@Ralizah True, but even if that wasn't a Japanese thing, I'd still be ok with how the scene when her and Adol first meet to be just fine.
Yes, I played the PS5 version. It is true that it isn't that much of an upgrade. Obviously the graphics look a bit better, and obviously it's clearly than the Switch version (minimal "noise" on the ground and such while moving like a lot of Switch games have). I believe the frame rate is a rock solid 60 FPS rather than occasional dips on the PS4 version. Minimal overall, but it was reasonably priced and obviously my first time with the game, so it made perfect sense.
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Yes, I played the PS5 version. It is true that it isn't that much of an upgrade. Obviously the graphics look a bit better, and obviously it's clearly than the Switch version (minimal "noise" on the ground and such while moving like a lot of Switch games have). I believe the frame rate is a rock solid 60 FPS rather than occasional dips on the PS4 version. Minimal overall, but it was reasonably priced and obviously my first time with the game, so it made perfect sense.
I actually ended up selling my Switch copy after finishing it. For whatever reason, the framerate sinks into the single digits during certain late-game optional dungeon sequences that were added when the game went to PS4.
@KilloWertz Congrats for beating Ys VIII! Yeah it's definitely going to be hard going back to the older titles after having played the greatness that is VIII.
My first Ys game was Origin and it was great. I have such fond memories of that game. Then I played Ys 1 and 2 on Vita, which were terrible. Ys 3 was decent. Ys 4 (which is also on PS4) is fantastic. Haven't played 5 and 6. Ys 7 on Vita was great as well. I have Ys 9 but I haven't played it yet.
@HallowMoonshadow Thanks. In a way, no, as I was already highly enjoying it. I was happy with how they ended everything though. They more than hinted at Adol and Laxia becoming a couple, and I would have been fine with that, but oh well. I get it that almost every game is different, so she couldn't be his love interest. And obviously their lives wouldn't have really allowed it to happen long term anyways.
@LtSarge Thanks. If you mean the older Ys titles, no worries there as I don't have a Vita to play them on. I do plan on playing Origin, Memories of Celceta, and Ys IX at some point since they were released on the PS4. Not sure what order I will play them in, other than obviously IX last, probably well after it's PS5 version comes out.
Just finished Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales on PS5. Such a good game! I enjoyed it way more than the 2018 game. Playing the game on new hardware certainly enhanced my experience. But the game itself was better in other ways. For starters, the gameplay was much more varied compared to 2018. Having special movies tied to Miles' bio-electricity was really cool, as was the ability to camouflage, which made stealth even better. Secondly, I liked the story more than 2018. Granted, 2018 had more villains. But I just like Miles as Spider-Man more than Peter. Could also be because I know so little about Miles that it felt refreshing getting to know another Spider-Man other than Peter for once.
The game was so much fun that I wanted to do everything in the world, which I did. It took me around 14 hours in total to beat the game. It's too bad though that the Platinum trophy is locked behind New Game Plus. Despite how good the Spider-Man games are, they get repetitive rather fast. Playing through Miles Morales again would just ruin my opinion of it. Not to mention that we're getting a new Spider-Man game later this year. So I think I'll just wait for the next game.
@LtSarge OMG, it is like you have posted exactly how I felt about the game lol.
It doesn't suffer from the bloat that the 2018 game had I thought.
I did start New Game+, which is a rare for me, but soon gave up as my enjoyment levels were being sapped. And that is not how I wanted to remember the game.
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@LtSarge I may be in the minority here that still liked the 2018 game more than Miles Morales, but I can't fault the reasons why you would like it more than the first. I never really thought there was much bloat to be honest (I even enjoyed the MJ stealth missions), but I am a huge Spider-Man fan and it was one of my favorite games of the last console generation.
As much as I enjoyed both, I can understand not wanting to do NG+ though. I tend to just start from scratch rather than do NG+ if I replay a game anyways, but having a lot of other games to play in my backlog does usually keep the desire to a minimum. I wouldn't want a really positive experience to be tarnished either.
Maybe you'll go back and do NG+ a few years down the road or something when it will be more fresh again, like I have done with replaying a game here and there. Horizon Zero Dawn several years later being an example, which worked perfectly since it worked as a story refresher right before Forbidden West came out.
@LtSarge I think both games are great but MM just feels quite fresh with the different characters and the shorter play time definitely works to it's advantage.
The NG+ wasn't too bad though as the main story is really quite short if you did everything else in your first play through.
I'm picturing the same thing happening to me. I'd just start it up on NG+ and then get fed up with the game. I think it's for the best to leave it at that.
@KilloWertz I mean, it could be because of various reasons that I didn't like 2018. Ultimately though, I thought it was a mediocre game back when I played it at launch. It just felt like a bog-standard open world game combined with the combat of the Arkham games, which I had played through recently at the time.
Exactly, I have such limited free time for gaming nowadays that it would also feel like a waste to play the same game again instead of one of my hundreds of backlog titles. I might replay it in the future though since it is a short game and I wouldn't need to gather all collectibles a second time.
@Thrillho Yeah that's what I'm thinking as well. Who knows, maybe I'll play it again in the future when enough time has passed that it will feel more fresh to me.
@RogerRoger I'm definitely looking forward to Spider-Man 2 more now that I've played Miles Morales and knowing he'll be in the game.
Just finished Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight on PS4. It was overall pretty good but I definitely preferred Dancing in Starlight for numerous reasons. I like the P5 cast more and the music is much, much better in Starlight. Not to mention that I don't even recognise most of the tracks in Moonlight, even though I've played Persona 3. But that's probably because I played Portable and not FES.
There are some great tracks in Moonlight but some of the remixes are just awful, like this one:
I genuinely don't understand how anyone could think it was a good idea to put this remix in the game.
Anyway, I liked the game overall but I'm definitely glad I'm done with it.
@LtSarge FES’s battle soundtrack is so deeply rooted in a specific subgenre of 00s weird J-rap/sorta nu-metal that most of the remixes of those songs just sound bizarre and disjointed in that game. The remixes of the field music are great though, they were always my favourite part of 3’s soundtrack. Just can’t believe you can’t dance to the dorm music, that’s a tune. You should definitely play FES down the line if you were ever going to play 3 again, I prefer it but most of all it’s just a different experience. Portable’s female route is decent though.
@nessisonett At this point, I'm just holding out for a remake of Persona 3. The game as a whole just has so many issues, like not being able to hang out with most of your team mates and the ones you can hang out with unlock much later in the game. It would be nice if they could just make everyone available to you as you recruit them throughout the story. Then there's the issue of Tartarus, which is one single dungeon with 250+ floors. It would also be nice if they could at the very least add some changes here. Make each set of floors different, maybe add some story elements, just anything to make each run feel less like a chore.
So unfortunately, I don't think I'll ever play FES just because it's still too similar to Portable. Hopefully Atlus will release a remake of P3 in the future because I really want to give this game another chance if they can improve it.
@LtSarge That's similar to my thoughts in Persona 3 Dancing. There's some great remixes in there, but others aren't quite as good. Though, I personally liked that there were quite a few unrecognisable songs, either from FES or from the female protag route of P3P. It means there's some great songs that I otherwise wouldn't have heard.
Hitman: Contracts, the third of the classic Hitman games. It's still going to feel somewhat clunky compared to the modern trilogy, but it carries over a lot of the QOL improvements from Hitman 2: Silent Assassin.
It's got a weird narrative style, mostly told through flashbacks. The levels are a mixture of original levels, and remastered levels from the original Hitman: Codename 47. This approach actually works quite well due to how tedious the gameplay was in the original game. It gives those remastered levels a new lease of life, whilst also having a bunch of new levels to enjoy.
There's less levels here than in the previous Hitman games, but it takes a step up in terms of level design. The levels generally feel more fun to play, making the levels more geared towards stealth, and giving the player more options in terms of how to eliminate a target. The standouts include the rather cursed early level The Meat King's Party, and a remaster of the Budapest hotel mission from the first game.
I enjoyed my time with this, though I'll warn it could be tricky for modern gamers to get into this game. I'll definitely continue with the classic Hitman games and try out Blood Money at some point.
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Fair warning: the plat is easy enough but way more time consuming than I was expecting it to be - as in much longer than just completing the game again. I just checked some guides to reaffirm my vague memories and it seems around 10 hours for the main game and around 35 if you're going for all trophies. Just so you know what you would be getting yourself into.
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Trails of Cold Steel 1. I was going for platinum and put over 120 hours and still only had 50% of the trophies. What a grind! Loved the game and it was my first in the series, not sure I will ever get that platinum though as I'd rather move on into more games in the series than replay this one over again.
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