What games are you currently playing?

[Ghost X]

Played the beginning of Phantasy Star 2 and 4 on a Sega emulator thing. I think I once hired a Phantasy Star game as a kid (or something with a battle screen very similar), but couldn't get into it for what ever reason. I liked PS4's visuals and UI better, as one would expect an improvement on an older title. Thing that bothered me was I couldn't understand what the spells and skills and stuff were, as they're all labelled in a 4 letter abbreviated form or something. Probably easy to find out, especially in the age of the internet, but I was half-arsing it and couldn't be arsed. Curious how long the games were to play, given the limited space on older systems. Dungeon crawlers on the Amiga were enormous, so storage capacity on a cartridge could be similarly deceiving, I guess.

 

[ForceStealer]

I love Phantasy Star 4, the only one I played. THe spell names thing was kind of annoying, yes. I used this list until I got used to them. A basic thing to remember is that the prefixes "Gi-" and "Na-" are the equivalent of FF's "-ara" and "-aga," respectively.

 

[Asterisk]

Finally got around to playing and finishing Trails of Cold Steel 3 and 4. After that I got the urge to go back and revisit the first two games again.

It's kind of nice to see all the announcements about the other games in the series getting ported and re-released, kind of sucks that it's going to take a while for a localized version of the to hit the west, not to mention the next game in the series getting announced.

After I finish up with my replay of these, I'm going to have get into Death Stranding. I actually forgot this game even existed until I had the music video for Ludens pop up in my feed a few weeks ago.

 

[Ajexmi]

FFIV, currently heading towards the final battle for the first time - waiting for NEO:TWEWY to come out tomorrow!

 

[Saven]

FFIV, currently heading towards the final battle for the first time - waiting for NEO:TWEWY to come out tomorrow!

I actually just picked this one up this past Thursday for another playthrough!
I am nowhere near close to the final battle just yet though lol. I just got the airship.

 

[Ghost X]

Not exactly on topic (see: not currently playing) but an arcade game I played once about 23-24 years ago at a mall had such an impact on me (certainly compared to other games I only played for a few minutes), and I just found the name of it: Virtual On. I don't even remember if the gameplay was great, just the mech elements and visual sequences were very influential for me.

 

[BlueCollarNerd]

Trying Albion Online. Anyone ever played it? Been working on crafting and find it rather relaxing gathering materials for an hour or so before bed. Combo seems fun but haven't really spent much time fighting. Seems like it could be a fun sandbox to play in, but it's definitely a grind.

 

[cold_spirit]

Not exactly on topic (see: not currently playing) but an arcade game I played once about 23-24 years ago at a mall had such an impact on me (certainly compared to other games I only played for a few minutes), and I just found the name of it: Virtual On.

Oh hell yeah, I recently played Virtual On (at an arcade too, granted that arcade was inside of Yakuza 2 ). I was not good at it.

 

[Fangu]

lol, same! I actually got the in game completionist badge for it, but I spent HOURS on it. Was kind of a fun challenge tho

 

[Ghost X]

Most envious. Haven't played Yakuza 2. Didn't know Virtual On was in the game either .

 

[Clement Rage]

Soul Reaver 2 and Defiance. They still stand up, especially the writing.

 

[Rankles]

Spending far too much time on Survival mode in Streets of Rage 4.

 

[cold_spirit]

About to go challenge the last boss of No More Heroes III. Looking forward to it, Prince FU is definitely the best villain yet in the series.

 

[niis]

Fallout: New Vegas. Quite interesting game. I love to hardcore roleplay this sort of video games.

Just started playing drift hunters: https://drifthuntersgame.com/

 

[Fiz]

Just finished Tales of Arise... and still processing what I think about it. It’s good, I enjoyed it but so many “buts”.

 

[ForceStealer]

I'm just moving into the third region now

 

[Fiz]

I'm just moving into the third region now

Have fun

 

[Strangelove]

i just started remothered tormented fathers which i got on sale

Spoiler: minor spoilers

when the player character says she can’t take anymore of this, that’s me having to look at mr felton’s scrawny old man ass while i am hiding under a chair

why does he keep bending over

 

[Ite]

I just finished Outer Worlds. Loved the writing, especially all the data logs in the dungeons. Just brimming with character. I enjoyed multiple different combat styles, too — I wound up specializing as a sniper, because my main squadmates were Parvati with a big hammer (ride or die, cinnamon roll) and either Ellie with a quick draw pistol or Naomi with the Gatling gun. I was left wanting more, I’m definitely gonna be getting the sequel.

(I’m a bit miffed, tho, that the epilogue featured a male OC when I was a woman. Kind of soured it for me there.)

 

[cold_spirit]

Gotta post in this thread more often.

After completing an All Fort Condor Battles playthrough of FFVII, I moved onto Mass Effect 1 from the recent Legendary Edition collection. It was not great. Combat lacked juice and the story was a bore. However, I expected this. I played through the the game in preparation for Mass Effect 2, which I know is better. I'll tackle 2 sometime next year.

Next up, No More Heroes III. Loved it. Best game in the series yet, in my opinion. Finally, a No More Heroes game with a semblance of a combat system. It's pretty basic, but feels great. Plus the story greatly benefitted from having a memorable, persistent villain. Happy with how it ended too. Welcome back and sayonara, Travis Touchdown.

Then, Banjo-Kazooie. Promised one of my best buds I would play this, it's his favorite game. Had an alright time. The game is a lot more technical and open than Spyro. By the end I was getting exhausted by the larger worlds. Probably my favorite part was the pop quiz board game before the final boss though. At least it made me use my brain in a way that no ever game has done yet. Spent hours dying before I could pass. Having to remember trivia from your playthrough, like how many enemy types are in a certain world, is an interesting challenge and would only work in a silly game like Banjo-Kazooie.

Now I'm onto Pokemon Crystal. Haven't played it in close to 20 years, but I did complete the Pokedex back then. It's wild how the game's clock works. You can participate in a bug catching competition every real-world Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday! I had to get up early to catch a Pokemon that only appears in the morning! There's a nightly trivia show you can tune into with your radio! Other trainers will call you to let you know about a swarm of Pokemon that just flew in for the day. The list goes on. I seriously can't get over how alive this Gameboy Color game is. Just incredible.

 

[ForceStealer]

It's remarkable that they've never come close to the amount and quality of content of the gen 2 games.

 

[Wol]

Pokemon Silver is the best, a fact of life.

 

[ForceStealer]

I've played Red the most for both the nostalgia and that it's shorter to get through. But there's no denying that G/S/C are the best in the series.

 

[Wol]

So many great memories. Silver was my first, I remember being amazed by unlocking another whole region after thinking I had cleared the game. I played around the time the Lugia movie was around, so I was all hyped to catch him.

The music still resonates with me. National Park, Eucreak City, Lake of Rage, specially, are timeless.

 

[Odysseus]

In terms of narrative, black and white is probably my favorite., but nothing has ever topped just being able to visit the whole previous game like you can in GSC in terms of wow factor.