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RE: Last Game You Played - Dragon Lord - Mar 22nd, 2026
(Mar 1st, 2026, 08:42 PM)Moonface Wrote:(Feb 27th, 2026, 12:40 AM)Maniakkid25 Wrote:Do we ever get to even see what Ethan wears in RE7? As far as I recall there's never a shot of him from a non-first person perspective so the best we see of his top half is the sleeves.
(Feb 27th, 2026, 11:39 PM)Dragon Lord Wrote:What do you get for doing quests? I always had the impression Nightreign didn't have unlockable things except for maybe character classes because of having to find things in the world per run.(Feb 25th, 2026, 01:03 AM)Moonface Wrote:I can't help but find it funny how polar opposite this is compared to your view of vanilla Elden Ring.
The really funny thing about the whole thing is that I had the same thing happen with both Elden Ring and Nightreign -- I had a huge dislike of them at first, especially Nightreign to the point that I refunded it after an hour when it first released, but then went back to them a little later and gave them another try and ended up falling in love with certain aspects of them enough for me to become obsessed with playing them.
Nightreign definitely comes from the multiplayer aspect of it though. When I first went back and tried the game for a second time, I intended to only play solo or with my two close friends who also play it. But about... a week and a half ago I finally decided to dive into random trios to see what it'd be like, and oh man has the game become even more addicting for me now. It's so fun to play in random trios (it's still more fun to play with a friend or two that you can voice chat on Discord with while playing though). Of course in my usual fashion I did end up beating all of the content in the game my first time completely solo, including doing all of the character quests solo (which isn't easy because one of the DLC characters who is a terrible solo character requires beating the DLC boss 'Dreglord' with, and doing that solo was a huge pain in the ass), so once I was doing all of that, then I decided to start trying games with randoms. Actually, I did it twice, as I cleared all of the content on both the PS5 and Steam versions solo, with the only exception is that I did the character quest I mentioned with my friend on PS5, after giving it multiple attempts solo. Not sure how I pulled doing it twice on Steam (I killed it solo once, but realized I didn't start the quest and had to do it again), but I just couldn't get a good enough go at him on the PS5 version to do it solo before my friend and I ended up clearing it together.
You get to learn of that character's backstory, but more importantly, you get Relics that are designed specifically for that character, and in some cases they can be that character's best-in-slot Relics. Like in the case of Guardian, the Relic he gets at the end of his Remembrance Quest has two very important Guardian skills on it. Normally Relics can only have one character class skill on them, but Relics from Remembrance quests are special and can have multiple. This is important for condensing Relics so that instead of needing to use 2 of 3 slots to get those important skills, now they are both on one and that frees up both of your other Relic slots for whatever you want.
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remaster (Steam)
Man, I love finally having this available to me. It hasn't been that long since I finally got myself to fully complete the game on 3DS, but I'm still enjoying the hell out of playing this again. Surprisingly, this port might be the best Square Enix PC port out the gate. Normally SE PC ports have a plethora of problems that take weeks, if not months, to finally get smoothed out, but so far I haven't experienced any issues with this port. I even get 800+ FPS on it! Not that it matters for a turn-based RPG, but hey, seeing big number makes brain happy.
I like how they handled getting villagers for rebuilding Norende too. The fact they came up with a GOOD way to carry over the Street Pass function of finding other players to be part of your village/be summonable in battle is surprising for modern day Square Enix. Perhaps they are finally learning how to pull their heads out of their asses and get back to actually making some decent video games. Time will tell.
So far though, 10/10 port (at least from my experience) and getting to relive the joy of playing this amazing JRPG again was totally worth the $30 I pad for it (and would have been worth the full $40 otherwise).
Elden Ring: Nightreign (Steam)
While I haven't been playing this as much the last few days as normal, my addiction does continue. I've been encountering some horrid players lately though and it makes it tough to want to continue playing it. At least the few good games I have in between the shit shows makes it worth it. I had a run yesterday where I was playing with some pretty mediocre teammates, and I ended up having to break my back hard-carrying on Dreglord. They kept going down repeatedly and eventually I just had to say "fuck it, I gotta solo this guy" and I pulled it off spectacularly. Unlike my teammates, I didn't fall a single time during the entirety of the fight (double health bar boss) and I only got hit like 2-3 times the duration of the second part of the fight. It really goes to show that practice does make perfect, as I have fought Dreglord a lot and it's starting to really show. Which makes me feel really good, because it's nice to actually notice yourself becoming really good at a fight and just going "woah, I actually did that." Haha. I did have a Wending Grace (revives you if all three teammates go down) as a back-up, but didn't even need it in the end. Of course this just means the next time I fight Dreglord I'm going to shit the bed and be a complete embarrassment, but hey, I'm going to live off of the high of that fight while I can.
AI Limit (PS5)
With the upcoming free DLC, I figured it was finally time to start this game and get through it on PS5. I've already 100%'d the Steam version when it came out last year, but want to make sure I have both versions of the game ready to dive into the DLC content. This DLC won't be story focused and will instead focus entirely on combat (a second DLC is coming out later that will be a huge story expansion), so I'm making sure that my PS5 file is a different play style than my Steam one. If I remember correctly, on Steam I was using what is essentially this game's version of a Dex build, so on PS5 I am going with a pure Strength build instead. Though this is the time of game where you just keep leveling up until the point where your stats are basically even, so going with a "dedicated" style doesn't really make a difference in the end, but it does give for a different feeling play through the first time through the game.
Pokemon Leaf Green (Switch)
The nostalgia bug bit me hard and I have been (unfortunately) enjoying the hell out of it. I'm not doing any sort of challenge run like a Nuzlocke or anything, but I am 'challenging' myself to try to use a team of Pokemon that I've either never used, or have rarely used. So of course that meant picking Bulbasaur as my starter, as he's the Gen 1 starter I've used the least (though I have used him quite a bit before, so not super new to me). Other than that, right now I have a Sandslash, as Sandshrew/Sandslash is one of the few Ground-types I've never actually seriously used. Unfortunately those two are the only members of my final team that I'm able to get at this point in the game.
The rest of my planned team is: Starmie, Dodrio, Nintetails (it surprises me too, I love foxes and yet have never actually used Vulpix/Ninetails, likely because 99.99% of the time I pick Charmander) and Jolteon (yes, that's right. Despite being a huge Eevee fan, I've never actually seriously used Jolteon. I always go with Vaporeon in R/B/Y/LG/FR).
This games me a team of Pokemon I've basically never used, but unfortunately a lot of these Pokemon cannot be caught until further in the game either. I have to wait until after Rock Tunnel to get my hands on a Vulpix and Eevee, and then if I remember correctly, I cannot get Doduo until after the Snorlax events and then Staryu until I get the Super Rod. It really makes me realize how unfortunate it is for a lot of these Pokemon. Most players are going to set their team way before they ever get to any of these (like I have in all my previous play throughs of the Kanto games). Water Pokemon are especially screwed over, as you're looking at being a good 60-70% of the way through the game before you get the Good/Super Rods and can start catching these other types of Water 'mons. Which literally just leaves you with Squirtle family or Gyarados (if you buy the Magikarp at the Mt. Moon PokeCenter) as your only super early-game water-types available.
Anyways, even though I definitely contributed to the problem of Nintendo's pricing, I can't say that I hate that I paid $20 for this, because I am having a lot more fun playing Leaf Green again than I should be, and what really got me was the thought of getting to play it on a nice sized screen like the Switch's, compared to the tiny little thing that is the GBA SP (seriously, try going back and playing games on this thing, you'll wonder how we ever thought it was amazing).
Other games played recently that I don't feel like going into detail about: Arknights: Endfield, Arknights, Mind Zero
RE: Last Game You Played - Kyng - Mar 22nd, 2026
Civilization VII
Started a new game, as Ashoka of the Maurya Empire. This empire is good for both military and science - but, I've decided to try and focus on science here. Which will mean growing my cities as quickly as I can
. It's early on, though. I'm on a peninsula right now, which will protect me from attacks for the time being, but will limit my expansion potential later on. I'd best find some new places to settle some larger cities!
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