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  • [Playing] Tyranny (PC), Shining the Holy Ark (Saturn) | [Finished] Torment: ToN (PC)
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    I ended up not hating Torment by the end. It definitely picks up after the first hub area and stays decent throughout... but then the last hour is terrible. I like the mechanic of spending attributes to accomplish tasks, but the game becomes so easy just a few hours in, that you'd have to force yourself to actually fail anything. The writing was pretty bad throughout, though there were some fun characters.
    Zlaja
    Zlaja
    Dark Cloud games are overrated crap.
    [Playing] Torment: ToN (PC) | [Finished] Final Fantasy X (PS2)
    Heroic Liberator
    Heroic Liberator
    Curious to hear your thoughts on Numanuma once you're done with it.
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    Heroic Liberator
    I'm only a few hours in, but so far I feel that it tries too hard to be like Planescape: Torment, without getting what was actually good about that game. There are some neat things about it though, like how you can often talk or skill your way out of combat.
    Did you play through this one?
    Heroic Liberator
    Heroic Liberator
    Pretty much, tries to be PST primarily in surface level stuff like with how alien everything is and some of the thematic commonalities between the two games' main quests. Overall I just found the writing quite forgettable compared to PST. And yep, did a full playthrough back when it released.
    [Playing] Torment: ToN (PC), Final Fantasy X (PS2) | [Finished] Elnard (SFC)
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    Elnard (The 7th Saga) was a pleasant surprise! Combat requires some careful thought compared with your typical 16-bit console RPG, and it's cool how the other apprentices randomly show up throughout the world to join or fight you.
    [Playing] Final Fantasy X (PS2), Elnard (SFC) | [Finished] Pillars of Eternity II (PC)
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    PoEII was a disappointment, in the end. It seemed quite interesting at first, but all the factions are boring, and the ending is so bad it's almost insulting. Combat was like PoE autism taken to the extreme, but also super easy. Toward the end, you have no more interesting skills to choose, so it's not even exciting to gain a level. I did like sailing around exploring islands, though.
    [Playing] PoEII: Deadfire (PC), Final Fantasy X (PS2), Elnard (SFC) | [Finished] Fallout 4 (PC)
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    Fallout 4 was a decent enough looter shooter (certainly better than the Borderlands games) and a better game than the awful Fallout 3, but a poor RPG and even poorer Fallout game.
    [Playing] Underrail (PC), Elnard (SFC) | [Finished] NWN: Shadows of Undrentide (PC)
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    NWN: SoU was a pleasant surprise! It's not anything amazing, but a huge step up from the tedious OC.
    [Playing] Underrail (PC), Xenoblade (Switch) | [Finished] Mass Effect (PC)
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    ME was alright (definitely the best in the trilogy), but suffers from reusing the same handful of environments over and over.
    [Playing] Mass Effect (PC), Underrail (PC) | [Finished] Dragon Age: Inquisition (PS4)
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    Dragon Age: Inquisition was not as bad as I thought it would be (better than DA2 anyway), but it's not good, either. It's got a lot of issues including awful writing and quests, and combat that doesn't really change or get interesting ever. I was also shocked at the lack of any real dungeons to explore.
    Sergio
    Sergio
    Lunar games are getting a remaster in like a month or two.
    [Playing] Lunar Eternal Blue (MCD) | [Finished] Fallout 3: GOTY (PC)
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    Fallout 3 was pretty disappointing, even though I tried to play it as its own thing rather than a sequel. It feels like the skeleton of a game stretched out over a giant world of copy-pasted content, and the writing and tone are both completely wrong for a Fallout game.
    Zlaja
    Zlaja
    Disappointing? Did you think it was gonna be good or what?
    Fedora Master
    Fedora Master
    From Goyslop to Weebshit
    Sad
    [Playing] Path of Exile (PC), Lunar Eternal Blue (MCD) | [Finished] Zelda: OOT (N64)
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    It only took many, many attempts over 25+ years, but I finally got through Zelda: OOT. It's cool when you are exploring the world, hunting out secrets and interacting with bizarre characters. But the low frame rate and clunky camera controls make combat and platforming uncomfortable at best, which is unfortunate since that's much of what you do in the dungeons.
    [Playing] Heracles no Eiko II (Famicom) | [Finished] Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr (PC)
    Just Locus
    Just Locus
    Don't try WH40K: Chaosbane, it's another ARPG but it's extremely bland and almost mindless in how repetitive it is.
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    Just Locus
    Too late! I already bought/tried it a while ago, and indeed it was bland and mindless :(
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    I completed the Prophecy expansion and all the DLC missions (no random stuff though). It was basically more of the same and I was pretty bored with the game by the end. Still worth playing through once, though.
    [Playing] ??? | [Finished] Tojin Makyo-den Heracles no Eiko (Famicom)
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    Heracles no Eiko was a pleasant surprise. I went in expecting a lame Dragon Quest (1986) clone, but ended up with a nice open-ended game that reminded me more of Ultima or Ultima II than your typical console RPG.
    [Playing] ??? | [Finished] AD&D: Champions of Krynn (PC)
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    Champions was awesome! Fun story and world, and each area was expertly designed. It has reignited my love for the Gold Box games after the slight letdown of Curse and the disappointment of Silver Blades.
    CryptRat
    CryptRat
    Glad to know I'm not the only one who thinks Curse isn't that great. I enjoyed Death Knights of Krynn even more than Champions and think Countdoom to Doomsday is great too, hoping you'll feel the same as you'll be in for a threat then.
    [Playing] AD&D: Champions of Krynn (PC) | [Finished] AD&D: Secret of the Silver Blades (PC)
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    SotSB was quite disappointing compared with Curse of the Azure Bonds, which itself was disappointing compared with Pool of Radiance. Too much trash combat and several long and dull areas (mines, crevasses), but at least the game ended with a nice dungeon (castle) and final battle.
    [Playing] AD&D: Secret of the Silver Blades (PC) | [Finished] Ys V (SFC)
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    Ys V was quite a letdown. It doesn't really look, sound, or feel like an Ys game. It would otherwise be a decent action RPG, but it's way too easy and the interesting alchemy system is completely meaningless.
    [Playing] Legend of Heroes III (PC) | [Finished] Ys IV: Dawn of Ys (PCE)
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    Ys IV was great, though it does suffer a bit toward the end from giant mazes containing absolutely nothing in them.
    [Playing] Ys IV: Dawn of Ys (PCE), SKALD (PC) | [Finished] Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II (PCE)
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    Other than the brutal grindfest that is the first chapter, DS:TLoHII ended up being quite good with some nice twists along the way. It suffers from tons and tons of trash combat though.
    [Playing] Pillars of Eternity II (PC), SKALD (PC) | [Finished] Romancing SaGa (SFC)
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    Romancing SaGa was amazing. Truly non-linear, awesome sense of adventure, intertwining quests, and plenty of choices to make that have actual repercussions on the game. The only downside is relatively brainless (and frequent) combat.
    [Playing] Pillars of Eternity II (PC), Final Fantasy IX (PSX) | [Finished] Genso Suikoden (PSX)
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    Finally completed Suikoden after many attempts to get into it over the years. Great game, but combat is way too easy, nearly mindless.
    [Playing] Pillars of Eternity II (PC), Final Fantasy IX (PSX) | [Finished] Dragon Quest IV (FC)
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    I finished DQIV just now. A bit of a step down from DQIII, but still a great game.
    [Playing] Pillars of Eternity II (PC), Dragon Quest IV (FC) | [Finished] Phantasy Star III (MD)
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    Phantasy Star III was a major disappointment! Short, ugly, braindead easy, and completely joyless to play. It was apparently rushed through development by some team that had never made an RPG before, and it shows. Good music, though.
    Zlaja
    Zlaja
    Now play Phantasy Star IV.
    [Playing] System Shock CD (PC), Phantasy Star III (MD), Ryu ga Gotoku 7 (PS4) | [Finished] Labyrinth of Zangetsu (Switch)
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    LoZ was okay. It's Wizardry III with a Japanese coat of paint and doesn't much go beyond that. The penultimate dungeon was a high point. No need to grind levels at all to complete the game.
    Strange Fellow
    Strange Fellow
    West of Loathing is a great little game, hope you enjoy it.
    [Playing] West of Loathing (PC), Labyrinth of Zangetsu (Switch) | [Finished] Star Wars: KOTOR (PC)
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    I finished KOTOR tonight, my first time through the game. The combat and interface were awful (clearly developed with XBOX in mind), but it was overall a pretty cool game. I'd like to replay it sometime as a dark Jedi.
    Maxie
    Maxie
    Very nice game shame you habe to beat it seven times to have an opinion
    [Playing] DDS: Megami Tensei (FC), Star Wars: KOTOR (PC) [Finished] Final Fantasy USA Mystic Quest (SFC)
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    I completed FF USA, which is the Japanese version of FF Mystic Quest, because I wanted to see if there were any differences. Nothing except for the language, of course. It's a pretty lousy game, even (especially) as a beginner-friendly RPG. Final Fantasy II/IV is a much better "beginner" RPG imo.
    Lord of Riva
    Lord of Riva
    You just played Mystic quest and then start Septerra Core? It's also a really poor game, I wish you a lot of endurance for that one :salute:
    newtmonkey
    newtmonkey
    Lord of Riva
    So far Septerra Core is not bad (certainly better than MQ!), but we'll see how it goes. I think combat is going to get pretty annoying quickly.
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