ThomVD said:
Do any of you guys play Dark Souls?
I don't, but I do play:
ThomVD said:
I love many games really. From Heavy Rain , Journey/Flower
and their ilk.
I tend to play games that I can either work my way through methodically, enjoying the "experience" to the point that the story is finished (from Beyond: Two Souls to Tomb Raider to Tokyo Jungle and even racing games where you're always going towards a goal).
It's either that, or games I jump into for short periods and that offer rewards of some kind. Opening up new levels, new abilities, items, etc.
However, I actually love games that are a complete time waster. So games that I can just sandbox in with my own made up goals.
The problem is, I also hate getting involved in them.
It's down to the fact that my time playing is very limited these days, so I need to get a "quick fix" of reward. That could be a direct new thing (in game item, level, trophy/achievement/whatever) or just an advancement of the story and another step towards the final goal of finishing the game.
If I play a game for 4 hours (and really enjoy myself), but don't really actually get much back from it - then I tend to ditch it, even if I'm really enjoying it. It's play for plays sake and it's sad that I can't really enjoy it. If I didn't literally find myself lost for 4 hours straight, it would be a different matter, but I really do lose 4 hours when I should only be spending 30 minutes.
Anyway, games... I picked up
Kingdom Hearts 1.5 Remix for £12 over the weekend and have been giving it a good go.
I had it on the PS2, but found after the initial island section (which was frustrating for me) that the main game when you hit the first world was also quite frustrating. It was clunky, the camera was awful and the whole thing was a bit confusing. So Minor_Furie played it instead and got quite a way in - then the disk broke and I never tried going back to it.
It's good then that the remix came out with improvements and it's nowhere near as annoying as it was. The camera is "better", but the platforming is still just as frustrating. However, it works. I'm half enjoying it. Some good times mixed with bad times. Wonderland was a mix of awful 1990's PS1 style platforming and puzzle solving, then some really great, mind bending exploration that worked. Hercules was decent combat, then the Tarzan world (where I am now) is back to a mix of awkward platforming and decent exploration.
It realy is a mixed bag game wise, but it's the character of the game that stands out. It's really good.
I'm looking forward to the PS4 version of Kingdom Hearts 3 with hopefulyl a more modern day approach to creating a game.