Spot on with Perfect Dark. It’s one fault imo is that it was trying to do almost too much for the 64. Even as an expansion pak game, the graphics that the 64 was capable of could just not render the necessary detail for a lot of stuff to be easy to see/recognize.
“HEY, I THINK DOGS SHOULD VOTE”
Meanwhile my players have been on The Galley of Death (a one shot being used as their session 1) for going on 3 sessions because they can’t agree on how to escape lol
I remember all the hype around the original Fable. It was an enjoyable game, but absolutely not to the level we were sold on. I have a hard time believing they live up to it this time with the game dev climate so much worse these days.
The trailer at least gives the impression this will be much more light on story than previous games. That would be pretty disappointing - the gameplay in these games is typically nothing special so it’s the story that kept me playing.
Hasn’t that always been the case with the warioware series? The games are always a wild mix of off-the-wall mini games that often don’t stick the landing, but for people that enjoy the series that’s the exact charm of them. I would guess if you’ve already played and enjoyed a few games from the series you’ll feel much the same about this one. I’d just check reviews to make sure they haven’t wildly changed the format in a way you’re not interested in, but otherwise Nintendo has been pretty consistent on what to expect with this series.
If I still had my 64 I’d break out paper mario once a year.
I’ve gotta rep one of my all time favorite party games to this day (ported to PC) Worms Armageddon. They’ve had several sequels, but I believe that was the last one to use that particular physics engine, and every game since has just felt a bit… Hollow?
Also +1 to Paper Mario - S-Tier RPG, best of the whole series IMHO, tho the GameCube sequel TTYD is deserving of a very close second. I wish so bad they’d make a return to badges and acquiring new buddies and buddy upgrades throughout the game. The oragami king battle mechanics did not do it for me, and with it being the core mechanic of the game just soured my whole experience despite the rest of the game being pretty solid.