fart town usa
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Picked this up via the Wii U eShop last night. I've been trying to get all the hyped VC/eShop games before the eventual closing of the service.
It kinda sucks though, I was watching reviews and people were just raving over this game in YT videos and in comments, seeing it in action really reminded me of Castlevania/DMC, RE4, and Zelda and I was like, "fuck yea, it's like survival horror but w/ melee combat and a whip..."
BUT, I then went to gamefaqs to check their board and saw all kinds of things about a game breaking bug that is more of less guaranteed to occur in the NTSC copy. Just really weird, none of the NA reviews mentioned it and the YouTube comments were super positive but gamefaqs makes it sound like it's not IF the bug will happen, but WHEN.
I decided to get it anyways because the footage I saw had me incredibly intrigued. I'll probably explore it a bit to get the mechanics down but I need to finish some other games before dedicating myself to Pandora's Tower. The game looks gorgeous though on the Wii U gamepad and it's also compatible to be played directly with the gamepad, 99.9% of Wii games don't allow that, the gamepad is just a display. Pretty cool, though I still plan on using the Wiimote Nunchuk scheme. Now that the Wii is long behind us, the games that have good controls are much more enjoyable than they were during the Wii's reign. I think the gamepad helps too, it's just super responsive with the IR aspect.
So what say you gaf? Is the bug towards the end of the game a total deal breaker? Were you a part of Operation Rainforest (or whatever it was called) that helped get this game released outside Japan? Is this game a total gem or does it smell like rotten beast flesh?
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