I got to chapter 12 of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and can’t be bothered to finish it. I really don’t like how so much of the game feels like padding. There are parts that flow naturally, but they get interrupted by long wastes of time that usually force you to play really bad minigames. At some point the dungeons too started to feel samey. The open world is also Ubisoft-level bad, so I’ve been ignoring it.
The story also feels like a downgrade from the original version in some ways. I though some sequences had less impact (specifically Dyne’s story and Red’s trial. Shinra Mansion too I thought was ruined).
I’m not really a fan of remakes in general. I think they are usually unnecessary and a wasted opportunity to do something new, and it bothers me how they often try to “erase” the original’s gameplay. This one in particular feels like an excuse to sell a single game split in three parts. I doubt I’ll be playing the third one.
I’ve been trying The Last Remnant. Its gameplay is kinda weird and unique, although a bit too opaque. Not sure if it’s good, but it’s at least interesting.
I did finish the game, but it was a complete slog at the end. It was mainly because I still really like the characters and had invested too much time into the two games at that point, so I have to see this trilogy through to the end.
Like you said, there’s just soooo much padding, and I’d even say the world is much worse than Ubisoft stuff. It’s just empty, except for the same five copy & paste “events” in every zone.
Something must be wrong with me though, since I’ve actually been thinking about replaying the game lately. Dunno why, but the thought just keeps creeping into my brain every now and then.
Septerra core legacy of the creator, a pc turn based rpg i got in the early 2000s in some multi game pack at walmart or something. took forever for me to find it using the early internet. Its a unique title, but highly forgettable.
-Jagged Alliance 2, another tactical combat game, modern time, funny, realistic and really difficult.
Eh, realized that only the first one is free to play. But the other ones are old (or very old), so you can snatch them on sale on steam, GOG or Epic for less than a chocolate bar and get dozens of hours of enjoyment from them.
I’ve been wanting to play this game for a while. But I think in order to have the best experience, you probably need to get a group together that is willing to play at the same time as you
. I convinced a friend to play a bit(like 4 hours) with me years ago and I thought it was fun! But I don’t think he enjoyed the slower grind of the experience and he dropped off.
I found that there’s a free login campaign now, so I’m trying it out. If we were in the same time zone and I was sure I’d continue playing, I’d offer to join you.
I have had a lot over time : Motherload Idk the name anymore, but something like fighter Z, a space invaders like game were enemies scroll in as you blast things away with a super jet. A space discovery game, was in Norwegian. A mystical signal arrives and you need to research it and eventually send out a space ship.
I was reminded of another i missed, Sinjid: Shadow of the Warrior. A ninja fighter flash game.
Last one I guess I might be missing was a 2d like game where the word was blocks like Minecraft but square board levels, angled like a diamond, I think it’s called isometric. sorta like the q*bert games I think. Don’t remember much of the goal, but walk around and collect gems I think. I believe most levels were mostly green grass and water/rivers separating areas. Main character might have been a girl.
Dinopark Tycoon (I went back to play it and I somehow did worse than my elementary school self, loool)
The other game I never found but it was on the same computer. It was a point and click puzzler where you played a character that looks very similar to the character in the modern game Braid. You start, stranded on a beach and worked your way inland. It had a creepy vibe due to the aesthetics.
I’ve found LLMs quite good for identifying things like this sometimes … I also know how frustrating it is to remember and not be able to find the games!
I know there's very few, be it rare, games where developers seemingly hate those who play it.
But you're not understanding that maybe that there are some games that aren't for you. It sometimes is a sucky feeling, when games seemingly look like you'd have a blast playing them, until you try them and feel the opposite. I wouldn't really say any of the struggles I've had in games I played in this example, that I felt like the developers were intentionally punishing me. More like my expectations, standards and idea of fun collides with what that game already established in its own values.
Like I hate games where anything kills you in one hit, that is bullshit, give me a health bar or multiple chances of being hit. I prefer more games that have at least healthbars.
I am not talking about the game design. I am talking about situations when developers purposefully check if the player cheats or makes something strange and then developers intentionally make things worse.
You just said developers check if the player cheats or makes something "strange" then react to it. By game design, they don't want you cheating in their game.
If you want a dark game with puzzle style combat and bosses, I can’t recommend a plague tale enough. Innocence is the first one, Requiem is the second one.
I believe I have tried it. Until the first boss, where I was forced to run around him and try to dismantle his armour piece by piece with a sling and stones. Of course he caught me while having the last piece of armour on. Uninstalled and never even considered giving it a second chance.
I hated black myth wukong and elden ring boss fights, so punishing games really aren’t for me. I finished both plague tale games, though. I usually lower the difficulty quite a bit just to enjoy the story, so maybe the defaults are harder than what I experienced.
I remember a top down game from the late '80s or very early '90s where you drive a car along a highway and try to defend yourself against other cars using different weapons and tire-slashing spikes mounted to your wheels.
You’d start inside a semi-truck, drive out of it backwards, and at the end of the level, the truck would re-appear and you have to drive into it again.
Yeah this one was easy. I even forgot about the trucks (probably because they weren’t there in ‘Super Spy Hunter’, which started as a clone before having been released as a sequel).
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