I need to give this a go. Still totally hooked on Dark Souls 3 though and Bloodborne is still lingering incomplete in my backlog, as is the DLC for DS2. Oh yeah, and Lords of the Fallen. Argh!
Eventually I'll grab this one on Vita and go to town.
I agree, there's definitely more of an offensive bent to this one, but I do think it's still very defensive, especially when compared to Bloodborne. I think what I liked most was the mix that was provided. In DS1, you largely needed to play completely defensively, bosses included to be successful (with the exception of the DLC section, which was much more offensive). DeS and DS2 were basically the same drill. Bloodborne is basically the opposite.
DS3 feels like a nice mix where you need to really analyze the situation and get an understanding of the enemy before you decide how you're going to approach. I've found myself playing really defensively against some bosses and doing the opposite with others. I guess my one gripe has been the fact that many of the bosses, especially the biggest ones have been pretty gimmicky. That said, some have been really awesome and enjoyable. Pontiff Sulyvahn, Dancer, and Old Demon King come to mind.
In my playthrough I've done some multi. Usually after I finish up a boss, I'll drop my soul sign and help others get through. Done a bit of invading and summoned some dark spirits, but I usually do more multi stuff on my second playthrough. I do feel like pure strength builds kind of break the game. I'm insanely strong and I've got a weapon that now S scales with Strength. It's not quite as bad as DS1 where I barely had to try once I got my Demon's Great Axe totally maxed, but it's still kind of ridiculous. All that being said, I haven't died all that much either and have also explored a ton. I know Yarger wrapped up everything in about 35 hours, so I'm guessing you must've spent more time than you realized on multi.
I haven't tried any alternate builds just yet, but I can see how the game wouldn't favor archers or casters. Some of the changes with FP and stuff seem to be a reaction to DS2 where people totally abused those systems to make ridiculous OP builds. Not sure what my next build will be, but I might do a Pyromancer or something, we'll see.
In any event, I think this one is probably my second favorite behind DS1. I need to play more of Bloodborne to really place that one properly, but I've definitely prefered DS3 to it. DeS and DS2 exist in the same space for me. Didn't like the early part of either of those game and felt they both came alive later in the experience. DS2 after you finish The Lost Bastille and DeS when you hit Tower of Latria. At least as of right now, my preference goes something like this:
1) Dark Souls
2) Dark Souls 3
3) Bloodborne
4) Dark Souls 2 and Demon's Souls
I think I'm getting very close to finishing this one up. I'm currently making my way through Archdragon Peak, but I've already gone through the whole Consumed King's Garden and into all of the interesting places connected (I'll be vague for the sake of no spoilers). I've basically put off progress in Lothric Castle until I could finish up all these side areas.
Only thing that makes me sad is that it feels like the shortest one yet, at least on my first play through. I haven't even cracked 30 hours yet and I'm fairly certain I'm approaching end game. Lothric Castle *seems* to be where this whole thing is culminating, but I don't know for certain at this point.
There's definitely stuff I've missed and quest lines that I didn't complete. I'll have to be more careful on NG+ and make sure I knock all that stuff out. All that aside, the game has been amazing. It totally outclasses DS2 and I think it might stand head and shoulders with DS1. There's tons of callbacks to DeS, which was very surprising. Yarger and I have been trying to piece together some of the lore and I have no fucking idea how it all comes together yet when you work in the events of 1 and 2. Clearly the worlds are all linked, but how and via what timelines is totally unclear.
Let's see, some 2014 favorites:
1) Dark Souls II
2) Smash for Wii U/3DS
3) South Park: The Stick of Truth
4) Guacamelee: Super Turbo Champinonship Edition!
5+6) Danganronpa 1 and 2
7) Shovel Knight
8) Mario Kart 8
Games I still need to get to that would likely make the list:
Bayonetta 2 and DKC: TF
I did beat the game. Can't say I remember much though, it's been a very long time since I played it. I want to say I started the second game as well, but I don't remember for sure.
If I recall correctly, my biggest gripe about the game was the rigidness of it all. Even though I might've figured something two steps ahead out, I had to jump through a number of mundane and often illogical hoops to explain pieces of things before the bigger more important thing. Or the whole trouble of finding a needle in a haystack when searching for evidence to support the case.
All that said, I liked Danganronpa 1 & 2 well enough that I want to go at this series again and try to get more into it. Chessa adores all of the games in the series, so we've got them all. Would love for things to click and to go through each one.
Momodora looks sweet, putting that on my Steam Wishlist right now. Will definitelty consider that one once I've had my fill of DS3. I think I'm approaching the end of NG and I'd like to go through NG+, so we'll see. Also have the rest of Bloodborne and its DLC to get through, so it might be a while :)
This is the only game in this series I played and I can't say I liked it much. I do want to go back to it at some point though as I really enjoyed Danganronpa and I'm wondering if I'd have more of a palate for it now.
I believe it is destined for the Wii U, which seems fitting considering it's basically a Metroid game and Dan Adelman has been doing the PR for it (he was a big indie promoter within Nintendo for a long time).
Totally - Zero Mission is an awesome game and completely blows the original away. Axiom Verge isn't bad, it's just not quite up to par with Metroid. It does have a few low points and after dealing with a few of them, it was enough that I walked away and haven't looked back.
Did some quick research and it doesn't support Cross Save at this time. So I might restart the game at some point here since I'm in between games on handhelds at the moment.
I might pick this back up on Vita. I was playing it on PS4, but eventually lost interest. I usually love these kinds of games, but it got to the point where I was running back and forth the entire world a lot looking for a needle in a haystack, which just got... boring, quite frankly.
Does anyone know if this one has cross-save? If I can pick up where I left off I might start up again on Vita. Seems like something that I'd play in bed.
