#Tell Friday

[Thad]

Wow, that is a great looking game.

It's got a real Dragon Quest 11 vibe throughout. The gameplay isn't very DQ-y; it's an action RPG, and a thoroughly modern one. (Where the recent 3D version of Secret of Mana didn't have substantially different gameplay from the SNES version and was purportedly not very good, this is a complete overhaul, and is very good. I never played the SFC version but I hear this one has streamlined a lot of its more complicated systems, and I can vouch that it's actually possible to complete it without having to look up a guide or put Charlotte in your party.) But aside from the similarities in the graphical style -- particularly the bright colors -- it's got a similar kind of vibe; that sort of retro style with a relatively simple story and a mood that tends to stay pretty breezy and upbeat even when you're dealing with pretty dark plot beats. No Santa Claus in this one, but he wouldn't feel too out-of-place if he were.

I just finished it, with the same party in that video (but different classes). I enjoyed it pretty much throughout, aside from one particular boss (that you have to fight twice, yaaaay) and a couple of dungeons that involve too many encounters and too much backtracking.

There's a postgame chapter; haven't touched that yet.

But yeah, the Trials of Mana remake is great; it delivers what it promises: the feel of a 16-bit Square RPG, without the drawbacks of 16-bit Square game design.

(Well, it's got a few of them. Save points and shit. But without most of the drawbacks of 16-bit Square game design.)

[Thad]

(Also, the default control scheme makes the baffling choice of putting weak attack on circle and dodge on square instead of the other way around, but I guess it wouldn't be a Mana game if it didn't stick commands on the opposite button from where every other game puts them.)

[Friday]

(Also, the default control scheme makes the baffling choice of putting weak attack on circle and dodge on square instead of the other way around, but I guess it wouldn't be a Mana game if it didn't stick commands on the opposite button from where every other game puts them.)

Man, you just made me remember all the times I've booted up SoM as an adult and immediately got irrationally rationally angry about the controls.

Just another thing to add to my point about SoM being a stellar game dragged down by a hundred tiny problems and annoyances. Not dragged down to bad, just good from great.

Also,
@Mongrel and others

[Mongrel]

WHY DOES IT CUT OFF *THERE* >:[

[Mongrel]

[hngkong]

They have a bunch of cool videos

[nosimpleway]

I'm almost positive I've linked MOS in this thread already, because it's exactly the sort of thing Friday would want to see

but I'm not trawling through the last seventy pages to find out

[Thad]

(Also, the default control scheme makes the baffling choice of putting weak attack on circle and dodge on square instead of the other way around, but I guess it wouldn't be a Mana game if it didn't stick commands on the opposite button from where every other game puts them.)

Man, you just made me remember all the times I've booted up SoM as an adult and immediately got irrationally rationally angry about the controls.

Just another thing to add to my point about SoM being a stellar game dragged down by a hundred tiny problems and annoyances. Not dragged down to bad, just good from great.

Metroid Prime Remastered's choice of putting map on + and menu on - continues to infuriate me. It's worse than playing a PS4 game and hitting the Share button every time I want to pull up a map.

[nosimpleway]

The solution to the trolley problem

[Friday]

I love Trolley memes so much that seeing that is bittersweet, on the one hand, it's the best trolley meme possible and will never be topped, on the other hand, I now know that I will never see a better trolley meme.

Sort of the same feeling you get when you finish a favorite longform media that ends strong and was good throughout. You're happy and satisfied, but also sad it's over.

[Büge]

[beatbandito]

[Büge]

[beatbandito]

[Upthorn]

[beatbandito]

[nosimpleway]

[Mongrel]

[nosimpleway]

[Büge]