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I'm replaying Dying Light 1. Still a better game than its sequel.
Ughubughughughughughghlug said:
The maps are certainly different. Isonzo depicts trench warfare but it's trench warfare in a very different setting. Isonzo maps are often beautiful and visually striking and play in very different ways. Maps on the Western front are confusing moonscapes, as is appropriate. You don't really appreciate what a chaotic environment it is until you actually play on it; those shell holes are HUGE. Running around rolling hills of debris feels crazy. Uniforms melt into the background (camo, it turns out, works really well even in video games).
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It works well, too well I think. I had a hard time playing Isonzo because it was a pain in the ass for me to see people.
 
Richter Belmont said:
I'll say! I just finished the Sigma a couple days ago (feeling proud I finished on Normal and not Ninja Dog) and I legit think that I'm probably not gonna go back to DMC at all now. I remember thinking shit like God of War Ascension was too fast for me at one point and now DMC4 makes me yawn lol.

Gonna start Sigma 2 soon, but I have heard they really neutered the difficulty, so I think I'll give it a whirl on hard to start with. If I like it enough too I'm gonna go through Razor's Edge too.
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Sigma 2 has so many quality of life things that make the original seem almost intolerable. Like half the time in Sigma 1 you can't really predict how Ryu is going to react to the environment or if your attacks will even work on most enemies. Sigma 2 everything feels fast and tight and responsive, it feels better, but it also feels as tho they sanded off most of what made Sigma 1 really difficult.

Sigma 1 was willing to be brutal and punishing, and overcoming that felt amazing, it was the gimmicky moments and weird awkward controls that made the game frustrating. Playing the mission mode after the fact gives you more of what made the game really work, if you ask me.
Sigma 2 gives the player way more leeway, but it also gimps the difficulty. Granted, I haven't played on the hardest difficulty but I remember my time in Sigma 1 way more than 2.
 
Helldivers 2. It’s satisfying to gel with a team that has it together and run through objectives and collect loot. It’s also satisfying to single-handedly save an operation from going to hell with some well-timed stratagems and good positioning. Every once in a while though, there is the odd game where your teammates have their heads up their asses and won’t work together unless it’s to pilfer your samples after they allowed you to die.
 
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Tales of Symphonia was on sale in the switch store, so I got a copy before Christmas and have been playing that.

It holds up surprisingly well. I actually preferred it as a handheld game because you can set it to auto-fight when you need to grind so you're not spending hours trying to level up, all I need to do is look in occasionally to make sure the NPCs are using their healing powers, sometimes I need to have someone use a potion or something, but aside from that grinding stops being a chore when you can do it in the background and come back to the game later. Also, not having to go between Gamecube discs took a lot of annoyance I had with the game the first time I played it.

The story is standard JRPG, there's the religion that's secretly evil, the great God is actually the final villain, and it's so obvious which character is going to betray you at the halfway point. But I still had fun with it. There were a lot of solid moments and the characters were fun.

All in all, if you're a fan, I recommend it.
 
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Finished playing Odin Sphere and picked up Xenoblade Chronicles.

Odin Sphere was awesome. It's a crime against humanity that Vanillaware refuses to port their games to PC.

Xenoblade Chronicles is really good but I'm getting burned out on the battle system. It seems pretty shallow and there's not that much in terms of special effects or skills to use. It's very much a single-player MMO styled battle system. I think I'm just about ready to turn on Casual Mode so I can at least get the story and then move on to playing XC2 and 3. Played 2 a long time ago and I really enjoyed it but it's been long enough that I've forgotten almost everything except the ending.
 
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Arthur Morgan said:
Tales of Symphonia was on sale in the switch store, so I got a copy before Christmas and have been playing that.

It holds up surprisingly well. I actually preferred it as a handheld game because you can set it to auto-fight when you need to grind so you're not spending hours trying to level up, all I need to do is look in occasionally to make sure the NPCs are using their healing powers, sometimes I need to have someone use a potion or something, but aside from that grinding stops being a chore when you can do it in the background and come back to the game later. Also, not having to go between Gamecube discs took a lot of annoyance I had with the game the first time I played it.

The story is standard JRPG, there's the religion that's secretly evil, the great God is actually the final villain, and it's so obvious which character is going to betray you at the halfway point. But I still had fun with it. There were a lot of solid moments and the characters were fun.

All in all, if you're a fan, I recommend it.
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If you end up wanting more, Tales of the Abyss is even better and honestly where the series peaked imo. Really good, entertaining characters in that one with tighter combat to boot.
 
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mikebrown said:
If you end up wanting more, Tales of the Abyss is even better and honestly where the series peaked imo. Really good, entertaining characters in that one with tighter combat to boot.
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My PS2 doesn't work any more but if they do a re-release I'll give it a look. Any other recommendations for ones in the series that are available on modern consoles? I have a PS5, so I can do PS4 too, and a Switch.
 
Arthur Morgan said:
My PS2 doesn't work any more but if they do a re-release I'll give it a look. Any other recommendations for ones in the series that are available on modern consoles? I have a PS5, so I can do PS4 too, and a Switch.
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Vesperia is supposed to be pretty good and I know that one is widely available. Graces just got a remaster and re-release, played a good chunk of that one on RPCS3 years ago and liked what I played, had to drop it since it was still really unstable at the time. I've only played Phantasia up to Abyss to completion so the newer ones I don't really have an opinion on.
 
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Ughubughughughughughghlug said:
...You can't go in expecting it to feel like any other game.
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Well I didn't. And I understand why the first hours are how they are, and it makes sense from a narrative and gameplay perspective, but nonetheless not a great impression.

But I am approaching the 30-hour mark, and I am quite enamored with the game. Probably because it shares a lot of similarities with Morrowind.
 
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Close to a decade late on it, but Dark Souls 3 finally clicked for me.
Did a really shitty Magic Weapon buff build til Abyss Watchers, decided it was stupid, rerolled a Knight and made it back to that point in about 3 hours.
I'm sure stats play a large role in it, but I'm enjoying being able to feel myself easily dodgeroll/kill mobs that were kicking my shit in for the first few hours of play.
 
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I Know 孤独のせい said:
Finally started playing Kingdom Come: Deliverance. The starting hours are not really good to be honest, but now that the game is opening up, I am starting to enjoy it quite a bit.
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I fucking hate how much it relies on clinching. There's a perk that says "makes it more likely to win clinches" but you literally can't win until you get that perk, so if you get close to an enemy you're getting fucked. And then you get that perk and now you're abusing it to ignore damage from additional enemies while dealing it to one single enemy, over and over again.

I picked up "Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid". I've watched that 20 hour long documentary by that diddler on the first one and the game sounds equal measures annoying and delightful. I fucking hate calendar based games ie. Persona, but this seems kinda aight cause it's not a dogshit turnbased jrpg.
 
I saw Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed for clearance at Walmart. Then, I remembered I HAVE a copy of the first remake. So, I'm continuing my playthrough of DAH! after two years. Basically, DAH! is where you're an alien invading 50s-60s era America like a B-list sci-fi flick.

 
Crystal project. I wasn’t expecting to love it anywhere near as much as I am. The exploration/jrpg battle/character development gameplay loop is great fun.
 
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Mass Effect 2 from the Mass Effect collection. I haven’t played ME2 since 2012. But it feels like I’m playing the game for the first time as renegade Sheppard. And he’s funny as fuck in some of the choices.

One of the few RPGs that i want to do every side quests because the side quests make the game even better.
 
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Mass Effect 2 from the Mass Effect collection. I haven’t played ME2 since 2012. But it feels like I’m playing the game for the first time as renegade Sheppard. And he’s funny as fuck in some of the choices.

One of the few RPGs that i want to do every side quests because the side quests make the game even better.
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Oh I know that feeling. I got the Legendary Edition and ended up getting three platinum trophies in under two months because I wanted to do everything in them. And getting the DLC missions right away made them feel more like they were a part of the game rather than an add on, which added to the story. Easily my favorite franchise from the Xbox 360/PS3/Wii era. Never played Andromeda though, and apparently I was smart not to.
 
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Arthur Morgan said:
Oh I know that feeling. I got the Legendary Edition and ended up getting three platinum trophies in under two months because I wanted to do everything in them. And getting the DLC missions right away made them feel more like they were a part of the game rather than an add on, which added to the story. Easily my favorite franchise from the Xbox 360/PS3/Wii era. Never played Andromeda though, and apparently I was smart not to.
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ME1 even with the Legendary edition feels janky. The driving in that game is rough. ME2 doesn’t have that though.

I agree. Best franchise from that era. Sadly everyone that made ME great seems to no longer be with the company. And i have no urge to play Andromeda.
 
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