What a brilliant little game! Only cost me £5 during the New Year’s sale & had me hooked for almost 74 hours.
If you like turn based RPGs & SRPGs this is an easy recommendation. It’s not as in depth as Disgaea, but it’s more than competent gameplay wise.
The customisation options are vast so that you can tailor make your own experience. I ended up going with a custom difficulty were the opponents would level match my characters, carry some equipment & have a ‘smart’ AI.
The story is pretty straight forward. Classic JRPG. Visit 4 temples & defeat the bad guys along the way. The game also has multiple endings & I somehow got the ‘best’ one by accident.
There are also ‘events’ that are cutscenes between characters around the world that are highlighted on the map. These usually allow you to find new quests or reward you with items. I ended up seeing all the ‘scenes’ in my first playthrough without looking for it.
There are about 20 human classes-6 of which are unique, 14 or so Monster Classes & a max of 5 story class all of which have a unique class so there’s some variety.
Each battle zone also has a patrol option which allows you to revisit past maps with new enemies & allows you to pick up chests you might have missed first time around.
I’ve enjoyed the game a lot & reckon I’ll go for the platinum. It’s available in one playthrough but I made the game a bit too difficult for myself. Reckon I’ll speed run NG+ on easy with all my gear & lvls. @Th3solution As a fellow Sacred Symbols listener, this might interest you. Was Colin’s GOTY 2019. If you get it on sale it offers some insane value.
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Dies, Died, Will Die.
If we could perceive time for what it really was,
What reason would Grammar Professors have to get out of bed?- Robert & Rosalind Lutece
@Fight_Teza_Fight Oh yes, I do remember Colin championing Fell Seal a couple years ago. As good as it sounds, I’m surprised it hasn’t received more attention. I like a good turned-based RPG from time to time, so I will keep it in mind. Perhaps it will drop onto PS+ at some point. I’m overloaded with game options at present, but nice to hear a second endorsement for it. Thanks!
Edit: It’s weird that Push Square doesn’t even have a review on it, or even a game page for it. I wonder what gives. They at least mention many of the smallest indies and will usually do a short spot on lesser known games. Sammy and crew dropped the ball on this one! 😜
@Fight_Teza_Fight
Congrats on beating it and thanks for the info. Don't think this had ever been in my radar but I do love me a bit of Disgaea from time to time so may have to check out some reviews and wishlist it for the next time it drops to a fiver!
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
@Th3solution Yh that’s surprising. The game has only 7 reviews on PS4 but has a 86MC (14 on PC with 82MC) & successfully smashed through its kickstarter goals. I’m really trying to stop myself from buying games, but when I saw it for £5 I was like ‘fine I’ll give it a go😂’.
@sorteddan When I first booted it up my immediate reaction was negative. It looked like somewhere between mobile & an indie game with a budget.
The game only took me that long because I did almost all the optional stuff & I ramped up the difficulty (enemy scaling, AI, etc.). Could probably be beaten in about 30-40 hours but there’s a lot of optional content.
It certainly isn’t on Disgaea’s level (which is one of my favourite franchises ever), but it’s still very good- especially if you can get it for the price of a Tesco meal deal & an extra snack haha.
Lives, Lived, Will Live.
Dies, Died, Will Die.
If we could perceive time for what it really was,
What reason would Grammar Professors have to get out of bed?- Robert & Rosalind Lutece
I finally beat Control, third attempt over the years - I always really liked it just never got to the end. I heard a lot about how tough the final sections could be (and experienced some spikes myself in certain parts during past previous part-play throughs) but I didn’t have too much trouble this time round. I don’t think they made the base difficulty any easier through patches, so I’ll put it down the the 60fps PS5 version and my awesome skills!
Either way, glad to have that one ticked off as it’s been bugging me for a long time. Bring on Control 2!
@RogerRoger Thanks. Honestly, I don't know. It wasn't super hard, but pretty harsh with the checkpoints so when you did die...you know. Then a few days pass, and bleurgh. I'm a shambles.
Just finished the main story on Mad Max and real glad I decided to delve back into the backlog and play this. Great use of the license, perfect art design, big open world with lots of busy work (which is actually a positive for me 😅), good car-combat… and just another hidden gem from Avalanche Studios.
It’s on sale regularly on the PSN store for under £5.00, at that price it’s highly recommended.
@colonelkilgore
It's been on my radar sporadically due to seeing it on 'best of' lists from time to time. Glad you enjoyed it. Am I right in thinking it has online trophies that are no longer obtainable? -not that that would make or break how enjoyable an experience it is... Just, you know, asking for a friend.
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
@colonelkilgore You know what I don’t remember anything from that game, apart from that I had tons of fun.
I imagine I’ll have similar experience with Just Cause- a series I’ve never played. Got JC3 through PS+ so might play it soon.
Lives, Lived, Will Live.
Dies, Died, Will Die.
If we could perceive time for what it really was,
What reason would Grammar Professors have to get out of bed?- Robert & Rosalind Lutece
@sorteddan yeah there is a trophy (an absolute ***** of a trophy too 😅) that has like 144 sub-requirements… 2 of which required access to an online server, which was shutdown in… ooh I wanna say Oct 2020ish (in all honesty it’s probably the most ridiculous online implementation for a trophy I’ve seen). The actual trophy that it’s attached to (Up to the Task) is one of the most labour-intensive trophies I’ve ever seen too (& notoriously glitchy)… bit of a trophy hunter graveyard by all accounts 🤣.
Definitely worth a play though, particularly if you like the ip.
@Fight_Teza_Fight@Jimmer-jammer good to know it isn’t just me that got a lot from this game… was starting to think I had no taste 😉.
…and @Fight_Teza_Fight, I couldn’t be more thrilled that you just picked up Just Cause 3… such a frikkin joy that game. I was only speaking to someone during a boosting sesh on the weekend that if JC3 got a remaster, I’d plat the whole damn thing again, so much fun!
Brilliant for the most part. A great slow burn story and easily the widest narrative in the series. Also horrifically bloated in places, apart from the undercooked narrative surrounding the final boss. If it wasn’t for the final part, it would be my second favourite game in the series.
@nessisonett You seem to have rattled through the game! My complaint was it was too bloated as well and became a bit of a drag to do everything.
It’ll be interesting to see what you make of the “stripped back” Y6 which I really enjoyed. It’s also the only Kiryu Yakuza game I have the platinum for (you can get the Legend play through trophy by reloading the final fight and bumping the difficulty up!)
I think everyone who has now played and finished the game had already said everything to be said.
A truly fantastic game, great gameplay very much the same as the first but that's not a bad thing and a absolutely fantastic story and some of the views on the game are absolutely magnificent.
I would say that it felt a little anti-climatic but that's just nit picking all in all an a real masterpiece in gaming and story telling, loved it.
I finished the storyline of Cat Quest 2 Switch yesterday.
I think I don't really need New Game + after finishing the storyline as I'm not a fan to grind until level 999 for New Game+.
I called it a day and play other games.
Yakuza 6. One hell of a send off for Kiryu, only slightly let down by the new combat not quite being polished enough and Kamurocho being slimmed down. The story was fantastic though, with Takeshi Kitano in particular giving a masterclass of a performance. Considering that Yakuza 5 was a ludicrous Michael Bay movie of a game, this being so grounded was pretty surprising, it has themes that aren’t paper-thin and characters are fully realised. It would be nice for them to revisit Onomichi at some point so hopefully Like A Dragon Gaiden does well!
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