General Video Game Thread

Sunny

I have been goofing around with GW2 again, it is so fun. I seem to be doing better this time around. Last time I had to cry to a friend to come and rescue me from a too hard fight (thank you, you know who you are, still my hero). I seem to be doing just fine this time? I think I am getting better at video games.

Ganymede

@Derp said in General Video Game Thread:

It's a mixed bag. I was disappointed in it for a Final Fantasy title. A general fantasy title? Sure.

It is entirely possible that my expectations for Final Fantasy entries is lower than yours.

Auspice

I'm a bad gamer.
The last Final Fantasy that I played (not counting FFXIV) was FFX.

And I've only PLAYED (more than just a brief scratching of the surface) FF7, FFX, and FF Tactics (the GBA one).

jrpgs just, by and far, are not my jam. There's been a couple I really liked (Shadow Hearts for example), but by and far it's a style I just am not into.

Derp

@Auspice

I liked the first Final Fantasy 13. The second one was alright. The third one got -- messianic salvation of the world's souls before the end of the world and I just can't even.

Groth

@Derp said in General Video Game Thread:

@Auspice

I liked the first Final Fantasy 13. The second one was alright. The third one got -- messianic salvation of the world's souls before the end of the world and I just can't even.

I never got past FF13's 20 hour tutorial.

Ominous

@Auspice

FFX is also the last Final Fantasy that I played. At least, all the way through. I started on others and gave up on them after about 10 hours.

TNP

Anyone play Disco Elysium yet? Does it live up to the reviews it's been getting?

Groth

@TNP said in General Video Game Thread:

Anyone play Disco Elysium yet? Does it live up to the reviews it's been getting?

It's definitely a game worth playing.

Roz

@TNP It's not my style of game, but I have more than one friend who loves it.

saosmash

I've been playing The Arcana, which is a mobile game. It's beautifully drawn and has pretty music and a neat story. It's a romance / VN with several unique routes and a story wound up with some neat Tarot mythos. You can pick your gender and pronouns. It's real good. I have been enjoying it enough that I looked up the dev and downloaded their other game also.

I have spent too much money on extra scenes. >.>

Auspice

@saosmash said in General Video Game Thread:

I've been playing The Arcana, which is a mobile game. It's beautifully drawn and has pretty music and a neat story. It's a romance / VN with several unique routes and a story wound up with some neat Tarot mythos. You can pick your gender and pronouns. It's real good. I have been enjoying it enough that I looked up the dev and downloaded their other game also.

I have spent too much money on extra scenes. >.>

I started to play and then stopped because I knew I'd want to spend money and I can't afford to spend money but.

Buuuuuut

It is gorgeous so I recommend that anyone who either has restraint or money play it.

saosmash

@Auspice Yeah the money problem is real. The story is still perfectly sweet if you don't shell out for the extra content but ... BUT.

Pyrephox

@TNP said in General Video Game Thread:

Anyone play Disco Elysium yet? Does it live up to the reviews it's been getting?

I loved it. Absolutely loved.

It's not for everyone. Things you should know before going in:

It's incredibly text-heavy. There is no combat system. You mostly walk around, click on things, read dialogue, choose responses.
It's unabashedly political, but it doesn't offer any easy answers, other than a general 'racist idiots are racist idiots'. But your favorite political system, whatever it is, will probably be thoroughly mocked at some point, including choosing not to have a favorite political system.
It's weird. Some people compare it to Lynch, and it certainly can be very Lynchian. But it's the sort of game where random things can go weird and sideways pretty fast, especially if you pick the right skills.
It's pretty short. A fairly thorough single playthrough is probably 20ish hours. It has some replayability, but there are no branching plotlines. Just different takes on the situation based on who your character is this time around.

saosmash

@Pyrephox I will always be a Sorry Cop.

Pyrephox

@saosmash said in General Video Game Thread:

@Pyrephox I will always be a Sorry Cop.

I really want to try to be a Superstar Cop, but I don't know if I can do it.

Jennkryst

I acknowledge that Space Engineers is 6 years old, but damned if it hasn't kept me distractedly entertained for the last two weeks.

Auspice

@Jennkryst said in General Video Game Thread:

I acknowledge that Space Engineers is 6 years old, but damned if it hasn't kept me distractedly entertained for the last two weeks.

It is, but it didn't get the updates that made it a full game and not just a sort of constructor set until just a couple years ago.

Ganymede

@Jennkryst said in General Video Game Thread:

I acknowledge that Space Engineers is 6 years old, but damned if it hasn't kept me distractedly entertained for the last two weeks.

I'm playing Endless Legend and it is really a breath of fresh air, holy shit.

Derp

@Auspice said in General Video Game Thread:

It is gorgeous so I recommend that anyone who either has restraint or money play it.

But what if we like pretty games and have neither of those things?

Auspice

@Derp said in General Video Game Thread:

@Auspice said in General Video Game Thread:

It is gorgeous so I recommend that anyone who either has restraint or money play it.

But what if we like pretty games and have neither of those things?

Feel wistful like me.