crimson_tide wrote: ↑Wed Jul 05, 2023 10:39 am
...I thought we were cool Phase! I did buy all 4, why you gotta say it like that?
You will most likely play all four, I think that I’m going to quit only partway into the first one. I will give it another chance today, but I don’t think that it will matter at this point because I’m just not really enjoying it anymore. I’m curious to see where the story goes and learn more about the sizable cast, but I don’t think that I can keep slogging along in it. I need more actual gameplay in the games that I play, that’s why I’m not a fan of visual novels either. And this pretty much feels like a visual novel a lot of the time, except for that you run a character around environments to trigger the story conversations.
crimson_tide wrote: ↑Wed Jul 05, 2023 10:39 amI will likely get back to it, but these Trails games are taking their sweet time. As I understand it, once the thing happens the rest of the games pick up the pace. Which takes until the end of the first game. Which is 60-80 hours. So at my rate...like 2030 something I might finish
. But I like a good game loop. That's how I got roped into Huntdown and Marvel Midnight Suns so hard. They have a very satisfying loop for me. Trails hasn't shown that yet but it could hook me. I guess. Maybe. We'll see.
I like a good game loop as well which is why I played Trails of Cold Steel for 18 hours because I was kind of liking its game loop for a while, but it’s gotten to the point where I’m pretty much tired of its game loop because I just feel like I’m doing the same exact things in the same areas over and over again. The story and character progression are really slow, it took 18 hours just to go on the second field study. I have too many games that I want to play to spend so much time with this one that has a repetitive game loop and moves at a snail’s pace, but I keep at it hoping to finally reach a point where things really pick up because it feels like that’s going to happen at some point.
canedaddy wrote: ↑Wed Jul 05, 2023 11:35 amargyle wrote: ↑Tue Jul 04, 2023 10:19 pm
Fantavision has been played to the credits - Fantavision 202x this time.
I never would have imagined they'd make a sequel to what's basically an obscure PS2 launch title, and that they'd make one so faithful to the original is even harder to imagine. Down to the quircky retro-future aesthetic and weird cutscenes involving kids calling each other, it's all here. The levels even keep the same themes as the original - you could almost just call this a remake. Whatever you call it, I'm glad I get to play it - it's fantastic.
That is great to hear. I need to get it to play on 7/4/24.
Will your old ass even make it to 7/4/24?
