Topic: Games you've recently beat

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy It makes more sense if you think of it in a Final Fantasy context. The core games are always numbered sequels, whereas the sequels to specific games get weird names.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy So you weren’t blown away, I take it 😅
What about ending E? You haven’t done that?

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Ending E is absolutely necessary and no playthrough is truly complete without it. Genuinely, it’s the best moment in gaming possibly ever.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Good thing you bought it on sale, huh?

@nessisonett I think whether you find Ending E to be emotional or irritatingly gimmicky depends on your reaction to the game and its quirks as a whole. Especially considering how frustrating it can initially be.

Speaking of playing through games mulitiple times, i hear you need to play Dragon Quest XI three times to get the true ending at what is already quite a lengthy game. And the second play through it takes away fast travel? I'm glad I found the game so dull and gave up during the first play through!

Beat Spyro 1 over the weekend. Was a nice easy 8 hour platinum and a great nostalgia trip. Probably going to get into 2 this weekend!

@JohnnyShoulder No. The game's story is separated into three parts, with the third part, leading to the true ending, being a lengthy post-game campaign. All three sections are completely unique.

And I still fast-traveled plenty in Part Two. You just have to rediscover locations from part one because, for story reasons, things have changed pretty dramatically in the game.

It's all one complete playthrough of the game, though.

That's very true. But, let's be real: what game wouldn't be improved with an invisible zombies mode?

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy That’s too bad that the game didn’t quite live up to the reputation. But that’s okay - different strokes for different folks. I certainly have my share of games that I can’t quite understand the appeal. I do feel bad to have led you astray 😅. Ah well, 1 out of 2 ain’t bad.
I will say that it’s probably worth playing through ending E, since you’ve made it this far. It brings the narrative around in a very unique way. Although I’m not confident that it will change your impression of the game entirely, but it’s worth experiencing just for the sake of completeness. You’re 98% of the way to the finish line. You basically just have to lunge forward and collapse through the finishing tape onto the track. 😂

If you can tolerate it after that, and only after playing ending E if you choose to the discussion is interesting on the game thread, and I especially liked the video kyle posted which broke the game down. It’s in comment 316:
https://www.pushsquare.com/forums/ps4/nier_automata?start=300...

But I understand your hesitation to commit anymore time since you probably keep thinking, when is this game actually going to get good like everyone says? 😂

@Ralizah @Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy yeah I knew it was coming since I got to the end before but by the 4th time I was still like “reallllly???” - it is a joke to be honest. BUT, it’s worth the persistence and the little bits of new story that occur are a treat.

And come on the music 😍

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PUsEEWF7s0c

As for the name, Bravely Default, I always thought it was a really cool title. The title itself means something along the lines of “be brave and don’t do what’s expected of you i.e. default against expectations yada yada” which is a theme which runs throughout the game.

I am seriously hyped to see more of BD2.

And yeah play ending E you fool!

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I exist in a perpetual state of ignorant bliss

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy You'll definitely want to connect to the network for help. It's part of the experience. It gets a bit wild. You'll see.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I think the ship has sailed for you on this game, chuck it in the bin and give Baldurs Gate a whirl 😂

I finished The Outer Worlds this afternoon and while I did enjoy the game, the ending felt fairly abrupt and it took me a minute to realise that was actually it.

@KratosMD Bloody hell, I managed to write the wrong game name AGAIN! I have actually finished the Outer Worlds

I almost feel obliged to buy the Outer Wilds now.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy never did finish Revelations 2. I did enjoy it though. My girlfriend played co-op with me but it was a bit of a drag for her not being able to attack.

Raid mode is fun too but the balancing is all over the shop so gets way to easy, especially when you’re playing co-op.

Fun though!

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I've had that on my PS4 for years now. I assume Revelations 2 is fine in SP, right?

@Ralizah pretty sure you gotta do a lot of character swapping.. and I hate that.

@kyleforrester87 Better than dumb ally AI, imo. It's the reason I refuse to touch RE5. The AI for partner characters is apparently really bad in that game.

With that said, if the game is built with multiplayer as the default play mode, it can be kind of boring in single-player mode. Some games really just need two or more people playing at the same time to shine.