I've been playing a bit of Monster Hunter Rise. It's going okay, but I've got stuck doing an urgent quest with a Magnamalo - I just die so quickly. Not sure if I should be grinding through the hub quests instead and will somehow make it easier to get past the Magnamalo? Well, I guess I've got to do all the other quests eventually, and they are easier, so I'll just stick with that for now.
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So, I've already finished the main story for Monkey Ball Banana Mania. I'm still messing with the challanges and special stages, but I'll soon start my next big RPG: Metaphor.
As for Monkey Ball, it's not what I've expected. I thought about getting some chill precision based gameplay, but it's actually quite stressful. Kinda like I'd imagine games like Getting over it, just with really short stages. I got a bit frustrated around when the difficulty spiked, but at some point the game just clicked and grinding stages almost became akin to meditation. I can see myself returning from time to time to improve my times.
Didn't know Monkey Ball has a story, but the gameplay has always looked stressful to me, so never even tried to get it. Glad it clicked for you.
It's called story mode, but you just get a small cutscene every 10 stages to introduce the next theme - like a space station or a factory.
I don't know. I made the mistake of playing new games as they have came out plus getting games on steam sale 😭
So.: stellar blade, Xenoblade 3, kingdom come 2, planet zoo, final fantasy 14 (I can't stop, it's been years, someone help me) split fiction with the wife,
Hehe, I try to only play one game (per platform) at a time, but I recently ended up starting 6-7 games. Taking a break from all of them now though.
How are you liking split fiction?
Couple of my friends have played it, and they are calling it a strong GOTY contender.
It is super fun.
Finished Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations
Glad you liked it! I think it's still one of the best games in the series to this day, with only two others (Investigations 2 and Great 2) being contenders for the top spot.
Next in the series is Apollo Justice. Not going to get it right away, but will probably get it later this year.
AJ is unique because it's fairly ambitions and tries to make major shifts in direction in the series. It doesn't succeed (a VNDB review calls it a "beaultiful failure"), but the fact that it tried to be different still makes it an interesting experience.
Started Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition ! my first impression is that the game mechanics in start are more overwhelming, at least when compared to XC 3, but it is an older game.
I've always felt that overwhelming the player with mechanics is part of the "Xenoblade experience". 😆
But yeah, I agree XCX goes a lot higher in complexity than other games. Been a while since I played it in the WiiU but I'm pretty sure I beat the game without completely figuring out some of the mechanics.
I always have FOMO when leaving out my party members
That was a major pain point on the original WiiU version as people outside your party didn't get any experience, making it much harder to swap team members an get affinity to unlock their storyline. Thankfully it looks like this was fixed in the Switch version.
Playing Trails Through Daybreak II!
Reached the Final Chapter. It's a good game and I'm having fun, but it's definitely in the lower tier of games in the Trails series.
Story is weak, relying too much on certain (annoying) tropes that Falcom loves to use. It's also lacking the higher stakes and more adult themes that I praised the first game for, and feels like it was rushed and needed a bit more development time.
Played the Atelier Yumia Demo!
One thing I respect about Gust is how they are always experimenting and trying new things with the Atelier series. Yumia feels very different from recent entries, more serious and story-focused instead of slice-of-life.
Exploration is open world, even more than Ryza 3. Combat is similar to the Ryza series being an ATB variant, but adds a bit more action elements like movement and dodging. Alchemy is a bit simpler (at least at first glance) but comes with some interesting QOL features like the ability to synthesize common items while exploring the world.
My initial impression is that I'm going to enjoy this game, but it probably won't make my list of "Favorite Atelier games". Let's see if the full game changes my mind.
That was a major pain point on the original WiiU version as people outside your party didn’t get any experience, making it much harder to swap team members an get affinity to unlock their storyline. Thankfully it looks like this was fixed in the Switch version.
Let's hope so. I would be really annoyed if they didn't get any experience.
As for Trails Through Daybreak 2, they seem to have annualized the series. This one was released just an year after the first game. They should probably start taking some time.
As for Trails Through Daybreak 2, they seem to have annualized the series. This one was released just an year after the first game. They should probably start taking some time.
Trails games are usually released in pairs, then there's a break before the next one. The developer works on a "one game per year" schedule, so they rotate between Trails, Ys, and sometimes a new/different game like the recently announced Tokyo Xanadu sequel.
The reason we've been getting so many of them in the west is because we were far behind on releases, Daybreak 2 has been out since 2022 in Japan! From what I heard NISA is very happy with the sales of the series, so they've been been rushing to localize the remaining ones.
Right now there's only one left until we're finally caught up (Kai no Kiseki, released in Japan last September), then we're probably waiting a couple years for the next one.
Decided to do a replay of Cattails: Wildwood Story in between my Balatro runs.
The former is pretty cute, fairly low stakes adventure/exploration game. Once you befriend the cats in your colony town you can start taking them along as adventure companions too, which is helpful especially in the mining areas.
I played the original Cattails but couldn't get into it. I liked the idea of the game, but for some reason couldn't get into it. Don't recall what the issue was.