Since the other day I hooked a keyboard and mouse up to my Ally I have been playing Medal of Honour Allied Assault where I can. I think that's the name. I first played this on my Packard Bell iMedia machine I got in 2003 as a random present from my mum after my laptop was stolen.
Anyway it's still really good to play. Music and sound design is brilliant. I also wanted to look something up about it and found what looks like someone's original html guide site from back around then, wild looking at what the internet used to be.
Also the Analogue 3D got delayed today till July. Not unexpected but been holding off playing the N64 footy games for my channel as wanted to tie in to getting that. So had to delay my proposed playthrough of Premier Manager 64….which I get is a concern no one else on the internet has with the Analogue 3D delay!
Well I'm a few chapters in to Xenoblade X: Definitive Edition and I can say they did an amazing job making a great game even better, although if you didn't like the core of the original for whatever reason (Like I used to, I was a masssive X hater for years) it won't convince you, probably.
Some of the Quality of Life they've added AFAIK now is:
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Party switching from a menu, in the WiiU game every single time you reshuffled your team the characters would need to be re-recruited from their original spots on the map, considering so many side quests in this game restrict team setups this was very annoying and now it's not even a thing.
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Party members get EXP outside of you main party, there really is now no reason not to play around with different setups.
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You can change the time of day whenever and not need to go to a specific area to adjust it, so any time sensitive missions are a simple matter to do.
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You can fucking track materials you need to build gear on the map now, no more googling and hoping the internet also had someone looking foir the same thing you were.
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Improved UI which is nice but mainly for a mechanic later on that was so obtuse to figure out for most people there were video guides on it, now there's a colour coded on screen guide that I hope makes it a bit more simpler to understand. Also a big one is that the text should be easy to read on any screen now, I believe the WiiU version was one of those games with super small text size and now that should be fixed.
There's also changes I wouldn't say are QOL but are still good, although I had my doubts about one at first. You now have a stock of like 6 or 8 'Quick Cooldowns' to use per battle regardless of whether your attacks have come off cooldown or not, this is good for early game speeding up of fights as you spam attacks but also now you don't need to helplessly watch the enemy set you up for a Topple and your combo isn't ready yet.
I'm falling in love with the game all over again, I love running around the map looking for probe sites and resources, I love the aesthetics on New LA's segmented districts feeling like every mech anime I've ever watched, I love the divisive OST mix of JPOP and Hip Pop. I love that it stands out in the series for having a unique take on series combat, exploration and the way the narrative is so sidequest heavy. I dunno' if it'd top my series ranking anymore after my replays of 2 and play of 3, but I'm glad it got another shot to show it's not just the black sheep of the series now.
Just seen the Yakuza games are due to leave GamePass. Annoying now I have finally started 0. Need to figure out how to buy it so it's playable on Rog Ally where I have been playing it now, unless I can move the save to Steam?
Your best bet is to buy it from the Microsoft store, this will seamlessly pick up your existing save and let you carry on where you left off. You should get a discount on the game while it's still on Game Pass, if it hasn't already left. Assuming you're using the Xbox app on your ROG ally, the "buy" links are pretty prominent on the game pages.
MS/Gamepass, and Steam versions, of games are generally completely separate and transferring saves between them is a nightmare. I wouldn't even try.
Then I won't try! Buying from the app it is. Appreciated!
Will wait a bit as think they do "leaving soon" discounts.
For like the 5th time I'm on my Soul Calibur 3 bullshit and for what feels like over a year since starting it I finally beat Arcade Mode with every character and dump all my gold from doing it to buy 'Create a Character' stuff for the 'Chronicles of the Sword' mode. This is a mode where you can use pre sets or make your own fighters for use in a mix of the fighting game and a strategy game, I've been really looking forward to this and it hasn't disappointed me yet, once more a Soul Calibur game delivers a fantastic single player experience.
