Dropped Pankapu.
While the visuals were vibrant and looked great, didn’t enjoy the game a lot. Level design was a bit annoying, In second world there were underground levels where you can only see in a circle around you, didn’t enjoy that, also, paired that with non-linear levels, you can’t easily explore without taking damage or dying. Not to mention upgrades / collectables are usually not in the main path and you don’t know which path is main path, so you can accidentally leave them behind (but can’t go back) and have to play the whole level again to collect them.
It’s not a bad game though, just not for me.
Started Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations (what a long name!), third game in the Ace Attorney trilogy pack.
Have only played the first case yet, and it was nice to see the returning faces, and some background info about Phoenix. It was also hilarious, specially when Dahlia takes the stand.
Playing Alan Wake Remastered on PS5.
I usually don’t play horror games, but loved Control and the DLCs so wanted to check it out. I am surprised to say I am loving the game. For one, it’s not actually horror, more of a psychological thriller, with some horror elements. And while enemies might suddenly jump you from the corners, there aren’t really many jump scares, if any at all.
While gameplay and story are good, the sound is great in the game. From the narration to OST, sound effects, and songs at the end of each episode.
I have some issue with the game too, but I believe that are mostly to do with the genre of the game. Like, I would hoard all the ammo and flashlight batteries, but the game, for narrative reason make me lose all of that. And it does it constantly. Though, the good thing is, it made me not hoard stuff, and use my best stuff when in a bind.
Another issue is, sometimes enemies keep coming and you just have to run to the next point, I don’t like this game design. I want to beat everything and move on ahead, but it’s not too much of an issue.
Overall, loving the game, and Remedy has entered my list of favourite studios.
Also started Paper Trail on tablet (Netflix sub).
I generally prefer not to play on mobile, but this game felt like touch controls would be perfect for it, so tried it on my tablet and am enjoying it. It’s a really nice puzzle game, where you have to fold paper to make the path for the protagonist to make it to the other side. It’s not super difficult (how many different ways can you fold a paper?) but it’s not very easy either. There were some levels which took me a while to solve.
Haven’t played too much yet, but am enjoying it so going to keep playing it.
So, what about all you? What have you been playing?
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I’m still plugging along in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. I’ve inherited all of the DLC heroes now, so I’m just bee-lining toward the ascension quests now. I already have Xenoblade Chronicles X on order, so it’s a matter of time before I give up on the main quest and play the new story DLC to prepare for adventures in New LA.
Octopath Traveler Champions of the Continent is still winning the attention battle this week against Octopath Traveler 2. Think that’s mostly because of I want to play Switch, Noah and Mio have first dibs.
Enjoy Ace Attorney 3! I remember playing the translation rom of that before it was announced for release in the US. There was a reveal at the start of the second case where “all of your precious English words have been stolen!” (Or something like that). Then case two was all in Japanese because the translation team was still hard at work. Between the Phoenix Wright franchise and Xenoblade Chronicles X, I’ve never felt bad about rebuying a title. I’m always happy to support great games a second time.
I just noticed Monster Hunter Rise is heavily discounted on eshop, as well as the DLC. Can anyone comment on whether the DLC is worth it?
Sunbreak? Yes. Not only did my playtime at least double with the DLC, the game is also really easy before that point. Monster Hunter has three difficulty rankings for quests: Low Rank, High Rank and Master Rank - the last one being the DLC. You get new monsters - inlcuding armor sets, a whole new post game, new upgrade mechanics, new maps…
Thanks. It’s priced about the same as the game itself, so it makes sense it’s about the same size in content. I’m tempted to just get it already, but I think I’ll hold off until I know whether I like it or not - there’s quite a lot to take on board at the start and I’m a bit lost in it all. I’m sure it will feel natural after a while.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations
It’s almost universally considered one of the best in the series, and one my favorites to this day. Hope you enjoy it!
Alan Wake Remastered
Played this back in when it was released for the 360 and loved it. Like you said is less horror and more of a thriller, clearly inspired by shows in the vein of The Twilight Zone.
Playing Rabi-Ribi post-game!
… and it’s absolutely crazy.
It starts with you going through a huge area where old bosses show up as regular enemies (at least you are not required to fight them), folllowed by a puzzle-like boss who mimics your equipments so you have to figure out what is worth equipping and what buffs the boss too much, continuing with a 19 boss rush without saves (thankfully they are scaled down and there’s a few checkpoints in the middle), and finally a boss who not only is fairly hard but also has 5 life bars. And that’s only Chapter 6!
But honestly? It was quite fun. Really challenging and made me sweat a lot, but never felt insurmountable.
Chapter 7 was relatively tame compared to the previous one, just a big area with a ton of plataforming challenges. And now I reached Chapter 8 which finally lets me go to the Library area… let’s see what awaits me there.
Playing Trails Through Daybreak II!
Finished the Prologue and Overture chapters and the plot throws has some interesting early-game twists.
Prologue spoilers
Looks like the main gimmick this time will be time travelling and alternate timelines? It was a cool to see the heroes initially lose in the prologue and having to redo the timeline to succeed.
Loved that we get Elaine right on the prologue (hoping she sticks around as a regular party member this time) and that also see the return of two members of the “Imperial Picnicking Front” from Reverie.
On the negative side, the visual quality on the Switch version is a much worse than recent Falcom games and it’s bad enough to become distracting at times. A shame considering both Daybreak 1 and Ys X looked and ran reasonably well on the platform.
I’ve been playing Kid Dracula and Kid Dracula lately.
Kid Dracula on the GameBoy was one of my left-field childhood games that looks generic, but you can tell it’s a Castlevania spinoff very quickly. I remembered the game being very difficult, but it really wasn’t.
Kid Dracula on the NES was unreleased outside of Japan until the Castlevania Anniversary Collection and I’ve finally gotten around to playing it. It’s definitely harder than its sequel (on the GameBoy) but manageable.
And with that, I must take my leave. Monster Hunter Wilds humbly requests all of my free time.
I have heard of Kid Dracula, but not Kid Dracula. Didn’t know there was a NES version.
How are you liking MH: W? I have heard there are performance issues?
Ask me again next week. If there are issues, they’re certainly not in the wide open desert area and simple starting monsters that don’t do anything that would be taxing.
