Perhaps I just suck then. I wasted easily an hour in that specific part before I gave up. I haven’t been able to one-shot the bat at all…
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Yeah anything the flashes you press 'X' to parry and can one shot it (I posted a video on my other post before this you can check out). You have to press X while the flash happens, not necessarily when it gets to you, so the timing can feel a bit weird.
I would practice this a bit on some of the easier enemies like that bat as it's essential to be good at it for later in the game, particularly with some of the bosses.
I soft-locked myself out of my Metroid save about 3 hours in. Haven’t got around to restart it yet. It Autosaved with 14 health left and a sequence that is impossible to pass without taking damage. (Immediately after turning the power back on in that second World/Ship/Planet)
On top of the other suggestions - if this was an autosave and not a save room room that has you trapped, you can always press the Minus button on the controller and navigate the menus to "Load Previous Save" instead of the Autosave. That'll take you back to the last save room you were at.
One control I'm finding really annoying is the grapple beam. You engage targeting with L, then turn it on holding ZR, then shoot it with Y. I'd find it much easier to use if you just targeted, then shot it with ZR. Why turn it on, and then shoot it? Just shoot it.
It also behaves differently with the Omega cannon engaged. You can't target first, because that puts you in Omega aiming mode. So you have to engage it, manually aim, then fire it. No standing still, aiming, then firing. Took me many EMMI death tries to realize what was going on there.
My wife and I were planning to get a new OLED Switch for Christmas this year (our gift to ourselves), but I'm hearing about the chip shortages and wondering if we should just try to scoop one now? Do you think it will be as hard to get a Switch as it is for the PS5 and Xbox these days?
I'm only hesitating on it as we want it to feel like an actual Christmas gift so we'd likely not play it until then, and I'm worried about getting a dud and having a hard time with returns if we bought it a few months before we open the box.
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My wife and I were planning to get a new OLED Switch for Christmas this year (our gift to ourselves), but I'm hearing about the chip shortages and wondering if we should just try to scoop one now? Do you think it will be as hard to get a Switch as it is for the PS5 and Xbox these days?
I'm only hesitating on it as we want it to feel like an actual Christmas gift so we'd likely not play it until then, and I'm worried about getting a dud and having a hard time with returns if we bought it a few months before we open the box.
Retails often have holiday return policies that extend well into January so if the plan is to get one and open it later, might as well secure it now since you have the peace of mind of returning it later.
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Just scooped one from Best Buy that explicitly had any purchases after Nov 1 as qualifying for their holiday return policy, so I'm now covered there even if we don't open it up until Christmas.
Curious to see how it plays out for Christmas - will people try to get a switch instead if they can't get a PS5 or Xbox? Probably not, but maybe?
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I have seen Switch Oleds at multiple Shoppers drug marts...if you have a 20x points this is the way to go
Nintendo has a really good warranty in the unlikely event something is wrong with it...plus most CCs also cover it or double the warranty
Wouldn't worry about buying one now
Downloaded Pikmin Bloom. I thought it would be like Pokemon go, except pokémon just doesn't do anything for me
Instead Pikmin bloom seems more like a fitness tracker? I've yet to discover the point of it, except to be rewarded for walking (which I can barely do anyway, lol, so this is going to take a while at my ~1500 steps a day
Sooooo...will I eventually get to send my army of 6 Pikmin to attack a giant ladybug, then feel tremendous remorse should some of them die?
My wife is looking for a game to replace her prior love of Stardew Valley. We tried Animal Crossing, but she's not a fan of it (doesn't like how the game is tied to the actually time of day when she can only really play at night when the kids are in bed). She also thinks its a bit grindy.
I've looked at it seems like Littlewood or My Time at Portia could be options. Any other ideas? The less combat the better.
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My wife is looking for a game to replace her prior love of Stardew Valley. We tried Animal Crossing, but she's not a fan of it (doesn't like how the game is tied to the actually time of day when she can only really play at night when the kids are in bed). She also thinks its a bit grindy.
I've looked at it seems like Littlewood or My Time at Portia could be options. Any other ideas? The less combat the better.
Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town would be my suggestion. Might as well play a remake of the game that inspired Stardew!
If she wants more Stardew like gameplay though, Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town would be the choice.
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My wife is looking for a game to replace her prior love of Stardew Valley. We tried Animal Crossing, but she's not a fan of it (doesn't like how the game is tied to the actually time of day when she can only really play at night when the kids are in bed). She also thinks its a bit grindy.
I've looked at it seems like Littlewood or My Time at Portia could be options. Any other ideas? The less combat the better.
Stardew Valley is one of my all time favorite games, so I regret to inform you that it is the absolute peak of that genre and nothing else really even comes close.
The aforementioned Pioneers of Olive Town is the only game I thought managed to be okay, but that had a number of issues and was missing a lot of the charm. I’d avoid Friends of Mineral Town, the graphics are very bad and it’s a remake of a Game Boy game, so it’s so basic and simple it really feels like “my first Harvest Moon”.
My honest recommendation is just to start a new game in Stardew Valley, no other game even comes close. And wait for Haunted Chocolatier.
Finished Dread. It really ended up being a disappointment. Spoilery review.
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I have played and finished almost every Metroid game(skipped Federation Force), and this one is near the bottom. I mentioned before about most of the environments being samey and boring, well so is the music. I felt ushered through the game, similar to Fusion. Attempts at exploration or re-visitng areas are often totally cut off to prevent it. Not locked away, like when you don't have a beam to open a door, but temporarily shut out. So there was no motivation to explore areas after upgrades, because you could only reach what the game wanted you too.
The boss fights are mostly irritating, particularly the last one. Maybe it's because I'm old, but I hate QTE, being forced to execute them to progress. EMMI battles all come down to the same thing. Every EMMI section felt less stealth, and more run. Trying to be stealthy just meant it would hang around long enough for your stealth to run out, then still be close by. Better to bolt. I loved the stealth sections in Zero Mission, so this turned to a major disappointment.
The final boss was perhaps doable if you tried it 50 times to figure out all the moves, but I ended up looking at videos, because who wants to keep banging their head against a wall? Earlier Metroid games also had boss's patterns you had to figure out, but you could also spend time collecting upgrades, and kinda force your way through. I always liked that.
I don't even see a reason to revisit the game. I 100% itemed it, despite some annoying challenges that were annoying just for the sake of it...like, having a speed boost area be barely long enough, before a series of jumps and moves. Fine for the second part, but what is the point of arbitrarily making the speed boost zone short? Add 2 more steps, because getting that part of the timing is annoying, while the rest of it is the real challenge.
I should say some of my issues may be because I have a projector, but input lag is only 16.5ms. It should be fine.
I thought Saints Row was basically GTA? It is pretty close anyway. Has anybody tried Star Wars KOTOR for the Switch or is it still better as a PC game?