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Kotaku's Schreier: Top 10 Games Of 2018
- Thread starter Kenzodielocke
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With DQXI I suspect he did not have Draconian Quest on, that's a shame.
DQ has all of those IMO. Did you to have strong Enemies and maybe even lower exp from weaker enemies Draconian quest on? It makes the battles far more strategic, story also gets a lot more emotionally engaging in the second part. Also recommend PC version thanks to Orchestral soundtrack mod.
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Yeah that sucks on PC version you can turn them on and off whenever you want thanks to cheat engine.
It's more about what else there was in 2018. GOTY doesn't mean a game is a timeless masterpiece. It just means it's the best of that year.
I feel the game was pretty basic and cheap outside of the artstyle. It was a B or C tier game that was marketed extremely well to it's potential audience. It released one one platform during the summer where there wasn't much competition and it's unique look sure helped. Once you start to play it though it's really repetitive and formulaic. The facts all chapters play the same with the dungeon always being in town or the screen next to it and being made of 1-2 screens long with like 4 chests in it got old really fast. They have the possibility to put more efforts in a sequel which is a good thing.
DQXI was a much better game than this. And the honorable mentions in the list Original Sin 2 is in an entirely different league of it's own. It was frankly amazing.
Even as someone who doesn't yet own a Switch and was initially interested in Octopath, I'd like to agree with you.
The story presentation seems to among the worst I've ever seen for a RPG, and the core gameplay loop just seems dreadful.
I love Fares but no, A Way Out is not Top10 material. Hell i would argue its not even top 50 material. It was a good year for games and the final third of way out is frankly abysmal
Good list otherwise
Good list otherwise
No Nintendo games and no jrpgs was my guess coming into this thread and I was right lol
No Celeste either tops it off. Especially when talking about Brain-challenging games??
No Celeste either tops it off. Especially when talking about Brain-challenging games??
Well, he does write columns that I am sure takes up a lot of his time as well, and other tasks at Kotaku I am sure. He doesn't just sit down and play video games 24/7.
Good list and glad to see A Way Out on there, I really enjoyed that game.
5 of them were shared on my own list and reading it makes me want to try out Monster Boy and Obra Dinn as well.
5 of them were shared on my own list and reading it makes me want to try out Monster Boy and Obra Dinn as well.
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DQXI's music didn't hinder my experience quite as much, but I totally get it. Even if everything was orchestrated, the compositions are still laughably under par for a JRPG coming off Persona 5, Xenoblade 2 and Octopath's soundtracks.
If you expect those games to be on a lot of journalists top 10 lists, you're going to be disappointed.
I can't remember the last time a single aspect of a good game was as universally reviled as Dragon Quest XI's music. Lucky for you that you are one of the few who enjoy it.
Did you use an origin character or made one?
DOS2 is so goddamn good.
Well first you should check what "universally" means.
Second, you're wrong. It's the vocal minority. In fact, the first I heard of it being "reviled" and people overreacting and saying things like it's "hard to listen to" or the worst soundtrack ever, is here. Era is full of people who overreact to anything, so no surprise.
I played as Fane with Irfan, Lohse, and Red Prince.
Next playthrough I'm going to be Lohse with Fane, Sybelle, and Beast.