drahkon

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After finishing Kingdom Hearts 1.5 Final Mix HOW MANY MORE WORDS DOES THIS TITLE NEED, I started playing Frostpunk, as mentioned above. All's fine and dandy with this one. If by fine and dandy you mean everything is horrible, life is pain, death is inevitable and misery is all around us. However, there's this little guy inside my head who keeps saying: "Drahkon, listen. Playing a video game that's not a (J)RPG is nice, but come on...you gotta play a (J)RPG. If you don't I'm going to be very mad with you, you miserable piece of crap." So I decided to look through my PSN library and find a JRPG that I haven't played, yet. And since there are approximately 8 million games in that list it was no surprise to find one: Battle Chasers: Nightwar. Bought it a long time ago on a sale and because I'm a stupid idiot who tends to buy games on sale and then only play half of them, I haven't played it until now. "Hey drahkon, why are you here writing this post instead of playing Battle Chasers: Nightwar?" Look, Timmy. We've been through this...you can't just chime in every time I'm talking and make me look like a fool. It's rude. "Hey drahkon, why don't you answer my question?" Sigh...ok, Timmy. You ready for this, Timmy? ARE YOU LISTENING, TIMMY? Here's what I wanna share: One of the first things I do in JRPGs (or pretty much any video game) is: Browse through the game's menus. Stats, percentages, equipment, lore...you name it, I need it in my veins. And this is where Battle Chasers: Nightwar shines (this is a statement that I can give after 30 minutes playtime; maybe this'll change - I doubt it, though). I mean...just look at this beauty: Bestiary done right. You see the enemy, you see its stats (well...not yet, but but you unlock those details eventually), you get info about where to find it and what it drops and more. And goodness me, there are Beast Perks you can acquire by defeating a certain number of this enemy. It's a dream come true. LET THE GRIND BEGIN. Next one: It's gorgeous. All stats visible, sub-menus for equipment, skills, etc. and you can immediately see that there's rarities for gear indicated by colour. Speaking of gear: You can look at every piece of equipment in the Inventory and actually equip it from there. No need to go to the Equipment sub-menu. So simple, so smart, so effective. AND THERE'S FISHING: "Hey drahkon. Are you done with gushing? It's getting annoying...tell me more about the actual gameplay." Alright Timmy, you may wanna sit down for this one... After only a few battles I can say: The battle system may very well be one of the best I've ever seen in a JRPG. It's a love letter to classic games like Final Fantasy. The turn-based nature reminds me a lot of Final Fantasy X and that is, as we all know, my favourite battle system ever. You can actually see the turn-order and how different skills may change it. Wanna use a powerful AoE attack? You gotta wait a bit and maybe let an enemy attack first. Wanna just attack? You can do it immediately, but it's weaker than a skill. However, you do get so called Overcharge Points which can be used instead of Mana. Pretty neat. Also: You got poisoned by an enemy? Press L2 and you can see exactly what it does, e.g. 4 damage per tick, lasts 3 ticks. Makes planning your moves so much better. I'm already excited to see what mechanics/buffs/debuffs/etc. the game will throw at me. "Ok, drahkon. Lots of positivity, but come one...we've just come out of 2020, and 2021 hasn't gotten any better, yet...there's gotta be some negatives." Yes... The overworld. No real exploration...just some paths you can/have to follow. Monsters are shown as little avatars which is weird. The game sadly runs at 30fps which is not too bad given the nature of turn-based JRPGs but it's still quite jarring. Satisfied, Timmy? "Yeah, kind of. But is there anything else other than the overworld?" I haven't come across one, so far, but there are supposed to be dungeons to explore. Nothing I can comment on right now, though. "Wow, great...thanks for nothing. Well, I'm gonna go now. You suck!" Eh, ok...goodbye assface.

I'll believe it when I see it

Welp. Decided to complete the story and set the game aside for now. The Platinum hunt would keep me away from playing other games and I have two that I really wanna play. Anyways, now that I've finished the game I can say: It's average. Gameplay did not age well, but there's a certain charm that emanates from the combination of Disney and Final Fantasy. It's weird, but it works and it's what kept me going Overall...a solid entry to the series and I'm looking forward to the next one. However, that's something I won't tackle for quite a while Edit: Erm..."Special Secret"? Looks like I'm not done, yet? Edit²: Nevermind. Seems like a glimpse into the craziness of Kingdom Hearts.

Happy Birthday @Goron_3 That's an amazing gift

Made a bit of material farming progress. Had to go back to Atlantica to acquire a few Frost and Thunder Gems. I HATE THAT PLACE Now it's just a matter of defeating the most annoying enemies...probably gonna take a while. The added bonus of this, however: I level up quite a bit. And given that I have to reach level 100 anyways it's not too bad

Yeah, I noticed...told him and he was a little cheesed Still, we had fun and I'll definitely by him a beer or two as soon as this pandemic is over in 2030. Absolutely. It's like Untitled Goose Game. Overrated garbage that just lives by its memes

It all makes sense now.

Who am I kidding...there's no escaping the grind Made a list of materials I need for synthesizing items with the help of a guide. Some of those will be a pain to acquire...But it wouldn't be the first time I took on RNG and annoying enemies Regarding the story: I've reached the point of no return. I doubt there will be a big reveal/twist. I actually believe there will be a satisfying conclusion with no real ending that could tease a sequel, even though the game turned into a series. I do wonder, however, how the sequels' plots gained their infamous craziness

Why does the FFVIIR OST on Spotify only use Japanese song titles? But man...it's still one of the best OSTs I've ever had the pleasure to listen to.

After quite a long time I've finally been able to afford a game I've been wanting to play: Frostpunk. (It's on sale on the PSN store, if anybody's interested) It's a city-building game that incorporates a lot of survival mechanics. I haven't had a lot of time to properly give it a go, but I've managed to play a few minutes and get a basic idea of what this game is all about: misery, compromise and micromanagement. You have to make decisions that are not that easy. For example: You can establish a law: How about child labour? Pro: You get more workers and in turn resource gathering is more productive Con: It's child labour Hope falls. And that is bad, because - if I understand it correctly - once hope is lost, you lose the game. There are more pros and cons, of course, and a lot more laws you can establish. I immediately lost 12 of my people after the first day. I may have done something wrong Can't wait to spend more time with Frostpunk. I can only imagine that the longer a game goes on, the more harrowing it gets.

Great concept/idea, one that could sway me to play a Pokémon game, which I haven't done in ages. But man, this needs a lot of work.

Great month. FFVIIR is obivously amazing. Maquette looks like a nice puzzle game. I'm excited Remnant from the Ashes...no idea, to be honest. Never heard of it before. But it seems to be a solid game after checking some reviews. (Edit: It also has 3 player co-op; my two mates and I have a lot of stuff to play) Farpoint. Don't have PSVR so not for me

FYI: Don't hover over that link. The URL will spoil a lot.

What a shitty move by SE. Edit: To be clear: Just with regards to the "no-ugrade" situation. FFVIIR on PS+ is amazing (for those who haven't played it, yet )

I'd probably move on to a different game first I think I'm gonna try and finish the story tonight and then start Frostpunk which I was able to acquire on the current PSN sale Frostpunk is supposed to be quite stressful so having a grind to fall back on might be nice.

No idea. But apparently some people believe it'll be a disaster. Edit: I guess the cooling fans will spin faster and in turn be louder. That's why there's some "fear" of the PS5 becoming extremely loud.

Fuck off with Minions. They suck, they're not funny, they are not cute. Rot is best. Rot is life.

And people already up in arms. "So it's going to be as loud as a PS4". Why not just wait and see?

I looked at that leak.

I'm in a weird situation. On one hand, I really like the grind and wanna go for the Platinum. On the other, I really don't like the gameplay and just wanna finish the game.

Yup, still looks amazing