So I had about a 45 ~ 60 minute long gaming session of Atelier Ryza last night @Ralizah.
It having only a Japanese dub I was a little worried that Ryza might have a high pitched giggly voice (my nails on a chalkboard) but thankfully her voice was rather nice and I like her tomboyish/headstrong personality looking for adventure after being stuck in the boonies all her life.
The nerdy guy friend is a bit of a wet blanket personality wise. The knight looking guy is okay though.
The music was absolutely delightful of what I heard so far.
... I'm a little mixed on the combat system though.
It's turn based but has a timeline/atb like system to it showing the party and enemies actions. You don't control the two other party members though (You can switch over to them, but it's way too fast to control two, yet alone three).
I'm not a big fan of automation (I infamously played OG FF XII without using gambits) so... We'll see how it fairs. I did think it was strictly turn based so that's on me.
It is a bit basic for combat to start with and I surprisingly wasn't actually given any healing items for the starting dungeon (with Ryza actually dying/on 1hp only a few fights in).
It was only the first dungeon and I don't think it actually wanted me to fight everything... But I wanted that EXP.
Oh and there's a photo mode and the game in general looks rather nice too.
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@HallowMoonshadow Sounds pretty good so far. Was there any crafting? Supposedly this series features a huge focus on crafting, which is a big part of why I've hesitated to try it.
Also, FFXII without gambits?! You're a madwoman.
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Full Throttle: Remastered - never had a PC back in the day, so never had a chance to play these Lucas Arts point-and-click adventures. Played and quite enjoyed Day of the Tentacle: Remastered a couple of years back… and think I might like FT even more. Love the gruff main character and the biker gang theme, as well as the remastered art work.
@Yousef- ikr… one of my favourite things to do with these games is to hit the touchpad every time I reach a new screen to cycle between the original visuals and that of the remasters. I remember looking at screenshots of the games back in the day and being amazed… but looking at them now I can barely see through the pixelisation.
@colonelkilgore could be a monitor thing. As someone with a few older monitors still lying around, I can attest some things looked better on their at-the-time intended monitor. But I can’t verify it for this game because I never grew up with LucasArt games.
That said, I’m actually generally a big P&C adventure buff. Before TWD, telltale made a ton of them. Back to the future, Sam & Max: Save the World, Jurassic Park: the Video Game, Tales of Monkey Island, Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Cool Attractive People… all classics in my eyes. But a lot of them are much harder to get now than ever due to both 7th gen exclusivity AND digital exclusivity. I have ‘em all on PC though.
There wasn't in that first hour as Ryza isn't an Alchemist yet @Ralizah
But I played a little longer and... Soon as she became an Alchemist pretty much EVERYTHING could be gathered in some way or another (Flowers, barrels, cobwebs, grapes, rocks, water etc.) and the alchemy/crafting system went over my head (I was rather tired last night when I played it).
That's all I can say about it though. I was only giving it a little look-see as I won't actually be playing it properly anytime soon but hopefully these first impressions give you a little heads up.
... This beat 'em is... Really quite hard. Barely managed to scrape by the first level/boss. The second level wasn't so bad... But level 3 is rather grueling.
Not gonna give up on it just yet (it is a beat 'em up and not very long after all)... But it is testing my patience a little.
I do really like the music though. It's really REALLY good. I'm humming the first level's theme as I type this even!
@HallowMoonshadow it is. Made me realize I’m not a fan of 2D beat ‘em ups like I thought I was. I grew up with golden axe and streets of rage, so I always thought I’m a big sucker for beat ‘em ups but the charm of those games was ironically only captured in 3D beat em ups for me. Turns out I’m a larger sucker for simple combat with a lot of depth rather than sheer difficulty. Retro City Girls might be up my alley though. Looks cute, I like cute, can’t really complain at all.
@Yousef- Same here! I played the most recent Street of Rage, but ditched it after a few levels. Love the art style, but found the gameplay too repetitive. Which is my achilles heel with any game.
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Started playing BioShock 2. Can't believe it's been several years since I played the first one. I think it's cool that you get to play as a Big Daddy and explore Rapture underwater, which is something that was missing from the first game. I'm curious to see where the story will go in this game.
@Yousef- Same here! I played the most recent Street of Rage, but ditched it after a few levels. Love the art style, but found the gameplay too repetitive. Which is my achilles heel with any game.
Yesss I wasn’t huge on SoR4 either. Feels like a certain magic that can’t be captured again.
Started playing BioShock 2. Can't believe it's been several years since I played the first one. I think it's cool that you get to play as a Big Daddy and explore Rapture underwater, which is something that was missing from the first game. I'm curious to see where the story will go in this game.
I didn’t play 2, but 1 was a huge blast. I played the OG PC version which I do think is the worst, but I had fun anyways. I vibe a lot with the setting. Political dramas always appealed to me and this had a unique and interesting setting and fun gameplay superpowers.
I'm quite fond of Dragon's Crown in particular @Yousef- and Shredder's Revenge was a decent enough time too.
I don't think it helps Scott Pilgrim's case that the levels seem to go on a bit longer then they probably should (along with the high difficulty) which is probably making it drag a lot more then I'd really want for a Beat 'em up.
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"You don't have to save the world to find meaning in life. Sometimes all you need is something simple, like someone to take care of"
@HallowMoonshadow oh wow, Dragon’s Crown, that name is old enough to make me nostalgic now. I totes adore vanillaware’s outings.
Shredder’s Revenge is a game I have insane respect for. Textbook definition of timeless classic. I actually have a lot of fondness for all five major turtle eras (1987, 1990, 2003, 2007 and 2012) so I’ll have to pay that game a visit if I get a turtlemania urge kicking in.
Shame about Scott’s level design. Truth be told, I’m more fond of the movie.
@Yousef- Yeah the setting won't have the same impact the second time around but it's great to explore Rapture once again. I am more excited to play BioShock Infinite though since it has a different setting.
@LtSarge BioShock Infinite is fantastic, and my favorite of the series. I only made it halfway through BioShock 2, and it wasn’t bad, but doesn’t have the panache of the first or of Infinite. I always meant to go back and finish off BioShock 2 but never have taken the time.
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@Th3solution that’s the one I always look forward to the most, especially after really liking the first one. Hopefully I’ll find the time to continue it. I do have the series.
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