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Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
AzyWng:
Recently got Convoy, a game that's kind of like Mad Max and kind of like FTL. Haven't played enough to really talk at length about what it's about.
Also purchased SYNTHETIK a week or two back - that one is a top-down shooter kind of like Enter The Gungeon only it's robots and reloading is a lot more involved and you have a level up and unlockables system.
Reloading has two parts - most weapons require that you "eject" the previous magazine/set of shells/cartridges before then reloading, and the reloading itself works on an active reload system kind of like Gears of War. Then there's the fact guns have recoil and overheating, both of which discourage spray and pray tactics through less accuracy and damaging you, respectively. Each "class" has its own unique active combat skill (unlike ETG where some classes don't have skills that directly aid in a fight) that lets each one fulfill its own roles.
I'd gush more about the game, but I don't really have my thoughts organized - just know that if you like guns and fast-paced, top-down style shooting (not the kind that Touhou provides, mind), this one might be worth a try.
At the very least, the expansion SYNTHETIK: ARENA is out for free on Steam, so give that a go to see how its gameplay is.
Ionasal kkll Solciel:
Start playing Nelke and the Legendary Alchemists.
> Japanese voices only
fffffffffffff you better not do this shit with Lulua, (In all seriousness, though, the chance of this game getting a dub was basically zero from the start, so eh.)
Just beat the main story mode of Fate/Extella Link, and oh god I'm looking at the Extra Missions and it looks like max level is 150, because there's like three EX missions at that level. Well, at least the QP cost of raising Servants is lower than in FGO.
I'm plotting an Ace campaign run in AC7, since I actually have two days off work this week this time. Here's hoping I actually have something resembling energy, unlike last week. -_-
PX:
They've stopped dubbing the Atelier series for a while now, cut costs for a series not selling too amazingly, not many people care for it and it allows them to localize the games faster
Also Nelke is comfy :)
Jq1790:
--- Quote from: Ionasal kkll Solciel on March 27, 2019, 07:17:51 AM ---Just beat the main story mode of Fate/Extella Link, and oh god I'm looking at the Extra Missions and it looks like max level is 150, because there's like three EX missions at that level. Well, at least the QP cost of raising Servants is lower than in FGO.
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Is the game more engaging and varied than the first Extella? I played that and while basically mindlessly slaying swaths of enemies is cathartic sometimes, going through the same scenarios a bunch of times...isn't, and the gameplay was perhaps TOO simple, at least in the bit I played.
Really hoping Extella Link fixes these things, unless Im just the wrong audience (which is also fine of course.)
Ionasal kkll Solciel:
--- Quote from: PX on March 27, 2019, 02:09:51 PM ---They've stopped dubbing the Atelier series for a while now, cut costs for a series not selling too amazingly, not many people care for it and it allows them to localize the games faster
Also Nelke is comfy :)
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*realizing I've never gotten around to playing Lydie & Suelle*
*learning it's Japanese voice only*
ARGH
:ohdear: :(
It's the Familiar of Zero anime all over again...
--- Quote from: Jq1790 on March 27, 2019, 06:35:04 PM ---Is the game more engaging and varied than the first Extella? I played that and while basically mindlessly slaying swaths of enemies is cathartic sometimes, going through the same scenarios a bunch of times...isn't, and the gameplay was perhaps TOO simple, at least in the bit I played.
Really hoping Extella Link fixes these things, unless Im just the wrong audience (which is also fine of course.)
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It's still a bit of a button masher. Most combo enders are now Skills, so unless you're in the Master's territory or have Tamamo supporting you with her NP, you can't just spam the hell out of your high power options without at least some cooldown; but you can spam them consecutively if you need it. It's much easier to enter Moon Drive mode (just quell a bunch of enemies or pick up some sake) and Moon Drive now can generate NP charge (on top of having a full NP charge somewhere on every map and a 35% charge somewhere else), so it's so much easier to spam NPs.
Extella Maneuvers are replaced by the Rush mechanic. You can counter some enemy attacks of your own, or you can punch them in the face a few times and use specific Class Skills; which will trigger a button-mash Rush. Counter Rushes are basically tug-of-wars, while Class Rushes are basically single-target Extella Maneuvers which can get support from other allied Servants in the area.
Plants are relatively rare enemies now, so you don't have to constantly bounce around quelling the one bastard that keeps respawning well out of the way (plus, you now have a new Command Seal option to port over to most other Sectors), but now Shadow Servants (the new aggressor unit) often show up with other major Servants all over the place, even in Sectors you've claimed and were otherwise completely void of enemies.
Most Sectors now have their Aggressors available right from the start, instead of having to murder a ton of mooks just to get them to show up; and those that don't generally can be made so by taking other Sectors instead of just murdering everything in the Sector a bunch of times.
There's no longer secondary character missions, so there goes most of the repetitive mission grinding (but since one of the Trophies requires finishing the game in full, then replaying everything in the newly unlocked difficulty, well); but a disturbing amount of the game involves "enemy Servant is buffed! Take down the two Mana Pillars by capturing their Sectors!"
Honestly, I don't think the changes to the battle system made the thing much more complex. If you've played the Neptunia side games, it's basically the difference between Action Unleashed and MegaTagmension Blanc.