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[darth.shrimp]

Decided to try my hand at finishing Super Mario 64 again. Last time I got stuck on Rainbow Ride, but today I got all 6 stars in it! Now I only need to get 100 coins and I'm done with this nightmare of a level... unfortunately I keep messing up my wall jumps for the blue coins. I'll give it another try tomorrow.

 

[amigastar]

Decided to try my hand at finishing Super Mario 64 again. Last time I got stuck on Rainbow Ride, but today I got all 6 stars in it! Now I only need to get 100 coins and I'm done with this nightmare of a level... unfortunately I keep messing up my wall jumps for the blue coins. I'll give it another try tomorrow.

I can only recommend Super Mario 64 DS on the 3ds, plays great because the D-Pad of the OG DS hurt my fingers after some time.
On what plattform did you play Mario 64?

 

[mèx]

The Drifter, finished in around 10 hours.

This was a ride for sure. The plot was engaging from start to end, it's one of the best p&c adventure games I've played without a doubt... Even if I'm not an expert of the genre I admit.

The game divides the puzzle solving in two parts: the classic part where you go around to different places trying to figure out a set of puzzles, or the more cinematic puzzle rooms where you are stuck on a screen and you need to do some things in a particular order to get out of various situations. They mix these different sections well, which helps with the pacing a ton, you never get bored. The puzzles are all doable without googling around, maybe their main drawback is that sometimes you have to do things in a strict order, so it can be easy to miss things because you thought you checked everything.

As I said, the game has a strong narrative, which is enhanced by the great soundtrack and voice acting. The pixel art graphics and animations are pretty well-made too.

If you like these kind of games then you can't miss this imho. It's Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam for a reason. Glad I played it.

 

[Nocty]

Have been playing The Last Guardian with my kid.

She's 8 years old, so the wonder is there for her. The game for me is nice, visually holds up well, gameplay a little bit run of the mill. But as a whole, and playing with my kid who has never experienced this kind of game before it's really something.

I dare say quite under rated, glancing the reviews. I don't remember what the reception was lke on GAF when it came out, I didn't pick it up until this year.

 

[darth.shrimp]

I can only recommend Super Mario 64 DS on the 3ds, plays great because the D-Pad of the OG DS hurt my fingers after some time.
On what plattform did you play Mario 64?

I'm playing the 3D All-Stars version on my Switch2 (docked).
Bought it 5 years ago, 100%'d every level till Rainbow Ride, but couldn't get a single star so started playing other stuff. I'm pretty sure I was still using the joycons back then which didn't help, the Pro Controller I have now is obviously much better.

I still have the original N64 cartridge as well but never went too far in it, although I got all 120 stars on an emulator (which probably doesn't count, since save states trivialize everything).