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Yeah. The game combat is somewhere in-between old school hot-key cooldowns and the more current fluid action combat. I dont have a problem with old school automatic combat, thats kind of the way Dragon Age Inquisition felt too. This seems more casual friendly linear fetch quest, from what I've played. 
I'm also playing Riders of Icarus Beta which lets you catch enemies to use as pets or mounts. It also has mounted combat, but the game only has 5 classes and it seems designed for party-based gaming.

I'm also playing through the Paragon beta on PS4. I actually like it for some reason?

I'm waiting for Star Trek Online to come out on PS4 later in the year. I'm in an MMO mood for some reason. Usually during summer.

Maybe you can join me in one of these games. Riders of Icarus is on PC.  

Yes, the difficulty is what is making it enjoyable. I am having to learn patterns and try different weapons combos for each new area and boss. The game art is gorgeous. The stage by stage design makes it feel like Demons Souls or Dark Souls 2. I love all the DS vanias, and Ecclesia feels close to Souls which is why it surprised me more. 

The wierd one was more like the 3D castlevanias, more 2D god of warlike. Weird indeed.

Yep! Agree.

I never heard of Kid Dracula? Interesting.

I read procedurally generated dungeons and was like eww, chalice dungeons again. 

I finished the demo. It's a Etrian Odyssey lite. More accessible and streamlined. I think I prefer something more challenging though. But I like the futuristic scifi theme. I'd play it.

Happy Birthday! At least you got some lovely gifts. I own Scott Pilgrim on BluRay and it is one of my favorite films. Own the mangas and that retro style beatemup on PS3. 

My birthday is this month too. My brother went to Anime Exp last week and got me some manga, One-Punch Man and Fruits Basket. Fruits Basket is sort of like Twilight, but instead of vampires, boys turn into animals from the Chinese zodiac whey they get hugged. Quite odd and peculiar, not sure why my bro got me that as a gift, but it's definitely odd enough to interest me.  It's quite a large omnibus too. I guess he knows me. He got me a PS4 last year and I didn't even ask for one.

One of my worst birthdays when I went to Vegas with some friends and we checked into a hotel far off the main strip and there was a punk music festival going on in a parking lot near by. Well, the shitty hotel we were staying at was filled with spiky haired, tattooed drunk punks everywhere, passed out all over the hallways making all kinds of noise all night. It was pretty frightening. I didn't sleep at all that trip. It was memorable though.  I kept checking out the window to make sure our ride wasnt stolen lol. I saw a UFC fight that weekend and it was quite busy. It was all a blur really. Quite a disaster though. We went off road from the freeway through dirt roads on the way back to Los Angeles and got lost. It was mid summer, so a freak thunderstorm hit us and flooded the dirt roads. Quite the adventure. 

Can you give more info? I DL the game and its waiting for me to dive in, but how long is it?

What did you think of the Aida Wong campaign?