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Post by Ex on Dec 25, 2018 17:16:09 GMT -5
Can't talk about it (next year!), but Bowser's Inside Story is absolutely fantastic. That seems to be the general consensus. Although at this point, a new player might as well just get the remake.
I don't have a whole lot of experience with the Mario RPG franchise, despite owning all of them. I have beaten and enjoyed Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario, that's it. I played about half of Superstar Saga many years ago, but got bored with it and quit. I'm interested in playing more Mario RPGs, I just don't tend to make them a priority beyond collecting the things.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2018 17:36:30 GMT -5
I guess Borderlands is a nice 2009 entry for next year. I loved it at the time and did the whole thing solo, whereas some might argue these games are better with co-op I know most people play this for the co-op, but it's nice to hear other players still enjoyed it solo... Since I have zero interest in co-op. I never had much of an issue with FOV or frames rate, but I do hate chromatic aberrations and motion blur. As for Halo 2, I'll be honest, I mostly just want to play it to listen to that remixed Marathon track in-game. However, I just can't even make it past the first level on Legendary. It's much harder than the first game, in fact, this might be the hardest game in the series according to many fans. I'll have to lower the difficulty settings. I tried completing the first Serious Sam game several times over the course of a decade or so, but I always lost interest after 3-4 hours. I know they often get compared, but I think Painkiller is a much better game. Both in atmosphere, environment and enemy variety as well as gameplay. I'm pretty sure you might enjoy this one. I'm not planning to skip the first System Shock, but I believe it might be best starting with Ultima Underworld. They do seem much more approachable despite being older. Unreal is one I'd like to give another shot at, but again, I'll have to lower the difficulty. I'm sure there are people who can complete this game on Unreal difficulty without dying once, but those people are not me. And a lower difficulty level still jives better with me than midlevel saving. If you were talking about Deep Labyrinth on DS, I strongly recommend you do not play that pile of dog shit. That's exactly the one I meant. Unlike the other FPDCs you mentioned, that one wasn't party-based and had real time combat à la KF, that's why I had it in my list and I was kind of looking forward to it. Too bad, hopefully Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is a good alternative.
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Post by Xeogred on Dec 25, 2018 18:52:57 GMT -5
Oh yeah dude... I think Halo 2 is the one I never finished on Legendary. I think I barely beat the first two levels, the Elites in that one don't mess around at all... and I don't find the guns to be as good or fun, hated dual wielding too. You can easily tell it doesn't seem as polished as the first game.
The music continues to be supreme in all the Bungie ones with Marty for sure though.
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter has better environment variety and more enemies, so yeah it's less repetitive. But still is what it is, haha.
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Post by Ex on Dec 25, 2018 22:53:30 GMT -5
it might be best starting with Ultima Underworld System Shock is excellent, and Ultima Underworld is still quite good. But it's a RTFM kind of game. You have to get into the lore, and keep up with the story aspects for progress. hopefully Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is a good alternative Eh, don't get your hopes up. It's incredibly grindy and ill-balanced. The aesthetics are nice though.
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Post by Xeogred on Jan 2, 2019 15:55:37 GMT -5
- Play Shadow Hearts Covenant - Play more PS2/Xbox backlog - Beat a Parasite Eve* - Beat a Dino Crisis* (it is weird that I'm a fan of both and their genres, but still have never fully beaten these) - Beat Vagrant Story - Play Tron Bonne - Give the Genesis more love - Play Sigil and 50 more hours of Doom megawads - Play some more Mana gamesTBA Added the new one for Mana.
Literally forgot I already had a list of sorts cooked up... last month is a freaking blur already. Got another event this weekend but after that I'm ready for a vacation from socializing, lmao. My human batteries are running low.
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Post by chibby on Jan 3, 2019 7:39:21 GMT -5
Much like last year, I'm not going to set gaming objectives for myself.
I have a hard enough time sticking with a plan in the other areas of my life, areas where I owe it to myself to be more disciplined. Additionally, I have a variety of other hobbies that have some strictures set around them this year. For example, my partner and I have acquired some 30+ films by Alfred Hitchcock, a director whose movies I'd never managed to watch even one of thus far in my life (we started with Psycho last night, controversial opinion here, it's good), and have made it our goal to educate me in 2019. I've also agreed to read some old school Sci-Fi books with my sister (Her pick was Hyperion and mine was Neuromancer, neither of which I've read before), on top of keeping up with the interview series I run and my own writing. All of this is to say, I'm going to play what I play, when I play it for the time being, and I'm not going to impose any sort of structure on it because doing so would mean that I could then use that structure and my failure to adhere to it as another excuse to beat myself up for falling behind.
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Post by Ex on Jan 3, 2019 13:21:20 GMT -5
I have a variety of other hobbies that have some strictures set around them this year. A good idea. Last year I realized that despite having many hobbies when I was younger, as an adult my hobbies had dwindled down to well, video games primarily. So last year I got into reading again, as well as card/board games. I chose those hobbies because they are offline, non-electronic endeavors - an important experience to indulge with in this era IMO. So I won't be playing video games as often this year as I used to, due to taking up single player board gaming (solo tabletop RPGs with story campaigns), as well as catching up on my reading. (I'll still be playing video games, of course, as that's my #1 love.) As a cyberpunk superfan, I'll say it's a badly written book full of brilliant ideas. You might enjoy Snow Crash or Mirrorshades more. Although a Neuromancer computer game exists.
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Post by Ex on Jan 7, 2019 10:08:50 GMT -5
After reflecting on gaming objective ideas for a while now, I came to the conclusion that I'm just not good at keeping video game resolutions. The past few years I've made lists of games I wanted to beat, but typically only accomplished half at most. I'm just happier with this hobby approaching it serendipitously. That is to say; playing what I feel like playing, when I feel like playing it - rather than attempting to structure my whims through a planned agenda. So it's best if I just go with impulse after all, with the caveat being I'll still put effort into our Club Retro themes (insofar as we continue to do that together). I do enjoy Club Retro. It encourages me to play games I might not ever otherwise.
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Post by chibby on Jan 7, 2019 12:51:21 GMT -5
After reflecting on gaming objective ideas for a while now, I came to the conclusion that I'm just not good video game resolutions. The past few years I've made lists of games I wanted to beat, but typically only accomplished half at most. I'm just happier with this hobby approaching it serendipitously. That is to say; playing what I feel like playing, when I feel like playing it - rather than attempting to structure my whims through a planned agenda. So it's best if I just go with impulse after all, with the caveat being I'll still put effort into our Club Retro themes (insofar as we continue to do that together). I do enjoy Club Retro. It encourages me to play games I might not ever otherwise.
I pretty much agree with everything you've said here. Last year a let my gaming whims take me where the wanted, and all things considered, I played some real jams and for the first time no less. Whenever I make rules for myself I just feel bad about myself because I don't follow them, ever.
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Post by toei on Jan 7, 2019 15:55:27 GMT -5
For me objectives aren't so much a set of rules I have to follow as just something to look back on after the year is over to see how it turned out. It's also a way of taking a step back and going, "ok, what do I want to play next?"
In the end, I still play whatever I feel like playing. Nothing else would make sense.
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