Beat Elden Ring there. So so close to being a 10. Until the final boss. Might genuinely be worse than Nashandra. Other than that, it’s one of the best games I’ve ever played. Honestly surprised just how daring and innovative it feels. I reckon this is how people felt with Breath of the Wild, which I personally couldn’t get into. I kept finding new things in Elden Ring and I’m fully aware that I could spend another hundred hours on this file, never mind New Game Plus.
@Diamond_Dog dunno if I’ll be investing as much as 200 hours into it mate… though I certainly won’t be done with the plat in 55 like @nessisonett that’s for sure. I’m thinking I’ll be playing it for 100 at least… probably a bit more. I’m certainly in no rush though, it’s such a rich world to experience that its quite nice to stop and smell the erdleaf flowers.
In regards to your personal souls-like journey… you honestly could start with any of the games if one in particular took your fancy. I personally still think that Demons Souls is the perfect starting point but I’ve spoken to loads of people whose first souls-like was Bloodborne and they loved it.
Just finished 999 on PS4 and got the true ending along with every other one. Absolutely brilliant game! I genuinely loved the whole escape-room concept as you have to gather clues and solve fun puzzles in order to escape. The puzzles were almost never difficult to solve, except for a few towards the end. But overall, they all made sense and the most important thing for me is that I never got stuck and therefore frustrated because I couldn't solve a puzzle. Even the difficult ones toward the end would eventually give me hints so that I could solve them. Usually, I tend to get frustrated with visual novels that have puzzle elements, such as Ace Attorney and Danganronpa. But 999 was different though. I don't know if it's because it had easier puzzles or if I've simply gotten better at these games, but the point is that I highly enjoyed the gameplay.
The story started off fairly slow and the majority of the time was spent on explaining scientific theories and terms to the player as they would become fundamental to understanding the plot. There was also a lot of information about historical events and all of this was really interesting to me. I absolutely love it when visual novels mix elements from real life with a fictional story. It's the same reason why I loved Steins;Gate because it talked about time travel and actual scientific theories in order to explain the plot. It just makes these stories that much more grounded, captivating and ultimately memorable to me. Not to mention that when the story started to unravel and the mysteries were getting solved, I just couldn't stop playing. In my opinion, this is the sign of an exceptional visual novel and video game in general.
In short, 999 was absolutely brilliant and it has become one of my favourite games of all time now. On top of this, I've fallen in love with the Zero Escape series and I can't wait to play the next game, Virtue's Last Reward, as I've heard it's even better. I highly recommend checking out this franchise, it's just so good!
@crimsontadpoles@Th3solution Decided to tag you guys here since we talked about 999 a couple of weeks ago. @Ralizah Also tagging you here since I think you've played through the Zero Escape series.
@LtSarge Glad you liked it! I thought you might. I’ll be curious what you think of VLR, because as you say, it’s generally considered the best in the series, but I actually think I liked 999 a smidge better. But I thoroughly enjoyed VLR too. It’s a much more complex game with a lot more endings and possibilities. Absolutely fascinating storyline too.
I’ve still yet to play Zero Time Dilemma. Every time I think I might, I get sidetracked. It doesn’t help that it’s the least well received in the trilogy, so I have a harder time getting motivated to play it.
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@LtSarge Yep. I liked 999 a lot, and VLR is one of my all-time favorite games for its fantastic puzzle gameplay and complex, mind-bending story. Still need to play the port of 999 via The Nonary Games collection to see how they adapted the final puzzle to other systems, since it made use of the NDS' two screens in an utterly unique way.
Glad you finally got around to playing these games.
@LtSarge Glad you enjoyed it. The way it gives out scientific or historical details that slowly becomes relevant later on was very well done. If Steins;Gate is doing that as well then I'll certainly have to play it one of these days.
VLR is the fan favourite, so have fun when you get round to it. Personally though, I think I liked 999 the most out of the trilogy.
I beat Yakuza 5 last night. I'm not sure but I think it might be my favourite Yakuza game so far. Playing as Haruka sealed the deal for me. I really wouldn't mind just playing a Haruka game where you do the idol stuff for 65 hours 😅.
@ralphdibny so recognizable. I couldn't get enough of So much more. That song got stuck in my head all day while I was playing it. I still preferred 0 over 5 but 5 has a solid 2nd place in my favorite yakuza list
@Diamond_Dog Glad you enjoyed it! I thought it was more balanced than 7 with a more varied enemies, with the Lycans being 100 times better than the boring AF mould.
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@Fragile I have like 160 hours into that game and I still haven't finished all the school stories. I was late to the party and started my yakuza trip with Like a dragon. I fell in love with the series because of that one. Thanks to gamepass I was able to also play all other 6 games and after that I played judgment and even preordered lost judgment.
Those games are like Rollercoaster of emotions and have so much stuff to do. I haven't played a rgg game yet that I didn't like. Can't wait on Yakuza 8. That one will be a day one no matter what.
@Th3solution I was actually glad to see that the branching paths in 999 weren't that complicated to unlock. In fact, I even managed to unlock the true ending path on my first go! The problem is that you have to see another ending first before you could unlock that one, so even if you try to go for the true ending on your first run you won't be able to unlock it. But yeah, I must've been extremely lucky to have passed all the requirements for the true ending on my first try lol.
Anyway, I hope that VLR won't be too complicated with its branching paths. That could potentially drag down my fondness for the game. I'm also surprised that the game is over 30 hours long. Both 999 and Zero Time Dilemma are around 20 hours, so I do have to wonder if people prefer those games because they're shorter than VLR.
@Ralizah Oh yeah, I never thought about the differences between the DS version and the PS4 port. Did some quick Google searches and apparently the DS version didn't have voice acting, so that could be another reason for you to check out the PS4 port. I also read that the flowchart in the PS4 version makes getting all the endings easier compared to the DS version. Either way, I felt like the puzzles worked well on PS4 despite the game being a DS title.
@crimsontadpoles I wholeheartedly recommend Steins;Gate if you liked 999. Even though there isn't much in terms of gameplay, the story and the real life elements make for a very captivating plot. I hadn't been this impressed by a game for a long time when I played it last year.
I do have to say that if there was one aspect of 999 that I wish was expanded upon a bit more, it would have to be character development and interactions in general. I wanted to spend more time with the characters and get to know them more. Hopefully that's something that's been improved in VLR.
@Lavalera so much more has been my (in head) jam for weeks now! Though today I have loneliness loop stuck in my head 🤔😅
It's tough to say which one is definitively my favourite. I can say that Kiwami 1 is the worst one for me though, especially playing it after 0 in timeline order.
I love the story of 3, the characters of 4 and 5, the intensity of Kiwami 2. 0 is definitely the total package though, between the substories, characters, main story and the in depth mini games (and the music for the cabaret club 😅). Same reasons that 5 is also a total package!
I've got 6, Like A Dragon, Dead Souls, Judgment, Lost Judgment and Fist of the North Star left to play, in terms of ones that are easily accessible to me and also in English. I decided to focus on the game pass ones for now though as I guess they could be taken off the service at any time so I will be starting 6 in the coming days. I think I may try and play the PSP ones on the PSTV too, not sure if they need translation patches or if there are any available. I think the historical setting spin offs on PS3 may be inaccessible to me for some time however unless they get official ports/translations.
@ralphdibny the only ones I never played are the older spinoff titles like fist of the north star and dead souls. I do own fist of the north star and its on my list to play after the dlc of lost judgment comes out and I finished that.
To bad dead souls is a ps3 only game and I only own a ps5 so I'm still hoping they will remaster the spinoffs too like they did with the others.
Finished up Resident Evil VIIIage last night, been playing it with my scaredy-cat wife as copilot during the evening for the past week. Overall, I thought it was a massive improvement over VII though (imo) a lot less scary, the giant baby fetus chase whilst restoring power being the exception, but it was more spooky and a lot more classical resident evil-y. More weapon and enemy variety was a welcome addition too.
My biggest gripe was was Miranda, possibly one of the the worst boss fights in a recent memory for me, and she’s also practically non existent throughout the story, big let down
In summary, I lycaned it a lot 👍
Thanks for review, I need to play this game. Love Resident Evil.
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Oh yeah for sure, I remember it feeling like a bit of a slog too. I'm struggling to remember if there were any funny bits in it. All I can remember is the "bad dads" sub story but I'm not even sure if that was Kiwami 1 or 2 now
Have you played 3-5 as well or have you only played the slightly more modern ones (including remakes in that)?
I remember we both liked that dress up song from Majima's cabaret club storyline in 0. Lots of equally suspect songs in Yakuza 5 that I am (un)ashamed to admit that I love just as much, if not more 😅😳😂
@Thrillho@render - I seem to remember one (or both) of you being fans of Yakuza? If so, did you play yakuza 3-5 as well? Apologies if I've misremembered and therefore mistagged!
@ralphdibny You've misremembered a bit as I haven't got around to playing them yet but I remember reading many posts from @Thrillho on the subject so you got one of us right 😄.
They do sound like interesting games and at some point I would like to get around to playing them, it's just a matter of fitting them in as they sound like they are a bit of a commitment.
@render I thought I might have got you wrong on that but thought I'd better tag you so as not to leave you out, just in case ya know 😅
They certainly are a commitment. I think I was quite unaware of how much so when I started 0. Definitely a pandemic game, bit of a perfect storm really that they were on game pass during a period of time where I was unable to go to work for a long time. Unfortunately now I'm back at work and I've still got tons of them left to play now that I'm hooked! 😅
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