@LtSarge That is one reason why I like to try to play one game at a time. I get the appeal of playing two games at a time to try to keep from burning out on a game by only playing that, but I've tried multiple games at once and it usually doesn't work out that well for me. I should be playing and finishing one game, but I get the urge to play the other and then one gets left behind for a while.
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Tried both the Valkyrie Elysium & Star Ocean: The Divine Force demos last night.
Valkyrie Elysium was... ok.
Though it was honestly getting a bit boring by an hour in.
I ended up not finishing the demo (I didn't finish either in fact) and called it a day when I got to the castle proper and had to open a door via breaking some chains.
It looked better then Star Ocean overall and seemed to run better too from what I could tell (though nowhere near as ambitious as Star Ocean) with smaller, & sparser, enviroments and some bland enemy designs (for the most part).
If you told me it was a remaster of a PS2 title I'd believe you.
Voice acting (what little there was) was a bit eh too. Valkyire wasn't bad (though she needed more lines to say in battle) whilst Odin just sounded rather bored.
Combat was fine.
... Yeah that's about it.
Star Ocean: The Divine Force did not make a great first impression.
The first thing I noticed was some truly awful ghosting effect from when I was moving the camera around.
The frame rate was rather jerky too from what I could tell when moving the camera too on the frame rate mode (And I typically only notice frame rate only when it's super low). The image quality mode didn't look ANY different on PS4.
The character models are a bit weird too. Very similar to what little of Star Ocean IV's I've seen with that almost doll like quality to them. Really should've gone cel shaded or something in my opinion rather then the more "realistic"(?) anime take.
Enviroments are rather big but it does look rather... Eh. Especially on PS4 with some awful textures.
Plays nothing like Star Ocean 3 or 4 in battles either with attacks tied to the Square, Circle and Triangle buttons. The ap gauge is REALLY small to start off with and does make battle feel very stop and start with what little you can do before you can extend your ap.
Battles do feel really quick though. Kinda reminded me of YS VIII from how snappy the pace is.
D.U.M.A makes the combat, traversal... The whole demo a lot more interesting.
Voice acting was solid enough. I especially liked Laeticia whom was rather cordial to Ray, the space man from beyond the stars, whom she's only just met and doesn't have the stuffiness you might typically expect from being a princess (that's more of her royal escort).
The set up is somewhat similar to 3 with Ray being from a much more civilised society who ends up stranded on a underdeveloped medieval like era planet.
I'm not sure how much of a difference getting to choose your character does though if you can then switch to the other party member's in game... But you can't really tell from a demo where you can only chose to start as Ray either.
Won me over by the time I'd got to the inn in the village where I decided to drop it. Not something I'd wanna play on PS4 though...
@KilloWertz I was playing one game at a time earlier this year but yeah, you start to lose interest when you play the same game for too long and it's not that captivating to play. Sadly, Persona 3 Portable hasn't impressed me at all and it's a game that I'd rather play when I want to relax in bed instead of having it as my main game. So that's why I added Immortals into the mix to switch things up. But Immortals isn't that captivating to play either now due to its repetitive nature, lol. I need to take breaks from these games from time to time if I want to continue enjoying them.
It doesn't help either that we're nearing the Holiday season and so many promising games are nearing release, like Trails from Zero, Pokémon Violet, God of War Ragnarok, Gotham Knights and so on. I'm going to have a hard time finishing anything at this rate.
@HallowMoonshadow Thanks for sharing your impressions. I have a slight interest in both of these games but I don't know much about them. The fact that Valkyrie Elysium seems to look and run better on PS4 compared to Star Ocean is useful to know for me since Valkyrie is PS exclusive while Star Ocean is also on Series X. That means I can get Valkyrie on PS4 and Star Ocean on Series X instead of buying both on PS4.
@HallowMoonshadow star ocean doesn't run much better on the ps5 tbf. I played the demo there and while it probably is better than on the ps4, the character models are so ps3 generation and the environment is okish on the the ps5 as well. You can clearly see that the game didn't get that much of a budget to make and I think the strongest part has to be its gameplay.
I'm still on the fence about it, the demo doesnt completely steer me away from it but it's also not a day 1 purchase atm. If the reviews for the entire game are good and they manage to fix the horribly small letters in menu and subs I might get it day 1
I started not 1 but 2 new games this weekend. After finishing last stop I started Atelier Ryza: Ever darkness and the secret hideout (some of these Japanese games have very long titles lol). I never played an Atelier game before but it seems to he extremely relaxing. From what I've hear Ryza is the most popular one and the easiest one. So curious how it is.
The other game I started is the complete opposite Saints row 4. Played it a bit years back on pc but remember loving the wackiness of it. So when I feel like some more over the top action I'll play this instead of Ryza. I absolutely loved sr3, which I played 3 times already lol, so hope I will enjoy this jsut as much
@Kairu To be honest I think if it was your first or 100th playthrough it would be worth it, just an awesome game, I got the plat earlier this year and I still have thoughts of playing it again!
@Zuljaras I was in a similar position a couple of years back! Played (and loved) DS1 on Switch.
I've since beaten Sekiro (just one playthrough, no platinum) and Elden Ring (Platinum trophy)... + playing Bloodborne on the side.
Sekiro is my favorite FromSoft game, but all amazing in their own ways. I've not played DS2, but understand it is actually quite decent and doesn't deserve a lot of the hate it gets
@CJD87 DS2 is quire diverse in terms of areas compared to DS1. But DS1 feels much darker and atmospheric.
Right from the start of DS3 I can feel that the graphics of the last gen kicking in and the game feels so alive and awesome looking! I can't wait to dive into it and die 100-200 times
As for Sekiro I will try it last as I am not a fan of the Japan/Samurai and all in all Asian architecture and feeling. The medieval European/Gothic stuff is my jam. It never gets old for me
@CJD87 Having played them all, Dark Souls 2 was my least favourite but I thought it was still a decent game. Just compared to other games it lacks it certain areas like boss and level designs. The dlc's were excellent however.
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@CJD87 similar to @JohnnyShoulder, Dark Souls 2 is probably my least favourite of the trilogy… but I still remember it really fondly. 1 & 3 are very similar while 2 almost feels like it’s own thing.
@Zuljaras Are you playing DS3 on PS5? The 60fps patch feels incredible, especially after playing DS1 on Switch!
From a QoL / Graphics perspective you are probably best playing them in sequence. It must be quite jarring if you went the other way, playing DS3 and then going back to DS1. Enjoy man!
@JohnnyShoulder@colonelkilgore - nice to hear DS2 getting some love. I suppose that even the 'worst' FromSoft game is still more fun to play than one of the many inferior clones
Needed something to chill out with in between Returnal sessions and checked ps plus extra, there was a few I've wanted to play for a while but went with South Park The Stick Of Truth and man am I glad I did, after about an hour and a half of play I can already tell I'm gonna love it lol
@MaulTsir I saw that you started Returnal… sounds like a good plan to have something a bit more chill on the go at the same time. Such a good plan, that I might even do the same when I start Returnal!
Haven't been on in a long time and have played a few games since last time, some of which have been disappointing. I skipped PS2 and PS3, so my MO has been to play through a select PS4 backlog in year of release order, based off the Best Single Player list on this site, plus a few games from my PS1 days, like RE and FF7.
I found FFX kinda rubbish, got all the way to the final battle and gave up, bad game design imo.
RE4 was excellent
Batman Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, loved them
Inside, brilliant
Uncharted 4, another really great experience
Ratchet and Clank, very polished game but wasn't sad to complete it, not my thing
ABZU, really great, so chilled
FFXII, I think I'll stick with FF7, found it boring although at least I completed it.
Dragon Dogma Dark Arisen, I know it has a cult following but found it kinda dull
RE7, just brilliant, despite my reservations about FPS games
Currently playing, and really enjoying, Yakuza 0. I'm up to 2017 now, which seems like part of a golden age. Im guessing I'll be a long time on this but HZD is next, followed by Nier Automata
@colonelkilgore yeah Returnal's great and you'll definitely feel it seen as you enjoy the Soul's type games, it's just each run can take between 20 to 50 mins and after 2 or 3 I feel like taking a rest helps, I tried watching some tv but found my self constantly thinking about the game so thought I'd look on ps plus extra and have a little game to play in-between sessions and it's helped, plus South Park is still funny to me today even at my age so thats a bonus 🤣
I've made some headway into Valkyria Chronicles Remastered@Th3solution.
It's only been about an hour and a half or so but it's rather enjoyable. The english voice acting has been great with Dave Wittenberg (Kakashi from Naruto, Cielo in Digital Devil Saga) voicing Wilkes. He's such a goof. Alicia's really good too and they have some great chemistry together.
I have also found it mildly amusing that the narrator is Princess Ashe's voice actor when I've been directly comparing the music to FF XII's.
The music is great. The main battle track IS an FFXII track though... You could just slot that into a scene of FFXII and no one would be the wiser 😅
I did fail the third mission (chapter 2, protecting the main gate in bruhl) a couple of times times as I wasn't expecting the difficulty to jump so much with a tank conpared to the first two missions which were pathetically easy.
Was good fun though finally getting Wilkes to arrive in the Edelweiss. Alicia was a one woman army til he popped up
It is very different and unique. I do like the fact your different classes of troops level up as a whole rather then each individual troop so you can always switch members out if the next mission has more favourable terrian and the likes.
Looking forward to playing more
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