have decided to make jrpgs my Gamer's Theme for 2018 after xenoblade 2 rekindled my excitement for the genre
starting off with mother 3, a game that i've started a couple times in the past but never finished
― ciderpress, Thursday, 8 February 2018 05:04 (six years ago) link
Sweet, maybe you can join me in my journey through one of these games that I started sometime in the past year or so and have not yet finished:
Final FantasyFinal Fantasy 2Final Fantasy 3Final Fantasy 4YsYs 2Phantasy StarPhantasy Star 2Sword of VermilionChrono Trigger
My takeaway being that I enjoy playing but apparently not completing them (the first two Personas being the only ones in recent memory that I saw through to the end).
― I'm very active in the pegasus community (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 February 2018 05:21 (six years ago) link
FF4 is most likely to hit my queue out of those, it's another one ive started in the past but never finished
― ciderpress, Thursday, 8 February 2018 05:36 (six years ago) link
how close to open world souls is it?
― circa1916, Thursday, 8 February 2018 06:29 (six years ago) link
I think the big Souls/Monster Hunter connection is that the weapons (numbering in the teens here) are all really deep and when you get good with one it’s pretty damn satisfying.Also a zillion different items and armors and upgrade paths and stats. It’s one you’ll be playing for a while if it connects.
― circa1916, Thursday, 8 February 2018 06:47 (six years ago) link
Rly wish MonHun were on Switch, fuckin Capcom
― direct to consumer online mattress brand (silby), Thursday, 8 February 2018 06:48 (six years ago) link
thx for background there, may try to check that out when i have free time (which i won't)
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 8 February 2018 14:07 (six years ago) link
bout to wrap up Super Mario 64. i have 75 stars and have fought Bowser a few times now, feel like i can beat the game.
kind of feel like the level design loses focus after the first two floors (once you get to the area w all the non-enter-able paintings). the wet/dry level is super obnoxious. rainbow road the kind of level you would play through once in SMB3 and be thankful you never have to do again. the clock level is awesome though.
i prefer Super Mario Odyssey but i can def see how if you grew up with this it could be your GOAT. simply incredible how many things they got right on the first attempt.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 9 February 2018 19:15 (six years ago) link
heh i loved the upper floor levels when i was a kid and hated the basement ones
― ciderpress, Friday, 9 February 2018 19:43 (six years ago) link
tiny-huge island represent
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 9 February 2018 23:49 (six years ago) link
the catapult enemies you have to use in wet-dry world are pretty awful but the sunken village was hugely romantic to young me
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 9 February 2018 23:51 (six years ago) link
tall tall mountain is cool at first. having the monkey steal your hat and now your hat is just gone is great. but on your 5th time up that mountain... jeez.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 10 February 2018 00:48 (six years ago) link
Lots of Fall. Various podcasts dedicated to MES. This exact minute The Fall Live at Hacienda 1983-85. The song is Kicker Conspiracy.
― VyrnaKnowlIsAHeadbanger, Saturday, 10 February 2018 01:05 (six years ago) link
Oops thought i was on ILM. Sorry bout dat.
― VyrnaKnowlIsAHeadbanger, Saturday, 10 February 2018 01:06 (six years ago) link
Hah
― direct to consumer online mattress brand (silby), Saturday, 10 February 2018 01:08 (six years ago) link
my only serious contribution to the board btw: Best Level from Super Mario 64
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 10 February 2018 01:16 (six years ago) link
TS: MES vs NES
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Saturday, 10 February 2018 02:27 (six years ago) link
So Monster Hunter World will take over your life.
― circa1916, Sunday, 11 February 2018 07:43 (six years ago) link
just finished chapter 4 of mother 3. i think this game being an anti-capitalist parable went completely over my head the last time i played it, somehow.
― ciderpress, Sunday, 11 February 2018 17:12 (six years ago) link
Monster Hunter World is a joy.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 11 February 2018 19:33 (six years ago) link
is anyone thinking of playing kingdom come? i've only seen a little bit about it but it looks like it could be good?
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 03:54 (six years ago) link
looks fun, i think!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuFVUcLkl7U
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 04:10 (six years ago) link
oh, oops, here's the version of that video with narration in english
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 04:11 (six years ago) link
so i finished persona 5 a week ago. the game is excellent but just way too long. they could've trimmed like 40 hours off it easily and it would've still been great. by the end i was forcing myself to play just bc i had already played so much i wanted to see the ending. but it really is an absurdly long game. i played a little cuphead this afternoon. really handsome game w/ pretty tough mechanics.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 04:54 (six years ago) link
how long did it end up taking you? i had heard around 100+ hours and yeah, that just seems way too long
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 04:56 (six years ago) link
100+ really it’s kinda embarrassing to play a game that Iong
― Mordy, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 04:58 (six years ago) link
By the end even char was sick of it
― Mordy, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 04:59 (six years ago) link
dear atlus ceo:
please make persona games half the length and release them twice as frequently.
...profit
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 05:01 (six years ago) link
It not only has a new game+ but by the end of your first play through it is giving you trinkets and stuff to use for that second run like wtf this is their expectation another 100 hours???
― Mordy, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 05:02 (six years ago) link
Oh yeah I played and enjoyed doki doki too this week
― Mordy, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 05:03 (six years ago) link
persona 6: special poopsock edition
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 05:05 (six years ago) link
Kingdom Come's director was a g4merg4ter and has given interviews to the likes of Breitbart and looks like he's picked up coverage from marginal hateblogs (which I won't click through on or link)
― direct to consumer online mattress brand (silby), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 06:10 (six years ago) link
and seemingly spent a lot of time on Twitter insisting there were no black people in 15th century Europe
― direct to consumer online mattress brand (silby), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 06:11 (six years ago) link
jfcGood to know, I’ll send my money elsewhere
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 06:22 (six years ago) link
Speaking of which, Subnautica is an attempt to create a gun-free survival game in the aftermath of Sandy Hook, and is dedicated to the families of Newtown, CT.
― Acanthonus armatus (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 16:08 (six years ago) link
is it a good game playing experience?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 16:09 (six years ago) link
Yes. Especially when one turns off the music and sets graphic settings to "filmic". IMO the best of the current deluge of first person survival/crafting games (Ark, Rust, Forest, Long Dark, Empyrion etc).
― Acanthonus armatus (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 16:30 (six years ago) link
holy shit @ beating qwop!
anyone playing rime, its free on ps4 right now. excellent puzzle platformer
― am0n, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 01:32 (six years ago) link
I know nothing at all about One Piece beyond the fact that I'm having a lot of fun with Unlimited World Red.
― You dishonor your ancestors with your emoji abstention (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 02:09 (six years ago) link
i played rime for a half hour, really did not work for me
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 02:46 (six years ago) link
rime lost me when i got to the area with the bird idk why. will try again at some point maybe
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 14:42 (six years ago) link
it just wasn't quite puzzling enough
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 14:43 (six years ago) link
i'm downgrading rime from excellent to merely decent after finishing it. i liked the graphic style but could do without the tacked-on twist ending
― am0n, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 21:26 (six years ago) link
OOT for N64. just played my first song on the Ocarina. so good!
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 15 February 2018 04:11 (six years ago) link
the beta for Metal Gear Survive is out on Steam for PC. i downloaded it last night and played for about 5 minute. it's a trash cash grab. exact same level design as MGSV but with a few tweaks. somehow the controls feel worse! if i'm going to play MGSV again i would rather just play MGSV.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 16 February 2018 14:14 (six years ago) link
mgs survive feels like the videogame equivalent of the steve martin inspector clouseau to me - the animating spirit has departed, the only reason to continue is that a corporation wants to squeeze some more cash out of the intellectual property
― albondigas con gas (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 16 February 2018 14:28 (six years ago) link
otm. fwiw i found all the "fuck Konami" stuff during MGSV's release extremely embarrassing. imo this has always been a series driven half by creative impulses half by mercenary market forces. but the level of effort here is just the bare minimum, it feels like the polish that MGSV had (itself a lesser amount of polish afforded to Ground Zeroes) is gone, and the samey level design is especially saddening given what Fox Engine is capable of:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCs0xxUS5as
seriously i would have the chance to rather buy the level editor.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 16 February 2018 15:13 (six years ago) link
finished mother 3. didn't go how i expected at all at the end but i'm satisfied. i enjoyed it quite a bit more than earthbound, it's both funnier and tells a weightier story
― ciderpress, Sunday, 18 February 2018 04:38 (six years ago) link
word is Meal Gear Survive is actually kinda fun? there is a single player campaign w a heavy emphasis on survival, something the beta didn't really get across (it made it seem like the game was a mostly multiplayer zombie wave battle). anyone playing this?
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 14:53 (six years ago) link
Nope. I also thought it was all about the zombie mode, based on a short video I watched. But then again I haven’t played a metal gear since MGS so it probably isn’t the best re-entry for me
― i remember the corned beef of my childhood (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 15:28 (six years ago) link