_Lory98_

_Lory98_, 7 dni temu

I’ve finished Metaphor and it was really good, although I expected a bit more from the story, the ending felt a bit rushed.

I’ve started Triangle Strategy and while I’m enjoying it, the xp/difficulty curve feels really weird, as the battles feel too hard as soon as I reach them, but failing them once I level up enough to reach the recommended level and pass them.

_Lory98_, 15 dni temu

I think I’m close to finishing Metaphor. I have a few sidequests left before what I think is going to be the final dungeon/sequence. It’s been great, and I only have very small complaints about things that don’t really matter.

_Lory98_, 22 dni temu

Still playing Metaphor, I’m really enjoying it. I think I’m around halfway through. The story is going in an interesting direction, and the gameplay is still fun, altho I’m always feeling a bit underleveled.

_Lory98_, 23 dni temu

Same. I generally like exploration but it didn’t feel rewarding in NMS.

_Lory98_, 29 dni temu

Metaphor! I’m at the third town and loving every part of it.

I’m kinda struggling with the difficulty on hard, so I might turn it down a bit, as the resources feel a little too strict and stressful, but it makes finishing a dungeon more satisfying.

_Lory98_, miesiąc temu

I’m playing Metaphor ReFantazio. I’ve played the first 15 hours and it seems really good.

It feels a lot like fantasy persona with smt combat (which is good because I always felt like turn press was more fun than one more). The new job system is interesting, and fights are challenging enough (on hard).

Story and setting started off strong, so I’m curious to see how it goes.

_Lory98_, miesiąc temu

For some reason I struggle finishing the games (VII, X, XII, XIII), but I’m always drawn to them, as I find the worlds and designs rather appealing.

I also really like how they experiment with different mechanics from one game to another and always try something new.

I did finish XV, VIIR and XIV (excluding Endwalker and Dawntrail) and liked them a lot, with Shadowbringers as my favorite out of them.

_Lory98_, miesiąc temu

Not much this week. I got bored of HZD, as after a pretty good start, it turned into a generic open world, which I really don’t like.

Now I’m playing Ys Memories of Celceta, but I’m mostly waiting for Metaphor to release on Friday.

_Lory98_, miesiąc temu

Its in my wishlist! I’m waiting for it to release tho, I don’t really like playing early access games and risk getting tired of them before release.

_Lory98_, miesiąc temu

Not op, but I’ve been playing the series (just finished the sixth game, Cold Steel), and I’d suggest not starting from a later point in the series, as every game references the previous ones in some way. Although even if they didn’t, I’d still suggest starting from Sky, then playing Zero and Azure, as they are really good (and imo much better games than CS).

_Lory98_, miesiąc temu

Started Horizon Zero Dawn. I usually don’t like open world games, but this one has an interesting setting and the gameplay seems fun, so I’m giving it a try.

Finally finished Trails of Cold Steel which was meh. It felt needlessly padded (it could have been shortened to like 30 hours instead of 60 IMO) and there were too many uninteresting characters (I actually can’t think of an interesting one). Hopefully the following games are better, as now the setting should be more interesting.

_Lory98_, miesiąc temu

That’s a shame if it’s true. I found the original uncomfortable and painful to hold, I was hoping for something more like the Steam Deck.

_Lory98_, miesiąc temu

That’s true. Altho I ended up getting a switch lite because even tho it’s smaller, it’s lighter and the soft buttons are much more comfortable.

_Lory98_, miesiąc temu

I did, lol.

But there’s still gonna be Switch games I already own and don’t wanna rebuy or exclusives I wanna play.

_Lory98_, miesiąc temu

Recently played through I and II and they were great. Kinda wanna see the bump combat in more games: it was really satisfying.

_Lory98_, miesiąc temu

Been rotating between a few games:

Slowly playing through Trails of Cold Steel, which is finally starting to pick up after chapter 4 (the characters are still pretty dull and I’m not a huge fan of the orbment changes).

Played a bit of Tales of Vesperia which I’m enjoying more than expected, but got distracted and mostly played Dragon’s Dogma which is really fun but a bit confusing on where I’m supposed to go (and when).

I also got Triangle Strategy, Horizon Zero Dawn, Ys Memories of Celceta and Ys Oath in Felghana which were all on sale, but haven’t started any yet.

_Lory98_, miesiąc temu (edited miesiąc temu)

I don’t hate them, and actually think they improve dungeon crawlers like Etrian Odyssey.

But for other games I think they slow down the pacing too much, especially when you want to get back to an older area, as you are going to fight lower level enemies and there’s usually an unavoidable scene transition which takes time.

_Lory98_, 2 miesiące temu

Yea, the fall sale is actually why I was considering DD2.

_Lory98_, 2 miesiące temu

Really? Why’s that? Did 2 lose something or it’s more of a personal preference/vibes thing?

_Lory98_, 2 miesiące temu (edited 2 miesiące temu)

After enjoying Ys I and II, I played Origin, which was hugely disappointing. It just felt so unsatisfying to play, and the single dungeon was boring af. I pushed through hoping at least the story would get interesting, but after almost finishing it again with the second character it never did, so I gave up and dropped it. I’m not sure if I want to try the other games in the series, seeing as this is considered one of, if not the, best.

Literally just started playing Tales of Vesperia (~30 minutes). First impressions are that it looks really nice, the combat feels better than the other Tales I tried (Arise and Berseria) and I’m linking the setting and character designs.

_Lory98_, 2 miesiące temu

Crimzon Clover’s really fun. It’s similar to Dodonpachi. Another good one is Ikaruga. It has an interesting mechanic we’re you switch colors to absorb bullets.

Avoid Sine Mora and other “euroshmups”, they just suck to play.

_Lory98_, 2 miesiące temu

Continuing Trails, now at Cold Steel (started chapter 3) and it’s… bad? It feels like a huge drop in quality from the previous games. The dialogues feel too long and boring, the characters uninteresting and I’m not vibing with the school setting.

Played a couple of hours of Atelier Ryza, which I had accidentally put on hold midway through, and felt lost and confused. I’m not sure if I should restart it or push through.

Played Ys I and currently playing II. The first one was a fun simple adventure, the combat system is kinda weird, as you just run into enemies to damage them, but surprisingly satisfying. The bosses were more annoying than anything. The second one seems to have made the combat more interactive, as there’s magic now, and the first two bosses were fun to fight, but the maps are a bit too big and confusing.

_Lory98_, 2 miesiące temu

Playing through the Trails series, just finished the Crossbell arc which was fantastic.

Tried playing Tales of Arise, but I’m not really liking it. The combat seems fine for now, albeit a bit clunky, but the story started off really weak and after the first lord I’m not really interested. I got Vesperia too, so I might try that.

_Lory98_, 2 miesiące temu

A few I’ve played with a friend of mine: the We Were Here series, Portal 2, Monster Hunter World, Factorio and Deep Rock Galactic (which we both didn’t like, but it’s pretty popular)

_Lory98_, 3 miesiące temu

hitman 3

Forgot that came out, I should play it. Had a lot of fun with 1 and 2.

This week I played around 12 hours of Bravely Default 2, but dropped it because the boss mechanics (counters) feel anti-fun and like they want a specific party composition, and it feels a bit too grindy for my taste.

Continuing the Trails series with 3rd: it seems interesting, but I’m not sure I like how it’s structured, the gameplay feels too disconnected from the story.

_Lory98_, 3 miesiące temu (edited 3 miesiące temu)

This week I finished Trails in the Sky SC which was good, although I enjoyed FC’s story’s smaller scope more.

Tried playing Sea of Stars, but I felt like the writing was so bad I couldn’t play more than like 3 hours. So I started and finished Chrono Trigger over the weekend which was great and I’m surprised it exists on SNES.

Now playing Bravely Default II (just started) .

_Lory98_, 4 miesiące temu

As soon as I got a Steam Deck I completely stopped buying Switch games (or playing on Switch in general). Most games are playable on both systems and the prices seem more or less the same (at lest for the ones I’m interested in), but the main advantage for me is being able to move save files between the deck and my PCs.

_Lory98_, 4 miesiące temu

I hate the Joycons so much. The clicky buttons are terrible, the split dpad sucks for games that use it for movement, the sticks aren’t great either for precision (ignoring the drift issues), and I find them painful to hold.

_Lory98_, 7 miesięcy temu

Is it the Nintendo Switch OS which is needlessly bloated? It does nothing, how can it be heavier than an actual Linux Distribution?

AFAIK the OS is based on a microkernel and the modules are rather small, so there’s probably a lot of overhead for IPC. Also I guess the power management is quite aggressive to increase battery life and lower heat.

_Lory98_, 7 miesięcy temu

I remember there being a mod for cfw that unlocked a manual power setting slider and the results were similar.

_Lory98_, 7 miesięcy temu

That’s why I almost always hide helmets.

_Lory98_, 10 miesięcy temu

Signalis is very good. It’s an re1-style survival horror but with a more scifi setting.

_Lory98_, 11 miesięcy temu

If they count as survival then survival horror like Resident Evil and Signalis.

Most of the traditional survival games I’ve played end up being annoying to play because of the constant use of your resources outside of your control and I find gathering for crafting kinda boring. This kinda ruined Subnautica for me, since I was mostly interested in exploring but I had to constantly return to base to do chores.

_Lory98_, 11 miesięcy temu

Harvesting food, collecting water, random gathering for materials to craft. I guess it gets better later in the game, but I tried starting it twice and after ~10h I dropped it both times because I was annoyed with the resources.

_Lory98_, 11 miesięcy temu

Ah I didn’t realize that. I might try it again then.

_Lory98_, rok temu

Wdym? The hardware is just a shitty audio interface that doesn’t even work properly on passive bass.

_Lory98_, rok temu (edited rok temu)

I have a few:

• Tunic: I thought it had more than one puzzle, with how it was being talked about online, but it ended up repeating the same thing for 6 hours reusing the same gimmick over and over - after a below average first half.
• Xenoblade Chronicles (DE): the characters were really uninteresting, the story kept spoiling every attempted twist it had with needless foreshadowing and the combat felt really boring. The world was empty and it felt like a dead MMO.
• 13 Sentinels: I won’t spoil anything specific, but the story was just a bunch of the most generic sci-fi cliches.
• Monster Hunter Rise: I love World/Iceborne and really enjoyed the parts I played of GU and 4U but Rise just felt bad to play.
• Games that force daily tasks/gacha games: I hate being forced - or even just being hinted at having - to grind daily. It just ends up pushing me away from the game, even if I’m enjoying it. I can’t play games like Genshin Impact and Star Rail, but also the daily challenges in sf5/6 bother me every time I see them.

I also don’t really get roguelikes, but I’m not sure if I just haven’t found one I enjoy or I don’t like the genre.

_Lory98_, rok temu

Have you tried Metro 2033?

_Lory98_, rok temu (edited rok temu)

I might consider it in that case, if I ever find it on sale.

Altho I’ve seen a bunch of people complain about XC2’s story, but they usually say that XC’s was better - so I’m not sure what to think.