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- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November December 7th 23 hours ago:
Thanks. I do understand types (although can’t remember some combinations). I was trying to understand strategies to use when using a neutral or disadvantaged type (using buffs/debuff for example) but couldn’t find any (I don’t think I understand the combat system overall that much).
I’m currently just going through the story trying to make a more or less balanced team. I’m just past the electric gym.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November December 7th 3 days ago:
I’m playing Pokemon X on 3DS. I haven’t played much of the series, I’ve only finished Pearl on DS ages ago, but I’m having fun with this one. I’m a bit confused about the combat, I don’t really understand what options I have in battle or if the outcome is predetermined by the teams.
I’m trying the demo for Raidou. Seems like an interesting setting and the combat is pretty fun.
Re-subbed to FFXIV, I’m playing the post-Endwalker MSQ.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November 30th 1 week ago:
I couldn’t play much Sound Voltex as I didn’t have my controller with me and Demonschool, while fun, has been getting a little repetitive, so I went looking for other games.
I played 1000xRESIST during the weekend and loved it. I don’t know how to talk about it since it’s mostly story, so I’ll just say that I thought it was really well written.
Now a bit of a rant (or two): I played Ratatan and was really disappointed. I was looking forward to the game, since I fondly remember playing Patapon when I was younger, but this just isn’t good. I don’t think the roguelike/lite model fits the game (to be honest, I generally don’t like the genre and don’t understand how to have fun with it), especially how it’s implemented here: you always go through the same identical levels without any variety, fighting always the same boss at the end of each “world”. Combat against bosses is fine, but normal encounters feel entirely out of your control and just rely on stats. I know it’s an early access game, but I don’t expect these issues to be fixed, as they seem to be core to the design of the game.
Another game I played was Soulstice. This one was so average it kinda had me have a small existential crisis about how art and capitalism can’t really coexist. I heard that the story is good, although I didn’t get far enough to be able to judge it, and the core gameplay is fine but not particularly interesting, although ruined by a terrible fixed camera. I might be over thinking this, and it’s probably a bias of mine, but knowing who the developer is, I can’t help but feel like the game is more product than art. Overall the game feels soulless, it doesn’t have any original idea and what’s there is just bland. It gives me similar vibes to gacha games that uncreatively copy another game’s gameplay.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November 23rd 2 weeks ago:
I’ve restarted Yakuza Kiwami 2 after dropping it a few years ago, but neither the story/sidequests nor the gameplay don’t feel as good as 0 or Kiwami 1.
Demonschool released a few days ago, so I’ve been playing that. It’s pretty good, I was expecting more of an RPG but it’s actually more like a puzzle game. The writing is charming and the art looks great.
This week I’ve been mostly playing Sound Voltex tho, as I finally got the controller. It took me a while to get used to the actual layout, and I’m still having troubles understanding the lasers’ timing. It feels much more fun with the proper inputs. I’m currently trying level 13 songs and clearing them with a bit of trouble.
- Comment on Valve Reveals New Hardware Lineup: A Controller, Compact Gaming PC, and VR-Ready Headset 4 weeks ago:
Very interested in the controller, I might get it day one.
Kind of curious about the Frame. I’m not really convinced VR is going anywhere, but a fully wireless setup that can run PCVR games seems interesting, if it’s not ridiculously expensive like the Index. Also Valve contributing to FEX could be useful for playing games on those Android emulators like Retroid’s, AYN’s etc.
- Comment on Gamepad for Linux Gaming? 4 weeks ago:
I have an 8bitdo Ultimate 2 Bluetooth (so the switch version) and it works well. I had to add the line manually to the SDL DB, as I was using the beta firmware. Default firmware works out of the box.
I’d suggest the Ultimate 2 Wireless instead as it should have full SteamInput support.
I couldn’t get the customization and update app to work under wine. It’s not a huge issue, but if you want that functionality you need to boot into windows.
Xbox Series X controller works out of the box on USB. Haven’t tried Bluetooth, but I couldn’t get the proprietary wireless dongle to work (it should work with the xone driver)
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November 9th 4 weeks ago:
Mainly played Project Diva and a bit of Sound Voltex on keyboard while I’m waiting for my controller.
Was hoping to play Unbeatable but unfortunately it got delayed last minute. Ended up starting Harvestella.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of November 2nd 5 weeks ago:
I finished Resident Evil: Village. I was a bit skeptical at first since I don’t really care for the more action RE games from 4 onward, but I ended up really enjoying it.
Other than that, I’m playing Project Diva. I’m trying to get past 8* extremes but I’m struggling with reading, especially when chords appear.
I spent a lot of time trying to set up Sound Voltex with wine and could only get it to work in Bottles using wine-ge, as otherwise gstreamer wouldn’t load the proper codecs. I ended up getting a spare drive and installing windows on it which I’ll keep around for situations like these.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 19th 1 month ago:
Played Fatal Frame I was really enjoying it up until the third night, where there’s a huge difficulty spike and I fear I’m stuck there due to not having resources. I might restart it some other time, but I’ve decided to play something else.
So I played Still Wakes the Deep. I found it to be pretty mediocre: the story and acting were fine, but I couldn’t really connect to the characters. The gameplay is so scripted and simple the monster encounters had no tension as they were basically on rails. Doesn’t help that the monster design is forgettable and they mostly look like flesh blobs.
I’m currently playing Resident Evil Village and Project Diva.
- Comment on What is the most overrated game gamers hype up? 1 month ago:
My list would be too long, so I’ll just mention the most recent one: Expedition 33.
I think it has a fantastic intro and decent ending, but I found the story to be kinda weak and it lost me at the Gestral village, and never really recovered. I still finished it as I knew it was pretty short and I was hoping for it to get better.
The gameplay tho is what I really can’t tolerate. I think both dodge and parry are overpowered, as they completely negate damage, making the rpg part weaker - healing becomes useless, turn order is less significant, there’s less stats. It ends up encouraging you to build for damage, making everyone a glass cannon. This is made worse by the fact that the equipment is focused mostly on boosting damage (often with multiplicative effects).
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 12th 1 month ago:
Finished Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water. It was pretty decent, unfortunately not particularly scary. Most of the times it felt it was going more for ‘horny’ than ‘horror’.
Played a few rhythm games, mainly Arcaea and Spin Rhythm XD.
I really like Arcaea, I used to play it a lot years ago. I think the lasers are a pretty good way to feel the music. It can get really cramped on a phone tho.
On the other hand, Spin Rhythm has good ideas, but I really really don’t like the song selection. Out of the around 80 songs, I enjoyed only 3 or 4, among which only on I’d say I liked. The mapping is generally good and consistent, but the gameplay feels really simple and gimmicky. I haven’t tried many custom charts, but the ones I did try didn’t feel particularly good.
I tired the demo for Milion Depth because it looked nice and the premise was interesting, but I really can’t understand the appeal of roguelikes.
I also started Fatal Frame (the first Ps2 game). From the first two hours, I already like it more than Maiden of Black Water. The atmosphere feels scarier and the gameplay is closer to survival horror than action.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 5th 2 months ago:
Continuing Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, but mostly playing Ender Magnolia.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of September 28th 2 months ago:
I played a bit of Resonance of Fate, but after realizing how repetitive the combat is, I kinda dropped it. I’m probably a bit burnt out on JRPGs too.
I too am in the mood for horror, so I’m playing Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of September 21st 2 months ago:
Mostly played Resonance of Fate. The story is surprisingly slice-of-lifey and the character interactions are pretty charming. The gameplay tho is a bit dull. I’m 15 hours in and more or less have been repeating the same thing for each battle, so I’m not sure how long I’m gonna play.
Also just started Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August September 14th 2 months ago:
Finished Xenosaga Episode I. I enjoyed it, even if the combat started to grate on me towards the end.
Started Resonance of Fate. Combat and controls are a bit confusing, but it seems interesting. Unfortunately there’s a lot of annoying visual glitches when playing on my PC.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August September 7th 2 months ago:
I’ve been jumping a bit between games.
I tired playing again a bit of No Man’s Sky, because of the new update and expedition, but it didn’t keep my attention.
I mostly ended up playing Phantasy Star Online, but suddenly stopped when I noticed how repetitive it was (after around 30 hours of playtime) and started questioning the point of playing it (I wasn’t not having fun, but it did feel a bit empty), and couldn’t get back to it.
I was still looking for a similar Sci-Fi+Fantasy setting so i just started playing Xenosaga.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 31st 3 months ago:
Finished Persona 3 Reload. Overall it’s a good remake, although it’s not necessarily better than FES.
Started Xenoblade Chronicles 3. I don’t particularly like the combat system, I think the ones in the other games were more interesting, but I’m interested in the story.
Played Slay the Princess. I liked the idea and what it was trying to do, but never really vibed with it. Without spoilers, I have some issues with how you progress the game which made me feel detached from the characters.
Playing Citizen Sleeper. Haven’t finished it yet but I’m liking the stories.
Also playing a bit of Phantasy Star Online on the Ephinea server. Playing as HUnewearl, no idea what I’m doing but it’s fun.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 17th 3 months ago:
Finishing Persona 3 Reload. Story-wise it’s still my favourite among the (modern, at least) Persona games and I liked the new additional events. For the gameplay, I’m disappointed that it’s P5 system again and the new mechanics (theurgies) are overpowered. The game is a bit too easy, even on merciless.
Played a bit of Trails of Cold Steel III, but it feels more of the same of CS1. I’m considering dropping the series, as I can’t imagine it’s ever going back to Sky/Crossbell quality.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 10th 3 months ago:
Still playing Persona 3 Reload.
I also played Devotion. I’m not really used to horror so I struggled a bit starting it, but the story was good.
- Comment on What are your experiences using Linux for gaming? 4 months ago:
Ok thanks. I’m on AMD so I hope it’s not a problem.
- Comment on What are your experiences using Linux for gaming? 4 months ago:
I generally hear about better performance on linux due the os being lighter, except for issues with dx12 on nvidia. Is that what you are referring to?
- Comment on What are your experiences using Linux for gaming? 4 months ago:
Thanks. I didn’t know about Bottles, that seems useful (mostly for non game software I guess).
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- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 3rd 4 months ago:
Finished Final Fantasy XVI. I liked the story. The gameplay tho was serviceable at best and started getting really boring for the last 20 hours.
Started Persona 3 Reload. Played FES a few years ago and loved it. I like the new additions like Linked Episodes and the fully voiced Social Links. I kinda wish the combat kept the “tactics” from the PS2 games, but instead it’s just P5’s with a few things from SMTV. Also some of the cutscenes are a downgrade from the original, as I think they based them on the Portable version.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of July 13th 4 months ago:
Finished Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and found it really disappointing.
I did like the idea of the whole story, but overall I didn’t really care about anything. The prologue and the initial parts of act 1 where really strong, but after a while it wasn’t really doing it for me. It picks back up right at the end, but the events there feel rushed, and while I do like where it goes, it didn’t really vibe with me.
The combat on the other hand is a mess. The real time defensive actions are overpowered, as they completely prevent damage, so the only meaningful stats and equipment become the ones that increase the damage you deal. Before the end of act 1, I reached the damage cap on and very quickly after that I reached it on multi hit moves. The enemies also follow the nonsensical animation design of Elden Ring where they twitch and feint, trying to get you to react earlier, which I just don’t find fun.
Music was great tho, and I like the aesthetic even if after a while the environments got samey.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of July 7th 5 months ago:
I’m occasionally playing Fantasy Life i, but mostly played Xenoblade Chronicles 2’s DLC. I think I liked it more than the original game, although it could not exist without it.
I started Claire Obscur: Expedition 33. I really like the setting, presentation and aesthetics. I’m not entirely sold on the real-time defensive mechanics in combat, I think they remove more than they add, but I do really like how each character has their own unique gimmick, which is something that’s sorely lacking in JRPGs.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of June 29th 5 months ago:
Finished playing the Futures Connected extra story of Xenoblade Chronicles. It was OK as a short epilogue, but I wish the story explored more of
spoiler
Fiora’s situation instead.
I’ve started the Torna DLC for Xenoblade Chronicles 2. I’m not sure sure if I wanna play it right now as it looks really bad in handheld, especially on Switch 2, where there’s both the bad resolution (I think it’s like 540p or less?) and the colors are fucked. I might wait a bit hoping a patch is released.
I’ve also started Fantasy Life i. It’s pretty fun, it kinda reminds me of FFXIV with how the job system works. I do wish there was a bit more complexity in crafting, but it’s still fun and there seems to be a lot to do.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of June 22nd 5 months ago:
That’s true! I hadn’t though about it, but it does feel a lot like when I tried optimising City Escape in Generations. Probably even faster paced since, you rarely need to slow down when driving.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of June 22nd 5 months ago:
Finished Xenoblade Chronicles, I’m playing the extra story now. I enjoyed it this time around. It’s nowhere close to a masterpiece, but the setting is pretty unique.
Playing a bit of Mario Kart World. The new systems (rails, wall riding) seem fun, but I’m not a fan of the constant straight roads. Grand Prix is not great and Knockout Tour is fun but is starting to get stale. The most fun I’m having is in Time Trial, as it seems like the best way to play with the new mechanics.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of June 15th 5 months ago:
I’m playing Xenoblade Chronicles. I started it years ago and dropped because I was disappointed by the writing. Now I’ve been playing the other games in the series and gave it another shot. I am enjoying it now - the combat is more interesting than the one in 2 or X and the world is fun to explore. I do still find the characters a bit shallow tho and the story fails to create mysteries, as it spoils them immediately in an attempt to do foreshadowing.