2015
Lo jugué en la consola de Pico-8 que puedes desbloquear en el juego. La verdad, está okay, incluso cuando se nota que no está muy trabajado.
--------------------------------------
Played it on the Pico-8 Console that you can unlock in the game. It's honestly okay, obviously undercooked but that's about it.
--------------------------------------
Played it on the Pico-8 Console that you can unlock in the game. It's honestly okay, obviously undercooked but that's about it.
2020
¡Empezamos bien 2022! Un juego sencillo pero entretenido.
----------------------------------
We begin 2022 on a nice note! A simple game, but very entertaining.
----------------------------------
We begin 2022 on a nice note! A simple game, but very entertaining.
Si no otra cosa, este DLC demuestra que puedes hacer mucho más en 4 horas de tiempo de lo que el juego original (el primer Bioshock) pudo con 12.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If anything else, this DLC proves that you can do a lot more with 4 hours than the original could in 12.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If anything else, this DLC proves that you can do a lot more with 4 hours than the original could in 12.
2021
Me interesa la forma en que Modus parece haberse zambullido en tiempos recientes en el mundo de la nostalgia por lo poligonal en 32 bits. El trabajo que hicieron en Frontier era quizá mucho más convencional que lo que están intentando aquí, pero creo que hay más de una tendencia solapada en el deseo de evocar los mundos deshabitados y oníricos de aquella época y crear con ello un espacio que se siente inquietante y al mismo tiempo fascinante.
------
I'm interested in the way Modus seems to have recently plunged into the world of 32-bit nostalgia. The work they did on Frontier was perhaps much more conventional than what they're attempting here, but I think there's more of an underhanded tendency in the desire to evoke the uninhabited, dreamlike worlds of that era and thereby create a space that feels unsettling yet fascinating.
------
I'm interested in the way Modus seems to have recently plunged into the world of 32-bit nostalgia. The work they did on Frontier was perhaps much more conventional than what they're attempting here, but I think there's more of an underhanded tendency in the desire to evoke the uninhabited, dreamlike worlds of that era and thereby create a space that feels unsettling yet fascinating.
2022
De todas las cosas a las que este juego me ha recordado, ha sido 8Bit Music Power de Columbus Circle. Ahora bien, no veo qué aporta jugar a esto en una Playdate.
---------------------------------------
Of all the things this game reminded me of, it was Columbus Circle's 8bit Music Power. That being said, I don't see what playing this on a Playdate brings to the table.
---------------------------------------
Of all the things this game reminded me of, it was Columbus Circle's 8bit Music Power. That being said, I don't see what playing this on a Playdate brings to the table.
Lo que a Boogie Loops le faltaba en palanca, este juego lo exprime hasta la extenuación. Un juego que imita la cadencia de un corto de Buster Keaton y que te incita a sudar como seguramente haría el cómico mudo.
-----------------------------
What Boogie Loops lacked in originality, this game squeezes the Playdate's lever to the point of exhaustion. A game that mimics the cadence of a Buster Keaton short film and encourages you to play as the silent comedian.
-----------------------------
What Boogie Loops lacked in originality, this game squeezes the Playdate's lever to the point of exhaustion. A game that mimics the cadence of a Buster Keaton short film and encourages you to play as the silent comedian.
2022
muy entretenido, del tipo de juegos que te incita a ir probando distintas permutaciones en cada partida. A decir verdad, es el tipo de juego que preferiría jugar en un PC antes que en una pantalla pequeña.
Sin embargo, la dinámica de su juego, basada en la simulación de un aburrido verano adolescente nortemaericano, se siente a partes iguales honesto y artificial, con más de una referencia al cine de la época que pretende recrear. Al mismo tiempo, la decisión del juego de detenerse en el momento en que la historia toma el giro hacia recovecos más sobrenaturales dota al juego de cierta legitimidad, como si al final, lo único que hubieras estado haciendo con tus amigues era jugar a la Guija y cotillear sobre vuestros dramas.
---------------------------
very entertaining, the kind of game that encourages you to experiment with different permutations. To tell the truth, it's the kind I'd rather play on a PC than on a small handheld. However, the dynamics of its gameplay, based on the simulation of a boring American teenage summer, feels equal parts honest and contrived, with more than one reference to the movies of the time it aims to recreate. At the same time, the game's decision to stop at the moment when things aim to get serious lends it with some legitimacy, as if in the end, all you were doing with your friends was playing Ouija and gossip about your dramas.
Sin embargo, la dinámica de su juego, basada en la simulación de un aburrido verano adolescente nortemaericano, se siente a partes iguales honesto y artificial, con más de una referencia al cine de la época que pretende recrear. Al mismo tiempo, la decisión del juego de detenerse en el momento en que la historia toma el giro hacia recovecos más sobrenaturales dota al juego de cierta legitimidad, como si al final, lo único que hubieras estado haciendo con tus amigues era jugar a la Guija y cotillear sobre vuestros dramas.
---------------------------
very entertaining, the kind of game that encourages you to experiment with different permutations. To tell the truth, it's the kind I'd rather play on a PC than on a small handheld. However, the dynamics of its gameplay, based on the simulation of a boring American teenage summer, feels equal parts honest and contrived, with more than one reference to the movies of the time it aims to recreate. At the same time, the game's decision to stop at the moment when things aim to get serious lends it with some legitimacy, as if in the end, all you were doing with your friends was playing Ouija and gossip about your dramas.
2022
El primer juego "oficial" de la temporada es un juego de recolección al estilo de Pokémon, con un poco de "Snap" para darle algo de originalidad. Parece interesante, pero en la práctica se juega como una versión larga del minijuego del Cuckoo de Ocarina of Time. Más allá del carácter introductorio que ofrece, este juego parece un experimento a medio concluir, en el que la variedad de los pájaros no puede solventar la simpleza del resto del juego.
------------------------------------------
The first "official" game of the Playdate season is a Pokémon-like collect-a-thon, with a bit of "Snap" added to it for originality purposes. It looks neat, but in practice it plays like a long version of the Cuckoo mini-game from Ocarina of Time. Aside from its introductory, it feels like this game is an half-baked experiment that doesn't justify the simplicity of its gameplay, despite having so many birds to collect and photograph.
------------------------------------------
The first "official" game of the Playdate season is a Pokémon-like collect-a-thon, with a bit of "Snap" added to it for originality purposes. It looks neat, but in practice it plays like a long version of the Cuckoo mini-game from Ocarina of Time. Aside from its introductory, it feels like this game is an half-baked experiment that doesn't justify the simplicity of its gameplay, despite having so many birds to collect and photograph.
TBD
Había visto muchos juegos sobre espacios nostálgicos dominados por la nostalgia ochentera, el vaporwave y los vibes, pero muy pocos de ellos inciden en el carácter onírico y fundamentalmente incierto que estas imágenes poseen en realidad. Utilizar el motivo acuático y la falta de movimiento es la clave de que Mercury Island funcione, a pesar de ser tan corto en el resto de áreas.
-------
I have seen many games deal with nostalgic spaces that are dominated by eighties nostalgia, vaporwave and vibes, but very few of them emphasize the dreamlike and fundamentally uncertain character that they usually embody. Using the aquatic motif and the lack of movement is key to make this title work, despite being so lackluster in everything else.
-------
I have seen many games deal with nostalgic spaces that are dominated by eighties nostalgia, vaporwave and vibes, but very few of them emphasize the dreamlike and fundamentally uncertain character that they usually embody. Using the aquatic motif and the lack of movement is key to make this title work, despite being so lackluster in everything else.
El equipo detrás de Ratchet & Clank intenta crear una mezcla insulsa entre Halo y Call of Duty ¿Te llama? Menudo rollo.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
The team behind Ratchet & Clank tries to an hybrid between Halo and Call of Duty. Are you excited? Just personified blandness.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
The team behind Ratchet & Clank tries to an hybrid between Halo and Call of Duty. Are you excited? Just personified blandness.
2017
Dinner!
2022
A grandes rasgos, este juego adapta los contornos de un puzzle tradicional y lo presenta con una paleta y horizontes que se sienten más cercanos a la estética de Itch.io que a la de Facebook y los tiempos de Candy Crush. A nivel de ritmo, posee una curva suave y no muy exigente, y como suplemento a él, te invita a adoptar el papel de une (aún no quemade) currante de Amazon durante un par de horas. Tengo que decir que el juego no me atrapó lo bastante para justificar mi tiempo en él, aunque me sorprendió bastante la calidad de la música.
-------------------------------------------
Broadly speaking, this game adapts the contours of a traditional puzzle title and presents it with a sheen that sits closer to the aesthetic of Itch.io than to Facebook's and Candy Crush's. In terms of rhythm, it presents a smooth enough curve, and in addition to that, it invites you play the role of a (not too burnt out) Amazon worker for a couple of hours. I have to say that the game didn't grab me enough to justify much attention, though the quality of the music caught me by surprise.
-------------------------------------------
Broadly speaking, this game adapts the contours of a traditional puzzle title and presents it with a sheen that sits closer to the aesthetic of Itch.io than to Facebook's and Candy Crush's. In terms of rhythm, it presents a smooth enough curve, and in addition to that, it invites you play the role of a (not too burnt out) Amazon worker for a couple of hours. I have to say that the game didn't grab me enough to justify much attention, though the quality of the music caught me by surprise.
2022
Una versión reimaginada y bastante trabajada de Asteroids en la que la puntería al disparar se sustituye por tu finura a la hora de girar la nave con la manivela. Playdate es una consola que se crece cuando recurre a los ritmos y estéticas del arcade clásico para enseñarte a jugar con ella. En este sentido, creo que los mejores juegos hasta ahora han sido aquellos que han sabido presentar conceptos familiares pero con algún que otro elemento novedoso. Si pudiera predecir el futuro, diría Hyper Meteor es el ejemplo perfecto del tipo de juego que habremos de esperar en futuras remesas: no muy original, pero tampoco tan conservador como para que se sienta que has perdido tu tiempo comprando esta consola.
--------------------------------
A reimagined and pretty well-made adaptation of Asteroids in which aiming and shooting has been replaced with twirling and ramming. Playdate is definitely a console that grows more confident when it confides itself to the rhythms and aesthetics of classic arcade titles. In this sense, I think the best games so far have been those that have been able to present familiar concepts with some twists. If I could predict its future, I'd say Hyper Meteor is the perfect example of the kind of games we should expect from now on---not too original, but not so conservative that might make you feel like you've wasted your time buying it.
--------------------------------
A reimagined and pretty well-made adaptation of Asteroids in which aiming and shooting has been replaced with twirling and ramming. Playdate is definitely a console that grows more confident when it confides itself to the rhythms and aesthetics of classic arcade titles. In this sense, I think the best games so far have been those that have been able to present familiar concepts with some twists. If I could predict its future, I'd say Hyper Meteor is the perfect example of the kind of games we should expect from now on---not too original, but not so conservative that might make you feel like you've wasted your time buying it.
2022
la obra de Bennet Foddy para Playdate llama la atención por lo conservadora y, en términos de género, poco radical que se siente. Con un estilo que recuerda a títulos de la Spectrum, y un modelo de juego que se asienta en títulos de estrategia difíciles de los años ochenta y noventa (pensad en los primeros X-Com, por ejemplo), da la impresión de que esta vez Foddy se ha limitado a copiar el formato de un género que el público general ha olvidado.
Eso no quiere decir que el juego sea demasiado difícil o impenetrable a ojos de jugadores noveles. Su principal aliciente es la frustración a la hora de tener que perder progreso y empezar desde el principio cada vez que caes a manos de tus enemigos. Su otro factor es la relativa libertad que ofrece para dejarte escoger nuevas rutas en cada momento. Al cabo de unas pocas sesiones, el juego ya no se presenta como una quimera incomprensible, pero pasa rápidamente a convertirse en una rutina algo monótona. Hasta qué punto es capaz de justificar ese tiempo es el tipo de preguntas que los juegos de Foddy han querido siempre obligarte a pensar. Si tuviera que compararlo con otras entradas suyas, diría que es uno de los más accesibles que ha hecho hasta hoy. Pero si tuviera que compararlo con otros títulos de Playdate, diría que es, junto a Time Travel Adventures, el juego que quiere incitarte de forma más agresiva a seguir jugando hasta que llegues al ansiado palacio final. Con que no creo que sea de lo mejor que te encontrarás aquí.
---------------------------------
Bennet Foddy's Playdate title strikes me for how conservative it feels, in terms of genre and mechanical ingenuity. With a style that's reminiscent of adventures games for the Spectrum, and a gameplay that takes cues from difficult strategy games of the 80s and 90s (think early X-Com), it seems like the author has merely decided to copy the format of a genre that's been already forgotten and leave it at that.
That's not to say that the game is too difficult or impenetrable. Its main incentive is how frustrating it gets any time you lose progress and start from the beginning. Its other incentive is the freedom it offers by letting you choose your route each time you die. After a few sessions, the game no longer feels mysterious, and quickly turns into something of a grind. To what extent it's able to justify its lenght is the kind of question that Foddy wants players to ask themselves. If I had to compare it to the other entries of his, I'd say it's one of the easier ones. But comparing it to other Playdate titles, I'd say it is, along with Time Travel Adventures, one of the titles that most aggressively pushes you to keep playing until extenuation.
So, to sum it up, I don't think it's a very interesting title, though it definitely begins nicely enough.
Eso no quiere decir que el juego sea demasiado difícil o impenetrable a ojos de jugadores noveles. Su principal aliciente es la frustración a la hora de tener que perder progreso y empezar desde el principio cada vez que caes a manos de tus enemigos. Su otro factor es la relativa libertad que ofrece para dejarte escoger nuevas rutas en cada momento. Al cabo de unas pocas sesiones, el juego ya no se presenta como una quimera incomprensible, pero pasa rápidamente a convertirse en una rutina algo monótona. Hasta qué punto es capaz de justificar ese tiempo es el tipo de preguntas que los juegos de Foddy han querido siempre obligarte a pensar. Si tuviera que compararlo con otras entradas suyas, diría que es uno de los más accesibles que ha hecho hasta hoy. Pero si tuviera que compararlo con otros títulos de Playdate, diría que es, junto a Time Travel Adventures, el juego que quiere incitarte de forma más agresiva a seguir jugando hasta que llegues al ansiado palacio final. Con que no creo que sea de lo mejor que te encontrarás aquí.
---------------------------------
Bennet Foddy's Playdate title strikes me for how conservative it feels, in terms of genre and mechanical ingenuity. With a style that's reminiscent of adventures games for the Spectrum, and a gameplay that takes cues from difficult strategy games of the 80s and 90s (think early X-Com), it seems like the author has merely decided to copy the format of a genre that's been already forgotten and leave it at that.
That's not to say that the game is too difficult or impenetrable. Its main incentive is how frustrating it gets any time you lose progress and start from the beginning. Its other incentive is the freedom it offers by letting you choose your route each time you die. After a few sessions, the game no longer feels mysterious, and quickly turns into something of a grind. To what extent it's able to justify its lenght is the kind of question that Foddy wants players to ask themselves. If I had to compare it to the other entries of his, I'd say it's one of the easier ones. But comparing it to other Playdate titles, I'd say it is, along with Time Travel Adventures, one of the titles that most aggressively pushes you to keep playing until extenuation.
So, to sum it up, I don't think it's a very interesting title, though it definitely begins nicely enough.
2011
The co-op is the only thing that's really worth about this. The sequel feels like it indulges a bit too much on Portal's well-deserved accolades, and the jokes aren't even half as good as the original. Also, the new mechanics don't allow as much room for experimentation as the original (which didn't allow that much to begin with). Still, the ending is okay.