Friday! Video games! Let’s talk!
Another short post this week, as I already have one foot out of the door. Fridays are busyyyyy.
In short, I’m continuing my adventure in Persona 5 and I’m taking my girlfriend to Best Buy so she can get her laptop fixed — so I’ll probably cave and come back home with a copy of Fire Emblem Warriors.
I’m enjoying the hell out of Persona 5, as expected, but it hasn’t quite hooked me as much as Persona 4 did in as many hours. Not sure what it is. It’s still a 10/10 JRPG with minimal complaints, but Persona 4 set the bar pretty high. Right now I’m ~32 hours in and just started the third Palace (the game’s version of dungeons). My goal to complete it before next Friday so I can focus on Super Mario Odyssey is highly unlikely.
What about you, folks? Getting any gaming in this weekend?
Cheap Boss Attack 
Man I’d love to play Persona 5. I’ll just have to settle for Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE. Any way, going to be doing some Jackbox with the church Youth Group lock in event I’m running this weekend and probably play some A Hat in Time!
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A Hat in Time looks great and I can’t wait for its console launch. I also finally finished Tokyo Mirage myself earlier in the year and it ended up as one of my favorite games of the last decade. Not sure why it hooked me as much as it did, but I couldn’t put it down. Enjoy the lock-in!
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A Hat in Time had been great so far!
Such a fun and cute game. For Mirage,
the hook was all the singing and such. Thank you, I’m sure it’ll be fun :)
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I’m not into the idol stuff usually, but I was very much into it with Tokyo Mirage. I also love Fire Emblem and Persona, and although the Fire Emblem stuff was little more than fanservice, I thought the combat was excellent and the dungeons were super fun. Really great story too.
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Definitely playing some South Park Fractured but Whole.
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Enjoy!
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I started Nier Automata (in fact I’ve finished my 2B run and have just beaten Simone as 9S) and I’m mostly enjoying it. The music is incredibly fitting and the story is fairly interesting. I find the combat lacks a lot of depth and feels a bit more “button mash” than a lot of Platinum’s other games. It is fun though!
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The combat definitely doesn’t feel as intricate as Bayonetta, but for an action RPG is feels pretty damn good IMO. That OST is so damn good, though!
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My last free weekend as vacation week comes to a close. So I’ve been playing a LOT of Road Redemption on the computer, as well as some stuff I nabbed at RetroWorld Expo last weekend. Pac-Attack, Clayfighter II, and Joe & Mac on the Super Ninendo, and Tapper on the Atari 2600. Great stuff.
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I saw you were streaming Road Redemption while I was taking an exam. That’s the Road Rash game, right?
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It’s like someone took Road Rash 64 off of the Nintendo 64, beefed up the graphics to a modern AA level, then threw in elements of Mad Max Fury Road, TRON, and bits of Rouge Stormers for good measure. Hope to get a review up next week.
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Nice, looking forward to the review!
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South Park The Fractured But Whole is the only game I’m planning to play. The first two hours have been fun.
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I haven’t been into South Park since high school back in 1998-99, so I never tried The Stick of Truth (despite its high praise). One day.
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I don’t care for the gameplay but I love the humor. Having not watched the show for a few years I’m likely missing some of the jokes but it still makes me laugh.
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SOT was pretty good. It had elements of Point, and Click games, with some early CRPG conventions. Plus the humor was great even if some of it was recycled from the show. Didn’t get FBW but it looks like it built off of what made the last one memorable.
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Oh damn… I forgot FE Warriors is out. Sigh… I have no time for it :( Enjoy your weekend!
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I’m not sure where it’ll fit into my schedule either, but I had some extra funds and wanted to support the release. I’ll probably chip away at it here and there. Enjoy your weekend as well!
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Played some Destiny multiplayer with friends tonight and am going to be working through the new Life is Strange episode this weekend.
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Sounds like a good time. My XBL Gold sub expired before my GF and I could finish the campaign, so we have to wait until winter break in December. Blegh.
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Can’t wait to play Persona 5, I think it’ll have to wait until after Christmas though! I’m starting Rayman Legends this weekend, I put off buying it for years but just picked up the Switch version. RE: the Tokyo Mirage Sessions convo above, isn’t it just wonderful!! I got the album with all the songs from the game last Christmas and haven’t stopped listening since! I really miss Itsuki and co.
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Fuuuuu…. Persona 5 is on that backlog list for a decent while. Like you, Mario Odyssey is coming in fast and I can’t wait. All paid off and waiting for me when I walk in to work Friday Morning.
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