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The Chatterbox => Gaming => Topic started by: vladgd on January 08, 2020, 11:48:45 PM
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1. Dragon Warrior 2 (gbc)
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Remember that time back in April where I beat Dragon Warrior, well there was two games on this gbc cart, and that meant only 1 of the two were completed. Can't have that now can we, new year, new list.
Not a bad game, but also from what im reading, one of the least enjoyed dragon quest games. Most of my enjoyment comes from seeing it as a history piece more than anything, the game was made in 87 after all(year older than me!). Have an actual party unlike the first game, but levels are permanently off throughout the entire game, the princess for example was almost 10 levels lower than the main character by endgame. Albeit I think they knew this and while levels were off, they felt more or less balanced with eachother.
I ain't gonna nitpick the game to death, it is pretty flawed, but taking it for what it is, a very very old jrpg, it's worth checking out. If you had to play one out of the two though, i'd recommend the first one. It may not be as flashy or have much substance to it, but it's simple, short, and not too hard, easy to blow through in a few sessions. 2 on the other hand requires quite a lot of grinding to get through, and probably a few various maps and guides just to make heads or tales of where to go.
Since I do want to beat...all...of the dragon quest games, this was necessary in order to unlock the privlidge of playing the game I've been wanting to play since damn near middle school, dragon warrior 3 on the gbc. I finally aquired a copy used game hunting a few months ago, and now that I beat 2, 3 is on the table...for another time...have another game in mind for the next romp.
Hopefully I can finish #2 before the end of the month, as it marks warcraft 3 reforged, one of the best games ever, and one...I haven't beat!
Before I end this post, I was playing around with the idea of having a "bounty" list or a "priority games" list, backlogged games that I've put a little too much time and or thought into over the years that just gotta get completed. Not sure I want to bloat this thread with MODERATE SIZED LIST OF VIDYA every other post, or just have a link somewhere where I can keep track of it. Since I have no plan, I'll just list a few off the top of my head, shrink the text to keep it clean, and add to it as more games come to mind while thinking of a better way to place/format it. And the list doesn't really have an effect on what I'll do next, since that's just 100% based on what I want to play at that particular time, more of a goal with no time limit.
-final fantasy x-2
-zelda majoras mask
-tomba!
-banjo tooie
-metal gear solid 5
-brave fencer musashi
-star fox adventures
Another year another list, hello 2020!
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2. Nier Automata
Heard nothing but good things, two friends called it their goty of said year, I really like bayonetta and it's from the same people with similar looking combat, really wanted to play the game...
Didn't like it at all, couldn't make it to 6 hours played without throwing in the towel. Besides the interesting story/characters, I think the game is outright bad, and I can't understand how it's so critically praised. I may slog through it in the future, because I really do WANT to like the game, but it's just too damn tedious/boring to play. More annoyed I wasted $30 on the game than anything.
2. Dragon Quest Builders 2
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I'm not a minecraft guy, I'm not one that plays those endless building games that don't end, but while this game can be that, for the most part, it isn't.
It's a game with a beginning, and an end(with a postgame where you can endless build with objectives and whatnot if you so choose), with a story and characters, it's a legit dragon quest spinoff game.
Funny I just beat Dragon Quest 2, and come into this because it may not say, but this game is a psuedo sequel to that game. Many many MANY references to dq2, like the main antagonist to random items, characters, the bullshit hard cave at the end of dq2 being described as "it may be called this, but most people just call it hell".
It's really damn good and I couldn't put it down till I seen credits. If mass effect andromeda is game pacing gone wrong, this game always keeps you engaged with something to do for the entire length of the game, of which it is pretty long.
I ain't doing postgame endless building since I aint into that, but I had a blast playing through the story from start to finish.
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3. SteamWorld Dig
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Umm, I really didn't expect to post so soon...
This game has been something I wanted to play for a while. I think I tried it out last year on pc? But I really couldnt into keyboard controls, and I couldn't get a pad working, so I gave up.
Then I picked it up on a switch sale recently for super cheap, and now that I finished builders, decided to give it a romp...under 5 hours later, I beat it. Short game.
I had been thinking of a game called miner dig deep (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGmPytCwF4g), which this game is kinda similar too, albeit with actual combat and more "metroidey" vibes. But it's a fun little game that doesn't overstay it's welcome, although the last level is a bit tedious, overall it's a good time. Might snag the sequel when the Easter sales hit.
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2. Nier Automata
Heard nothing but good things, two friends called it their goty of said year, I really like bayonetta and it's from the same people with similar looking combat, really wanted to play the game...
Didn't like it at all, couldn't make it to 6 hours played without throwing in the towel. Besides the interesting story/characters, I think the game is outright bad, and I can't understand how it's so critically praised.
Curious, as I actually enjoyed N:A's gameplay. The combat certainly wasn't as intricate as Bayonetta but it felt solid enough.
What issues did you have with it?
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A few things. Feel free to step in if im taking something minor as a dealbreaker.
"this game contains NO AUTOSAVES THIS IS A FEATURE!"
yeah just fuck that in a game where enemies can one shot me. It isn't cute, I don't care if it's tied in to the story, it's horseshit. It's 2020, I don't like redoing shit because of a cheap death. I'm sure defenders of the game wanna know "where are you getting one shot? I NEVER HAD THAT ISSUE" well, i do, and various enemies in the sidequests are outright deadly, what's it those axe guys one shot me. I understand dodging and whatnot, but I make a mistake here and there, and going back to my last manual save, it's shitty, it feels shitty, and It makes me want to play something else, So I did.
The "open world" lacks direction, feels empty, I feel obligated to do the sidequests so I'm not underleveled (and in the short time I played, I was underleveled after doing a main quest or two), but they're not fun at all to play. I would have more fun if the open world didn't exist, and it played in a series of levels.
Main thing, I want to beat the game and move on, but this is a game where you gotta beat it THREE FUCKIN TIMES.
yeah, that's a big fat no, and disrespectful to the players time honestly. I wouldn't have quit if I knew I could get to the end and be done with it, but not only does getting to the end only get me 1/3 of the way there, I won't be playing 2b which was a real factor in my purchase because...yknow...look at her...shut up I do what I want, I WANTED TO PLAY AS HOT ROBO WAIFU WHOM IVE SEEN ALL THE ARTS AND COSPLAYS FOR IM AN ADULT I MAKE MY OWN CHOICES
Mostly feeling frustrated, confused, and bored at the same time, with the knowledge I need to beat the game 3 times, and 2 of those times I'm not even the character I bought the game to play as...it was too much for me. AND AND AND AND I REALLY WANTED TO LIKE THE GAME, it's not like I went into the game like whatever, I wanted to like it, so when I was disappointed, it hit harder than if I didn't really care in the first place.
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Yeah, I'm not sure anything I say will change your mind. It kind of sounds like the core mechanics and questing system just rub you the wrong way.
I'm admittedly kind of in the "I NEVER HAD THAT ISSUE" camp, but I can see how that would be an issue in some of those early parts. You're pretty weak at that point and the game doesn't have any qualms about telling you that.
Some of the sidequests are pretty ass. I generally just picked and chose which ones to do based on how much I connected with the characters that were involved and exactly what you had to do. I'd say I did maybe 60-70% of them.
Parts of the open-ish world get more interesting as time goes on, but I'd say they could have easily halved the size of certain parts and ended up getting the same effect. The city felt alright to me, probably because it was clearly one of the main focal points, but the large desert area just felt like a large expanse of nothingness.
You only actually have to beat the game twice, and the story gets expanded when you run through it with 9S. His hacking attack is also OP as shit, which makes things move along much faster. Definitely not ideal, and I wish they would have implemented it in a different way, but it only took me about half the time to get through it.
After that second playthrough, shit seriously goes down. The third playthrough is absolutely nothing like the first two, and that's when the game really gets serious. You do have to get three endings during the third loop, but the path splits so close to the end that you only have to replay the last little bit.
I know this won't fix all of your gripes, but have you tried turning the difficulty down to easy? The decreased damage and the ability to use auto chips should allow you to focus more on the story rather than grinding through the game and dealing with the combat.
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I can understand a lot of the frustration. I've had a few quick deaths from enemies who were stronger than I expected but overall once I got a feel for the combat it took a lot for something to kill me. That said some enemies can be a fucking SLOG.
I agree the desert is dumb. And I personally dont enjoy the hacking minigame, which kinda sucks because of how OP it is. Haven't finished the 9s playthrough but I really liked the game.
And the music might be the best vgm I've heard from a game this... I guess last decade now.
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I think I'll just stick er on easy and "play for the story" because the game itself just ain't fun to me...kinda like the first nier that nobody played. Got bogged down in boring sidequests and dropped off. Not going to be something I focus on, but I'll try picking at it a few hours at a time. Just met A2, however not far at all that is.
For things I actually want to play, im torn between a lot. SMT digital devil saga, SMT devil survivor, starfox adventures, mario rabbids, (warcraft 3 is out in a few days dropping everything for that), more dragon quest stuff. IUNNO MEIGN.
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And the music might be the best vgm I've heard from a game this... I guess last decade now.
yussssss. I honestly can't get over how good the soundtrack is. Weight of the World (The End of Yorha) brings me close to tearing up every time I listen to it.
kinda like the first nier that nobody played
I ended up drunk buying Nier Gestalt for the Xbox 360 at one point. I'm going to have to play it one of these days.
starfox adventures
It's been a while since I played it (read: I was in high school) but I remember actually enjoying this for the most part. I wouldn't say it was GOTY material, but with the way some fans reacted to it you'd think it was worse than Big Rigs.
I hate that "it's different so it sucks" mentality. It's fine to be skeptical, but c'mon now.
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It's been a while since I played it (read: I was in high school) but I remember actually enjoying this for the most part. I wouldn't say it was GOTY material, but with the way some fans reacted to it you'd think it was worse than Big Rigs.
I hate that "it's different so it sucks" mentality. It's fine to be skeptical, but c'mon now.
I wouldn't entirely agree. If it was a bad starfox game, sure, I agree. But it's not a bad starfox game, it's a solid zelda game. So if you're a starfox fan, jonsing for a new starfox game, and you receive a zelda game, regardless how good, you're probably going to be disappointed. Starfox Adventures, ignoring the title, is NOT a starfox game, it's a zelda game with a starfox skin, and a decent one at that. Not a game I would recommend for a starfox fan, who may not enjoy zelda games. Not it sucks for being different, it sucks because its straight up not a starfox game.
I have this very same opinion of banjo kazooie nuts and bolts. It's one of my favorite platformer series (I enjoy it over mario), and when the new one was announced for 360 I was hype...till I found out it was a lego car maker game with every single mission being timed and an overworld that didn't really have anything in it.
The game itself could be a goty quality game, but it wasn't a banjo game, and for a fan who waited over a decade for some new banjo...yknow It could be the best game ever and I'd still hate it. Because I do hate it.
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Sure, but scoring a good Zelda game with a Star Fox theme a 1/10 and screaming about it being the worst game ever is doing everyone a disservice, and disappointments like that can typically be avoided by checking the back of the box or reading/watching preview coverage. I mean, I don't recall seeing anyone trash Monster Hunter Stories because it's a JRPG.
And just to make things clear, I'm not talking about people just being disappointed. I get it. It's the first Star Fox game on the GameCube and it's nothing like Star Fox or Star Fox 64. I'm talking about people being so angry that Nintendo/Rare dared develop a spinoff title that they'd review bomb it and bash anyone who did happen to like it. I remember that sort of thing being rampant when that game came out despite it being a solid game in its own right.
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Sure it's immature, but like if you finally get a sequel in a beloved franchise you've been waiting forever to get, only to have it not be what you want...it's justified to be pissed and act like a little baby imo. The banjo kazooie "dlc character for smash" to me felt like nintendo came to my house, shit on my floor, and spit on my face. I get it, we're not getting another banjo game, but at least keep em dead ffs, stop teasing.
Anyways, why im here because I stopped playing wow for a second or two and sunk 50 hours into game #4
4. Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga
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After being disappointed by strange journey (gameplay wise, universe was cool af), smt4, and 4a, I can say this game is awesome. It is a spinoff game, and thus the gimmick with this one is there really isn't one. Take the smt formula of 1mc, and 3 demons, which recruitment and fusion and stuff takes place. Replace it with a more standard 3 man party, no demons (BECAUSE YOU ARE THE DEMONS DUN DUN DNNNNNN), a psuedo sphere grid style skill system (with standard leveling and stats ontop of that), and purgatory as the setting, and you got a pretty cool ass game. Difficulty starts off hard, and the game can just shin megami tensei kill you before you have the opportunity to take an action...but near the later half of the game as you attain abilities that are broke as all shit, you kinda feel like your cheating. Like hear this, all of my party is immune to physical attacks, ALL elemental magic, ailments, and instant death abilities...so unless it's an almighty based attack, I ain't taking no damage, and they're losing pressturns. Now that takes a shitton of grinding...mightof put 15 hours of my 50 hour playthrough just grinding money to get everything, but that isn't mandatory, and I just wanted the broke shit, and it's there. But I beat all of the optional bosses sans the ng+ only demifiend (whom I hear is hard as fuck regardless of being immune to everything sans almighty, level 99, 99 in all stats, 999 health and mana....so I might just pass).
Great gameplay, kinda meh story (but thats kinda all megaten, i think setting > story in these games), really interesting setting/tone, good shit.
Now since this is a duology, of dds 1, AND dds 2, AND I happen to have a physical copy of both sitting on my mantle...the question is to boot that up, or play something else and save it for another month.
Hey I finally beat something! YAY!
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So I
quit stopped playing WoW because with finite time, and a billion games I wanna play, multiplayer games just gotta go. Great time with it, might be back to dabble, but I am behind schedule. Almost an entire month since the last post, no can do!
5. Advance Wars Days of Ruin
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I ended up picking dual strike and days of ruin on the same day while used game shopping. Decided upon the one I wanted to play the least out of the two first, for the "newest" game in the series, graphically, I think its the worst looking advance wars game. The music is also super edgy guitar stuff for the most part, and....I ain't a fan...
AND they nerfed the commanders to shit, no more is the armywide passive effects, now all units across the board are the same. You have to put a commander into a unit, and it has a small radius of which units in that radius gain the passive effect, and if that unit lives long enough you can use your commander power thing.
Music, graphics, gameplay mechanics, and setting, just no, no, no, no, and no.
Then "cough" well I played the game "cough"
It ain't advance wars 2, but it's pretty damn good. I thought the bike infantry would be overpowered as shit, because why build a regular one if you can have one on a bike that goes twice as far? But they follow the same rules as any other vehicle. So roads? GREAT! mountains? NO BUENO! The naval game was overhauled so it feels a bit more balanced/interesting. The new units added a subtle but positive feel to the gameplay, in advance wars 2 if your opponent had a neotank, you basically just let it murder your units unless you have some artillery or something. In days of ruin, they have an "anti tank" unit, which does just that, but it ain't broke because infantry and indirects can counter it. Only hole in the game is there's 3 tiers of tank, tank, md tank, and wartank. In the first 2 games, I made a lot of use out of both the tank and the md tank, and for whatever reason in this game...I may not have made even one single tank or md tank after I got access to the wartank. If I'm fighting infantry, I make an anti air to kill it. If I am fighting tanks, I have a combo of one anti tank guarding rockets/artillery. If I just need raw meat for the grinder, I just make 20,000,000 mech infantry. Maybe they'll be more useful in the optional maps (of which there are many), but with how I play the game, never found a use for normal tanks unless they were a predeployed unit.
Pretty challenging game overall, gets pretty nasty near the end...."cough" FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ocg1084FUI)"cough", but when actually winning a mission where they give you two stones and a leaf to fight the entire united states armed forces, it feels good.
Damn shame they killed off the series, having beaten 3/4 of them, it's threatening to surpass xcom for being my favorite turn based strategy series...
RECOMMENDING THIS ONE, but if you have a choice, play the first two first.
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Barely churning out one a month, man does life pass by fast.
6. XCOM Chimera Squad
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Not going to sugar coat it, this game would be a good deal at $60. It would be a great deal at $40. I PAYED $10, and had a fantastic 28 hours playing through this game. If you like xcom, and you aren't a bitch elitist snob (as most of the internet bitching about this game for the fact of it's a spinoff and not a main series game), you will have a lot of fun playing this game. I can't even believe they launched this game on sale for $10, since the normal price is ONLY $20. I can't even sympathise to the hordes of complainers, it's a legit fun, good, faithful, fairly meaty xcom spinoff game.
PLAY IT!
NEXT!
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Brainstorming what to play next, may have to translate this to get past my kindergarten quality handwriting.
All games minus front mission 3, and resident evil 3, I have played to a minor or major extent in the past.
-Shin Megami Tensei Digital Devil Saga 2
-Brave Fencer Musashi
-Resident evil...0,1,2,3,4
-Advance Wars Dual Strike
-Mario + Rabids
-Metroid Prime 2
-Death Stranding
-Warcraft 3
-Splinter Cell
-Silent hill 3 (and 1 and 2 I guess)
-Dark cloud 2
-Metal gear solid 5
-Front mission 3
-Fear Effect 2
-Armored Cor4e
-Tomba!
Think I'll figure out a place to deposit games on the "to do" list, and also I got a fuck it I quit list which I started at the bottom...
Abandoned games, not worth my time
-Final Fantasy X-2
-Nier Automata
-Final Fantasy 2
Probably a good idea to have somewhere to keep track of shit I want to finish, as well as games I tried but ultimately aren't worth my time to finish. Can't enjoy everything.
Currently inbetween games, and I can easily make that list over 100 games long, but keeping to things on my mind, it's good enough for now. Dark Souls III is another game, but for example, I know I aint ready right now to boot it up, play it, and beat it, even though I loved the first one, finished it, and HAVE A COPY OF III IN SHRINK WRAP ON A SHELF IN MY HOUSE, currently do not want to invest energy into playing that game. Hard part about starting a new game is being in the right mood for the right game, and sometimes I'll go weeks without playing anything.
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7. Fallout New Vegas
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Well..this came out of nowhere. Was going to play planescape torment, got too drunk, decided to play this instead...
GOOD GAME BAD BUGS
Before the last few story missions I would have put this above fallout 4, after...It is my least favorite fallout game. Yknow one good way to remove power fantasy in a videogame? CONSTANTLY HAVE AREAS THAT TAKE ALL YOUR GEAR! Now you can just tell people to fuck off and slaughter entire casinos, which I DID...then you get to higher tier people like brotherhood and with savescumming, I just wasn't powerful enough to rambo that many people. Iunno, I think the game has more and better content than 4, but 4 lacked bugs to piss me off to the extent that new vegas did. Fiddley quests failing you for no reason, playing the game normally pisses off other factions, and when they attack you in a town...the guards don't help you, and when you retaliate, the guards kill you...come the fuck on even morrowind had that shit in check.
Fallout 1 > 3 > 4 > NV (haven't finished 2)
Kinda feel annoyed having finished it but its done.
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New Vegas could have been so much better if Obsidian actually had more time. They were super rushed with something like 9 months to create the game, which unfortunately lead to a bunch of bugs and cut content. I'd still put NV above 3 and 4 personally thanks to the interesting story lines, different ways to complete quests, and the overall setting and such.
That said, the game has some very rough points that I don't fault you for having issues with.
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I think if I had put more time into the game I'd probably put it higher, but I honestly bee lined the main quest in...2 days...and anything that got in my way of finishing the game got way more annoying than it would have if I was playing normally.
That said, I still think I'd prefer fallout 3 because of the leveling system. One perk per level > every other level, and my playstyle was supported in 3, and not new vegas. In 3 I had a stealth guns build with heavy emphasis on explosives and VATS. Less skill points/perks in NV just made me rambo shotguns, which is fine, but I really like stealth in bethesda open world games, and in fallout 3 I whored VATS like a mofo, seems less good in NV.
Reading online I see a lot of people calling NV their favorite fallout game, and I can see where they'd come from even if I do not agree for myself. I really liked fallout 3, but I only put 40 or so hours into it, and I hated oblivion and I put over 90 hours into that, so while I like fallout, I VASTLY prefer a real elder scrolls game.
Not even getting into Fallout 1, which is fantastic, and has a legitimately creepy atmosphere that I still remember today. And for fallout 4...fantastic gameplay, THE BEST BETHESDA GAME LEVELING SYSTEM EVER...and THE WORST BETHESTA GAME OPEN WORLD EVER, and with jack shit to do after the main story and like one populated city in the game, I do not think too highly of the game even if the gameplay and leveling system are pretty great.
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I think NV would have been my favorite Fallout game if Bethesda didn't give Obsidian the shaft. :< I have a really hard time looking past the bugs and overall clunkiness of it, so classic Fallout is still my favorite Fallout.
I don't know if Obsidian were just routinely handed the short end of the stick (also see: KOTOR 2) or if they were just overly keen to accept large projects with tight deadlines, but yikes.
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8. Phantasy Star (Sega Ages)
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Always wanted to try out the Phantasy Star series (online doesn't count, totally different games), and with this iteration existing, I figured it would be the best starting point.
Same opinion of dragon quest 2 applies...while this version has less random encounters, more money/exp per encounter, and "gasp" DUNGEON MAPS!? It's still a very...very...very...OLD game. If you hate yourself, you could play without a FAQ, but I don't, so, that's the way to go. Other than random trial and error and getting lost, idk how you get through the damn game without a guide.
That said, it's not exactly a fantastic game, however, from a historical sense, it's a cool game to experience. Has this medieval meets future vibe with swords and guns, but also spaceships and hovercraft, feels pretty original for its time. It's pretty cheap on switch eshop, if you've got the patience for a game older than I am (32 years young), it's not too bad to play through with an FAQ...and maybe a few maps...
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*. Persona 4 Golden (steam)
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Doesn't count as ninth game because I beat the original non golden edition on ps2 already a few years ago. I pretty much put it on very easy(I'm not going to say golden, but original persona 4 was HARD AS FUK, and people laugh at me for that. I legit had an easier time completing smt nocturne than vanilla persona 4), and fast forwarded through most of the scenes I've seen before stopping to watch the new stuff golden added. The instant I heard this game dropped on steam it was an autobuy, and when I seen it was only $20, I was buying it regardless, but now I can bug people to buy it because its only $20. Original game took me 102 hours to complete far as I remember, going as fast as I can speeding through everything, on the most easiest of difficulties took me...47 hours...to finish, this game is by no means short, you get your dollar per hour out of this fucker. AFIAK THE GAME IS DOING WELL AND BROKE SOME RECORD OF MOST PEOPLE PLAYING A JRPG ON STEAM AT ONE TIME SO ATLUS PORT MORE STUFF TO PC I WILL BUY ALL OFITplz
AND WITH GOLDEN THERES AN EPILOGUE WHICH HIT ME IN ALL THE FEELS FUKKKKkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk talk about wrapping up a massive long huge rpg game with an ending you can feel good about.
10/10 game, 10/10 port, buy it. I spent damn near 50 hours beating a game that doesn't even count on this list, its very much worth playing for any jrpg fan.
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9. Advance Wars Dual Strike
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Funny I did days of ruin first because I hated the aesthetics. This game has the best audio/visual of the entire series...and yet it's the worst game out of the lot of them. Very very gimmicky with the DUAL SCREENS OMG ITS THE NINTENDO DEE ESS GOTTA GIMMICKS!
Selecting anywhere between 4 and 6 CO's, and having to equip skills on all of them, as apart from the series norm of picking 1 guy, and not having any persistent skills to worry about...ehh, no. And there's just some bullshit overpowered stuff, on your end, and the enemy end. Like it when the enemy gets two turns in one turn? NOBODY DOES, the fuck thought it was a good idea. Despite that, it's probably one of the easier of the 4 games? So I can't complain too much about how bullshit two turns in a row is.
I could rant about how all of the other games are better, but at the end of the day, its an advance wars game, and thus, it's still a good game. Worth playing if you have access to it, I found a loose copy for a reasonable price...but I did recently get a "cough" r4 "cough" due to how much of a robbery the ds dragon quests are, so you could do that too...besides that...this marks the last advance wars game...so I beat em all! If you don't count famicom wars, super famicom wars, and the gameboy wars series...which I don't since those are all nip only and serve more as proto advance wars games in my opinion.
One left!
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I got 3 months to beat 1 game...motivation has been kinda shot due to life circumstances earlier in the year, so been playing other stuff.
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Took me like 3 weeks to get the motivation to play this thing after I randomly impulse bought it, but the internet wasn't wrong, game is crack.
FACTORIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooo
(now to find a few people to play multiplayer with)
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Yeah, Factorio is pretty much incredible. Just wait until you get to logistics networks! *drools* Its mod support is pretty badass, too, but I'd suggest going through the tech tree normally before you dive into that too much.
If you're looking for something with a bit more verticality, Satisfactory is a pretty fun time as well.
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10. Cyberpunk 2077
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I have done every mission in the game minus the boxing in pacifica because the hardest goddamn thing in the game which was the "final boxing match" apparently wasn't enough boxing, so I just skipped it. Crit chance is with only 3 reflexes by the way, very hard mode turned very easy after I started going ham on legendary mods.
This game was gonna come second place to a game I played earlier this year, but after finishing it...I can't. Ignoring everything negative people who aren't even playing this game are saying about it, this game is nothing short of phenomenal. It ain't perfect, but god damn this game got me in the feels so hard.
I can't even sugar coat it, the time I just had is amongst the most enjoyment I've had playing a videogame. YMMV, but put graphics, characters, story, amazing gameplay, and my ability to use videogames as escapism and actually be there, sad to see it end. Game has multiple endings, and I don't know if there is a "good ending" but god damn I feel like when I beat Red Dead Redemption(no similarities to said ending, just one that tugs at the feels), just bummed. It's a fuckin climax alright, and my emotions going with it.
This game has exceeded my expectations. Bravo.
"cough" short game my ass, maybe don't skip 90% of the content you idiot reddit fucks "cough"
That's 10 games in 2020, barely. I think for real this time, due to pandemic, personal life situation, and all of that, I will not be gunning for 10 next year. Just a new thread with whatever new shit im beating with no numerical goal. Maybe one more update to this thread to do a year end recap closer to new years.
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was slightly tipsy posting that, but the way I feel still stands, game is not without faults, so I suppose I can list some of them.
-While game is very stable, haven't had a single crash, game has semi frequent smaller bugs. Most of them are try to enter a door and the prompt wont show up unless I reload. Actually a lot of issues where I can't progress or an event won't trigger without a reload, or in some cases restarting the game.
-the boxing missions are horrible. LETS JUST ASSUME YOU DONT HAVE ANY POINTS INTO BODY, and no perks into hand to hand, you're gonna have a bad time. Even if you do play well, you won't have the stamina to evade the two punches they need to land on you to end you, compared to the 60-70 punches you need to land on them to end them, this is with buying the gorilla arms cyberware and having points into body...it'll take even more work without.
-the story, while REALLY REALLY GOOD, the pacing makes you feel forced to do the next one, and if you do, I can see why people say the game is very short because off the top of my head there's like...prologue, mission, mission, end of act 1, then like 4-5 missions, and point of no return after that. Maybe some LIGHT side mission gating or level gating would have helped this somewhat? The content was good, the method in which it was served could have been modified to feel less urgent or something to encourage going off the beaten path.
-explosions
-no, seriously, explosions. I save every 40 seconds and loading a save takes like 9 seconds, so it's not that bad, but if you kill a guy and you're next to an explosive container...you're gonna reload when another enemy shoots that thing. It feels like explosions just outright kill you most of the time, and it's the biggest cause of my own demise.
-extremely inconsistent fall damage. I have fallen 20 feet and taken no fall damage, and I have fallen 2 feet and died from 100% health to 0. EVERY TIME I make a drop from ANY height, I quicksave.
-buying weapons/armor/cyberware/blueprints. Each store has a random stock, but each store also carries certain things. No stores are labeled, only "clothes store here, gun store here" so unless you google it or memorize it, you aren't going to find specific stock on your own. On top of that, the later half of the game I used only one single gun, the db-2 satara. This gun is the only tech shotgun in the game, the highest blueprint available is rare (blue), and the highest dropped is epic (purple), there is no epic blueprint, no legendary blueprint, or legendary drop for this gun. The gun exists in the game files, it's just not accessible in normal play. Ontop of that, the epic version has a "50% reduced charge time" modifier on it, but MOST of the epic ones I find that drop (and they are far from easy to find even one) don't even have that important mod on it. So you have a weapon you get at say level 27, and use it to 50...it costs more and more to upgrade the same gun, than it does to find one that's 10 levels higher and to upgrade it from there, and I can't craft one, so I'm left to burn all of my crafting mats on the only means I use to shoot gun. Feels a bit unfair to tech shotgun users to me. The shopping issue I can see being fixed in future dlc however, and the shotgun issue I can see being fixed after the major bugs are ironed out, but the game is complete for me, so I went without it.
-maybe more of an emphasis on how to level certain less obvious skills, even just a mouse over "gaining engineering exp can be done by disabling cameras/mines, shooting people through walls with charged tech weapons, and using grenades" would have saved me a lot of time, since I thought killing enemies with a tech weapon was enough, as it actually awards 0 exp on its own.
-this is merely personal preference, but I would prefer the game to continue AFTER the climax of the game, and not just have a state of "point of no return after this one bud, but you can reload here to play our future dlc even though you will soon know the conclusion of the characters kinda spoiling the point of going back to do more stuff" The witcher 3 did this, and maybe I was hoping they wouldn't dive into that jar a second time, but they did. Again, maybe dlc can...modify things somewhat? They really shouldn't though, what's done is done, and lightning the emotional blow would only dampen the experience they originally created.
-there is a bug which prevents you from firing your gun...this has happened to me 3-4 times. a simple load fixes this, but still an annoyance.
-explosions yet again
Those are the bigger issues I had with the game. Driving was decent enough for me, the motorcycle I drove most of the game handled fine. The combat music would drone on a bit louder/longer than I want, but that's a nitpick. No transmog, or a way to just browse clothes I want is another one. Limited clothing options is another, many many npc's have cool gear that is just unavailable to the player, but again, a nitpick in a FIRST PERSON perspective game. Police suck in general, but it's not grand theft auto, so i'll give it a pass. Vehicles for purchase should have a different icon than the quest icon so you can easily see what quests there are to do without mousing over all of these money-sinks you won't buy.
ramble ramble, steam says I have 86 hours logged, so I had a lot to type.
*edit*
went back to complete the blue ncpd missions that I originally were infinite, they aren't, there's just a lot of them. So besides the remaining boxing missions, the secret ending I fucked myself over from getting on this character, and the remaining endings, I think I have done every mission in the entire game. 81.5 hours played.
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Gonna make this summary post before I forget and it's half way through January, my does time go by fast.
1. Dragon Quest 2
2. Dragon Quest Builders 2
3. SteamWorld Dig
4. Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga
5. Advance Wars Days of Ruin
6. XCOM Chimera Squad
7. Fallout New Vegas
8. Phantasy Star (Sega Ages)
9. Advance Wars Dual Strike
10. Cyberpunk 2077
Most rewarding game to complete
Advance Wars Days of Ruin
I heard this was the hardest Advance Wars game, and well, it ain't easy. Far from unfair though, I went in to the game expecting to hate it and it ended up being my second favorite advance wars game after 2.
Biggest surprise
Dragon Quest Builders 2
I don't play these types of games, but not only that, when I started, I was HOOKED. I couldn't get myself to stop playing the game until I seen the credits, did not see this one coming at all.
Least Favorite Game
Advance Wars Dual Strike
This one was pretty hard this year because, I didn't really dislike anything that much. But this is probably the worst advance wars game, selecting up to 4 goddamn CO's for a mission and all their skills, dealing with the enemy getting 2 turns in a row...just no.
Runner up favorite
Dragon Quest Builders 2
This was my goty, but...yknow...STILL, I can't emphasize enough, this game is VERY GOOD. Game is usually on sale sporadically, give it a shot if you wanna try a building game with a story, and a clear 3-4...5ish act structure.
Special Mention
Probably should add this category to mention something that couldn't fit in elsewhere.
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga
This game started out pretty bland/WHY ARE THERE SO MANY RANDOM BATTLES WHY WHY WHY WHY. But sticking with it, I was rewarded with a FANTASTIC ost, really cool unique setting (it ain't nocturne, but it do), it's probably my second favorite non persona megaten game. Really do check out the soundtrack for DDS1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMLh5mf57CE) (not 2, that game is a bit of a downgrade with its ost compared to 1), it's got the chillest vibes.
Favorite Game/2020 GOTY
Cyberpunk 2077
Uhh, see the post above. This was gonna be runner up, but then I got really invested in the universe/characters/story, and the combat was so fun I went back to beat all of the remaining missions...
I've got several amazon tabs open right now to buy some of the old cyberpunk 2020 books, along with needing to see blade runner, and read neuromancer, my enjoyment of the game is bleeding outside of playing the game itself. 2020 is a horrible year, but at least one of the bigger games I've been looking forward to for over 4 years now actually exceeded my expectations.
1- earthbound
2- monster hunter world
3- smt nocturne
4- smt 4
5- south park fractured but whole
6- xcom terror from the deep
7- persona 5
8- deus ex mankind divided
9- metroid: samus returns
10- dragon quest xi
11- smt 4 apocalypse
12- advance wars 2
13- disgaea 5
14. Front Mission 4
15. Paper Mario TTYD
16. Luigis Mansion
17. Zelda Wind Waker
18. Rebel Galaxy
19. Persona Q
20. Eternal Darkness
21. Dragon Quest
22. Strange Journey Redux
23. Shining Force Sword of Hajya
24. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
25. Doom (2016)
26. Metroid Prime
27. Plants vs Zombies
28. Disgaea 1 Complete
29. Links Awakening Remake
30. Pokemon Shield
31. Dragon Quest 2
32. Dragon Quest Builders 2
33. SteamWorld Dig
34. Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga
35. Advance Wars Days of Ruin
36. XCOM Chimera Squad
37. Fallout New Vegas
38. Phantasy Star (Sega Ages)
39. Advance Wars Dual Strike
40. Cyberpunk 2077
This list is getting pretty big, I think if I quit right now, I would be happy with the work I got done. Not going for 10 games next year, need to focus on more important things 2021, moving, fitness, health, social life, blablabla. BUT DON'T MEAN IM NOT GONNA PLAY VIDYA, I'm just not going to stress over hitting that number 10. New thread whenever I can add a game to 2021, lets hope it's an improvement over 2020.