OT: HFPens Community Lounge: Party like its 1999

[Ogrezilla]

I didn't think the world map was that overwhelming TBH. The game does a pretty good job of not making you comb the entire countryside if you don't WANT to and there are some really cool ways that the game is always pointing you in the right direction.

okay well those other things are still in my way of playing it anytime soon, but I'll keep an eye out for a good sale, it does look really good.

Yeah the organic "sign posting" is really great. I never felt lost, like I sometimes did with the Switch Zelda games (which is half the fun there tbh), but more like I was playing an epic chambara film.

oddly enough BotW is one of the few open world games that I actually loved. But I think the key is that it is designed to just wander almost aimlessly, so I didn't feel like I was doing something wrong. And getting around the world was just fun itself.

I just finished Xenoblade Chronicles 3 the other day. I really like all 3 of those (haven't played X) but the combat can get to be a slog by the end. I think 3 took me about 70-80 hours and could have easily been 10-20 hours shorter without feeling like I missed anything important. And that's skipping a good chunk of sidequests. They aren't bad, there are just so many.

Time to roll a D100 and pick my next game from the pile

 

[HandshakeLine]

@Honour Over Glory , @Tender Rip and all who celebrate, Happy New Year of the Snake! 新年快乐!

 

[Randy Butternubs]

oddly enough BotW is one of the few open world games that I actually loved. But I think the key is that it is designed to just wander almost aimlessly, so I didn't feel like I was doing something wrong. And getting around the world was just fun itself.

I very much preferred TOTK over BOTW. And now that I have more time after work to play video games maybe I should get back into it. I've pretty much only been playing Vampire Survivors these last few months.

 

[Ogrezilla]

I very much preferred TOTK over BOTW. And now that I have more time after work to play video games maybe I should get back into it. I've pretty much only been playing Vampire Survivors these last few months.

I preferred botw and I can't really place why. Totk just never hooked me. Botw I couldn't put down.

I played like 40 hours of vampire survivors in way too short of a time, really liked it, but haven't gone back

 

[Randy Butternubs]

I preferred botw and I can't really place why. Totk just never hooked me. Botw I couldn't put down.

I played like 40 hours of vampire survivors in way too short of a time, really liked it, but haven't gone back

For me I was only just getting back in to video games when I had BOTW. Meaning I really sucked and the Guardians scared me. Hyrule seemed mostly dead to me too.

It's wild how addicting VS can be. The Castlevania DLC is massive.

 

[Deport Ogie]

I'm way late to the switch but my wife got it for me specifically to play BotW and TotK. About halfway through Tears now and I do think I prefer BotW though how much of that was just due to rose-colored glasses of finally getting to the open world Zelda games I can't be sure.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I think TotK was an amazing game, but it had the problem of being a follow-up to BotW. TotK was a "play through once and love it" game. BotW was "play through multiple times because of how good it is". BotW is legitimately the best game I have ever played, TotK was just a terrific game.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Instead of firing up TotK last night I played Vampire Survivors for an hour. Dracula is absurd once you get him.

Speaking of Castlevania, I've heard that Nocturne season 2 is better than the first. Which is good to hear because that season bored me and I stopped watching.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I did a replay of SotN a few weeks ago and damn that game still slaps.

 

[Ogrezilla]

I think TotK was an amazing game, but it had the problem of being a follow-up to BotW. TotK was a "play through once and love it" game. BotW was "play through multiple times because of how good it is". BotW is legitimately the best game I have ever played, TotK was just a terrific game.

See I doubt I replay either. I played the hell out of it until I discovered everything I was going to naturally discover and finished it, and never looked back. Classic dungeon Zelda games are much more replayable for me.

A link to the past is still easily the best Zelda game imo, with ocarina being the closest. But the fact that breath of the wild made me enjoy a wandering open world was a hell of a feat.

I did a replay of SotN a few weeks ago and damn that game still slaps.

I have never played a Castlevania game I don't think. Not intentionally, just hasn't happened.

I'm out of town a ton the next two weeks but I think Unicorn Overlord is going to be my next game once I'm back. I know very little about it but heard it's great.

Also is there a good way to get laptop games onto a tv without input lag etc? I have so many steam games but I'm old enough to just really really prefer a couch can I just plug it in like a monitor? I suppose that's so easy I could find out

 

[HandshakeLine]

Play Symphony of the Night, friend. It’s where the term “metroidvania” was coined and it owns.

 

[Ogrezilla]

Play Symphony of the Night, friend. It’s where the term “metroidvania” was coined and it owns.

Yeah it's maybe the game that's been on the mental list the longest time. Like I've known about it forever.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

See I doubt I replay either. I played the hell out of it until I discovered everything I was going to naturally discover and finished it, and never looked back. Classic dungeon Zelda games are much more replayable for me.

A link to the past is still easily the best Zelda game imo, with ocarina being the closest. But the fact that breath of the wild made me enjoy a wandering open world was a hell of a feat.


I have never played a Castlevania game I don't think. Not intentionally, just hasn't happened.

I'm out of town a ton the next two weeks but I think Unicorn Overlord is going to be my next game once I'm back. I know very little about it but heard it's great.

Also is there a good way to get laptop games onto a tv without input lag etc? I have so many steam games but I'm old enough to just really really prefer a couch can I just plug it in like a monitor? I suppose that's so easy I could find out

Extra long HDMI cable?