Thread 718757202

I love UFO 50

>>718757202 (OP)
It's said to be one of the games ever

The entire Campanella trilogy is great. Piss-poor gamers need not apply.
Also I return to ufo 50 most often to get a quick round of deviliton in. Since the cherry is pretty much guaranteed and score chasing well beyond it is mostly rng, I aim for playing fast instead.

UFO 50 still boggles my mind. Just in perpetual awe of it.

>>718757456
1 is kino
2 is frustrating at how the rng works but if you accept it it's also great
3 is just bog standard afterburner type stuff with completely unbalanced bosses

>>718757486
As I see comments from the 3 lesser devs about the project (Ojiro only did Seaside so I'm not mentioning him) it seems like Jon and or Derek contributed not-insignificantly to likely 90% of the games. It really was their decades-in-the-making project.
>>718757563
>t. pwnd in Polyanka

>>718757202 (OP)
Waiting for the ps5 version
Shan’t be playing this on the fucking Sh*tch

>>718758058
I think it's really funny that everybody assumed Velgress was Ojiro's contribution because it's just inverted Downwell but nope, he made Galaga With Drifting.

>>718758171
yeah, good luck with that. play it on pc with your dualshock ya goofball

>>718758401
Is downwell better than velgress?

>>718758795
Not sure, I'm not exactly an expert on either but Downwell is probably more satisfying in terms of feedback. I prefer Poinpy to Downwell though, and Seaside Drive is probably my favorite work of his unironically.

>REAL RETRO GAMES ARE SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH, CHUDDIE. I CAN ONLY ENJOY THEM IF THEY HAVE AN IRONIC SELF-AWARE METAFICTION CONSTRUCTED AROUND THEM.
>AND NO, I DON'T CARE TO READ ABOUT REAL GAME STUDIOS IN REAL LIFE.
>AND NO, THE GAME QUALITY DOESN'T MATTER AS LONG AS I GET MY DOSE OF SARDONIC SELF-DEPRECATING TONGUE-IN-CHEEK IRREVERENT SELF-AWARE WHOLESOMERINO IRONY. OKAY CHUD????

>>718758795
Velgress is the second shortest game in the collection behind Waldorf so it's hardly comparable to 6+ hours Downwell. But I personally didn't enjoy Downwell's odd and twitchy gameplay. Felt like one of those overrated sensations that no one actually cared about enough to remember, like Nuclear Throne

>>718759025
go play SonSon and then play Ninpek and tell me how well your beloved 20th century game design has held up

>>718759150
Ninpek would be sick as a full game with different levels and powerups. It has solid platforming mechanics. I tried SonSon too and it sucks lol, feels way different which should be obvious.

>>718757202 (OP)
I liked party house and bushido ball. Not sure many of the others were that interesting, although I bothered to cherry half of them or so

>>718759150
>look at how much more sanitized this game is, in order to appeal to me, a zoomer retard
Don't care didn't ask

>>718759270
For me it was more like
>5 amazing games
>5 great games
>10 good games
>20 almost good or okay games
>5 bad games
>5 games I don't even want to play

>>718759270
>Bug Hunter, Mortol, Onion Delivery, Rail Heist, Night Manor, Mini and Max
>not that interesting
gee I wonder what kinds of games you normally buy

>>718759284
>sanitized
you absolute double retard. bye-bye now

>>718759025
>REAL RETRO GAMES ARE SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH
They are, but I also like new games.
>I DON'T CARE TO READ ABOUT REAL GAME STUDIOS IN REAL LIFE
I do actually, I love checking MobyGames to see what directors/designers worked on before and after what I know them for. I never engaged with the metanarrative while playing the collection.
>THE GAME QUALITY DOESN'T MATTER
It does, that's why I've only Golded about half the games, because the others didn't appeal to me or were just bad (Waspir, Fist Hell, Hot Foot, Combatants, etc.)

>>718759270
>>718759374

Why is there some retard in every single UFO50 thread that keeps acting as if UFO50 is some kind of great insult to classic games as if new and old can't coexist?

Is this coming to PS5/Xbox?

>>718757202 (OP)
A friend rec'd this to me, might get it when it's on sale it seems like a good collection. Mini n' Max in particular is what got me hooked on wanting to try it out

>>718760390
Not bad. It's what everybody has been asking for. I mean I'm tempted to get it for the experience of using those types of hints to progress, like that map of Divers which I otherwise don't feel like playing.

>>718758058
Jon Perry and Eirik Suhrke are the heroes of UFO 50. Jon has background in boardgames and directed Mortol, Bug Hunter, Avianos, Camouflage, Party House, Rail Heist, Mini & Max and Overbold. Eirik made the whole OST and directed Mooncat, Campanella 1+2, Warptank, Onion Delivery, Rakshasa. Derek Yu, more like Derek WHO?!

>>718760225
UFO 50 threads have had the thread schizo since the start. I'm not sure why, but he really hates UFO 50 and the threads.

>>718760390
Is that official?

>>718761527
Yeah. They're making a whole book to coincide with the physical switch release of the game.
It probably only has like one to three pages per game though. But it looks cool from what few pages we've seen.

>>718760390
This book looks so cool. Even if some of the tips could be overdoing it, its a neat idea. I was thinking about just ordering the book on its own, but after 100% the game it would just be a novelty.

>>718761708
Cool, I don't care how short it is I just was going to be way more interested if it was actually made by the people who made the games.

>>718759053
>Felt like one of those overrated sensations that no one actually cared about enough to remember, like Nuclear Throne
I respect your opinion. I like Nuclear Throne Ultra a lot so I'll give Downwell a looksie

This is the most reddit game ever made. For zoomers who haven't even played the classic games theyre emulating.

>>718762649
Cool, maybe the zoomers will enjoy it enough to look up those classic games these are based on, you glass half empty cunt.

>>718762649
But the game is for boomers who have played the classic games and liked them.

I respect the devs so much for putting the biggest normalfag filter as the very first game.

>>718764763
Where is this from?
Interesting.

what's the most addictive game of the collection, and why is it find magic garden?

>>718765674
edge

>>718764763
Are those games at the bottom the only games they commented on?
That was interesting to read.

>>718757202 (OP)
>Why yes I'm a hipster : the game

UFO50 reminds me of that episode of South Park where the kids are playing Guitar Hero, and one of the old farts thinks they'll love seeing a real guitar instead of a piece of plastic, and he brings the guitar thinking it'll get the kids all excited, but they tell him to fuck off.
That's exactly how I feel when I see everyone so excited about UFO 50, but not really caring about real retro games.

>>718760390
holy soul

>>718767287
I like both UFO 50 and Retro games because theyre clearly different things and youre allowed to like multiple things.

>>718767287
>but not really caring about real retro games.
are they in the room with us right now? or did you just made up that boogeyman in your head because you're mentally ill?

>>718760390
>look guys, released in the 80's, like a real old game
Unfiltered cringe.

are retro games not allowed to be made in 2020's or something?
>>718767287
>>718762649
you're literally using
>new=bad
as an argument and not elaborating

>>718767445
>>718767408
My conclusion came from interacting on Steam.

I pirated it, I didn't try all the games yet. I liked Bug Hunter, but I really didn't like any of the other games yet. Magic Garden and Golfaria were especially fucking dogshit. Planet Zoldath just feels like a really weird and shit randomized zelda. Magic Garden barely even controls right, I end up running into things because she doesn't turn when I want her to. The other games are alright but just not my taste. I don't like super difficult games that send you all the way back to beginning with only 3 lives like contra style. Attactics is actually a little fun and its nice it saves your progress. Kick Club is alright and Bushido Ball is actually pretty sick I guess but more fun with friends than CPU.

>>718768053
>I don't like super difficult games that send you all the way back to beginning with only 3 lives like contra style
If you don't like that arcade/nes style of game, you should play the games on the bottom row first and work yourself upwards.
Try Mini & Max or something. Half the games in the collection (or rather two thirds) aren't like that. They're just the bulk of the games in the upper rows.

I love the vibes of rakshasa so much, there's something so creepy about it that I can't place. Probably my favorite game in the set

I really wish they did a more significant overarching plot or some kind of meta game like Hypnospace Outlaw or something, that would have elevated it to a 10 for me

>>718768316
>he doesn't know about the 51st game

>>718757486
I'm in the same boat as you, still can't believe we got a game like it

>>718758795
they aren't too comparable since downwell is way longer but I prefer velgress from a gamefeel standpoint, was my first cherry iirc

>>718760513
every game in it is great, although your enjoyment of the earlier titles will hinge a lot on how much you like arcade stuff and the first will either filter you or be one of your favorites

>>718768053
magic garden was one of my favorites, felt a lot like something you'd actually play in an arcade (the turning especially feels kind of reminiscent of how it feels in pac man); at the end of the day there's so much variety that different people will like very different things, consider playing some lower row stuff if you want more modernized game design

>>718768053
>Magic Garden barely even controls right, I end up running into things because she doesn't turn when I want her to
You're timing your turns wrong. It gives you a lot of time to plan and input your movement so don't wait until the last second.

>>718770472
yeah you just have to get used to inputting when you step on a tile instead of as you're leaving and expecting it to react instantly

>>718773135
Need more Alpha

>>718774980
Indeed.
Give her her own standalone game!

bump50
I just cherried party house

>>718777421
That one can be a bitch sometimes but it's not bad. Feels good to cherry.

>>718778745
I think I figured out the formula though

>>718779012
Use hair stylists?

>>718779416
use the these strategy phases and adapt to the charactrs you have access to:
get money, get trouble mitigation, find a way to scale popularity, get stars

>>718779595
Now you have to go for streak. I don't know what the high score is, probably in the hundreds.