General Games Discussion

After playing FF: Dissidia NT for quite a few hours now, I've come to the conclusion that it's a surprisingly good beat em up game with a deceptively deep battle system. The skill-based battle system and strategic elements make for a very satisfying game to attempt to master - In other words, it's not a typical casual game and probably doesn't hold much appeal towards casual players. It's a type of game that isn't for everyone, but they certainly put a ton of love and effort into polishing the game and making battles diverse and strategic with many features that left me initially confused. There are almost 30 available characters from the FF universe, and each one has a very different play style. I don't think anyone on here will like the game, but I think I've played the game enough to declare that it's objectively speaking, a very good game in it's genre. Tekken 6 looks like overly simplified garbage in comparison. Then again, I guess the majority of beat em ups these days are.

Sepiroth is potentially one of the strongest characters in the game, but It's so damn hard to chain together, and get the timing right with his attacks, so I've mostly been using Lightning, who can switch between using magic and melee by pressing the left thumb stick button. Picking the easier route makes me feel like a scrub, but I might actually get the game and try to master several different characters.

I had to follow an online skill guide, in order to understand how some of the character skills work. I also couldn't be arsed to play through the advanced tutorial, so it took me several hours before I actually understood how the game works   God knows why there isn't a skill list and a simpler tutorial in the beta, considering the game has so many features that you don't just learn as you play.

http://www.jp.square-enix.com/dffnt/event_command/english/

No one's even mentioned this game on here. Comes out on feb 13.

Kaladin wrote:I played the first Dissidia, liked it but felt it didn't have much depth. Never bothered with the sequels but heard it went arcadey

I haven't played any of them, only this beta version which was designed specifically to run on PS4 systems. But yeah, it is a very arcadey game, and I read that the Japanese arcade machines for the game run on an in-built PS4 based machine. The game has a 3v3 battle setup with more tactical depth, and situation and timing- based skills as opposed to the typical Street Figher/Tekken types which focus mostly on button mashing and advanced button combos, though.

Firenze wrote:Played it for the first time today. Got bored within 30 mins. @Thimmy

I agree. I mean Shadow of the Colossus is out in two weeks and could be great for people that haven't played the original but I'm not too interested in it since I have. Might be time for dat Blood and Wine TBH. Nothing looks good until Yakuza 6 and Devil May Cry Collection, for me.

Why @me? I only played a few games in the last beta, and only one of those games was enjoyable. It didn't seem like a casual game, where you could just jump right into it and know exactly what to do. I never learnt how to play the game properly, and I was pretty bored for the most part. I pretty much just spammed the default attack button, and it wasn't particularly fun. Then, I got into a game with 3 Japanese-named players who seemed to know exactly what they were doing, and I realized that the game probably ain't that bad if you're willing to find out how to play it the way it's designed to be played. I was dragging my team down team, but it was still decently fun being a useless cog in a team that actually knew how to work together on the highest difficulty level. Unlike you, I don't declare that a game is shit just because it's not my cup of tea    That said, Monster Hunter is not for me.

I've decided to get Shadow of the Colossus in february. Kingdom Come: Deliverance seems interesting as well. Other than that, there doesn't seem to be anything interesting coming out until late march with Yakuza 6, Far Cry 5 and Ni No Kuni 2 the most notable titles.