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Mario 3D Land and Mario 3D World both introduced so many new elements and enemies. With a standard Mario game, you usually get something new each level as well.
I just bought Death Stranding on sale and played it a little during my lunch break. I only watched the first cutscene with some lady in a cave and I can already tell I'm definitely on Kojimbo's Wild Ride once again.
I got GTA5 on sale out of curiosity. Having lived in LA for a few years now it is very surreal driving around Los Santos. Some areas are clearly inspired by certain parts of town and other areas are almost identical to the real thing. It's a trip.
The Getaway: Black Monday is still my favourite London game because they just pasted low-res photos on all the building fronts. It's like playing a janky GTA on Google Maps. Probably too much copyright infringement to ever re-release it.
I watched a MS Flight Simulator video where they flew right over my current house. (I did not expect this, it’s just the route they took in the Montreal video I looked up.)
Last time I played GTA5 it spawned me in some area I had never been before in the game. I looked left and right for a second and thought "oh am I on that road leading up to The Observatory?" and sure enough I looked up toward the top of the cliff and there it was. Had other moments like that running to the game's equivalent of Santa Monica. Used the same walkway going over the freeway and stood in the same spot at the end of the pier that I stood last time I was there IRL where some kid kept yelling "FEESH" every couple minutes. Feelsweirdman.
I don't know if I'd really call all of them RPGs. Some are more RPG than others, but I don't think just having unlockable skills makes something an RPG and if it does most games are RPGs anyway. I'd agree to Yakuza 5 at least being an RPG because I think it has more RPG elements than some others, but I probably wouldn't call Yakuza 0 an RPG (unlike Yakuza 5, Zero does not have experience and levels and while you can grow some stats it's via purchased upgrades).
While the definition of RPG is pretty nebulous, I tend to think if your definition is broad enough that Megaman X would be an RPG, it's probably too broad.
If 7 is an RPG, then the rest are. I don’t think it’s the battle system alone that dictates the genre. It’s been a pretty broad genre for a while anyway.
I don't think battle system alone dictates, but I think it needs to be a little more stat based than gains max health at some points in the game. Otherwise, it's just any game where you take on a role. Which maybe leaves out Tetris type games, but not much else.
Lord Golbez wrote:I don't think battle system alone dictates, but I think it needs to be a little more stat based than gains max health at some points in the game. Otherwise, it's just any game where you take on a role. Which maybe leaves out Tetris type games, but not much else.
Most of the games have skill trees and the like though. All 7 really adds to the mix is a party, jobs and turn based combat. Everything else in the game is presented and plays identical.
Still playing though Spider-Man remastered. It’s all right.
I’m impressed at how good they got traversal. I never bother quick travelling because moving through NYC is more fun. This is not something I expected.
Dude, no kidding, the web swinging in that game is by far the best its ever been in any video game. Some control aspects took awhile to get used to, but once I had it down, it was amazing ... Spider-Man. I did bother with fast travel at times, eventually, but given the long loading times, my destination always had to be over 1000m away at least.
I think I still prefer Xrd but Guilty Gear Strive is pretty fun. It certainly looks incredible I'll give it that. ArcSys has really nailed the 3D that looks 2D anime aesthetic. The best timeline would be Capcom hiring them to develop a new Darkstalkers.
