Topic: What (Non-PS4) game are you playing??

I’ve been playing Morrowind again, always heard talk of it having ‘better gameplay’ and I can understand why some would say that having not played the game in 20 years. I like the setting, the graphics have that Half Life/ Deus Ex boxy charm and the music’s good if repetitive. The problem is that it’s insanely inaccessible. Look, I love a good RPG with heaps of stats and stuff but a game pre-widespread Internet shouldn’t require the very helpful £20 Prima Games guide in order to grasp basic concepts. It just dumps you in with a dodgy journal, a strange levelling system and enemies that absolutely slaughter you. I’ll probably get used to it but there are so many strange outdated mechanics that it’ll take a while.

@nessisonett Nostalgia tends to put a rosy glow on things we loved when we were younger. You young whippersnappers will understand one day.

But seriously, I kinda want to play Daggerfall someday. Still blows my mind that one of the biggest open world games ever made came out in the mid 90s.

@Ralizah Yeah, I’ve played Morrowind a bit over the years but always bounced right off it. Part of me likes some of the deep stuff that was later removed in Oblivion and Skyrim like the phrase based dialogue similar to FF II. I spent a whole day preparing to kill 2 rats and still died about 5 times. It’s brutal.

Actually got Sunset Overdrive out again after a discussion on here. It's not too bad actually. I think from looking at it the game could've done with another 12 months development.

@SirAngry Like 90% of games these days. Hopefully it gets remastered on PS5 and then maybe a sequel.

@JohnnyShoulder ain't that the truth. Now if you can just tell that to the two companies I'm currently doing freelance work for I'd be really grateful. All joking aside, Sunset Overdrive feels like a nearly great game. Just needed a little more gestation to sort out the mission structure and a few generic elements that were bland and Insomniac could've had a classic on their hands. The movement and traversal were both brilliant, the controls were tight, the shooting was fun and satisfying and the set pieces and tone were unique and gratifying. Just wasn't polished enough. I'd happily take another more polished Sunset Overdrive.

So after 5 hours of gameplay in Morrowind, I am now level 2. This game is bizarre but the more shortcuts and idiosyncrasies I find, the more I’m enjoying it.

@Kidfried Not sure if you played it but the DLC for Oblivion, Shivering Isles was pretty darn weird!

Playing the Ys I + II collection on PC.

I think I expected the first game to feel more archaic than it does, so this is either a really good remake, or Ys I is wildly ahead of its time. I'd still prefer an actual combat system, but bump combat isn't nearly as annoying as I thought it'd be.

@Ralizah Yeah, I played them last year and they felt more like an RPG Maker game from the early 00s than one of the grandaddies of RPGs. Really did enjoy them although one tip I’d give is that levelling is ludicrously important. Just one level can completely change how you approach certain enemies or make you do more than 0 damage. Also save every 5 seconds.

@nessisonett I'm going out of my way to overlevel, given how much less control I have over the flow of combat.

I'm playing on the 2001 graphical setting and really like the older style of character design present in the character portraits.

Making some solid progress (I think) in Morrowind. I think I see the appeal now, it’s incredibly open and free. I’ve barely touched the main quest because the guy told me to go out into the world and earn some experience first. For now, I’ve been wandering around the first couple of areas, doing quests and exploring dungeons. Initially, the fatigue conservation annoyed me but it does add a bit of tactics and wariness to fighting. I do miss some QOL changes made in subsequent games but there’s so much freedom in Morrowind, from completely customisable spells to an open world free of loading screens unlike Skyrim’s cities.

Animal Crossing New Horizons ! 😀

I'm still addicted to Persona 3 Portable don't mind me

12 hours in and I've so far climbed 30 Tartarus floors, I have my social link with Kenji at Rank 5, Kazushi and Yuko at Rank 6, Hidetoshi at Rank 4 and "Maya" on Innocent Sin Online at Rank 3

Love that game. Played it way back in the day. One of the best RPGs of all time.

Still playing Animal Crossing New Horizons. 😁

@PSVR_lover P3P holds a lot of nostalgic value for me since it was one of my first PSP titles I got along with my console on my 8th birthday but it's still my second favorite mainline Persona entry and one of my top 5 MegaTen titles of all time

Onto the final boss of Cuphead. This is really quite hard now 😂😂

@RogerRoger
Oh, i took a break for 1 hour on 12 pm to have lunch.
I continued again my ACNH on 1 pm until 4.30 pm.
I was farming Celeste DIY recipes by Time Travelling.

Moved onto Tekken 4 in my Tekkenthon. It’s alright, I’ve beaten about half of the starter characters’ stories so far. The fighting’s nowhere near as tight as 3 but I do appreciate changes such as walls to bash against and some of the new characters are cool. The graphics hold up really well, I was amazed at the character models considering this was early PS2. Interestingly, different characters have more/less rounds in their story modes. Hwoarang had the most and throwaway characters like Yoshimitsu had the least. Some characters are a whole lot better than others though, Xiaoyu is still awful and both Law and Jin are crazy overpowered. Balance is a wee bit of a problem. Still need to play Tekken Force, should be fun as I enjoyed 3’s version.