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UshiromiyaEva posted...

Me? Gamegaga.

Post of the day

Oh god. I dont know if its my phone or internet, but UF8s link spamming with embedding enabled kills my mobile browsers.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2a903477.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/9cafd338.jpg

Played that Stellar Blade demo.

.....Naaaaaaaaah.

Good on them for finally made a game about the characters and creatures on the covers of graphics card boxes, though.

WhiteLens posted...

Oh god. I dont know if its my phone or internet, but UF8s link spamming with embedding enabled kills my mobile browsers.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2a903477.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/9cafd338.jpg

oof. fortunately doesn't affect me so ideally this isn't a problem for that many people but my bad i guess

in other news suika vs mechasuika released early (last night) so i guess i can't count it as an april release now ohno

UshiromiyaEva posted...

Good on them for finally made a game about the characters and creatures on the covers of graphics card boxes, though.

This is the best way to sell it I've seen by far

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes for me please!

I really hope it's a good game.

Tales of Kenzera: Zau will release directly to PS+ Extra so I guess that means I'll try it

Hello Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Backer! We wanted to let you know that your Reward was shipped on 4/9/2024.

Am I living in the future

SHINE_GET_64 posted...

Tales of Kenzera: Zau will release directly to PS+ Extra so I guess that means I'll try it

oh nice

picked up Dead Man's Hand and Retro Mystery Club 2, though I haven't gotten to either just yet since i've been playing another game i picked up now, Matsukeke Burst (which came out in late february)

it's not the best out there but i'd def recommend that to people who like falling block puzzle games with story modes along the lines of puyo puyo or panel de pon

also i ended up playing the demos for that chinese vn The Hungry Lamb (which was supposed to release today but actually just got hit with a surprise indefinite delay since it had a run in with steam guidelines) as well as a shmup remaster due out on the 18th, Shikhondo: Youkai Rampage. both were pretty good. I will clarify that the hungry lamb does not appear to be an 18+ title or particularly close to it, but it's also not a big surprise its subject material got subjected to scrutiny here, as it's about bandits, slavery and human trafficking in like 16th century china. the game pretty clearly takes a stance of villifying such things, but simply making the story about them at all was risky enough (i do hope they can find a way to release it without censorship somehow though)

anyway apparently dead man's hand has had zero reception so far outside of one relatively popular streamer playing it which is not a good sign for a game made with online multiplayer in mind (apparently it currently only has one active player too which is a bit rough). hoping it'll be fine enough in singleplayer at least when i finally start on it

Xtlm posted...

Is Stellar Blade made by the same people who made Bloody Spell

Now there's a deep cut. I remember joking that Bloody Spell should've been up for Best Ongoing at the Game Awards, but I really couldn't imagine even seeing it in a Sony presentation.

well i guess dream tactics is out now, i hope it does well (i can't afford it till next week tbh)

by the way they moved the date now on n1rv ann-a, so bad news it's not may any more, good news is it's not complete abandonware yet (they also put a To be announced note on it)

anyway that aside, i figured i'd link to some more links to things i didn't cover in my posts a couple of weeks ago now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLZF7Ncf7k4 FAN POP RHYTHM STAGEAim for the (apr 1) (vr shooting idol game)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIqSvjPIPuo (extra trailer) (it has male idols too)
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV11u4m1T7uJ/ Unsolved Mysteries 2: The Bridge Master (apr 2) (vn, chinese-only but also only like $0.50)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DByjmWdx_rs The Devil Within: Satgat (apr 9 - steam early access) (3d sidescrolling action game)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWAyO8URNe4 Anomaly Collapse (apr 12) (furry game from the devs of Hardcore Mecha)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9KyHbx784M Shikhondo: Youkai Rampage (apr 18) (the shmup i talked about a few days ago)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2901290/_/ Hoshikage no Yakata Satsujin Jiken (apr 20 - steam) (japanese retro horror detective game inspired by the same works as Retro Mystery Club. already out on freeware sites and booth/dlsite since last year)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2901300/2/ Kaiwa 2 (apr 23 - steam) (japanese horror text adventure from the same dev, also already out elsewhere)
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1rN4y1o7vN/ Fatermyth (apr 23) (chinese deckbuilder game that looks nice)
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Rr421p7Kf/ Jing Hua Yi Qing - Mirage Sugar Acacia (apr 24) (chinese yuri vn)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SWDXK_WO-A Virtua Unlimited Project (apr 25) (mega man zero-like game)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y02XbJ8YRXE Minicology (apr 26) (terraria/starbound-like)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2901310/_/ Kiteretsu Soudan Dial (apr 27 - steam) (also a japanese horror text adventure (same dev as hoshikage and kaiwa before before) and yes this has also been out on other sites albeit only since february)
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1YF4m1F7pu/ Touhou Silian Ship ~ Ultimate Fatal Octopus (apr 30) (new touhou fangame from a respected level maker)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsCEhIzkuic FRONT MISSION 2: Remake (apr 30 - ps/xb/pc) (i still haven't gotten around to picking it up on switch, so maybe i'll consider it on other platforms... probably not though)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO0Q9a-EHzo Hisa to Yomi -Chapter 1: Two Wizards- (april) (a particularly beautiful rpgmaker project planned to release in three parts)

Played two hours of Harold Halibut and I think it might be the most bored I've been playing a video game.

Yeah, what I've been hearing is great art, bad story

oh hungry lamb released now. guess i'll pick it up tomorrow evening probably along with dream tactics

also grabbed gensokyo odyssey along with its soundtrack and damn its soundtrack exceeded my expectations by a LOT. still need to check out the game itself though, will probably do so tomorrow alongside retro mystery club

by the way, i also realised i'd missed another release of note (somewhat) when i got it, namely this suika game-style Gunvolt spinoff called PuzzMiX
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2838930/PuzzMiX/
the top review definitely conveys my reaction the best...

Even though Braid got delayed into next month I will not be including it in next month's poll

Understandable, but also I dunno what I'll be able to vote for then...!