Discussion questions:
What video games have you played recently?
What are your favorite video game genres?
Question of the week:
What game have you completed recently and what are your thoughts on it?
(Same as last time.)
What video games have you played recently?
Secrets of Grindea with my gf, and the original Metal Gear Solid on my own.
What are your favorite video game genres?
JRPGs and 2D platformers
What game have you completed recently and what are your thoughts on it?
As I mentioned before, the original Metal Gear Solid. I found that the gameplay and game design haven’t aged well but I can see why it was revolutionary for the era. I am mainly referring to most of the combat setpieces, the stealth sections and the adventure game-like riddles were good. The aesthetics, sound design and atmosphere in general were excellent, with the voice acting being insanely good for that time. I also thought the story was good even if the character writing is a bit amateurish at times, with a plot twist that I thought was amazing and very well executed. The themes are also pretty good and interesting even if they aren’t as deep as some fans would have you believe (although all of us are guilty of this with the things we like I guess)
Don’t you mean “Grandia” instead of “Grindea” or am I wrong here?
Also, Metal Gear Solid 1?
Oh yeah, and I can tell that JRPGs are definitely your favorite if you’re playing Grandia.
Good luck on playing Metal Gear; maybe it’ll be in time for a new Metal Gear Solid game that Konami will inevitably do by asking Kojima back.
It is this game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/269770/Secrets_of_Grindea/
It was in early access since 2012 and just released, it’s pretty fun in co-op and you can play with up to 4 people
League of Legends. I don’t play it for fun, I play it for ego boosting and a sense of accomplishment in reaching higher ranks. It’s such a toxic piece of crap but I’m stuck with it because I’m addicted to the drug of the victory screen. Nothing beats the catharsis of writing an essay to your teammate when you get angry at them.
Finished replaying God of War 1, planning to replay the 2nd soon
Just beat the Resident Evil 3 Remake for the first time yesterday and enjoyed it! It’s a bit on the short side, but I don’t believe length is a virtue, and RE games have a lot of replayability. I didn’t enjoy it as much as RE2R (I prefer the level design and backtracking in RE2 and the story/characters are much stronger), but it’s still a solid experience, and I’m looking forward to doing some achievement hunting so I can unlock the power ups and unlimited weapons for some S Rank and challenge runs on higher difficulties. Then, next stop: RE4R! RE4 is one of my favorite games of all time (real brave opinion, I know), so I’m interested to see how they adapt the grandaddy of 3rd person over-the-shoulder shooters for the REmake style of gameplay.
I have been summoned I see.
Playing Currently:
Stellaris (I just bought the Astral Planes DLC on sale)
FFVII Rebirth
EDIT: Desynced - I forgot I was playing this one, hah. Scifi factory builder with modular buildings and programmable unit behaviours.
Favourite Genres:
Factory Games
City/Colony Builders
RPGs (MMOs or JRPGs mostly)
Completed Recently:
I just finished my latest Rimworld run, where I did a Neolithic/Tribal to Spacer tech run. Rimworld is my favourite game ever made, I do runs through it very regularly, but wanted to finish up my current game before the latest DLC hits in a month or so.
I have at least a thousand hours in Rimworld and I can’t imagine that pace slowing down a whole lot. The funny thing is I actually hated it the first couple times I tried to get into it, before something just clicked.
Ooooo, I love MMORPGs.
I still love 'em, even now (despite everyone hating 'em).
Same, I enjoy the genre a lot still despite the fact that most MMO players seem to spend more time hating them than playing them.
I am a bit tired of the genre being totally dominated by fantasy though. I miss Wildstar and Secret World.
