Wooster

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[–] Wooster@startrek.website 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

TBH, I’m surprised they’re remade this game (Games?) for a couple of reasons.

  • My understanding is that Hotel Dusk is much more popular series, and Lost Window flunked because no one knew it was a Hotel Dusk sequel. Those games need the Recollections treatment.

  • Another Code: R was supposed to lead to a sequel starring the game’s deuteragonist, Matthew Crusoe. I feel like it would make more sense to make the third game in the saga than to remake the first two.

(But that said, there were significant changes in the first game on Switch—mostly to resolve retcons made in R—so maybe they added more to Matthew’s story in R’s remake? I haven’t gotten that far yet)

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 9 points 10 months ago (8 children)

My gosh, I’ve loved this series since it was known as Trace Memory on the DS, and I modded my Wii explicitly so I could play the EU exclusive sequel.

So far, I’ve played to the opening bits of R.

Calling this game a remake, honestly, it doesn’t do it any justice.

The first game has been remade from the ground up.

As in, the mansion that is the game’s setting has been entirely redone with a new layout. It feels more like an actual mansion now, as opposed to something akin to an RPG dungeon where you keep exploring deeper and deeper.

The puzzles have also been redone from scratch. Honestly, this was probably very necessary as CiNG liked to incorporate hardware features into their puzzles. In the DS there was one puzzle where you had to look at the reflection on one screen onto the other… obviously that’s impossible on the Switch.

Actually, on that note, I didn’t recognize hardly any puzzles from the original game.

TBH… the Trace Memory bits feel like an entirely different game, that only used the same characters and, broadly, the same plot.

This is not a complaint, (well, aside from not being able to use the DS hardware creatively this time around), It’s very much a more polished experience this time around.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 67 points 10 months ago (24 children)

But car buyers' preferences have also shifted dramatically to larger trucks and SUVs in the past 10 years or so, and even more towards high-tech and comfort amenities in the form of cameras, sensors, radars and large infotainment screens," he said.

You can’t buy a smaller truck because the manufacturers lobbied that large trucks are exempt from stricter emissions and thus they don’t have to engineer a smaller, more efficient truck.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 8 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Does cruel and unusual punishment apply here?

My limited understanding of the topic is that ‘cruel but usual’ and ‘unusual but not cruel’ can invalidate the charge. And unfortunately, the mistreatment of the homeless could be seen as usual.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I had a difficult time figuring out how to read the post on the website. Clicking the link itself just gave me an errror. I had to discover what that innocuous “+” was for to expand and read.

I recommend editing this post’s title to include the TL;DR.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I’ve played the original. Graphics and puzzles were outstanding, especially for so early in the GBA’s life.

But I found the music and story to be underwhelming. (Except for the Venus Lighthouse theme, that was quite the banger)

Is the second game better in those regards?

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I empathize, but that’s like boycotting word or acrobat.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 5 points 10 months ago

Vaguely reminds me of “The Batman” Batmobile.

Also, why is the lighting poor in every shot?

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 17 points 10 months ago (5 children)

How would it be split? Unless Trump is successfully removed from the ballot, Trump is the only candidate that republican voters actually want.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 117 points 10 months ago (15 children)

Mmm. Malicious compliance.

Honestly, it’s pretty ingenious. If they can get their publishers to help push for appeal, then it’ll be worth it in the long run.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 53 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Feels like something I’d read about in WWII.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 1 points 10 months ago

Wasn’t he the guy who screamed at you if you set funding at like 95%?

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