What Are You Playing? (Fall, 2014)

[Vasteel]

Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge. 3 floors in, and so far I like some of the changes to the combat system from older and retro games of this type, the magic system particularly offers a lot of options. It does the whole watch the sucky people you rolled get totally badass thing that this genre relies on really well.

But man, the aesthetics are horrible. I would far, far prefer a wireframe to this same awful "grey rock" texture. Likewise the sprites are just not compelling (although they are growing on me a little as the monsters get cooler). There is an awesome arranged soundtrack that comes with it, but the game ain't bumpin nothing but PC speaker blips best turned off. I also don't care for all the beast-people. There is a SFC port that seems way, way better in every way, but to my knowledge the English patch for it is only partial.

I dunno if I'm gonna move on to the next or not. The encounters better get really interesting, and the text evocative with a quickness. It seems like it could be cool, and the challenge is there.

[kingoffighters]

Try Legend of Grimrock 1/2, I heard they are good modern takes on the dungeon rpgs.

[Vasteel]

They are good, but they are Eye of the Beholder-style real-time joints which I don't care as much for.

[Hero]

Remember Me – I started my second playthrough. Auto-platforming aside, I’m one of the few people that loved this game. Cyberpunk Paris looks amazing.

There's an artbook for the game too - been meaning to get it, since Cyberpunk Paris is amazing to look at.

[GohanX]

Whoever designed the levels for Doom 2 are sadistic bastards. I love it.

[Vasteel]

That would be, mostly, the legendary Sandy Peterson, who also designed several of the best tabletop games ever made. Doom II got nothing on Call of Cthulhu for sadism.

[GohanX]

Thank you, Sandy Peterson.

[A Robot Bit Me]

Megaman ZX Advent

The terrible map and level structure ruined the first one, but this one is sooogooooood.

[Mzo]

I haven't gotten to it yet, but that sounds exciting!

[A Robot Bit Me]

If you're playing the first, abandon it immediately for the second.

The first also suffered from boring and ineffective weapons. The mermaid boss's spear, a shittier version of the sword you already have, was not compelling. So far the bioweapons in this game are rad. A form change isn't just a weapon change--your jump and movement properties change, too.