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[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Ah, thanks for the correction.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Haha, that's the way to play. Going everywhere and doing everything except what you are supposed to do.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Hehe, good luck. Going to change your island residents too?

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago (6 children)

Welcome to the world of JRPGs.

Turn based JRPGs is a really, really long list. There are many different kind of games in the genre. You can try Octopath Traveler and it's sequel. I personally thought it was quite repetitive but people seem to love it. It's very beautiful and introduced 2D-HD visuals.

Then there's Persona series. Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Royal both are available on Switch, I think. As well as Shin Megami Tensei V. (Persona games are spin-off of SMT series).

If you like more laid back experience, with more focus on crafting then actual combat, then try Atelier series. Atelier Ryza is latest one and has 3 games in the series, a newer game with new characters and story, Atelier Yuma is coming out this year.

Dragon Quest games are classics, you can try the latest one in the series Dragon Quest XI, or remake of the older game Dragon Quest 3 Remake which released recently.

That's some on top of my head, there are many more.

Also going to summon @tamlyn@lemmy.zip , he is the creator of !jrpg@lemmy.zip , he can share some of his favourites too.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

That's weird about New Game Plus, but I guess it give you an incentive to play the game again.

Is the first Wario Land available on NSO? I would live to give it a try. Never played any Wario Land game.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Ahan, that's nice to hear.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Wow, that's a lot. Good luck!

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, that's what I did. Ran quickly as far as I could, then when couple of Fission metroids came near, power bomb and then run again. Was able to reach the boss easily with that.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wow, just 50% map completion! How's the traversal? Easy to go back to older places? I never realised how important it is until I played Metroid Prime. 😀

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's A "The Lord of the Rings (TM)" Game.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Oh yeah, the most annoying section. It's right before the final boss, so the health loss there is also very annoying.

[–] slimerancher@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I am looking forward to it. Would love to hear you opinion / review.

 

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?

 

An action-strategy game where you gather Brainium, build a base, and command your army of bots to defeat the freaky Brains-in-Jars aliens. Lead from the front with your hero, Chip or Clawz, or both in co-op. Look out for ejected alien brains, you can squish ‘em!

 

Coming March 4th

 

The video highlights the following titles:

  • Monster Hunter Wilds
  • Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • Elden Ring Nightrein
  • Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2
  • Shadow Labyrinth
  • Lost Soul Aside
  • Split Fiction

The following titles also appear in quick bursts:

  • SYNDUALITY: Echo of Ada
  • Venus Vacation PRISM: DEAD OR ALIVE
  • Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road
  • Winning Post 10 2025
  • FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time
  • Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars.

Source: https://www.gematsu.com/2025/02/playstation-japan-small-room-lineup-video

 

Thursday February 27, 6:00 am PST

 

From the maker of Coffee Talk

 

Well, I was planning to Medieval Dynasty on PS5, with a friend, but due to PSN outage, couldn't do that. So, went back to playing Tomb Raider


Played quite a bit of Rise of the Tomb Raider, mostly focused on main story, though did any side stuff I came across, without going out of the way to search for all of them.

Not much new to say about it. Story seems to be nearing end, but I can be often wrong about these, so let's see. Unless Medieval Dynasty took too much of time, would try to finish this over the weekend.


Started Metroid Prime: Remastered, playing this as my primary game.

It's fun to play as Samus Arun in a 3D / First Person game. Game is very good, with the usual Nintendo polish, though it does feel dated in some aspects, mainly the map. There is no way to mark anything in the map, and it only shows you doors, so if you come across some blocked or unreachable passage, you can forget where it was. There are multiple such places that I remember seeing somewhere but now that I have the upgrades required, I don't know where they were.

This also means, it's not always clear where to go next.

Another thing is that doors require different weapons to open, it makes sense for the first time, but you need to that everytime, so when going back and forth, you often have to keep changing your weapons to open door, then change it to fight the enemies, then change it again to open the next door. It's not a big deal, but still a minor complaint.

That aside, I am enjoying the game, the visuals, sound and gameplay itself is good. I have gotten all visors and weapons (got the last one just a little while ago), there are probably still some other stuff left to get.

I hope they release Prime 2 and 3 remastered too. Would love to play the whole trilogy before Prime 4 drops.


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

 

Coming Summer 2025

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