Discussion Post - Recommendations and Reviews

[ishtar]

This is basically exactly what it says on the tin. A chance to review what you're currently playing, or what you last played.

What are you playing right now/have just finished playing? What platform is it on? What genre is it? Did you enjoy it? Would you recommend it? What's the fandom like? Anything you want to say about the game.

I'm currently playing Final Fantasy IV DS. I played the original, so the story isn't exactly new or surprising to me. I'm currently rather liking the new cutscenes though, that add a whole extra level of emotion to certain scenes for me. For those that have never played Final Fantasy IV, it was originally a SNES game that has been remastered for the DS. It is an RPG where you take the role of Cecil, a dark knight who is forced to abandon his Kingdom because of his principles. The plot seems to be about Cecil going around defeating bad guys and saving Crystals (similar to Final Fantasy III) but Final Fantasy IV also has a love story at the heart of it, and can be quite moving because of it. It's definitely one of the best of the pre-PS ones (just behind VI). It's recommended~

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[auguris]

I'm in the middle of two games. Fallout 3 -- I've been playing since, oh, January? I keep getting distracted by sidequests and resetting when Dogmeat dies. I'm a big fan of post-apocalyptic fiction, so the setting is perfect for me. I love games that let you role-play as either good or evil (although I wish more games did it like Mass Effect -- you could, if you played it right, be both good and bad, which is more true to life) so it has that going for it, and I love doggies. Yes, all these things are incredible superficial, shoosh. I do enjoy the plot, but honestly I'm having more fun with the sidequests. There are just so many fully formed personalities roaming around in this game, so much stuff to do -- I'm loathe to actually FINISH it. When I exited the vault and stood on the overlook, saw the broken and battered landscape, the half standing houses, the pitched over power lines, the crumbling bridge in the distance, I was awed. Never has a game been so stunning that I literally sat and stared for several minutes before being able to pick up the controller again.

So yeah, I like it.

Also playing Lost Odyssey, which is decent enough. The characters are likable and the combat system works without being to difficult. There are enough sidequests and collectables to appease the completionist in me. There's also A Thousand Years of Dreams -- 30 or so short stories complemented with sound and still illustrations that flesh out Kaim as a character. I could stand for more games to do something like this -- I'm a reader, I have no problem with walls of text, as long as said text is engaging. If you like RPGs, it's worth a play.

[ishtar]

Fallout is something I've been putting off buying for a while. I tend not to like spending my money on the PS3 games because they're so costly but... Maybe I'll add it to my 'to buy' list...

Lost Odyssey I've heard lots of good things about. But it's for the Xbox 360? the one console I don't have damnit

[auguris]

Yeah, it's 360. So is my version of Fallout. Can't afford the PS3 just yet, sadly.

[suzu]

*Hijack* One thing about Fallout for the PS3, though, is there's no downloadable content for it, and they don't lift the puny level cap. Only the Xboxers get those privileges. :(

[sketch]

Fallout3 was fun, but I found the character creation weak and almost meaningless considering the gameplay... Not to mention the trophies/achievements are piss to get. Ha ha.