In the current sale.
Steins;gate 0. £1.99 (its lowest price). Visual novel and I enjoyed the previous one (was a PS3 PS+ game) so thought why not.
Strangely nobody on my friend list owns the game.
In previous sale. (I waited til yesterday to ensure it wasn't in this months PS+ Extra).
Ghost warrior 3 and Contracts 1 bundle. £7.49 (lowest price).
Possibly a mistake as GW3 has bad reviews but I enjoyed Contracts 2 (on Extra) so much that I'm willing to give it a go especially as Sniping games are few and far between. Apparently people say it is a Sniping Far Cry game so I'm in....just finished the prologue and it seems good so far albeit at 30fps (obviously) which is shame. Contracts 1 apparently has been patched to 60fps on ps5.
@CaptD
I may be tempted to jump aboard at that price so thanks for the heads up. Visual novels not usually my genre but it may be a starting point, reviews say it runs concurrent and alternate timeline to the first, which I haven't played, do you think it would be fine to start with 0?
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Oh you're in for a treat then. Proved slightly divisive as some didn't appreciate the batmobile parts but I really enjoyed all of it.
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@sorteddan VN aren't really my bag either and I've only played two, the other one being on the Vita and both were on PS+. Steins gate is more than just the usual talking heads and loads of text, there are clips from the anime and tbh I would rather watch the anime than "play" the VN.
As for starting from 0, I'm not sure that is a good idea as I think the premise is to explain what happened in the previous title. The Elite version is the first one, rebadged for PS4.
Nb. SG 0 is "always" on sale but usually for £3.99.
@JohnnyShoulder I've just put Doki on my wish list, I keep hearing positive things about it.
@CaptD I hear to go into the game knowing as little as possible, to avoid knowing what happens.
That is interesting to hear about Steins Gate, as the amount of text to read does put me off these games. Obviously I expect some reading due to the nature of the games.
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@CaptD
Thanks for the info. After skimming a review or two and sleeping on it I decided that amount of reading is probably not for me anyhow. My foray into VNs will have to wait for a later date. Hope you enjoy it though, it does sound interesting.
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@HallowMoonshadow I don’t think I ever played the original game but had a demo I played to death.
I played the remake last year and it was pretty good fun. The controls and camera can be a bit wonky as they show their age but it doesn’t completely distract from the game.
@Ralizah@HallowMoonshadow Maneater was one of the first games I played on my PS5 I think after it was a PS+ freebie.
It's.... fine. The concept is neat and it's quite good fun having Chris Parnell (Archer, Rick and Morty) as the narrator but the gameplay is quite fiddly and repetitive.
Leaping out of the water to get collectibles felt really hit and miss, and the mechanics to kill civilians to trigger the boss battles also wasn't very clear (as was then trying to actually attack the boats).
@HallowMoonshadow The amount of DLC songs in these games is insane. And I believe some of them are even locked behind the digital deluxe version.
I'm not a big rhythm game person, either, but these titles are just on the level of difficulty where I find them to be doable. Anyway, it's a perfect game to play for 30 minutes a day on the way to a platinum trophy.
I just wish the game gave you the option of using the Pixel Remaster arrangements. :/
@Thrillho@HallowMoonshadow RE Maneater: it feels like a PS2 throwback to me. When you could make a clunky game based on some insane or stupid concept and get it out on store shelves alongside Mario, Halo, and God of War.
I'm expecting semi-enjoyable trash. If it meets that standard, I'll be satisfied.
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@KilloWertz I mean, even if it didn't have the most work put into it, I'd probably still say that.
Final Fantasy VI's story is dark, complex, and memorable, which is not really something that can be said for any of the prior entries. It abandoned the pure medieval high fantasy of previous outings for a gorgeous, evocative science-fantasy setting (something they developed even further in Final Fantasy VII with the pseudo-cyberpunk metropolis of Midgar). And it has what I'd say is the series' first really good cast of characters.
There aren't a ton of JRPGs from this era that I think hold up (contrary to popular opinion among many JRPG fans who act like the SNES was an unrivaled powerhouse), but this one absolutely does, and deserves to be played just as much by newer gamers as it does by older ones.
Just check out the first six minutes or so (and ignore the terrible font, which was apparently fixed in the console release)
@Ralizah I never planned on playing any of the really early ones since they basically have no story. This would be an obvious one at some point though given that it's far removed from the earliest of the series.
Thanks for the video. I didn't watch it all as I plan on playing it, but it's always good to hear the main menu theme that seems to be similar in other Final Fantasy games I've played.
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@Ralizah What strikes me about Final Fantasy VI is how cinematic it feels; even playing on the GBA, which is how I originally experienced it. The opening drips with atmosphere and sets the scene perfectly. I haven't yet played the pixel remaster, although feel they didn't necessarily need to reorchestrate the music, lovely as it is. That said, it's a very nice touch indeed that Celes' ghastly garbled approximation of human vocals have been replaced by real voice (and not a trained classical singer, which makes sense).
@HallowMoonShadow The FFIV four fiends boss theme is forever etched on my brain after playing lots of Theatrhythm. I had Kefka's laugh as my text tone for many years. It was funny seeing people jump every time it went off on the bus, although more often than not it made me jump, too. 😂
@HallowMoonshadow Ah, that's too bad. FFVI is a stone-cold classic. Do I correctly recall you not really liking FFVII either?
@mookysam The music needed to be re-orchestrated IMO. Uematsu's NES/SNES compositions... someone analogized it by saying it was like drawing the Mona Lisa with crayons. The pieces absolutely deserve to be heard in-game with real instruments.
And yeah, the degree of cinematic virtuosity it achieved on something like the GBA (also where I first played it lol) was crazy. You could tell this was a big, amazing thing you were experiencing. One of the grandest 2D games I've ever played.
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