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I think I'm going to check out more of River City Girls 2 which I restarted last weekend. It got an update which makes it way more playable, I hadn't played for months, but the input lag was excruciating before. Maybe some Mario Wonder which I haven't played in a while (and still need to finish!).

What about you? What have all of you been playing?

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[-] Phelpssan@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Finished Crymachina!

As I mentioned on my previous comment this game has a lot of flaws, and I don't know if I can call it good or recommend it - but it does have its fair share of charms too.

They did a really good job in making me care about the main characters and see them as a "family" - seeing Leben geting gradually closer to the others and Enoa's growth over the game was great. The character designs are interesting, the OST is solid. The plot is a bit of a mess, with a LOT of crazy twists, but I still enjoyed it.

Combat is fun and flashy, and I never got bored of it while going through the main game. That being said, there's a lot of extra content that I didn't do, and I think that if I tried to go for full completion the repetitiveness would end up wearing me out.

Also, a minor thing, but I'm really annoyed that I didn't realize before the endgame that you can equip the same gear to all three characters. Spent quite some time trying to find good setups without overlaps. :/

Playing Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights.

This "metroidvania" game has a very melancholic mood in all aspects - visuals, music and storyline. You play as a little girl who apparently is the last survivor of a line of priestesses, who goes purifying monsters in ravaged land while being protected by the spirits of dead warriors.

I always associate darker visuals and styles with Dark Souls so I was worried it would be another game going towards that direction, but this one is a lot less stressful to play - it can be fairly challenging and I already died quite a few times, but there's zero penalty for that.

There's some really good QOL features too - I like how a fast travel is unlocked less than 1h into the game, and I love that the map indicates if there are missing still missing items in a room. This is a particularly big deal because some of the rooms are huge and can take a long time to explore.

Anyway, so far I'm enjoying this one.

[-] slimerancher@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Have you played Crystar? If yes, how do you compare the two games. And if not, why not?

I have heard lots of good things about Ender Lilies, and now that it's getting a sequel soon, I think I should try to play it too.

[-] Phelpssan@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Have you played Crystar? If yes, how do you compare the two games. And if not, why not?

No I haven't, and it's because I had never heard of Crystar before - I only learned Crymachina had a "spiritual prequel" when someone on Mastodon asked me this exact same question.

Anyway, I have Crystar on my radar now, but from what I'm seeing it doesn't share the sci-fi setting which is a bummer to me, that was one of the things that drew my attention to Crymachina.

I have heard lots of good things about Ender Lilies, and now that it's getting a sequel soon, I think I should try to play it too.

Spoiler for next week's post: It's a really good game, but the difficulty spikes brutally on the second half of the game and it gets quite frustrating at times.

[-] slimerancher@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Ah, it's spiritual sequel, I thought it was a direct sequel.

Well, I won't be playing it so soon, so you can take your time with it ๐Ÿ˜€

[-] Phelpssan@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

So, about Crystar: https://mastodon.social/@Phelpssan/112051857806500875 ๐Ÿ˜€

Not sure when I'll get to it, but sooner or later you'll get that comparison you asked for.

[-] slimerancher@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Oooh! Looking forward to it!

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