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minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 months agoI would love to see more games that support a mix of player capabilities. Like how in Child of Light a second player can do supporting, fun, low stakes stuff alongside the main game. My kid loves to play with me, but 6 year olds are bad at games.
minus-squareNullPointer@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months agoit was really cool that you could pick up the controller and fart around with Tails in the old Sonic the Hedgehog games.
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoBack when I was young and played on a console, Tails was essential to beat most bosses, since the little fox “didn’t count” for losing rings or a life
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI’m gonna call it “serious-frivolous asymmetric gameplay” until someone more knowledgeable comes along to correct me.
minus-squareBuglefingers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoHey, less knowledgeable person here, SFAG sounds great to me!
minus-squareThe Snark Urge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months ago…Maybe we’ll stick with “SFA”. You know, for brevity’s sake.
I would love to see more games that support a mix of player capabilities. Like how in Child of Light a second player can do supporting, fun, low stakes stuff alongside the main game. My kid loves to play with me, but 6 year olds are bad at games.
it was really cool that you could pick up the controller and fart around with Tails in the old Sonic the Hedgehog games.
Back when I was young and played on a console, Tails was essential to beat most bosses, since the little fox “didn’t count” for losing rings or a life
I’m gonna call it “serious-frivolous asymmetric gameplay” until someone more knowledgeable comes along to correct me.
Hey, less knowledgeable person here, SFAG sounds great to me!
…Maybe we’ll stick with “SFA”. You know, for brevity’s sake.