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kashell:
41. Trials of Mana - Dark Lich

This was a more or less a speedrun. I intended for it to go quickly, but I didn't think it'd go that quickly. My party was Kevin (D/D), Charlotte (L/D), and Hawkeye (D/L). Thanks to New Game Plus, I had a boatload of options that drastically and rapidly increased my team's levels. They were ready to class change well before the class change capability was available. I had plenty of leftover ??? Seeds for the second class change. Finally, Kevin absolutely shredded everyone and everything in his path. He was a strong character in the original and that carried into the remake. His second class change to Fatal Fist had a CS that demolished groups of enemies and he learned a Luna spell that increased his critical hit rate. In other words, Kevin was bordering on OP and destroying all things in his path. Supported by Charlotte's Sage class that had saber magic, and Hawkeye's Ninja Master abilities, the enemies literally had no chance. The only time I was challenged was during the fight against the Wood Benevedon. Otherwise, a quick and brisk file where I wrecked everything with fisticuffs. After I get the trophies for their third class change, I'll start my last file with Hawkeye, Riesz and...I'm not sure who the third will be yet!

ssj4yamgeta:
6: Resident Evil: Code Veronica X (Gamecube)

Since the remake is heavily rumored to be coming next year, I wanted to revisit one of my favorite RE games before then so I can compare it to the remake when that comes out. While I can easily see why it was one of my top 3 favorites back in the day, oh hell it has aged poorly and is in desperate need of an overhaul. The main issue, and it's pretty serious, is that it is ridiculously easy to softlock this game at multiple points. The most infamous is the plane tyrant fight, where you are completely screwed if you didn't try to knife your way through Rockfort Island. If you save on that plane without adequate ammo, you might as well restart your file. The issue is caused by two things: first, the game has the worst character swapping of all time, coupled with the worst inventory management of all time. In most games, if a character gets sidelined, the next character gets their inventory. Not here. I almost softlocked myself a second time VS Alexia phase 1 because I had equipped Claire with all the good weapons in prep for endgame, only to find out I needed to beat Alexia both times as Chris. Luckily I was able to load an earlier Chris save and undo that mistake. The second part of the issue is that ammo in this game is very sparse. I get that limited ammo in survival/horror is important, but it's overkill when I'm expected to knife regular zombies to death so I can hoard ammo for two or three bosses. If I have a gun, let me use the gun.

My other issue is narrative-related. I remembered CVX as being "the Claire game", but upon replaying it, I see that in the second half when Chris shows up he absolutely steals the spotlight. Claire, who is on the game's cover, never even gets to fight the main villains. It's always Chris. Claire stops being the lead character once her brother shows up, and it's annoying since she had the most investment in the story.

Is CVX bad? No, not by any means. I've played plenty of games that were far worse. But holy crap is it rough around the edges. I'm really hoping the remake fixes the issues I've mentioned.

Rating: 7/10 (Great)

Completed:

Tomb Raider II (Evercade)
Tomb Raider III (Evercade)
Mafia: The Old Country (PS5)
Gundam Breaker 4 (PS5)
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection (PS5)
Resident Evil: Code Veronica X (Gamecube)

In Progress:

Nioh (PS4)
Final Fantasy IV Advance (GBA)
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation Remastered (PS4)

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