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- Comment on What is your Game of the Year? 2 days ago:
Haven’t really found anything particularly interesting from this year, so I’ve been playing mostly older games: my favorites were probably Trails from Zero/Azure and Chrono Trigger.
Some games I’m mixed on were Final Fantasy XIV and Metaphor ReFantazio. Both of them have parts I really enjoy, but also feel like they never reach the heights they could, both in gameplay and writing.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of December 15th 6 days ago:
I’ve replayed Metro 2033 after ~8 years, this time the Redux version. It felt much less atmospheric than what I remembered and a bit too easy (I think I never ran out of ammo and in the end I had around 300 extra military bullets.
I found a used copy of Bravely Default and I’ve been playing that, along with FFXIV where I was planning on starting endwalker but got distracted leveling crafters.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of December 8th 1 week ago:
More puzzle platformer with progression in the form of abilities you unlock.
For why I don’t think it’s a metroidvania, it’s mostly because there’s no backtracking except for small optional stuff, you start from the center and go to each area in order and the areas themselves are mostly linear.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of December 8th 1 week ago:
I played Ori and the Blind Forest which I enjoyed, although I was expecting a metroidvania. The platforming was quite fun and challenging enough and the art looked great.
I played a bit of Moonring, which seems really good, but I’m probably not used to the genre and found it a bit too confusing to continue.
I briefly played Marvel Rivals with a friend, I had fun with it in these first few hours, but I haven’t played hero shooters before so it’s early for me to judge. I’m a bit surprised there’s no restrictions on roles in a party, as most matches seem to have 1 tank and 4 dps and as a healer I can’t figure out how to keep everyone alive alone. Hopefully ranked is more balanced.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of December 1st 2 weeks ago:
I’ve been continuing Etrian Odyssey, but I’ve gotten a bit stuck on a floor so I’m taking a short break. With the current sale I got Core Keeper and Blue Revolver, both of which I’m enjoying (although I’ve been mostly playing Core Keeper). Meanwhile I’ve been playing Balatro, but already gotten a bit bored - I’m not really a fan of how roguelikes are structured.
I’ve also bought a bunch of games during this sale (and have others from the previous one I still haven’t played).
- Comment on The world is ending but here's a side quest - will RPGs ever solve their urgency problem? 4 weeks ago:
I don’t think it’s comparable to those examples as it affects the pacing of the story, instead of being just an abstraction of a system.
In my case it has damaged (and in some cases ruined) my experience of the story or made me skip side content, as I can’t ignore it.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November 24th 4 weeks ago:
I’ve been mostly playing Etrian Odyssey, I’m at the 4th stratum.
I’ve also played a bit of Balatro which is really fun, but I’ve played too little to tell if it suffers from the usual issues I have with roguelikes (mainly the difficulty curve in a run).
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November 17th 4 weeks ago:
I’m still playing Triangle Strategy and played a bit of Granblue Fantasy Vs Rising, but I’m on pad as I didn’t have my hitbox with me so I’m trying to relearn the controls.
I’ve been also playing a bit of Genshin Impact and while I don’t like the monetization and think it hurts the game even if you don’t interact with it, it’s still enjoyable to play and the exploration is quite relaxing.
I’ve also been playing Etrian Odyssey which I had put on hold for a few months because I had gotten stuck on a certain floor, but now I figured out where to go. I am really enjoying it, it does feel a bit old, but it probably enhances how hostile the dungeon feels.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November 10th 5 weeks ago:
I’ve finished Metaphor and it was really good, although I expected a bit more from the story, the ending felt a bit rushed.
I’ve started Triangle Strategy and while I’m enjoying it, the xp/difficulty curve feels really weird, as the battles feel too hard as soon as I reach them, but failing them once I level up enough to reach the recommended level and pass them.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November 3rd 1 month ago:
I think I’m close to finishing Metaphor. I have a few sidequests left before what I think is going to be the final dungeon/sequence. It’s been great, and I only have very small complaints about things that don’t really matter.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 27th 1 month ago:
Still playing Metaphor, I’m really enjoying it. I think I’m around halfway through. The story is going in an interesting direction, and the gameplay is still fun, altho I’m always feeling a bit underleveled.
- Comment on No Man's Sky The Cursed Expedition 1 month ago:
Same. I generally like exploration but it didn’t feel rewarding in NMS.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 20th 1 month ago:
Metaphor! I’m at the third town and loving every part of it.
I’m kinda struggling with the difficulty on hard, so I might turn it down a bit, as the resources feel a little too strict and stressful, but it makes finishing a dungeon more satisfying.
- Comment on Let's discuss: Final Fantasy 2 months ago:
For some reason I struggle finishing the games (VII, X, XII, XIII), but I’m always drawn to them, as I find the worlds and designs rather appealing.
I also really like how they experiment with different mechanics from one game to another and always try something new.
I did finish XV, VIIR and XIV (excluding Endwalker and Dawntrail) and liked them a lot, with Shadowbringers as my favorite out of them.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 13th 2 months ago:
I’m playing Metaphor ReFantazio. I’ve played the first 15 hours and it seems really good.
It feels a lot like fantasy persona with smt combat (which is good because I always felt like turn press was more fun than one more). The new job system is interesting, and fights are challenging enough (on hard).
Story and setting started off strong, so I’m curious to see how it goes.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 6th 2 months ago:
Not much this week. I got bored of HZD, as after a pretty good start, it turned into a generic open world, which I really don’t like.
Now I’m playing Ys Memories of Celceta, but I’m mostly waiting for Metaphor to release on Friday.
- Comment on Fields of Mistria is one of the most impressive games I've ever played 2 months ago:
Its in my wishlist! I’m waiting for it to release tho, I don’t really like playing early access games and risk getting tired of them before release.
- Comment on Looking for a Tales-like RPG without active combat 2 months ago:
Not op, but I’ve been playing the series (just finished the sixth game, Cold Steel), and I’d suggest not starting later, as every game references the previous ones in some way. Although even if they didn’t, I’d still suggest starting from Sky, then playing Zero and Azure, as they are really good (and imo much better games than CS).
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of September 29th 2 months ago:
Started Horizon Zero Dawn. I usually don’t like open world games, but this one has an interesting setting and the gameplay seems fun, so I’m giving it a try.
Finally finished Trails of Cold Steel which was meh. It felt needlessly padded (it could have been shortened to like 30 hours instead of 60 IMO) and there were too many uninteresting characters (I actually can’t think of an interesting one). Hopefully the following games are better, as now the setting should be more interesting.
- Comment on Leaked Nintendo Switch 2 chassis "almost certainly real," analysts say | TechSpot 2 months ago:
I did, lol.
But there’s still gonna be Switch games I already own and don’t wanna rebuy or exclusives I wanna play.
- Comment on Leaked Nintendo Switch 2 chassis "almost certainly real," analysts say | TechSpot 2 months ago:
That’s true. Altho I ended up getting a switch lite because even tho it’s smaller, it’s lighter and the soft buttons are much more comfortable.
- Comment on Leaked Nintendo Switch 2 chassis "almost certainly real," analysts say | TechSpot 2 months ago:
That’s a shame if it’s true. I found the original uncomfortable and painful to hold, I was hoping for something more like the Steam Deck.
- Comment on Day -3 of posting a screenshot from a game I've been playing until I also forget to post screenshots 2 months ago:
Recently played through I and II and they were great. Kinda wanna see the bump combat in more games: it was really satisfying.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of September 22nd 2 months ago:
Been rotating between a few games:
Slowly playing through Trails of Cold Steel, which is finally starting to pick up after chapter 4 (the characters are still pretty dull and I’m not a huge fan of the orbment changes). Played a bit of Tales of Vesperia which I’m enjoying more than expected, but got distracted and mostly played Dragon’s Dogma which is really fun but a bit confusing on where I’m supposed to go (and when).
I also got Triangle Strategy, Horizon Zero Dawn, Ys Memories of Celceta and Ys Oath in Felghana which were all on sale, but haven’t started any yet.
- Comment on What do you think about random encounters? 2 months ago:
I don’t hate them, and actually think they improve dungeon crawlers like Etrian Odyssey.
But for other games I think they slow down the pacing too much, especially when you want to get back to an older area.
- Comment on Is Dragon's Dogma 2 worth it if I already have the first one? 2 months ago:
Really? Why’s that? Did 2 lose something or it’s more of a personal preference/vibes thing?
- Comment on Is Dragon's Dogma 2 worth it if I already have the first one? 2 months ago:
Yea, the fall sale is actually why I was considering DD2.
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- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of September 15th 3 months ago:
After enjoying Ys I and II, I played Origin, which was hugely disappointing. It just felt so unsatisfying to play, and the single dungeon was boring af. I pushed through hoping at least the story would get interesting, but after almost finishing it again with the second character it never did, so I gave up and dropped it.
Literally just started playing Tales of Vesperia (~30 minutes). First impressions are that it looks really nice, the combat feels better than the other Tales I tried (Arise and Berseria) and I’m linking the setting and character designs.
- Comment on Shmup suggestions 3 months ago:
Crimzon Clover’s really fun. It’s similar to Dodonpachi. Another good one is Ikaruga. It has an interesting mechanic we’re you switch colors to absorb bullets.
Avoid Sine Mora and other “euroshmups”, they just suck to play.