I’ve been playing some Mario & Luigi: Brothership, of course. I uploaded my initial reaction to the first couple hours of the game, if anyone wants to check it out: https://youtu.be/8nLncv_vQN8?si=K95k1xgCdsbH2gCt
I felt a lot more relaxed and normal in front of the camera than in most of my previous videos, so I’m pretty proud of how the commentary came out, I think. Unfortunately, the game audio was a bit loud for some reason, so apologies if it’s a bit difficult to hear me. Maybe this will help you decide if you’re on the fence about the game.
Also on my channel, I’ve been playing Pac-Man World Re-Pac, which I plan to finish this weekend. I should be done in just one more recording session, as I’m on the sixth and final world. After that, I’ll probably move on to Rayman Legends as the next game on my channel. I’d like to record at least a few episodes of that this weekend as well!
Otherwise, I might play some more Super Mario Party Jamboree with my dad, and maybe finish up Nikoderiko, as I’m almost to the end. The game suffers from an unfortunate lack of polish; I’ve gotten softlocked and had to restart a level twice, fallen through see-saw platforms when attempting to slide, and experienced several graphical glitches such as text randomly flickering. I could see that being a deal breaker and bringing the game down to a 5/10 for a lot of people.
But if you can get past the jank, the controls are solid and the level design is really, really good. I would argue that it’s a better Donkey Kong Country clone than Yoola-Laylee and the Impossible Lair. It doesn’t do anything new to re-invent the wheel, but it doesn’t need to. It looks very lovely as well, but the load times are pretty bad. Maybe hold off on this one for a patch and a sale, because $30 is a big ask, especially for a game so rough around the edges as this one. But if all that gets taken care of, this is practically a third Retro Studios Donkey Kong game.
I've been playing some Mario & Luigi: Brothership, of course. I uploaded my initial reaction to the first couple hours of the game, if anyone wants to check it out: https://youtu.be/8nLncv_vQN8?si=K95k1xgCdsbH2gCt
I felt a lot more relaxed and normal in front of the camera than in most of my previous videos, so I'm pretty proud of how the commentary came out, I think. Unfortunately, the game audio was a bit loud for some reason, so apologies if it's a bit difficult to hear me. Maybe this will help you decide if you're on the fence about the game.
Also on my channel, I've been playing Pac-Man World Re-Pac, which I plan to finish this weekend. I should be done in just one more recording session, as I'm on the sixth and final world. After that, I'll probably move on to Rayman Legends as the next game on my channel. I'd like to record at least a few episodes of that this weekend as well!
Otherwise, I might play some more Super Mario Party Jamboree with my dad, and maybe finish up Nikoderiko, as I'm almost to the end. The game suffers from an unfortunate lack of polish; I've gotten softlocked and had to restart a level twice, fallen through see-saw platforms when attempting to slide, and experienced several graphical glitches such as text randomly flickering. I could see that being a deal breaker and bringing the game down to a 5/10 for a lot of people.
But if you can get past the jank, the controls are solid and the level design is really, really good. I would argue that it's a better Donkey Kong Country clone than Yoola-Laylee and the Impossible Lair. It doesn't do anything new to re-invent the wheel, but it doesn't need to. It looks very lovely as well, but the load times are pretty bad. Maybe hold off on this one for a patch and a sale, because $30 is a big ask, especially for a game so rough around the edges as this one. But if all that gets taken care of, this is practically a third Retro Studios Donkey Kong game.
