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- February 1st, 2024, 11:32 am
- Forum: Volume 13
- Topic: 650: Baldur's Gate III
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1531
Re: 650: Baldur's Gate III
This game is an immaculate take on the feeling of playing in a DnD campaign, in all the best and worst ways. To start, not the game's fault but I wish I didn't go into it with the idea the whole thing was full of absolute freedom. Because it isn't. There's a lot of ways you can tackle situations, su...
- January 1st, 2024, 6:38 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Hi-Fi Rush
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4262
Re: 603: Hi-Fi Rush
Things like Hi-Fi Rush are a rare present. Rarely do we ever Bayonetta Baby Driver shadowdropped into immediate acclaim. This game makes me sad it was buried in the dogpile of titles that came out in 2023. I love the presentation, especially how it transitions from 2D to 3D in cutscenes flawlessly. ...
- January 1st, 2024, 6:26 pm
- Forum: Volume 13
- Topic: 624: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1037
Re: 624: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Even General White can't stop this from being one of the best games ever made. It's annoying constantly hearing about how Paper Mario lost its magic after this game, but TTYD makes a good case for it. Nintendo just went ahead with a pretty alright little charming game on the N64 and made Mario a har...
- January 1st, 2024, 6:16 pm
- Forum: Volume 13
- Topic: 631: Power Stone
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3310
Re: 631: Power Stone
I would actually have a heart attack if a third game was ever announced, but Capcom would never so I'm glad to be guaranteed such a long fulfilling life. A fun little party fighter from the times where you didn't think too hard about how half the cast was packed with borderline-uncomfortable stereot...
- January 1st, 2024, 6:10 pm
- Forum: Volume 13
- Topic: 622: Elden Ring
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2679
Re: 622: Elden Ring
Elden Ring is one of the few games that doesn't embarrass itself with the open-world moniker. So much so that I ended up starting a second playthrough in the middle of my first. The strongest statement to that is how there's an entire second map of content underneath the first that's entirely option...
- January 1st, 2024, 6:02 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Katamari Damacy series
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7720
Re: 604: Katamari Damacy series
A bit of a shame to see how hard they cashed in after the first two because Kamatari Damacy is basically one of the most genius ideas for a game ever and We Love Katamari is one of most genius concepts for a sequel ever. There's no greater shame in gaming than the King blasting you for having a path...
- January 1st, 2024, 5:55 pm
- Forum: Volume 13
- Topic: 636: Vampire Survivors
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4407
Re: 636: Vampire Survivors
I accidentally ruined this game for myself. In retrospect, it probably saved me 400 hours, but after a little bit, I decided to try out all the unlock cheats and it basically immediately stopped being fun right after because I didn't earn all the funny little crazy characters I was playing, whoops.
- January 6th, 2023, 1:46 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5623
Re: 563: Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
This was my 2022 GOTYIERHACO (Game of the Year if Elden Ring Hadn't Also Come Out). It's a bit of a shame all the first impressions of chaos memes and Limp Bizkit had people writing it off, me included. Wouldn't have tried it if my friend didn't sit me down to. Once I did, there was a bug in my brai...
- January 6th, 2023, 1:35 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4030
Re: 556: Animal Crossing: New Horizons
This game sits oddly in a spot where it just happened to come out at the best time and worst time: Best considering it was a nice pleasantry to distract the apparent end of the world, but the worst in terms of Switch complacency. The console doing so well that they don't have to try so hard to impre...
- January 25th, 2022, 1:34 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Kingdom Hearts / Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 ReMIX
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6369
Re: 507: Kingdom Hearts / Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 ReMIX
The simple roots before this game decided to dive off a hill into literary chaos. And then again when it decided to ignore the chance to get out with some dignity and do a triple flip into the hellhole after KH2. But we'll get there when we get there. For now, as much as this game probably has the w...
- January 25th, 2022, 1:29 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Metroid Fusion
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4050
Re: 544: Metroid Fusion
I replayed all the modern 2Ds to catch up for Dread, so this one was the last on the list. Talk about this game was basically nothing but how terrifying of a world it made. The SA-X is horror on the GBA. Maybe it's just me getting lucky but I basically never ran into the SA-X unless it was scripted,...
- January 25th, 2022, 1:20 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Cuphead
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7445
Re: 533: Cuphead
This game is a game I constantly say I hate as I'm playing it, getting creamed with attacks I felt like I should have dodged over and over again. But nothing else gives me the satisfaction of seeing that KNOCKOUT! I absolutely love the feeling of slowly understanding attacks that seemed impossible t...
- January 25th, 2022, 1:11 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: The Wonderful 101
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4114
Re: 515: The Wonderful 101
Wonderful 101 is in my top 10 games of all time. Yes some of the minigame sections are a slog and I hate going through 6-2 with the flashback and ship combat but this is easily the best thing Platinum has ever done. The best implantation of QTE's, the best use of the Wii U hardware and basically the...
- January 25th, 2022, 1:01 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Hades
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8497
Re: 532: Hades
Hades is the best rougelike around. I dunno where all this rougelike hate came from in the gaming discussion, oversaturation maybe, but basically everyone agrees it's the exception. Gameplay's great. Poseidon coming in clutch. Music's grand and it's always nice to run in on the couple singing in Asp...
- January 25th, 2022, 12:45 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Super Metroid
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6262
Re: 506: Super Metroid
I marathoned the major most recent 2D Metroids leading up to Dread, so my first foray into Super Metroid was after Zero Mission and Samus Returns. Definitely a staple of game design and I'm not saying it doesn't hold up, but I think some of it doesn't hold up as well as people want it to. Like, that...
- January 25th, 2022, 12:39 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Hollow Knight
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7504
Re: 505: Hollow Knight
They can take as long as they need to on Silksong, because I know whenever it gets a release date, I'm going to have to replay through this game and that means tackling all the optional parts and DLC and killing the sun. Not sure if I'm emotionally ready for that. Good game. Every game's better with...
- September 28th, 2021, 12:25 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Final Fantasy VII Remake / Intergrade
- Replies: 25
- Views: 19719
Re: 494 - Final Fantasy VII Remake / Intergrade
Somehow avoided spoilers and just finished this in September 2021. I think divorcing FF7 from the story we know beat by beat in favor of telling a story that could hit us with the surprise we remember from the original is a lot more preferable, even if it means "being betrayed and lied to."...
- February 26th, 2021, 1:46 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11650
Re: 488 - Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula)
Ok, so maybe I'm just stupid, and I emulated the game so maybe I'm invalid, but I played this when Simon got in Smash, just to get invested. Got to Dracula's final form. I understand it's an old game, but is it just awful that you basically need Holy Water to stand a chance at killing him without ge...
- February 26th, 2021, 1:41 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Xenoblade Chronicles
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14513
Re: 481 - Xenoblade Chronicles
I'm just here to say Reyn might be one of the most charming characters in gaming. Some people might say he's annoying and they're definitely wrong. My Xenoblade experience was defined by the myriad of one-liners he'd drop during battle, especially the one. You know the one. Don't think I ever took h...
- January 19th, 2021, 10:35 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Stardew Valley
- Replies: 14
- Views: 25740
Re: 457 - Stardew Valley
I first played this after I realized I wanted too much of an actual game out of Animal Crossing and was recommended this instead. And they were right. It was a great experience. I know there's gonna be some people in the forum who talk about how relaxing and peaceful this was but I couldn't disagree...