Given today’s events, is the answerphone an experiment worth continuing with? I don’t think we should lose features because of bible bashing hypocrite trolls but aside from that it’s barely used and arguably takes some discussions away from the forum.

I personally never use it. I agree with you that while it was a nice idea/project, I don't think it serves HLTB. I'd rather see people use the forum, or come to the Discord and chat with us if they prefer a more "direct" communication.

There was a terrible post here. It's gone now.

Yeah, I need to keep an eye opened on HLTB while I'm working. I don't appreciate their posts and I want to be able to remove them as soon as I can.

Not spam, but started posting pretty negative stuff for no reason.

https://howlongtobeat.com/user/Terricule

The results are in!

In third place with 11 votes... Kirby Super Star
In second place with 13 votes... Devil May Cry
And the winner with 14 votes... Bully

Full results here: https://strawpoll.com/NoZrzzONXZ3/results

The poll is up !

https://strawpoll.com/NoZrzzONXZ3

Last few hours to put in more nominations. I'll probably create the poll later today before I go to bed (so in about 6 hours from now).

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August 19 2024

Game: LOVE 2: kuso
Author: Fred Wood
Price: $4.99 or more (was free with the Bundle for Ukraine on itch.io)
HLTB page: https://www.howlongtobeat.com/game/52388
Itch.io page : https://thatsmytrunks.itch.io/kuso

Synopsys: 'kuso' is the sequel to 'LOVE', and maintains the same focus on creating a fair challenge for players to complete and master. You have the ability to run, jump, and leave your own checkpoint. Make your way through acid, long jumps, disappearing platforms, bouncers, giant saws, and much more in this dreadful mechanical world. If you're looking for a game that'll challenge your platforming skills, give you something excellent to listen to, and a game to master, kuso is the game for you.

Comments/recommendations: The game is mostly like the first game in the series. It has more levels and the arcade mode gives you more lives because of it. It's also a little more difficile. I had to play the game three times until I managed to beat it with the 125 lives you are given in the arcade mode. These games are really simplistic and minimalists, but I had a good time with them.

August 17 2024

Game: Love
Author: Fred Wood
Price: $2.99 or more (was free with the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality)
HLTB page: https://www.howlongtobeat.com/game/5404
Itch.io page : https://thatsmytrunks.itch.io/love

Synopsys: 'Love' is a short and addictively challenging platformer with a minimalist design. It has a custom respawn system, 16 levels, 12 track original soundtrack, competitive scoring, and multiple ways to play.

Comments/recommendations: This is a fun little precision platformer. Definitely not the same level of quality as Celeste or Super Meat Boy, but very fun nonetheless. I liked the simplistic visual style and controls. I've only beaten the main game mode, called Arcade, in which you have to beat the 16 levels within 100 lives (I ended up habint 59 lives left at the end). It's a neat little game, I will definitely try the sequel soon.

This one did the same thing TWICE, posted something, came back the next day to edit and add a URL.

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Ah ok my mistake. I was just surprised that a 5 year old game was still selling at it's original release price, with no permanent price reduction.

Permanent price reductions... yeah that's a different story. 😉

It went on sale at roughly 30-35% off ten or so times in the last 3 years.

I bit the bullet and bought the digital version which still costs full price. Does anyone know why Nintendo first party games never get discounted?

Factually, they do go on sale on a semi regular basis. I've seen some of them discounted up to 30-40% a few times. You can check on Deku Deals for graphs with price history.

I love that there are 3 versions for people to access and play.

This has been on my NSO list to beat for so long, this might help push me to play it.

Its one of the few Zelda games I haven't not played. (And Minish Cap)

It's legit a good game. Enjoy!

Detailed results : https://strawpoll.com/e6Z2A8JL8gN/results

The Nintendo trifecta has struck! All three got a Switch Remake as well.

Third place, with 11 votes, is Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Second place, with 12 votes, is The Thousand Year Door
The winner, with 14 votes, is Link's Awakening

22 hours left before the end of the poll...

The poll is up! I added a last minute nomination. I haven't played anything in over two week. If my nomination wins, I might get the motivation to pick it back up.

https://strawpoll.com/e6Z2A8JL8gN

Last day for nominations...

The Fallout 4 mod Fallout London is currently free at GOG

https://www.gog.com/game/fallout_london

I'm not that big of a Fallout fan, but this mod looks extremely well done.

In the Discord there's been lots of interest in MS-DOS games, so I'd like to nominate one that also has a modern version. Probably the best point-and-click I've ever played...

Full Throttle

Beat that one countless times. When I got the game, I still had a 2X CD-ROM drive. As far as I can remember, I think Full Throttle was the first game to require a 4X CD-ROM drive. The game worked fine, but all the cutscenes weren't right because of the slow transfer speeds.

Otherwise...

Great story (Tim Scafer - Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango Psychonauts, etc)
Great voice acting (including Mark Hammil)
Great music by the Gone Jackals
Beautiful animation and pixel art