Date played: October 13th
Platform: PS4, Xbox One
3 of my brothers and a friend came over last night to play some video games, drink, listen to music and socialize. One of my brothers is a graphic designer, so he's had his eye on Cuphead for a very long time. He played it a few times with a friend, but he wanted to play it again with me, so we started with that.
We played lots of Cuphead, but since it's a 2 player game and there were 5 of us, we had to establish some rules and some sort of playing rotation. We settled on passing the controller to our right after a death. We also agreed that we were allowed one restart per team, but only during phase 1 of a boss. It worked really well and everyone got a chance to play each level.
We beat the Carrot, the Blob, the running level and were inches away from beating the blimp chick that turns into a giant moon. Everyone really enjoyed the game, and while it was intimidating for a few players, they quickly saw that the game was fair and that they could easily learn and improve.
After a while, we felt like playing a 4 player game and we settled on Sports Friends, with a few rounds of Hokra and Barabariball. Hokra was a huge hit, with people screaming at each other and excitement running high. The simple game is a distillation of games like hockey, football and soccer. It's easy to control, the objective is simple, execution is easy, but strategy is where the real challenge is. Dekes and mind games are common during a simple match of Hokra.
Baribariball is as fun and frustrating as ever. Thankfully, it's very chaotic and the stakes are pretty low, so everyone had a good time, even if we were playing like ass.
Finally, we ended the evening with some 2v2 Rocket League. That was fucking awesome... Everyone was pretty rusty, so we had many close matches. One of my brothers is a good goalkeeper, so when he was on the opposing team, I had a lot more trouble capitalizing on scoring opportunities. We also spent a stupid amount of time customizing our cars so that they looked cool and fit our personalities.
These types of gaming nights are just great, and I wish I could do it more often.
Platform: PS4, Xbox One
3 of my brothers and a friend came over last night to play some video games, drink, listen to music and socialize. One of my brothers is a graphic designer, so he's had his eye on Cuphead for a very long time. He played it a few times with a friend, but he wanted to play it again with me, so we started with that.
We played lots of Cuphead, but since it's a 2 player game and there were 5 of us, we had to establish some rules and some sort of playing rotation. We settled on passing the controller to our right after a death. We also agreed that we were allowed one restart per team, but only during phase 1 of a boss. It worked really well and everyone got a chance to play each level.
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| We made all of these faces, and more, last night |
We beat the Carrot, the Blob, the running level and were inches away from beating the blimp chick that turns into a giant moon. Everyone really enjoyed the game, and while it was intimidating for a few players, they quickly saw that the game was fair and that they could easily learn and improve.
After a while, we felt like playing a 4 player game and we settled on Sports Friends, with a few rounds of Hokra and Barabariball. Hokra was a huge hit, with people screaming at each other and excitement running high. The simple game is a distillation of games like hockey, football and soccer. It's easy to control, the objective is simple, execution is easy, but strategy is where the real challenge is. Dekes and mind games are common during a simple match of Hokra.
Baribariball is as fun and frustrating as ever. Thankfully, it's very chaotic and the stakes are pretty low, so everyone had a good time, even if we were playing like ass.
Finally, we ended the evening with some 2v2 Rocket League. That was fucking awesome... Everyone was pretty rusty, so we had many close matches. One of my brothers is a good goalkeeper, so when he was on the opposing team, I had a lot more trouble capitalizing on scoring opportunities. We also spent a stupid amount of time customizing our cars so that they looked cool and fit our personalities.
These types of gaming nights are just great, and I wish I could do it more often.
