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Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition | Mar 20 [Switch 2 Direct] | Apr 02 Metroid Prime 4 | 2025
I put Avowed down last week after finishing up the first map- no reason, I’ve enjoyed every minute of it, but for some reason am finding it hard to pick back up again.
Been screwing around with Civilization 7 this week, dipping my toes into Pikmin 4 (still not sure how it suits me but I like its uniqueness), and playing through Final Fantasy VI on my retro handheld.
How are you liking Civ 7? People generally are annoyed by every new Civ, until they release a bunch of DLCs to add various items back. Hearing some negative stuff about 7 too.
I don’t quite know yet. I’ve played every Civ game since I started on the first with my dad when I was about 11 years old- and I’ve loved every iteration for different reasons.
I’m approaching this one kind of the same way as always- I’m playing it kind of leaning on what I know about the franchise as a whole rather than trying to understand every more granular system, because a lot of things change while all the patches start rolling in and the expansions release. I play each new game sort of the same way I played the previous one, learning the new systems by making mistakes.
It’s early enough that I still don’t really understand most of the new systems- I will say that I am enjoying it just about as much as I enjoyed 5 and 6 at launch, but less than I enjoyed 4 at launch. Fully tricked out 5 and 6 are both excellent as far as I’m concerned, and I’m thinking this one has potential to get there.
Having said all that, I absolutely HATE the “Civ-switching” mechanic. It very much takes me out of the game. We’ll see how that develops.
Just confirmed Xenoblade Chronicles X was preordered: scheduled to arrive Friday after what should be a great week at school.
I’ve apply my time this weekend between the two Octopaths in my life: II is still slow going and Champions of the Continent is perfect for an hour wake-me-up. I finally realized what’s wrong (sort of) with Octopath Traveler II: the battle system is so slow compared to the mobile game. A single battle in an area where I’m properly leveled for takes a couple of minutes on the Switch with every decision made having an important impact. Most of the time, I don’t want to engage my brain!
I also played an ancient game on my old Mac: Outrun 2006 Coast to Coast. I wish that were on Switch!
Finally, I got the itch to play Gradius but did not want to shell out eight bucks with XCX on the way. I played the NES version through Nintendo Switch Online and couldn’t even make it to the first boss. That knocked the wind out of my sails enough to last me until next weekend.
Well, mobile games are generally quicker than their console counterpart, demand of the platform.
Yeah, these old games are pretty tough. I got recommended a list of new-ish games in the genre recently, plan to try them out soon-ish.
I’m replaying Pokemon sword and I’m almost done with the main game. Going to be going into the dlc fresh ( I’ve never played it before ) and after I’m done with the game I’m probably going to replay a Kirby game. Maybe forgotten land or the dream friend game
What do you think about the upcoming Z/A?
I wanted it to play more like legends Arc. but I’m still interested in playing. I don’t care for the power up gimmick, super evolve or something? But maybe it will be cool. How do you feel about the game?
I am not a big Pokémon fan, and don't care about playing all the games.
I have only played two yet, "Let's Go Pikachu" and then "Sword". Was looking forward to trying the next one they release, and to my untrained I, it looks pretty good (though I agree that super-evolve - or whatever - didn't look that exciting), but I am skeptical of the performance. Wondering if I should skip this too, and the go for the first Switch 2 Pokémon they release? Will probably wait for the reviews and then decide.
And yeah, don't know what they mean for Legends tag now. It has legends name, but it looks similar to normal Pokémon. Arceus looked very different.
Bridge to the Turnabout is peak! Enjoy the ride :)
I am still playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2 while waiting for Xenoblade Chronicles X (Thursday cannot come soon enough!). I finally managed to pull the elusive blade KOS-MOS, but I am still trying to get the 3 remaining rare blades I am missing. This gacha system is so horrible 😭
It is! I am still in the start, 5-1, but it's going great.
XC-2 was my first XC so it holds a special place for me, but not a fan of the gacha system. Mechanically, it's probably my least favourite game in trilogy.
I am curious to read your impression once you will have finished the case :D
I finally managed to get all the missing blades yesterday evening after an intense grinding session. The game is so good on so many aspects (and it was my first xenoblade game as well). The setting is magical, the lore, the character development, the side quests. This is all so good. This gacha system is the weakest point, however.
Yeah, that is why I mentioned mechanically. It also has my least favourite combat system, but that could just be it being my first XC game and it taking a while to get my head wrapped around it. But yeah, the characters and the world are interesting.
Still getting through Age of Calamity, but took a break to start Lost in Random. It’s been pretty fun. I love the Tim Burton style game, the dice and cards. We’ll see how the rest of the game goes.
I am not a big fan of roguelikes (or roguelites) but Lost in Random is on my wishlist. Should try it soon.
I honestly love card and dice games when paired with rpg elements. I’m at the point in my life where I still want to play games with rpg elements, but they tend to get boring really quickly when you max out characters. The variations help keep it a bit things a bit more lively.
On your tail! It was published on Thursday, there's a demo to try it out as well. I'm curious to play the rest of the game as well :)
Oooh nice. I posted the launch trailer here, and it looked interesting. Would love to hear what you think about the full game.
I'll let you know when I'm a bit further in!
It's been about 138h, but I actually finished Witcher 3 + all DLCs this week. I completed every single quest I came across, apart from the two 'Collect all Gwent cards' ones. It's been quite a ride! I'd recommend the game for it's characters, story telling and moral dilemmas. The gameplay was good too, although even on death march, it was quite easy - of course I was rich and somewhat overleveled from having done everything, so take that with a grain of salt. I finished at lvl 51 with the final quest being marked as lvl 49. Despite other claims, the Switch port was mostly good. Although, halfway through Blood and Wine, about 125h in, the game started to lag in fights with multiple opponents and never stopped doing so. I don't know what happened, even the big bandit camps didn't lag much before that.
Anyways, this weekend I'm going to start another run - this time doing a sign build! Last time I was focused on alchemy and basically only used Quen. There are so many gameplay options I never tried much and - nah, just kidding. I'm playing some Monkey Ball: Banana Mania, actually my first entry in the series, as a sort of palate cleanser and then grab a JRPG from my backlog.
lol, you had me for a moment. Restarting a game after playing it for 138 hours, oof!
Switch port is pretty great, except when you watch PS5 video and realise hoe beautiful the game is. Other than that, had no issue on Switch, it looks and play great (specially if toy never played the game anywhere else)
I plan to continue with God of War (PS4).
For a game that is rated 18+ I've not actually had many moments where I've had to stop my kids (10+) from watching me play and they have been enjoying it with me. I'm normally quite careful but the main gameplay is just fighting creatures and puzzle solving so it's just the boss fights that give it a higher rating, well so far that's what it seems.
The story and characters are excellent and the dynamic of Kratos and Atreus is something special. Also it's a really good looking game and much better than the current gens "blurriness" that everything seems to have nowadays
Yeah, there are some cut scenes, and some finishers that are ultra violent (if I am remembering right).
One thing that felt different but I never put my finger on, until I read somewhere, is that game is made like a single shot film, there is no camera cut in whole game. Gives the game a very interesting look and feel.
As a father, some Kratos and Aterus moments can be very touching.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations
About your spoiler: We all do.
Playing Trails Through Daybreak II!
Almost done with the "Fragments" Chapter which was quite good. At the start it just looks like an intermission/relax/beach episode, but then things get way more serious, we finally get Quatre's backstory and also more information about the D∴G Cult.
I also really like how it fixes one of my complaints from last week.
Spoiler
I mentioned last week that I wanted the "Dead Ends" to be avoidable with good choices, and this chapter did that. I didn't even realize I had dodged some deaths until I reached a mandatory "Dead End" much later and saw the timeline chart.
About your spoiler: there’s a reason the series is so important to me. The writing in that case allows me to overlook many of the series less-than perfect cases.
Good to know that I am not the only one.
Of course still playing Monster Hunter. So far only one monster I really don't like. Hirabami is almost constantly afloat and almost all you get to see and work with is the end of its tail. And that's by design, considering the tail can be broken 5 times in total. >.> Nu Udra is really cool though. I don't know if the octopus frame has ever been used by another monster before, but it's certainly very new and refreshing to me!
But with the random nature of grinding, I needed another game to fill short gaps in case a session ever ended early, so I started Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2. This decision may have been influenced by recent news, but I would never admit that. I was surprised that most of my muscle memory from decades ago is still intact! It also reminded me how unbelievable it is that the series every reached a point where the games were considered bad. It's such a simple concept that still works, how did they mess that up so badly?
Reached the credits for MH? How many hours are that, btw?
I haven't seen any credits yet, and they don't mean much to me anyway. My time won't be very telling either, because I'm taking my time. I'm an armor collector, so I'm not moving on until I have everything I want. And since armor is now unisex, I have both male and female sets to make!
Ah, okay.
If they are unisex, doesn't mean they both have same? Or do they still have different armors, but both can be worn by any gender?
The sets are still clearly the previous male and female ones, but they don't refer to them as such and you have access to both armor sets regardless of your character. The best part about it is that you don't even have to commit to one, you can cherry-pick each individual piece from both sets.
Got it. Thanks for the info!
I'm excited to jump back into Avowed. Last weekend I made it to the second map, and I have a lot of exploring to do there!
How are you enjoying the game?
So far so good. My biggest complaint is how often it crashes, but good news for everyone else, it seems to be only happening to people playing on the first edition of the XBox Series X (lucky me!). It seems to happen in sections. I had to go through one major dialogue, about 5 times because of would crash in the middle of it, but then I might play for another hour before it happens again.
I've always been a big fan of Fallout and Elder Scrolls, and it fits right in with those, but it's different enough that I'm still learning how the systems work.
I guess the game is a lot smaller than it looks, my son's already finished the main story, and half of the "world map" doesn't exist in the game, so I'm wondering if we'll see those parts in DLC or something. Still, kind of shady to show us this big map and not actually have anything behind it.
Oh yeah, someone mentioned the crashing here before. That's pretty weird that first party game crashes on all first edition consoles. They should do something about it.
Is it possible that your son only did main quests, and those areas are for side quests etc?