Monster Hunter in general is like this. The "final" monster just sets the stage for what's beyond, as long as you're playing multiplayer anyway.
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Games that nail post game content?
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Monster Hunter in general is like this. The "final" monster just sets the stage for what's beyond, as long as you're playing multiplayer anyway.
428 would definitly take the crown for weirdest post game content fo me.
You can't skip over levels though, right? You can reach the credits fast but you still go through all the levels iirc
Yeah, but you don't spend very long in the actual levels compared to 100%. That's what I mean.
And isn't the post game 30-40 hours with all new areas too? Thought I read that somewhere. Pretty incredible.
In both WoW and Diablo 3 the level cap is basically the beginning of the real game. I feel Diablo 3's adventure mode is what all loot games should aim for.
I don't want to be the person that always says Disgaea, but Disgaea!
So many directions you can take to buff the shit out of your characters.
So many directions you can take to buff the shit out of your characters.
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I remember being impressed by Tales of Vesperia where there were plenty of new events when you went back to previously visited areas. I don't know how much of it actually unlocked after the last boss, but it gave me a good amount of stuff to see and do after I finished the game.
The silver pipe moons which are only unlocked after you clear the game are the best stages in the game imo.
FF XII and dare I say FF XIII
Monster Hunter in general, diablo 3, path of exile and well, a crap ton of mmos basically
Also Disgaea from Disgaea 2. You can't go wrong with these lol
Monster Hunter in general, diablo 3, path of exile and well, a crap ton of mmos basically
Also Disgaea from Disgaea 2. You can't go wrong with these lol
Ratchet and Clank's best part is after beating it and playing challenge mode. The difficulty increases, there's a currency multiplier with each kill which ends when hit, and all the weapons can be upgraded even further. I always rush through the first run so I can enjoy the post game asap.
Agreed.
Although Nexus' just recently was a bit of a let down.
The Tomb Raider games handle post game exceptionally well. I love being able to explore areas that I missed during the story, gather remaining collectibles, finish up any side missions, etc. without feeling the urgency of the main story, and without having to worry about enemies.
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue.
It has a fantastic epilogue chapter that see's the hero (Hiro) trying to find a way to reunite with his lost love. You join up with your old party members again and go for one last quest, it gives a fantastic sense of closure.
It has a fantastic epilogue chapter that see's the hero (Hiro) trying to find a way to reunite with his lost love. You join up with your old party members again and go for one last quest, it gives a fantastic sense of closure.
Which reminds me. Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky. After you reach the credits there's like a whole second half of the story
Premium Adventure in Yakuza games is a great way to experience the tons of side content they have, at your own leisure.
You can still play through that alongside the main campaign, but when some side activities have their own stories or even boss fights, and may sometimes span multiple hours of gameplay, being able to decide when to spend time on them without risking on missing your chance is certainly appreciated.
Also, you usually get some little extras like costumes and optional challenges in the postgame, which adds up to the previous points.
You can still play through that alongside the main campaign, but when some side activities have their own stories or even boss fights, and may sometimes span multiple hours of gameplay, being able to decide when to spend time on them without risking on missing your chance is certainly appreciated.
Also, you usually get some little extras like costumes and optional challenges in the postgame, which adds up to the previous points.
Can you elaborate on that without spoilers? I've no idea what post game content would be like in a visual novel. That's insane
After the regular ending you can go back and change some choices for an extended true ending, then you can go and hunt down all 85 (?) bad ends from throughout the game.
Doing this unlocks 2 side stories, each a couple of hours long and focused on some different characters, one of which has something quite surprising about it from the second it begins.
Finishing the game also unlocks a quiz that tests your knowledge of the story. Each correct answer unlocks a brief side story about a minor character and also gives you a hint on where you can find a bonus side story that's hidden within the main story. In total there's about 20 of them.
Finishing all of these adds hidden links within the main scenario that unlocks a bonus comedy scenario, then after that there are another 2 hidden scenarios that I've yet to finish. There's also some fairly uninteresting and unimportant minigames in there.
A lot of this stuff is really well hidden and I'm not sure how people would have found out about them on the Wii version. It's only because of the achievements that I was clued in that there may be something more.
Woah, that's utterly incredible
Cheers for the extensive write up, will keep this in mind when I pick the VN back up.
Diablo series, Disgaea series, most Dragons Quest and Final Fantasy games, Dragons Dogma come to mind.
The cool thing about it is that the story continues/picks up in the post game. Aside from the intro, until the second to last area, all you do on DQIX is go to a new village, solve their problem, then move on to the next, with no real involvement in the main story (I guess like FFXV come to think of it lol).
You basically get more main story than the main story itself in the post game, and then you get all the grotto content, super bosses etc.
I like all the gameplay mechanisms that become relevant in Diablo 3's endgame. It would have been great if there were just more to do than bounties and rifts, like additional story/quest chapters, but from a gameplay perspective the crafting and looting and grind process is amazing.