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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November 17th⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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 ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

• Is Dragon's Dogma 2 worth it if I already have the first one?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of September 15th⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of September 8th⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Continuing Trails, now at Cold Steel (started chapter 3) and it’s… bad? It feels like a huge drop in quality from the previous games. The dialogues feel too long and boring, the characters uninteresting and I’m not vibing with the school setting.

  Played a couple of hours of Atelier Ryza, which I had accidentally put on hold midway through, and felt lost and confused. I’m not sure if I should restart it or push through.

  Played Ys I and currently playing II. The first one was a fun simple adventure, the combat system is kinda weird, as you just run into enemies to damage them, but surprisingly satisfying. The bosses were more annoying than anything. The second one seems to have made the combat more interactive, as there’s magic now, and the first two bosses were fun to fight, but the maps are a bit too big and confusing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of September 1st⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Playing through the Trails series, just finished the Crossbell arc which was fantastic.

  Tried playing Tales of Arise, but I’m not really liking it. The combat seems fine for now, albeit a bit clunky, but the story started off really weak and after the first lord I’m not really interested. I got Vesperia too, so I might try that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can anyone suggest some good co-op games for two people?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A few I’ve played with a friend of mine: the We Were Here series, Portal 2, Monster Hunter World, Factorio and Deep Rock Galactic (which we both didn’t like, but it’s pretty popular)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of July 28th⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  hitman 3

  Forgot that came out, I should play it. Had a lot of fun with 1 and 2.

  This week I played around 12 hours of Bravely Default 2, but dropped it because the boss mechanics (counters) feel anti-fun and like they want a specific party composition, and it feels a bit too grindy for my taste.

  Continuing the Trails series with 3rd: it seems interesting, but I’m not sure I like how it’s structured, the gameplay feels too disconnected from the story.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of July 21st⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Last week I finished Trails in the Sky SC which was good, although I enjoyed FC’s story’s smaller scope more. Tried playing Sea of Stars, but I felt like the writing was so bad I couldn’t play more than like 3 hours. So I started and finished Chrono Trigger over the weekend which was great and I’m surprised it exists on SNES.

  Now playing Bravely Default II (just started) .

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It’s official: No Nintendo console has lasted as long as Switch without being replaced⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As soon as I got a Steam Deck I completely stopped buying Switch games (or playing on Switch in general). Most games are playable on both systems and the prices seem more or less the same (at lest for the ones I’m interested in), but the main advantage for me is being able to move save files between the deck and my PCs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I asked what your fave controllers are, now. What is the worst controller you have used?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I hate the Joycons so much. The clicky buttons are terrible, the split dpad sucks for games that use it for movement, the sticks aren’t great either for precision (ignoring the drift issues), and I find them painful to hold.