Grrrraaaarrrgghhh!!!!

Aye, it’s a fun game - I enjoyed it too. Unfortunately, there’s some stinking mission design every once in a while. Dead Island had the same issue. They can do a sandbox, traversal and combat, but by fuck do they suck at actual missions.

I feel as though the next post should contain the words Moot and Classic.

Having finished Luigi's Mansion and Dragon Quest XI and before I get too into Fire Emblem again, I'm back on the Tokyo Mirage Sessions bullshit. I'm especially on it because it does what I love in RPGS - Let me go up to level 99 without friction so I can just cheese my way through it.

I did it with Dragon Quest, and back in FE:A there was a DLC that let me do it too. With TMS on Switch, it comes with all the WiiU DLC, including something called the "EXPeditious Dungeon" which basically lets you grind 2 levels in about 5 minutes, then jump out and repeat. I'm finding it really relaxing and am currently knocking on level 30 after the first dungeon. There's just something really calming about it - once I got the farming of slimes down in DQXI it became my go to game. So off I go to level 99 before moving on to the next dungeon. Fuck a challenge.

Just having a go on the beta for Bleeding Edge.

It is that Overwatch like thing with a heavy melee focus.
It's all a bit flat tbh.
The music is ok in menus but disappears in game. A similar thing with the character designs. They are alright but the camera is back enough that they got lost a bit.
Combat, again there is something there, I am sure there is more depth to be found but it initially doesnt feel as interesting as For Honour and definitely lacks weight to attacks or real feedback. It is a melee focused game so I expect some heft to my attacks. I was playing as a big punchy guy and his chained punches felt more like flailing than pummeling.

It also has levelling and item unlocks which put balance into question. I just did some basic tasks (dailys if you will) which unlocked a weapon mod for a character I hadn't played as yet.

It is MP so likely not for me anyway but while I wish I could play Overwatch I dont get that desire here.

Not sure it will be troubling the big boys but maybe I'm missing something.

Ninja Theory innit? Never been impressed with their combat feel. Always feels like something is missing.

Link's Awakening next for me I think. I've been waiting patiently for a framerate patch that probably isn't coming, and according to some it's not that bad anyway. Plus I'm on a bit of a Zelda kick atm as my daughter is playing BotW.

Hope I like it, it's pretty high up on my list of games that I wish hadn't passed me by.

It's dangerous to go alone. Take a child with you.

acemuzzy wrote:

Started HONK last night. Hmmm.

Massively overrated.

It is a great 10 minute diversion.

Hopefully it gets ported to consoles at some point.

I forgot that I had ordered Bayo&Vanquish ages ago. Arrived today. 

I need to play Bayo again. And again. And again. Should play/finish Vanquish.

I’ve dabbled yeah. Has the potential to get real good if I put more hours in I think.

Tempy wrote:

I’ve dabbled yeah. Has the potential to get real good if I put more hours in I think.

Yeah, I've only had a run through the tutorial but it seems like it could get incredibly tense in all the best ways. Really looking forward to digging into it properly. Feels rather fresh and a great spin on the BR format.

Though, probably, I'll play it for 2 sessions and never touch it again because life is just too damn busy.

I don’t have the money or time to spend on that European Gun Pervert Simulator

The gist is pretty simple - you and two others drop into a map full of zombies and monsters and have to find clues to the location of two boss monsters (they’re easy to find with an alternate CLUE VISION which takes away your ability to see almost anything else).

As you find clues you narrow the map down into sections where the bosses can be. Other people are in the map too, doing this. When you find the boss’s lair - either via clues or accident - you get to fight it to kill it. After you’ve done that, you have to banish it. This takes 100 seconds, and when you start the banishment every player is alerted and they can use their cluevision to see where the banishment is happening. After the banishing is done you get two tokens, each token provides you with 5 seconds of walk hack supervision. From there you need to get to the extraction point on the map and leave, but it takes 30 seconds to activate the extraction point when you’re there.

You don’t have to do any of this though, you can roam but i gotta players, or just fame XP and leave. Characters you take into a map are liable to die and you’ll lose all your gear and XP on them, but you also have a player rank which unlocks buffs you can apply to new characters when they have enough XP to purchase them. It’s ace.