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Had to go somewhere yesterday so couldn't post it on time, but better late than never.

Playing Greedfall on PS5.

I mentioned weak combat last week, but I have gotten used to it now. My companions keep dying though, they kill a few but often end up dead, specially my tank. But with some upgrades, I can just dodge around and keep attacking with my magic missile, so not too bad.

One good thing about the game is, when you are switching from one region to next, you end up in a campsite (which work as a hidden loading screen), allowing you to update equipment of all your companions (even the one not in party), put away anything good, and sell everything else. Means you don't have to worry about not getting over-encumbered before you reach another town.

Finished Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All. That last episode was something else. Probably the strongest one in the series yet. It was also great to see the character progression. Still have one game left in the trilogy, but will play it later.

Played and finished Raging Justice. A side scroller brawler. I liked the art style, though the moving animation is bit weird, but nothing too bad. It was a fun game, though a bit difficult at times, as you get tons of enemies at once. Had to use 3-4 continues, but finished the game. You can replay using different characters or play the "Brawl" mode, which is basically an Arcade mode where enemies keep coming in waves. This was released before the current resurgence of brawlers like Street of Rage 4 or TMNT: Shredder's Revenge, and frankly isn't as good as those, but if you have already played those and want to try another side-scroller, it's a pretty good one.

Played and finished Ape Out. Like Raging Justice this has been on my wishlist for quite a while, so just picked it up. It's a bit like Hotline Miami, but you are an ape, so you can't use weapons. You can only attack, or hold the people as shield. The visuals are really gerat, very minimal but very impactful. Trailers don't do justice to the game. Same goes with the sound, it's Jazz-ish, I think. Highly recommended to every one to at least try the demo.

Currently playing Earthlock. It's a JRPG, but with modern visuals. I have only played it a little bit yet, so can't say much about it. The games has a demo that carry overs the save, so if you want, you can check it out.

With all those games, didn't get much time for Trails in the Sky: Second Chapter , but I think I am very close to end of the first chapter. It's nice to see meet the people from first game, and visit those locations again. But not much to say about this either. Will try to focus on this one this week. Though I do want to finish my current Switch game (Earthlock) before the release of Zelda. So let's see.

What about all of you? What have you been playing?

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

Hmm... I think I can agree that overall it's weaker than the first one. If it's the weakest game, then I can hope for a better next game, sound great.

The Messenger is REALLY good. I wasn't much interested in the game initially, but loved the tight gameplay when I got into it. I finished the game, but didn't 100% everything. I think it was some collectibles or something, don't remember. Other than the gameplay, it even has good humour.

[–] Phelpssan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hmm… I think I can agree that overall it’s weaker than the first one. If it’s the weakest game, then I can hope for a better next game, sound great.

If you ask 10 people "rank the Ace Attorney games" you'll get 10 very different answers (which IMO shows how consistently good the series tends to be), but there's three games that tend to hang near the top of most lists:

  • Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations
  • The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve
  • Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor's Gambit

This last one is the only AA game I haven't played yet, but I can definitely say that the first two are my favorites so far.

Really hyped to get the Investigations bundle, will probably be the next "main" game I play once I finish Hatsumira.

The Messenger is REALLY good. I wasn’t much interested in the game initially, but loved the tight gameplay when I got into it.

I'm getting a bit frustrated with some aspects of the game (mainly the excess of cheap deaths), but overall it's really good. I got to the part where it turns "metroidvania" and it was a really cool change.

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

You are hyping up Trials and Tribulations for me, would probably end up playing it sooner that I originally planned.

It has been a little while, so don't remember much about cheap deaths, but I think dieing doesn't cost you too much, cause I don't recall any special annoyance with it.