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General Chat / Re: Games you're playing: The 2009 edition.
« on: January 25, 2009, 03:19:26 PM »
Got my PS2 working again so I popped in .hack part 1. It was one of few games I own that I only played for an hour to get a feel for and then never touched for ages. Beat the main story in ~12 hours and but it felt like it had only 2 hours of story-driven gameplay with the rest filler. Running through a generic dungeon to only get 5 lines of dialogue that barely advances the story is a terrible design. Also the battle system wasn't very challenging; the only place where I had to use any sort of strategy was the last dungeon, otherwise it was just have everyone spam skills and potions. Had to reset 4 times total, 2 on last area and 2 on the solo dungeon where I wasn't accustomed to using a potion everytime I took damage. However, I did enjoy the atmosphere and the story was decent enough so I ordered the other 3 sequels since I really hate leaving things unfinished.
Also started Valkyrie Profile Lenneth after finishing the extra content on .hack. I just started chapter 3 and the game looks beautiful. It took me a while to get accustomed to the battles and character customization but I have a pretty good hang of it now. I'm hoping all 8 chapters aren't all about recruitment and there is a lot more to the story past that.
Also started Valkyrie Profile Lenneth after finishing the extra content on .hack. I just started chapter 3 and the game looks beautiful. It took me a while to get accustomed to the battles and character customization but I have a pretty good hang of it now. I'm hoping all 8 chapters aren't all about recruitment and there is a lot more to the story past that.