robio said:Finished off FF3 Pixel Remaster today. Glad S-E properly revisited the title. Probably won't play it ever again, but after all of these years of debating whether or not to properly play it I'm happy to have finally done it.
Yeah, that’s kind of how I feel about FF2 and FF3. Two games that I’ll never play again but glad that I did just for the first hand experience instead of just relying on other people’s perspective on them.
Archangel3371 said:Yeah, that’s kind of how I feel about FF2 and FF3. Two games that I’ll never play again but glad that I did just for the first hand experience instead of just relying on other people’s perspective on them.
I can at least say that it was my own experience that's stopped me from playing Final Fantasy 3 for so long. I first picked up a fan translated version in 1999. Then I played the DS remake shortly after it launched. Both times, I don't think I made it more than about 2 or 3 hours in before quitting.
Anyway, glad I finally stuck with it. Now I can scratch it off the books and never play it again.
I finished Borderlands 4 a couple of days ago and really enjoyed it. I put in over seventy hours and the only reason I finished it this soon is because I was in an online party and we just kept chugging along until the end. I really enjoyed it, maybe my second favorite under BL2. There's a lot about the old games that I don't remember so its hard to compare. I do like the open world of this game. It is nice to see a lot of greenery and not so much desert.
I completed Super Mario Galaxy 2 and loved it. Its not as good as the first one. I guess I just love exploring on Rosalinas ship more and how grand everything feels. The biggest gripe that I have are the controls. Sometimes when things get hectic, I lose control of Mario and he just starts to run around in a circle on his own. I read that this has been an issue since the game was first released 15 years ago. So, why wasn't this fixed? Also, the pointer controls are kinda crap, especially when trying to grab something as Yoshi or pull yourself to a blue star. I couldn't find an option to change controls but it would have been nice to just click a button to highlight something to grab onto. I was using the Pro Controller 2 so maybe I can map that button to one in the back and see if that is easier. Fantastic game, still one for the ages. The controls just need to be tweaked.
At any rate, it's an excellent game and as tough as it is, I'm still having fun so I'm going to stick with it for a while and see if I can escape again while completing some of the side stories.
Beat Ninja Gaiden 4 last night. Love the gameplay. It's crazy fast and kinetic. I played all the way through on Normal difficulty and it was pretty challenging. A couple of really intense boss fights. Some of those Purgatory gate challenges were wild as well. I tried them on the easiest of choices. I can only imagine how insane they would be on the most difficult option choice. Yikes!
The game looks good in general. Nothing that'll blow you away graphically but decent enough.
The characters and story are very "Meh" even by Ninja Gaiden standards. While the other games definitely won't win any awards in those departments either, I found the first two games to be more interesting and generally entertaining in those aspects.
Music is good but it seems really muted for some reason. Found the music in the first two games more memorable. Some cool tracks here especially in a couple of boss fights in their second phase when it ramps up and the vocals kick in.
Very solid 8 out of 10 game though. Would place it just behind Ninja Gaiden Black and Ninja Gaiden 2.