bonus: the two games that've eaten my attention span lately (other than FFXIV) are Wildermyth and Monster Hunter Stories 2. the first one is like... you basically play as a band of heroes in one of five campaigns, or in 3/5 chapter long 'generic' campaigns, both of which are padded out by having random events and storylines pop up that cause changes in your characters. the changes range from stuff like 'find a friendly magpie that becomes a bonus action for your character' to 'pull a gem out of a statue and have it go in place of one of your eyes, thus slowly changing you to a gem person' to 'frog head'. characters can also form friendships, rivalries, and fall in love amongst each other, have kids that join your party in a chapter or two, and even show up later in other campaigns because Wildermyth is more like a collection of stories in the same book than one continuous timeline. it plays like a top-down strategy game, and the characters move like standee pieces on a gameboard. it's come a long way from early access and the music and art style is just... very pretty, very soothing.
Monster Hunter Stories 2 makes me happy because I can actually do the monster hunt i have terrible reflexes i am so bad at the main games but I like riding around on my monsters and customizing them with various skills. the art's cute and the battle style is a rock-paper-scissors tossup where you watch a monster's tells to see what it's about to throw at you. i crave mon game minerals.
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bonus: the two games that've eaten my attention span lately (other than FFXIV) are Wildermyth and Monster Hunter Stories 2. the first one is like... you basically play as a band of heroes in one of five campaigns, or in 3/5 chapter long 'generic' campaigns, both of which are padded out by having random events and storylines pop up that cause changes in your characters. the changes range from stuff like 'find a friendly magpie that becomes a bonus action for your character' to 'pull a gem out of a statue and have it go in place of one of your eyes, thus slowly changing you to a gem person' to 'frog head'. characters can also form friendships, rivalries, and fall in love amongst each other, have kids that join your party in a chapter or two, and even show up later in other campaigns because Wildermyth is more like a collection of stories in the same book than one continuous timeline. it plays like a top-down strategy game, and the characters move like standee pieces on a gameboard. it's come a long way from early access and the music and art style is just... very pretty, very soothing.
Monster Hunter Stories 2 makes me happy because I can actually do the monster hunt i have terrible reflexes i am so bad at the main games but I like riding around on my monsters and customizing them with various skills. the art's cute and the battle style is a rock-paper-scissors tossup where you watch a monster's tells to see what it's about to throw at you. i crave mon game minerals.