Punished Miku
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What are your thoughts on this one? It's on sale and I tried the demo. I was not very impressed, but curious if it does improve.
Baemono
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Well of crouse, the world isn't flat
BlackTron
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Don't get trapped in that one
genesisblock
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Middle-Earth Shadow of War. What if, they took the first game and made it 10x more tedious? The whole nemesis system is so awful it kills the pacing of the game. I don't know why people are up in arms about WB patenting this mechanic but I really hope it doesn't appear again in some other game.
Here you are going through the motions of doing the quest and all of a sudden the nemesis/captains come out of nowhere and starts monologuing. Ok, it was neat the first time but having multiple come at you over and over again while the game freezes with no option to skip is really takes me out of the experience. Yeah, nothing of value is truly lost with this mechanic locked out of other developers to use, not that I truly agree that you should patent a game mechanic. But the idea that this may potentially influence developers to apply this in their games makes me shiver.
Here you are going through the motions of doing the quest and all of a sudden the nemesis/captains come out of nowhere and starts monologuing. Ok, it was neat the first time but having multiple come at you over and over again while the game freezes with no option to skip is really takes me out of the experience. Yeah, nothing of value is truly lost with this mechanic locked out of other developers to use, not that I truly agree that you should patent a game mechanic. But the idea that this may potentially influence developers to apply this in their games makes me shiver.
Humdinger
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Played through about 8 hours of Eastshade, a PS4 game. I liked it at first. It was a relaxing and unique experience, reminiscent of an Elder Scrolls game minus the combat. Eventually, I got bored, though. The questing was fine in the beginning but got too cumbersome as it went on. I had one quest bug out on me, and I wonder if that blocked me from progressing somehow. In any event, I found myself backtracking over the same spots again and again, trying to find the secret whatever, and I just lost interest.
Part of the problem was that the characters were very simple and there was no story. And by design, there is no combat and no skill progression, either. So it just felt like wandering a pretty landscape ticking off quest boxes. Just not enough to hold my attention.
Part of the problem was that the characters were very simple and there was no story. And by design, there is no combat and no skill progression, either. So it just felt like wandering a pretty landscape ticking off quest boxes. Just not enough to hold my attention.
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foamdino
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It's got some deep systems which are not all well explained in the game itself - I've resorted to vids/guides to ensure I get some of the details. There are also some fights which feel pretty unfair (ie enemy gets 2 or more consecutive attacks and chunks your character for > 50% health on each attack == death). This is probably a skill issue on my part but some fights felt unfair to me, so I dropped the difficulty - I haven't enough years left in the tank to save scum through that sort of thing.
But saying all that, the game itself is fun and charming in an old-timey jrpg sort of way. There's some depth here that modern games seem to avoid (lots of shallow systems vs some more deeper systems seems to be the modern practice).
It runs great and I've had no technical issues.
But I've been kicked off the ps5 for now as my boy is Yotei-ing his way through enemies - so Path of Achra it is.
Podge
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Got back into Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition a couple of weeks ago. It's my GOTY 2025 (I'm counting it due to the added content lol). My favorite open world in video games. I wish there were more games like this one. Mastering Overdrive and building an Ares 90 which can one-shot level 70+ Tyrants has been an absolute joy. I love everything about this game.
By the way, terrible idea to play this game in middle of a semester of graduate school. I suppose that is also some of the highest praise I can offer a video game.
By the way, terrible idea to play this game in middle of a semester of graduate school. I suppose that is also some of the highest praise I can offer a video game.
bender
What time is it?
Platinumed Everybody's Golf: Hot Shots. If I had any expectations I'd have been disappointed, but thankfully I didn't.
Also Platinumed Nightreign and I really don't like most of the characters outside of Ironeye.
I'm working my way through Galaxy 2 right now and it never quiet hooks me like the original. It starts off a bit slow and feels a little disjointed. I'm still having a good time.
Also Platinumed Nightreign and I really don't like most of the characters outside of Ironeye.
I'm working my way through Galaxy 2 right now and it never quiet hooks me like the original. It starts off a bit slow and feels a little disjointed. I'm still having a good time.
mèx
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LavitzSlambert
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The only game that ever did the infinite respawning enemies right was Enter The Matrix.
Mozza
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This is indeed true. But there are still those pesky invisible barriers to contend with. Usually far out to sea.
Mozza
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Easy tiger...
Duchess
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Observer : System Redux
Finished. Um ... yeah, that was quite something. It was okay, but overall a very weird game.
The Chant
This is a 3rd person horror game, about a girl who gets involved with some weird cult. Another okay game that I'll likely finish and then never return to..!
(I've dedicated 2025 to working my way through my backlog)
Finished. Um ... yeah, that was quite something. It was okay, but overall a very weird game.
The Chant
This is a 3rd person horror game, about a girl who gets involved with some weird cult. Another okay game that I'll likely finish and then never return to..!
(I've dedicated 2025 to working my way through my backlog)