Finished Borderlands 3. Still have quite a few side quests left, but have played it enough. Was thinking about Platinum previously, but don’t want to play 20-30 more hours just for trophies. Maybe if it had a really good narrative, which it doesn’t.
Started Greedfall. It’s a AA-ish RPG by Spider. The world building is interesting, and story and quests aren’t bad. There are different factions and how you do the quest you can improve or worsen your relations with them. You can use stealth, or direct combat, or even talk your way through them.
Where I am currently, I haven’t gotten any quest that will improve my relation with faction at the cost of worsening it with another (though there were ones where I could choose different faction, and improve my relation with them), but I am still very early in the game.
The weakest part is the combat. You have 3 classes, and you can select upto 2 companions, all of who are of different factions and different classes. The combat itself isn’t that great though. While it is serviceable it would’ve been pretty much unacceptable if it was released today. Have played some 5-6 hours yet, so things may open up a more.
Reached Episode 4 of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All.
Episode 3/4 spoiler
It was really cool to see Edgeworth again. I mean I knew he wasn’t dead because there are games released after this one that has him, but still it was nice to see him again.
Didn’t get to play Trails in the Sky: Second Chapter last week, but will give it some time this one. On a related note, really excited about the remake! Still going to finish it, but going to play the remake too. Probably not at launch, but soon-ish.
What about all of you? What have you been playing?
Finished Paper Mario TTYD. I’ve done pretty much everything except all recipes with my 10HP. For some reason Bonetail felt easier than Gloomtail and I couldn’t tell you why or how that even makes sense. There was just a certain rhythm that worked out perfectly. Prince Mush turned out to be a really stupid fight, turning himself invincible in the second phase unless you perfect guard him. So much for preparations, I guess! I cheesed him with a huge stack of Charges to defeat him before he can switch to phase 2. If he cheats, I cheat!
So next, I’m finally going to start Baten Kaitos 2. Since the game was never released in Europe before, it’ll be my first time playing it. I did my research, there’s no need to leave the system running for two weeks, or any unreasonable amount of time in the sequel!
And, then… there’s my mystery game. It’s done and it was Danganronpa V3. I kept it a secret because I didn’t want to risk anybody saying anything. It’s the kind of game you don’t want to hear anything about before playing. Until recently, my spoiler-free verdict was as follows:
The visuals are by far the best in the series, I especially like the overgrown look of the school. And even though it’s neat that everything slowly changes overtime, it’s a shame it changes to be much less interesting. Don’t cut down all the greenery! But overall, I wasn’t too fond of the game. A lot of the killings were very gimmicky and some elements were just left completely unused. Like that one murder motive nobody understood, nobody used and was ultimately taken away and never brought up again. I think the game’s biggest handicap is essentially trying to tell the same story for the third time.
The above was my verdict… but then I beat the game. Oh, boy… that… was the worst ending I have ever seen in a game. I’m a “the journey is more important than the destination” kind of guy, so I never really understood how an ending can ruin someone’s entire experience. I get it now. I understand why people get so upset because it truly feels bad. I have completed the first two games 100% because I just enjoyed them so much, but I didn’t even look at the post game content because I did not want to spend another second with any of these characters. I hate them now. Them and everything that happened. In a messed up way, the ending explains some of my earlier complaints and I actually really liked that, but that doesn’t change how stupid the ending is. The only thing more stupid is the fact that I lost sleep over this. Luckily, it was only that one immediate night.
And since I cut the game off here, I am once again in the situation of having finished both of my current games at the same time! How does this keep happening? I’ll be filling this slot with the 2013 reboot of Tomb Raider. The original series never really interested me, but the reboot has been on my radar for a very long time.
Oh, so that was the secret game! I was very curious about it after the last post.
… and yeah, I wasn’t very impressed with that one either when I played it years ago. The twist in the first chapter was cool, but after that it never got anywhere near as good as the previous two games and like you said the ending was terrible.
I’m glad Kodaka moved on from the series to try new things after that. Master Detective Archives: Rain Code was quite enjoyable, and while I don’t think it’s as good as the first two Danganronpa games the overall mood of the game was fantastic (Kanai Ward was such a cool location) and got me wishing for a sequel in the future.