Another loop is replay friendly with skipthrough/glitch stuff.
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Hehe, I knew what that was before I clicked it.*
Well yes and no, it really seems to be a bit tacked on to be honest, but the gameplay outside of being first person is still very close to earlier games. But the story of the games has always been outrageous anyway and I personally still to this day find that the first game hasn´t been surpassed (except by it´s own remake that is). I just prefer the smaller setting in the spooky mansion. Way less enemies, and more puzzle solving. That´s what the first was best at in my opinion.
But in general I prefer Silent Hill actually…
*The style of that video reminded me of this:
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I just pulled my head out of “Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir,” which I’ve been marathoning since it was released on May 14. It’s a visual novel mystery and relies heavily on the “talk” command, so rather than trying to solve confusing puzzles, you’re trying to wade through confusing conversations. 
It’s apparently a remake of the original Famicom game. Pretty good story, but I feel I got stuck far more times than in point-and-click adventures – sounds strange to say this, but the logic in the game didn’t seem so “logical” at times (even less than some PNC games, heh).
The second game in the series, “The Girl Who Stands Behind,” was released at the same time but I’m going to have to take a break for a bit before I start that one.
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Played Overboard!, this week’s surprise release by the fabulous folks of inkle (no bias there, honestly! 
). It’s a bit like 80 Days, but with a much smaller scope, and therefore a much shorter playtime. The 3 attempts I needed to “beat” the game took me about 90 minutes in total. That still wasn’t a perfect win, and judging by the achievements there’s plenty more content to explore, for those sporting a completionist attitude.
Greatly recommended if you’re into choose your own adventure style games, though for the price you’ll certainly can get games that’ll keep you entertained for much longer. Remains the question if you’ll be entertained better, though …
Interesting trivia: was developed in just 3½ months and features music recorded on wax cylinders in the 1920s.
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Sable
It’s one of the most beautiful 3D games I’ve seen so far, especially when in motion. Gameplay is also right up my alley, with its peaceful open world exploration, some light puzzle solving and a chill climbing mechanic. There’s also a bit of a Star Wars vibe to it, riding your hover bike on a desert planet littered with derelict space ships. Wonder if we learn anything about the background …
Unlike the demo, which ran at like 10 FPS no matter the resolution, the full game thankfully works splendid in vanilla Wine. Quite the relief 
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I tried the Demo and enjoyed everything about it but the controls. I thought I´d probably play the full version of this if it was on console, or at least with a gamepad or something because in the long run playing it with mouse and keyboard just wasn´t a lot of fun to me.
Visually however I absolutely love the Moebius meets Studio Ghibli meets Star Wars kind of style with a little bit of Breath Of The Wild gameplay elements (the stamina meter when climbing) mixed in!
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I’m playing with a gamepad.
Yeah, the characters indeed have a bit of a Ghibli touch to them, now that you mention that. I also really love how the colors change with the time of the day. Saturated and vibrant in full daylight, pastel and subdued in twilight and then basically all gray at night. Makes for some quite astonishing sights, despite the coarse models and rather empty landscape.
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Afaik these days you can just use your console controllers with your PC without any special converters? 
I play games like this with my Xbox One controller (which I bought for my PC; I don’t have an Xbox).
But I think all of them (Switch, PlayStation, Xbox) can just connect over USB and Bluetooth without any special effort.
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Yes, Steam does recognise my PS4 pad actually(it doesn´t work with the PS3 one)! Though it obviously doesn´t work for all games equally well. I never even thought about investing into the dedicated Steam Gamepad what with how ridiculously overpriced that is (or was at least when I looked for it)
The part I liked the least about the keyboard controls of Sable was that just moving the camera while walking up a spiral starcase turned out to be a serious chore. I´m sure this is a fun game with a gamepad!
It is arguably overpriced compared to a regular Xbox (compatible) controller in games that support it, but given that it allows you to play twitchy mouse games or mouse-heavy strategy games on your couch I don’t think I’d call it overpriced for what you get. You can also use it as a steering wheel in racing games or in Super Monkey Ball (like a Wiimote; I think the PS controller might have that too these days?). And it’s a quite a bit better as a keyboard + mouse than the Xbox One controller with antimicro!
I didn’t buy it for €60 either, but for €15 when they were selling off the stock. But in retrospect, it would’ve been worth €60. It’s the most comfortable controller I’ve ever held and while not flawless it has a lot going for it.
But I have three gamepads, one from 8-bit Do that copies the Mega Drive controller, one Xbox One controller, and one Steam controller. If you get only one, get the Xbox One or possibly the Steam. Where Xbox One probably also stands for Wii Pro and Dual Shock.
FWIW, I’m using this one, though I think I got it way cheaper than their MSRP. I chose that because it comes with a cable and doesn’t require any batteries if you don’t mind connecting it to your PC. Just don’t get your hopes up, despite coming from a German company, it’s still manufactured in China.
My Xbox One controller also cost € 50. Have they become more expensive then or something?
Looking at the receipt, mine was actually 39,99, so only 10€ less … for some reason I could have sworn it was closer to 30,-. But I imagine that prices are generally a bit higher right now than 2017.
It looks like the official updated Xbox controller is currently €60. Supposedly they improved it, of course.
If my PC and my Couch were in the same room, sure! 
Yeah, I think so. No idea about PS5 at this point though.
That´s not what I saw it for. It was over 90. And I think that´s overpriced for nearly any peripheral. But that´s also a few years back. 60 doesn´t sound quite as bad.
Sounds like good ol’ King’s Quest. (Well… if the cameraman keeps falling to his death)
In general, yes. I have a couple of usb dongles that allow me to make (almost any) combination and take care of the remapping towards the console. Regardless of the machine, I prefer to play Sega games with a megadrive controller (the same works on the original with another dongle). I prefer the xbox one controller for mostly everything else. Never tried the switch controller on PC, but that should work too if you like those tiny buttons.
Even the C64 joystick works across modern platforms to some extent.
And a MS sidewinder for flying my TIE fighters and X-wings (didn’t try if that is compatible with the switch).
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If you need another RE VIII fix …
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Oh great! I loved the first Elvira on C64 when it first came out! I never played the Sequel. I think the Amiga version they have on there is probably better because it has music. Yet, I don´t know if I wanna endure that clunky combat system (I got Waxworks a while back and didn´t play long for the same reason) again 
But yeah, before REVIII came out I was already reminded a lot of Elvira, even though now that I played it I know that´s only true for maybe the first 2 or 3 hours. 
Now that I’ve spent a bit more time with Sable, I have to say I’m impressed by the sheer scale of it. I had expected a fairly small game, but the world is quite expansive and full of notable landmarks. And on top of that there’s the verticalness:
See those towers in the distance? Here they’re up close
Some of the structures are outright monumental and make for impressive sights. I won’t spoil those. Really a world to get lost in …
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