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DSiWare Impressions & Recommendation Thread
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jesusraz
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Code gets a massive thumbs-up from me! My favourite DSiWare game so far...
InfectedZero
Member
Paper Airplane - Yay
Paper Plane - Yay due to Nostalgia
Wario Ware - Yay because of the funny Show off effect for friends. Unfortunately a one timer but for 5 euro its fine
Aquite - YAY because of puzzle simplicity makes the complexity awesomeness
Code - YAY because of the awesomness of making 5s out of 2s and 6s out of 9s. But seriously veeery clever little game
Browser - Yay - for free. So no Objection
And noooow since nobody cared to give an answer to
I have no comparison to the 2008 retail version of the game so keep that in mind. And I only played a few friendlies for now to test some controls and difficulty settings. If anyone is interested in more just tell me and I will write more as I am very likely to play more of this in the next days.
198 counted teams, most of them national teams but also the first league teams of England, Italy, France, Spain and Germany. Without any licenses of course and as it seems no Editor to edit names of Players and teams
Games can last from 5 minutes to 20 minutes depending on setting. The different stadiums actually look different but only recognizable in the intro of a game.
The weather can be sunny, rainy and snowy. and you can decide between day and night which doesnt make any real differences.
If you want to you can chose between different goal rulesets: Golden, Silver Goal, Normal Game and no extra game time after 90 minutes.
The difficulty settings are very diverse. On easy you should be able to score a few goals and try out tricks and tactics. On normal the A.I. is by no means a cupcake (but its manageable) and I lost the first game I played 0:2 . And on hard you will definitely need some training to not get your ass whipped. So very good difficulty differences.
The control setup for the normal play:
A - Long Pass/Slide
B - Pass/ Tackle
Y - Shoot
X - Through Pass/ GK Rush Out
L - Specials/Change Player
R - Accelerate
L + A - Lob
R with ball - sudden stop
L + B - One-Two Pass
Moving + Lx2 - Step Over
Rx2 - Flip Flap
Lx2 - Marseille Roulette
Y then B - Fake Shot
A then B - Fake Long Pass
Modes ("trophies" for succesfully completing cups and leagues):
Friendly
Cup
League
Penalty Kicks
Training
The training is pretty basic but is good at giving you the techniques to play properly. At least the normal button-ish way. I tried my hands on the touch screen control and think of it as interesting but... lets say... kind of counter-intuitive when compared to play it normal. The controls with the touch screen are way less intuitive than Pes-Wii controls because you still hold the DS with your left hand and have to walk with your left thumb. Oh and no lefty hand control mode. I am definitely going to try more with the touch screen controls, maybe I can tell you more later.
I kind of get the overall feeling of a Pro Evolution Soccer DS. The button layout is the same and there are pretty deep character stats for each player which may or may not be as impactful as the ones in the console soccer games.
Oh and the new feature... Make a photo of you and play as yourself. First problem you can have only one photo of you in the whole game on a player. And second it is kind of animated so that on a player the "head" bounces from left to right and left and right and left. I saw it in a zoomed in goal scene and decided to delete the photo right away because it ticked me off.
The graphics are the only real bad offender in this game. It is pretty pixelated and looks overall highly generic. Especially the players. On the other hand though this probably is one reason for a solid framerate so its a pretty good payoff and I am satisfied with that for the moment.
In the end:
The games "new" features are nothing worth speaking of but the core gameplay is very solid. The framerate rarely drops, it i very playable and seems to have pretty much every move a soccer game needs (plus a few more) and for a PES Lite Portable I can definitely say that the 8 Euro were worth it.
Thats it for now. Maybe I will write more later if anyone's interested.
Wario Ware - Yay because of the funny Show off effect for friends. Unfortunately a one timer but for 5 euro its fine
Aquite - YAY because of puzzle simplicity makes the complexity awesomeness
Code - YAY because of the awesomness of making 5s out of 2s and 6s out of 9s. But seriously veeery clever little game
Browser - Yay - for free. So no Objection
And noooow since nobody cared to give an answer to
I'll answer it myselfToma said:
I have no comparison to the 2008 retail version of the game so keep that in mind. And I only played a few friendlies for now to test some controls and difficulty settings. If anyone is interested in more just tell me and I will write more as I am very likely to play more of this in the next days.
198 counted teams, most of them national teams but also the first league teams of England, Italy, France, Spain and Germany. Without any licenses of course and as it seems no Editor to edit names of Players and teams
Games can last from 5 minutes to 20 minutes depending on setting. The different stadiums actually look different but only recognizable in the intro of a game.
The weather can be sunny, rainy and snowy. and you can decide between day and night which doesnt make any real differences.
If you want to you can chose between different goal rulesets: Golden, Silver Goal, Normal Game and no extra game time after 90 minutes.
The difficulty settings are very diverse. On easy you should be able to score a few goals and try out tricks and tactics. On normal the A.I. is by no means a cupcake (but its manageable) and I lost the first game I played 0:2 . And on hard you will definitely need some training to not get your ass whipped. So very good difficulty differences.
The control setup for the normal play:
A - Long Pass/Slide
B - Pass/ Tackle
Y - Shoot
X - Through Pass/ GK Rush Out
L - Specials/Change Player
R - Accelerate
L + A - Lob
R with ball - sudden stop
L + B - One-Two Pass
Moving + Lx2 - Step Over
Rx2 - Flip Flap
Lx2 - Marseille Roulette
Y then B - Fake Shot
A then B - Fake Long Pass
Modes ("trophies" for succesfully completing cups and leagues):
Friendly
Cup
League
Penalty Kicks
Training
The training is pretty basic but is good at giving you the techniques to play properly. At least the normal button-ish way. I tried my hands on the touch screen control and think of it as interesting but... lets say... kind of counter-intuitive when compared to play it normal. The controls with the touch screen are way less intuitive than Pes-Wii controls because you still hold the DS with your left hand and have to walk with your left thumb. Oh and no lefty hand control mode. I am definitely going to try more with the touch screen controls, maybe I can tell you more later.
I kind of get the overall feeling of a Pro Evolution Soccer DS. The button layout is the same and there are pretty deep character stats for each player which may or may not be as impactful as the ones in the console soccer games.
Oh and the new feature... Make a photo of you and play as yourself. First problem you can have only one photo of you in the whole game on a player. And second it is kind of animated so that on a player the "head" bounces from left to right and left and right and left. I saw it in a zoomed in goal scene and decided to delete the photo right away because it ticked me off.
The graphics are the only real bad offender in this game. It is pretty pixelated and looks overall highly generic. Especially the players. On the other hand though this probably is one reason for a solid framerate so its a pretty good payoff and I am satisfied with that for the moment.
In the end:
The games "new" features are nothing worth speaking of but the core gameplay is very solid. The framerate rarely drops, it i very playable and seems to have pretty much every move a soccer game needs (plus a few more) and for a PES Lite Portable I can definitely say that the 8 Euro were worth it.
Thats it for now. Maybe I will write more later if anyone's interested.
Animal Crossing Clock - You should know if you're the target audience for this one. If you use your DS as an alarm clock and love Animal Crossing, the $2 might be worth it for you. I posted a review walking through the features on youtube if anyone's interested. To the horror of most reading this, I'm going to give the AC Clock a yay.
A Twisty Fluken
Member
I missed it the first time around, so Pyoro is lighting my world on fire. Pure joy the first time I broke through 40k (and 30k). Really cool.
I've been on a handheld kick lately; spent a lot to "finish" my DS collection. I've had a DS Lite for the longest time, and I also have a 3DS. The 3DS though, I hate DS games on it. Blurry as hell and doesn't fill up the top screen.
I scored a mint DSi XL off of cowboom for $80 and the thing is amazing! It felt like a fucking mini laptop the first time I opened it up. I thought the DS resolutions blown up on such small screens would be iffy, but it looks fine - everything seems clearer and easier to see. The extra size makes it more comfortable to hold too.
Enough about the XL, this is a thinly veiled dsiware recommendations thread. I want them on this XL, and not my 3DS, which is why I waited. I know Shantae, but what else is notable?
I scored a mint DSi XL off of cowboom for $80 and the thing is amazing! It felt like a fucking mini laptop the first time I opened it up. I thought the DS resolutions blown up on such small screens would be iffy, but it looks fine - everything seems clearer and easier to see. The extra size makes it more comfortable to hold too.
Enough about the XL, this is a thinly veiled dsiware recommendations thread. I want them on this XL, and not my 3DS, which is why I waited. I know Shantae, but what else is notable?
nincompoop
Banned
BOX. LIFE.