Which games are on your 2023 agenda?

"Stitches wrote:

Blasphemy! :chuckle:

Aside from hexes and resources I don't find them alike at all. Also if you haven't played Rise of Fenris (not sure if it's available in the digital game), I highly recommend it with a regular group.

Ok. You're probably right. Lol.

"Dol-Fan Dupree wrote:

Spider-Man 2: First spider-man was one of the best games I have ever played. MM was really fun. Looking forward to seeing what they do with the second one.

Baldur's Gate 3: I plan on buying it after it is done with early access. Looks to be a great Baldur's Gate upgrade.

Starfield: Is it Skyrim in space? I am hoping so.

One Military Camp: Looks like a fun indy where you build a crazy military camp like a Two Point Hospital.

Jumplight Odyssey: I like the old school space anime graphics. I like builders. I like space

Terra Nil: This game looks pretty. Plus seems like a fun game to rebuild the environment of planet after it was devastated by civilization.

Goblin Stone: Another indy. Goblin builder. Try to breed goblins to take back the land. I like builders.

Ara: History Untold: As a person who loves Civ-type games, I am interested in Microsoft's attempt to knock off Civ.

Hexarchy - Historical Deck Building Strategy Royale: I backed this game on kickstarter. It is like a mini civ but with cards. I watched someone play a demo and it looked like a fun breezy game

I'm looking forward to Terra Nil. I had very much forgotten the name of it so thank you for the reminder. I'm definitely going to "unwind" a little bit before sessions of that one.

"Dol-Fan Dupree wrote:

oh yea, I it is hard to even consider the game "good". However, it is a pleasurable game to play. And the story is fun.

I mean, it depends on how you want to look at it. Its a really solid PS2 game. :chuckle:

Undisputed on Steam. I've been waiting for a boxing game since Fight Night Champions. It has plenty of licensed boxers along with their fighting styles, movements, etc. Early access launches tomorrow actually. Gameplay looks rigid though, hope they smooth it out. The level of freedom when fighting seems staggering though.

I've been looking for a kind of mindless co-op game to play with my friends and Blue Protocol looks like it might fit the bill.

Between Scarlet Nexus, Elden Ring, and Tales of Arise- I've played a lot of Bandai Namco over the past year or so.

"invid wrote:

I've been looking for a kind of mindless co-op game to play with my friends and Blue Protocol looks like it might fit the bill.

Between Scarlet Nexus, Elden Ring, and Tales of Arise- I've played a lot of Bandai Namco over the past year or so.

Scarlett Nexus is on PS+, so I might try it out soon. I'd try Arise if they do too.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

Scarlett Nexus is on PS+, so I might try it out soon. I'd try Arise if they do too.

I will warn you- both are a bit faster-paced. Worth a try to see if you like it though.

"invid wrote:

I will warn you- both are a bit faster-paced. Worth a try to see if you like it though.

That's why I didn't buy them. Played the trial of Arise. It's super button mashy. But party based rpgs are such a rare find anymore.

"Dol-Fan Dupree wrote:

Spider-Man 2: First spider-man was one of the best games I have ever played. MM was really fun. Looking forward to seeing what they do with the second one.

Baldur's Gate 3: I plan on buying it after it is done with early access. Looks to be a great Baldur's Gate upgrade.

Starfield: Is it Skyrim in space? I am hoping so.

One Military Camp: Looks like a fun indy where you build a crazy military camp like a Two Point Hospital.

Jumplight Odyssey: I like the old school space anime graphics. I like builders. I like space

Terra Nil: This game looks pretty. Plus seems like a fun game to rebuild the environment of planet after it was devastated by civilization.

Goblin Stone: Another indy. Goblin builder. Try to breed goblins to take back the land. I like builders.

Ara: History Untold: As a person who loves Civ-type games, I am interested in Microsoft's attempt to knock off Civ.

Hexarchy - Historical Deck Building Strategy Royale: I backed this game on kickstarter. It is like a mini civ but with cards. I watched someone play a demo and it looked like a fun breezy game

Terra Nil is out. Only played a little. Pretty zen.

"Dol-Fan Dupree wrote:

Terra Nil is out. Only played a little. Pretty zen.

But still no Starfield. :/

"Dol-Fan Dupree wrote:

Terra Nil is out. Only played a little. Pretty zen.

Waiting for console release.

I'm looking forward to the console release of Everspace 2.

Needless to say, this looks phenomenal.

Final Fantasy XVI: Ifrit May Cry

"invid wrote:

Needless to say, this looks phenomenal.

My wife and I watched a 30 minute show from Nintendo themselves about it yesterday and she was just enthralled. BoTW is her favorite game ever. Its special to see her that floored and excited for a new video game. I'm certainly very much looking forward to it too, but I'm buying it as her birthday present, so she gets a go first.

"invid wrote:

Final Fantasy XVI: Ifrit May Cry

Yeah, after 33 years with the series, I'm sitting this one out. I've never had the slightest interest in that type of gameplay or combat. I'm a slow, methodical gamer, and that's about as far outside of my comfort zone as possible. I'm disappointed, but heartened to read that the next chapter of the FF7 remake is being inspired by FF12, which had my very favorite combat of the whole series.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

Yeah, after 33 years with the series, I'm sitting this one out. I've never had the slightest interest in that type of gameplay or combat. I'm a slow, methodical gamer, and that's about as far outside of my comfort zone as possible. I'm disappointed, but heartened to read that the next chapter of the FF7 remake is being inspired by FF12, which had my very favorite combat of the whole series.

It's definitely an action rpg this time, not traditional. I wouldn't say I am more excited than XIV (which I actually liked a lot), as I don't remember my excitement level, but I am more excited as stuff comes out than the initial coverage it got (like a year+ ago).

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

Yeah, after 33 years with the series, I'm sitting this one out. I've never had the slightest interest in that type of gameplay or combat. I'm a slow, methodical gamer, and that's about as far outside of my comfort zone as possible. I'm disappointed, but heartened to read that the next chapter of the FF7 remake is being inspired by FF12, which had my very favorite combat of the whole series.

As someone who has played every Devil May Cry, I'm pretty psyched for 16.

I hadn't read that about Remake 2- and seems strange to me that the combat would be so vastly different than the first one.

"Stitches wrote:

It's definitely an action rpg this time, not traditional. I wouldn't say I am more excited than XIV (which I actually liked a lot), as I don't remember my excitement level, but I am more excited as stuff comes out than the initial coverage it got (like a year+ ago).

Well, I play plenty of action RPGs. Skyrim, The Witcher 3, the Horizon games, Ghost of Tsushima, etc. But this one is super fast button mashy. It's also apparently pretty darn dark.

They've basically taken just about everything I like about the series out of them over the last few, unfortunately.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

Well, I play plenty of action RPGs. Skyrim, The Witcher 3, the Horizon games, Ghost of Tsushima, etc. But this one is super fast button mashy. It's also apparently pretty darn dark.

They've basically taken just about everything I like about the series out of them over the last few, unfortunately.

I don't think I would call most of those action RPG (that's not me saying I am right), though Witcher 3 would be.

Horizon is action-adventure and not nearly enough RPG in my mind (in the leveling up sense), and similar for Ghosts. Skyrim is definitely RPG, but I don't think action would be a top of the mind descriptor normally for it just since it's slow (to me), albeit not turn based.

"Stitches wrote:

I don't think I would call most of those action RPG (that's not me saying I am right), though Witcher 3 would be.

Horizon is action-adventure and not nearly enough RPG in my mind (in the leveling up sense), and similar for Ghosts. Skyrim is definitely RPG, but I don't think action would be a top of the mind descriptor normally for it just since it's slow (to me), albeit not turn based.

Fair enough. I wish that there was a proper term for slower paced adventure games with RPG elements and leveling up, especially those that take place in an open world. That's my thing. Exploring a big, beautiful open world with a third person camera, easy to medium difficulty enemies, puzzles, lots of loot and crafting, and ideally a good story along the way with decent, contemporary graphics.

I've found from hanging around the RPG sections of Reddit that a lot of those folks don't consider some of the games that I enjoy to be actual RPGS, and the ones that they do, I "enjoy them for the wrong reasons", lol, like Dragon Age and Mass Effect.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

Fair enough. I wish that there was a proper term for slower paced adventure games with RPG elements and leveling up, especially those that take place in an open world. That's my thing. Exploring a big, beautiful open world with a third person camera, easy to medium difficulty enemies, puzzles, lots of loot and crafting, and ideally a good story along the way with decent, contemporary graphics.

I've found from hanging around the RPG sections of Reddit that a lot of those folks don't consider some of the games that I enjoy to be actual RPGS, and the ones that they do, I "enjoy them for the wrong reasons", lol, like Dragon Age and Mass Effect.

You like classic Western RPGs, or CRPGs if you will. I think that's pretty easy to classify. Like @38 though, I wouldn't consider Ghost or Horizon in that category. Considering you have played Ghost and Horizon, maybe you shouldn't write off XVI so quickly- they do have items that you can equip to make the action combat a little easier and quick-timey. I can't imagine the combat being harder than Horizon or Ghosts with those items equipped.

"invid wrote:

You like classic Western RPGs, or CRPGs if you will. I think that's pretty easy to classify. Like @38 though, I wouldn't consider Ghost or Horizon in that category. Considering you have played Ghost and Horizon, maybe you shouldn't write off XVI so quickly- they do have items that you can equip to make the action combat a little easier and quick-timey. I can't imagine the combat being harder than Horizon or Ghosts with those items equipped.

Maybe not harder, but just not enjoyable for me. I didn't like the combat of 15, and this pretty clearly takes it even further in that direction. Lots of jumping in the air, zipping around, and button mashing.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

Maybe not harder, but just not enjoyable for me. I didn't like the combat of 15, and this pretty clearly takes it even further in that direction. Lots of jumping in the air, zipping around, and button mashing.

Did you enjoy FF7 Remake?