• Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago
    Persona 3 Dancing in Moonlight / Persona 4 Dancing All-Night

    I haven’t played much of P3D before so now that I have some fresh experience with both it and P4D I can safely say the latter is a better game - whether in terms of gameplay, beatmaps or soundtrack, P3D feels a bit less “inspired”, I guess. It’s kinda unfortunate as P3 is my favourite game in the series (I haven’t played 1 or 2 yet) but whatever, the important part is to have fun.

    I’m slowly getting back in the groove. No full perfects yet but full combos are back on the menu and that’s exactly what I aim for.

    Persona 3 Portable

    Playing both dancing games made me go back to my unfinished pink playthrough of P3P. I haven’t touched it since… last year (I think?) due to mind goblins messing with my focus when playing RPGs at the time but I still want to see how things play out from the alternative perspective.

    I don’t have much to write about this one at the moment as I’m still in the early parts (just got Akihiko a few in-game days prior) but I have to drop a hot take nonetheless - I really wish these games had no time limit. I understand why it’s there and that it’s important from the narrative perspective but it’s a mechanic I never really enjoyed in games (Persona or otherwise). Now that I got to experience a Persona title without one (P5X gacha), it made these feelings even stronger.

    At least I’m playing on the easy mode (NG+) so I can skip most of the grind and focus on what I’m interested in (social elements). I’m really curious about the new stuff.

      • Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        I’m progressing pretty slowly at the moment but I really like Kotone. I enjoy her cheerful front mixed with less happy emotions bubbling beneath and expect (or at least hope) for this to progress with the story. I also like that she can be played as a weirdo.

        Her new events are pretty fun though they suffer from the same issue as the original route, i.e. you have to agree with people make the most of social links. I’m used to it from the first playthrough so it’s not a huge deal.
        The biggest surprise so far was Saori’s (health committee) social link as that’s not something I expected to see in the game and I’m really curious where it goes.

        As mentioned in my previous post, I’m really glad I’m playing this as NG+ since it allows me to focus on the differences which are mostly present in writing. I like it.

        That’s pretty much all I have for now. I’ll be making more posts as I progress with the game with possible longer write up at the end if I have some time (and enough thoughts for that). Playing this route makes me even more annoyed Atlus for not bothering with including it in P3 Reload but they famously hate money so it’s not like one can expect much from them on that front.

        • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz
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          1 month ago

          Yeah, I really like Kotone’s SLs (ignoring Ken), especially the fact that we get an actual Ryoji SL. I think Reload not having FemC was a huge miss.

          But I’m glad you’re enjoying it! I really wish Atlus kept the dual protagonists in tbh, it makes NG+ a lot more fun to go through.

  • mellow@lemmy.wtf
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    1 month ago

    Still enjoying my playthrough of Sea of Stars. Currently 30 hours in and I’m liking every minute of it. It somehow reminds me of Final Fantasy VIII and I love it. The only thing that’s a minor nuisance for me is the fact that there’s no journal, I’m going pretty slomo here and there are times where I don’t play for 2 weeks and I’m like “where was I again?”

  • iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 month ago

    Jade Empire, baby! Finally got back around to it. I usually return to this game every so often but this is my first time playing it on a steam deck. Pretty easy control customization straight out of the box in the game itself. Also the first time playing it with gamepad in a while so lots of nostalgia from my old Xbox days.

    • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz
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      1 month ago

      This is THE Bioware game for me, I love it so much. I remember teaching myself how to rip music from video game files because the soundtrack of this game was my JAM.

      RIP Bioware, wish we got a sequel to this before you got sucked into EA hell :')

        • Coelacanth@feddit.nuEnglish
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          1 month ago

          I love the changes, the new fighting styles and the new way of learning new styles. Definitely makes the game feel fresh again and it’s hard to go back after trying it!

  • Gerard's Guitar @retrolemmy.com
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    1 month ago

    Enjoying Powerwash Simulator on my SteamDeck this week, it’s the perfect game to chill and listen to podcasts as you play.

    Also been enjoying Skate 3 on the PS3, I’m pretty close to completing the game so have been working on the last few challenges.

  • cRazi_man@europe.pub
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    1 month ago

    I’ve recently got a new Retroid Pocket 5 and I’ve finished setting up all the emulators. Now I’m playing bits of all sorts of games trying them out on this amazing screen.

    PSP is a particular highlight on this console and my regular games currently are Rock Band Unplugged, Blast Off and Tony Hawks Underground 2.