Finished Metroid Prime: Remastered!

Shared my issues in last week’s thread, nothing else to add here except I hated those Fission Metroids, most annoying enemies in the game.

Waiting for Prime 2 remastered now. Would probably get day-1.

Started Pankapu, a colourful and shiny 2D platformer. Have only played a little bit, but seems fun.

Finished Rise of the Tomb Raider.

It was a really good game. I am surprised that it’s about 10 years old now. Next is Shadow of the Tomb Raider, will probably play it later this year. I have heard Rise is the best of the trilogy, so going to adjust my expectations accordingly, but still looking forward to it.

Also played and finished Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered. It was a pretty short campaign, probably around 6-7 hours. I had heard great things about the campaign, but I thought it was just okay. Good, but not the best campaign ever. Though, to be fair, this is a game from 2007, and I haven’t played many FPS games recently, so I am not sure what the benchmark is.

I liked the missions and the gameplay, and thought it was over pretty quick. I have also Modern Warfare 2 remastered, so will give it a try soon-ish.

So, what about all you? What have you been playing?

  • Phelpssan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    Please, if you know other awesome JRPGs or other turn-based games, tell me about it. :)

    Oh boy, I could spend hours talking about these. So instead let me give some recommendations on different styles of JRPGs.

    • Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster: Some of the best classics in the genre, and also a really cool view on the evolution of JRPGs over the 8-bit and 16-bit era. If you’re not up to playing them all at least consider FF6.
    • Persona 5 Royal: One of the most polished JRPGs ever made, and also a fairly different take on the genre, taking place in current Tokyo (you can find a bunch of videos comparing it to real-life), and has an interesting time-management system where you have to split your time between your character’s “real life” (going to school, hanging out with friends) and battling monsters.
    • Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance: For a more gameplay-focused game with the best turn-based combat around. Press Turn is a brilliant system that keeps adrenaline high, and rewards playing smart and using the game mechanics in your favor. Fairly minimal story though.
    • Etrian Odyssey III: For the Dungeon Crawler sub-genre. Also has some of the finest party-building around, many different synergies that you can build around. Another game focused on gameplay with a minimal story.
    • Atelier Sophie 2: If you want to experiment a chill and relaxing slice-of-life JRPG. Has a very heavy focus on crafting, you can spend hours tweaking items and trying to build the perfect bomb.
    • Trails from Zero and its sequel Trails to Azure: Contains my favorite “team” in any JRPG. The SSS has fantastic chemistry, and with two games the team gets very well developed. It’s also a sneak peek in one of the biggest “rabbit holes” in JRPGs - the Trails series has 13 different games, all taking place in the same world with connections between all of them.
    • Cassette Beasts is my suggestion for the “monster collection” genre. There’s also plenty of options for Pokemon games if you prefer it, but I absolutely love this one with its interesting vulnerability system, open world and fusions. Amazing OST too.
    • Mario & Luigi: Brothership: For my final suggestion, don’t neglect the Mario RPGs, they’re silly yet incredibly fun games.