Hero-of-Time Posted April 2, 2018 Author Posted April 2, 2018 I've had a good session on this today. I'm 15 hours in, level 38, got my kingdom upgraded to level 2 and have just reached chapter 6. Is there some game development rule where it states that if water is to be used in a stage then it needs to be a right headache? I wasn't a fan of that water area at all. Luckily the boss battle more than made up for it. Really enjoyed that fight.
Hero-of-Time Posted April 3, 2018 Author Posted April 3, 2018 After 27 hours I'm now at the gate of the final boss. I'm currently level 60 but I'm gonna go back and do a bunch of side quests which will level me up some more. I wasn't happy about my progress being halted by the kingdom building stuff. I had to sit around and wait for a bunch of stuff to be ready before I could move on with the story.
Hero-of-Time Posted April 3, 2018 Author Posted April 3, 2018 Hey, for once reviewers were right about how long it takes to beat the game. Just shy of 30 hours and the credits have rolled. I kicked the last boss all over the place, despite being 10 levels below it. There's still plenty of trophies to unlock but I think I'll take a break from it for now. Playing it non-stop for two days has burnt me out. The game is very good but I much prefer the original game. The characters and story was far better. I also wasn't a fan of the on and off voice over work. Clearly they had their budget massively cut for this sequel. A lot of scenes lack impact and weight due to the lack of voice work. It felt like I was playing a Zelda game in that regard. I loved the Little Kings Story type battles that happen in the game and I'll certainly be jumping into those again. I honestly wouldn't mind a more fleshed out full game of those battles. The music and graphics are top notch throughout the whole game. The music does get a bit weird in certain scenes though. Sometimes there is no music in the background, despite there being no audio dialogue. It's another thing that tends to ruin the mood of the scenes. Great game and another cracking JRPG in the PS4s library. 1
drahkon Posted April 4, 2018 Posted April 4, 2018 (edited) 11 hours ago, Hero-of-Time said: There's still plenty of trophies to unlock but I think I'll take a break from it for now. Playing it non-stop for two days has burnt me out. I'm in the same boat. I'm taking a break from gaming in general this week due to some responsibilities (i.e. fun and games with students ) but even when I'm back to gaming next week I might just take a longer break and go for the remaining trophies at a later date. I may just wait for the DLC to drop. Edited April 4, 2018 by drahkon
Hero-of-Time Posted April 4, 2018 Author Posted April 4, 2018 1 minute ago, drahkon said: I'm in the same boat. I'm taking a break from gaming in general this week due to some responsibilities (i.e. fun and games with students ) but even when I'm back to gaming next week I might just take a longer break and go for the remaining trophies at a later date. I may just wait for the DLC to drop. I done some side quests last night and man are they tedious. They seem to be just a bunch of fetch quests with very little story to them. What's annoying are the ones where you have to get an item, you then take it back to the person and then they ask you to get a different item. This has happened a few times. Another annoying one was were I had to chase a guy all over the world. It just involved warping from place to place until I finally caught up with him. How is that fun? It's just padding the game out at this point. I often find that modern JRPGs just don't know how to do side quests well. Xenoblade 1 and 2 suffered from this kind of thing, as well. While I do prefer Japanese RPGs over Western ones, I do think that the Western ones do a far better job of making good side content and fleshing out their worlds. 1
somme Posted April 4, 2018 Posted April 4, 2018 Yeah the side quests are a real drag. Normally I enjoy doing them all but these are dull and repetitive. 2
drahkon Posted April 4, 2018 Posted April 4, 2018 Agreed, most of the sidequests are pretty crappy. There are some with kinda sweet stories involved, those I liked. but the "mechanics" to complete them are stupidly tedious. 1
Hero-of-Time Posted April 13, 2018 Author Posted April 13, 2018 Man, the platinum for this is turning into a real slog. I finished the game in 30 hours and im now sitting on a 55 hour play time with many trophies still needing to be unlocked. Luckily i've gotten a lot of the tedious ones out of the way. It's annoying that certain things are locked behind one another. There's a Tainted Beast I need to kill but to get it I need to unlock a side quest....but in order to get that side quest I need to finish 2 other side quests.....but in order to finish those I had to get a weapon....to get that I had to upgrade my weapon shop. There's a bunch of stuff like this. Hopefully I will be done and dusted with it over the weekend.
drahkon Posted April 13, 2018 Posted April 13, 2018 That's why I stopped going after the Platinum. I basically "only" need to grind levels but it'll take 5-6 hours killing the final boss over and over again. If I don't trade the game in until the DLC arrives I may give the trophy hunt another go. But if there's an opportunity for a trade in..lough luck
Hero-of-Time Posted April 13, 2018 Author Posted April 13, 2018 9 minutes ago, drahkon said: That's why I stopped going after the Platinum. I basically "only" need to grind levels but it'll take 5-6 hours killing the final boss over and over again. If I don't trade the game in until the DLC arrives I may give the trophy hunt another go. But if there's an opportunity for a trade in..lough luck What level are you? once you reach level 70 or so you are good to take on any challenge if you use the poison setup.
drahkon Posted April 13, 2018 Posted April 13, 2018 5 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said: What level are you? once you reach level 70 or so you are good to take on any challenge if you use the poison setup. If I remember correctly around 60. Yeah, I read about that but I still can't be arsed As enjoyable as my time with the game was, playing this for 4 days straight burnt me out.
Hero-of-Time Posted April 13, 2018 Author Posted April 13, 2018 1 minute ago, drahkon said: As enjoyable as my time with the game was, playing this for 4 days straight burnt me out. That's why I took a break and then have just kept picking away at it in between other games. While doing all the tainted monsters ( got 2 left ) and side quests I leveled up to 72 so luckily I haven't needed to do any post game grinding. Also, apparently their is a setup for your little Pikmin guys that can wipe out most of the post game stuff very quickly but I have yet to test it out. Quote This setup: Boss-Woss the Bruiser Popple the Pure Frabjous the Fusiler Charnel the Churlish All Higgledy to level 10. Have some revive/heal/mana and juice/food with you. Hit the boss once to start the battle -> trigger the Higgledy -> summons the knights and watch the boss die. 2
drahkon Posted April 13, 2018 Posted April 13, 2018 Thanks May have to look into that I took a two week long break so I may just go for it if I'm feeling bored and have some freetime for video gaming.
Hero-of-Time Posted April 13, 2018 Author Posted April 13, 2018 I cracked on with the game as soon as I got in from work and ended up getting the platinum. It went faster than I thought it would as I expected to be on it most of the weekend. @drahkon that method I posted earlier works great. You just turn your Higgledies into knights and they tank the tainted beasts and the boss in the final dream door. I took a poison weapon and it went even quicker. 1
drahkon Posted April 14, 2018 Posted April 14, 2018 12 hours ago, Hero-of-Time said: I cracked on with the game as soon as I got in from work and ended up getting the platinum. It went faster than I thought it would as I expected to be on it most of the weekend. @drahkon that method I posted earlier works great. You just turn your Higgledies into knights and they tank the tainted beasts and the boss in the final dream door. I took a poison weapon and it went even quicker. I might go for it today, then. Still need to do 10 more skirmishes, though. Gonna be a drag finding them all...
Hero-of-Time Posted April 14, 2018 Author Posted April 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, drahkon said: I might go for it today, then. Still need to do 10 more skirmishes, though. Gonna be a drag finding them all... Yeah, that was my last trophy. Just remember that 7 battles ( Battle for Evermore parts I-VII ) spawn right outside of Evermore. 1
drahkon Posted April 14, 2018 Posted April 14, 2018 Well...gonna play this now. Should be good against the hangover
drahkon Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 Finding the last few Skirmishes is a bitch...soooo tedious. I also need to be awakened a couple of times. Looks like you can farm that during the final boss fight and after you reach the required amount fight normal battles until a golden ball drops.
Hero-of-Time Posted April 16, 2018 Author Posted April 16, 2018 1 minute ago, drahkon said: Finding the last few Skirmishes is a bitch...soooo tedious. I also need to be awakened a couple of times. Looks like you can farm that during the final boss fight and after you reach the required amount fight normal battles until a golden ball drops. Did you manage to do the final Dream Door yet using the Pikmin method?
drahkon Posted April 16, 2018 Posted April 16, 2018 42 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said: Did you manage to do the final Dream Door yet using the Pikmin method? Yup. Thanks again for the tip Just got the Platinum 69 hours played. The magic number Great game, thoroughly enjoyed it, even though some of the trophies are a little tedious. 1
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