Thread 718290887

Is this worth $25? How long are the games?

>>718290887 (OP)
Easily and the games are anywhere from 30 minutes to 16 hours (average about 3-5 hours iirc)
Not every game is good but there are enough really good ones for it to be totally worth it

some can be beaten fairly quickly if you catch on quick enough but others are more adventure type games that will take you a couple sessions. it's a grab bag of a bunch of different types of games so there will be some you probably don't like which is worth keeping in mind.

200 hours average for a /v/itizen to "100%" all the games. UFO 50 was the best indie I've played in a long time and going in blind and feeling things out yourself + learning as you go is the absolute right way to play.

not a single game in the collection is above a 7/10

>>718290887 (OP)
Wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle.

>>718290887 (OP)
It's as much an essential to your Steam library as the original Valve games were.

>>718290887 (OP)
It's worthless

>>718290887 (OP)
Mini and max plus party house alone are worth the 25 bucks

>>718290887 (OP)
Just go download some actual retro game ROMs instead.

>>718290887 (OP)
Am I right in assuming it's "Action 52 but the games are actually in a playable state?"

>>718296586
not with the dog raping a girl scene

>>718296659
Yeah, what ties the collection together is the narrative that they were all developed between 1982-1989 by a fictional developer by the name of LX Systems (representing their fictional console that these games were developed for), which later rebranded to UFOSoft after the success of their game "Campanella". As you play, you may find codes to enter into the terminal in which you'll be able to play as an abstraction of the man who was tasked with putting together the collection itself, and when you see the way his co-workers and upper management are represented, it'll put into perspective the imagery and narratives found in some of the games in the last 15 titles or so. It's really cool.

Even if you don't engage with that part of the game, the collection will still keep you engaged. Beaten games turn gold, but beating them under special conditions gives you a "cherry". Some of those are a bitch to get, after 260 hours I've only got 33 of 50.

>>718290887 (OP)
Its the GOTY of 2024, and its not even close. I got 150h out of it when I cherried everything. The game has like 2-3 "bad" games and like 5 additional meh games. The rest are varying levels of good/great.

>>718297331
Least favorites? I just couldn't get into Golfaria at all, but I respect it for trying something new. Also didn't like Grimstone since it felt even worse to get around than the original FF1, which I didn't think was possible.

>>718297449
I thought I would hate Grimstone since I'm not a jrpg guy but ended up liking it quite a bit. They did bugfix the game which made it considerably harder. And I liked Golfaria quite a bit.

My bottom 2 games are Block Koala and Divers. Divers the jRPG that I ended up hating, and I just hate sokoban.

describe an actually good game in this collection
I dont care about the quantity - time is too limited to waste on endless crappy games

>>718297579
Velgress is a great feeling platformer where the ground where you stand constantly falls apart. Rail Heist is 2d heist-game with a lot of ways to play and cool turn-based system once you get spotted. Party House is a simple but addictive push your luck deckbuilding game. Mini & Max is great Chip'n'Dale style open (but kinda small) world adventure game with quests and great sense of exploration. Mortol is puzzle-platformer where you have to sacrifice your limited lives to progress, but you can do it in clever ways. Onion Delivery is fast paced driving game, where you need to memorize the dangerous areas of the city while driving lighting fast and dodge the daily hazards.

And it goes on and on and on. Almost all of the games are more interesting and deeper than what it initially looks like.

>>718297579
I'll give you one - Mortol. It's a platforming puzzle game that allows for multiple solutions in order to progress. Going back to previous levels and improving on the number of remaining people left gives you more lives overall in each subsequent level, so there's replay value. Further to that point, you get a free life for every three enemies you kill, and the sacrifice rituals can all chain into each other with the exception of bomb. So rather than creating a stone on a strip of spikes to jump across, you could chain stone > arrow > stone > arrow > stone if it means taking out three or even four enemies at once. It introduces new challenges throughout and feels complete in how its ideas were explored and developed.

It's okay. None of the games are fantastic, the best of the bunch is Mini and Max.

I didn't pay for it, and after playing it I wouldn't pay for it, I think too many of the games are too half-baked. I would've paid 20 bucks if they put all the effort they wasted on half the other games into Mini and Max instead and cancelled the other 49 games, but sadly it just ends a bit too fast and has a lot of stupid decisions like random item placements.

>>718292519
i really like golfaria and porgy. i have played several games i would rate a 9/10 and i haven't even played the latter half of them yet. there are a lot of unique and creative games, and they all feel particularly intuitive

>>718297579
porgy. you pilot a submarine and find powerups around the map that help you progress so there is a lot of exploration. its a more arcadey ecco the dolphin

>>718290887 (OP)
>How long are the games?
Anywhere from 5+ hours to 40+ hours.
But honestly. Pretty much all the games are rather replayable. It's a great collection.

>>718290887 (OP)
It's not worth it even for free.
All the games are massive shit.

How the fuck shit ass campanella got two sequels?

>>718302791
Campanella 1+2 are GOTYs. 3 is whatever

>>718292519
Rail Heist and Mini & Max are easily 8.5/10

>>718297502
I don't believe anyone likes block koala.

I would've enjoyed it more as a kid. Once i thought of beating the games instead of just fucking around i lost all enjoyment. Porgy and Mortal (the one with the big map everyone hates) were the best. Party house was pretty smart for a card game

>>718303069
>Mortal (the one with the big map everyone hates)
Mortal2 is absolute ludo and better than Mortal1.

>>718290887 (OP)
Nope. They all suck. It's like an artsy project made by hipsters who never played video-games before. Just the mapping on most of those games makes absolutely no sense.

>>718300393
>5+ hours
Big Bell Race only took me 10 minutes to cherry. Grimstone lasted for like 20 hours. All other games fall somewhere inbetween, I'd say most that aren't score attack-y arcade games will at least take the average player 3-5 hours to complete.

>>718304406
The arcade style games all give you hours of entertainment. Because you'll want to really familiarize yourself with the mechanics to improve your scores.

I was not prepared for how mad some of these games made me

>>718305017
NTA but I cherried Big Bell Race first try, took mere minutes.

>>718305336
Yeah Big Bell Race is one of the shortest games. You can get your cherry in like 15 minutes without much trouble.

Waldorf, Ninpek and Quibble Race are the other short games

>>718305640
at least waldorf and ninpek are actually challenging.

If you don't like arcade games or twitch-based shit, be prepared to be disappointed often. That's the main thing nobody ever mentions. Yes, it is still 50 games so statistically you may find something you like and in the end you may feel it was "worth" it overall, but so many games were "play for 5 minutes and then put down" for me.
I genuinely liked Rock On Island, Lords of Diskonia, and Party House. Even of those, Rock On Island is the only one I played significantly, probably about 10 hours and the only one I cherried. I think I'm largely done @ 45 hours, might come back for little nibbles here and there.
Mortol, Mooncat, Warptank, Pingolf, Quibble Race, Valbrace, Night Manor, Camouflage, and Vainger, Avianos are all "fine" I'd say (i.e. games I'd spend less than an hour on).
I think the fundamental issue with is I'd rather just buy 1 really good game that I love, instead of 49 that I like + 1 I love that is too short and simple.
But, I still feel I probably got my money's worth objectively, and that's the paradox. It's a volume approach.

>>718305640
>Quibble Race
I can play this forever.

>>718306189
FUCK Quibble Race. It was one of the most infuriating cherries in the whole game. As a party-game or random gold-cart it didn't reveal its evilness

>>718305640
>Waldorf, Ninpek
Short?
What's your scores?

trying to get into Barbuta, drawing the layout is comfy

>>718306441
I got Ninpek cherry in like... 25 minutes total played. Waldorf was longer, but I think its still around 1 hour?

>>718306451
Good looking map bro

>>718306451
What do you do after getting the wand?

>>718306587
>I got Ninpek cherry
Yeah. But you kept aiming for even higher scores, right?

>>718307108
The wand is not even the best weapons
Did you scramble your eggs already?

>>718307982
I have no clue how to do that, the only secret I got so far is the free umbrella

>>718297043
>Le heckin epic "lore"
boring

>>718307504
Fuck that, I didn't like Ninpek that much. There are more fun score/streak games in the collection.

Git gud

>>718309125
That's not how it's handled. The guy who developed the final game for the studio was a disgruntled programmer. He hid shit into the collection to complain about how the studio being bought out sucked the soul out of the studio. Things like that have actually happened before irl.

Valbrace best UFO 50 game

>>718310140
Jump abuse!

>>718292519
Mortol is 10/10 nigger.

>>718290887 (OP)
I got 250 hours in that game cherrying everything. There are like 5 games worth 25 dollars alone in there imo

Some are very short, others are actual full on games.

>>718302791
>esl can't appreciate campanella kino
Not surprising but sad nonetheless

>>718305685
You didn't actually give the games a chance anon, that's your problem.

>>718307081
The other day I was playing a free game on itch.io where you are a lesbian rabbit who shoots at a villain and takes off her clothes, and even though that game is pretty bad in terms of gameplay (the focus is only on eroticism), I found it funny that it's still better than the average UFO50 game.
This was one of the things that annoyed me a little about UFO50. At least 75% of those games would either be completely ignored or heavily criticized by the same people who are saying how good UFO50 is, if they had been released by a nobody in isolation.
The UFO50 reviews and the discussions on Steam strongly convey that "fan club" idea where people overvalue something that isn't very good because that's what you have to do to stay in the group. UFO50 isn't bad, but most of the games in the collection are.
Also, the artistic aspect is well below average, both in terms of graphics and music, and even the writing. What would then be the artistic value of the collection is the "historical narrative" that creates cohesion for all the games, but even that makes no sense (Barbuta, for example, by Western standards of computer games, would be a game from 1991, not 1982). The historical reality portrayed makes no sense whatsoever, has no fidelity to anything for those who understand the subject, and was clearly done through very poor research.

>>718311553
you can't just talk about a lesbian rabbit game and not give me the sauce, anon

>>718311537
It's just not for me. I play mostly strategy games and those are the ones I liked most in UFO 50. Action games annoy me.

>>718311553
The benefit of UFO 50 when you compare it to random Itch.io games is that it was made by a dev group, instead of 50 random devs. Once you find few games you like in UFO 50, you start trusting the process that these guys know their stuff and there is depth and good design here, even if its not immediately obvious.

>>718290887 (OP)
They range from "NES port of an arcade game" to "full-length RPG". I put almost 130 hours into the collection without even beating all of them, some of the ones in genres I don't care for I only put ~15 minutes into. To be blunt, a small handful of the games DO suck (Star Waspir, Fist Hell, Hot Foot)

>>718297579
>Rock On Island
Cross between Tower Defense and Twin-Stick shooter, easily my favorite of the bunch and has you balancing positioning and timing around the maps alongside how to spend your currency (more units, upgraded units, upgraded weapon for you). It's the only game I 100% completed because it was just that good.
>Warptank
Really sharply-designed game where your tank can't jump but instead teleport in a line directly across from itself. The level design does absolutely everything with its premise without being too long and there's optional post-game completionist content for it as well.
>Mooncat
Comes off as a novelty game with how it controls (entire D-Pad moves left, either button moves right, everything else is a combination of those inputs) but each screen is very deliberately designed around that ruleset and there's multiple branching paths and endings you can reach if you get comfortable enough with the controls.
>Rail Heist
A weird cross between turn-based strategy, stealth-focused infiltration, and Super Mario Bros 2 where you're a group of outlaws robbing trains. It's hard to describe but kind of brilliant in execution.
>Bushido Ball
2 parts Windjammers, 1 part Samurai Shodown. It's hard to sell it any better than that.
>Lords of Diskonia
Turn-based strategy where you launch units represented by differently-sized pucks that vary in stats and try to bounce off of enemies to deal damage or off of stones that give your army resources. Tons of variety in how you put a team together based on your resources and what the level's map can offer you.
>Seaside Drive
Space Invaders but you're drifting on the highway in a convertible.

>>718290887 (OP)
Mini and max is one the best 2d platformers i played in a long time.... its almost like pseudo banjo tooie. Ill pay for a stand alone M&M 2

>>718290887 (OP)
I cherried party house and now I'm sad cause I beat it.

>>718309565
>There are more fun score/streak games in the collection.
Like Campanella1.

>>718311553
Another thing that made me dislike UFO 50 (I bought the game with good intentions but was disappointed): the parallel reality that the guys created for the gaming industry seemed a bit questionable to me.
That's because they're putting their typical shitty indie games there as pioneers of an entire industry. Yeah, I know it wasn't done with bad intentions, but this is a feeling that started to grow in me when I started to dislike the game, and I think it's more of a side effect of poor historical representation.
For comparison, we can take those poorly made books or movies where some civilization from the past is celebrated, but the authors end up putting a lot of their own realities in there. People don't like that, they see it as an attempt to rewrite history, and I feel something similar (but to a lesser extent) when I see those fucking ~2010's indie games representing the truly old games from the pioneers that I personally find fascinating.

>>718312280
Only problem with Mini & Max is that it should be the main/only game you play after you start it. Or keep notes. Its very easy to forget where everything is

>>718312424
There are lunatics who have went for 100 streak in Party House, but I was happy enough with my 5 streak. Its weird how it (and the 6 in a row in Bug Hunter) felt impossible when you were doing it, but now I just look fondly at it and its sad that I got it done

>>718314040
>when I see those fucking ~2010's indie games representing the truly old games from the pioneers that I personally find fascinating
But the game doesn't really do that.
The game presents a dev studio and game systems that was odd and in many ways before their time. But never held on to fame and was ultimately largely forgotten.
They're not representing old games. They're inspired by old games. But the UFO Soft games are their own thing for better or worse and the game does not shy away from that.

a lot of these games are too hard to be fun. i think its dumb that in a lot of these games,you die in a single hit and have to start over. even in the NES days it wasnt really like that.

>>718290887 (OP)
no lol

>>718290887 (OP)
no and like 2 minutes before you're bored out of your mind. you're buying a pack of mid flash games. you're better off just browsing newgrounds instead.

>>718290887 (OP)
you're better off playing sim ant for free

>>718290887 (OP)
This one alone was worth price of admission for me.

my favorite game is bug hunter. its such a fun game.

Why does this game cause so much seethe? It was fine. The only truly bad games are star waspir diskonia and combatAnts

>>718314164
I didnt find it too annoying... each time someone told you togo east or west to a destination i would shrink and find 4 different things in that general area. Assuming health and throw upgrades are in randomly placed spots in the micro world, i just strunk on every major looking set peice. Only 1 or 2 items i had too look up cuz i ran through the text fast. The hints are good if even a lil round about.

And remember. 8isGr8

>>718314713
They really should make a new stand alone game out of this with more content.

>>718297502
>>718302971
I'm a big sokoban fan, and not even I like Block Koala. It just isn't good.

>>718297579
Mini and Max is a metroidvania esque platformer where the gimmick is you can shrink down and explore each part of the room she's stuck in. You can shrink multiple times so each level contains a bunch of other levels

mortol 1 >>>>>>>> mortol 2

what were they thinking?

>>718315325
>Why does this game cause so much seethe?
Because Derek Yu and the Mossmouth name is attached to it.

>>718316150
no, i love spelunky. it's just that all the minigames are bad.

>>718316465
They're not minigames. And they aren't bad.

>>718316132
Mortol 2 is actually super cool though.
It only really falls behind Mortol 1 because it has no map variety.

If Mortol 2 had like 3 or 4 map variants to beat then it would have been hands down the superior game.
Also the hardmode code for Mortol 2 is rad.

ive been playing this fucking golf game nonstop for like 2 days and i keep getting worse i fucking hate this shit

>>718316683
i didn't like the open ended nature of it and the many bullshit enemies that can only really be beaten with bombers. mortol 1's more focused stages were much more enjoyable imo

>>718297331
>Its the GOTY of 2024, and its not even close.
lol
lmao even
not shitting on UFO 50, its kino

>>718316727
Then it's a pretty realistic golf game.

>>718292519
Post an 8/10 game, because if you think this unironically you probably don't like vidya all that much

>>718297331
>Its the GOTY of 2024, and its not even close
Not when Magenta Horizon & Kunitsu-Gami exist but it's at probably 3rd, at least Top 5 (Shadow of the NInja Reborn, Shadow Generations, and Astro Bot are right around it).

>>718316835
Nine Sols was my #2.

>>718317982
Kunitsi-Gami was my #10, it was good but not great. Still very charming. And Shadow of the Ninja reborn was #5.

But can't beat the UFO 50"-cock

I still dont know if the guy who made the UFO 50 porn was from the threads back then, but he did good work

Party House is my only cherry and my favorite game

I couldn't really get into the others, including Mini and Max. I got lost and couldn't continue.

Alpha a cute. Stand-alone game when?

>>718316604
yes they are, and they're boring, which is even worse. mini games are meant to be fun.

>>718319620
i'll never understand how people find party house fun. i get how it works but find no enjoyment in it. the kind of people who love spreadsheets and balatro probably enjoy it

Bushido Ball is the sickest shit and I barely see it get talked about what gives.

>>718321151
Its short and cool, but it doesn't occupy peoples minds for that long

I thought Mini & Max was just a cute Mario 2 clone, but after you get inventory slots and more abilities it feels more like Super Metroid

Short but sweet. One of my favorite experiences the game has to offer.

>>718321490
I just finished it. I really liked the ending.

>cyber owls is the game in universe that sunk the company UFOsoft
>based on some retarded comic the company head's mentally challenged son wrote and had published with mommy's money
>no one ever mentions cyber owls being good in these threads

Funny

>>718320912
I liked it and my favorite vidya series is Fire Emblem and I've enjoyed games like Etrian Odyssey, Slay the Spire, Shiren, Into the Breach,. So yeah. Haven't played Balatro funnily enough, I feel like it'd piss me off.
It's a little too simple though, nice for what it is. All the strategy games in UFO 50 are a little basic.

>>718322983
there's a couple games that are bad on purpose because of the lore. I would have rather they just made them good though.

>>718323160
It's a fun beatem up but it doesn't stand out like the other games do.

guys I rly need a sequel to onion delivery and sea side drive
grimstone 2 would also be nice

>>718290887 (OP)
I am chocked how great this is.
I have over 20 hours and only played like 18 games ( the rest is still greyed out).
Some multiplayer games like Party House and Bushido Ball I have over 3 hours each and I haven't even beaten either.
Barbuta is pretty awesome, I beated it and still have some rooms I haven't accessed yet, so I dunno if there is a secret boss or something.
It's really old school gaming heaven.

>>718322983
I think cyber owls was okay, but I was going for 100% and the cherry requirement made me hate that game.

>>718312274
>It's hard to describe but kind of brilliant in execution.
It's turn based 2D Hitman more than anything

for me, it's Vambrace

>>718322983
>retarded son that ruined the company was a furry
Every time

how do I stop getting frustrated with barbuta?

>>718325687
Come back to it later

>>718325687
When you realize the game can be beaten with cherry in ten minutes.

>>718325687
Play a run between other games, so when you play you dont just bang your head against a wall.

>>718325687
1. Go into the game with the expectation that it will take you 5 hours to complete, this game requires patience.
2. Draw a physical map with pen and paper and take note of what you see on each screen and what the potato NPCs tell you.
If you do this it goes from one of the worst games in the collection to one of the best. It almost inspired me to create a similarly faux-janky DOS shareware-inspired adventure game.

>>718290887 (OP)
Game length varies pretty significantly per title.
Some stuff will take you half an hour, while something like grimstone or mini & max are over 5 hours each.

>>718317695
I dont know, man. I like a lot of games but if any of these would have come out on the snes, maybe only 1 or 2 would be talked about today

>>718311553
>The other day I was playing a free game on itch.io where you are a lesbian rabbit who shoots at a villain and takes off her clothes, and even though that game is pretty bad in terms of gameplay (the focus is only on eroticism), I found it funny that it's still better than the average UFO50 game.
Cherry Bunny is pretty cool. But it's still like in the bottom two or three when compared the UFO50 games. And that's only because combatants and zoldath are trash.
The implication that the game is better than the typical UFO50 game is ridiculous.

The game doesn't even come close to 99% of the games offered in UFO50.
And the game is playable straight in the browser so everyone can try it and realize how off base you are, if they haven't already played the game.
https://xxylas.itch.io/cherry-bunny-demon-hunter

Cherry Bunny was a flavour of the week/month when the game was brand new. So tons of anons played it.
We do actually play other games. Tons of them. That doesn't mean UFO50 has no worth. UFO50 is a real solid collection.

Autsistic game for autists, I hate you

>>718297579
If this was a real NES game I would have been fucking obsessed with it. Night manor too.

They should release standalone versions of some of these games. Party House alone would outsell the entire collection.

>>718290887 (OP)
Alpha A-cute

I refunded. None of the games were good.

>is it worth $25
It worths $60

Woke game

Why do people keep over hyping party house?

>>718290887 (OP)
>Is this worth $25?
Easily.
>How long are the games?
A couple hours to several hours. The longest is probably Mini and Max (discounting the shitty cookie clicker-ass game about waiting)

>>718327163
If many of these games had come out they would have been highly influential considering many of them are very anachronistoc in terms of game design and mechanics.

>>718328301
I thought pilot quest was a troll cookie quest game but you can cheese the over world boss in the ruins at the north right away and there are two easy to access chests right past him with tons of materials too. You can finish the game really quickly actually.

>>718328140
>What if Nerdy girl but she has a strong body
Derek Yu sure has a type

>>718328140
didn't ask

can probably cut like 100h off this if you're not a nerd

>>718317695
okay (see below)
also >>718327163 wasn't me

I gave all of these 8/10s:
A Hat in Time
Blaster Master Zero 2 & 3
Brandish 2
Cave Story
Chibi Robo
Demon Turf
Donkey Kong Country 3
Doom 2
Downwell
Fight Knight
Garlic
Hollow Knight
Hotline Miami
Hypnospace Outlaw
King's Quest 3
King's Quest 4
Kirby Forgotten Land
Last Call BBS
Mario & Luigi Bowser's Inside Story
Metroid Dread
Metroid Prime
Okami
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Outer Wilds
Penny's Big Breakaway
Portal 2
Prince of Persia The Two Thrones
Shovel Knight
Skies of Arcadia
Space Quest 3
System Shock
The Dig
The Messenger
The Neverhood
The Talos Principle
Wario Land 3
Zelda Oracle of Seasons

>>718328140
Yeah but it's not enough to stop me from enjoying it. Avianos, Bug-Hunter and Attacktics don't have any woke shit, and they justified the price of entry alone.

>>718328650
ywnbaw

>>718302791
because it's the mascot of the game

>>718328728
All shit.

>>718328728
all shit

I >>718328728
I seriously hope that is not the full list, otherwise you proved me right

>>718328736
a fellow attacktics and avianos enjoyer

>>718323494
If you like onion delivery you should watch this:
https://archive.org/details/game-center-cx-season-16/Game+Center+CX+140+Full+Speed+Delivery+Boy.avi

That game was literally just copied from a real game twice as long and with more vehicles to choose from.

If you don’t like this game you just simply don’t like games

>>718290887 (OP)
I started plating and I literally didn't find one that was even close to being fun.

>>718328920
I left out a bunch because a lot of the ones I gave 8s are games most anons consider perfect 10/10s and I didn't want you to think my standards are too high

>>718329005
I wouldn't go as far as to say you have to like the game as a whole, but if you don't find a single game to enjoy in the collection you should find another hobby asap

>>718299935
>>718300087
Porgy fucking sucks
The beginning is somewhat hard cuz of the limited exploration capabilities, the middle game has hints of a good game but the middle-to-late and late game is so fucking annoying
>no lower-level bases, so you have to fucking drag shit all the way up
>passive powerups should stay as fucking passives, and not use a slot
These wouldn't seem like a lot but they are in a game where exploration is the center

>>718310140
Holy shit
nice

>>718329428
porgy is just worse dave the diver, absolute trash

>>718328164
It’s one of the most accessible deck builders I’ve ever played and it’s fun because it’s based around greed. Should you invite another guest even though you’ve got two troublemakers? Or if there’s only one slot left but you may invite a popular guest who brings a friend and the party overflows? Send it or end it? And then it gets better when you start playing randomized guest scenarios and it gets tricky figuring out the right balance of earning money to expand your house while making sure you get enough points to get better guests, and not to buy too many so that your star guests needed to show up are almost impossible because you have nearly 40 people on your Rolodex.

>>718309125
Honestly the other anon isnt giving it the credit its due for the actual games themselves, all of them are very functional with quite a bit of depth and stand out individually with pretty much every genre you can think of being covered competently.
The "lore" aspects in the background which the other anon brrought up are more like an ARG and are pretty removed from the games themselves and are something 99% of players won't interact with at all. It's also probably the weakest aspect of the setting which is a companies developement of games over that period of time and I think the reuse of certain enemies and graphics are a much cooler aspect of it than the actual interactable meta narative.

>>718328164
Roguelike deckbuilder blackjack is just a fun idea.

>>718310140
? you can double stack?

>>718327220
Neurotypicals out

>>718329792
I dunno, I liked the ARG thing because it reminded me of this incident where a programmer hid complaints about his co-workers ruining the company inside a game:
https://youtu.be/Toz81RHmOok?si=AwdCFlnRUtMx5yU2&t=187

Vainger itself is worth $25

>>718316835
my nigga

>>718292519
I hope you realize that's above average. You're not one of those dipshits who just disregard the first 1-5 on the scale, are you?

>>718290887 (OP)
I'd unironically pay $50 for this game
some games are short, others are long. not all of the games are things I'd normally play but I didn't think any of them were bad.

>>718290887 (OP)
>2 TWO BUTTONS GAMES
lmao this shit isn't even worth to be played for free, there were better flash games back then than this crap.

>>718329005
>>718329301
If you disliked all games it means you only played each one for 5 minutes and moved on to the next one instead of really getting into them.

the only game I like is overbold

>>718292519
Not only is that not true, a collection of dozens of 7/10 games is absolutely worth $25. I've bought singular 7/10 games for $15-20 and been satisfied.

>>718321490
Definitely. Clever little puzzle game that reminded me of Adventures of Lolo. Especially with the "line of sight" style enemies.

>>718330734
I liked it until the end when it just became spike hallways.

>>718327229
Same. Really enjoyable.

>>718330351
I'm not saying the ARG is bad, it's actually pretty interesting in that you are bouncing between quite a few of the games and looking them over differently compared to when you first played them but the reason why that works is that I accidently stumbled onto it rather than being told about it which kills the discovery which is the only thing it really has going for it as the steps are only passable gameplay wise. This is partially why I recommend the other parts about the narrative to others more than the ARG as there really isn't any other game which nails the growth of a company of this sort in such a complete manner where the games that you do get to play from it are actually fun and hit the experimental vibe of a team getting their feet wet for the first time in a new project, this especially is seen in how even with new genre's in the later years you can tell the controls have become distinctly more polished even though its something brand new from them like the PnC game.

>>718311553
I legit laughed out loud at this game's concept and presentation, and also at your implication of it being better than most UFO50 games
If you don't like the games either you didn't play enough and are ignorant to the very obvious value and quality of the games and the overall collection

>The UFO50 reviews and the discussions on Steam strongly convey that "fan club" idea where people overvalue something that isn't very good because that's what you have to do to stay in the group.
You really just don't get it huh

>>718290887 (OP)
yeah it's pretty good. some clunkers but they're all fun enough to start up and try even if you don't play for more than 10 minutes.

and if you have any taste you'll probably like at least one or two, potentially a lot more

>>718329005
agreed.
if you cant find joy in ufo50 you should get a different hobby.

>>718297502
>>718302971
>>718315754
Block Koala was decent, but any puzzles with black die blocks sucked.
I couldn't stand Combatants

>>718330734
I need to restart it. My main issue with Vainger is its tedious map design with one-way exits. It doesn’t flow well at all and I found myself getting lost multiple times looking for what to do next. It’s a shame because I like its gimmick inspired by Metal Storm and the mix and match power up qualities.

>>718311553
is it me or is there just something "off" feeling about most of the ufo 50 games? i can't put my finger on it

How many of you guys enjoyed Night Manor and its cheesy jump scares? I thought it was great.

>>718315874
>You can shrink multiple times so each level contains a bunch of other levels

WAIT WHAT

>>718333195
It’s fucking cool without being overwhelming because if you shrink on your dog and kill all the fleas he’ll start to sniff along the ground and points at places for you to shrink. You can pick him up and place him anywhere to do this, too. Also power ups can be found in multiple locations because of how rooms are seeded (not randomly).

>>718328093
I really want that guide book that they made...

>>718333106
Its one of the best games in the pack, best music in the entire collection too, right after mooncat.

>>718328673
More like 200h you nerd

>>718330734
Vainger is great until you want to cherry it, then its bit annoying. If LX systems had select-button, a lot of these problems could have been solved. I still love the songs Vainger has, the game itself is very metroid-coded but the soundtrack has very upbeat vibes that is weird for the genre

>>718333371
How far down can you shrink?

>>718332416
Combatants at least had a cool idea, even if nothing about the RTS-aspect works and you have to play as John Rambo and abuse the AI

>>718333596
Three times, but the third time only shrinks the player while still exploring microscopic size rooms.

>>718328728
I think your standards are high enough that you calling a game a 7/10 or an 8/10 is a ringing endorsement of that game.
What would you call a 10/10?

>>718311553
>it made my peepee bigger therefore it's better
what a pathetic existence

>>718328728
I agree with >>718334002, several of those games are 9s or even 10s in their genres

What's your top 10 games all time?

>>718328736
>bug hunter
>named after author's gay fetish
>not woke

>>718334925
I do want to say that I don't think he's "wrong" or trolling it's just clearly a very high bar such that a compilation of games that he calls 7/10 is still a really good compilation

>>718314040
>That's because they're putting their typical shitty indie games there as pioneers of an entire industry.
Did you even play the ARG? Nothing you said implies you did.
>LX systems before UFOsoft
>they snuck a game onto the operating system for their home computer
>programmer thought he was going to be fired
>ended up selling the systems instead
>LXII was struggling
>Campanella is a success
>LX systems gets bought out
>rebranded to UFOsoft
>studio struggling again but all the current owner cares about is making a 50 games collection
>made a LXIII with a UFO50 collection to hoard for likely insurance purposes
>sold off the company again
>UFOsoft goes into obscurity and forgotten

They are basically a studio that was ended just as it began.

>>718334996
No not really, you are really just actively searching and wanting to find "woke" things at that point, to such a degree you make up your own problems.

>>718333385
The guide book can be bought separately for $35. Some people will scan and upload the book online anyway if you wait long enough

>make the very first game of the collection a slow La-Mulana lite adventure game
what were they thinking and why is it the best game out of the 50

>>718290887 (OP)
bang for buck yes, as for games quality it's hard to tell. I'd say no but if you're a retro NES fag then maybe yes. still I think you'd have a much better time replaying ff6 or chrono trigger.

>>718331210
Mooncat is fucking amazing. How can you be filtered by it having 2 buttons?
2 buttons doesn't equal bad.

>>718328140
>nerdy girl but vaguely ethnic and not white
>le quirky and stronk
Spelunky 3 died for this.

>>718333752
Do I need to find an item to shrink while already shrunken? I tried shrinking on the dog's back but it didn't work.

what are some games from the pack that could stand on their own? this bad boy only needs a level editor

>>718290887 (OP)
Guys, I just cherried Campanella 3...

Pilotbros... they are ok... right?

Kind of a grim end for our UFO 50 characters...

>>718336195
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-PO4O1_5Us

>>718330986
>not a single game is above above average
>th-thats a g-good thing

>>718336195
I was one of those in the OG UFO 50 threads when this game came out PC. I was there for a while, put 140 hours in, but I began to burn out in the 4th and 5th row to a certain extent so I dropped it with the idea I would come back to it eventually. Switch release reminded me to pick up my deck and continue the game. It really is GOTY 2024 imo.

>>718331210
You sound severely underage.

>>718333457
idk how much time I have idling in the menu either

>>718335523
Good filter to keep the normals and gen Z out

>>718335893
you have to progress the story a little I think? it opens up decently fast

>>718336990
Based avianos enjoyer.

>>718336832
As to my current status with that pic I just posted, I like the core of Valbrace a lot... but it is so grindy. It is hard to motivate myself to play it. SO MANY encounters.

Mini and Max is pretty cool, and I hope it retains my attention.

Reminds me of playing 'Tom and Jerry in Mouse Attacks' on GBC when I was a kid. That game doesn't have SMB2 mechanics or an open world, but for those that want a platforming game as similarly sized small person, I would rec trying it out.


I am saving Night Manor for when I am really in the mood, because I am sure I will love it and don't want to ruin the experience.

>>718337103
I REALLY need someone to play avianos with, nice to play on its own but wanna go up against others

>>718290887 (OP)
Thanks for this thread OP. Going to get this on Switch based on the anons here.
>>718316835
Why is Nine sols not talked about enough? It feels like it flew under the radar.

>>718337136
halloween's coming up soonish

>>718336195
Isn't that how Rock On! Island starts?

>>718336990
Jesus christ

>>718315591
According to Jon Perry, there's a possibility we might get more Party House, whether it be a sequel or a physical card game.

>>718290887 (OP)
I don’t see it happening but I would love to see the game support gameshare (both local and online). Get to play online with friends, plus you don’t have to pester them to buy the game themselves

>>718338009
Jon Perry become a guy to watch after UFO 50. I hear his work with boardgames is also great

>>718337710
Yeah, that might be the right time.
>>718337775
Pilot crashes enough where it would be easy to assume it is just a segue into another game where he crashes. The music that plays when the ending happens though is clearly trying to communicate something grim.

>>718338118
Oh right, I was thinking about the Pilot Quest crash...

>>718337602
>Why is Nine sols not talked about enough? It feels like it flew under the radar.
Red Candle were made persona non grata after their last game's Winnie the Pooh drama, so mainstream publications and events like TGA refused to touch the game in fear of angering Chinese investors.
Extremely lame and gay, but it is what it is. Nine Sols is a fantstic game and they should be happy that they managed to achieve a smallish but very dedicated fandom. I still see several new pieces of fanart and lore discussions in my social media feeds every day.

as someone who just wants to have fun and not grind some tediously difficult game. is this game worth it? honest answers, please

thank you for reminding me of rail heist, i had completely forgotten about how good it was
i wish someone would make blatant clone of it with a larger scope, it was over too quickly

>>718338220
It is funny how much people cry about social justice, but when their access to industry is under question, they will just shut up and grin ear to ear. Soulless people.

I almost cherried Devilition but I'm pretty sure the dragon was impossible to beat with the units it gave me. Still kinda salty.

>>718338495
it has so many little interactions and mechanics it was a great time

>>718338465
I think there's enough good in the collection that you will enjoy it as a casual player hopping back and forth between games you find interesting. UFO50 only gets frustrating and tedious if you're a person with completionist tendencies but poor overall gaming aptitude.

>>718338465
most games (90%) are straight-to-the-point fun without any grinding involved

for their first completion, the difficulty on some make it so you need minor grinding in order to get to know the mechanics (if you're good, this is non-existant)

for their full completion some games do require grind

>>718338495
>i wish someone would make blatant clone of it with a larger scope
Gunpoint?

>>718335893
Bring the tea to an old man on the far left of the map, in the little house on the left flower pot.

>>718338704
Devilition is fun, but sometimes, it really does feel like you got screwed by the pieces it gives you.

>>718338495
If you're looking for a side-scrolling tactics game, there's always Steamworld Heist.

>>718335253
He may just be autistic, and nothing has scratched that itch of a 10/10 game, except the one in his head.

>>718338220
Thanks for QRD, didn't know the studio made a previous game. I'll be picking it up soon.

>>718336832
I was so ready to give it to Balatro, it had it cold, then WHAM, UFO 50. Blew me away. Those threads fucking rocked.

>>718338495
Its crazy that the Rail Heist cherry doesn't even require completing the game 100%

Mini should become giant and sit on me

I miss when random drawfags drew porn of Mini and Max

>>718339671
do you have it? i cant find anything on this game

>>718339843
they're on paheal iirc

>>718302791
Campanella is beautiful. I wish it got sequels that were structured more like it, rather than whatever Campanella 2 was.

>>718337589
If only it was a real NES game. I would have made my friends play it every sleepover.

>>718339843
I think all of the good pieces are made by one guy. There are not too many of them, but they were obviously made by someone who also liked the collection

>>718340112
camp 2 was so close to incredible

>>718340112
I think instead of the bland cave segments, Campanella 2’s caves should have been hand designed levels like the original Campanella had complete with the wacky themes like the diner. Best of both worlds.

>>718338836
>>718338834
thanks, bros. gonna give it a try

>>718340112
1>3>>>2
for Campanella

>>718340212
Are there any of Gambler from Party House? She's cute.
Or do I have to badly draw her myself?

>>718340212
green fio a cute

>>718340862
No Party House r34, if you don't count Amy.

There are maybe 10-15 games worth a damn in the collection. A lot of the games just feel like half-assed concepts, flash games with a retro skin, or just straight up bad ideas. I don't recommend it if you're a completionist, but you can probably find some entertainment in it if you aren't.

>>718339964
paheal nuked all their loli stuff

>>718310140
You learn something new every day. What's your high score in it? I love the shit out of Magic Garden. Could you do this before they patched it? I remember the jump being a bit dodgy if you timed it wrong.

>>718341019
Silence pleb, UFO-chads are talking

>>718321151
I wish I could just show up to an arcade and play randos at it. Ayumi is my main girl. Caltrops are fun and she's speedy

>>718341072
they're still there
https://rule34.paheal.net/post/list/Mini_%26_Max/1

>>718341163
Gotta be a real sick fuck to go back cherry shit like Divers or fucking Combatants.

>>718341348
I kinda agree, but when you have like 40+ cherries, you gotta finish the job even if you have to grind out Block Koala/Divers/Combatants/Quibble Race. FINISH THE FIGHT

>>718321490
I appreciate the quality of life features they put into this game, like being able to see the lines of sight at the push of a button or being able to undo.

>>718341429
if you have the will to beat Divers, then the cherry isn't much harder.

>>718341319
>cockblocks you from the cherry
noutin personoru, gaijin

>>718341562
Thats true. I left it as my last game, I hadn't even beaten the mid-boss at that point. The game is just brutal. If it had nice soundtrack I might be able to suffer through it more easily, but its fucking Barbuta all over again with jRPG combat

Does the nude version of picture related even exist?

>>718341682
Fuck this guy. I'm Raizo main through and through, but sometimes I think about picking him just so I dont have to face him as the last opponent

>>718341331
>the dog banging the Wild Buddy from Party House
kino

>>718333457
I was there when the internet first started getting 50 cherries and no one was below 225. Congratulations on excessive guide usage you 92iq gamer
>>718333630
it's not an RTS and doesn't claim to be one

>>718325687
It's the kind of game you digest slowly and go back to from time to time. You really should draw your own map for it. The janky controls are intentional and eventually you will git gud with them.

>>718338013
>I don’t see it happening but I would love to see the game support gameshare (both local and online).
I'll genuinely buy the game again on the Switch if this happens.

>>718328140
Alpha's current look is definitely miles ahead of her original design

>>718341790
I hang around in the threads when the game originally came out so I obviously got some hints through osmosis, even if I didn't actively ask. Also I shamelessly used guides on Block Koala and Divers. I played like 40% of Block Koala by myself, maybe even less

>>718333371
I didn't even realize you could use the dog until I found a whistle for him after he got kidnapped. Zooming around in the micro worlds was so fun and loaded with powerups.

>>718341682
He was my last opponent for cherry and god damn did he have my blood racing that whole time. I could deal with him catching my shots with his length, but the sheer unpredictability of the ball's trajectory whenever they hit a bomb was a nightmare to deal with. Beat him by the skin of my teeth

>>718342475
At least it doesn't take too long to cherry the game if you drop the max rounds to.. 4 or 6, whatever the minimum was

>>718342547
That's what I did, although I left fouls/penalties on because they felt incredibly cheap.

>>718342652
>>718342652
I did too. I just barely interacted with the foul system, I played like a normie... Apparently you can go to the opposing side of the field and hit them or something?

>>718339671
i could draw something new if you got an idea

>>718328630
Yeah and its Anita Sarkisean.

>>718292519
He's right you know. Disputans obviously have buyer's remorse.

>>718340862
I drew a very self-indulgent doodle of the hippy.

>>718342895
Mini tries growing big but it only works on her hips and butt

Sexo in the magic garden

>>718328140
To be fair black chicks are absolutely going to be dancing at a house party.

>>718343098
she big

>>718343156
Obviously, nobody wants to see white people attempt to dance

>>718343183
She cancels troubles with big hugs where she grinds her belly against your dick.

>>718341745
https://kemono.cr/patreon/user/5203032/post/115511412
Paygated. And it hasn't been shared as far as I am aware. So shit out of luck on that one.

>>718343084
7/10 is pretty good

>>718343267
Fuck. Now I want to play Party House again.

>>718342895
Hot Foot coach molesting one of the teams. Star Waspir female pilot cockpit-sex. Rock On! Island main-character gets the caveman treatment. Overbold (or Quibble Race) crowd cheering on a sex-fight. Bushido Ball with cloth destruction.

>>718343098
>>718343183
The hippy is a woman?! I always thought it was a dude

>>718290887 (OP)
If you're anything like me the answer is no and half the games are shovelware until you find the one game that justifies the entire cost (party house)

>>718343703
It might be, I just made the character a woman cause a big fat chill hippy that smothers you with affection sounds hot.

>>718343142
Cute

I need more games like Valbrace

>>718343962
Play Grimrock 2. Valbrace was pretty good, but dying in that game sucks so much ass. And not even dying, just quitting the game sucks cause you lose your essence and towards the latter levels you have to grind to be able to level up if quit at the start of the floor.

What the fuck is going on with the lizard diving RPG?

>>718344061
Weird things

>>718344061
It just has diving down depths instead of a traditional overworld. I think what could have helped the game to be a little more lively are real time hazards you had to time right to swim past that could do damage to you. There's nothing to do but grind, really. And once you reach the final area, that's THE place to grind from level 11 or 12 or so to max (16).

>>718344169
I really need to learn how to play this game

>>718344312
The idea is cool. Its just so brutal and oppressing. Grimstone was more enjoyable, even when you face 6 hangmen

>>718314713
Yeah
Mini and max
Vainger
Party house
Bug hunter
Avianos
Grimstone


Were all games that were worth 25 alone
>>718316835
Nah, nine sols was number 2, ufo 50 was number 1 baybee

>>718344042
I'll check it out, thanks

>>718327889
>0 out of 50 were good

The single screen soccer game is good, I wish ufo50 had some bustamove/puzzle bobble style games

>>718344415
>UFO #1, Nine Sols #2
My nigga. How did the rest of the top 10 look? My 3-10 was Shadow of the Erdtree, Lost Crown, Shadow of the Ninja Reborn, Phantom Spark, Rise of the Golden Idol, Lorelei, Kunitsu-Gami and Crow Country.

>>718328728
Night manor hard mogs any of those kings quest games THOUGH

Christ, finally the combat ants cherry. I really wanted to like the game but you have to exploit the a.i. and get red ants stuck on corners or get the spider to eat them. I cannot imagine this is how the game was intended to be played.

>>718344936
Why the FUCK would you go for Combatants as your 3rd cherry?!

Its almost 1 am here, if the drawfags decide to make something new I better not miss anything while I'm asleep...

>>718344936
It's kind of fitting since so many species make their niche in fucking with the limited intelligence of other species, even if they aren't consciously aware of it.

>>718344990
It’s relatively simple to complete all the levels when you learn how to exploit the a.i.

>>718344813
Didn't play many 2024 games outside of those two but rise of the golden idol and unicorn overlord would be on the list, haven't played any of the others you mentioned except erdtree which I did not enjoy (fuck coontree fragments)

Boom!

>>718345274
It's not even worth the gold, let alone the cherry.

>>718327173
>The implication that the game is better than the typical UFO50 game is ridiculous.
It's better, though. The gameplay is rubbish, but the game offers something that it delivers quite competently. That already puts it above 50% of the games on UFO50. You only mentioned Planet Zoldath and Combatants, but there are a number of games there that don't deliver. That "point and click" mansion game, for example, is, in my opinion, a complete failure of game design because:
>the story is banal, what you read in the first few letters already gives away what's going to happen, no twist, no mystery
>the puzzles aren't interesting
>the investigation isn't interesting
>the gimmick is 100% useless, you have a mini game that adds "technique" to the game, but it's literally a waste of time, you don't even need to win the mini games to get the best ending and win the cherry, it's just a useless interruption in the game to make you waste time

That's a useless game that would be ignored if released on itch.io. Along with Star Waspir (no one would take that seriously as a shoot 'em up), Camouflage (too shallow to work as a puzzle, so much so that the biggest challenges the game offers later on are precision and timing), Block Koala (a bad and uncharismatic version of Sokoban), Golfaria (this game is unbearable), Paint Chase (too shallow even for an arcade game from the early 1980s), The Big Bell Race (only makes sense in multiplayer, and even then you need to find someone else who is desperate for games to play that), etc.

I hope the Japanese release brings more fan art.

>>718345105
dont expect anything ill prolly just draw more fetish art

>>718348835
Good

Its worth 25 dollars for mortol party house and pin golf alone

>>718327229
Avianos and Party House both felt like really good board games

>>718329428
>>718329568
fuck you anons, but i'll try dave the diver thanks. i liked having to 'prepare' for specific things i wanted to do even if it wasn't convenient

>>718335736
the final boss of mooncat kicked my ass but i really enjoyed that it fucked with everything i thought i knew about platformers

>>718306224
Bro just bet big lmao. If you lose just play again.
No wya it's even comparable to combatants

>>718328984
>still so angry about ufo 50 in august 2025, he's researching and studying Game Centre DX online to try and win arguments

UFO50 looks like one of those games Ill just play the odd day and whittle away at a given title until I clear it, then move onto the next.

>>718290887 (OP)
Fuck no. Play real NES instead of this fake gay negrified zoomer shit.

>>718343267
There were no niggers on the NES outside of sports ball. games. That was the beautiful thing about it. This is an insult to the memory of the 8 bit era.

So when the fuck will it ever go on sale?

>>718290887 (OP)
you can emulate actual retro games for free instead paying 25 bucks for a bunch of indie slop "inspired on retrogames"

>>718355737
>instead
Bold of you to assume I didn't do both.

>>718344594
why they didn't make 1 good game instead 50 mediocre games?

>>718355737
>Noooo you cant enjoy multiple things reeee

>>718355652
>a collection of 50 games
>sale
It's 50 cents per game, man.

>>718355652
It did go on sale during christmas last year. Bought it for a friend then. Granted it wasn’t anything steep, think it only went down to $20

>>718290887 (OP)
I was about to buy this when I got a recommendation for Void Stranger instead. Void Stranger is now one of my favorite games of all time. Play that instead

oh cool the UFO 50 schizo still shows up to these threads

>>718354674
I don't know why you can't just accept their presence.

>>718357971
>lesbian sokoban

>>718357971
VS and UFO50 are completely different games where VS is a single "simple" game as deep as an ocean and UFO50 is a bunch of decent games with varying depths

The only real question is which game filters more players

>>718358212
I think it triggers him because he thinks he could make a game better than planet zoldath or whatever, and thus he is mad that UFO50 sees success while whatever indie game he made flopped.
Completely missing the forest for the trees.

What was her problem?

>>718358212
I don't know what compels people to habitually visit threads on games they hate without fail.

They haven't even bothered making it run at 1080p on the switch 2, so the pixel scaling is fucked up
I'll only buy it after they fix it

>>718341910
Ew. Yeah agreed, the glasses moe her up a bit to the minimum acceptable level.

>>718363708
Imagine having your games stuck on a plastic box that will be obsolete and collect dust in your closet in another 5 years. Own it on PC you wienie.

>>718364759
>own
>on pc
you mean the only platform cucked with zero physical games
you pay for games on steam and then when they stop supporting your OS you're forced to move to the new windows version to be able to access the games you paid for, and if your pc isn't compatible with the new OS then you're stuck with no access to the games you "own"

>>718365045
Nintendo can literally brick your system remotely. You have less "ownership" of your games than I do, retard. Want to know what happens if Valve decides my purchase isn't mine anymore? I go pirate it. Let's see you do that on a brick.

>>718290887 (OP)
Why do they all look live vague knockoffs of niche videogame characters

>>718365340
Blacks getting banned for piracy is a good thing, but you genetically can't understand it
besides, anyone with an NES can still insert their cartridges in it and play it, anyone with a wii can still download and play the games they bought on it
but what about the pcs where people bought half life 2 when it released? steam doesn't work anymore on the OS they used back then

>>718365552
>"ACKSHUALLY it's a good thing my rights are at greedy corpo's leisure! ...I-I didn't want to own or sell used games anyways! PLEASE STEP ON ME MORE, DADDY NINTENDO!!"
>anyone with an NES can still insert their cartridges in it and play it
That doesn't apply anymore with a system they literally can turn off
>steam doesn't work anymore on the OS they used back then
Who the fuck is still running a 2004 computer? How is that even an issue for you? You buy new consoles a hell of a lot more often than every 21 years. What a smokescreen.

For the record, you can boot up a 2004 computer and run a 2004 copy of HL2. Because finding old copies of games is a hell of a lot more doable than buying a new game on Wii in 2025, with their marketplaces shut off.

>>718309125
Kill yourself

>>718365552
fucking retard

>Get to block koala lv. 6
>Manage suss out the solution in under 15 minutes
Good news: i’m not retarded!

>>718365552
>i will gladly suck corpo dick if it means the guy next to me gets fucked just a little bit harder than me

>>718365045
>zero physical games
You can burn the game files onto as many CDs as you want. You do have a CD/DVD burner, right?

>>718327163
It's incredible how no one on this board had played even a handful of "average" snes games. the "average" games in UFO 50 are head and shoulders above the average snes games, and anachronism aside there are easily a dozen games in UFO 50 that would have had a long-lasting legacy if released at the time. if you haven't seen UFO 50 larp talk even once then it's evident you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about

Been playing through Mini and Max and I realized the mold people have the same name as the mold from Night Manor. I hope Mini will be ok.

>>718365045
how fucking retarded are you brown consolefags to not understand that on pc, you own and are in complete control of your HDDs and SSDs

>>718321151
FUCK yamada. Fucking cheating fuck.

>>718368049
the house from mini and max is the one from party house. the girl from night manor is someone who left the party early.

>not one fucking post about Hyper Contender

underrated game IMO

>>718339671
>>718340212
Everything by Gum is here. If a thumbnail fails to load, just click the image. Every drawing is here.
https://catbox.moe/c/a5np1f

>>718368741
Folks did talk about it when the game came out rest assured. CPU can be bullshit at times (as is with every game) but it’s a fun affair, would be better to play with others. Sephy’s a cute
>mfw Reck is a milf

>>718368741
singleplayer is particularly annoying for most players because of the way rings bounce back to the opponent 80% of the time you hit them. also I always suspected that yogo was far and away the best character in the game in multiplayer, assuming you're good enough with his movement, and I was actually validated just a week ago when the d*scord UFO 50 people did a tournament and grands was a yogo ditto. outrageously degenerate character, outrageously not fun to play against.
my opinion is that the game COULD HAVE been brilliant with some major changes.

>>718292519
> 7/10
> x 50
> = 350 /10

>>718327229
Night manor is based on a real game called the Uninvited. One of 3 games in this collection.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/664850/8bit_Adventure_Anthology_Volume_I/

>>718370260
neat. those definitely don't look fun to play in 2025 without nostalgia glasses

>>718290887 (OP)
If only the art wasn’t horrendous. If they’re gonna make 80s style games why not make the art appropriate. This ugly tumblr style is hideous.

>>718370750
>ugly tumblr
you saw the character select screen from 1/50th of the game and have been mindbroken by it for 300+ days
how embarrassing for you

>>718370158
350 / 10 = 35
game 35 = Campanella 2
Campanella 3 confirmed

Is there other games that's like UFO 50 with retro pixels? Or there's none like it? I'm not to waste time getting Action 52 ROM

>>718290887 (OP)
What is the "Cheetamen" of UFO 50?

>>718372607
you mean games from the last 2 and a half decades? doubt it

>>718372687
It's also at the end of the list (though it's more battletoads than cheetamen)

>>718372993
pretty sure I noticed Porgy and Star Waspir

>>718368868
Gum? I'm pretty sure that's not his artstyle

>>718290887 (OP)
No.
ALL of them suck. no kidding.
It's quantity over quality

>>718373669
eat a dick

Still like this game

any mods or just limitations that will make a replay more interesting?

>>718370808
>muh heckin lgbtqamap+ artist is valid chud

>>718368868
Oh shit, there were pieces I hadn't even seen before

Mini & Max alone would be worth at least $10.

Mini and Amy are sisters and also the leads of the best two games. Coincidence? Yes.

>>718321271
Post the second half.

>>718374741
There's several like that, and many more that would be worth money if they weren't missing just one or two things. Like music in Bug Hunter, or game length generally.

why the fuck am I getting lost in Mini and Max
i can turn twice as small, now what?

>>718374926
nigger. there's a dude who tells you about the virus town right when you get your double shrink ability. pay attention next time.

>>718374926
Remember your goal, you want to leave the room.

>>718290887 (OP)
waiting for the physical

>>718374926
If you're lost you can just start shrinking in random places. The microscopic world is procedurally generated and more often than not you'll find random power ups or random npcs who can point you where to go

>>718354674
there were no roguelike deckbuilders on the NES either but I guess you are not bothered by that huh

>>718354674
Well that's just a flat out lie
One of the first internet memes is literally that

>>718357971
VS is my 2023 goty
UFO50 is my 2024 goty
you can like both
or be a faggot, you do you

>>718317982
I respect this man's taste but shift that all down one spot since Elin is GOTY 2024 even while being early access

>>718354674
kys you stupid retard.

>>718328140
I don't get your problem with muscle girls in context. Alpha is a space soldier and the chick from Fist Hell survives a zombie apocalypse with her fists. It'd be strange if they weren't ripped.

I hope you guys realize that you're not actually arguing with a real human being. They're literally no better than a chinese bot from how constant they repeat the same exact "criticisms" every UFO50 thread

>>718377325
Its crazy that we've had the same guy shitposting on every UFO thread since the start lol

>>718377370
other shitposters at least adapt and change their schizoposts, this guy has been repeating the same exact shit ad nauseum for a year

>>718357971
a full year later and you're still this mentally ill

>>718343962
https://store.steampowered.com/app/792120/FIGHT_KNIGHT/

>>718334996
oh now anon thats not what the title means

Was scrolling this thread furiously for more UFO50 lewds. This is a good one >>718319598

>>718374528
trump fucked kids.

>my most anticipated game ever
>hyped for it for 7 years since it was announced in 2017
>finally comes out
>play it for a couple weeks and then get bored
>don't even finish it
>400+ reply thread and I don't even bother participating

Why do people hate Star Waspir? I thought it was a pretty damn decent shmup, and it's rare to see a widescreen vertical shmup that's not trivially easy. It even has Musha's power up system.

>>718380431
It's objectively bad, simple as.

I wonder if other devs got inspired to make their own UFO 50... I feel like nobody would be insane enough to do it.

>>718369805
Ditto... You dirty smasher

>>718380739
nobody else has Spelunky money to spend on an 8 year long project

>>718380812
It could be a 6-12 month project if Nintendo did it.

I do not understand why everyone loves House Party. You just press A a bunch, and occasionally use an ability to cancel out noisy people. Took me an hour to beat.

>>718380469
You only say that because you've never played hard shmups like Gunbird or Truxton. The fact that Star Waspir is that kind of speed on wave 3 in a 16:9 is ballsy.

>>718380927
The speed of the game is pretty brutal, even if it doesn't go full bullet hell. The third stage is just nasty, the rest is fine

>>718380927
I've played Gunbird actually. But SW is simply, objectively, bad.

>>718290887 (OP)
Whats the best way to play this game? Should you beat each game before moving onto the next one?

>>718290887 (OP)
It's okay I guess. 50 NES style games that range from 3/10 to 7/10.
Personally that doesn't really elevate the game to me. Warioware is a better take on the idea.

>>718382775
No, I wouldn't say so. But give each game a honest try, before moving to the next one. And sometimes its handy to have 1 run-based game on the backburner while you progress further in the game, so you can do 1 run between games.

>>718384162
i agree with this guy.

you SHOULD play in release order though. its fun seeing meta jokes about them reusing sounds and assets, and seeing the games improve

>>718290887 (OP)
No it's not worth shit. You can download the entire famicom rom collection. It's only a few megabytes and it's way better than this wokeslop retro gaming imitation with (((modern design sensibilities)))

Play starttropics loz 1&2 metroid crisis force smb 12&3 bionic commando megaman etc instead

>>718384324
lol, gay faggot.

>>718290887 (OP)
its worth $50 dollars

honestly mini and max, divers, and night manor are all worth 15 dollars each at least.

on top of that the game is a story about the rise and fall of a game studio as told through a game studio. Games as an art versus a product.

its fun on it's own but fascinating on a deeper level.

>>718355737
ufo 50 aint slop bro. its high it tells a story about games whilst being a video game.

Also quibble racing.

>>718384637
You are supposed to ignore the thread schizo who always shows up, spouts random meme-words and says just download the whole nes/snes library instead

>>718384324
anyone old enough to browse this website has already played those tho

>>718384920
I don't think people born in 2007 played famicom games, anon

>>718355737
Based

>>718365045
Show me that physical copy of UFO50 I can buy right now for the Switch.

>>718385067
https://www.fangamer.com/collections/ufo-50/products/ufo-50-game-nintendo-switch-deluxe-edition

>>718317695
Genshin Impact

>>718328728
that settles it
I'm buying UFO 50 because this faggot's taste is so fucking bad and he hates the game.

>>718368640
>>718368049
yeah night manor girl is one of those trouble maker bitches. serves her right.

>>718317695
Crisis Force

>>718385405
>t.

>>718384551
Divers sucks anon

>>718328728
Agree, all 8/10

I thought it was great but I never finished the western RPG and dropped it while playing it. I think I'm close to the end in the RPG.
Was playing the games in order up until then. The two that hooked me the most was the Dino civ like and party house, I actually thought most platforms were horrible but the puzzles and strategy type games were great. Still haven't played any game in the lowest row, might come back to it one day.

>>718385507
bullshit

>>718385118
>Feb 2026
>A limited run release

I wish the mortol lifemaxxing competitive scene was more active, we had some fun for a while.

>>718385531
>Was playing the games in order up until then.
I swear this is the biggest mistake that a surprising many people appear to make for whatever the reason.
So many people play them in chronological order for whatever the reason, and then drop the game after having grown tired from playing the old games in a row without shaking it up with the modern games of the lower rows. Then missing out completely on the best of what the collection has to offer, which is disproportionately featured on the lower rows.

>>718385612
Welcome to physical releases in 2025. You get used to it.

>>718385609
It's easily a bottom 5 game. Pales in comparison to the other JRPG in the collection

>>718292519
50 7/10 games for $25 sounds fucking amazing.

>>718385730
>Want a physical copy?
>Sorry but you'll have to wait two years after the initial digital release
>We're going to charge much more for it too
>Oh, an there's a chance of it not containing the whole game on the cartridge
>And you better pre-order it since we'll be 'out of stock' immediately on release, forever

>>718385917
it is what it is

>>718385612
That strategy guide is great though

>>718385716
It's the autists way I'm sorry, no way I wouldn't play them in order

>>718386021
>no way I wouldn't play them in order
There are more orders than the chronological order.

>>718368049
**>pongo breathes life into the mold spores**
**>Moldok intelligence goes back in time to instruct them how to survive**
**>Amy hosts her parties at the same house**
**>Moldok spore lands on therapist invited to party at party house**
**>moldok infects therapist who then in turn give the spreads the spore to clients via the tea**
**>Night family get infected**
**>Survivor girl is kicked out of party and has car accident**
**>events of night house happen**
**>spores spread across greater community**
**>populace becomes zombies**
**>events of punch hell happen**
**>Moldok take over the earth**
**>Events of onion delivery happen**

>>718386230
fucked up the spoilers

>>718374926
look for the micro colonies. you want 500 colonies and to talk to the cat in the door knob.

>>718386341
shinies*

>>718290887 (OP)
No, not really.
Despite being a collection of "retro-inspired" games, its more like a collection of mediocre flash games.
There's a few standouts that would've been done better as standalone games with more focus and their own budget, but way too many of them are samey puzzle or strategy games.

>>718290887 (OP)
>Is this worth $25
No it's worth five bucks.
>How long are the games?
You pay for production values. That was the whole point in grouping games in the minor league baseball AA or AAA categories. Persona games are 100 hours but they cost the same as hour action game because you pay for production values.

UFO fifty is like an art gallery where an artist or museum has put together a body of works that whilst on their own might vary in quality, Some stand outs and some like block koala, but the greater context of all the games puts together tells a greater story and has a greater thematic depth and its only through seeing all the games as a whole that you can witness that.

If you want to enjoy this as a video game, play it in any order. Mini and max, night house, devilition and a few others are stand outs.

But if you want to enjoy it as art, play the games in chronological order to completion, read the meta data for each of the games and most importantly watch the credits.

>>718386745
>>718386882
just straight up wrong

>>718380898
Dunno why, either. It's the easiest, most boring, low-effort game in the entire pack.

>>718387234
Objectively wrong.

>>718380898
>>718387268
It's a good push your luck board game. Not everyone has experience with those

>>718387234
Know your place delusional indie dev. When you make games that look like they're worth more than a tenner at best, you can charge more than that.

>>718387505
They did charge more than that

>>718387582
And it ain't worth it.

>>718387762
But it is

>>718387801
Nigga we have been in a digital vidya environment with great sales for over a decade. Everyone has backlogs and libraries robust enough to wait to buy games for what they're actually worth.

>>718387981
we get it, you are poor

>>718387234
>If you want to enjoy this as a video game, play it in any order.
The chronology autism is the worst way to play the game.
Start with Barbuta or something. Then play something from the bottom two rows to gain perspective from comparing the old title against the new title. And then whenever you play any of the other games you'll be able to compare them to both the old and modern games of the collection and see how they compare to what was and to what was to come.

> People say Avianos is good

I think I'm fucking something up, it's absolutely not clicking with me, and I know I'm 100% at fault

>>718386745
>Despite being a collection of "retro-inspired" games
I swear you have got to be the one and the same person who obsesses over the game supposedly being retro. Why do you whine about it in every thread and why is it even a problem to you in the first place?
But worse yet. The games aren't even as retro inspired as you appear to imagine them. They unironically do not shy away from being modern games. So why does that bother you? And why do you complain about it in every thread?

>>718385952
yeah but if it was what it wasn't then I'd really be surprised

>>718388343
Are you struggling to understand how to play it or is it just not clicking?

>>718368640
This I knew.
>>718368049
But that is a connection I did not make.

I'm m playing it, but the strategy feels overly simplistic , >>718388847
almost to the point of being uninteresting. I suspect I'm just missing some of the subtlety

>>718368640
In Night Manor, the buried dog is the entire setting of CombatAnts

>>718386270
Why the fuck did you think spoilers worked like that? It's [Spoiler][/Spoiler] but lower case.

>>718389074
I spent ages trying to figure out how to collect them thinking it was some kind of item.

Man now I want a spiritual sequel to Mini and Max where the major plot element is micro and nano plastic waste. The protagonist and their enemies take on plastic qualities such as being able to stretch (platforming/puzzle elements) as well as shapeshift (puzzle elements). But keep finding upgrades while being microscopic size and toughing out tough enemies and hazards.

>>718290887 (OP)
Perfect steam deck game to play on the shitter desu

>>718290887 (OP)
no
played the first bunch of games and didn't care for any of them
>t. started gaming on NES

>>718390574
I started gaming on NES too, and I like most of them. Also, oh lord, did you play them in order? Don't tell me you quit after Barbuta.

>>718390574
Barbuta got another

>>718390729
>>718390770
>muh barbuta
always the same thing with you ufo dickriders
quit after velgress

>>718390729
>>718390770
Truly Barbuta was the retard gatekeeper we needed

>>718290887 (OP)
>Warioware but worse
Hmmm...Hmmmm.

>>718391572
but enough about Mindwave,

>>718391572
How is this anything like Wario Ware? It's more like Last Call BBS

>>718390574
>played the first bunch of games
Every fucking time.

>>718291037
>going in blind and feeling things out yourself + learning as you go is the absolute right way to play.

This, I love figuring out what to do on my own it’s kinda fun when I don’t have to read a bunch out text or get bombarded with tutorials

>>718328728
all shit

>>718321271
>>718374839

>>718393057
I look like this

What games do you guys think deserve full length sequels?

>>718392293
If someone only plays the first 4 games I could see it. I didn't really like any of them that much initially. But the second half of the first row already has killers. Magic Garden, Mortol, Velgress, Attactics.

>>718393785
Valbrace, Rakshasa

>>718310298
>>718337136
>>718343962
>>718393876
play fight knight

>>718393968
I already did.

>>718393057
Needs a part 3

>>718394207
cool

I got all 50 cherries and then started this game on my chinese knockoff handheld. It works pretty well, but sometimes the small screen is too small (and doing jump-shots can be hard with the small buttons). I've got like ~10 clears/cherries over there too. Its fun to just return to the games I know I loved

>>718386270
ctrl+s

UFO thread hit the bump limit? Good day, maybe not all is lost

>>718369620
Yeah it has its jank for sure, but it's got charm and it plays really well. Well enough for it to be the first game I cherry'd on Switch 2

>>718290887 (OP)
Not how good, but how long?

>>718391068
>"I didn't quit after game #1! I quit after game #7!"

>>718391572
These aren't microgames stacked end-to-end. They're actual games.

Is there any overarching thing in UFO 50 besides the cherry collect-a-thon, or is it basically just 50 independent games?

some games are sequels to others but yeah pretty much