Finished Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed.
Apparently I was near the very end when I posted last week, I was expecting some kind of warning before point of no return, but they didn’t mention it. It’s possible they mentioned it when giving me the quest but I forgot about that.
Overall, really enjoyed the game, but it didn’t provide much new information about the worlds, or what happened to all the characters from first two games, though there were implied hints. I wanted more details, but as it is, even without playing it, I don’t think it would have made too much of a difference.
Apparently, there’s a hint in the end / post credit scene, that possibly connects it with Xenogear saga or Xenoblade Chronicles X, I haven’t played either so no idea, just saw it when trying to see what people thought of the ending. I think the story ended well enough, they should move to something new, but I trust the devs.
Played Guns, Gore, and Cannoli, it’s a side scrolling run and gun (like beat 'em up, but with guns), though I played it more like walk and gun.
Setting is 1920 Mafia in Zombie apocalypse, voice acting is nice, and gameplay is fun. Finished it in 2-3 days. There’s a sequel out too, where they have apparently improved a few things. Will definitely try it out (eventually).
Played quite a bit of Rise of the Tomb Raider, but didn’t make much progress as I was focusing on side content. Did the Baba Yaga DLC content (part of 20th anniversary version on PS), also explored some optional tombs and did optional side quests.
Going to start Medieval Dynasty on PS5, with a friend this weekend. I have always wanted to play some crafting / survival game, and one of my friends was interested in playing this too, and since it’s on sale right now, we decided to get it and give it a try.
No idea if I’ll actually enjoy this or not though, on paper (and videos) it looks good, so, let’s see.
Would I play this for next 3 months? or never touch it again after this weekend? Tune in next week, to find out!
So, what about all you? What have you been playing?
I’ve been ‘playing’ the Monster Hunter Wilds Benchmark for 2 hours today to find the right settings balance. The demo ran fine last year, but seeing the actual FPS, I just had to do some tweaking. I’m ready for the game in three weeks, I just need to make sure to finish
Lightning Returns first. I have four enemies left to hunt to extinction, it doesn’t take as long as I expected. I’m also reaching the point where I can’t upgrade my abilities anymore. They really want you to play New Game Plus Hard Mode to get even stronger: Unique accessories get replaced by better versions when you get duplicates and weapon upgrades aren’t even available until then. I’m tempted, but I got monsters to hunt next month.
I’m near the end of the second part of Brothership. The desert island sucked, but I’m still enjoying the game. I need to hurry up a bit though, last week I got extremely excited for Xenoblade X out of nowhere. I wasn’t a huge fan of the game when it was new, but Xenoblade 2 and 3 made me appreciate what it was a bit more in hindsight and I’ve been wanting to try it again for a long time. I’ve had faith in a Switch port and I’m glad I waited.
I’ve also been playing Wario Land 2. I’ve played it once before a long time ago, I don’t think it’s as good as the first one, but it’s interestingly weird in its own right.
What did you think about Monster Hunter Wilds? I was previously thinking about getting it on launch, but probably won’t get it anytime soon. Still excited about the game.
It seems you have been playing Lightning Returns for a while, glad to see you reaching the end.
I have never played any Wario Land game, I wonder which ones are available on Switch and give one of them a try.
I have no idea what to expect from Wilds because I didn’t play World, which is very different stylistically from the older games and Rise. But I didn’t seen anything fundamentally wrong with it, so I took two weeks off for release anyway.
My playtime in Lightning Returns is only at about 50 hours, it just seems much longer because I’ve been playing it for months.