The Arcade Random Thoughts Thread

[jeffx]

I'm reading the GameSpy servers are shutting down tomorrow. That means no more Unreal Tournament 3 or Mortal Kombat online. Fucking sucks.

[SethMode]

how is the Wii U? i have become really interested in it.. especially for mario kart 8

I have been splitting time between my Wii U and my PC, which can handle anything out there in the current gen. I'd say though that 70% of the time has been devoted to the Wii U. It's a neat little system that really only fucked itself with a weird accessory (the gamepad). The third party stuff is nothing new, so whatever. But the gamepad (which I like, but not for the reasons that they want me to -- I like it because you can play Wii U games on it and they look pretty great for such a small screen....although I dislike when touchscreen functionality is shoehorned into games) is just kind of a mess. Similar to Kinect, honestly. It's got some neat features, but no one wants to develop for it.

Anyway, all that being said: do you like Nintendo games? I've beaten Super Mario 3D World and Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, and both are amazing. If you like a sidescrolling Mario, New Super Mario Bros. U is right up your alley. Wind Waker I'm on my first playthrough ever, but I find it to be incredible almost across the board. Even the weird Wonderful 101 seems pretty cool, if you can get past the clunky "look up, look down" nature of its use of the gamepad. I'm super excited for Bayonetta 2, but I'm pretty sure I'm the only one outside of a few weirdos from NeoGaf.

Other than that though, there isn't likely to be much there for you. The third party stuff is, in my understanding (I haven't played any third party games on the Wii U) uniformly better everywhere else. So, yeah, I guess we're back to, do you like Nintendo games?

PS - been playing Mario Kart 8 for about an hour and a half today and it is pretty much everything the hype has said it was, thus far.

[Handleit_44]

Walking Dead season 2 has been announced for PS4 coming out this year. I'm going to have to buy seasons 1 & 2 for ps4 bringing the number of times I've bought these games up to a total of 7.

Hell yeah - day one purchase for all those!

[j.hen]

Walking Dead season 2 has been announced for PS4 coming out this year. I'm going to have to buy seasons 1 & 2 for ps4 bringing the number of times I've bought these games up to a total of 7.

[Twigg4075]

how is the Wii U? i have become really interested in it.. especially for mario kart 8

I haven't turned mine on in months but I am looking forward to playing MK8.

[Bane]

how is the Wii U? i have become really interested in it.. especially for mario kart 8

[JayDizzle]

Finally beat Olmec again on Spelunky on my 671st run ( )

$292700 in a little over half-an-hour.

I'm so happy that I saved all those Damsels/Dude-sels/Dog-sels because I was faceplanting a lot.

Nothing but Springy Boots, Spike Boots, my own Dumb Luck and the God-Tier Jetpack...

[Bmore]

picked up Injustice too and have played the shit out of it. Have to play with the 360 controller tho, cuz fighters are horrid on a keyboard... O_O

[SethMode]

Picked up the Injustice Ultimate Edition this weekend on Amazon for my PC. Really like it so far, but super bummed at the slowdown bug. Every fight starts with just RIDICULOUSLY slow speeds. Weirdly, ALT+Tab in and out fixes the problem immediately, but it has to be done before every fight, so story mode has me in and out of the game a lot. Still, a relatively easy fix, but annoying that they've basically said "eh, fuck it" as far as the bug is concerned.

[jms493]

Protip accepted!

Engage.

[SethMode]

Volgarr pro tip I forgot to mention before, JMS:

Hit the walls near swords you see stuck in the ground. It's a sign that there is a secret, breakable wall nearby.

[CrimsonGhost56]

have a few extra beta invitations for Dead Island: Epidemic (on Steam) if anyone is interested. it is a MOBA-style game set in the Dead Island universe.

[Twigg4075]

Mmmmmmmmmmm, bourbon.

[jms493]

Oh man, that's usually the sweet spot for me. A glass of bourbon at 12AM was what got me to Yama in Spelunky.

bourbon...1 sip....

[SethMode]

I played Volgarr on my couch all relaxed (2 beers) and that game kicked my ass. I couldnt even reach the 1st boss....fuck!

Oh man, that's usually the sweet spot for me. A glass of bourbon at 12AM was what got me to Yama in Spelunky.