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 On 02/27/2018 at 05:57 PM by KnightDriver See More From This User » |
I've been making a list of games I want to play this year. I write down games coming only a month ahead because release dates are usually solid by then. After that I rate them by how much I want to play them. The highest rated go to my Gamefly que. Two months in and I don't have a five star, or "must-play", game yet, until now.
March has a bunch of games that made my list lower down:
Fear Effect Sedna. Never thought that would get another installation of the series. I remember buying one of the Fear Effect games for the PS1 way back, but I think I never got to playing it.
Burnout Paradise Remastered: Not my favorite Burnout game by far. Actually this is when I stopped playing Burnout. I just couldn't get into the open world version of it. I might try it again though. This would be my third stab at it. Maybe something will click.
Surviving Mars: Seems somebody thinks we are actually going to Mars sometime soon. I kind of doubt it, given the immense cost and technical hurdles, but we can play a video game about it. I played that Kinect Mars Rover game a while ago. I might play this too.
Attack on Titan 2: A definite maybe. I like some wild button mashing hack 'n' slash games like Fist of the North Star or Anarchy Reigns. I hear it's based on an anime. Never seen it.
Sea of Thieves: This is nearly a must-play for me but I'm just not sure about how strickly muliplayer it will be. Do I actually have to find four or more friends and actually talk to them to sail a ship? I hear you can play single player, you just have a small ship and better run if you see a large one. It's such an intriguing game to me. I just might change my mind and make it "must-play". We'll see as we get closer to launch.
Far Cry 5: It should be a must-play for me, but it comes up just short because Far Cry 3 really annoyed me. A little too much stealth required. But it was good. I will give this game a shot eventually.
Shining Resonance Refrain: I'm always curious about the Shining games ever since I played Shining in the Darkness on Genesis years ago and that other one on Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection. Not a must-play but I'm very interested.
Finally it's the must-play game of March and the first one of the year. I'll tell you about that next blog. . . .
JUST KIDDING. It's Ni No Kuni II: I loved the graphics and promised gameplay of Ni No Kuni. I played 20 hours of it, raising my pets, and roaming the land for random encounters before a boss fight told me I really didn't like the battle system. It was chaotic and I couldn't get my head around it good enough to beat a boss. Well, I'm giving it another shot because I am a huge sucker for great graphics and RPGs in general. I hope to heck it's great.
I hate that so many racers went open world. Honestly, I would like a fighting game to do that, but I can't stand it in racing games.
I'm curious about Far Cry 5, but am going to wait for reviews.
Only game I've bought released this year so far is Shadow of the Colossus, though I'll likely get FighterZ at some point.
an open world fighting game? Brilliant!
I think a Street Fighter where you actually go around streets picking fights would be great.
Geeze, like everything is going open world these days. I love Forza Horizon series, but each game wore me out. Too much to do.
It would get old in fighting games as well, but that's the one genre I'm curious to see how it turns out.
But I hear you.
I think the fighting system in NI no Kuni 2 is totally different than the first. I'm going to keep my eye on the game, but I don't know if I'll get it. I played the first game a lot, but never beat it, and I may not have time for this one either.
I don't have to beat it. I usually like the first section of long games anyway.
Im excited for Ni No Kuni 2 as well. I played the first but just never got around to finishing it. Im hoping to play and finish the second game though. Im also getting Kirby Star Allies and the Devil May Cry HD collection that month. I didnt know that fear effect was getting a new game.
I've got Ni No Kuni II on my rental list. Who knows when I'll actually get it sent to me. Ah, one day I'll get back to day-one purchases.
I loved Ni no Kuni. On a list of my favorite 7th gen games, it would be number two, behind only Valkyria Chronicles. It's awesome that both series are getting new installments this year.
I also really want Shining Resonance Refrain, although it is not going to be anywhere near as spectacular as Valkyria Chronicles. Most of my experience with the Shining series is with the Shining Force games on the Genesis and the Saturn, which are SRPGs that play like Fire Emblem. I never played Shining in the Darkness or its Saturn sequel, Shining the Holy Ark. Resonance looks like it's a straightforward JRPG rather than a SRPG. I've been wanting it ever since it was on PS3. I'll probably get it on Switch.
It's hard to beat Valkyria Chronicles.
I have a copy of Shining the Holy Ark. I forget how I got it. I remember playing it for like an hour or so. Always wanted to go back and play it.
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