Finished Metroid Prime: Remastered!

Shared my issues in last week’s thread, nothing else to add here except I hated those Fission Metroids, most annoying enemies in the game.

Waiting for Prime 2 remastered now. Would probably get day-1.

Started Pankapu, a colourful and shiny 2D platformer. Have only played a little bit, but seems fun.

Finished Rise of the Tomb Raider.

It was a really good game. I am surprised that it’s about 10 years old now. Next is Shadow of the Tomb Raider, will probably play it later this year. I have heard Rise is the best of the trilogy, so going to adjust my expectations accordingly, but still looking forward to it.

Also played and finished Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered. It was a pretty short campaign, probably around 6-7 hours. I had heard great things about the campaign, but I thought it was just okay. Good, but not the best campaign ever. Though, to be fair, this is a game from 2007, and I haven’t played many FPS games recently, so I am not sure what the benchmark is.

I liked the missions and the gameplay, and thought it was over pretty quick. I have also Modern Warfare 2 remastered, so will give it a try soon-ish.

So, what about all you? What have you been playing?

  • Phelpssan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    19 hours ago

    Please, if you know other awesome JRPGs or other turn-based games, tell me about it. :)

    Oh boy, I could spend hours talking about these. So instead let me give some recommendations on different styles of JRPGs.

    • Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster: Some of the best classics in the genre, and also a really cool view on the evolution of JRPGs over the 8-bit and 16-bit era. If you’re not up to playing them all at least consider FF6.
    • Persona 5 Royal: One of the most polished JRPGs ever made, and also a fairly different take on the genre, taking place in current Tokyo (you can find a bunch of videos comparing it to real-life), and has an interesting time-management system where you have to split your time between your character’s “real life” (going to school, hanging out with friends) and battling monsters.
    • Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance: For a more gameplay-focused game with the best turn-based combat around. Press Turn is a brilliant system that keeps adrenaline high, and rewards playing smart and using the game mechanics in your favor. Fairly minimal story though.
    • Etrian Odyssey III: For the Dungeon Crawler sub-genre. Also has some of the finest party-building around, many different synergies that you can build around. Another game focused on gameplay with a minimal story.
    • Atelier Sophie 2: If you want to experiment a chill and relaxing slice-of-life JRPG. Has a very heavy focus on crafting, you can spend hours tweaking items and trying to build the perfect bomb.
    • Trails from Zero and its sequel Trails to Azure: Contains my favorite “team” in any JRPG. The SSS has fantastic chemistry, and with two games the team gets very well developed. It’s also a sneak peek in one of the biggest “rabbit holes” in JRPGs - the Trails series has 13 different games, all taking place in the same world with connections between all of them.
    • Cassette Beasts is my suggestion for the “monster collection” genre. There’s also plenty of options for Pokemon games if you prefer it, but I absolutely love this one with its interesting vulnerability system, open world and fusions. Amazing OST too.
    • Mario & Luigi: Brothership: For my final suggestion, don’t neglect the Mario RPGs, they’re silly yet incredibly fun games.
    • eithon@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      9 hours ago

      Wow, I’m so very grateful for your detailed list of recommendations. I’ve only considered Final Fantasy before, and Persona is the only other I’ve heard of. Not any of the others.

      I will definitely give Etrian Odyssey III a try as it made me remember Wizardry, which I used to play with my uncle before I had my own computer. (In around 2005. Those games released before I was born…)

      I’ve read that Final Fantasy games are not related to each other, but I was not sure if the old ones are worth trying. I’ll pick up FF6, and see where it takes me :)

      Thank your very much!

      • Phelpssan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        8 hours ago

        Glad you liked my recommendations!

        Feel free to ping me for more suggestions, I’m a massive JRPG fan and have played a ridiculous amount of games in this genre.