Omegamanthethird

Omegamanthethird, 10 miesięcy temu

I just finished Mario Wonder. I haven’t collected all of the flower coins or topped all of the flag poles to get the Super secret ending. I’m not sure if I want to master the time trials to do that.

Omegamanthethird, 10 miesięcy temu

I haven’t played through a full Mario game since Super Mario World. There’s a lot of fun game mechanics changes from level to level. But overall it’s basically the old games but “for kids”. There’s no difficult mechanics like the cape, nothing that you really have to backtrack for with power ups, no really crazy secret exits.

No idea how that compares to Deluxe. But it is very easy outside of a few levels.

Omegamanthethird, 10 miesięcy temu

I was wondering about the “I’m done” and I love it. When you’re satisfied with the game and don’t feel like you need to play any more.

Omegamanthethird, 10 miesięcy temu

So, I actually do need to play to the credits ASAP for two reasons. First, coming back to a game is intimidating. So if I put a game down, I end up deliberating between restarting and trying to relearn the entire game from the last checkpoint. Usually I end up playing something else.

Second, I meander a lot. So even games I’m actively playing I try to stick to the plot so I don’t burn out playing side stuff. (It’s not always even side content. Sometimes it’s just dicking around.)

Omegamanthethird, 10 miesięcy temu (edited 10 miesięcy temu)

Nice to see Rogue Legacy 2 and Theatrhythm get shoutouts. I don’t see those mentioned very often.

Omegamanthethird, 10 miesięcy temu

It’s interesting in the same way people pieced together a story for all of the Pixar movies. But they are just fan theories that are kinda interesting.

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I’m looking forward to jumping back in. Loved the story, loved the gameplay. I just hate having to wait so long after finishing a story to jump back in with new content.

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Morrowind

Final Fantasy XII

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Did you play Final Fantasy XV? That game planned DLC from the start. It impacted the game heavily. Some of the DLC never even got made.

They said it wasn’t planned for XVI because it wasn’t planned at the time. But also to let people know that the base game wouldn’t have pieces missing from it. It’s truly a completely standalone experience and I believe that DLC was only an afterthought at that time.

But also, companies say all the time that they’re open to stuff, DLC, ports, sequels but nothing is planned yet. It’s really common. Sometimes they go do those things, sometimes they don’t. That’s what “not planned” means.

Omegamanthethird, 11 miesięcy temu

Everyone was. You’d think this would be a no-brainer remake.

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Final Fantasy XVI about 3 or 4 weeks ago. It is a very satisfying, increasingly fun, game. I love how the story was told and the progression of the combat system which continues to give you more options without getting more complicated. And it was actually a complete story unlike XV. I’d put it in the mid top half of Final Fantasy games I’ve played.

Omegamanthethird, 11 miesięcy temu

Single-player friendly MMOs like Final Fantasy XIV and Elder Scrolls Online still seem to be really popular. To the point where I hear them talked about in normal conversations regularly.

Omegamanthethird, 11 miesięcy temu

It’s a remake. But yeah, not different enough to justify calling it a totally new game like you can with 2 or 3.

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Their SSD prices dropped significantly this past year when they allowed another company to start making them. But it’s still nowhere near as cheap as PS5’s SSD expansion which isn’t proprietary at all.

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You can, but you can’t play Series games on it. Only previous generation games. Same as on PS5.

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Sorry, I took “regular” to mean external drives, not non-proprietary internal drives. Last gen you could use an external HDD to expand your storage without any issues. This gen you can still do it, but its use is limited.

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Halo: CE, ODST, and Reach are my favorites of the series, in no particular order. I guess I like my complete stories. Reach was definitely my favorite online experience of all the games though.

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Final Fantasy X

Morrowind

The Last of Us

The first two could be in either order.

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Thanks for backing up my initial thoughts of “that’s nice but not newsworthy.”

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Just finished FFXVI finally. Loved it. I’d probably rank it somewhere in the middle of the Final Fantasy games I’ve played. The ending was a bit mundane, but the rest of the story was really well done and the combat got better and better as the game progressed.

Not sure what to play next, FFII, The Last of Us Part II, Returnal, Rogue Legacy 2. Might get back on Halo Infinite when they introduce Firefight finally, but I’m really not expecting much from that game.

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I need to get that on my phone now that I have a Backbone.

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I get turned into a zombie, or get stomped by a giant, or just stabbed, or get burned alive by a friend.

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MS has indicated that they will honor contracts and some promises were made to get their acquisitions through.

But everything has either been vague or outright said will be console exclusive. Bethesda is the earliest example of this, and we’ll probably see more later.

PS mostly makes their console exclusives in house. Even Spider-Man (the prime example people point to) was always intended to be console exclusive by Marvel and is only as good as it is because of Playstation funding.

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Well, the camera zooms out from the ocean. So, fucky zoom is the only problem.

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Are people really going to wait? I thought the whole point was that either the service has to pay for the on-loan games, or if it’s their own product it encourages you to just go buy it if you liked it so much.

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It seems more like a trial for those that are already subscribed.

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Oh, as far as video, absolutely. If it leaves one you wait for it to come back on another. But for video games, I just assume once it’s gone, it won’t come back again any time soon. I think there’s kind of different expectations.

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I know I only got it because I couldn’t get an SX and it’s my secondary console. I kinda regretted it, but it really doesn’t get a lot of use. And probably won’t until Fable comes out.

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Disc release, so I’m guessing $50.

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When you say PS Plus, do you mean the Essentials tier which is (was) equivalent to Gold or the other tiers?

For the record, I think PS Plus Premium and Extra are great (until the price hike). The vast majority of time when I want to play a game day-1, it’s not something that’s even on GamePass. So their day-1 stuff means nothing to me.

But also, Essentials has given me enough to play I could just never run out of games.

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What was the last game they made prior to Half-Life Alyx? Portal 2?

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Most of the negative commenters I’ve heard from have been reactionary. Most who play it say anywhere from pretty good to amazing.

For the record, I’m a Playstation fanboy who thinks Bethesda’s best work is Morrowind and Fallout 3.

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Early Bethesda games in general focused on giving you more freedom and the tools to do what you want. Where later games tried to give you more cool things to do. I think the quality decline is obvious from the change.

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PS5 gamers are more likely to put down $70 for a new game than PS4 players are to put down $60 on a new game. It’s probably just not a worthwhile investment.

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I absolutely believe that exclusivity can create a better product. A company can put more resources into a game if they’re more worried about making a system seller than a profit driver.

But I don’t think for a moment that it benefited the game by creating a focus for the developers by limiting the consoles.

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Seriously, if they said this about the Switch, nobody would bat an eye. But it seems to be easier to simultaneously develop for PS5 and XBox Series than to develop for both consoles and PC, given how terrible a lot of PC ports are.

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Well it’s just the upgrade that they’re buying. So they’d just have the DLC without the game. Kinda like if you bought a game’s disc, then bought the upgrade, then sold the disc. Basically no access to anything that requires the game to load up.

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Considering the only okay remake of Spyro 3, I think they knew exactly where the limits of cashing in on nostalgia was.

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My provider added data caps about 5 years ago.

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I’m guessing bug free just means their game didn’t crash. Or they’re just really unobservant.

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I use my Switch exclusively for this. If this handheld can eliminate lag, I’d love to get it. But it’s priced a bit too high.

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There’s a a hands on post that says it will work outside the house. It just needs to be on a wifi network still.

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It sounds like the impact is only for the 360 console. So if it’s BC on Xbox One, you’ll still be able to buy, download, and play them on Xbox One.

The only games that will be unpurchasable/downloadable are the ones only available on the 360 to begin with.

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I think it’s opposite with the PS3. They kept the option to buy PS3 games because of reactions. But it’s only possible through the PS3, so the PS3 games won’t clutter PSN.