indigoDos wrote:Dark Chronicle:
There's a decent JRPG (absolutely fucking) entombed under all the obfuscation.. yet this mofo simply does not have the time to wade through the 'cool on paper' but idiosyncratic and vexing systems that get in the way of me enjoying the good bits of this.
Might have engaged with it more back in the day (when I had more free time) but I'd like to think I had better taste even then.
digi wrote:Stone cold classic that game.[/quoteindigoDos wrote:Dark Chronicle:There's a decent JRPG (absolutely fucking) entombed under all the obfuscation.. yet this mofo simply does not have the time to wade through the 'cool on paper' but idiosyncratic and vexing systems that get in the way of me enjoying the good bits of this. Might have engaged with it more back in the day (when I had more free time) but I'd like to think I had better taste even then.
It really, really isn't, not in any area you can mention.
Play it again davie, those nostalgia scales will fall from your eyes so quickly.
Yossarian wrote:Couple of just given up ons for me: Alien Isolation: great atmosphere, love the aesthetic, hated the insta-deaths and lack of checkpointing. These things might have bothered me less were it not a stealth game, but slowly sneaking forward for 10 or 15 minutes only to die and have to slowly cover that ground again is not my idea of fun.
Yossarian wrote:Couple of just given up ons for me:
Titanfall 2: machine gun/assault rifle variants are my least favourite weapons in most games, and this was no exception. Sadly, there weren’t many other options available most of the time. Should have guessed as much due to the CoD link.
JonB wrote:If you haven't already, I'd say at least do the factory and 'time travel' levels, which are around the middle of the game.
I’ve always had a shotty, snipers are a bit more hit and miss.AJ wrote:I'm sure I remember having a shotgun and sniper rifle in my inventory most of the time with that...
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