I should probably clarify that I didn't care much about UV because I already didn't before I played it. I just chose it out of the mix of remaining Plus games because it had a HLTB time of 1.5hrs. I knew it was supposed to be played multiple times but that sort of game doesn't really appeal to me. It needs to be a blimmin good game for me to play it more than once, no matter how short it is!
I should also say that Element4l actually played pretty well but I didn't have the time or will power to learn and commit it's mechanics to muscle memory unfortunately. I think I thought it was going to be more of a slightly interactive "experience" than a full fledged twitch reflex game. It does pace those twitch moments out at least but yeah, just couldn't bring myself to carry on with it. A game where you have to die and repeat sections multiple times needs to blimmin good for me to play those sections again! (Intentional repeat of wording there.) I think also, in games that do have that sort of gameplay, they normally give you a good amount of time to get used to the play style. There might be a difficulty spike once you are already quite invested in the game but at least it's preceded by a fair learning curve. I think Element4l, while it does have a short tutorial, does throw you in the deep end a bit.
I thought I'd clarify because I wrote those reviews quite quickly when I had some downtime at work so I might have not been too clear in my thoughts on the games. Plus I didn't care much about the first two games in the end 😅
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I have been intrigued by Type Rider when I'd seen it on sale and scanned some reviews in the past. Good to see how much you enjoyed it and may push me to purchase at some point. Like you I had similar phases of mucking around on word processors or DTPs and also can, on occasion, be in the mood for learning obscure facts.
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@sorteddan it's only a few hours long so I'd say wait for a decent sale on it. I completed it over two evenings. There's also a speed run option in the game which I didn't bother with. I believe it includes both the PS4 and Vita versions, at least the Plus version did.
@Thrillho it certainly is niche! I do have a bias because I love platformers but I tend to only love either the classics, revivals of classics or games that have a seriously unique selling point or gimmick. In terms of original IPs that I've loved and that came out in the last 10-20 years or so, VVVVVV and Ori and the Blind Forest are the only 2D platformers I've truly loved. VVVVVV for its anti-gravity gimmick, soundtrack and just general world and atmosphere. Ori for its strangely rhythmic but still tough Donkey Kong-esque gameplay. I think I loved Type:Rider because it's USP was the educational aspect to it. The music is pretty good in it as well. The platforming wasn't mega hard or necessarily unique but the atmosphere and look of the game was very appealing and in keeping with its educational theme.
@ralphdibny Have you tried Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair? Quite an old school feeling platformer with lots of replay ability and some clever level design.
@Thrillho nah not yet. I do own it and the first one on Switch but unfortunately, like most games I actually own, they are still in the backlog because I am so beholden to playing games on both subscription services before the games leave in the case of game pass or before my sub ends in the case of PS Plus lol. I am sort of looking forward to being sub-free at some point though!
Just thought I'd ask @get2sammyb as I'm mighty curious but with the whole PS Plus revamp will you be doing reviews (& re-reviews of course) for certain games that appear on the service?
Shadow Hearts for example (if it is part of the service from that trademark) as it's never been re-released before to my knowledge and was obviously out way before Push was a thing.
I'm sure Ramsey wouldn't mind another JRPG to play and write about either
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@HallowMoonshadow That does sound like a good idea. Nintendo Life review all the games that come on the Switch Online service as well. Although I’m pretty sure they have a larger staff!
@HallowMoonshadow It's currently undecided but I definitely want to. I'm sure we'll figure out something, even if it's just a selection of the more "interesting" things.
HallowMoonshadow Well, I did have a plan, but only the first Syphon Filter has appeared on the nascent service thusfar, so I'm hoping the sequels get added in short order, perhaps as part of the American or European launch. Otherwise it'll be less of a plan and more of an afternoon's distraction!
Yeah I did notice that. I'm sure the sequels will be added in due time.
Did look rather good though to my eyes (The footage for all the games looks good enough to me honestly I don't see most of the problems some have with the presentation). Trophies'll be a nice bonus to add some replayability to it 😄
I'm sure you will be able to download Abe's Oddysee, or I hope you will, at least. Whenever I've pulled the trigger on a PS Store bundle before, it's counted the separate games in my Library.
It's been so long I honestly don't remember. Hopefully. Save sates will be a godsend for Abe's Oddysee (And I totally can't spell the word Odyssey properly thanks to unique spelling of it here )
... I do think some of the uproar of them using the PAL/50Hz versions is a teensy bit ridiculous myself when most of the people on here have no doubt only ever played the PAL versions of those games so won't typically* notice a difference compared to our US friends (who most certainly will) but I do hope they do add the NTSC/60Hz versions for them.
*(I know modern tvs only typically do 60Hz so there's trouble there with how it displays. Not to mention I'm only seeing second-hand footage so I can't fully experience it for myself... but I digress)
It'd also probably be a bit of a nightmare for them to impliment the 50Hz/60Hz versions thanks to it being tied to the PSN store compared to Switch's online subscription service being it's own separate entity where it can freely do that... At least I'd assume so.
So yeah, as far as I'm concerned, the whole presentation thing has been blown out of all proportion. I'm gonna be more than a little disappointed if everybody's pointless insistence on 60fps leads to that ghosting fudge being applied as a universal constant across the entire range, because that I can notice, and it looks hideous.
Yeah the ghosting effect that was added was the only thing I really noticed too.
I wouldn't say it's pointless (Though I understand what you mean Rog) as there are clear advantages to NTSC when the PAL versions weren't optimised correctly for the region but PAL PS1 games do typically have a better resolution.
I'm not sure about Ape Escape 1 but Ape Escape 2 on PS2 has an entirely different dub in PAL regions compared to america.
The UK one actually uses Japanese names so for example the main character is called Hikaru instead of being called Jimmy in the US version.
So if Ape Escape 1 has something similar maybe that's why they're the PAL region one as it's also the more accurate localisation? 😄
@JohnnyShoulder@render I was shocked that Stray will be day 1 psextra. I thought they mentioned no exclusives will be day 1. I'm glad they backtracked on it. Like you said Johnny, Stray will be a good palette cleanser between great games. Plus you play a cat. That in itself will be fun.
@HallowMoonshadow@Elodin Yep - even more specifically - they said it wouldn't work for them to put every 1st party game on the service. That doesn't even mean none of them will be there (I could see some of the unannounced live service games launching on the extra tier while not being free for essential subscribers).
I think it was a popular assumption that many indies would launch on PS Plus Extra in the future so this wasn't a big surprise to me (especially since the date leaked a while ago and seemed in line with the "mid-month ps plus refresh").
Since July 19 is the third Tuesday of the month, that's probably when Extra/Premium will update. I hope that also means we'll learn what the update will be the Wednesday before instead of the day before like PS Now was doing.
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