Played Darksiders 3 some more.
Figured out what happens to souls after you die, a phantom / ghost like thingy start flying near the place, you just destroy it and get back the souls. Got a new powerup, and am at a place with many enemies. Turned it off the game when I kept dying. Will get back to it this weekend.
Also played some Xuan Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains.
So the game is apparently a port of the mobile version, which basically gives you lots of XP so you level up faster, making the game much easier. Which I like, since these older RPGs can be pretty tough.
The game has random encounters, which I am not a fan of, but you get the option to “Auto Attack” which makes these fights much faster, and with increased XP, it keeps the things moving fast. There is also a “Tame” mechanic which allows you to capture different monsters, and then with “Fusion system” you can merge different monsters or items to get different monsters or upgrade your equipment. You can also summon the monsters in battle, and they can help you attack the enemy.
There are also many side-quests and puzzles, but they are quite obtuse if you aren’t used to these older games. The quests doesn’t appear as anything special, you just talk to NPCs and they talk like other NPCs but mention some problem in it, so you have to fix their problem or whatever, without any log or marker or anything. Took me a bit getting used to, and actually missed a few side-quests in the first area.
The story and the world is pretty good though, even with subpar translation and the way font formatting is.
So far, I’ll recommend it if you like older RPGs with good stories, and are willing to deal with some dated mechanics.
What about all of you? What have you been playing and/or plan to play?
I kept playing River City Saga: Three Kingdoms. I finished a couple of chapters and got some really cool powerups. I hope to finish the main story before I get the sequel.
Seeing the sad news about Kazuo Sawa made me nostalgic for the classic Kunio-Kun games. The music in these games is amazing and some of these tunes are burned into my memory. I booted up Double Dragon & Kunio-kun: Retro Brawler Bundle on my Switch. I played mostly Kunio-Kun No Nekketsu Soccer League, the best football game ever made in my humble opinion. I used to play this on the Famicom when I was a kid. The music is so good and the game is so much fun!
I also got my Nintendo Classics Virtual Boy delivered today, but I won’t be able to play any games until the app releases on the 17th. I played it at a friend’s house in the 90’s, so it’ll be interesting to relive that. I’m looking forward to trying out Wario and Teleroboxer.
Oh, sad to head about him. Missed the news. Though I have only played Double Dragon from the older games.
Would love to hear how it feels to play Virtual Boy now. The game trailers don’t look that interesting in 2D, but maybe they are more fun with the device.