The Arcade Random Thoughts Thread

[Twigg4075]

Thanks. I'm tired of waiting for the RetroN 5. I think I'm just going to plug the SNES in and start a season.

[JayDizzle]

Played and beat the story for Octodad: Dadliest Catch.

Two things:

-For less then $12 you can pick in up for PS4 through PS+
-It is ungodly short for what it tries to accomplish.

This being said, the game makes its point and doesn't dwell too long on side-story points and fetch quests.

Basically everything you do in the game has a reason behind it to further things along... but... if you want to dick around and see what mayhem an octopus-in-a-suit can do, there's that option as well.

I won't get a chance to try the co-op portion of the game but I hear-tell each player gets the control of a tentacle to move Octodad with.

I'd say it's worth a buy if you want to get something new to sit down and play for a day and show off to friends as a tech demo.

[buckeye]

Played and beat the story for Octodad: Dadliest Catch.

Two things:

-For less then $12 you can pick in up for PS4 through PS+
-It is ungodly short for what it tries to accomplish.

This being said, the game makes its point and doesn't dwell too long on side-story points and fetch quests.

Basically everything you do in the game has a reason behind it to further things along... but... if you want to dick around and see what mayhem an octopus-in-a-suit can do, there's that option as well.

I won't get a chance to try the co-op portion of the game but I hear-tell each player gets the control of a tentacle to move Octodad with.

I'd say it's worth a buy if you want to get something new to sit down and play for a day and show off to friends as a tech demo.

About how long was the game (at least for you)?

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[JayDizzle]

About how long was the game (at least for you)?

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I started at 8 EST and finished the story in 3 hours.

This was after struggling with the controls a bit and restarting a few times when I got stuck in the level.

Nothing major or game-breaking but know that going in if you choose to play it.

Also, if I were the company who made this (Young Horses), I'd put out a timed demo of the Super Market level for people to check out.

Shit's AMAZING.

[buckeye]

Damn I guess I'm gonna have to check it out.

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[Twigg4075]

I started at 8 EST and finished the story in 3 hours.

This was after struggling with the controls a bit and restarting a few times when I got stuck in the level.

Nothing major or game-breaking but know that going in if you choose to play it.

Also, if I were the company who made this (Young Horses), I'd put out a timed demo of the Super Market level for people to check out.

Shit's AMAZING.

I can only imagine how cool/frustrating/fun it would be to try and control eight tentacles while grabbing produce, ordering lunch meat, etc. It sounds funny as hell.

[Buzzman]

I started at 8 EST and finished the story in 3 hours.

This was after struggling with the controls a bit and restarting a few times when I got stuck in the level.

Nothing major or game-breaking but know that going in if you choose to play it.

Also, if I were the company who made this (Young Horses), I'd put out a timed demo of the Super Market level for people to check out.

Shit's AMAZING.

You could have just said 3 hours.

[JayDizzle]

You could have just said 3 hours.

Duly noted.

 

[JayDizzle]

I can only imagine how cool/frustrating/fun it would be to try and control eight tentacles while grabbing produce, ordering lunch meat, etc. It sounds funny as hell.

Just exploring what you could do versus what you feel is expected of you in the game is AMAZING.

 

Every time I found a pair of glasses or a funny hat, I HAD to try to see if I could put it on.

There's nothing like a scrambling octopus in X-Ray Specs and an Angler Fish hat that glows...

[Maynard]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/35450/

free forever if you snag it in the next 2 days

[j.hen]

Really diggin' Injustice on PS4 so far. Having 30 playable characters is pretty awesome. I like J'onn and Green Arrow the most. Played some matches with the room mates and there were a lot of epic moments already.

[SethMode]

I finally played through all of Broken Age Act 1. Very, very good adventure game. Great dialogue, tons of personality, and amazing art. The puzzles weren't super difficult, but honestly, the puzzles were generally what I disliked the most about old puzzle games.

I thought that the story was wonderful, and the ending was fantastic and has me very excited for Act 2.

[padman59]

I finally played through all of Broken Age Act 1. Very, very good adventure game. Great dialogue, tons of personality, and amazing art. The puzzles weren't super difficult, but honestly, the puzzles were generally what I disliked the most about old puzzle games.

I thought that the story was wonderful, and the ending was fantastic and has me very excited for Act 2.

I'm glad it's been well received, but I refuse to touch it until the second act is released. I hate having to wait to finish a game.

[SethMode]

I'm glad it's been well received, but I refuse to touch it until the second act is released. I hate having to wait to finish a game.

Yeah, I thought about that, but I feel like the ending is a little more impactful with a wait. Admittedly, I should have probably held off until at least a release date was announced.

[padman59]

Yeah, I thought about that, but I feel like the ending is a little more impactful with a wait. Admittedly, I should have probably held off until at least a release date was announced.

WTF is up with the release date stuff? I forgot about Broken Age until yesterday when it was one of the midweek deals on Steam, and IIRC, they were shooting for April to get the last act finished. The only things I've been able to find so far are a few posts on the DoubleFine forums implying that the puzzle design is being redone because a lot of people thought they were too easy in the first act.