Always save your game folks, just lost 6 hours of progress in Trails of Cold Steel 2 thanks to a hard crash. It just had to be in the most tedious section of an incredibly tedious JRPG as well.
@Thrillho 😂 Yeah, after being burned in the past, I probably over-save. I can relate, @nessisonett I’ve been lulled into forgetting to save in the past and lost several hours of progress.
So now, three rolling saves is a minimum. For a game with missable trophies or content you can get locked out of, I often have more rolling saves, like up to 10 for a game like Persona or Final Fantasy. I know, it’s excessive. 😅
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Yeah games that don't auto save are pure evil! Final fantasy 15 I hated for this reason, as you couldn't even manual save in most dungeons, so ended up losing a lot of progress at one point when real life got in the way.
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@Th3solution I can’t remember if I posted about it but my rolling saves were vindicated in ME1.
There’s a bit near the end where I somehow missed getting into the Mako and so spent forever traipsing down long corridors and having to fight off difficult enemies. There were cut scenes etc but then suddenly one section with a timer that was impossible on foot.
The game hadn’t factored in my stupidity so without those backups I’d have been forever stuck on that section as the autosave would just keep sending me back to replay the one impossible area
@Thrillho That’s fortunate you were on top of that situation with ME1. That’s another huge fear of mine — that I’ll be stuck in an unachievable situation or trapped in a glitch by an autosave.
I do think newer games are better about that, and they tend not to have these types of flaws. I have noticed that a lot of newer games that autosave will do them in a rolling fashion also, so there is an older autosave from several minutes prior that one can manually go back to. But those older games will just ruthlessly leave you in a Groundhog Day scenario if you let them! 😅
I have used my rolling saves recently to go back a few minutes when I go down one path and realize I missed an optional collectible or chest down an alternate path and a door has closed and locked me out of it. I actually utilized that just the other day during a main campaign sequence that wasn’t something I knew I could go back to pick up the chest later.
@Thrillho By the way, I’m interested to hear more about Midnight Suns. It’s one of those games that I had no interest in at launch, mostly because of the card based tactical gameplay which I don’t usually engage in. Also, the Marvel saturation point is almost maxed out for me. However, I have to admit that as time has passed I’m finding myself curious about it. Mainly because it does seem to offer something familiar yet different. Familiar in the sense it’s got all the characters I know, and different in that it’s not merely another action adventure or rpg type of game.
The relationship portions actually sound intriguing to me, but maybe it’s not as well implemented as it looks. Is it like a Persona style of harem and buddy building mechanic where it adds additional story elements, or is it more of a tool to build up a relationship to enhance combat maneuvers?
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@Bentleyma how far through are you? I am 40 hours in, over halfway on quite a few of the stories - not finding it too difficult tbh but I am well over levelled. Some of the bosses are starting to trip me up a bit now, though.
I love “my little lamb” Temenos, so much sass. I thought I’d dislike Partitio but he’s my favourite character and story so far. What a great guy!
@Bentleyma yeah, if you’re at or just below the required levels the bosses will be really hard. I have just been enjoying exploring and have ended up at a much higher level than I need to be.. but even then bosses can be kinda tricky sometimes. I tend to rely on brute force over tactics in these sorts of games, it gets me so far but I think if you dig into the job system and abilities you can make your life a lot easier. That said, I haven’t really had to grind much, aside from bringing a few unused characters up to a higher level in difficult areas supported by my stronger characters or when I have 10 minutes of playtime left.
I have not really played them in any order, I got Hikari last actually and was already half way through Throne’s story when I did that.
Yes, all the main characters are good. I do find some better, but there is not one I find unenjoyable. The first game had me frequently rolling my eyes by comparison. Really impressed with it.
You'll be stuck there for all eternity @nessisonett
I assume you've done the... Castle thingy and are either at the very random and awkward playing as the guys from Trails to Azure/Zero bit that goes on for far too long?
Or are you past that and on the even more tacked on finale (for real this time)/epilogue thing???
@HallowMoonshadow The tacked on sort of final final with a cherry on top place. End already! Although the second bit you’re talking about all spoilery was really good but insane to think it came out years before those were localised 😂
I will have thoughts when the game is done, that is to be sure!
Seeing as I'd only played Cold Steel 1 and 2 that part unfortunately didn't do much for me out of context @nessisonett!
And yeah... Like you said in your intial post... It refused to bloody end and wore me the hell out!!!
Gimme a tag when you finally beat it and write something down ness as I look forward to seeing what we agree on (or not) and can finally have a good chin wag with someone about what didn't work for me
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Just about to reinstall Horizon Forbidden West in preparation for the DLC. Really can’t wait to play more Horizon, Call of the Mountain has hyped me up even more.
On a side note, this is amazing work, especially how it explodes.
Started playing Final Fantasy VII Remake today. I needed something new to play on PS5 and I decided to play this game partly because it has a free PS5 upgrade but also in preparation for Rebirth. The game looks absolutely gorgeous and runs very smoothly on PS5. I bought it at launch on PS4 but never played more than a few chapters because I wanted to play the original FF7 first, which I did in 2021. Now that some time has passed, I feel like now is a good time to play through Remake. Can't wait to experience this game in a new way and see all the changes from the original. I'm also glad that I didn't play Remake so that I can experience the Yuffie DLC.
@LtSarge Hopefully you highly enjoy it. There's a small group of us here that absolutely loved the game (not saying others didn't like it obviously). I played through it twice via the PS4 version and the PS5 version. If nothing else, at least they fixed the infamous apartment door for the PS5 version.
The Yuffie DLC is pretty solid as well. Initially I didn't like it as Yuffie's combat is a lot different than the main cast and I initially sucked, but after going back to it months later, I ended up enjoying it after giving it a second chance.
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@KilloWertz Thanks, I'm sure I'll enjoy the game. FF7 is my favourite in the series so far so I'm really excited to experience it in a new way.
Glad to hear that you enjoyed the Yuffie DLC in the end! I find it a bit on the expensive side but as a fan of FF7, I definitely want to experience as much of this universe as possible.
On today’s dodgy Cold Steel moment - despite being a literal military academy, female students do cooking classes while the male students do computing classes. Zero reason is given. Just boggles the mind.
There’s also a guy called Pablo who speaks with a thick Scottish accent (I use JP voices so it’s text-based dialect). Pablo, that famous Scottish name. Extra odd considering this is fantasy land with fantasy countries.
@nessisonett Maybe loosely based on Paolo Nutini. Born and raised in Paisley yet not a Scottish name as his father grew up in Tuscany. People find inspiration in the strangest of places!
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