Shelving this for now cause I haven't picked it up again in months.
This one is for the real JRPG masochists. If you're the elitist type that defends grinding and loves combing through every square inch of dungeons, fighting countless battles for rare drops and incremental progress, this is gonna be your jam 100%.
But for me it's a lot like pushing the boulder up the hill. As I progress more into Strange Journey the harder I'm finding it to want to even pick it up again. I adore the writing, characters, and art. The scenario is also really dark and unique and surprisingly complex. But it's all bits and pieces between the bulky, fatty meat of the game, which is hours and hours of wandering, fighting, returning to base, healing, repeat, as you slowly map out these massive, increasingly difficult dungeons.
There's a lot to love here, but I'm also at a point where it's starting to feel like the gameplay loop is engineered to draw out its length and waste your time.
This one is for the real JRPG masochists. If you're the elitist type that defends grinding and loves combing through every square inch of dungeons, fighting countless battles for rare drops and incremental progress, this is gonna be your jam 100%.
But for me it's a lot like pushing the boulder up the hill. As I progress more into Strange Journey the harder I'm finding it to want to even pick it up again. I adore the writing, characters, and art. The scenario is also really dark and unique and surprisingly complex. But it's all bits and pieces between the bulky, fatty meat of the game, which is hours and hours of wandering, fighting, returning to base, healing, repeat, as you slowly map out these massive, increasingly difficult dungeons.
There's a lot to love here, but I'm also at a point where it's starting to feel like the gameplay loop is engineered to draw out its length and waste your time.