What games are y’all playing? Suggestions/Reviews/Thoughts? Hyped up for anything and want to share? I’ve been devouring Dragon Quest XI and Little Witch Nobeta, needed an RPG fix badly! DQ actually greatly benefits from whatever graphic engine they are using, the cartoony style for Toriyama design is great (although he keeps reusing the same faces/archetypes for everything). Nobeta actually harder than dark souls for me, I can’t parry to save my life and am still stuck at the second boss. Also picked up SinOAlice because why not, peeps are still in quarantine here anyway.
Also, can we get a Vidya tag, please?
I was never a user of KIA of any sort but a TD.win user and Reddit refugee that enjoys some game talk. So for now I'll just try both KiA and see what I think and make my own judgements.
As for games, I've been hooked on Yakuza Kiwami the last few days. I go up and down on this series based on my mood really. I find it can be a little slow and talky and sometimes I want to blast things.
Any that haven't tried it and are interested, I started with Yakuza 0. Series is basically a Japanese mafia crime drama. No SJW BS. The side games can be addictive. I particularly liked the slot car racing and many people like the Cabaret club manager.
Yakuza 0 was a blast, but it was huge, so I needed to take a break before getting into Kiwami 1/2 etc.
These games don't take place in a giant, open-world map, but they're stuffed to the gills with content, and they're basically collections of mini-games with a story to tie them together. I can't speak for Kiwami (yet) but Yakuza 0 was earnestly trying to be fun, which isn't something many games try to be these days.
I love that the world is small. I get burned out on how everything has to be a huge open world. I don't remember how much time I spent in Yakuza 0 but you're right there's so much extra to do.
I'm about 8 hours into Kiwami. It's certainly got less but it's still a great continuation.
Kiwami is a re-make of the original 2005 Yakuza game in Zero's engine. As far as I know, Sega is planning on Kiwami-ing all five Yakuza games made before the release of Zero, so there'll be plenty more content as long as the games continue to sell.
From what I've read, Yakuza 2 has a lot more content than Yakuza 1, and the same holds true for the Kiwami remakes.
I wonder if they already have Kiwami-ed the rest of them? They are sellling a Yakuza Remastered collection on PS4 now. I haven't bought it because I'm not ready to play 3-5 yet so I figure I'll wait for a better price.