Absol95 
#PSvitaNation
Say what you want about PUBG. For all the flaws it still has, the atmosphere is neat and the theme song are quite awesome.
https://youtu.be/7asP7Xw9emQ
https://youtu.be/7asP7Xw9emQ
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Officer Hotpants 
Moderator
Double-0 Negative
@acres
Was it worth it, Smash players? Was it worth this?
Was it worth it, Smash players? Was it worth this?
Acres 
@Officer Hotpants
Steve absolutely deserves to be in smash. His game is the best selling in the world. So yes I wanted this.
Steve absolutely deserves to be in smash. His game is the best selling in the world. So yes I wanted this.
Fleur de Lis 
déanaim seitreach
@Absol95
I don’t know, but according to Wikipedia those don’t even come close.
List of best-selling video games
I don’t know, but according to Wikipedia those don’t even come close.
List of best-selling video games
Havoc
Half Dragon, Half Meme
@Fleur de Lis
It’s kinda funny how many of the top 50 are Nintendo games.
It’s kinda funny how many of the top 50 are Nintendo games.
Absol95
#PSvitaNation
Seeing as how Pokemon shuffle got ported to mobile phones and Smart tablets, and both Mario Kart Tour and Pokemon GO got made by third parties with Nintendo’s license, what are the overall chances that Nintendo would go at least slightly further in this regard? By that I mean going ahead and licensing and supervising games onto not only iphone, iPad and Android devices, but also maybe on Mac and Windows. Believe it or not, but up until 1986 or so, Nintendo was fine with licensing their games for other developers to develop for home computers such as the Apple ][ line, Atari 8-bit line, Sharp X1, Vic 20, C64, ZX Spectrum, IBM PC DOS, and Amstrad CPC as well as other companies’ consoles like the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Mattel Intellivision, and Colecovision. Time will tell if sometime after Koizumi either quits or kicks the bucket, they will be even more willing to license other devs to make spin-offs based on their franchises…
ANoobis
Ghibelline Omnipotens
@Absol95
In the long run that depends on whether they decide to remain a hardware developer or go Sega’s route. If whatever the Switch’s successor ends up being goes the way of the Wii U, Nintendo has indicated that it’s perfectly willing to abandon consoles and develop games for their ex-competitors.
In that case, I’d be surprised if they let anyone touch their IP’s again.
In the long run that depends on whether they decide to remain a hardware developer or go Sega’s route. If whatever the Switch’s successor ends up being goes the way of the Wii U, Nintendo has indicated that it’s perfectly willing to abandon consoles and develop games for their ex-competitors.
In that case, I’d be surprised if they let anyone touch their IP’s again.
Azure Fang
Oh no, he's here?
So, I picked up Midnight Castle Succubus DX - a neo-retro pixel art lewd Castlevania clone on Steam and just got done playing my first two hours of it…
It’s good. I mean, “this is the kind of quality that could go a long way toward legitimizing lewd in video games” let me dream, dammit good. In that two hours (casual play) I’m only 24% done with the map.
Gameplay and graphics are solid and true to the emulated medium: Approximate NES-era color depth, animations limited in number of frames, predetermined (as opposed to key-duration) jump height, etc. but with some modern sensibilities such as saving in any location, Symphony of the Night style automap, death reloads last room rather than last save (plus unlocks scenes), and multiple endings.
Lewd, while purposefully dated to fit the game, is well drawn, for the most part can be unlocked through play rather than failure (only personal scenes come from fails, but load system ameliorates that), and there is a gallery for scene unlocks.
Add on to all of that a solid chiptune soundtrack, good english translation, no need to patch or otherwise fool around with the install to get NSFW, a SFW mode if you just want the platformer (replaces sprites and removes scenes), and continued support and updates, and you’ve got an all around great game. I highly recommend it to anybody that wants a lewd platformer more for the gameplay itself with the lewd being an added bonus (or even just the game itself, if you play SFW mode).
Apparently, developers pixelteishoku and Libra Heart sell the Japanese version on DLSite, but it’s sold poorly. Enter Steam publisher CriticalBliss who convinced them to give an english translation a try; sales have apparently been so good that they’re looking translating it into more languages. Here’s to the success of actually good lewd games on Steam, amid the floods of clickbait and utter trash.
EDIT: If anybody is willing, please drop my review (slightly edited copypasta of this post) an upvote. If nothing else, I’d like to see this game get some good exposure, and non-meme reviews help that a bit.
EDIT2: I said upvote, not “give the most valuable award on Steam”, lol.
It’s good. I mean, “this is the kind of quality that could go a long way toward legitimizing lewd in video games” let me dream, dammit good. In that two hours (casual play) I’m only 24% done with the map.
Gameplay and graphics are solid and true to the emulated medium: Approximate NES-era color depth, animations limited in number of frames, predetermined (as opposed to key-duration) jump height, etc. but with some modern sensibilities such as saving in any location, Symphony of the Night style automap, death reloads last room rather than last save (plus unlocks scenes), and multiple endings.
Lewd, while purposefully dated to fit the game, is well drawn, for the most part can be unlocked through play rather than failure (only personal scenes come from fails, but load system ameliorates that), and there is a gallery for scene unlocks.
Add on to all of that a solid chiptune soundtrack, good english translation, no need to patch or otherwise fool around with the install to get NSFW, a SFW mode if you just want the platformer (replaces sprites and removes scenes), and continued support and updates, and you’ve got an all around great game. I highly recommend it to anybody that wants a lewd platformer more for the gameplay itself with the lewd being an added bonus (or even just the game itself, if you play SFW mode).
Apparently, developers pixelteishoku and Libra Heart sell the Japanese version on DLSite, but it’s sold poorly. Enter Steam publisher CriticalBliss who convinced them to give an english translation a try; sales have apparently been so good that they’re looking translating it into more languages. Here’s to the success of actually good lewd games on Steam, amid the floods of clickbait and utter trash.
EDIT: If anybody is willing, please drop my review (slightly edited copypasta of this post) an upvote. If nothing else, I’d like to see this game get some good exposure, and non-meme reviews help that a bit.
EDIT2: I said upvote, not “give the most valuable award on Steam”, lol.
Officer Hotpants
Moderator
Double-0 Negative
@Azure Fang
I was thinking of picking that up the other day during the sale but ended up going with something else because it seemed like it might be one of those 40 minute games. Is it worth full price or should I wait for another sale?
I was thinking of picking that up the other day during the sale but ended up going with something else because it seemed like it might be one of those 40 minute games. Is it worth full price or should I wait for another sale?
Azure Fang
Oh no, he's here?
@Officer Hotpants
To me, at least, it’s certainly worth the full price (US$12.99, for those not clicking the links but wanting context) in quality and length.
Apparently CriticalBliss is supposed to sell the new soundtrack at some point, and I plan on buying that just to show extra support, as well as the next two Succubus games.
To me, at least, it’s certainly worth the full price (US$12.99, for those not clicking the links but wanting context) in quality and length.
Apparently CriticalBliss is supposed to sell the new soundtrack at some point, and I plan on buying that just to show extra support, as well as the next two Succubus games.
Officer Hotpants
Moderator
Double-0 Negative
@Azure Fang
Cool. I’ll probably pick it up in a week or two, then. And I know how that goes. Last Sovereign (which is outstanding) is completely free but about 40 hours in you’ll start to feel bad for not buying the support-the-dev DLC.
I highly recommend trying it. Just be advised that some of the fights are super challenging. Mostly the ones where you have to choose to fight, or to handicap yourself, to get special rewards, different outcomes or increased influence with people. I don’t think I’ve ever seen another game come anywhere close to making so good on the promise that your choices matter.
Cool. I’ll probably pick it up in a week or two, then. And I know how that goes. Last Sovereign (which is outstanding) is completely free but about 40 hours in you’ll start to feel bad for not buying the support-the-dev DLC.
I highly recommend trying it. Just be advised that some of the fights are super challenging. Mostly the ones where you have to choose to fight, or to handicap yourself, to get special rewards, different outcomes or increased influence with people. I don’t think I’ve ever seen another game come anywhere close to making so good on the promise that your choices matter.
Azure Fang
Oh no, he's here?
@Officer Hotpants
Thanks for the recommend. I’ll keep an eye on it; not interested in adding that deep of a game to my “need to play” list at the moment, but at a glance it looks like the dev is certainly using RPGMaker to its fullest (something too few actually do). And I can see what you mean; I know damn well that if I end up playing this and enjoying it, that support purchase will be in my cart faster than I can say “GabeN, NO!”.
Thanks for the recommend. I’ll keep an eye on it; not interested in adding that deep of a game to my “need to play” list at the moment, but at a glance it looks like the dev is certainly using RPGMaker to its fullest (something too few actually do). And I can see what you mean; I know damn well that if I end up playing this and enjoying it, that support purchase will be in my cart faster than I can say “GabeN, NO!”.