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Post by SirMouse on Aug 8, 2016 12:28:43 GMT -5
Ever since July 15th, the majority of my gaming time has been devoted to Generations, so I was wondering if anyone else has picked up the game or was thinking about doing so!
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Post by Primulus on Aug 9, 2016 16:54:46 GMT -5
Not I, sadly. It may be something I get into in the future.
Don't you have a Vita, by the way? I ask because there are a few Vita/PSP games I highly, highly recommend playing.
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Post by SirMouse on Aug 9, 2016 22:15:11 GMT -5
Not I, sadly. It may be something I get into in the future. Don't you have a Vita, by the way? I ask because there are a few Vita/PSP games I highly, highly recommend playing. I do indeed, yes. And I highly recommend the Monster Hunter series, especially since you seem to enjoy strategic gameplay and deep customization - it's a min/max & speedrunner's dream.
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Post by Primulus on Aug 10, 2016 1:13:43 GMT -5
Then I must recommend the Ys series! Specifically, go for Ys Seven, Ys: Memories of Celceta and the upcoming Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana. While I have not played the latter two games, I played Ys Seven a few months ago and was utterly enthralled by it. If I were to compare it to anything, it is like a strange but wonderful fusion of elements of Xenoblade Chronicles, Dark Souls and Zelda. (I feel like each of these comparisons are valid in their own way, at least.) I'll be picking up Memories of Celceta in a couple days, and Lacrimosa of Dana just came out in Japan. I am hearing great things about Lacrimosa of Dana though.
Among key similarities to Xenoblade Chronicles, Ys Seven (which Memories of Celceta and Lacrimosa of Dana continue) introduces a party system in which you play as one particular character and the AI assumes the role of two other party members of your choosing. Each character has their own unique playstyle and "arts" to use. However, the overworld itself (and its main character, too) feels a bit more like a Zelda game, and boss fights in particular have a heavy helping of Dark Souls, in that they tend to be exceedingly difficult (although there are difficulty settings when you start the game, and I hear all three are pretty generous on normal, but I played through Ys Seven on Hard and Nightmare difficulties only) and are largely based on audible and visual cues which you respond to with by dodging/dodge rolling out of the way. And while I can't comment much on either of the latter games' plots yet, Ys Seven has a pretty run of the mill JRPG plot, but it does go some interesting places and defies expectations at a lot of turns, and has one of my most favorite "protagonist is a total badass" scenes (and follow-up boss fight) in all JRPGs ever.
Anyway, I highly, highly recommend it.
(If you're wondering then, "But wait! 7 and 8? Where does Memories of Celceta go then? Where should I start?" then to this I must say, Ys is a very long running series. Ys I was all the way back in 1987, six months before the first Final Fantasy game. Memories of Celceta is actually a full remake of Ys IV, and all the games follow a continuity and timeline. Between them all, Ys I to Ys VIII takes place over a period of about 8 years, featuring many common characters, but in different regions of the world and different self-contained stories. The stories are written so that you don't need prior information, but contain references that people who had that prior information will usually appreciate, and going back to previous games gives you an interesting sense of "Oh, that's what that is!" without really holding back the first game you played at all. It's also important to understand that some of the Ys games aren't chronologically aligned with their number anyway. Ys III: The Oath in Felghana and Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim are also both on the PSP, but they're considered to be much poorer versions of the games, which are sadly much better on the PC.)
Also, I've been meaning to give Monster Hunter a try, sooner or later...
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