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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. As I suspected, getting this to run well on the Steam Deck was practically a game in itself. It doesn't run great out of the box (and has incredibly aggressive dynamic resolution scaling, happily reducing everything to a blurry mess if you don't keep it under control) but it is absolutely possible to get it running well and I'm really pleased with where I've got it to now. It looks and plays great, and is quite something to have on a handheld.
The game itself is… overwhelming. Remake was a tight, story-driven experience that led you from point to point in a very controlled fashion. Rebirth just kind of chucks you into the world and lets you get on with it. The upgrade system is more complicated, the battle system is more complicated and there is an overwhelming amount of stuff to do right from the very start. It's also absolutely amazing, and I've been unable to put it down over the last few days. It's like Ubisoft did Final Fantasy in some ways but it's also a really dazzling, complete world full of distractions that reminds me a lot of FFXIV. I'm going to be spending a lot of time on this one.
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Big new update for Monster Train 2 drops tomorrow - a new clan as a free update, and a second clan and a big new game mode as paid DLC. That'll be most of February sorted for me, then.
There are a lot of other games coming out this month though and I'm trying to persuade myself not to buy them.
Resident Evil Requiem - but I still have RE4R to play
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined - but I have the 3DS version
Yakuza Kiwami 3 - but I have Lost Judgment to play
If I crack on anything it'll probably be Yakuza.
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I have no idea where to even start. I think I'll just stick to videogames.
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Monster Train 2 DLC
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I stalled out on my party through of Mass Effect Legendary Edition back in the summer when I got stuck on a bit in an ME3 DLC. I decided it was time to wrap it up and I have spent the last couple weeks being reminded that I really do like this game.
I think all the negativity around it convinced me that I only enjoyed ME3 because of how much I liked the previous games. Which I guess is half right. The combat isn't great, although it is fine. The story can be a bit abrupt at times. But I can't think of another game which presented such cataclysmic stakes, and then actually followed through on them. I love this galaxy and one world at a time you get to see the Reapers tear it apart. Everywhere you go people are telling each other stories about what they've lost, wondering what happens next. It feels like there's a war going on. It feels like there's a war being lost!
It's a much more complete experience than I remember too, helped by the fact that I now have the DLCs. I'm looking forward to finally playing the Citadel DLC.
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Space Marine 2 - Not started yet but it was added to Game Pass, so I'll play it with my brother. Love 40k, love Space Marine, simple 'as
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Why am I having to grind fire engine missions and stuff to buy property to advance the story? Have I messed up? This kind of sucks
Final Fantasy X - Not going to post about this much, wasn't going to post it at all, it feels nice keeping this experience to myself to be honest, but I guess I'd add it to the other thread when I beat it anyway. Game is still very good, playing it on my Odin 3 and it looks fucking beautiful. 😭
You know what, I just earned enough money playing Fireman in one sitting, left thumb on the left analog and right thumb to move the hose nozzle, and claw gripping my fingers to press X to drive and O to spray all at the same time (child's play for a Monster Hunter PSP veteran tbh)…after putting out over 100 fires I managed to earn fire immunity and 50k with my fingers starting to get sore. 😅
So it wasn't exactly Burning Rangers on the Sega Saturn(😔) but I enjoyed that and now hopefully the plot moves along, either way the Print Works and Ice Cream drug front should pay themselves eventually.
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I've been playing with fire recently, on a bit of a JRPG kick—hopefully not burning myself out on turn-based combat ahead of Dragon Quest VII coming out.
Something possessed me to start Lost Odyssey again, over fifteen years since I got stuck on Disc 3 and abandoned it. I'm almost back at that point now, so we'll see if I've learned anything in the intervening decade-and-a-half.
And after finally taking delivery of a GDEMU, my Dreamcast has been back in rotation with Skies of Arcadia leading the charge. I've got the US version loaded which… seems easier than I remember the EU one? The more important thing is that it's VGA-compatible (the PAL version wasn't), so my HDMI adaptor is happy. Next up, I'm thinking about replacing the fan…
For a bit of a change of pace, having realised I can get the DLC as part of the Nintendo Online subscription, I've been tinkering away at the Paradise Planning expansion for Animal Crossing, to unlock more options for decorating the hotel rooms in the latest update.
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Very much looking forward to Dragon Quest VII. I've opted for the Switch 2 version so I can keep playing it while the TV is in use, though from the demo I don't think the battery life is going to be fantastic…
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My bedtime revenge procrastination is getting out of hand.
I haven't gone bed before 4am this week, also for reasons I've also been looking at Animal Crossing, not the same game but maybe I should play Fantasy Life more too
