The Square Enix has announced the release of its newest game, titled SaGa Emerald Beyond, which will be available on various platforms, including PC, consoles, and mobile devices
Over the years, there’ve been various red flags in gaming, for me at least. Multi-media. Full-Motion Video. Day-One DLC. Microtransactions. The latest one is Live Service Game. I find the idea repulsive because it immediately tells me this is an online-required affair, even if it doesn’t warrant it. There’s no reason for...
I mean, there are examples where the multiplayer should be optional and thus force the game to be live service. For instance, Diablo 4 should be perfectly playable single player, offline, yet it's live service and to my understanding requires an Internet connection
Quite a few really good deals here! Some thoughts/recommendations:
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. This is a very good price for the game, so much so I'm tempted to buy it again after losing my PS4 copy. I haven't played it on the Switch but I've heard the performance is fine, with a little slowdown during combat sections. The game is 70% visual novel with light adventure game puzzle solving, 30% tactical combat. I loved both parts, and think the story is great overall.
Immortals Fenyx Rising. For the price, the game is absolutely worth it. It's an Ubisoft take on Breath of the Wild, with a Greek Mythology focus for the story. The humor can be a little hit or miss, but I thought the combat was better than Breath of the Wild and I remember enjoying the puzzles and exploration more, on the whole. Breath of the Wild has higher highs than this game, but Immortals was a more consistent enjoyment for me.
Civilization 6. I haven't played the switch port, but the game is overall really good. It's a turn based strategy game where you pick a real life civilization and then develop them over the course of millennia. The late game tends to be a little same-y (if you've made it that far you're likely doing fine in game), and the difficulty settings give the AI more advantages without really making them smarter, but I've put over 100 hours on the game on PC because there's a ton of repairability.
Pheonix Weight Ace Attorney Trilogy and Great Ace Attorney. The pheonix wright games are basically visual novels where you play as an attorney trying to prove his clients' innocence. The original trilogy largely holds up and can still be enjoyed by newcomers, but the Great Ace Attorney has a lot of quality of life improvements that probably make it the easier entry to start with. The Great Ace Attorney is also set 100-200 years before the original trilogy, so you can play either without needing the other.
South Park: The Fractured But Whole and The Stick of Truth. If you like South Park, these games are worth the price. Some people prefer the combat in the first game, but I recall really liking the combat in the second as well. I also think the story did a better job of being it's own thing in the second, whereas in the first game it felt like it was referencing the show too often without being original often enough. Either game is worth picking up though, especially if you like the humor of the show.
Ys VIII. A surprise hit for me after impulse buying years ago. It's an action jrpg where the action is very arcade-y (in a good way). The story starts out about a group of people getting shipwrecked on a deserted island. Part of the fun in the early game was finding the castaways and building up your little base on the island. The story eventually develops into something really ridiculous, but by the time it got there I was along for the ride. Worth a try for jrpg fans.
Persona 4 Golden. Another good jrpg, this one is about a highschooler who has moved to a small town from the big city and tries to settle in. At the same time, murders start happening throughout the town, and the main character and his friend get roped into solving the mystery. The game is LONG, as a warning, but generally managed to keep my attention the whole way through. Personally, while I still enjoyed the game overall, I do have to say that as someone under the LGBTQ umbrella, some parts of the game bother me. One of the first characters you get is constantly homophobic, to the point I constantly hated him (some people theorized he's in the closet, but even if that was the original plan with the character, all we get in game is his constant homophobia). There are two other characters who in theory should be LGBTQ, but the game never commits to their Identities, so they're in their weird space where it's so easy to read them that way, but the actual text of the game would imply it's nothing. Also, romance is a decently big side story to the game, but you can only romance women (which might not be a negative for most, but bothered me). Overall though, I still enjoyed my time with the game and think it's worth playing.
AER: Memories of Old. A game where you fly around and discover secrets of the past. I played this years ago on PC, but remember enjoying it. Not much more to say, other than at the price it's worth a shot if the trailers at all look interesting.
Battlechef Brigade. A fun match up of 2D hack and slash gameplay with match 3 puzzle solving. The art is really cute too. The story is interesting, but I seem to recall it falling a bit flat for me near the end. Still, the price is absolutely worth it.
I read one of his behind the scenes books (artist is Gary Lawson). If my memory is correct, he had to crank at least one of these out a day and there were times where he wouldn't have a good idea until later in the day. When that happened he sometimes threw his hands up at problems he would otherwise fix. Given the schedule, I don't blame him for saying these fly wasps were good enough haha.
I’m just a little bit late to the Baldurs Gate 3 party, but I searched on here and didn’t see much follow up discussion about it after the review thread. I’m also trying to submit more to Lemmy so the communities can grow, so I thought I’d bring it back up now that it has been out for a few weeks....
Very good points, especially on siloing the admin from the mods. Like you said, the mods had been doing a great job performing damage control from the last few rounds of drama.
I've said this before, but I don't envy an admin for a social media site. I certainly wouldn't want to do it. So I get he was stressed, and had been getting a lot of backlash, but again he could have stepped back and let his team handle it.
On August 17, the beloved Western experience Red Dead Redemption and its horror companion Undead Nightmare arrive together for the first time on the Nintendo Switch and modern PlayStation systems.
Also, XV wasn't well received, generally speaking. I'm sure there are at least a few people (like me) who decided to wait on this one, to be safe. A damaged reputation can cause tangible sales impacts
When Tankie meets Traitor (lemmy.world)
SaGa Emerald Beyond - Release date and more (droidlocal.com)
The Square Enix has announced the release of its newest game, titled SaGa Emerald Beyond, which will be available on various platforms, including PC, consoles, and mobile devices
He really just left us hangin' (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
[Megathread] Splatfest Results - Who would be the best leader? (lemmy.world)
Team Shiver wins!...
9-11-23 www.thefarside.com (sh.itjust.works)
Do you find the description Live Service Game off-putting?
Over the years, there’ve been various red flags in gaming, for me at least. Multi-media. Full-Motion Video. Day-One DLC. Microtransactions. The latest one is Live Service Game. I find the idea repulsive because it immediately tells me this is an online-required affair, even if it doesn’t warrant it. There’s no reason for...
Starfield, is it getting review bombed? (youtu.be)
Seems kind of like the game is just suffering from reactionaries, but I definitely don’t put that much stock in critic reviews these days either.
starfield is shoving political WOKENESS down OUR THROATS 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 (files.catbox.moe)
"Blockbuster Sale" on the Nintendo eShop (www.nintendo.com)
IMO this link on DekuDeals is a much better way to check for interesting games: www.dekudeals.com/hottest?filter[store]=eshop...
9-1-23 www.thefarside.com (sh.itjust.works)
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8-20-23 www.thefarside.com (i.imgur.com)
BOOK OF HOURS launch trailer: Welcome to Hush House (www.youtube.com)
I am LOVING Baldurs Gate 3
I’m just a little bit late to the Baldurs Gate 3 party, but I searched on here and didn’t see much follow up discussion about it after the review thread. I’m also trying to submit more to Lemmy so the communities can grow, so I thought I’d bring it back up now that it has been out for a few weeks....
Noooooo you can't make a microtransactions free game and finished too 😭😭😭 (lemmy.world)
Looking for games with strong female leads for my daughter (even just to watch as I play). Came across this link, but they're a bit age-inappropriate. Any suggestions from the community? (gameranx.com)
Edit: Daughter is only 5 so she’s unlikely to play much but she watches me and as long as it’s not too violent, it should be fine
Squabbles, another recent reddit alternative, seems to be taking the doomed "free speech" path (i.imgur.com)
Red Dead Redemption coming to Switch (youtu.be)
On August 17, the beloved Western experience Red Dead Redemption and its horror companion Undead Nightmare arrive together for the first time on the Nintendo Switch and modern PlayStation systems.
Square Enix share price drops amid claims Final Fantasy 16 didn’t meet ‘high end’ expectations (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Twitter is pivoting to video, as all dumb websites eventually must (awfulannouncing.com)
The pivot-to-video strategy, which has been attempted and failed at by countless content companies, has its own Wikipedia page.