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I do not have a problem with beating the game, it seems to be much more forgiving than the ones I've already played. I am just disappointed in how samey it feels, down to animations, dialogue or and stats - reviews mentioned how it refreshes the formula but I see nothing of it, it feels like more of the same. I know there are players who buy another CoD, FIFA or Assassin's Creed every year, but I am not one of them. I wish the studio was more imaginative instead of selling the same game with just the props shuffled around.

Basically since release day, I've been on Ghost of Yotei.

It is, quite simply, an amazing experience so far. The world is stunningly beautiful, the armor/clothing options are, for the most part, great looking. At first I was "upset" that they didn't bring back/copy the stats I preferred on armors from the first game, but as I've kept playing, I've come around that this way is better.

they made some big, intangible improvements to combat over the first game.

I have seen some commentary online about this game "sucks" cuz the story is super unoriginal and it's "just" another revenge story. For me anyway, and I think there's folks on this forum who'd think the same way, there's something very nice about a "classic" story executed to a very high degree. What I'm saying is, with this game, IDGAF that the story isn't "original". It's like Tarantino taking on a Sergio Leone spaghetti western, and nailing all the things that make a film of that genre. The story of Ghost of Yotei is, so far, well put together. It has a nice flow, it makes some sense, doesn't slap ALL the details in your face immediately, etc.

Cyel wrote:
I do not have a problem with beating the game, it seems to be much more forgiving than the ones I've already played. I am just disappointed in how samey it feels, down to animations, dialogue or and stats.

Are you really complaining because you want new, unique door-opening animations while simultaneously pretending that the Ashes of War system alone isn't a massive change from Dark Souls? Why would they change animations that work? Why didn't you complain about how similar DS3 is to Bloodborne? Or how Sekiro reused animations?

You've played 16 hours of a 100+ hour game. Are you even in Altus or Caelid? Elden Ring has far more biome variety than previous titles.

Yes, I have already went through Caelid, Underground river, wetlands north of Limgrave, the peninsula at the south. I don't care about cosmetic tinkering with some buffs or nerdy insider knowledge (I play without guides to discover the game myself) , I was just expecting a different game, something new not another packaging for the same game.

About a third of the way through FF7 Remake.

Really enjoying it. Turn based, but with “get in there and smash their teeth in” combat too. And some fun puzzle solving to do.

On balance? This is just as good as my beloved Zelda games. But Zelda through sheer pedigree pips it.

just did a play through of Breathe of Fire 2 for the first time in probably 20 years
it was the game that got me into rpgs as a child, and while its not perfect and shows its age, it was a good time to go through with the characters i remember again

Kinda tired with terra invicta. I'm still doing the run as humanity first in late 2038 at least. Aliens must've been pissed for what i did destroying their troop transports with orbital bombardments and capturing another alien because they destroyed most of my space stations and like my entire fleet of ships. I ended up having to get new ship drives, weapons and other stuff and getting most of my research done with nation based research power.

I currently have the united arab league (a good chunk of middle eastern nations merged into one), most countries in the EU super nation and the usa.

I'd say more but my internet is about to die on my computer. Just getting back on my feet again in the current campaign and shooting out more ships.

 greenskin lynn wrote:
just did a play through of Breathe of Fire 2 for the first time in probably 20 years
it was the game that got me into rpgs as a child, and while its not perfect and shows its age, it was a good time to go through with the characters i remember again

I always held the way dragon transformations worked in this one against it more than I should. It's a great game with a great cast for sure and I should probably play it through again sometime. Personal rankings for the series are probably 3, 2, 4, 1, 5. Sadly not a franchise Capcom seems to care about returning to.

 LunarSol wrote:

 greenskin lynn wrote:
just did a play through of Breathe of Fire 2 for the first time in probably 20 years
it was the game that got me into rpgs as a child, and while its not perfect and shows its age, it was a good time to go through with the characters i remember again

I always held the way dragon transformations worked in this one against it more than I should. It's a great game with a great cast for sure and I should probably play it through again sometime. Personal rankings for the series are probably 3, 2, 4, 1, 5. Sadly not a franchise Capcom seems to care about returning to.

yea, the dragon spells in 2 are.....not great outside of getting a single solid hit in given it drains all your AP, and there isn't a good way to stock the decent quality items to recover it during a battle

i would also rate 5 last in the ranking, i've tried to play it multiple times and just always bounced off it hard

i think there was actually a 6th, but it was like a mobile game or online thing or something

Haven't had a whole lot of time for gaming lately as this uni course I'm doing has really ramped up, but I finally finished the Blood and Wine expansion for Witcher 3 last night. I enjoyed it much more then Hearts of Stone, which I found to be kind of dull.
There's quite a bit do, and while I left no given quests unfinished, I'm fairly sure I missed some stuff. So I'm sure with some thorough investigation next time, I'll likely turn up a few things I didn't do this time around. The tougher enemies were a pleasant feature and made a few quests nicely challenging.

I look forward to doing it all again when the fourth game comes out.