A bit later than usual, but I wanted to give some space after the Direct news.
Finished Diablo IV, it was an interesting story, the cinematics were amazing, like always. Had fun playing it.
Would love to go back to it sometime in future and play with other classes.
So, I did something stupid. I started an MMORPG, when I don't even have time for normal games.
Started Final Fantasy XIV. It's just a trial version for now, wanted to give it a test but I got hooked, and didn't want to play anything else.
Wanted to finish DK: Bananza, but when I started it, I just wanted to rush through it so that I could get back to FF XIV, so I have temporarily put pause on all games and just playing that.
It's a VERY long game, so I don't think I'll be able to keep that pace, most probably will get back to playing other games this week or next by the max, but let's see.
I am currently at the place where you are done with your initial quests and get access to other cities. I have also done a few multiplayer dungeons, it's not as much of an issue as I thought it would be. Though being on console, it's difficult to reply to others when they message, should try to attach keyboard / mouse for those times.
I have also unlocked all the possible classes that can be unlocked until this point, which is all of the crafting and gathering ones (Disciple of Hand and Disciple of Land) plus some combat and magic ones (Disciple of War and Disciple of Magic), but I am focusing on only my main one, which is a Tank. Just got them unlocked in case I am bored some time and want to try something else.
What about all of you? What have you been playing and/or plan to play?
The more I read about this, the more I think it isn't for me. Would wait for your full review, but I don't think I am going to get it any time soon.
Most of the game is amazing, but there's also incredibly frustrating decisions and moments that can drain all the fun you were having. Its design is very uncompromising - "this is going to be crazy hard and punishing, and I don't care if you're not having fun with this".
Too many things feel overtuned for extra challenge, getting stronger (more life, more damage) is a slow and difficult process, so sometimes you get in a situation where there's no good option except "suck it up and get good". But the game makes even that annoying! If you're stuck you want to experiment with different subweapon/equipment configurations, but if you keep dying you quickly run out of shards to rebuild the tools and have stop and go farm weak enemies to refill.
If you're still interested in this game I'd highly recommend going for PC, as there's already a bunch of mods to make it more accessible.
No, I am fine with skipping games that aren't for me, and this all confirms that it's the right choice .