I haven't seen it mentioned in any of the reviews but I heard JFG is getting an update that will fix the controls sometime after launch. Is this true?
Nice review
Could be like the Majora's Mask ROM and emulator on the Collector's Edition disc. Some people found it unplayable whereas I finished it from start to end with no problems whatsoever.Wait, Blast Corps is broken?
What the hell. I've watched a ton of streams and it looked fine.
If Blast Corps is broken this will be my personal MCC launch moment. Is the framerate at least solid?
Also curious about digital release time. Last I heard was 9pm PDT.So, 8pm Pacific unlock time? Maybe sooner? I can't wait.
My Review for ACG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL9z9wY1z_c
If you don't like video
Pros
Most titles are perfectly emulated
Meta-game within the front end
Great titles
Cons
N64 games at times, crash heavy bad fps and so on
Seems like its just rickity. Working for some but with major issues for most.
Could be like the Majora's Mask ROM and emulator on the Collector's Edition disc. Some people found it unplayable whereas I finished it from start to end with no problems whatsoever.
Amazon uk saying there's a delay in the order (coming out on the 5th)
going to pre order digitally
Yeah I've just done the same, though mine wasn't going to arrive until Friday. Strange, as I've never had a similar thing using Amazon before. I don't mind too much, having the digital version will be more convenient.
You won’t find legendary Super Nintendo sidescroller Donkey Kong Country (1994) or its sequels, and you won’t find the N64’s James Bond game GoldenEye 007 (1997), the most popular and impactful console first-person shooter this side of Halo. Inclusion of both was presumably disqualified for licensing reasons.
It's hardly hyperbole to call Rare Replay one of the best collections of classic games ever assembled. The titles span so many different eras and platforms that gamers of any age or taste will find something to enjoy. The mostly classy presentation, new Milestones and Snapshots, and documentary videos are icing on the cake.
Rare used to make fantastic games before the allure of motion controls loomed overhead, and this collection proves it. Shame a few of the studio's best titles like the Donkey Kong Country series can't be included, though we still get plenty of quality titles here. I'd like to see more control options and DLC titles, but I still can't recommend Rare Replay enough.
The "What I Played" paragraph made me laugh. Blast Corps is stupidly hard, isn't it?
Fun fact: thanks to this collection, there are now more Nintendo 64 classics available to play on Xbox One than there are on the virtual console service on Nintendos own Wii U console. Shameful, Nintendo. Shameful.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the NES and the N64 didn't really have BIOS. They just got all the instructions they needed from the cartridge, no internal configuration needed.
Kotaku's review actually brings up the issue of Donkey Kong Country being left out of the collection.
Why even bring this up? It's more than just a licensing issue, Kotaku. That's like asking why Star Fox Adventures isn't in the collection.
Best part of the Kotaku review:
Seriously, Nintendo.
(Note that some of the sticker reward conditions are absurd. You can get 10 stickers tied to Conker’s Bad Fur Day, but only one of them can be earned from playing the game’s heralded single-player campaign; the other nine come from playing the game’s more obscure multiplayer modes.)
Kotaku's review actually brings up the issue of Donkey Kong Country being left out of the collection.
Why even bring this up? It's more than just a licensing issue, Kotaku. That's like asking why Star Fox Adventures isn't in the collection.
I am still amazed Square games aren't on Wii U yet.HAAAAA
I've been saying this for years. VC is probably Nintendo's most shameful product in recent history.
My Review for ACG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL9z9wY1z_c
If you don't like video
Pros
Most titles are perfectly emulated
Meta-game within the front end
Great titles
Cons
N64 games at times, crash heavy bad fps and so on
Xbox and below do not have online MP.The games with multiplayer have online play?
Hey man, absolutely fantastic video, it made me want the game even more and even the hiccups were very well explained. Will look more into your channel in the future
Xbox and below do not have online MP.
Xbox 360 games have not been confirmed one way or another.
I guess it would have been too much to ask for online multiplayer in Conker.Xbox and below do not have online MP.
Xbox 360 games have not been confirmed one way or another.
Edit: Microsoft's website says any title on BC will have multiplayer, so 360 games should be a yes.
What, why would they make multiplayer stickers
And so many
At least it has bots to play with.
has anyone reviewed the games individually?
So metaI have to say, I love that this collection has basically a built-in collect-a-thon
The scores are all good but why is a disproportionate portion of most of the reviews still taking a negative or irrelevant tone? (Extended period in ACG review complaining about N64 "ghosts", Kotaku drifting off to Nintendo licensing and practice)
Reviews for this game should read: "Fuck you for even questioning buying this game. You've got 30 great games spanning the history of our past time that are all entirely playable and it costs $30."
Maybe it's reflective of the happy go lucky tone of most rare titles but I was hoping the critics could put aside some of their modern gaming fuckery to just enjoy what has been crafted as a love letter to gamers here.
I'm also aware it is hypocritical to take a negative tone when pining for a more positive tone from others so for that my apologies.
Will be happilly diving into this first thing tomorrow.
The scores are all good but why is a disproportionate portion of most of the reviews still taking a negative or irrelevant tone? (Extended period in ACG review complaining about N64 "ghosts", Kotaku drifting off to Nintendo licensing and practice)
The scores are all good but why is a disproportionate portion of most of the reviews still taking a negative or irrelevant tone? (Extended period in ACG review complaining about N64 "ghosts", Kotaku drifting off to Nintendo licensing and practice)
Reviews for this game should read: "Fuck you for even questioning buying this game. You've got 30 great games spanning the history of our past time that are all entirely playable and it costs $30."
Maybe it's reflective of the happy go lucky tone of most rare titles but I was hoping the critics could put aside some of their modern gaming fuckery to just enjoy what has been crafted as a love letter to gamers here.
I'm also aware it is hypocritical to take a negative tone when pining for a more positive tone from others so for that my apologies.
Will be happilly diving into this first thing tomorrow.
I was wondering about that too. It seems like a lot of reviews have a tone in which they look at the collection for what's missing but they don't explicitly say it. We all knew this going in that some titles wouldn't be included and that they were out of Microsoft/Rare's hands. So why is that reflected in the reviews? They should be talking about what the collection IS instead of what it isn't.
Just ordered this. Has anyone stated if online multiplayer still works in the applicable titles? I'd love to play Assault mode in PDZ for nostalgias sake.