Mister Jack Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Muramasa Rebirth. Good game, but unfortunately reuses a lot of backgrounds and levels. One thing I got to say about Vanillaware's artists, though, is that they draw really tasty looking food. It stuck out both in this game and in Dragons Crown. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Odin's Sphere also had a lot of food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Resident Evil: Revelations.  So, this one was kind of a mixed bag. It starts out pretty great. The first few episodes really feel reminiscent of the good old Resident Evil you know and love, the old school ones. Some light exploration and puzzles, not too much shooting and an actually creepy environment. The Queen Zenobia is probably the best setting the series has had since the original mansion and Raccoon City. Early on, I also really appreciated how the game made an obvious effort to tell a proper story. Problem is, before long a few major issues show up.  The enemy variety just isn't there so combat gets really repetitive. There's maybe half a dozen different enemies you'll be fighting for most of the game. It gets old. Then the story starts making you jump from character to character to character and at some point you're just left wondering why you should even give a shit about these guys. I'm kind of a Resident Evil fanboy so it was cool to jump to Chris the first time. But did I really need to play as those other two assholes as well? There's also a bunch of flashback levels that ultimately fail to justify their existence. They just feel like padding.  The biggest problem, though, is that this was clearly designed for a handheld system. I'm sure it was one hell of a 3DS game but the jump to HD isn't flattering to most of the game's assets. They obviously reworked the characters a bit because they look decent (although their movement animations are really floaty), but the environmental stuff looks kind of awful. This might seem like a shallow thing to complain about but it ends up making the whole thing feel kind of underwhelming on a big screen.  Overall, I'd say it was worth the ~10$ I paid for it. Even though it never really managed to suck me in, I still enjoyed my time with it for the most part. And now that it's over, I'm all set for RE4's unlock on Steam tonight! Somehow, I'm actually more excited about a port of a 10 years old game than I am about most upcoming new releases. Except maybe Dark Souls II. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 With all the new and old games I'll be getting, I honestly think I'll pass on RE4 on PC. It's definitely in my Top 5 All-Time Favorites, having played the games over 20-something times with the GCN and Wii versions. Getting it again hasn't been a priority, even with the enhancements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 RE4 was a travesty. Â First they turned a survival horror into an action game, and then they made it a fucking escort quest. Â I honestly don't understand why people like it so much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Because it's a great game? Yeah, it's the point where the series took the turn that brought it where it is today (mainly because of how badly the GCN remake bombed) but RE4 still maintained a good balance, I think. I remember quite a few sections being scary or really stressful back when I first played it. Â And saying they turned it into an escort quest makes me question whether you even finished it. Ashley isn't with you for large chunks of the game and when she is, I'd argue it's one of the few games that does escort mission right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 I didn't finish it, couldn't force myself too, because it was SO BAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 Strider. Surprisingly, the last boss was piss easy. All the other bosses were mostly annoying. Good game though. And no new game plus, which pretty much guarantees Ill never play it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 RE4 was a travesty. Â First they turned a survival horror into an action game, and then they made it a fucking escort quest. Â I honestly don't understand why people like it so much. Â Action game? Ammo was still on the scarcer side. Definitely a blend of survival horror and action. The horror was still everywhere in the game. As for escort, I'm not as stupid as to think that just because a trope is present, it automatically makes something shit. I had no problems with the way it was handled in RE4. It added tension without me ever thinking "ASHLEY YOU STUPID BITCH WHY DID YOU DO THAT!?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 As for escort, I'm not as stupid as to think that just because a trope is present, it automatically makes something shit. It's not nice to call people stupid, especially when you insist on reading too much into what they say. I have played games with good escort missions before, this was not one of them. I had no end of trouble with Ashley getting herself killed stupidly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 It's not nice to call people stupid, especially when you insist on reading too much into what they say. Then again, when you present a very contrarian opinion and fail to elaborate on it beyond "LOL SO BAD GAIZ, AMIRITE?!" it's kind of hard to take seriously. I just figured it was a weak trolling attempt and didn't bother replying any further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 You sucking at a game doesn't make the game suck. I think people have a bad taste of escort missions from the PS1/N64 era where the AI was too stupid for it to work well. I didn't have any issues like this in RE4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 (edited) @FLD: Â I haven't played the game for like 9 years, I can't remember it very specifically beyond that I hated it and really general reasons why. Â You're kind of right though, in that my second comment was intended in more of a teasing way rather than actually seriously. Â *Edit* - @FDS: Â And you being an asshole doesn't make you right. Â You not having issues proves there must not be any, obviously. Â *Edit 2* - And just to be clear, the escort mission thing was the nail in the coffin, not the sole (or even main) reason I didn't like it. Edited March 1, 2014 by TheMightyEthan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 I put as much effort into my argument as you did yours m8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 I'm not saying put more effort into it, I'm saying don't go out of your way to be a dick. Â In your first post the same point could have been made just as well without calling me stupid, and in the second one it could have been made just as well without the first sentence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Metal Gear Solid 2I think I prefer Metal Gear Solid 3, but 2 was pretty good as well. But man, I really hate Raiden. Onwards to Metal Gear Solid 4! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 I'm not saying put more effort into it, I'm saying don't go out of your way to be a dick. Â In your first post the same point could have been made just as well without calling me stupid, and in the second one it could have been made just as well without the first sentence. Â I didn't call you stupid. I made a general statement that you chose to take offense to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Despite what first graders say, implied meanings do matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Metal Gear Solid 2 I think I prefer Metal Gear Solid 3, but 2 was pretty good as well. But man, I really hate Raiden. Onwards to Metal Gear Solid 4! Â How come you're not playing them in order? I guess these aren't your first play throughs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 This is my first playthrough. Someone told me to do it chronologically, which now I realize was probably not great advice. But I have a good sense of what's going on, but I probably would have appreciated parts of MGS3 better if I had played the others first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 You fucked up. Youre supposed to play them in order they came out. Goddammit. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalCaveman Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Final Fantasy XIII-2. That's an ending Thankfully I have Lightning Returns so I can see where it goes from there, had I finished this game back when it came out I would've been pissed. .... To be continued  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post toxicitizen Posted March 2, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 This is my first playthrough. Someone told me to do it chronologically, which now I realize was probably not great advice. But I have a good sense of what's going on, but I probably would have appreciated parts of MGS3 better if I had played the others first.  Yeah, whoever told you to do that was either fucking with you or is a moron. Don't listen to them again. Better yet: cut them out of your life entirely. They're clearly a terrible influence on you. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 I Just hope whoever told you to play the MGS series chronologically wined you and dined you first, CP. Cuz you got fucked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 I can't remember, it was summer 2012 when I played through MGS3. I want to say it was one of the guys I work with but it could have been someone online. I'm just going to blame Ethan. Ignoring the story, even just from a gameplay perspective, MGS and MGS2 have not aged well, control wise. It would have been nice to work my way up to a controllable camera and then proper aiming/shooting mechanics from MGS4. Now the question is, do I try to beat Peace Walker before I play Ground Zeroes?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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