Do you like the direction the series goes in? From ATB and power fantasy to the action combat and darker setting

Oh, that’s actually hilarious! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HbIHVoTY2M I wonder if it’s enough to be fit into TAS category.

I don’t know much about achievements in FF X but I’ve heard of that that meme challenge to dodge 200 lightning bolts in a row. Have you done it already?

I returned to Atelier Escha & Logy recently and have been having fun from seeing all these bizarre and expensive-looking costumes on characters. As if the guys and gals just were going home from a cosplay event and then suddenly went into the nearest forest to loot everything they could find.

I wish the game was a little bit harder, though. Not as hard as Totori in terms of time limits, but in the combat sense. You just breeze through everything without the bombs or healing items.

When I started playing Trails, I was playing different arcs in parralel. Like, finished Sky FC, then Cold Steel I, then Sky SC and CS2 and Zero after… Of course, this way to play a story-driven series is far from ideal, but if you feel burned out by the current arc, this may help.

Oh, I love Zero. It has near-perfect balance and story progression, even for a Trails game

Updated the list with EVERYTHING I could find during the night. As you see here, the list is huge and this shows why recommendation algorithms are so important nowadays.

So is advice from real people! Please tell here about things you’ve bought on this sale and which ones you would recommend yourself!

(1) Probably this is the right time to start given the sales! In this post about Summer Sales on Steam and GOG, I’ve marked which Trails games are good to start with. Of course, there are a lot of other guides on that online as well.

The competitive 100OJ scene is a strange thing given how random this game is and how much your results are dependent on dice rolls, warp panel destinations and other random effects. You get many hilarious situations like rolling four zeroes or getting seagull’d in your face, but if you play it for wins, this can be pretty frustrating.

On the other side, this game is pretty chill and fun, has large userbase and doesn’t require much clicks or reaction! So it’s perfect for relaxing with friends in a voice chat on a hard day’s night.

I’m not sure if Koei Tecmo are aware of GOG, unfortunately. But the Yakuza series and many other games from SEGA got into the GOG library recently and both Trails and Ys series have already been there for years, so here is to more publishers deciding to make their games DRM-free.

“mini-review” my ass

See also my review of another Next Fest demo, Alterium Shift.

some demos do taken down

Yeah, I am being really late with all this review thing and hope at least some demos I was about to write on would be kept.

Sea of Stars

Yeah, I’ve tried this and the demo is fascinating!

It depends on speed, but it only affects turn order in a rotation between your and enemy turns, so it’s not like you can have more turns just by increasing the speed characteristic, as in Trails.

Thank you! I’ve added the date to the calendar.

Thanks for sharing your opinion on the world of Final Fantasy XVI! I haven’t played any of FF, but let me share my concept of what JRPGs are.

Of course, there are things similar to all RPGs, be it tactical, action or turn-based; Japanese or not. These games are somehow derived from tabletop RPGs like Dungeons and Dragons, include all these stat numbers and formulas and involve some forms of role playing. But there are some differences between Classic/Western RPGs like The Elder Scrolls and Japanese ones:

• The role playing aspects is pretty limited in JRPGs. All characters’ personality traits, biography and actions have already been written in scenario. That’s why endings in JRPGs usually don’t devise too much between each other.
• As such, you don’t usually get to “create” your character and there is no character editor. You can write a name and choose gender and a starting class at most, but they won’t affect the story significantly.
• In many games there is also a focus on a team of characters, not just one.

Will FF XVI fit into these criteria?

Yay, embedding images work! I have several more games to write short reviews for, but I’ve decided to take things slow as the demos don’t seem to be taken down after the fest and writing in English is pretty hard for a non-native like me. I hope I’ll be able to finish at least 3 or 4 of them by the end of the week.

Well, this answer is basically what I was looking for. So piracy is frowned upon in general public and shouldn’t be discussed outside people “in the loop”, but some mild elements like account sharing are acceptable. Thanks.

If you prefer some story-heavy games, you can try Eastward. It has gorgeous art style and controls and UI are a great fit for handheld devices such as Deck and Switch. It takes ~15% battery a hour and can be completed in 10 to 15 hours.

If you’re fine with longer games which will take 45-70 hours total, try some 2D JRPGs like Trails in the Sky FC (which also has nice touch input in menus!), Trails from Zero and Chained Echoes. All tree aren’t battery-heavy at all.