I remember waiting a month at a time hoping to see a hint for whatever game I was stuck on, only for it not to be featured - or perhaps even worse; to see a hint for that very game but one I’d already figured out myself! Urgh! Gaming in the 80s / 90s was a challenging affair!

This article also skips over the other option we had back then - premium rate phone numbers that…slowly… read …out …some …barely …relevant …facts …about …the … game …at …£1 …a …minute …with …maybe …the …hint …you …wanted …after …costing …your …parents …a …£12 …phonebill.

Looking forward to using my PS5 to play a PS4 game that looks like a PS3 game.

Love me some EDF. Can’t believe it’s taken so long to finally sort the English Language version of this thing. It’s been out since August 2022 in Japan!

I don’t really think there are ‘series’ in the Mario saga. There’s basically two streams of Mario game that have co-existed since Mario 64 - the 2D games and the 3D games.

Mario Wonder is the best 2D one I’ve played in years. Right back to SNES Mario World.

I’m more than happy to have more 2D ones like this.

Lae’zel all the way. Freak in the sheets.

Ah interesting option, thanks! I’ve occasionally watched a few speedruns of it but I didn’t realise there’s whole first time playthroughs.

That’s not really a problem with the game, but with your expectations. If I watch the film Alien expecting a comedy but it’s actually a horror I wouldn’t complain the film is overrated and not funny.

A shame, but that’s cool. Not every game works for everyone. I can’t stand the Dark Souls games and it seems I’m in a minority on that one.

Outer Wilds is so good. A perfect game for Switch. And the DLC included too, which was also superb.

Pity they can’t release a way to erase the game from my memory so I can play it afresh. Half the point of the game (and DLC) is just figuring out what the game is. Because I already know what to do I’d just complete it in about 10 minutes so it’s sadly not worth me picking it up again.

But anyone who hasn’t played it, please give it a go. It’s just wonderful.

An hour of grinding - that they will also sell you powerups to help you skip that grind.

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Snowrunner. A great combination of both chilled-out & stressful, driving massive diesel trucks at 5mph through woods and rivers delivering logs or girders.

The fact there’s no big story and almost zero dialog, just assignments and map markers mean it’s a superb ‘podcast’ game - something you can put it on while you listen to some podcasts / audiobooks.

Not that the game is boring or just a distraction. It’s incredibly satisfying finding the best way to navigate through a horrendous woodland or swamp and get all your cargo through safely.

Plus, it has some of the best landscape physics out there. Rushing water really feels accurate. Mud paths get distorted so that it’s harder to get through on your way back than before you churned it all up.

A great game. 100s of hours I’ve sunk into that thing.

I’ve seen plenty of gameplay clips shared on socials. Back when everyone was playing FALL GUYS and before Twitter became the Elon mess that it is today you’d saw clips of that all the time.

Loads of COD clips too, or people sharing some weird Cyberpunk glitch. It was pretty common.

I thought PS5 / XBOX versions were delayed to 2024, no?

It’s not so much that it was difficult, it’s that it felt a bit more unfair than BotW. It seemed like the regular grunts (Bokoblins etc.) were far tougher than they needed to be. Every single encampment of them would have a few silver ones and they’re just damage sponges - you just get through all your weapons just clearing out a small camp. Even the master sword felt like it used up a whole charge just taking out a few of those buggers. I shouldn’t have to completely rebuild and restock my weapon arsenal every time I clear out a small camp of fodder.

The game itself didn’t really feel much harder than BotW though. It’s just all these little encounters that annoyed me.

If true I hope we also get some new music alongside the classic ones. FZero soundtrack is superb.

Around 150 at the moment, I think. I completed the main game and the main side-quests that I had outstanding but am not really ready to leave, so I’m trying to fill out the Depths map, find remaining shrines and see what little sub-questions and missions I can find before I leave Hyrule for a while and go back to my normal, non-Zelda life.