I've finally received my Bloodstained: Ritual of The Night PS4 today ! Updating right now... can't wait to play it.
Jealous! I need to get and play the first. SOTN is still in my top 5.I've finally received my Bloodstained: Ritual of The Night PS4 today ! Updating right now... can't wait to play it.
I got my Switch copy with the holographic backer sleeve yesterday. I really regret getting this version but I didn’t have a PS4 back when we had to commit to our choice of platform.I've finally received my Bloodstained: Ritual of The Night PS4 today ! Updating right now... can't wait to play it.
Sorta! On the bright side The New Game+ is different enough to be more than a harder replay, plus there's always bonfire ascetics to ramp it up ala carte.Finished Dark Souls 2. I think I've bitched about it enough.
So I'll just say, I really enjoyed Ivory King for the most part. It felt the closest to what i love about Dark Souls. Nashandra was kind of cool. I do really think I'll enjoy this game a lot more the second time around.
A man after my own heart. I need to replay Demon's Souls myself... or man up and struggle my way through the NG+ I wasn't ready to start!But because these guys have a pure and absolute hook on my life, I cannot escape, I started playing them all again, in order as they came out and ending with my first playthrough of Sekiro. I'm almost done Demon's Souls already though.
What's this? Someone hosting third party Souls servers!?It's been a lot of fun playing on Yuvi's server, which is actually pretty active and functions a hell of a lot better than the actual servers did when I was playing them
For starting out trying to bypass the BS and get through it I ended up putting a lot of time into that game (it's the best way really), but I don't know if that's to the credit of the game's actual depth or the lengths I went to trying to find depth, or create it if I had to (I basically tried remaking the world in the image I saw fit that the parameters of the story didn't really allow).Also started playing my old Fallout 4 game I had going until my graphics card on my PC shit the bed. I think I'm pretty close to done that game anyways considering I'm level 102 and everything is easy mode even on very hard.
I backed the signed collector's edition back in 2015, but I didn't received my signed slipcase yet. I'll certainly get it in August with the rest.I got my Switch copy with the holographic backer sleeve yesterday. I really regret getting this version but I didn’t have a PS4 back when we had to commit to our choice of platform.
Not on the level of SotN can still be really damn good! So is it on par with the best of the genre or just sort of in the pack of average/good?Yesterday I stopped right before the final boss. Very nice game, the soundtrack is excellent too.
But to me it doesn't reach the level of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
Your appreciation of it will only grow. One of the most successful dream team/collaborations ever. Mario RPG was a winner in this regard too. Also, Chrono Cross is probably an underrated classic in its own right, maligned for being so unrecognizable from its predecessor (but the connections are there, deep down). If you're really hardcore you'll play Radical Dreamers too!I finished Chrono Trigger during my lunch break today. It was one of the most solidly made JRPGs I’ve played. I can’t recommend it enough to those who haven’t experienced it yet. I received the standard ending, but I plan on playing it again one day to get the rest of them
FYI, if the new style isn't your cup of tea, there's a fan created 8-bit restoration to classic Mega Man style!For now, it’s on to Mega Man 7!
Both of them are on my list, and I’m looking forward to each. I never felt an aversion to playing Chrono Cross because of its dissimilarities to Chrono Trigger, I just never got around to playing it. I had all the FMVs on my PC at one time in the late 90s, though, hehe.Your appreciation of it will only grow. One of the most successful dream team/collaborations ever. Mario RPG was a winner in this regard too. Also, Chrono Cross is probably an underrated classic in its own right, maligned for being so unrecognizable from its predecessor (but the connections are there, deep down). If you're really hardcore you'll play Radical Dreamers too!
Thanks for the heads up!FYI, if the new style isn't your cup of tea, there's a fan created 8-bit restoration to classic Mega Man style!![]()
Don't get me wrong, Bloodstained is a great game !Not on the level of SotN can still be really damn good! So is it on par with the best of the genre or just sort of in the pack of average/good?
This is so exciting to read! I'm so jealous of this journey of discovery you're on. CT is truly one of the best of all time, and I have so many great memories of it.I finished Chrono Trigger during my lunch break today. It was one of the most solidly made JRPGs I’ve played. I can’t recommend it enough to those who haven’t experienced it yet. I received the standard ending, but I plan on playing it again one day to get the rest of them, as well as complete the bestiary, get all the artwork, play the additional dungeons, etc. via NG+.
I TAKE IT ALL BACK! Fall back! FALL BACK!For now, it’s on to Mega Man 7!
Thanks, man! I’m having a great time. I played a lot of Chrono Trigger in the 90s via emulation, so I was pretty familiar with it already, but most of these other titles have been new to me. (I miss EarthBound...)This is so exciting to read! I'm so jealous of this journey of discovery you're on. CT is truly one of the best of all time, and I have so many great memories of it.
Haha, I know it has a bad reputation, but I’m having a good time with it so far. It’s not the best Mega Man game I’ve played, but it’s fun.I TAKE IT ALL BACK! Fall back! FALL BACK!
Yes!What's this? Someone hosting third party Souls servers!?
I’ve been playing it the last few days (by other means so that my first impression of the game isn’t ruined by the inexcusably bad Switch version) and I’m really enjoying it. The thing that bothers me the most so far is that it could still use some visual tuning. Cutscenes are janky and some areas look like they applied a blinn shader on everything.Don't get me wrong, Bloodstained is a great game !
It's just that I was expecting the equal of SotN, but hey, I guess it's very hard to top this game.
So, I've finished it yesterday and I definitely recommend it.
I'm at 99,70% of the map... Got to find those last 0,30% today.![]()
And it doesn't even try to meet them, or seemingly know that it should. It's really its own thing, and a product of its time for better or, mostly, worse: a PS1 RPG with jagged polygons, ugly textures, and lots of FMV to compensate. Still, it's probably my game of the year then. I appreciated the combat and multitude of characters and their, um, variations. I did like some of the abstract ways it tied back to the original, like the dragons, but it ultimately felt like something completely different with some Chrono Trigger lore tacked on. If they were going to do a true sequel to CT it should have been by reuniting the same dream team, even on a new IP.Chrono Cross... It'd have been better off with a different title, maybe even "Radical Dreamers 2"because the expectations it sets up with that big ass clock C in the title don't do it any favors.
Hey man, I agree with you, but I say it out of love, and that's just going too far. It's not THAT bad! Now, Mega Man 8 on the other hand...I TAKE IT ALL BACK! Fall back! FALL BACK!
Hmmm, fascinating, maybe I should sign back on to Demon's Souls and check it out while its still hot. Anything I should know about getting set up, or what to watch out for/avoid?Yuvi's server is fantastic. I seen people everywhere all the time. There's messages everywhere and I even got invaded in 3-1. It's pretty damn active for an old game on a private server honestly. Makes me happy hah.
Also, he has custom world tendency that you can choose by laying a specific message and restarting your game. So you can hit up pure white/black or make it neutral without the bullshit if you feel like.
They also do server events now and then. Quite cool.
You really should! I've had a great time with it.Hmmm, fascinating, maybe I should sign back on to Demon's Souls and check it out while its still hot. Anything I should know about getting set up, or what to watch out for/avoid?
You’ll hate it.But maybe it's time to finally give The Last of Us its due. It might be the best game I have that I haven't played.
Yes. Play it on the hardest difficulty available. It makes the game almost unrivaled. Top 5 for me.But maybe it's time to finally give The Last of Us its due. It might be the best game I have that I haven't played.
You’ll hate it.![]()
Explain.Yes. Play it on the hardest difficulty available. It makes the game almost unrivaled. Top 5 for me.
It's really good, and a shame it's incomplete and that Kojima's Hollywood pretensions got the better of him with Sutherland (you won't mind so much by the end though). I think I enjoyed Mother Base more than you are, especially when you start screwing around driving jeeps into stuff and invading other people's bases to steal nukes n' shit, but yeah the game is out in the world, single-handedly taking out airports, etc.I’m finally getting into MGS5, which so far is pretty fantastic when I’m not dealing with anything MOTHER BASE related. Once I got rockets and C-4 I pretty much consider myself done with the place. The open world areas and missions are great, and the rest feels very bolt-on.
Also not in love with Kiefer as Big Boss, but oh well. He doesn’t talk much.