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I had a short game night this weekend and finally began the mask of deception. This is looking like it will be more visual novel than game, much like Tears to Tiara II appeared to be. (Another game I want to get back to this fall.)
This doesn't mean I hate it, it just means it'll be more sitting and reading the story than anything else. It does seem to be fully voiced thus far. (For spoken dialogue - whatever the main character, Haku, is thinking doesn't have spoken dialogue.)
To give an idea of the breakdown, thus far, of game play to visual novel - I played for 2.5 hours this weekend. I had 2 battles. Everything else was dialogue and being pitied by Kuon for being so weak. Sucks to be a human in that world I guess.
Not really much to say about the game so far. There's still a lot to go so I might start playing this for an hour or so a day in addition to it eating up the next few game nights.
As for why there hasn't been any Game Nights for the last several weeks (Not that anyone cares, but I guess to leave a record of my excuse! ;) it simply boils down to it being the summer. Summer for me tends to be way too hot and humid most days. At home I'm generally stuck in front of a fan or two all the time and that doesn't make for comfortable gaming! Last weekend was probably the first weekend with comfortable temperatures since GN #9. I would have played longer than 2.5 hours but I was also taking the opportunity to work on my 7800 homebrew project. :)
(EDIT)
Also, remember when part of my rant from way back included how the title screen of this game was a "protected scene" - and that I had mused as to whether or not the company simply decided to protect the entire game from people recording/sharing video of?
Well, it turns out most of the game appears to be unprotected (At least as far as 2.5 hours in. That may change after a particular point in the game knowing this company.) What was protected was the title screen itself, and for whatever reason, the save menu. I don't understand what's so freaking special about those two screens that make it so important to block the PS4's built in record and publish feature.
I'm sure it'll be a rant for later.
This doesn't mean I hate it, it just means it'll be more sitting and reading the story than anything else. It does seem to be fully voiced thus far. (For spoken dialogue - whatever the main character, Haku, is thinking doesn't have spoken dialogue.)
To give an idea of the breakdown, thus far, of game play to visual novel - I played for 2.5 hours this weekend. I had 2 battles. Everything else was dialogue and being pitied by Kuon for being so weak. Sucks to be a human in that world I guess.
Not really much to say about the game so far. There's still a lot to go so I might start playing this for an hour or so a day in addition to it eating up the next few game nights.
As for why there hasn't been any Game Nights for the last several weeks (Not that anyone cares, but I guess to leave a record of my excuse! ;) it simply boils down to it being the summer. Summer for me tends to be way too hot and humid most days. At home I'm generally stuck in front of a fan or two all the time and that doesn't make for comfortable gaming! Last weekend was probably the first weekend with comfortable temperatures since GN #9. I would have played longer than 2.5 hours but I was also taking the opportunity to work on my 7800 homebrew project. :)
(EDIT)
Also, remember when part of my rant from way back included how the title screen of this game was a "protected scene" - and that I had mused as to whether or not the company simply decided to protect the entire game from people recording/sharing video of?
Well, it turns out most of the game appears to be unprotected (At least as far as 2.5 hours in. That may change after a particular point in the game knowing this company.) What was protected was the title screen itself, and for whatever reason, the save menu. I don't understand what's so freaking special about those two screens that make it so important to block the PS4's built in record and publish feature.
I'm sure it'll be a rant for later.
