Mal Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 At the moment I am playing Legend Of Mana, insanely cute game and I'll probably finish it soon. I need to give this game a chance again. After Secret of Mana, the changes were just too much for my young self, kind of like what happened with Final Fantasy XII. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laviniya Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 At the moment I am playing Legend Of Mana, insanely cute game and I'll probably finish it soon. I need to give this game a chance again. After Secret of Mana, the changes were just too much for my young self, kind of like what happened with Final Fantasy XII. I haven't played any of the other games in the same series, but I can't really see how LoM would fit in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 TitS SC I just raged quit a hard mode run. I intended this to be my initial run but the balance is fucked. You have to go into every battle with regular enemies preemptively else you can get your ass handed to you. You are mostly reliant on Arts (magic) attacks since these enemies has quite the resistance to melee, or at least from Estelle. Any surprise attacks or boss battle is a crap shoot if you'll win since the AI is kind of unpredictable. I think I can pull off what I've done in the PROLOGUE in under two hours in the 4-6 hours I've spent on this hard run. Treating every surprise attack or boss fight as a 20-40 minute fight is terrible. I'm sure I can complete a hard mode run but I think the game will turn into a 150 hours game at this rate. Normal mode, here I come. I can't even imagine Nightmare. What are the bosses going to do, one shot me every time they attack? I can already barely keep up a tank healer situation with hard... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 Nah, the balance isn't fucked. This isn't like Ys where normal is on the easy side. According to folks on NeoGAF, normal is actually normal in SC and you're meant to play on that difficulty for your first time. Unlike FC, it's actually decently challenging. The first few pages of the OT actually have a bunch of folks mentioning picking hard and ending up starting over on normal. Oh and I've had bosses one shot my entire party even on normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 After what I went through, normal is easy. I have the option to bashing enemies skulls in. I can recover from a failed attempt of cockiness. For the most part, I didn't have that option in hard. I wish hard was just a tad bit more forgiving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baconrath Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 (edited) I've started a new file (again) on MS Saga: A New Dawn for the PS2. It's a flawed-but-lovable (kinda cookie cutter) RPG with SD mobile suits. I'm determined to finish it this time. Its pattern goes as thus: Run around and grind (griiiiinnndd) for money and experience to obtain upgrades and then clear out dungeon X. Failure to upgrade is death as in some spots you're prevented from going back and getting new weapons or mobile suit data. But the very first part you get to punch little tanks that can't counterattack melee so that's a plus. <3Then at one point the world map music changes to some of the most dissonant, almost off-key shit I've ever heard in a game. If I find it on youtube I'll post it. EDIT: found it Its that first bit that drives me nuts. And it seems worse in-game. :^( Edited December 12, 2015 by Baconrath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) I gave the games that FMW gifted me a whirl. Dokuro is a mobile port but it's nice and cute. Gonna see where our skele-knight takes the princess. Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe is pretty awesome and I think it's my first Adult Swim published game. Really polished. Not what I was expecting (Mario versus Tetris). Then there is The Long Dark. As a bit of an outdoor-y person, it's a bit odd to see gamey fatigue like this in a survival game. The sped up time and the distance traveled isn't lining up in my head. The distance and elevation gain I did was a simple day in real life. Sure it's cold as hell and there's snow on the ground but I think it's doable. Morale might take a huge dip but it's physically doable. But yeah, that sped up time jacks up my perception. The game physics too since I personally have a tendency to go up (and down) on ridges to get a better view of where I'm going in real life. Sometimes in less than ideal slopes. Not really possible here so that's a bummer. With that all said, this is a game and I like what I see. Time to Brian Robeson this shit. Edit: Chew killed me in my desperate attempt to kill him for food. I don't think rifle rounds work on bears... Edited December 24, 2015 by MaliciousH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baconrath Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 I played Freedom Force a bit. I kept reading about it not being stable in WIn7 but so far I haven't had any troubles. Only reason I stopped playing was I got frustrated trying to not sound the alarms in the second mission. Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich, however, crashed to desktop when I moved to a tutorial marker. I was kind of expecting the second game to be more stable, but I dunno... Playing old PC games is hard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 (edited) I played the FF games last on XP and they were fine. I love them so much. On chapter five of episode four of Tales from the Borderlands. As much as I loved Telltale's first seasons of the Walking Dead and Game of Thrones, TftB is their best game of their recent efforts. I wonder if it's because they got writing and casting and budget support from Gearbox and/or 2K. It capitalizes on the setting's zaniness in great ways while mixing in real emotional moments and scenes that satirize Telltale's other games. It might be the funniest-written game I've ever played. I just finished the scene in which Rhys is disguised as Vasquez on Helios and gets into an epic finger-gun battle with Vasquez's enemies in accounting. One of my top five favorite gaming moments of 2015 for sure. Edited December 27, 2015 by Mr. GOH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Tales From The Borderlands is fantastic. Easily Telltale's best game. Anyways, Im poor and dont have a backlog, so I decided to play MGS5 again and actually do the mission where Quiet leaves, then I got her back. No more butterfly emblem for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 Been playing Lego Dimensions to get my brother through some of the maker levels (your packs get the build instructions in-game). He's largely happy doing the open world stuff so I'm doing the main game a chunk too (which I'm happy to do). It's the usual travellers tales fare with some "Dimensions" twists. For example a neat one being the pad is broken to 3 pads with coloured LEDs. This is used in some puzzles (portals open of different colours around level, physically moving character moves you in game. Some boss attacks only affect certain panels). You upgrade on-game n get new build instructions. Cos it's me his TARDIS is currently shooting lasers n shit. It's expensive as hell but if you like Tt Lego games n the franchises involved you'll enjoy. Probs best of the current bunch given range of characters you could have. Will have to snap opening trademark screen. It's an unusual one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 Playing a bunch of my new games and sale-bought games just to get a feel for them, but I think I'll focus on Age of Decadence for the time being. It's a hardcore RPG in the vein of the original Fallout in many ways, although even more hardcore. For example, if you play a character focused on speech skills, you should NEVER engage in combat or you will die. Apparently, the main quest is significantly different based on early game choices and your character build, which is neat. Combat is turn-based and weird, but since I'm playing a shifty grifter/loremaster, I just talk my way out of anything I accidentally talk myself into. I'll post further impressions after I play it for a bit, but I think the game's aggressive focus on player freedom is exemplified by the fact that because I built my character in a particularly focused way, I could almost immediately leave the first town and end the first chapter without doing any side quests. After I got screens telling me what happened to the town and its inhabitants (like you'd get at the end of a Fallout or Baldur's Gate game; "Town X flourished because the Hero did Y"), I realized I had skipped over tons of leveling and cash-earning opportunities and reloaded my save so I could do other quests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 I'm still working my way through Fallout 4. My goal is to finish it before 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 So, I've been having a pretty shitty Christmas week for various reasons, which got in the way of me playing this as much as I was planning to, but I'm about 12 hours into Persona Q now. It's pretty fucking rad! I've never played any of the Etrian Odyssey games, so I had no idea how much I'd actually enjoy this one. Turns out the answer was a whole fucking lot. Having to draw your own map was the main thing I was worried about but after having cleared the first labyrinth, it might actually be my favorite thing about the dungeon crawling. It's just so weirdly satisfying to map out an entire floor. So much so that now I think I'll have to give Etrian Odyssey a shot at some point. It's weird, though. It actually feels like a true Persona game despite more than half the formula being missing. There's no social life sim stuff at all and the dungeon crawling feels completely different, even the combat system is probably more EO than it is Persona. But some core Persona stuff is still very much there, like fusion, magic and item names and, more importantly, the god-tier music. So yeah, they really nailed the balance of this cross-over. Really glad to finally be playing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 (edited) So, I've been having a pretty shitty Christmas week for various reasons EDIT: That was a platonic hug, FWIW. ...Well, mostly Edited December 29, 2015 by The Cowboy Poet 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 I look forward to the breakup song with baited breath 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 EDIT: That was a platonic hug, FWIW. ...Well, mostly Don't worry, I won't tell Mrs. Cowboy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 Rogue Legacy. Holy shit, why did I let this game sit on my backlog for so long? It's awesome even though I'm terrible at it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 Been playing a lot of Fallout 4. Not advanced the plot very much since arriving at Diamond City, but having loads of fun just choosing a side quest line and following it through to completion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 I'd advance the story a little. You're telegraphed in advance the point of no return, and it unlocks some neat things and areas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 Woohoo! First boss down! I also didn't realize how spastic this game was until I watched a video of myself playing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 (edited) Second boss down. I have such a sense of accomplishment when I beat one of these bosses. *Edit - When I first started playing this game I enjoyed it but figured there was no way I was ever going to beat it, but now I'm thinking it might actually be doable. Edited January 3, 2016 by TheMightyEthan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 (edited) I'm on memory sequence 3 of assassins creed unity and not been bothered by any too major bugs, more glitches I'd say like people standing on top of chairs and one eagle dive I whacked straight into a roof and slid down it into the haywain. Didn't cause me any damage though as it registered as a dive not a drop. Speaking of which I love the new parkour up/parkour down buttons and than you don't automatically climb stuff just because you're running. Overall I'm loving it so far, glad to be back to the city based gameplay as I ought we'd had too many of he shipping ones in a row. Will look forward to future ones of those again in a few games time. Eta: the combat is substantially harder in this one dodge and parry seem to need much better timing and I have died several times from a single thrusting stab. Definitely more keen to stay out of combat in this one which I suppose makes sense really since you're supposed to be an assassin. Also, I hunk the guards were a bit too blind and dumb in the old games but they seem to be able to see me looking suspicious from halfway across Paris in this one, running from the other side of walls etc. Edited January 3, 2016 by TheFlyingGerbil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Yeah Unity was pretty neat combat, shame on the whole map stuff. I'm currently playing a few games at once atm: Destiny: Mainly doing bounties n dailies atm Far Cry 4: It's pretty much Far Cry 3 with different animals, and locations. Which I don't mind I enjoyed Far Cry 3. My only issue is it can be a bit of a paint to realise where you're meant to be going next. Animals also a lot harder in this one too, especially if trying to kill au naturale. Just Cause 3: Same as above, though much larger than JC2. Bit fiddly with aiming, though I think it's more on me since I'm doing two FPS games atm Satellite Reign: Despite being a "RTS" I'd say it's much closer to an RPG. Open-worldish areas to explore, loads of little places to pop into. My only annoyance is there's plenty of areas but most of them are locked down until you level up, but you level up by doing the missions. Can end up taking a while going around the map trying to find a mission you can even begin, let alone complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 (edited) Second boss down. I have such a sense of accomplishment when I beat one of these bosses. *Edit - When I first started playing this game I enjoyed it but figured there was no way I was ever going to beat it, but now I'm thinking it might actually be doable. Just want to point out that this entire post, without the context provided by the video, could totally apply to Dark Souls, especially the bolded parts. Actually, I'm pretty sure I've explained to someone here before how Rogue Legacy is pretty much 2D Souls. Might even have been in this thread. Edited January 3, 2016 by FLD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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