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[SpacemanDan]

Been juggling between Final Fantasy VII, (since due to many mishaps involving the game I haven't been able to finish it. On multiple occasions.) Hyrule Warriors and Smash 4.

 

With some friends of mine, I've also been playing Dark Souls. Been having a lot of fun with it. :3

[Haylee]

I'm back to playing Romancing SaGa for PS2 and Romancing SaGa 3 on SNES. (My teams are better, Nexas.)

But Monica.

 

Playing Romancning SaGa 3 as well, as Monica.

[Nicholas Steel]

Am playing Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen on PC. It's a very good game, I've beaten it on consoles and am enjoying the improved frame rate and draw and visuals. It's a pretty competent port.

Edited by Nicholas Steel, 18 January 2016 - 11:56 PM.

[The Satellite]

I've been working on three games lately. Two of them slowly, but it's the fault of one of them that both are going slowly. ... allow me to explain.

 

As explained earlier, I've been playing both Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles X, switching off between them, playing a little of one then the other. Not in the same day, I've been alternating each session. Only, as hinted at, X isn't very exciting. nicklegends and Moosh outline some of the problems here, which I mostly agree with. Basically, the lack of an interesting story and setting, as well as characters and dialogue I just can't bring myself to give a damn about, I find it hard to want to play X. In fact, it was its turn over a week ago and I still haven't switched it on. But when I play the original, I love it; the story, the characters, the world, it's all great, and also its battle systems are a hell of a lot easier to understand. Mostly because it actually explains shit. So at this point I'm honestly considering booting X out of the lineup entirely and just focus on the original, then come back to X after I beat it. I hate putting off the original. Only possible downside is that I might not ever want to come back to X, at this rate, and I don't want to sound like I'm damning the game... but next to the original, I feel no life in the sequel. Also it doesn't help that X feels like the most generic anime schlock so far.

 

Then there's the third. Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure, an old PC/PSP game that got a Steam port last year. Made by the developers of Ys actually. It's a goofy, cute action-RPG with really hokey story and acting (maybe that lends to some of its charm), but the gameplay's decent enough. Kind of a 3D action-platformer, pretty easy, but has some depth all its own. Also somewhat monotonous at times, but that's not helped by my desire to destroy all the scenery I can in search of extra money.

[Russ]

Like TS, I've also been playing Xenoblade X. Unlike TS, I freaking love this game. I never played the original, but X is tons of fun for me. Mostly due to the big open world. I've spent hours exploring, just for fun, to see what's beyond that hill or on the other side of that lake. I even stealth'd my way past all sorts of high level enemies to reach some of the late-game areas early on and they look absolutely amazing. It's just... beautiful, beyond words sometimes.

I do have a few complaints, mainly coming down to how complicated certain aspects of the game seem. There's so many menu options and point values and gauges and what not that I don't understand some of them and feel I never will. But not understanding doesn't really hinder me from enjoying the game, so no harm done in the end. And like others have mentioned, lyrical music for cutscenes with lots of talking is a bad idea. But aside from a few little flaws like that, I feel the game shines.

[Eddy]

Picked up Undertale and have began Let's Playing the game, playing it slowly and at my own pace. From what I'm playing of it so far, it's a lot of fun at the moment and I'm definitely enjoying the game so far. I'm probably far from the best content in the game but I'm looking forward to playing more of this.

 

Also, Geometry Dash... because addiction

[The Satellite]

Yeah, I've made my decision, I'll just come back to X when I finish the original Xenoblade. Speaking of that, I've made it a bit deeper into the game and beaten Galahad Fortress. To which my emotions can't be contained.

 

Spoiler

I'VE GOTTEN FIORA BACK AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[Lejes]

Yeah, that was pretty much the best thing to happen in Xenoblade's story.

Xenoblade plot stuff

Fiora becoming a cyborg and then rejoining your party is so dumb but I love it. For some reason, I wasn't expecting her to be Face Nemesis despite predicting Mumkhar. I really should have seen it coming. I am glad she's a real party member and not just someone to drag around/rescue.

Potential No TS Spoiler Zone

Mechonis has been interesting to explore, and much larger than I was expecting it to be. I kind of thought one small part of it would serve as a final dungeon or something, instead of getting to actually climb it. Despite getting so much further in the game, the battle system still feels shallow. So many options and so few of them do anything worthwhile. I'm at level 67, and trying to fight a unique enemy 3 levels higher than me in the Central Factory is aggravating, because it has an attack that wipes my party and I don't feel like I can do anything about it. I guess I'll just come back when I'm level 70 and stomp it, because game balance. Fiora is interesting because she seems focused on stacking damage with her auto attacks, and none of her non-buff arts are that good. Which limits her to parties with a real tank, unless you outclass all the enemies anyway. Her agility is high, but not as high as Dunban, and even he has some trouble surviving against on par enemies. It feels like any DPS focused strategy is doomed from the start, because you need to have sustainable survivability in long fights. Defeating a boss with 300,000 HP 1.2x faster won't matter when it just kills your party in 30 seconds due to lack of healing. Party gauge also feels like a very poorly thought out mechanic. Certain party members and combinations just cannot effectively fill it. It makes Dunban a little overpowered with how he can effectively fill it on his own, and not rely on effects like Topple that 90% of enemies in these new areas are immune to. Getting back to storyline, the game seems like it's building up to some deus ex machina moment with Fiora where Lady Meyneth resurfaces and does something to save everybody. But it's a Japanese game, so it'll probably be something boring like Shulk using his manly spirit to backslash the new villain into oblivion. Fiora's outfits are also kind of disappointing. The default one looked cool, but the next upgrade immediately put her into a cyborg bikini, which looks even dumber than it sounds. The next upgrade after that has made her into a dragoon for some reason. A bikini dragoon. I can only hope it gets better eventually.

[KingPridenia]

Decided to start working on a Minecraft project that is meant to be a nod to a level in Donkey Kong Country 2 called Target Terror. For those of you unfamiliar with Target Terror, you're on a roller coaster track and there are gates you have to open by jumping into barrels with checkmarks on them. These open the gates. However, sometimes you'll see a red X barrel instead. Don't hit it, or the gate will close and you'll lose a Kong. In this version, you instead have to either flip or ignore levers to change the track. Make a mistake, and you and your cart are either going into lava or taking a plunge that will ensure your death. So far, the pattern is intended to be, flip, igonre, flip, flip. The 3rd and 4th ones don't give much reaction time though, so it's definitely a bit high on the difficulty curve.

 

It will also feature pretend difficulty modes. Easy > Normal > Hard > YOLO. Playing Easy gives you 9 lives (represented by minecarts in a small chest). Normal gives you 5 lives, Hard just 3 lives and YOLO is as you'd expect one life. I did include some chests with extra carts if you suck need more lives. it's a project at the moment, and I only have 4 levers worth of track done.

[runa]

Trying out this MMORPG called Blade and Soul. Have been hearing so much good things about it so decided to try it out! So far, I'm only a couple of hours into the game, but I love it already! Best thing is, it's free.

[KingPridenia]

And now my track is finished on Minecraft. And boy is it HARD as hell. The limited reaction time almost puts it in a league with Battletoads. Then again, since I'm using levers (buttons are nigh impossible to hit while blazing down tracks on a Minecart), it just ends up with the player being confused at times at which levers to hit and not to hit. The end is a real jerk move; you have to flip three levers in quick succession or you go flying off the track. Thankfully, I did discover a trick that if you exit a cart before hitting the ground you can reduce fall damage if not avoid it outright. I almost wish it was as simple as a block changing color, but some activated levers you have to disable and sometimes you have to enable them. Likewise, you have to ignore both turned on and off levers, adding to the frustration. I did it after quite a few deaths. I might want to bump up how many lives you get from 9-5-3-1 to 15-10-5-1 respectively. The track is harder than I thought.

[Dark Ice Dragon]

Today i completed my first,blind, play to Final Fantasy XIII-3, i liked it even if i find it a bit too easy..i will raise the difficulty in my new game +

[Logos]

I'm playing ESO right now out of complete boredom.

[Nicholas Steel]

Today i completed my first,blind, play to Final Fantasy XIII-3, i liked it even if i find it a bit too easy..i will raise the difficulty in my new game +

13-3? I thought 13-2 was the latest in the 13 series?

[Dawnlight]

13-3? I thought 13-2 was the latest in the 13 series?

He's referring to Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.