Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E

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AzyWng:

--- Quote from: CyberAngel on February 15, 2019, 07:24:01 AM ---I recommend you try the newer Shadow Warrior games in the meantime.

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You can also get Shadow Warrior Classic on both Steam and GOG platforms (Though I can't figure out how to change the controls on the Steam version.)

As for the game I'm playing now... Well, I dunno if this counts since it's a mobile game, but I've been playing a good bit of Space Marshals (Both 1 and 2). Basically, it's a top-down shooter with a lot of stealth elements and a space western theme, complete with cowboy hats and revolvers.

Ionasal kkll Solciel:
If you're playing AC7 multiplier, please watch out if your enemy is flying any of these three planes: F/A-18, Su-33, X-02S; do not face your nose directly toward them during the initial engage.

Because goddamn I feed on the hatred of people who run headlong into my EML by rushing into the furball. Just as wonderful as the people who nail fools down (including myself!) with max homing QAAMs or SASMs.

Ionasal kkll Solciel:
I had completely forgotten The Caligula Effect was published by FuRyu, so it amused me a bit when my (imported) copy of Crystar came in a few days ago, and my copy of Caligula Overdose arrived this morning.

(Please get translated, Crystar!)

Also I'm still plugging away at Death end re;Quest. At times I'm not sure what my level is supposed to be, because I get something like five levels off of an Entoma Queen, or wipe out an enemy Glitched Character in a single character's attack wave, but against standard mobs, I struggle a bit because I'm a bit too over-focused on trying to nuke things to notice exactly which nukes work on which enemies. Also not being able to save between a major battle and major cutscenes (with Dead Ends!) is infuriating. If you intentionally or unintentionally peg the Dead End, Game Over, go back to your last save; but we'll give you a small equippable stat token relevant to the Dead End, and your XP and gold from that battle as an apology.

Pywackett-Barchetta:
(As of a few days ago,) I have completed Persona 5.

As someone who doesn't really play RPGs, I have very many opinions about Persona 5. I'm reminded of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, another game that, with sheer charm, a vivid world, wonderful and lovable characters, and deep investment, tricked me into absolutely adoring an RPG just by virtue of being an amazing game overall and leaving me not caring about what it is. (It may also have been helped with this being a bit of a culture exchange with a friend of mine who is now trying a few racing games, and us both realizing that min-maxing vehicle equipment and party equipment is just about mechanically the same thing. So I may end up trying more RPGs... or at least more Persona.)

I will say that the story did begin to wear thin on me by the end. It certainly introduced characters and settings I loved, but also at one point spent an utterly laborious 40 entire minutes on exposition for something I thought was pretty easily revealed in three quick camera shots just before. The end is... a thing. I did appreciate the feeling of agency I had over my character; it feels surreal to see Ren Amimiya in the anime, a soft-spoken mastermind with a focus and goal, compared to who my character, Evan Barchett, ended up being; a deeply confused ball of fluff who just rolled with whatever it is his friends were doing, forgot his own master plan, and repeatedly blew off all his obligations to eat increasingly large burgers and go on dates. I am very interested in picturing how that testimony went.

The balance of Mementos, Palaces, and daily life biz really meant there was always a way to make some kind of progress, and I deeply appreciated that. There's a lot I left unfinished, but... it still took me 120 hours (and 13 minutes) to complete. Well worth $30, and it ran pretty great on PS3, barring some aliasing in 3D scenes and some artifacting during 2D animation clips.

Knowing what I know about it now, I can't say for sure if I want to want to play this again soon, but I'll keep watching the anime for now and see what I think about it. Been a wild ride so far for sure, at the least; it's definitely best enjoyed in game form, but they tried. Anyways. Great game, and I'm looking forward to seeing what Joker's appearance in Smash ends up like.

Ionasal kkll Solciel:
So, uh... Apparently Moero Chronicle is happening on the Switch. How it got past the ESRB with only a Mature rating is anyone's guess, considering literally the first area of the game.

In other news, I don't know about you guys, but I'm all set to go play in SE.RA.PH again with Guadoface, Saberface, and lolitera.

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