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

I'm still in an RPG mood after having finished up FF7 so I decided to return to a series I haven't played in years and that's Fire Emblem. Since I'm not that confident in playing them without save states, I looked up which the easiest FE games are and The Sacred Stones seemed like one of the easiest games in the series, so I went with that. Played it for about an hour on 3DS and it's just so much fun to play, especially on a portable device. Even though I haven't played an FE game for so many years, Sacred Stones still felt very familiar to me in terms of mechanics. Stuff like inventory management and having access to an armory directly on the world map are very welcome additions. I also heard that you can apparently grind in this game, which is probably why it's regarded as easy. Either way, I think this is the best game for me to help alleviate the need of constantly using save states when playing these games. Looking forward to playing more of it!

@LtSarge Sacred Stones is absolutely very very easy but it’s still a fun enough time. Can’t go wrong with Fire Emblem, unless it’s Fates 😛

@nessisonett The only Fire Emblem games I've played are Shadows of Valentia on 3DS and Fire Emblem on GBA and the latter absolutely wrecked me in the last few maps that I became hesitant in trying out Sacred Stones. But apparently SS is much easier than I thought, which is nice!

How come you don't like Fates? And which version have you played? I have Birthright and I was planning on getting Conquest but apparently that game is truly very difficult, even if I were to play it without permadeath. So I think I'll skip it even though I really want to give all three versions a go.

@LtSarge I’ve played all three versions of Fates. Conquest is the much better game but the characters in all three are lacking to say the least, the incestuous nonsense is extremely misjudged and the maps aren’t even that fun. It’s just inferior to Awakening in every conceivable way.

FE Fates: Conquest is, to date, the only game I've played where the writing was so thoroughly moronic that it actually took away from the otherwise excellent gameplay for me. And, in general, my standards aren't too high for video game writing.

I disliked it enough that I sold my special edition after I finished playing through Conquest on hard mode with permadeath turned on (which was... an experience; I don't think I've ever been so thoroughly schooled by a game before, lol). Which was probably not the best choice, since it took away a centerpiece of my 3DS collection, but whatever.

Never ended up playing Revelations, since a friend of mine who also played all three routes told me the writing was somehow even worse than in Conquest. I couldn't do it.

Birthright felt like diet Awakening. Totally forgettable.

I'm so glad Three Houses was fantastic, boring maps aside.

@RogerRoger I totally agree with you in regards to Dark Forces. Played it a while back now and it was really good to start with but by the end was a bit of a maze! I did enjoy it though, actually perhaps more than its sequel.

@Th3solution @colonelkilgore I finally got my hands on Fable II today, and whilst it was initially difficult getting used to the controller after playing on PS4 for so long, I soon got to grips with it and after the tutorial showed me the ropes I was plowing through some pesky fantasy beetle monsters like nobody's business. About to take on some bandits now. How are your games going?

@TheBrandedSwordsman good good, sounds like you’re quite enjoying it then. I vaguely remember chopping a helluva lot of wood in Fable 2… think it was one of the paid jobs iirc.

Yeah not bad mate, just about to finish my 8th playthrough of MGS4 (my next playthrough is the dreaded Big Boss emblem run 😱). Once I get MGS2 and MGS4 squared away (whether that means plats… or me giving up fruitlessly) I’ll be moving onto a busy December of Rise of the Tomb Raider/Borderlands 2 (haven’t quite decided yet), Guacamelee, Astro’s Playroom and Spider-man: Miles Morales.

@colonelkilgore Wood-chopping probably is one of the paid jobs, today I just started out as a blacksmith after killing some bandits, before going to explore a 'Hobbe' cave and then being told I needed to improve upon my reputation before I could take the next main quest in the game. Fun times, it's a great game thus far and I really think The Witcher 3 took a lot from the Fable series, in the sense that you can do a lot in the open worlds of both games including having sex, as well as the obvious swordplay quests that make up a part of each game, I look forward to enjoying the sims-like aspects of the game like getting married and having children, owning property, and the obvious aforementioned adult activities in the game.

You'll have to let me know how you get on with Rise of the Tomb Raider if you play it, either way good luck with MGS2/4 & whatever your next game is going to be.

@TheBrandedSwordsman ahh, sounds like your enjoying it bud… I’m glad, you haven’t had a lot of luck with finding a game that ‘clicks’ of late. Enjoy 🙌.

… and I’ll need all the luck I can get, so much appreciated.

Quantum Break. It's the game of the month for the Game Club over at Pure Xbox. Enjoying it so far after about an hour and a half. I loved Control (it was my Game of the Year for 2019), so the fact that I'm enjoying this is not a surprise. You also see some things that remind me of Control in this as well, which is obviously not a surprise either.

Started playing Fable Anniversary on 360 today. It's my first time playing through this series as it's one of the few Xbox exclusives I just haven't played through at all. I played it for a couple of hours and so far I'm absolutely loving this game. I've actually been craving a western RPG to play lately, such as Skyrim or AC: Origins but those games are too long to get through seeing as how I have other games I want to play soon as well. So I decided to go for Fable and it pretty much feels like a lite version of Skyrim. The gameplay is very simple and the game is easy to pick up and play (and also not that long) so I'm definitely going to play through it during the coming weeks. I'm really glad that I'm finally checking this series out after all this time!

I’ve started Arkham Origins on PC seeing as it isn’t on PS4. I actually quite like it. The voices are weird and silly since they’re different and the map is like 75% the Arkham City map and there’s literally Ubisoft towers and map markers but it’s alright. I just like games set at Christmas.

@nessisonett Is it not even on PS Now? I swear I've seen it on there.

@JohnnyShoulder I think it might be but the latency is just not great when it comes to Batman games, they’re kinda rough control wise as it is, never mind adding the PS Now lag. I like PS Now but I don’t think I could play a game like that on it!

Playing Dragon Age 2 on my Series X. I know it's widely considered to be a fairly mediocre game, but I've been wanting to play it for a while after playing Origins last year. I never played the Dragon Age series since I switched completely over to the PS3 after buying that in the middle of the generation and catching up on the many exclusives. It being a part of the recent batch of FPS boost titles pushed it really far up my list obviously. It's crazy playing a 10 year old game in 60 FPS.

I'm only a couple of hours in, but I have a feeling I'll be enjoying it more than the masses did. I don't mind the streamlined combat. In fact, I probably prefer it just like I preferred the streamlined aspects in Mass Effect 2 over Mass Effect 1.

@RogerRoger The boss fights are way way better than the ones in Asylum or City. I prefer Asylum due to the tighter level design but I actually think I might be enjoying Origins more than City even though that’s basically sacrilege.

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@RogerRoger I’ve beaten Deathstroke but I’ve mostly been wandering around doing the side stuff! The Anarky one was pretty good I thought.

Arkham City is legitimately overrated & is just proof that hype influences peoples opinions or lack thereof . Origins is the best Arkham game & it's not even just because of the boss fights alone - the writing/story , character dialogues , cutscenes , intense fast-pace combat , character designs ( especially joker ) , music .

everything was really , really , well-done and couldn't have been done any better for a game thats a prequel thats supposed to portray younger versions of characters . it pisses me off how dumb people sound when they bash something that they know nothing about.