Post by 8bitretroshit on Jan 5, 2014 17:48:37 GMT -5
Hey hey, been awhile here. Happy new year by the way!
Just curious what everybody's favorite game (and perhaps most hated game) they played in 2013 was. And despite the thread title it doesn't even have to be restricted to games that came out in 2013 - older titles you (finally) checked out last year are fine too! Doesn't have to be limited to Nintendo consoles either.
Alright, so in 2013 I finally got a 3DSXL thanks to Fire Emblem Awakening and mostly for the X&Y October release later on, which I was sure would be my favorite game of 2013. [incoming short X/Y rant]
Strangely enough the moment I played it (pre-)day one I lost interest pretty quick, even tho a good few people I know were finally getting back into Pokemon aswell. It's a crazy mix of different factors. Partly it's my own fault, looking at all those monster design leaks the week before release destroyed all sense of adventuring into the unknown (even tho I made sure not to look at the worldmap leaks, etc). Partly because I was still focused on 100%ing Fire Emblem and doing those daily AC tasks that I didn't have time/feel like sinking time into such a big game like X/Y. Partly because the redesigned method of online multiplayer and trading was so well done that every moment I played the game these features actually 'distracted' me and I just bred some starters and traded them online instead of focusing on actually getting through the singleplayer, something I really enjoyed doing in past entries.
The biggest reason though is that X/Y's streetpass feature is garbage. I take the train daily and while AC and FE give me new houses and other player teams for me to check out every day, X/Y just gives you tickets. No random NPC battler based on you like in Ruby/Sapphire, nor does it send over the introduction movie with limited capabilities. To me personally this was all a let down, to the point that almost 3 months later I still haven't gotten past the 2nd gym.
So yeah, Pokemon X/Y is still good PROBABLY, but it sure ain't my favorite game of 2013. That trophy goes to Fire Emblem Awakening. While Animal Crossing New Leaf got me from not giving a shit about AC to me anticipating a possible WiiU sequel, with the 3DS version allowing you to design your own town and actually sharing it easily via online multiplayer, Fire Emblem got me hooked the longest. Very few games that I replay shortly after finishing it to beat at a higher difficulty and this is one of them. I even had fun replaying it with a self set nuzlocke style rule. There's a lack of actual multiplayer sadly, but the streetpass feature makes up for it. The characters are great and the written dialogue is funny, especially the DLC ones (even tho $$$$$). Oh, and you can choose between US and Japanese voiceovers, thank god.
I haven't gotten a WiiU yet and I haven't bought any Wii titles in 2013. I did get Ducktales Remastered for PS3 so, uh, I guess that counts? Actually yes, that very much counts. It might've been nostalgia doing it's thing, but I had just as much fun playing this as I did playing Mario Galaxy 2. A lot of modern platformers seem to be either too easy or frustratingly 1hit death difficult. To me this game felt somewhere in between. Gave me a tough time here and there, but never ever did it make me stop playing it. Unlike a lot of other people I enjoyed the extra goofy cutscenes explaining everything going on and making more sense of why/how Uncle Scrooge got there in the first place. And since I grew up with a locally dubbed version, Alan Young's wrong voice or whatever had no effect on me. And the soundtrack's awesome, including the new tunes.
And that's it for me 2013-wise, though I also gotta mention Mother. Finally started playing that on the homebrew channel somewhere last year. This time I pulled through the very grindy start of the game and found the rest of it to be very enjoyable. Funny writing, odd, goofy and charming despite it's basic graphics. Still got to finish it however. I haven't touched it in awhile and like X/Y I need to find the time and will to actually finish such a big game
Just curious what everybody's favorite game (and perhaps most hated game) they played in 2013 was. And despite the thread title it doesn't even have to be restricted to games that came out in 2013 - older titles you (finally) checked out last year are fine too! Doesn't have to be limited to Nintendo consoles either.
Alright, so in 2013 I finally got a 3DSXL thanks to Fire Emblem Awakening and mostly for the X&Y October release later on, which I was sure would be my favorite game of 2013. [incoming short X/Y rant]
Strangely enough the moment I played it (pre-)day one I lost interest pretty quick, even tho a good few people I know were finally getting back into Pokemon aswell. It's a crazy mix of different factors. Partly it's my own fault, looking at all those monster design leaks the week before release destroyed all sense of adventuring into the unknown (even tho I made sure not to look at the worldmap leaks, etc). Partly because I was still focused on 100%ing Fire Emblem and doing those daily AC tasks that I didn't have time/feel like sinking time into such a big game like X/Y. Partly because the redesigned method of online multiplayer and trading was so well done that every moment I played the game these features actually 'distracted' me and I just bred some starters and traded them online instead of focusing on actually getting through the singleplayer, something I really enjoyed doing in past entries.
The biggest reason though is that X/Y's streetpass feature is garbage. I take the train daily and while AC and FE give me new houses and other player teams for me to check out every day, X/Y just gives you tickets. No random NPC battler based on you like in Ruby/Sapphire, nor does it send over the introduction movie with limited capabilities. To me personally this was all a let down, to the point that almost 3 months later I still haven't gotten past the 2nd gym.
So yeah, Pokemon X/Y is still good PROBABLY, but it sure ain't my favorite game of 2013. That trophy goes to Fire Emblem Awakening. While Animal Crossing New Leaf got me from not giving a shit about AC to me anticipating a possible WiiU sequel, with the 3DS version allowing you to design your own town and actually sharing it easily via online multiplayer, Fire Emblem got me hooked the longest. Very few games that I replay shortly after finishing it to beat at a higher difficulty and this is one of them. I even had fun replaying it with a self set nuzlocke style rule. There's a lack of actual multiplayer sadly, but the streetpass feature makes up for it. The characters are great and the written dialogue is funny, especially the DLC ones (even tho $$$$$). Oh, and you can choose between US and Japanese voiceovers, thank god.
I haven't gotten a WiiU yet and I haven't bought any Wii titles in 2013. I did get Ducktales Remastered for PS3 so, uh, I guess that counts? Actually yes, that very much counts. It might've been nostalgia doing it's thing, but I had just as much fun playing this as I did playing Mario Galaxy 2. A lot of modern platformers seem to be either too easy or frustratingly 1hit death difficult. To me this game felt somewhere in between. Gave me a tough time here and there, but never ever did it make me stop playing it. Unlike a lot of other people I enjoyed the extra goofy cutscenes explaining everything going on and making more sense of why/how Uncle Scrooge got there in the first place. And since I grew up with a locally dubbed version, Alan Young's wrong voice or whatever had no effect on me. And the soundtrack's awesome, including the new tunes.
And that's it for me 2013-wise, though I also gotta mention Mother. Finally started playing that on the homebrew channel somewhere last year. This time I pulled through the very grindy start of the game and found the rest of it to be very enjoyable. Funny writing, odd, goofy and charming despite it's basic graphics. Still got to finish it however. I haven't touched it in awhile and like X/Y I need to find the time and will to actually finish such a big game
Valkyria Chronicles is an fantastic strategy game, although it's taking me forever to get through it. XD Skyrim returned to my life and while it's still glitchy, the PS3 version at least is doing better than it was at launch, and I like the Dawnguard/Dragonborn expansions a lot. I also gave Demon's Crest a spin, and while I only got the mediocre/bad endings, I'm glad I have it.
