berseria was one of the best jrpg stories so there's not much room for it to improve there imo. but everywhere else yeah sure. looking forward to getting to it at some point
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 03:53 (one year ago) link
yeh no idea about the story yet, more in terms of graphics, controls, UI, battle movement etc. you can really feel the extra budget they must have put into it
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 04:03 (one year ago) link
ciderpress are you gonna do a JRPG sunstuck or tumblr or something I rly want to know your top 10 or 50 of the decade or since 2000 or whatever
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 04:12 (one year ago) link
i honestly don't feel like i've played enough to do that.. i stalled out real hard a couple years ago and haven't played pretty much anything from 2020-2022 yet. nor have i played anything from the ps2 era which is a pretty big knowledge hole
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 04:19 (one year ago) link
Death's Door is pretty great
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 05:23 (one year ago) link
deaths door is SO GOOD. I want more of the same but not Dark Souls and not Tunic, other recs welcome, obv zelda but I've played all those
Endgame tip get all the level ups before the end boss bc once you finish the first stage you can't go back to the main game. the game doesn't warn you about the point of no return
― salsa shark, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 18:47 (one year ago) link
Ended up starting "Uncharted 4" and, boy, what a big leap. Granted, I was playing remasters of PS3 games for the PS4, and this is a PS4 game optimized for the PS5, but the writing, gameplay and graphics are already impressive, even in the pre-credits sequence.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 20:58 (one year ago) link
U4 is Naughty Dog's first post-TLOU, and the groundedness of the latter really shows up in their games from then on.
― Rabbity Gainsborough (Leee), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 21:37 (one year ago) link
So what changed, exactly? Did it suddenly click with Druckmann (or whoever) that it was time to (creatively) "git gud"? Those first three Uncharteds are fine and fun, but TLOU is a huge leap, and U4 seems to continue that streak. Was it just better technological capabilities available? Did they earn a longer leash to get more ambitious?
Btw, I totally forgot about TLOU2, which I have not played and which has (against all odds) remained unspoiled for me. If I'm not Naughty Dogged out after all these Uncharteds, maybe that would be a good winter game, though I'm still debating playing the (remade) TLOU again first, depending on sales. That, fwiw, is why in my admittedly limited experience I'm so willing to go to bat for these playable movies. If the story is good and compelling, it's ok if the gameplay is kind of rudimentary. At least imo. Something like the From games, those are all about gameplay; while I couldn't really give a poop about figuring out the opaque lore, I can see why playing them again, but differently, could be appealing. Something like Last of Us, the gameplay *and* story would of course remain the same for a second play, more or less, but I can see myself enjoying it a second time like a would rewatching a movie or re-reading a book.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 14:04 (one year ago) link
Just play TLOU2!
― Nhex, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 14:19 (one year ago) link
After these last two Uncharteds! I already own TLOU2, and I'm a sucker for PS5 optimized PS4 games, so that's a step in the right direction.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 14:41 (one year ago) link
Just spitballing, but the Uncharteds were basically updated Indiana Joneses, so the tone was mostly going to be breezy and quippy. I think with the critical success of TLOU, Druckmann's cinematic, grim/gritty aspirations became a viable commercial approach. (He was also only a designer on the first Uncharted, a co-producer/co-writer on 2, and not involved much with 3 because that was when he was working on TLOU.)
― Rabbity Gainsborough (Leee), Wednesday, 9 November 2022 18:15 (one year ago) link
I also bought Inscryption in the sale, just got to the end and holy wow I loved it. I mean, I'm a pathetic sucker for anything meta so probably the exact target audience, but I thought it did it *so* well. There were definitely a few secrets I didn't discover, and I'm not a big one for replaying, so I might just google for them at some point instead.
― emil.y, Saturday, November 5, 2022 6:39 PM (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink
Cool! I'm playing it verrry slowly with my partner (we're only at the beginning of 'act 2'), so the meta stuff has only just begun to emerge, but I absolutely love it. Even if it was just the base card game, it would still be very enjoyable.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 9 November 2022 18:27 (one year ago) link
just wondering... why not Tunic? I've had my eye on it for a while.
― beard papa, Saturday, 12 November 2022 03:17 (one year ago) link
Tried it and just didn't click with it, but don't let my ambivalence stop you! I think I'm in a minority, loads of people seem to enjoy it.
― salsa shark, Saturday, 12 November 2022 19:56 (one year ago) link
Dropping in to rep for SIGNALIS. Very nice and atmospheric nugget of sci-fi survival horror. Definitely wears it's influences on it's bloodied sleeve (Res Evil, Silent Hill, Evangelion, Blade Runner) but combines these in a way I don't think I've really seen before. Existential robo body-horror? Kinda?
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 20:34 (one year ago) link
also rep for signalis here (can't remember if i posted about it before). really enjoyed it, and not a long game either which is nice sometimes!!
for those who are worried it'll be too scary i can confirm as a fellow scaredy cat that it only really scared me once and it was early and it was gameplay
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Thursday, 17 November 2022 17:47 (one year ago) link
i am going to play Pentiment
― ciderpress, Saturday, 19 November 2022 17:06 (one year ago) link
I would do that but I don’t have Xbox or Windows :(
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Saturday, 19 November 2022 17:19 (one year ago) link
only the sheer power of Xbox and/or Windows can run this game
― ciderpress, Saturday, 19 November 2022 17:44 (one year ago) link
U should stream it
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Saturday, 19 November 2022 17:59 (one year ago) link
On Stadia.
― Rabbity Gainsborough (Leee), Saturday, 19 November 2022 18:13 (one year ago) link
sorry i don't have any of that stuff installed rn also don't have my 2nd monitor set up, too arduous for today
― ciderpress, Saturday, 19 November 2022 18:14 (one year ago) link
also this game is like entirely dialogue/reading and i like to read fast and without interruption, not a good stream game
― ciderpress, Saturday, 19 November 2022 19:47 (one year ago) link
this game is very good though i regret choosing the bookworm class since every dialogue option it unlocks is the corniest shit i would never say
― ciderpress, Saturday, 19 November 2022 22:08 (one year ago) link
hedonist i assume would have been way more fun
Played the first 90 minutes of Persona 4 Golden and fell asleep.
― Rabbity Gainsborough (Leee), Sunday, 20 November 2022 00:11 (one year ago) link
now repeat that 50 more times and you might finish the game and also get a lot of sleep
― ciderpress, Sunday, 20 November 2022 00:44 (one year ago) link
I tried Signalis and the first hour was great. Clearly inspired by early Resident Evil games but not afraid to diverge from the formula when it serves a purpose.
― formerly abanana (dat), Sunday, 20 November 2022 11:53 (one year ago) link
I beat Tinykin. Pictures make it look like Pikmin but it's more of a 3D platformer collectathon in the style of Mario 64 -- the tiny helpers can't be lost and the game always selects the right one for your task. The main character zips across the screen really fast which is quite satisfying. Lots of stages are based around getting as high up as possible, and I love that games don't need to restrict viewing angles any more, letting you see everything.
― formerly abanana (dat), Tuesday, 22 November 2022 13:15 (one year ago) link
i've failed every single dialogue check in pentiment in act 2 and 3 so far, even the ones i had a favorable roll on, feel like i'm missing like half the game's content. really testing my 'no backsies' stance on playing this type of game but i'm still enjoying it
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 19:20 (one year ago) link
everyone hates me! i was trying to be nice..
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 19:23 (one year ago) link
on one of them i misclicked and accidentally talked a character into giving up on life and becoming a nun
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 19:27 (one year ago) link
damn
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Tuesday, 22 November 2022 19:29 (one year ago) link
I give you permission to mildly savescrum
― mh, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 19:39 (one year ago) link
given the game creators, though, you might be meant to fail most of those
― mh, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 19:40 (one year ago) link
i will not. apologies to the nun
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 19:40 (one year ago) link
i'm sure i was meant to fail a lot of them but there were 2 in particular that i felt like i had navigated well and still didn't get there
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 19:41 (one year ago) link
I really want to play Pentiment but I have the same issue as silby: no windows or xbox for me.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 19:43 (one year ago) link
definitely looking forward to looking up just how broad the outcomes tree of this game is, after i finish it. some of the consequences to my choices have been much bigger than i expected and it didn't really feel like i was railroaded into them but that might have just been some clever sleight of hand
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 19:45 (one year ago) link
i'm a big skeptic of 'Choices Matter!' as a selling point for games but it's cool when a game gives you the feeling that the story could have played out completely differently in someone else's playthrough even if that's not actually the case
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 22 November 2022 19:54 (one year ago) link
vampire survivors is ridiculously stupid fun
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 22 November 2022 20:09 (one year ago) link
i think it's that vs elden ring for game of the year
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 22 November 2022 20:16 (one year ago) link
The fonts are really doing the heavy lifting in terms of historicity in Pentiment. Characters sound very bloggy to me... people say like "hehe" and shit (but don't worry, it's in an old typeface).
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 24 November 2022 02:10 (one year ago) link
pentiment is goty
― ufo, Friday, 25 November 2022 05:20 (one year ago) link
i finished it, good game but does not beat out vampire survivors for goty
next up is Norco
― ciderpress, Friday, 25 November 2022 21:27 (one year ago) link
Finished Xenoblade Chronicles 3, the conclusion was kinda just fine for me but it hit some real heights along the way
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Saturday, 26 November 2022 21:32 (one year ago) link
I think I'm in the final stretches of "Uncharted 4" (relatively speaking). So, I don't know what the original PS4 version looked like, but this PS5 version looks absolutely great. In fact, having just seen the trailer for Avatar 2 again, there are aspects of this game that look just about as good as that, which is kind of amazing for a six year old game.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 03:58 (one year ago) link
has anyone here played Cult of the Lamb? It sounds a bit like Hades crossed with Dungeon Keeper, is that about right?
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 10:15 (one year ago) link
Gameplay wise, I guess? I haven't heard if Dungeon Keeper, so maybe the other half is Animal Crossing set in Jonestown. In any event, it's really fun!
― Rabbity Gainsborough (Leee), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 15:58 (one year ago) link