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15-Sep-05 1:55pm
#1
DCGX
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8-Nov-23 12:46am
#181
Anxiouz
950 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader

Found The Order 1886 (PS4) at the library and replayed that and got the Platinum trophy. I just missed a few collectables 7-8 years ago apparently. It still holds up ok but there is a TON of cutscenes and they are not skipable. That's not acceptable in 2023. So if you're in for the story it's still good, but some scenes go on for 10-15 mins so I had to fiddle on my laptop quite a bit while waiting.

I also just beat the Dragon's Lair Trilogy getting all of the trophies (PS4/5). I appreciated the settings that make them more forgiving but it was a lot of fun to revisit these and re-learn the moves. Dragon's Lair 2 is just absurd though...long ass scenes and you also need to go against the normal moves to grab the treasures to be able to beat the game. This prob generated millions in quarters.
8-Nov-23 1:57pm
#182
PizzaTheHutt
GameTZ Subscriber Gold Good Trader Has Written 3 Reviews

Anxiouz wrote:
Found The Order 1886 (PS4) at the library and replayed that and got the Platinum trophy. I just missed a few collectables 7-8 years ago apparently. It still holds up ok but there is a TON of cutscenes and they are not skipable. That's not acceptable in 2023. So if you're in for the story it's still good, but some scenes go on for 10-15 mins so I had to fiddle on my laptop quite a bit while waiting.

This is something I have been meaning to replay for the past few years but just never get around to it (I will usually prioritize playing a game for the first time over revisiting something I've already played). I don't remember a whole lot about it other than like you said about some of the cutscenes being too long, the game itself being fairly short, and that the graphics were probably the best I'd ever seen in 2015, not sure how they hold up now though. I do recall people complaining about it being in letterbox mode or something, and that if you removed all of the cutscenes the game would only be like 5 hours long, so maybe that's why they don't let you skip them.
8-Nov-23 2:42pm
#183
TalonJedi87
GameTZ Subscriber Triple Gold Good Trader Has Written 4 Reviews

The Order 1886 let me down so much. I mean for what it was is okay but they hyped it up way too much in the marketing. Even had that cliffhanger like ending thinking it was gonna be a mother lovin’ franchise but nope. Just turned out to shoot a bunch a crazies for a few hours and an on occasion beastie. I think it would have done better as a TV series.
8-Nov-23 3:09pm
#184
Kommie
250 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader

Remnant 2
8-Nov-23 3:20pm
#185
Heavyd814life
GameTZ Subscriber 600 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Gold Global Trader (13)

TalonJedi87 wrote:
The Order 1886 let me down so much. I mean for what it was is okay but they hyped it up way too much in the marketing. Even had that cliffhanger like ending thinking it was gonna be a mother lovin’ franchise but nope. Just turned out to shoot a bunch a crazies for a few hours and an on occasion beastie. I think it would have done better as a TV series.
Yeah man, The Order is the last time I got swept up in the marketing campaign for a game. I still remember that reveal trailer like it was yesterday. It looked soo good. And I was rooting so hard for Ready at Dawn because they had made those fantastic portable God of War games. It’s just such a shame that the end product wasn’t what anyone expected it to be. The game was like 5 hours long and half of that time was spent watching these 10 min cutscenes that you couldn’t skip. The stories, characters, game world etc were actually really good, but the brain dead AI and stupid QTEs just ruined the rest of the experience for me. That said, It’s one of the rare times where I’ve been disappointed with a game but hoped it’d get a sequel because there was so much unfulfilled potential.

8-Nov-23 3:24pm
#186
justin_credible
Gold Good Trader

The Order 1886 is a perfect example of why graphics aren't everything in games.
8-Nov-23 3:34pm
#187
kevolones
250 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader

I loved that game. The characters and plot left me wanting more by the end. The graphics still look amazing to this day.

That said I know it wouldve pissed me off if I had payed full price for it. 5 hours long without any replay value is pretty bad for a $60 game. I gameshared it back then and bough it when it was $5 on PSN. I would pay $25 today for an upscaled 60fps release and would love a full fledged sequel.
8-Nov-23 3:56pm
#188
TalonJedi87
GameTZ Subscriber Triple Gold Good Trader Has Written 4 Reviews

I was one of those tools who spent $60 at launch for The Order 1886 only to get burned hard. Never again and yeah Ready at Dawn did such a good job on the God of War portable titles that I thought they would be a sure fire success with creating their own IP.
9-Nov-23 11:51am
#189
DCGX
GameTZ Subscriber 450 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Gold Global Trader (11) Has Written 56 Reviews

TalonJedi87 wrote:
I was one of those tools who spent $60 at launch for The Order 1886 only to get burned hard. Never again and yeah Ready at Dawn did such a good job on the God of War portable titles that I thought they would be a sure fire success with creating their own IP.
With the exception of the abrupt ending, I really like 'The Order 1886.' But I also spent only $6 on it.

10-Nov-23 12:01am
#190
Slickriven
GameTZ Subscriber Double Gold Good Trader Has Written 1 Review

Interesting takes about The Order, it was one of the PS4 exclusives I wanted, but took about the longest to acquire after I finally got my PS4 a few years ago. I got it cheap and gave it a go ~3 months ago and only got 1 session in. I wasn't turned off from it, but had other, higher priorities and haven't gamed much recently. I do want to get back to it and finish it off.

10-15 min cutscenes don't sound fun though, especially if the gameplay is pretty short. BUT that actually sounds a TON like the last game I beat, The Bouncer on the PS2. It was hyped, from a big name studio/publisher, was an early system game and was otherwise pretty bad.
I left a longer 'review' of it on the 'Beat a Game 2023' thread, but the game was not good. The story was pretty dumb and there was more cutscenes vs. gameplay which also was completely mediocre and crazy short. But it too was sold for $60 (I'm pretty sure) just after the launch of the PlayStation 2 and sold well thanks to the pedigree of prior titles.

10-Nov-23 6:05pm
#191
ued222
Triple Gold Good Trader

Beat Star Ocean 2. Okay first thing to do is get the SP decrease skill and get endurance and resilience to level up quicker as well as enemy encounters being increased. You'll level up super fast and have a ton more SP and BP. After that just beat the game and turn off training if you have trouble or if you max level. Should of went Rena as I found Claude's portion more predictable. It is 18 hours long if done my way. Was level 50 by the 5 hour mark. Honestly wasn't the longest game spent 5 4 hour sessions and finished it. Onto Alan Wake 2 then either Super Mario RPG or Walking Dead Destinies.
11-Nov-23 12:22am
#192
kevolones
250 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader

ued222 wrote:
Beat Star Ocean 2. Okay first thing to do is get the SP decrease skill and get endurance and resilience to level up quicker as well as enemy encounters being increased. You'll level up super fast and have a ton more SP and BP. After that just beat the game and turn off training if you have trouble or if you max level. Should of went Rena as I found Claude's portion more predictable. It is 18 hours long if done my way. Was level 50 by the 5 hour mark. Honestly wasn't the longest game spent 5 4 hour sessions and finished it. Onto Alan Wake 2 then either Super Mario RPG or Walking Dead Destinies.
Is that the new remastered version?

Love the original, but I wish they would balance the final fight somehow. Definitely buying it again once it drops a bit.
11-Nov-23 2:19pm
#193
ued222
Triple Gold Good Trader

kevolones wrote:
ued222 wrote:> Beat Star Ocean 2. Okay first thing to do is get the SP decrease skill and get endurance> and resilience to level up quicker as well as enemy encounters being increased. You'll> level up super fast and have a ton more SP and BP. After that just beat the game> and turn off training if you have trouble or if you max level. Should of went Rena> as I found Claude's portion more predictable. It is 18 hours long if done my way.> Was level 50 by the 5 hour mark. Honestly wasn't the longest game spent 5 4 hour> sessions and finished it. Onto Alan Wake 2 then either Super Mario RPG or Walking> Dead Destinies. Is that the new remastered version? Love the original, but I wish they would balance the final fight somehow. Definitely buying it again once it drops a bit.Ya, the remastered version being able to fast-forward during cutscenes when people are walking and from what I understand autorun really helps cut down on playtime. Didn't care to go backtrack for PAs though.
11-Nov-23 8:33pm
#194
justin_credible
Gold Good Trader

I just beat Persona 3 FES The Journey PS2 which is like saying I beat Persona 3 vanilla version. I give it a 9/10. FES added The Answer which I just started but I'm having fatigue from playing this game plus without major spoilers I can't mention why but I almost feel it shouldn't have happened. However I am going to play through it anyway.

On February 2nd they will release Persona 3 Reload which is an updated version of Persona 3 but they are not including The Answer. There also was recently a re-release of Persona 3 Portable which also didn't include The Answer. FES is the only version to include The Answer.

While I don't have any current plans to play through 1 or 2 I have now beaten 3, 4 and 5 (and Strikers). This is one of the greatest series of rpgs of all time in terms of story, gameplay and everything else. I can't wait until Persona 6.
11-Nov-23 8:48pm
#195
Heavyd814life
GameTZ Subscriber 600 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Gold Global Trader (13)

justin_credible wrote:
I just beat Persona 3 FES The Journey PS2 which is like saying I beat Persona 3 vanilla version. I give it a 9/10. FES added The Answer which I just started but I'm having fatigue from playing this game plus without major spoilers I can't mention why but I almost feel it shouldn't have happened. However I am going to play through it anyway. On February 2nd they will release Persona 3 Reload which is an updated version of Persona 3 but they are not including The Answer. There also was recently a re-release of Persona 3 Portable which also didn't include The Answer. FES is the only version to include The Answer. While I don't have any current plans to play through 1 or 2 I have now beaten 3, 4 and 5 (and Strikers). This is one of the greatest series of rpgs of all time in terms of story, gameplay and everything else. I can't wait until Persona 6.
Persona is life! If you aren’t feeling The Answer, you may want to skip it and just watch the cutscenes on YouTube. I still haven’t met anyone who enjoyed it as much as I did. It’s a solid 20 hours and it’s a lot of dungeon crawling. It’s basically Tartarus 2.0 with no social links/school stuff. But I loved it, personally.

11-Nov-23 8:54pm
#196
justin_credible
Gold Good Trader

Heavyd814life wrote:
justin_credible wrote:> I just beat Persona 3 FES The Journey PS2 which is like saying I beat Persona 3 vanilla> version. I give it a 9/10. FES added The Answer which I just started but I'm having> fatigue from playing this game plus without major spoilers I can't mention why but> I almost feel it shouldn't have happened. However I am going to play through it anyway.> > > On February 2nd they will release Persona 3 Reload which is an updated version of> Persona 3 but they are not including The Answer. There also was recently a re-release> of Persona 3 Portable which also didn't include The Answer. FES is the only version> to include The Answer. > > While I don't have any current plans to play through 1 or 2 I have now beaten 3,> 4 and 5 (and Strikers). This is one of the greatest series of rpgs of all time in> terms of story, gameplay and everything else. I can't wait until Persona 6. > Persona is life! If you aren’t feeling The Answer, you may want to skip it and just watch the cutscenes on YouTube. I still haven’t met anyone who enjoyed it as much as I did. It’s a solid 20 hours and it’s a lot of dungeon crawling. It’s basically Tartarus 2.0 with no social links/school stuff. But I loved it, personally.
I guess I'm a little frustrated by the character change I'm sure you know what I mean. Are you going to buy Persona 3 Reload?

It's sad that my cousin is somewhat of a hardcore gamer like myself loves rpgs but I can't get him to play the Persona games. It's because we briefly tried 2 back in the day and we both didn't care for it. I tried to tell him they revamped the series starting with 3 and the social links but he's still yet to touch any of them but if it's a Final Fantasy he buys it day one and plays through it without stopping. To me after FF 10 Persona has surpassed FF easily but I haven't played 16 and didn't finish 15 or play through the 13s.
11-Nov-23 9:24pm
#197
Orlandu
Double Gold Good Trader

@justin_credible I agree. I think P4, P5, and Strikers are better than any modern Final Fantasy game, and I absolutely loved the FF series growing up. I bet if your cousin finished the first dungeon of P5 he would be hooked.
11-Nov-23 9:28pm
#198
TalonJedi87
GameTZ Subscriber Triple Gold Good Trader Has Written 4 Reviews

I cannot wait for P3 Reloaded. Literally a day 1 purchase for me.
11-Nov-23 9:32pm
#199
Feeb
GameTZ Subscriber Quadruple Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally

P3 is pinnacle for me. Just too much going on in the games after that. Solid jrpgs but overstay the welcome due to length- and the pet / demon as well as social stuff is tired. I’d like to see it reigned in a bit.
13-Nov-23 11:08am
#200
PizzaTheHutt
GameTZ Subscriber Gold Good Trader Has Written 3 Reviews

Resident Evil 6 on Nintendo Switch
Started this around a year and a half ago with a friend from Japan. Due to the time zone differences it took way too long to complete this one, but we finally got around to it.
13-Nov-23 5:16pm
#201
Heavyd814life
GameTZ Subscriber 600 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Gold Global Trader (13)

justin_credible wrote:
Heavyd814life wrote:> justin_credible wrote: |>> I just beat Persona 3 FES The Journey PS2 which is like saying I beat Persona> 3 vanilla |>> version. I give it a 9/10. FES added The Answer which I just started but I'm having |>> fatigue from playing this game plus without major spoilers I can't mention why> but |>> I almost feel it shouldn't have happened. However I am going to play through it> anyway. |>> |>> |>> On February 2nd they will release Persona 3 Reload which is an updated version> of |>> Persona 3 but they are not including The Answer. There also was recently a re-release |>> of Persona 3 Portable which also didn't include The Answer. FES is the only version |>> to include The Answer. |>> |>> While I don't have any current plans to play through 1 or 2 I have now beaten> 3, |>> 4 and 5 (and Strikers). This is one of the greatest series of rpgs of all time> in |>> terms of story, gameplay and everything else. I can't wait until Persona 6. |>> > > Persona is life! If you aren’t feeling The Answer, you may want to skip it and> just watch the cutscenes on YouTube. I still haven’t met anyone who enjoyed it> as much as I did. It’s a solid 20 hours and it’s a lot of dungeon crawling. It’s> basically Tartarus 2.0 with no social links/school stuff. But I loved it, personally.> > > I guess I'm a little frustrated by the character change I'm sure you know what I mean. Are you going to buy Persona 3 Reload? It's sad that my cousin is somewhat of a hardcore gamer like myself loves rpgs but I can't get him to play the Persona games. It's because we briefly tried 2 back in the day and we both didn't care for it. I tried to tell him they revamped the series starting with 3 and the social links but he's still yet to touch any of them but if it's a Final Fantasy he buys it day one and plays through it without stopping. To me after FF 10 Persona has surpassed FF easily but I haven't played 16 and didn't finish 15 or play through the 13s.
Yeah man. Definitely grabbing P3 Reload day 1! P3 is my favorite JRPG ever and I still can't believe how big the series has become. I'm sure they'll remake 4 at some point. And maybe they'll get around to remaking 1 and 2 because I'd love to finally play those.


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