nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoAstro Bot was so good it almost "outdid Nintendo at its own game", says former US boss Reggie Fils-Aiméwww.eurogamer.netexternal-linkmessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down14
arrow-up1126arrow-down1external-linkAstro Bot was so good it almost "outdid Nintendo at its own game", says former US boss Reggie Fils-Aiméwww.eurogamer.netnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square31linkfedilink
minus-squareVenator@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoLack of load times? Were you fooled by the controller flying through a portal animation? I guess it might be slightly shorter than the Mario Odyssey load times? I don’t remember, I haven’t played Odyssey again since it was released.
minus-square|IlI|lIIl|IlIll|Il|IllI|@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoFlying on the balloon was used to mask some loading times, but that was waaaaay longer than transitions from space into the world in Astro Bot.
Lack of load times? Were you fooled by the controller flying through a portal animation? I guess it might be slightly shorter than the Mario Odyssey load times? I don’t remember, I haven’t played Odyssey again since it was released.
Flying on the balloon was used to mask some loading times, but that was waaaaay longer than transitions from space into the world in Astro Bot.