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azuarc 07/10/20 3:03:05 AM #259:	CasanovaZelos posted... Secret of Mana (could never care enough to commit - does this get better after the first couple hours?) Original or reboot? I haven't touched the reboot, but the original is in a weird place. The first hour or two is fun in the "this is a new RPG" kind of way where you know your characters aren't strong but that will change. And then you get to the Spikey Tiger fight. Dear God, the Spikey Tiger fight. Third boss fight in the game, and by far the hardest, most miserable encounter. Absolutely maddening, between the stuns, the damage output, and the fact that you don't have real healing yet. Grind a couple levels in advance. Right after that you get magic, and that makes the game fun, but the problem is that you're torn between wanting to go fast and blur through the game's content and with taking your time to level everything up. Magic can be especially tedious to grind, but it also makes the game almost trivial to progress. You can just stunlock bosses by chaincasting spells on them. (The bosses can in some cases do the same thing to you.) The plot's really nothing special. Get the 8 MacGuffins so you can proceed to the endgame and fight the big bad. It's pretty obvious where they had to axe a bunch of the originally planned story. I loved the game as a 13-year-old and I've never really turned my back on that nostalgia. The music's special to me and the style of game suited me perfectly back then. If I played it for the first time today, I probably wouldn't be very impressed. So, short version: you're asking a loaded question. It gets better, but you might like or dislike it for other reasons that develop. If you give it a try, make sure you go at least a couple fights past Spikey. If you get as far as the Underground Palace (where you get the second set of spells,) you'll have enough of a read on the game by that point. CasanovaZelos posted... Dragon Age: Origins If you're looking for a character-driven adventure and don't mind tactical RPGs (that are not turn-based,) this is another Bioware title from their Mass Effect era. That side of the game, I imagine, you will like. Whether or not you'll enjoy the gameplay, you'll probably start to get the hang of it after finishing the Tower of Ostagar. Or, more accurately, you'll have to in order to not get your ass kicked. If you want to make your life easier in the early game, play a mage, and take healing and crowd control spells. The worldbuilding is the strongest part of DA:O, and the centerpiece that everything else is built from. CasanovaZelos posted... Dishonored 2 (having just played Dishonored) This is another pick I can get behind. Dishonored 2 really got a raw deal from Bethesda, who were in their "we aren't showing anything to the media in advance" period in 2016. It worked out for Doom, and absolutely boned every other game they released. I played DH2 for the first time in December -- before playing the original -- and I thought it was fantastic. So much so that I tried to go back and play the first game...and I couldn't do it. The controls, the expectations...the original was only four years older, but there was a world of difference between the two games. But because it got no press coverage, not many people played it, while the original had heaps of praise piled on it. Since playing DH2, I'm recommending it to anyone who will listen. So while I can't truly say that I've played the first game -- I got maybe 2 hours in and quit -- I have to imagine if you liked it, the sequel can only be better unless there were some mechanics changes I'm unaware of. There's one level in particular, later in the game, that is pretty freaking amazing due to some curious time-bending mechanics you use, hopping between past and present to progress. It's also the rare action game that I've actually replayed the levels just to go achievement hunting. . Other games from that list I've played: FFT (it's been ages, though, and it's a very slow, grindy game unless you know what you're doing) Morrowind (best TES game for worldbuilding, but terrible mechanics and it has NOT aged well) Witcher 2 (bailed before finishing the first act; Witcher games and I do not get along) Tomb Raider + Rise of the (finished first game, got most of the way through the second before getting waylaid) only 2020 game I've played is an indie title, Lenna's Inception, which I am also recommending to anyone who would be intrigued by a 2D Zelda clone with a fully randomized world and a fun little story that I really enjoyed. --- Video Game Music Contest 14: Now in progress. <cite>azuarc posted [p:941917247] in CasanovaZe... [t:78725204]...</cite> <quote>CasanovaZelos posted... </cite> <quote>Secret of Mana (could never care enough to commit - does this get better after the first couple hours?)</quote> Original or reboot? I haven't touched the reboot, but the original is in a weird place. The first hour or two is fun in the "this is a new RPG" kind of way where you know your characters aren't strong but that will change. And then you get to the Spikey Tiger fight. Dear God, the Spikey Tiger fight. Third boss fight in the game, and by far the hardest, most miserable encounter. Absolutely maddening, between the stuns, the damage output, and the fact that you don't have real healing yet. Grind a couple levels in advance. Right after that you get magic, and that makes the game fun, but the problem is that you're torn between wanting to go fast and blur through the game's content and with taking your time to level everything up. Magic can be especially tedious to grind, but it also makes the game almost trivial to progress. You can just stunlock bosses by chaincasting spells on them. (The bosses can in some cases do the same thing to you.) The plot's really nothing special. Get the 8 MacGuffins so you can proceed to the endgame and fight the big bad. It's pretty obvious where they had to axe a bunch of the originally planned story. I loved the game as a 13-year-old and I've never really turned my back on that nostalgia. The music's special to me and the style of game suited me perfectly back then. If I played it for the first time today, I probably wouldn't be very impressed. So, short version: you're asking a loaded question. It gets better, but you might like or dislike it for other reasons that develop. If you give it a try, make sure you go at least a couple fights past Spikey. If you get as far as the Underground Palace (where you get the second set of spells,) you'll have enough of a read on the game by that point. CasanovaZelos posted... </cite> <quote>Dragon Age: Origins</quote> If you're looking for a character-driven adventure and don't mind tactical RPGs (that are not turn-based,) this is another Bioware title from their Mass Effect era. That side of the game, I imagine, you will like. Whether or not you'll enjoy the gameplay, you'll probably start to get the hang of it after finishing the Tower of Ostagar. Or, more accurately, you'll have to in order to not get your ass kicked. If you want to make your life easier in the early game, play a mage, and take healing and crowd control spells. The worldbuilding is the strongest part of DA:O, and the centerpiece that everything else is built from. CasanovaZelos posted... </cite> <quote>Dishonored 2 (having just played Dishonored)</quote> This is another pick I can get behind. Dishonored 2 really got a raw deal from Bethesda, who were in their "we aren't showing anything to the media in advance" period in 2016. It worked out for Doom, and absolutely boned every other game they released. I played DH2 for the first time in December -- before playing the original -- and I thought it was fantastic. So much so that I tried to go back and play the first game...and I couldn't do it. The controls, the expectations...the original was only four years older, but there was a world of difference between the two games. But because it got no press coverage, not many people played it, while the original had heaps of praise piled on it. Since playing DH2, I'm recommending it to anyone who will listen. So while I can't truly say that I've played the first game -- I got maybe 2 hours in and quit -- I have to imagine if you liked it, the sequel can only be better unless there were some mechanics changes I'm unaware of. There's one level in particular, later in the game, that is pretty freaking amazing due to some curious time-bending mechanics you use, hopping between past and present to progress. It's also the rare action game that I've actually replayed the levels just to go achievement hunting. . Other games from that list I've played: FFT (it's been ages, though, and it's a very slow, grindy game unless you know what you're doing)Morrowind (best TES game for worldbuilding, but terrible mechanics and it has NOT aged well)Witcher 2 (bailed before finishing the first act; Witcher games and I do not get along)Tomb Raider + Rise of the (finished first game, got most of the way through the second before getting waylaid)only 2020 game I've played is an indie title, Lenna's Inception, which I am also recommending to anyone who would be intrigued by a 2D Zelda clone with a fully randomized world and a fun little story that I really enjoyed. --- Video Game Music Contest 14: Now in progress.</quote> ... 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