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- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 26th 5 days ago:
I’ve been playing Fire Emblem Awakening. I had the dumb idea of playing hard/classic for the first time (having also not played much FE before), so a few of the last chapters have been a bit too challenging: I got stuck on chapter 17 for a couple of days. It’s been enjoyable, I think I’m near the end (chapter 21).
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth came out on PC, so I played that for most of the weekend, and I’m rather disappointed with a couple of things: the open world in the first area is the usual dull ubisoft-like checklist of chores. Luckily it doesn’t take too much to get past it, but then there’s my other complaint: the pacing and tone of the story feel off. There’s been a few too many breaks which IMO ruined the momentum. I’m now at Costa del Sol, and I’m already tired of the minigames.
Initially I had planned on playing Emio, since I played the demo and liked it, but the copy I ordered got delayed, the lost, so I’m gonna get it some other time.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of January 5th 3 weeks ago:
Happy new year!
This week I finished the Endwalker MSQ in ffxiv, which I loved. I’m now taking a break before going into the post ew patch quests to complete most raids which I slipped and a few other quests, while leveling white mage.
Played a bit more of Guild Wars 2 with a friend, but continuing only confirmed our negative first impressions, so we dropped it a bit after the first set of story missions.
For non videogames: we also continued our dnd campaign and played call of cthulhu’s Lightless Beacon
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of December 29th 4 weeks ago:
Finally actually started Endwalker in FFXIV and I’m enjoying it.
Tried Outward with a friend. We liked the initial quest, but we didn’t enjoy the game after that and didn’t feel like continuing it. We are trying Guild Wars 2 now, and it’s enjoyable enough, but I’m a bit confused on what to do and why do it.
We also have been playing Rabbit and Steel.
- Comment on Looking for coop RPGs 5 weeks ago:
Outward
Outward looks interesting. I’m not completely sold on it because of the open-endedness, but we might try it as it’s cheap.
- Comment on Looking for coop RPGs 5 weeks ago:
We did try BG3 when it came out, but were disappointed in how the coop interacted with dialogues and story events so we ended up dropping it. I kept playing it alone up to the start of act 2, but didn’t enjoy it so we never tried coop again. We are playing an actual DnD campaign tho.
I haven’t played PoE, but one issue I have with coop in action RPGs is that everyone is mostly doing their own thing independently of the other players and the classes are all damage dealers (which, side note, I feel like is the same in BG3 and DnD too). Does PoE have any options to play support roles? It does look fun tho so I might still try it, even if it’s not exactly what I’m looking for.
- Comment on Looking for coop RPGs 5 weeks ago:
I was actually playing it and had no idea it was playable in coop. Depending on how well remote play works it could be a good choice. Thanks.
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- Comment on What is your Game of the Year? 1 month 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 1 month 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 month 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 month 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 1 month 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? 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 months 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 2 months 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 months 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 3 months 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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.