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[Norzan]

Xenoblade had this wonderful function where new party members would be added to your team at the same level as the rest of your party, and members not part of the active party would still gain experience and level up with you, preventing unnecessary additional grinding to keep your party members on similar levels and also withstand the challenges ahead. It's a pretty great feature.

 

Guess what X doesn't have?

They removed one of the best features of the previous game in X? Sigh, just great.

 

 

Been on a Borderlands binge. Been alternating between the three games.

Edited by Norzan, 27 February 2016 - 06:41 PM.

[The Satellite]

They removed one of the best features of the previous game in X? Sigh, just great.

X does a handful of things better, mostly inconsequential things, though I will say that, in general, it's an improvement in the sidequest department; they're generally more varied, produce more interesting results, and add a little more insight into the story environment. Unfortunately, collection quests still exist, though in fewer number. They're somewhat helped by the fact that collectibles are more plenty and also respawn when you fast travel, but in the end, they're still a pain, especially if they're rare collectibles. Still, in the grand scheme of things, X's sidequests are more in-depth and more interesting to do than the original's. Arguably they end up being infinitely more interesting than the game's main story.

 

Also Skells.

 

It's everything else X gets backwards. Well, "backwards" is too harsh a word, but they pale compared to how the first game did things. I think combat's the biggest one. Fights in general just tend to drag on longer than they should. They also changed up the battle system just enough to make it a pain; I was on board with mixing melee and ranged weapons along with arts at first, but the fighting just seems tedious and not as deep as it could be. That, and a lot of the different characters have the same or similar fighting styles, rather than all being completely unique like in the original. In the end, the combat just isn't as fun as it used to be.

[KingPridenia]

Been making my family on the Sims Complete Collection. Playing that a lot since getting it to work on Windows 10 (no easy feat!). Basically, I live alone with one female cat as my only pet and my parents are the quote on quote "Sr" family. I'll probably give them a female dog and name her Heidi after my real life dog. So I guess basically what I'm going for is I took Mimi the cat and they kept Heidi (or I possibly adopted another black cat and named her Mimi). Also having a bit of evil fun with a Sim that I decided to watch his life spiral into despair. The good old days of being 12 years old are back, only this time I'm 26 lol

[Dawnlight]

I am so addicted to Fire Emblem Fates. So far, I feel that this game is more balanced compared to how OP I was in Awakening. Who should my Corrin marry this time around?

[Valientlink]

nothing like a little legend of zelda: ocarina of time

[Eddy]

Playing more Wind Waker HD, and I got through most of the Earth Temple (finally lol). I've also been playing a lot of Tekkit Legends with Joel and DaviAwesome. Feels great to have so much infinite power with 20 MFSUs lmao

[Tree]

Decided to go back and finish up Pokemon Y after dropping it for... reasons. Trying to find a Phantump right now. It must be somewhat rare, because I've been looking for awhile.

 

Also, after seeing Game Grumps beat Shovel Knight for a second time, I decided to delete my file that I had forgotten about after getting mad at Polar Knight's stage, start over, and actually beat it this time.

Edited by Tree, 28 February 2016 - 04:16 PM.

[The Satellite]

I finished Xenoblade Chronicles X.

 

I'm not happy.

 

I was actually fuming when the game ended, perhaps more so than I should've been for a game, but it was an utter mess of disappointment. The story was never good, and it goes and decides to not bring any real closure either... then it opens up a whole new can of worms with a cliffhanger of all things! It couldn't just end, it had to leave that little loose end. Honestly, a bad story with a cliffhanger is worse than a bad story with closure. I mean it, this story was just bland, straightforward, full of holes, generally uninteresting altogether. I said above the sidequests were "arguably" more interesting than the main story, right? It's not arguable anymore, they are better. At least there I get to see a colony deal with actual issues, with xenophobia and incorporating various people and races into the city. And pizza guys who are more than what they seem.

 

But the main story just feels like a slap in the face to those who loved Xenoblade. Heck, from what I understand, plenty of older Xenogears and Xenosaga fans already look down on Xenoblade; I wonder what they must feel about X. (they're wrong by the way, Xenoblade is awesome)

 

Then there's the other steps backward, the unintuitive menus, the lifeless, repetitive, and lengthy combat, I've been over these. I honestly don't care for the music either, apart from some tracks; it's mainly the vocal tracks that bug me. Some are fine, but many don't seem suited to where they're being used. The continent themes are good, but NLA's songs are awful. In general, it just doesn't have the life and power Xenoblade's songs did. That, and Hiroyuki Sawano's compositions just start to sound really samey after a while. Same guy who composed Attack on Titan and Kill la Kill, for the record, the latter of which is one of my favorite anime soundtracks; that should tell you something.

 

Many of these are common complaints, and the director himself has addressed them and will keep them in mind for the inevitable sequel. I'll look forward to that with very tempered and cautious optimism... I know X was meant to be experimental with this new type of world, but it still wasn't the game or world I wanted. Shouldn't have called it "Xenoblade," to be honest.

 

I need to let it sit for a bit and see if I can regain any of those notions of fun I had before the terrible ending destroyed all of them. Right now, it's the worst 2015 game I've played.

 

Which also makes it the third-best.

[Moonbread]

I started playing Majora's Mask 3D and it's a mixed bag. First of all, I'm indifferent to the saving system, both versions'are fine in my book. But I'm a little annoyed at how often the Bombers Notebook interrupts the game, and not liking how the first two bosses were changed (I just got to the ocean). Odalwa was dumbed down from this cool jungle warrior to an imbecile who requires little effort, and transforming back to Human Link during Goht's fight is jarring, especially when it feels like it's Darmani's fight for his people. Switching the magic meter and spin attack upgrades was also an odd change, giving an insanely useful upgrade way too early. On the other hand, the visuals are really, really nice, and it controls really well. Deku and Goron Link both play better in this version, and Zora Link, while I haven't used it much, seems like it has some good changes, like sinking much faster. Also, much like OoT 3D, gyroscope aiming is perfect. The fishing seems like a really cool addition so far; if only my obsession with making each 3 day process as efficient as possible wasn't getting in the way of that.

Overall, it's very clear that they remade the game with strong intentions of dumbing it down. Which means that while I'm having fun, the N64 version is probably still the one for me.

[The Satellite]

Obviously I've cooled off, because I've already gone back to X to do more sidequests, and remembering that, hey, these actually are fun. For the most part. Until I did the affinity mission where the entire plot revolves around the "eating Tatsu" joke.

[Tree]

Evolving Sliggoo has to be the most tedious gimmick evolution ever. I got tired of waiting for it to rain in game, so I manipulated the date and time on my 3DS' settings. The things I do for my Pogymans...

[ShadowTiger]

I have way too many games to play right now.  I'm constantly making new characters (and worlds, as appropriate)  in Fallout 4 and Terraria, both fully modded all to hell.  150+ mods on Fallout 4, 15+ on Terraria with tModLoader.

 

Then there's the main game I'm playing, Star Wars: Jedi Knight Academy.  That's a fun game.  All the awe of a first person shooter with the third person Lightsaber action with force powers.  It's a fantastic series.

 

I also have Life is Strange installed.  I didn't even get out of the first classroom yet.  I also have Wolfenstein: The New Order on.  Just started the second mission.  Really lazy in it. 

 

I'm really bad at gaming, apparently.  I've been having strong feelings about reinstalling Rollercoaster Tycoon 3.  I want to build shops.  It's so mundane, but hey, .. food ..

[SpacemanDan]

I've been playing Fire Emblem Fates recently. I'm taking the Hoshido (Classic/Hard) path first to ease myself back into things. Currently on chapter 15. I've been trying not to reset when a character dies, but sometimes it's just really hard. ._. I don't know if it's just me, but the RNG seems a lot more ruthless this time around. I'm missing a lot more attacks than my hit rate would lead me to believe. Maybe I just have bad luck? I don't know, haha. And don't get me wrong, I understand that unless it's 100%, there is a chance to miss. But when you see 2-3 80%+ miss in a row multiple times, it kinda makes you wonder.

 

Aside from that, I've been poking Dark Souls on new game+ with a friend. I did nearly the entire thing solo my first run, so I've got no problem bringing in some friends to goof around with subsequent playthroughs. I also have a character started with the intent of doing a Soul Level 1 run. I have no idea if I'll succeed (probably not) but it'll be worth a shot either way. Looking to start Dark Souls 2 in the near future too!

[EJSnowden]

Evolving Sliggoo has to be the most tedious gimmick evolution ever. I got tired of waiting for it to rain in game, so I manipulated the date and time on my 3DS' settings. The things I do for my Pogymans...

 

Ever evolved a Feebas in Gen 3? Good times, good times.

[Shoshon the Elegant]

Playing TriForce Heroes right now. Nintendo ID is MaikDShin. In game name Maikeru.

On the Grim Temple.

Also restarted Phantom Hourglass. Beat the first temple. After I beat PH I'm moving onto Spirit Tracks.

Don't know what I'll do about Four Swords and Four Swords Adventures though.