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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • “Knowing that we wanted to give our thanks to the Xbox community that has shown us love from day 1, we really thought about the kinds of things we would want to see as fans of Cuphead. The goal was to make this update feel like a real peek behind the scenes at what went into bringing the game to life, across all parts of development.”

    Nothing against the devs here, but it is really not the gamers fault that it was only available on Xbox and not on PS and Switch. I wanted to “support” this game from day 1, but I couldn’t, since it was Xbox exclusive…

    Imho, if you release a game on a platform, you should release the full game and not only parts of it.

    But maybe this was also part of their xbox deal, idk.






  • I got all my news from reddit… and now from lemmy.

    But if you like podcast, there are also many good ones, which also cover all the news. These are the once I’ve subscribed to in no particular order:

    • The Race F1 (+ Tech Show)
    • EngineBreaking (*)
    • Missed Apex (*)
    • BBC Chequered Flag
    • F1: Beyond the Grid
    • F1 Nation

    (*) these are my favourite ones

    I basically listen to them (and also other podcasts or audiobooks) instead of music.










  • Yep, expert difficulty in the original game is not enough; the Al is capped at 432 km/h at expert. The new game is like playing at master difficulty.

    Ah this explains a lot, thanks! I already played a bit of the OG F-Zero… and now I even wish more for a new one.

    That’s okay then, it took me quite some while for my first win, I think it was B+ or A-. So don’t worry.

    Good to know, I thought I was missing something :)

    Regarding power management: Did you finish Port Town I in practice mode under the time limit for the achievement? You need to use boosts where you normally wouldn’t (well aside directly from the start).

    I wasn’t aware… I will try this later!

    And regarding the pack: I drive as if they weren’t there (while using spin attack), meaning I drive my optimal racing line and I often can clear the pack in difficulty corners fast. Well except Mute City.

    Haha, this is easier said than done, but I think my racing line is (obviously) not as great as I thought.




  • First, thanks for you long answer!

    Is Master the difficulty you have to unlock? I can’t remember, so probably not. I have it unlocked though…

    I have no problems at all with the things you mentioned:

    • I always get the good boost
    • I press down while jumping
    • cornering: let go of trottle (if needed) and use L/R
    • the power management I have not completely mastered tbh

    As silly as it sounds, the problem are the other cars (as always haha), but for real: once I’m in the pack I’m loosing speed and get pushed all over the place… even with the spin attack. And then I’m stuck there and usually end up around 30.

    My rating is B+ now, I usually beat 3/4 opponents. And I think I’m around level 15.

    Of course there are still a few driver errors, but I struggle most with getting out of the pack, if you now what I mean.

    I guess I just have to git gud, like always.


  • And I’m sitting here and can’t win anything and I really don’t know why. I played the hell out of F-Zero on the SNES (and also on the Switch).

    But I’m always 20-40… in the 99 battles no matter how hard I try and usually manage to get to the end in Grand Prix and Mini-Prix.

    Maybe I’m missing something? Do you have some tips and strategies?

    I find myself usually in the Top 10 in the beginning, but then I somehow tumble down in the masses of people until I’m stuck around 40…