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17 minutes ago, -GD- said:

it makes me feel claustrophobic. a damn shame. i'll continue with it, but i may end up selling it. 

Just slap it on the easiest settings if you haven't and enjoy the ride. The moments are incredible it's just playing it isn't. 

It doesn't. Wolfenstein is 100% about its moments, everything else in that game is a real bummer.

It is done, the world of Alrest has been saved.

After 93 hours I can shelve Xenoblade 2, it was an alright game. The story and design of the last half of the game definitely propels you to see a conclusion. I'm not mad I spent as much time with the game but it definitely has it faults. It'll probably never be a game I can happily recommend despite actually enjoying it because the game never really does anything but ask of the player, very rarely are you actually rewarded for your time invested and when you are it's immediately overshadowed by having to go back to play the game.

- 99% of character designs are terrible

- Combat is serviceable if you play a tank class, pretty meh if you try and play DPS

- The world is not fun to traverse

- Performance is terrrrrrible 

- GACHA RNG Blade system isn't fun 

- UI/Menus is bad, often times tedious

+ Some memorable characters 

+ Genuinely enjoyed the "journey"

At the end of the day it's as average as they come. Had this game baked for another 6-12 months it could've been something special.

On the final chapter of Xenoblade 2.  Game really funnels you to the end for the last few chapters. I think overall i'm OK with the game. It has its issues, quite a bit of issues but it's an alright 7/10 game. Story is fun and I enjoy most of the characters, the designs of most are trash though.

Meh are there any actually well balanced openworld games? Even Dragon's Dogma on its hard setting is a cakewalk after the first zone.

TEW2 hasn't some of the best cinematic cuts i've seen in some time. TEW did them well too but man, that game nails 'em. Some of the ones during the final hour or so are on point.

On 12/25/2017 at 2:03 AM, Twinblade said:

Yeah It crashed for me once, and I was pretty impressed when it just dropped me right back into the match after I booted the game up again. Thats a great feature that more MP games should have.

A few months ago it didn't have this, you'd crash out and be fucked. Nice to hear they changed that.

lolwat? remove that shit at the very least.

I never said it was the game's fault.

Nah, not yet anyway. I don't even know that it's a game worth playing. 

Yea, I read the notes that were released awhile back and none are all that wild. Aside from the skip travel button takes you to the map you're on. 

Most if not all of my deaths are from me jumping off a ledge or an enemy 50+ levels comes in to stomp me.  If you're not upgrading Poppi that might be your issue, that or just your party/blade comp

It's def a tougher nut to crack, the throw backs are more aesthetic than they are story. Sequel is definitely the one the play.

Did you ever play the first one? They do some really silly throwbacks to it.

1 hour ago, -GD- said:

Damn, TEW2  just keeps getting better. I like how I have the freedom to explore various homes and businesses. Lots of incentives (and fun jumpy moments). 

Game is awesome, easily one of my favorites this year. Some awesome moments in there.

Closing in on 30 hours of X2, it's a bummer how unpolished this game is. 

40 minutes ago, kokujin said:

:/ damn that's hella sad.  Ok so what about giant overwhelming overleveled monsters?? They're not existent?? If they're not hunts.. Wtf do you do?? Guess I'll buy this cheap.

I mean there are level 80+ monsters that one shot you but it's more of an annoyance than anything else. It's your run of the mill jrpg. Boy meets girl, they make friends, journey to save a dying world.

22 minutes ago, kokujin said:

Hmmm. Sad. You may be being honest. Guess the game is not low balled in score.

 

Map is bad??? Thought it was vast and sprawling. How are hunts, (numerous??) and side quests??

Bad in how it relays information to the player, guess it's more that the level design isn't great. Haven't seen a hunt and sidequests are what you'd expect out of a game like this. "I need # of X" and all that make the usual appearance. 

Meaning it's a mixed bag, I like it despite its flaws but the game borderline asks you not to like it half the time. The map is pretty bad, the combat is servicable at the best of times and questionable at the worst, performance even in docked is dumpster for a game that isn't visually impressive. If not for my nostalgia for a JRPG in this vein i'd have stopped by now.

Xenoblade 2. It's a crapshoot.

Destiny 2. Wanted something to do while waiting for next tier in XIV so me and a few people from the static i'm in checked it out. The raid is pretty decent, makes me miss raiding in a game that isn't just boss in a box. 

Finished Yakuza 0, great story marred by an unnecessary overworld and servicable combat. Ended up mainlining it just to see it through, some really fun characters that get too little screen time.

Started Xenoblade but shut it off when you got to the first town, man that game is ugly af.

I did the Dominatrix one so if that's like the creme of the crop then i'll stick to the main story.

19 hours ago, Twinblade said:

0 is definetly a bloated game. Kiwani is leaner and I think a better introduction to the series overall.

Are there side missions that you'd consider must do's? So far they've all been pretty bunk. I just have a hard time avoiding them since a lot of them are placed along critical path.

Yea, the guilt of spend $40.  

Nah, i'm being facetious. It's been solid so far but every time the game starts going  somewhere it slams on the brakes and tosses you into a different story and asks you to do some menial tasks to get by.

Yakuza 0 is a weird game, after like 13 hours I can't even tell you if I actually like it.