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[Tonberry]

Today I plugged my PS4 back in again, and booted up Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise.

I had sort of forgot that I bought it ages ago on a whim because it was on a big sale for like the first time, and I hadn't played any Yakuza games back then so I was kind of confused to the gameplay. I had my save from 2020 still on the console so I got back into that and rewatched a few cutscenes so that I didn't have to redo the boring tutorial.
I just met Bat and got the car, and I'm really enjoying it so far.

(PS I only just noticed that this thread was un-sticked. Why is that? Similar threads on other subforums are sticked.)

 

[snes9x]

Trucking along in the Xenoblade Chronicles X remaster. I got my skell so the game's opened up more which is good because I think the exploration is its strongest asset. I really wish they brough back them back for the later games. And I'm still pretty pissed they got rid of cosmetic armor because I really hate the character designs in 2 (less so 3, but the option would still be nice)

It's kind of ironic Xenoblade became one of Nintendo's larger franchises in the Switch era given how niche the games feel, even by JRPG standards. (Probably in part due to 2 giving the series a signal boost when everyone else was done playing Mario Odyssey in late 2017). I definitely wouldn't have thought so waiting desperately for 1 to get confirmed back in high school. Personally I'm ready for the franchise to take a rest while Monolith focuses on something new. How about a Xenogears remake... anyone.... hello...?

 

[IROH1]

dragon crown, its cool

 

[Tonberry]

Hung out with some friends today, we ate yakiniku beef bowls and played Mario Party 3. It was super fun and incredibly hectic because the stupid Daisy AI kept doing incredible strats to steal our stars.

 

[NatalieZaki]

was playing Glory Hounds cause I'm on that FVN kick but my phone just completely died so there goes my game............

 

[DanCalibur]

Today I finished Air Combat/Ace Combat 1, one of the release tittles for the PSX. Simple and short old school fun, just press start and relax

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Earn to die 2

 

[Fray Guillermo]

I've been trying King's Field IV for a couple of days, pretty neat atmosphere and rewarding exploration, but I just got to that central multi-floor tower part and starting to feel lazy about keeping playing, mostly because the slooooow turning camera ends up exhausting me

 

[Sheepy765]

Today I enjoyed some Gran Turismo Concept.

 

[snes9x]

I 1cc'd Zanac Neo. Not a huge accomplishment because 1-ups are handed out like candy, but it still took some practice.

 

[fake-kun]

Rockman EXE Operate Shooting Star, aka EXEOSS. It's insane how seemingly small changes can improve the experience so drastically.

 

[ThatOneLum ThatOneLum]

I played some random MegaDrive games, a new Danganronpa-esque VN/Hybrid on switch, and some game called Moving Houses which was the "Too Many Cooks" of weird sim games.

 

[DanCalibur]

Just a few more minutes of Ace Combat 2 (PSX), you have to beat it twice to get all the missions. Next stop Electrosphere.

 

[Elwiwi]

Trucking along in the Xenoblade Chronicles X remaster. I got my skell so the game's opened up more which is good because I think the exploration is its strongest asset. I really wish they brough back them back for the later games. And I'm still pretty pissed they got rid of cosmetic armor because I really hate the character designs in 2 (less so 3, but the option would still be nice)

It's kind of ironic Xenoblade became one of Nintendo's larger franchises in the Switch era given how niche the games feel, even by JRPG standards. (Probably in part due to 2 giving the series a signal boost when everyone else was done playing Mario Odyssey in late 2017). I definitely wouldn't have thought so waiting desperately for 1 to get confirmed back in high school. Personally I'm ready for the franchise to take a rest while Monolith focuses on something new. How about a Xenogears remake... anyone.... hello...?

May the gods hear you

 

[Hourai]

Just a few more minutes of Ace Combat 2 (PSX), you have to beat it twice to get all the missions. Next stop Electrosphere.

Electrosphere is such a great game; I hope you enjoy it!

I started playing Super Metroid for the first time, today. I'd say I hope it doesn't suffer much from the "bomb the living hell out of everything, because mandatory destructible tiles will not be obvious" that I dislike Fusion for, but I have a sinking feeling it does. The game's atmosphere is lovely, though. I greatly prefer the Castlevania half of the genre, but Metroid really has something special that other games fail to capture.

 

[extermist]

Spent the night at an airport, still waiting for my flight home.
Hardly any sleep, but Dead or Alive 5, Soulcalibur 2, 3, 4, Kakutou Bijin Wulong, Resident Evil 0, Tenchu z, The Oneechanbara.
Tried GTA3 but that actually nearly put me to sleep.

 

[DanCalibur]

Electrosphere is such a great game; I hope you enjoy it!

I started playing Super Metroid for the first time, today. I'd say I hope it doesn't suffer much from the "bomb the living hell out of everything, because mandatory destructible tiles will not be obvious" that I dislike Fusion for, but I have a sinking feeling it does. The game's atmosphere is lovely, though. I greatly prefer the Castlevania half of the genre, but Metroid really has something special that other games fail to capture.

That's gonna take a while, I just realized I have to beat Ace Combat 2 four times for all the missions. For Super Metroid you can always wait till you get the X-ray scope to do the real exploration, enjoy the killer soundtrack

 

[Fray Guillermo]

I just beat King's Field IV for the first time today, loved the experience. Will try KF2 and 3 down the line, also Shadow Tower: Abyss and Eternal Ring, but I'll go play something more light now

 

[Sheepy765]

Trying out the Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection and loving it

 

[Tonberry]

I finally got to try Sonic Frontiers through my brother's PS Plus while catsitting for him.
Man, this game BLOWS. Everything about it just feels completely pointless. I get that they were going for a sort of sandbox experience, but when every single challenge is a little jumping puzzle or some inane matching minigame, or a really weird fight, it just feels completely hollow. Combined with a truly dogshit nothing of a story, a bland PS3-inspired world, and an incredibly weird and serious presentation who dripfeeds the already nothing plot to you in just about the worst ways possible, and a really sad attempt at a soundtrack (the techno cyberspace music was overall pretty neat, but the collecting of old music to replace the ambient OST just made it feel even more soulless), it's almost offensively boring.

HOWEVER, the controls are just top-notch. Easily the slickest controls in a 3D Sonic game I've ever played, and the movement in and of itself is insanely addictive, so I endured six or seven hours of the game (got to Tails' island) just messing around with the movement until I really couldn't take it anymore.

 

[NotGodlike]

I finally got to try Sonic Frontiers through my brother's PS Plus while catsitting for him.
Man, this game BLOWS. Everything about it just feels completely pointless. I get that they were going for a sort of sandbox experience, but when every single challenge is a little jumping puzzle or some inane matching minigame, or a really weird fight, it just feels completely hollow. Combined with a truly dogshit nothing of a story, a bland PS3-inspired world, and an incredibly weird and serious presentation who dripfeeds the already nothing plot to you in just about the worst ways possible, and a really sad attempt at a soundtrack (the techno cyberspace music was overall pretty neat, but the collecting of old music to replace the ambient OST just made it feel even more soulless), it's almost offensively boring.

You should try Shadow x Generations, that game is what Frontiers basically should have been, coupled with the same smooth controls but the game overall being just about right playtime and with far more varied stages

 

[Tonberry]

You should try Shadow x Generations

It's on my list! Not sure when I'll get around to it, though, but hopefully one day.
I liked original Generations but I hear the new Shadow stuff is way different?

 

[NotGodlike]

I liked original Generations but I hear the new Shadow stuff is way different?

Controls differently, and has abilities like chaos control, the mini-hub that's similar to Frontiers but less bloated and more downsized. And yeah, if you liked Generations, it's basically more of that (and a good OST to boot)

 

[snes9x]

I started the Tales of Phantasia remake on PS1. It's the only Tales game I've ever been able to tolerate for more than a few hours, and I think part of that is because it reminds me of emulating it in 4th grade (and later in middle school playing the crappy GBA remake). Still never beat it though so maybe I'll remedy that this time around. The original SFC release is no doubt a swan song for the console tech-wise but I always found the palette to be slightly washed-out so I prefer how the PS1 remake looks. Amazing soundtrack too.

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I finally got to try Sonic Frontiers through my brother's PS Plus while catsitting for him.
Man, this game BLOWS. Everything about it just feels completely pointless. I get that they were going for a sort of sandbox experience, but when every single challenge is a little jumping puzzle or some inane matching minigame, or a really weird fight, it just feels completely hollow. Combined with a truly dogshit nothing of a story, a bland PS3-inspired world, and an incredibly weird and serious presentation who dripfeeds the already nothing plot to you in just about the worst ways possible, and a really sad attempt at a soundtrack (the techno cyberspace music was overall pretty neat, but the collecting of old music to replace the ambient OST just made it feel even more soulless), it's almost offensively boring.

HOWEVER, the controls are just top-notch. Easily the slickest controls in a 3D Sonic game I've ever played, and the movement in and of itself is insanely addictive, so I endured six or seven hours of the game (got to Tails' island) just messing around with the movement until I really couldn't take it anymore.

Not a big Sonic fan but from what I saw it looked like the worlds were huge and empty with a bunch of typical Sonic obstacles (rails, jump/speed pads, etc) strewn about. It also seems like a massive missed opportunity to design the islands as generic biomes rather than themes like casino/carnival/city/what have you.

 

[sk4di]

FE9(Path of Radiance), I'm on a FE run this month, finished FE11-12 last week.