Finished Dragon Age: Inquisition! Interesting ending. Got me excited for Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Dropped The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. It was fun, but then it stopped being fun. May visit it again some day, when I am in a correct headspace for the game.
Started Borderlands 3 (on PS5), played just a little bit yet, liked the gunplay and combat, haven’t made up my mind on the rest of the game.
Still playing Horizon Chase Turbo, nothing new to add there.
Finished Golf Story. It was a nice little game. I started it thinking it of as an RPG-lite, but it wasn’t much of RPG. There were quests and leveling up, but most game have some kind of leveling up these days. I would just consider it a narrative sports games.
Started Hades. I am not a roguelike (or roguelite) fan, have never finished any, even though I have tried a few, so not sure how long I’ll play this, but liking it so far. Have reached Elysium in over a dozen tries, not sure what kind of player that makes me. I am best with bow, shooting from far. Going to continue this for a while at least.
Also started Valkyria Chronicles, makes a good combo with Hades. A turn-based narrative game vs an action roguelike. In Chapter 4, which has the first big mission.
Phew, that was lots of games.
What about all of you? What have you been playing?
Playing The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak!
Finished Chapter 3 yesterday.
Van is really great, one of my favorite MCs in the series. He’s this hard-boiled investigator with the perfect amount of silliness mixed in, I love the gag of him getting “bribed” into troublesome jobs by expensive sweets.
But the rest of the playable cast so far has been… kinda mid? Agnes is the demure, prim and proper female lead that I’d usually rank very low in preferences, yet she’s probably my favorite of the playable cast because Feri and Risette are just there, and while Aaron does have more personality his constant rudeness really irritates me. I’m hoping they’ll improve over the game, because there’s plenty of room for that.
What makes this extra weird is that the secondary cast in this game is fantastic, I’m really interested in Elaine and René’s relationships with Van, recurring side characters like the informers Dingo and Bermotti have plenty of personality, there’s Judith being absolutely hilarious every time she’s on the screen, and even some minor characters like the film director from Chapter 3 are memorable.
Another thing that I’m positively surprised is how they’re trying to push some boundaries for this series, this game is significantly bloodier with named character deaths happening often, and there’s even some raunchier scenes like the one where Van visits a nightclub - all of which fits very well with the “underworld” theme of Daybreak.
Not going to read any of that, to stay from any spoilery content. In summary, are you enjoying it?
FYI, I’m trying to avoid story discussion and talking mainly about characters, gameplay, and overall setting of the game. So hopefully no significant spoilers in there in case you read it by accident.
Definitely. Can’t praise the MC enough (my favorite since the Sky trilogy) interesting gameplay ideas that are also good QOL improvements, darker tone that pushes some boundaries from the series.
The main thing I’m not “sold” is the new team, maybe because the MC set a high bar? But side-characters in general are excellent and memorable, so I’m hoping the other party members will get more development over the game.