice art style, but easy puzzles and only like 6 rooms total or something in an hour. Too short like a lot of AA VR projects. There is a sequel that's like 3x as long so might play it at some point.


The Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island - This was funny as hell but also barely a game at like 40 mins. Still recommendable because the writing is hilarious. I'm about midway through game #2 now.


The Moon Sliver - First steam released game by David Szymanski of Dusk and Iron Lung fame. Walking sim. Quite well written and interesting how much he's able to do with so little game (very small area and journals to grab).  Impressive.


The Music Machine - Second steam released bigger game by David Szymanski. Walking sim again. Really well written and good story. Also connects to The Moon Sliver. Between these and Iron Lung and Dusk, Szymanski is one of the best game designers/writers currently in the industry imo.


Still Wakes the Deep - First really disappointing game I've played in a while. I really liked Dear Esther and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (Haven't gotten to Everyone's Gone to the Rapture). So I thought I liked The Chinese Room developers. And a period piece Scottish supernatural lovecraftian tale on an oil rig in 1975 six hour interactive movie? Sounded great! But then everything about this game is bad. The story isn't very strong and with no audio logs or even really a mystery hook the only story is "Isaac go here and fix this. Isaac go here and fix that" on an oil rig that is falling apart. Yeah, it's basically Dead Space (including basically Necromorphs; this is Color out of Space; not Call of Cthluhlu) without Dead Space's combat and story stuff. So what you get is a very boring to play walking sim with bad stealth sections, bad swimming sections, with an uninteresting story that never goes anywhere. The dialogue is solid and the Scottish VA is great. Art is good. But it just felt pointless by the end. Why waste six hours on a game that has no gameplay and not much of a story? Very disappointing and I wonder if it had dev issues. Will still get to Everybody's Gone to the Rapture at some point since I've heard good things. But more hesitant about any future stuff from The Chinese Room after this.


Finally I'm late to the party but started getting into UFO50 last week. So far I've cleared Ninpek (good but made me rage), Magic Garden (good but maybe a bit simple), Barbuta (good but never would've figured this without a guide and with a guide you kind of lose the experience), Bug Hunter (really good strategy game but a lot of rng with your loadouts), Planet Zoldath (really basic/simple game but I kind of dug it?). Would like to clear all 50 games, but may give up on some that I know just aren't going to be for my skillset like I did with Paint Chase. Very impressed by the quality and depth of mechanics in the games so far.


Currently playing: More UFO50 games, LOUD, The Frog Detective 2, Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, Tales from Off-Peak City, MvC Infinite Beyond Mod
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The Superdeep Borehole / Re: RedLetterMedia Thread
« Last post by D3RANG3D on January 08, 2025, 08:50:57 PM »
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Video Game Bored / Re: Random Gaming Talk Thread
« Last post by bork on January 07, 2025, 09:15:22 PM »
How is using the analog sticks on it? That’s the only real complaint I’ve seen about the Retroid 5.

Seems just fine to me, but I'd love to see the Vita-style analog sticks like the Trimui Smart has on more handhelds- I think they work better for smaller portables.  A version of them with R3/L3 "buttons" and hall effect would be ideal to for something to be really pocketable.

On TV out. Was surprised how well the Steam Deck (and emudeck) handled it using some ugreen dock. No issues with different resolutions or aspect ratios. No reconfiguring controls for a wireless 8bitdo controller.

I've had zero issues with the Steam Deck and various Windows handhelds and laptops in the past.  Have only had problems with these emulation devices.  Maybe this is an area where these companies cheap out.

Related, Lenovo announced updated handhelds. One with Steam OS. I’m in no rush on that end to upgrade. But it’s great that this is now a lasting market.

I'm way, way more interested in the Lenovo Legion Go 2, which they disappointingly only showed off in prototype form and without a price or release date.
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Video Game Bored / Re: Random Gaming Talk Thread
« Last post by Polident Hive on January 07, 2025, 01:47:25 PM »
How is using the analog sticks on it? That’s the only real complaint I’ve seen about the Retroid 5.

On TV out. Was surprised how well the Steam Deck (and emudeck) handled it using some ugreen dock. No issues with different resolutions or aspect ratios. No reconfiguring controls for a wireless 8bitdo controller.

Related, Lenovo announced updated handhelds. One with Steam OS. I’m in no rush on that end to upgrade. But it’s great that this is now a lasting market.
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Video Game Bored / Re: Random Gaming Talk Thread
« Last post by bork on January 07, 2025, 07:49:50 AM »
Re: TV-out on the Retroid Pocket 5.  To be fair, I only tested it on one TV, but had issues.  It would not work with a USB-C hub that should have been just fine for it (it kept freezing up when HDMI was plugged in) and when I tried using the Asus ROG "dock" it worked, but seemingly was trying to run at 4K 30 FPS and was way too slow.  I've had this type of thing happen before on this particular TV, but on a Windows device I could just change the refresh rate.  Saw no way to change that or the resolution in the Android settings.  Can't say I'm disappointed because apart from higher-end tablets, this always seems to be more of an issue than it should be.

Will keep messing around- am wondering if the HDMI cable I was using could be the problem, but that same cable worked just fine with my Tab S9.
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Video Game Bored / Re: Random Gaming Talk Thread
« Last post by bork on January 07, 2025, 07:47:18 AM »
Everything I've ordered from AliExpress has always come through without a hitch.

Most of that stuff was GBA modding stuff, screens, cases, buttons etc.

Never had a problem, once the cpu on the screen mod was broken during shipping and they just sent a new one.

Seems to vary depending on the seller.
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