I didn't even know the original Galaga Legions had already been released! I'll have to check it out at some point, but I can already say I'll probably pick up the DX version of the game on Chris's PS3 once it makes it out.
I noticed that we got picked up by GoNintendo. In case anyone is confused, I say "Artificial Platforming Difficulty," not just "Artificial Platforming."
What I mean by this is that the difficulty doesn't come from good stage design. It comes from bad gameplay mechanics. For instance, there's a segment with rotating platforms over a giant pit. Sonic has to wait for a moving platform on the right side of the screen as a sort of pinwheel of platforms moves clockwise. The camera zooms far out, and on some platforms, there are enemies.
In order to make it to the platform on the right, the player has to jump from rotating platform to rotating platform. Normally, this isn't difficult at all. The addition of the enemies (Notably red bots, again) mean Sonic has to attack those enemies before he can land on their platforms. Due to unreliability of Sonic's standard jump attack, it's very easy to jump into the enemies, get hit, and just fall to your death. Because of the way the homing attack bounces Sonic in the air, and due to the zoomed out camera and slightly touchy air control Sonic has, it's tough to land on the platform after a homing attack. Since Sonic can't face an enemy and do a double jump, it's difficult to get above the platform and do Sonic's downward attack. Eventually, things work out, and Sonic can get to the platform, but the effort to get there is so great not because of stage design but in limitations in the game's engine that the stages weren't designed to compensate for.
That's a bit of a more in-depth example of what I mean by "artificial platforming difficulty."
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Oh, right. I remember Nick and Jason H. talking about it. I'm getting too forgetful, it seems.
I didn't even know there was another Mortal Kombat in development. Still, I think it's odd Ermac would be a featured piece of art, since, IIRC, he was originally a glitch in the game. I suppose he's become a major character, then?
I downloaded this on my phone two weeks ago to see why everyone likes it.
I'm beginning to think it's being downloaded so much so people can all see why everyone else likes it. It's not bad, don't get me wrong. It's just so far, it's been pretty average. There's not too much special about it.
There's several shoot-em-ups that allow things similar to that in their gameplay. Space Invaders: Infinity Gene lets you shoot faster if you don't move, for example. I don't know if that's really all so interesting or very noteworthy.
At first, I was surprised to see that the pack-in VC title was Donkey Kong over Super Mario Kart, but then it dawned on me that Super Mario Kart wouldn't be playable out of the box without a GameCube or Classic Controller.
True story, I actually wanted to edit in seven more "Birdo"s after I posted it, to even out the line. Right now, though, with how the "Our Take" works since it was colorized, I can't edit the post, so I couldn't. Good eye, though. I'm impressed.
Kathrine went on to mumble to herself "Please Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo Birdo!" upon reading this news story.
