Days Gone
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Days Gone
About 80 hours into Xenoblade 2, and (I think) nearing the end of the main story now.
I'm generally a big Xeno fan, so I was a little surprised at how long the game actually took to grow on me. Between the incredibly poorly explained tutorials that left a lot of the battle system a mystery to me, the tacky fan service and character designs (particularly for many of the female characters), the poor pacing, and the incredibly awkward tone that lurched between uninspired comedy and stony faced seriousness with very little grace, I actually thought the opening stretch of the game was a bit crap, and I was really only playing for the gorgeous environments, and as a means of justifying the money I spent on the game.
The game comes into its own in a big way after those shaky first few hours, though, and it's grown on me more and more as it's gone on. The various gameplay systems are actually tons of fun once you get a handle on them (though I had to watch some Youtube videos to do so, so the in game tutorials are unmistakably a bit shit :'D), the game eventually finds a somewhat better balance between humour and seriousness, the story and lore become quite interesting as the game progresses, and the cheeseball fan service is generally a little less front and centre after the game's opening hours (though a lot of the character designs are still pretty cringe, even for a Xeno game). On the whole, it's a wee bit rough around the edges and I think you can tell that a lot of Monolith's staff were busy with Breath of the Wild during its development, but I've still had more fun with it than I have pretty much any other JRPG released in the last five or six years, and I think it's a more than worthy successor to the first game. <3
Also, oh my god that soundtrack. Genuinely one of the best game soundtracks ever, for my money. Usually even with soundtracks that I really like, there are at least a handful of songs that don't click with me for whatever reason, and that I wouldn't really think of listening to outside of the game. But I like pretty much everything here, and there are so many songs that would be absolute standouts if you dropped them into pretty much any other game soundtrack you care to name. I keep expecting to be disappointed eventually, but with every new area and new scene, the game keeps knocking it out of the park musically, and even if I hadn't warmed to the game eventually, I'd probably still be playing for the environments and music.
Some recent clears: Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Kuon, Tales of the Abyss, Vagrant Story.
Currently going through Dark Souls II aka easy Souls. Also playing some Armored Core 2 here and there.
Finishing up on Days Gone. After that, not sure.
I'm playing pokemon heartgold, smurf racer and bugs bunny lost in time.
I tried to play Super Smash bros brawl, but i hated how reckless the computer player is, because i was mostly on one place, while the computer fighters were jumping around. This makes them a lot more vulnerable, and i took advantage of that.
Now that I finally beat the Ragnarök DLC of Titan Quest on normal difficulty, I can get back to trying to finish epic difficulty while also grinding out epic and legendary gear using the Loot+ mod.
Thank god for Titan Quest Vault, so I can store all my stuff.
I got to play Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue team.
I played with Articuno and Seel, and died on the few first floors (F10 or fewer).
Pokemon Conquest, it's fun and challenging. So far I've captured 3 castles. :)
Playing Wind Waker and Mystic Quest!
Gonna start Spider-Man.
cool !! i play spîderman on ps4 ! cool one !
Judgement. Awesome game!
Q*bert 3 - SNES
Fire Emblem Fates, Revelation campaign / Citra.
So good.Quote:
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oldest post in the book lol anyway forza motorsports the in my directory nowadays...
Persona 5. An interesting game.
XB360 Dishonored DLC missions. The main game is great (particularly) if played for stealth, right up there with the likes of Deus Ex and Thief series. The DLC adds a trials set and two additional full story missions. Just finished the first of the those: Knife Of Dunwall on Low Chaos.
Bear Stearns Bravo, a browser choose your own adventure FMV game that's even more interesting when you look into the Pronunciation Book and horse_ebooks sagas. On it's own, though, it's absolute madness and I love it (also apparently dril wrote for it and this is who they traced his real name from the Homestuck game and this still boggles the mind)
Pretty simple concept: It's the future and a more insane version of the 2008 market crash is happening again as a billionaire who screams constantly and has a stock ticker for eyes needs to be brought down by the regulators for the crimes of moneycide.
It's...a lot.
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Crazy Kong (MAME)
Metalwolf Chaos XD and Pokemon Leaf Green.
MHW: Iceborne / PS4.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon - Blue Rescue Team
I've been meaning to play Castlevania.
Crash Bandicoot!! someone? :pepsi:
This, more specifically Megami Tensei II after a few months break.
Pokemon Red, on a pokemon binge, for some reason.
Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition.
FarCry Instincts on original Xbox.
Pokemon Let's Go: Pikachu
Im TRYING to play Persona 1 for PSP on my Vita but they did not balance the game very well when they re-released it! It is tough.
Atlus games are notoriously tough. Are you playing Persona 5? I see that Morgana is in your signature. I'm playing Link's Awakening on the switch, link between worlds, and Animal Crossing:New Leaf.
Spyro Reignited Trilogy, New Super Mario Bros. U, Mario Kart 8, Super Mario 3D World, Wreckfest.
American Fugitive
Horizon: Zero Dawn. Great game. Thought it was meh, but it's actually great. Aloy is so cool.
Crash Bandicoot N Sane Triology
Zelda: Link's Awakening - Switch
Just finished the 2nd dungeon.
Still playing Borderlands 3.
Addicted to COD mobile.
Pokémon Sword. It's not so bad as they say.