I’d love to hear you expand on that
The series tends to frustrate me because every game does something exceptionally well and is the worst in the series in some other way.
What’s the issue with each 1, 2, and 3?
@slimerancher@lemmy.world is this the type of discussion that is allowed or should be in its own thread?
I still haven’t finished! But I did just buy a TOTK 1000-piece puzzle. I wish us both luck!
I get recommended a video on why FFX and FFXIII are both corridors, but one works and the other doesn’t. I’ve been feeling like the remake is one long beautiful corridor as I play through it. It definitely feels larger than 1997’s Midgar.
Could you explain that? RDR is not my type of game, so I have no idea what you mean by impossible. Is the urge to start fresh just so exciting that starting over is a must?
It’s been a busy week and I’ve spent a lot of time dreaming of Little Rocket Lab while grading papers. I’ve hit the point in the game where there are no easy factory lines and the advanced assembly plants are a requirement for everything. The urge to start over is so strong because of that organizational instinct in my mind to keep a neat and efficient island. But my messy layout of conveyor belts is charming enough that I keep at it, delivering research materials and unlocking new items slowly.
I’m so glad I bought it!
As always, I’m playing Octopath Traveler Champions of the Continent.
Final Fantasy VII Remake is on hold because I’m still mad about getting trounced twice in a battle. It’ll be a while before FF pulls me back since I am in handheld mode as my knitting spouse binges through West Wing for the first time.
Oh! I’m running a 2nd session of a D&D one-shot today, too! Maybe we’ll get to the end this time?
There’s a Dragon Quest Collab going on in Octopath Traveler Champions of the Continent that has me hunting metal slimes.
FFVII Remake is still the primary game in the Switch 2. I really dig the quality of life upgrades in the help menus (“once you go here, you can’t go back” warnings, for example). I’ve hit the level of difficulty where I’m not happy with the fighting system anymore, so I might drop down to easy.
But my greatest purchase this month has been Little Rocket Lab, an automation/town building game. It’s cute and easy enough to share with my youngest, but if I play it in the living room, my wife complains about how the way I lay out conveyor belts drives her crazy. I think I’ll go play more now!
I was so excited when I saw this from the State of Play, but wasn’t sure we’d get it on Switch 2. I just watched a long play of Order of Eclessia, so I’m in the metroidvania mindset!
Is Another Eden that game that has Frog from Chrono Trigger as a character? I heard about it with a FFIX crossover, but I can’t split my mobile time between it and Octopath.
I still can’t shake the feeling that this is just a Mega Man Legends type game (I mean as a 3D Mega Man).
This art style looks so amazing. It’s really makes my mind boggle as to how long I’ve been watching the style of anime change. It took me a little bit to realize that the game was mimicking the style as it’s own thing, not some forgotten licensed anime from before most players were born.
I waited to watch all day, carefully avoiding Lemmy and the rest of the internet…
Only to have the most amazing spoiler as the Culdcept Discord community gets news of the first new game in ten years! That and FFVII Rebirth are probably my day one purchases.
I feel like downvoting your situation. Sorry you lost progress, but happy you get to play it again!
I think I’ve hit the point in the hype cycle where I’m done watching its trailers. Like the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I know I’m going to see it. I don’t want to repeat anything and feel like I’m rewatching something.
I somehow remembered that FFVII was out yesterday and dropped everything to go to GameStop and buy it. Part way there, my son looked up that it was a game-key card only so we turned around and I bought it on the eShop.
I played through Chapter One, sharing the experience with my wife (her comment: “you’re okay with all this cursing?”). I was really excited by all the “make this game not a chore” options available. Oh, and it’s beautiful.
My highlight this weekend was playing Ace Attorney Investigations. I’m approaching where I dropped the ROM translation from sevenish years ago (maybe more!).
Thinking back, I’ve been playing translations of this game for twenty-five years. I remember when the first Phoenix Wright was rereleased on DS in Japan, it was the first thing I requested from my partner. It was so neat that they were releasing it in Japanese and English so I would have to import it from America to enjoy the series.
Re: Octopath Traveler 0
I don’t know yet. I’m on the final final battle of the mobile game and I definitely want to finish that before I start Zero. But I’m still stuck between my desire for a physical copy and my dislike of key-cards. I’m leaning toward picking it up digitally, but since I’ve waited a month at this point, I’ll probably wait for a sale.
I’ve had a grand gaming time! In the board gaming arena, I bought and played the new edition of Quacks, a bag building push your luck game. I’ve only played my copy of it once and I was so pleased that my youngest beat me in a wire-to-wire victory. Then I got to explain to him what a wire-to-wire victory was.
I played some Heroes of Might and Magic 3 with the shorn of the Abyss expansion. The just released a new faction for this twenty-five year old game! I don’t get much playtime there, though, because the youngest hogs the computer to play Bloons TD6.
I bought Ace Attorney Investigations, continuing the trend of buying games I happily bought and beat in previous console generations. Vacation is about to end, but I’m flying through the first of the two games included in the collection. I think I’m about halfway through.
In Octopath Traveler Champions of the Continent, I’d been eagerly playing a limited time board game mini-game where instead of picking your party and playing, you get random rare temporary recruits. It’s been a blast playing with the third of the game’s characters I never got to experience! I also played a little bit of Octopath II during winter break.
I’m so glad the weekend posts are back! I missed them over the course of late December. I hope y’all have a better 2026 than last year (whether yours was bad or good).
I’m planning on buying “Is This Seat Taken?” For Switch. It’s a cute little puzzle game that my fifth-grader has been asking for. Winter Break from school is a great time for this sort of purchase.
I might also get the Capcom version of Picross.
I wish I could give two upvotes! Filling in the blanks is what I’m missing. Thank you for that description!
My secret is pacing myself. I never work on the puzzle for longer than an hour at a time (or fifty pieces connected per session). It keeps me from being frustrated or from feeling overwhelmed.