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Play One Step From Eden It's Battle Network but good

do yourselves a favor and don't read mine. really. there are a bunch others and I just wanted braggings rights i'll try to submit one that works next time

So, I found it hard to make a story with a beginning, middle and end from a single prompt alone without using a pre-established universe, and without making it too long or too rushed. I chose to make it a "sample" chapter of a concept that, while not really original, seemed interesting to me. ---- Ok, actually I couldn't finish and it looks like garbage and I hate to be submitting it in its current state, but for the first time in a year I want to finally submit something! Title: Unlikely Encounter Fandom: Original Link: My notes

Honestly, nothing is stopping Camelot from trying again, unless they went bankrupt or something. While I don't like Golden Sun's story and characters' writing much, I loved everything else about it back in the day. It could have its place in the 3DS (or Switch, since the 3DS is dying/dead(???)). Just do a reboot, or maybe even start another story set in the same universe. Oh, yeah. Since this isn't the old topic, I can repost my wishes for remakes: - Mega Man: It deserves remakes in the same form as the Powered Up ones, if not better. I absolutely loved Powered Up and it's a shame it didn't sell well. - Mega Man X: Same as above. Maverick Hunter X was good, even if it was more of an appeal to old fans. X2-X6 deserve remakes in the same form. - Digimon World 3: Do it, you cowards - Lufia: A long time ago, when I was without internet for months, I had the opportunity to give the first SNES game a chance and I really enjoyed it, although it got old and there are many frustrating things both gameplay and narrative-wise with it. The DS remake of Lufia 2 flopped because it tried to be a bootleg Ys. I think it deserves a chance (and in the case of Lufia 2, which was the most interesting one gameplay-wise, another chance). - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night: I'm thinking more of a release with better graphics and better voice acting than anything else. The original SOTN is perfectly fine as it is, though. Aria of Sorrow is another option. - Trails in the Sky FC, SC & 3rd: Or at least just FC. The major problem I see with the Trails series is how its first games are not very accessible to mainly console players. Cold Steel has much more visibility in every platform it is, while Sky is more for niche PC players and people who own a PSVita (do they exist??). I think they deserve a fresh look, especially with Zero and Ao (the Crossbell duology games) being remade for the PS4 now. - Golden Sun: It'd be a nightmare of a project, I think, but it's a good RPG that could get more visibility and possibly enough interest for sequels (be they direct continuations or simply stories set in the same universe). - Fire Emblem 4: ... Yeah. We've beaten this dead horse a lot already. I really think it'd still be a good game. - Fire Emblem 6: It's so close to modern FE that its system wouldn't feel that out of place. There's also 7 and 8, which have similar systems and classes. - Yggdra Union: Or, well, just improve upon the PSP remake or rerelease it for new platforms that isn't just Switch. It's good enough as it is. Also, stop being cowards and localize the other games! - Summon Night 2: Swordcraft Story: I loved this game back then, and I think it deserves another chance.

I think Rogue Galaxy would be a good RPG to be remade. I think all it needs are better graphics (which were great for its time) and polish, since story and gameplay-wise it wouldn't be so far from other RPGs.

This is such a fucking good time to be a Trails fan. I'll start playing Ao for real, then go for CS2 (and maybe reread CS1 stuff, since I only remember the plot roughly) and catch up with everyone.

So, I'm at Zero's final dungeon already and I just want to talk and read about the game. My impressions aren't really spoilerish, but they talk about the progression of the game and such, so I'll hide them.

The patch's been released in Geofront's site already. Go grab it! I'm just unpacking the Vita voices for the PC version so I can start playing properly. I can't wait.

That belongs in a museum

Kronya and Tails' VA are the same. Goku is also Black Doom.

I'd say Story (when it's a story-heavy game, of course), Challenge (most of the time) and "Empowerment" (in the sense of feeling accomplished after beating a challenge or seeing that you've become better at doing something). Challenge is what piques my interest the most in a game. I expect it to have a gameplay that is hard enough for me to pay attention and think about ways to use what it gives me to my favor. I'm interested on the rules and objectives of the game. I don't know whether rewards or empowerment fits better, but I like when I recognize I got better at a game by beating some boss or reaching some threshould. I like to put my own skills at test and see myself improve or be challenged by something. Challenge and Rewards/"Empowerment" are overall what interests me the most in general games. Cooperation and competitition are the things that interest me the least in games. I don't want to compete against other people - I'm happy enough to compete against myself or between friends or a small group. Cooperation is also very situational and I only have preference for it between friends.

Pokémon. Imagine your dog has wings and breathes fire. Yes.

I'll try to write this time. I'll try to write this time. ffs, I've come up with ressurrected this contest and I haven't participated in any round

I've been playing it for ~6 days and honestly it gives me all the good vibes about Pokémon while still standing out on its own with new or fleshed out mechanics. The monsters' designs, the worldbuilding, the music, animation, dialogue, game design and progression were solid enough for me to consider it on par with Pokémon games, even. The fights are also more tactical about types and skills and each Temtem feels unique, despite there being only ~100 of them yet. While it's still in Early Access, lacking in numbers of capturable Temtem and promising many functionalities that didn't make it yet (as the devs focused on delivering the essential for a good experience), it's big enough and fleshed out on its own, with the promise of more creatures, regions and stuff such as trading/housing/guilds. It's also great to play with friends - you can play through the game in a party of two. I've been doing a run with a friend since I started playing. It's also still on sale at Green Man Gaming, for anyone who's interested on giving it a try.

Games I definitely need this year: Crusader Kings 3 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Rune Factory 5 Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town remake Nioh 2 Silksong Digimon Survive Trails of Cold Steel 3 (PC) Games I'm curious/interested about: Cyberpunk 2077 Ori (I've played just a bit of the first game) VtM Bloodlines 2 Psychonauts 2 Streets of Rage 4 Persona 5 Royal (I could never get into P3 or P4 but maybe P5 or SMTxFE might work out for me, who knows, it seems interesting) Final Fantasy 7 Remake Ghosts of Tsushima

Judging from how Zero and Ao are going to be released on China by 5/28, CS3's port will be released on March and CS4's port is being worked on, I hope we get all localizations by the end of 2022.

all I remember about Bbbbbbbbbbattle Bbbbbbbbbrothers is that it was fun but also that it gets repetitive very quickly, both in gameplay and tactics. Been months since I haven't played it though and I have no idea how much it changed since I bought it. I wanted to grab the dlcs but for some reason they didn't get a discount in both recent Steam sales.

"Realism", when applied to fantasy settings where we stray from actual realism, means following the set of rules for that universe, expecting that acts have the natural consequences that should follow them. It's about consistency between actions and results. This of course also applies to characters, we obviously expect them to stay in-character and not completely reverse their personalities, goals and motivations without very good reasons for such. There are cases where a writer breaks these self established rules while keeping their spirit (Sanderson did this a few times), but it has a risk of making the audience break their belief in the world's internal consistency.

Very minor, but I'm learning about new bands and songs (and remembering old ones whose names used to escape me). Leaving my comfort zone even if just slightly has been fun. whether lyrics about people in angsty situations is good or not is held up to debate though

The PC ports are great, they add plenty of qualities of life and work well in many different resolutions. I have the Sky trilogy and CS 1 & 2 on Steam and can vouch for their quality.

Not exactly "underrated" but "hey I actually don't find this game that bad and I enjoy playing it". Mega Man BattleChip Challenge: I don't mind that there's no direct control over the combat. It's fun setting up combinations and watching the navis dunking at each other. It *does* require some strategic thinking as certain chips are better against different builds, so it's false that you "simply watch the game". Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories: Very grindy, boils down to "get the right cards for the strongest fusion you can pull", the AI cheats, but I really enjoyed its aesthetic, story, soundtrack and overall the gameplay was fun. I just wish it was less grindy. Digimon Card Battle Arena: It's a very short game whose enemy AI tends to help you a lot, but the gameplay is interesting and the trading card game is even better if you play against a real opponent. Really, I wish people talked more about Digimon TCG, it deserves more love. Dark Souls II: Or, at least, Scholar of the First Sin. It's not underrated, to be honest, but it's one of the worst spoken Dark Souls games and often wrongly compared to Dark Souls 1's standards. Honestly, I prefered Dark Souls II because it wasn't full of gimmick stages, unexplained mechanics, locking you to a 4-directional roll if using lock-on, it had a teleport system to avoid needlessly traveling/backtracking, it felt much more fluid. Overall I found it much more intuitive and better at gameplay.

A new Megaman game, from any of its series. Preferably X or ZX, but I'd be fine with a Megaman 12 or... Legends 3, as unlikely as it is. Bonus points if the Megaman X Corrupted fangame is released by 2020, which it probably won't. Seconding on the PoR/RD bundle remake, although the latter is perfectly playable still, PoR really needs to be improved. I'm also very curious about the cancelled 3DS game - which could be the new entry. If it's a FE4 remake, even better. Expecting news on a Trails game, be it a continuation of the series (including a translation on Cold Steel 4) or a port remake of the Crossbell duology. Whichever new Batman Arkham project they're working on might be good. I'll keep an eye on that. Elden Ring, which probably won't be a thing on 2020, but I really want to see more about it or about anything Souls related. A 'Bloodborne 2' is still my dream game. One can dream that maybe we'll see much more Deltarune content in 2020 too. It'd be a miracle for it to be actually released then, but one can hope. Whatever game 999 and Danganrompa's writers are working on has my interest by default.

My top games of the decade are probably Crusader Kings 2, The Witcher 3 and Bloodborne.

And every Saber character looks like her.