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Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

I finished the campaign. Most I can say is that I came out of it with more positive than negative feelings about this title. Main story definitely improved compared to the early parts, writing on the other hand... not so much. The final stretch of missions was pretty cool at least (even though the trench missions were the easiest I've played in these games so far).

All in all, my reaction towards the game didn't change much - it's good, it just isn't right for me.

On a different note, I have a unique technical issue with this game for whatever reason. When playing with a HOTAS my system doesn't recognise that input is happening (game reacts normally) which can lead to it trying to hibernate my PC in the middle of a mission. It's not a huge problem but I've never had anything like this happen with any other game I use my controller with.

Sushi Ben (demo)

Don't know if this counts since the game released some time ago on Oculus, I think, but the PC version won't be available until next week but whatever.

I tried the demo and the first thing that came to mind was "cute". It has charming writing, simple but pleasant art style, distinct character designs with great voice acting (at least the Japanese one) and fun VR controls. One of the rare instances in recent years when I eagerly want to experience more.

I'll be keeping an eye out on how the full release turns out as so far it's pretty promising.

Edit: On a completely different note, for whatever reason soundtrack from the first Drakengard game is now available on Steam - remaster/remake incoming?

[+] hobbsc@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

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[–] Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It certainly is. I personally ended up loving Project Wingman way more than any of the AC titles I've played so far (both in terms of gameplay and story) but that's just personal preference. For what it's worth, I did have more fun with 04 and Zero than AC7, so it's seems like my problems are with this game specifically.

How do you feel about it compared to other games in the series? I've seen you mentioned Horizon Legacy - did you play any other ones?

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[–] Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I just checked out the gameplay of HL+ and I have to say: I didn't expect it to look like a "normal" AC game. I don't know why nor what I expected it to be like but that was a neat surprise. Thanks for your thoughts too!

Honestly, I didn't find the plane customisation in AC7 to be particularly important to be honest. I feel like it's a bigger deal in multiplayer but in campaign there's no real point of stressing about it - being able to play does more to affect the experience than stat improvements (or at least that was the case for me). I'd be curious to read how you liked it once you're done with the game.