also i’m not really playing much rn, but i’d be happy to talk about what i am!
tbh this is me with anime or movies more than games
bitch has been typing for an hour now
Me formulating my essay on how Symphony of the Night is one of the worst games ever made, ruined Castlevania wholesale, and nearly every subsequent game somehow manages to be even worse
That’s the common take from like 99.9% of people, and so certainly you are free to enjoy it, but I have severe brain damage for old Castlevanias
Id be intrested in an executive summary of your rant.
I can understand how the concept has been driven into the ground, and am curious as to how someone with fresh eyes didnt like it.
Play Valheim with me lol.
Been renovating this whole village we started out near and building it up as we go.
Just built a realistic medieval cottage with a proper basement and foundation even.
Oooh that use of the big logs as support is a neat idea and makes it look awesome, will copy that, thanks !
Our own main building is nice but looks a bit cube-ish.
Also I like to do a huge stone chimney at the very middle, going through the roof.
new vegas, baybeeeee!! 500 mods because i’m weird like that, modded some other rpgs too enderal and mount & blade 2.
i’ve been playing rpgs this whole year and i think it’s time to do my yearly switch into rts, aoe4 startin’ to look appetising
well this is fucking gorgeous. I’ve been playing with the matriarchy mod to make the vanilla rosters ladies. But I’ve been putting off a new run until my little warband updates because it kinda ruins the fun of running around with a warband of women when the women have already won you know? Like, matriarchy being as bad as patriarchy ruins the fun of it.
the only mods I’m running that you aren’t are, autotrader, troop sort, auto equip companions, and no marriage offers for female members.
Just fixed a controller for clone hero 🎸
yoooo, what do you usually play? not playing much either right now, I can’t muster the will after work to play something so I try to really get into it during weekends. I’m currently playing through Yakuza 0 properly for the first time and it’s been comfy as hell
i’m playing genealogy of the holy war rn! also pokemon emerald rogue, mahjong soul, and earthbound are all on and off for me rn
Cool picks! I’ve always been meaning to get into JRPG’s (dabbled a bit in Yakuza: Like a Dragon, the older Final Fantasy games and countless more) but I can never sit myself down for long enough to really get into them, I suppose I should just give it some time. How accessible are Earthbound and the first game you mentioned (Fire Emblem, right?) to a newcomer?
earthbound is fairly accessible to beginners! it has a lot of quality of life features that are nice, and overall isn’t too hard. if you want to grind a bit you can get through basically everything easily and if you’re in an area that’s got enemies you don’t like having to deal with you can pretty much just not deal with them. there are some bits where i’d recommend having a guide (the one from starmen.net probably) because it can be a little obtuse at times, but it’s still charming and quirky even if you’ve played the games it inspired. the whole thing is a lot of fun, and i would definitely recommend it.
genealogy of the holy war on the other hand is ABSOLUTELY NOT accessible to a newcomer. i’m a veteran of fire emblem (admittedly all the later, easier games, but i’ve played through almost all of them since 6!) and it’s hard and doesn’t really explain itself at all. the prologue for this game is longer than most maps in any other fire emblem, the maps are all massive, it really has some obtuse stuff going on, and if you aren’t familiar with the series you’ll probably just need to follow a guide at all points in the game if you don’t want to end up with a second gen that’s impossible to win with. i’m having a good time, but the only reason i didn’t quit the first time i got mobbed by 20 guys and lost my healer was because you can save at the start of every turn which makes it easier to put down and come back later if i fuck up.
if you want to check out a fire emblem, my recommendations are fire emblem 7 (blazing blade, the first one to leave japan, robust tutorial, fairly representative of the broader franchise in story, good character stuff. pretty fun game!) 13 (awakening, on the 3ds, revitalized the franchise in a huge way, is pretty easy and has a lot of fun things to do where you can break the game over your knee, story that doesn’t make me hate myself) and 16 (three houses, you can be gay with a decent number of characters, if you choose the correct route you can overthrow the nobility in one of the more genuinely revolutionary stories in gaming (though it is of course limited to going from feudalism to something closer to a liberal democracy it has a lot of applicability outside that), and the gameplay is still modernized and streamlined but has more variety and interesting bits than awakening). 9 is also real good but you can’t just emulate it on your phone and it’s impossible to find physically so there’s slightly more of a barrier to entry there
or you could do what i did and just read all the lets plays on something awful/the lparchive and think they seem neat before actually starting to play them a few years later
also feel free to @ me if you have any questions about either game, or the genre broadly! i’m not an expert but i’d be happy to help
