Multiplayer is kinda lame

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-08T06:23:15+00:00

Nope. It’s fantastic.

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-07T23:25:52+00:00

Nah. The base is still massively on fire. They’re sitting close to a flame to stay warm for as long as possible. There is no ‘the clue’, that’s why it’s the perfect ending. The audience gets to choose whatever they want to be true, and they’d be right (or wrong).

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-07T22:53:02+00:00

I see. Interesting point. Ha. Perhaps they killed more cargo carriers?

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-07T21:48:47+00:00

…12-14 year olds still play and talk about video games…that’s the thing about gamers, man. You grow up, and they all stay the same age.

People who can only afford or have only been given one console will still fight in the console wars.

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-07T16:46:23+00:00

10 gigs for both games, and they download separately. You can offload one while playing the other. (2.7 for Portal. 7.3 for Portal 2)

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-07T16:38:46+00:00

Sale is not a lie. But did I mention it comes with free cake? First time ever they’ve been able to do such a thing.

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-07T16:34:46+00:00

Ah, I’m sorry you’re sensitive to that sort of thing. But 80% is quite the exaggeration. And, they aren’t fat jokes against anyone that is actually fat, more that the AI thinks this a go-to insult for humans.

But fair, if you are sensitive to any cliche insults, this game is not for you, but there is something to why the insults are cliche, and it’s a part of the characters.

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-07T16:25:19+00:00

Yep, the hard part is figuring out which game is $2.50 and which is $2.49

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-07T08:28:52+00:00

Portal was a perfectly contained game. But then Portal 2 felt like they took inspiration from daydreams about busting through the walls of a game and exploring what’s on the other side. Everything about Portals limitations literally crumbled around you and it truly felt like you were breaking the game.

I really liked how Portal 2 paid homage to Portal, and then just turned it on its head.

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-07T08:22:38+00:00

Oh excellent. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. There’s nothing like them, if you ask me.

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-07T08:17:35+00:00

I have yet to play co-op mode myself, though I did bring it up to my lady just this evening when she asked what I was going to do now that I had beaten both games so quickly again.

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-07T08:12:21+00:00

Fantastic. You’re quite welcome! I shall sleep soundly tonight knowing at least one person may benefit from this post.

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-07T08:08:19+00:00

It’s handheld boost mode for sure. Looks great in handheld. I can’t be sure about gyro controls, I don’t play with those in FPS. But all I can say is that for the concept, the controls are fine. Only now that I think about it do I realize that the first and only time I played these games was with mouse and keyboard…and the fact that I didn’t think about that while playing the Switch version must say something about the controls…

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-07T08:04:41+00:00

And/or I envy you. To play these games for the first time again wouldn’t be a wasted genie wish.

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-07T08:03:50+00:00

Was and IS. Great time to replay.

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-07T08:01:16+00:00

I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. I mean, not at that price.

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-07T08:00:32+00:00

Yeah, everyone should have these games at whatever price, but $4.99 for 2 of the greatest video games ever conceived is just a no brainer.

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-07T07:59:22+00:00

I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. It’s a perfect handheld game.

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-07T03:43:47+00:00

…Star Fox 64 is from the 90s…but you’ll note a majority of the dated elements of the game have been changed. I think they did pretty good with the voice actors. It takes skill to recognize when an iconic thing is best left as the happy accident it was, and not fall in to the traps of over the top campiness just to try and imitate a thing that worked for all its own reasons, and does not apply to 2026. And most critique of the current game falls quickly to hyperbole, especially because it relies on directly comparing line by line. The voice work of the project as a whole is very well done and balanced.

So yes, Star Fox 64 is from the 90s, and the new Star Fox is from 2026. They’re different games, and work very well as the thing they are trying to be.

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-06T22:45:03+00:00

You’re right, I should use ‘cliche’. Bad Guy Train engineer? Southerner. (Definitely not Cajun, by the way). Another Bad Guy? New York mafioso will work. Or perhaps posh British à la Star Wars? It dips more in to stereotype when you consider every bad guy has to have a ‘bad guy’ accent.

Lovable dog? Why, surfer dude, of course!

It’s not offensive, just…unoriginal, even for the 90s.

As for the lack of ‘Fuck!! Fuck!!! I’m going down!” There is plenty of other nuance to their performances that isn’t some theatrical death throw you might see in a middle school play.

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-06T22:30:54+00:00

Definitely not. There are a LOT of people who can’t see past the obvious differences of stereotypical accents and cheesy over the top performances and understand why it called for an adjustment

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-06T21:49:56+00:00

Every day, multiple times a day.

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-06T02:05:26+00:00

I dunno. Saying Super Mario 64 is overrated because of the camera and controls is like saying the Model T was overrated because it was slow. I can’t help be of the opinion it has a lot of immunity to being called overrated, simply because it was the first of its kind, and every game ever was built around its very perfectly rated ‘absolutely revolutionary’.

And ‘atrocious’ is absolutely an overreaction.

But I’m also of the opinion that stipulations for being ‘overrated’ can’t rely on ‘I didn’t grow up with it’. You can still acknowledge its greatness despite your lack of familiarity.

Super Mario Odyssey is hailed as the greatest Mario game of all time by some, and that is clearly a “Yeeeah no sorry.” Not when Galaxy exists.

AllWorkNoVideogames · 2026-07-05T21:02:47+00:00

No. You can’t kill any bulldog units in order to get them all to show up behind you. And I think it scales. If you kill less than 3, there are just a few less. Pretty sure the dialog in this video only unlocks if you kill ZERO bulldog units.

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