Comment on UFO 50 is a retro gamer's dream - I highly recommend it
Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m holding off on buying this until I clear some stuff in my backlog (and hopefully getting the game at a deeper discount).
However from the videos I’ve watched my only criticism is that some of the games look rather complex and would benefit from supplying more information than a small blurb and a controls page. I wish UFO 50 had taken a page from Retro Game Challenge and had some in-universe game manuals and magazines. Still, since I’m planning on buying it at some point obviously not a deal breaker.
Yeah, I have been confused by some at first. However, that was also my experience playing games like this back in the day, so in a weird way it has added to the authenticity for me. Lol
If I can’t figure some of them out (looking at you, Barbuta), I’ll have to look up some stuff.
However, that was also my experience playing games like this back in the day
Exactly my experience as well. It’s very reminiscent of that time when I was given a GBA emulator with a bunch of US and JP roms without any explanation. I didn’t know what an emulator is, or that there were game consoles other than the GBC. I didn’t knew my way around English either and Japanese looked like some sort of bug to me.
There’s just something stumbling through a big library and slowly making inroads in your favorite titles.
verdigris@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
I think this is very deliberate. Having played at least a chunk of all 50 games, there are only two or three that I think would have benefitted greatly from more instructions or tutorialization. Figuring out how each game works and being surprised when you find a new way to use the very simple controls is part of the experience.