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@wlewargusowy1592

6 ай бұрын

what for?

@soaremicheledavid6020

6 ай бұрын

You are way to beautifull to hate on, we only can agree with your video. :D

Everyone expected Starfield to be No man’s Sky exploration with mass effect storytelling. Instead we got mass effect exploration with NMS story

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

Hahaha 😂 👍 very good

Ircha giving Ryza 3 the cold shoulder was the heel turn I was not expecting this year 😢

I think one of the worst feelings is really anticipating a game release... Then when it comes out, and you play it...BAM! that moment you think to yourself..."nah this ain't it chief." And ends up disappointing ya😢

@aceTL87

6 ай бұрын

Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze. Looks and sounds amazing, but plays like complete shit.

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

​@@aceTL87I didn't like it either haha 😂

I was disappointed at Ryza for the first couple of hours, but then it quickly became my favorite game of the year and I put 80 hours into it. It looked and performed beautifully on PS4. Exploring was so fun. Remember, you don't have to do everything and you can skip all of the sidequests if you feel overwhelmed.

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

Ryza 3?

@scoutisabelle

6 ай бұрын

@@ircha Yes, sorry, Ryza 3. It got really good when I realized I could ignore any sidequests and those annoying pop-up quests and just play at my own pace. A lot of the map is optional too if it gets to be overwhelming.

@heiako5934

6 ай бұрын

May I ask you if you play the other Ryza? Especially 2? 🌷

@scoutisabelle

6 ай бұрын

@@heiako5934 I've played all three Ryza games. 2 is my favorite. I loved everything about it.

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

2 is my favorite too ❤​@@scoutisabelle

I loved Atelier Ryza 3 and Trinity Trigger. I think I'm just used to those really long dragged-out stories from other RPG series I've played. I usually play games like the Trails series, Xenoblade, and other RPGs with stories that go well into the 100-hour mark. So, I don't mind if a story drags on a bit like in Ryza 3's case. I do admit that part of the story with the two rival artisans was admittedly slow as heck. After that section the story definitely picked back up and got very interesting. Trinity Trigger too, it was surprisingly fun for a smaller game. Some of those bosses though were tough as crap.

Ryza 2 was the peak of the Ryza trilogy. And Marie was very reminiscent of the Atelier Arland trilogy. It's honestly refreshing to go back to that style. Would have liked more skills in combat though.

Im really enjoying your channel. it feels so unscripted and honest, which is very refreshing. I can't wait for future videos.

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

This video was totally unscripted 😅 it's a lot more messy compared to the scripted ones.

I love Ryza 3 actually, the parts that bothered you did not have the same effect on me 😅, and the ending is emotional, it is the last Ryza game after all. The Ryza anime is a little disappointing however.

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

I'm giving it another go!

Lol i was wondering for months what happened with you and Ryza 3 😅 So i'm also curious if the story part is getting better cuz it sound silly with what you described. It's hard to recall every game i played but Atelier Marie was so shallow in the story department that i drop it quickly after 2hours i guess. It felt like an arcade atelier game... Not at all what i imagined. My hype was kinda big for it too. Well i'm glad you made that video to "complete" this gaming year.

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

They were disapponting indeed. I hope the next atelier will be better 😊

For Atelier Marie, I think there is a mode that you can play it without the time limit

@martinsanchez8412

6 ай бұрын

basically. Yes, there is a unlimited mode that doesn't have time limit, the problem is there are event's you Don't gonna see in that mode.

Happy New Year, Ircha! Here's to another great year of games and hopefully less disappointments too! Your channel is always a joy to have around. Thank you for the great content you provide!

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

Happy new year! Thank you 💕

I know you love forspoken do you believe it's worth buying on sale now to play on like the rog ally ?

i really liked atelier marie i know its very simple but i liked that atelier ryza was to much grinding for me i am the kind of guy who comes home from work and just want to turn my brain off and atelier marie really nailed it

One thing that annoyed me in Ryza 3 was even more new characters and new towns and how they're all completely disconnected. 2 just feels so much better for a lot of things 3 wasn't going to have.

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

Atelier Ryza 2 is still my favorite Atelier ❤

I feel you on the diablo4 😢 good graphics, lacked creativity.

@sjenson6694

9 күн бұрын

Everything actiblizzard has made since about 2010 has lacked creativity and more importantly fun.. I've gone from loving every game they put out when I was a teenager to hating everything they've done for over a decade..

The only gripe i had with Ryza 2 was that hey removed the alchemy level thing, i love and hate the alchemy system in Ryza. I wish they kept doing that same thing from Lulua, where they give you subtle hints of what to synthetize and you figure it out.

Ryza 2 was soooo good that it made Ryza 3 look silly, the story wasn't great, the key thing I didn't like at all... One of my disapointments this year was Avatar, I still platinumed it but there is so much missing, it is a gathering a crafting game to get better gear, but you have VERY limited inventory space, and the stach isn't linked when you want to craft, so it was really dumb, there were so many little quality of life missing that could have made it way better! Much love to you, love your content!

Yo you gotta fix your roof if it's snowing indoors LOL 0:01

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

😂 🤣

Congrats on 100K subscribers! I’ve played a little bit of Starfield. Been playing that and Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Most recently I started playing Alan Wake remastered.

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

Thanks 🤗🤗

Happy New Year!

I hope they can remake Rune Factory Tides of Destiny. The console Rune Factories need more love because the handheld remakes are so not it. Definitely the best game I can remember playing. Still breakout the wii sometimes to play it.

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

Frontier and Oceans! Would love to have them fully remade ❤

Congratulations to 100k subs! It is so insane 🎉🎉🎉😊😊❤

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!😁

Great video. it's always refreshing to watch your honest reviews. I too do game jumps when the game doesn't hook me. Why waste your precious time, right? Keep it up! Happy holidays!

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

True 👍 thanks 😁

You had me curious about the difference with Fairy Fencer F Advent Force & Refain Chord ( I hope I'm saying those correctly 🙃) (disclaimer: I have never played these games before 😅) I looking up their info and saw that Advent Force is considered JRPG & Refain Chord is considered SRPG. Can that be a significant change in game styles/dialogue options which make the flow different?

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

I don't know, but I like Advent Dark Force way more 😁✌️

I really wanted to like Starfield. It was just too much to get into. I felt No Man's Sky was just better. The sheer amount of loading screens just bugged me. In the end, it wasn't for me.

@danskeeloNotHacked

6 ай бұрын

Agreed 💯.

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I wanna ask you how do you keep up and know about so many game releases. I come to channels like yours in order to find out about games that exists and if I didn’t I would have no Idea.

As a long time Rune factory fan, I can agree with your opinion on remastered RF3 being odd and just seems weird, I will say, RF4 was actually my favorite in terms of gameplay and I didnt even make it past the second cave in RF5 because the switch makes the gameplay so limited, even the port to PC it got just still feels clunky like they added a mouse icon but its not tied to the selection so if you hover over an option it doesnt highlight or select something until you click it. Idk, RF5 system just seems so unpolished to me. Biggest flop to me came from late last year Nov 2022 (kinda outside this years window but only one that comes to mind atm) was Harvestella, I really loved the idea of a farm sim RPG but its so lacking. No holidays, NPC interactions are super limited even after marriage, etc. I enjoyed the stories and back stories to characters, the scenery was very good from what I recollect, but the gameplay was pretty lacking, especially for a full price tag. Nvm, I know a game that released this year that disappointed me, Fae Farm, was playing a lot of sand box and farm sims this year with friends, and this one has been on the radar for awhile, but as cute and fun as it was, it is also highly unoptimized, social interactions with NPCs is super dead, and even with the DLC, its just bad especially for another full price tag.

I have plenty of disappointments for this year. Starfield is on top of the list. The boredom was very very real for me! I am a patient man, but the amount of load screens was just too much. The NPC's were boring as was the story. I expected exploration in space, I did not get it. What a waste! Skyrim in space my butt!! Diablo 4, waste of money. I really love the art style they went with here! I really enjoyed the combat. But I found everything else boring. I didn't like the looting. I felt like my characters progression was pointless. You never get that feeling of power... I managed about 90 minutes playing redfall, then I gave up. I just didn't like playing it. It was janky. It was not compelling at all. What a shame! FF16- I felt so depressed for the 25 hours it took me to complete it. Everything was so drab. Everyone spoke in a monotone. There was no personality. I actually liked the themes it took from dragons age & game of thrones, but they place a foot in that pool then took it out almost immediately. Shame#2! Combat was very good, icon battles were nuts! Great music also!

Hey there. A lot of disappointments…but, have you ever tried the Ayn Odin 2? I just picked one up and I am in love with it :):):)

I was disappointed in FF XIV… I love part one of the demo but part 2 threw me off and made me hold off completely. Someday I will play that game… but not until it’s on sale for 10 bucks… as well I’m not quite feeling it and I paid full price for armored core 6… was sold on the fromsoft but I really don’t know yet. I will give it a fair chance later but after being blown away by Pikmin 4 and Baldur’s Gate 3…. I don’t wanna settle!

@sjenson6694

9 күн бұрын

I was most disappointed in their FF7 remake.. the original game was a gem with balanced turn based combat.. the button mashing ATB disaster they used for the remakes was so bad I literally never played past the first flying enemy I encountered.. I've played a ton of JRPGs and never seen such a stupid combat design, especially annoying with how well the original design worked.

Fairy Fencer f Refrain Chord is my most disappointing game of this year. It isn't bad or awful. It is actually fun but,the things I loved about the other two is the characters,the writing and the battle system. Getting rid of the English voice acting really hurt it in my opinion because I loved the voices and it really made me love the cast even more because the writing was funny and good! This one totally took a nosedive in the writing department. As far as the gameplay goes,I love strategy games too but I don't think it needed to change from the battle system they had as it was good.

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

OMG THAT'S IT! There were no longer English voice acting! That is so essential.

If I have to pick something I played, even though it's not actually from this year, probably "The Cruel King and the Great Hero." Oh sure, it's adorable from story to graphics, and the turned-based battles aren't bad, but there's so much back and forth/backtracking and it takes forever to get through areas. Pretty repetitive overall. At the same time, I also don't regret playing it.

My most disappointing game of 2023 was Fire Emblem Engage because I felt like the developers flooded the game with too many characters. In each chapter (I played until chapter 10) you got 1-3 new characters. but most of them were at my replacement bench because there was limit of useable characters per fight. I preferred the way in Fire Emblem Three Houses where you chose a house and started with a dozen characters. There you built up a real emotional connection too your characters and slowly it was able to grow your team by recruiting characters from the other houses. In addition to this some dialogues in Engage were awkward, I mean there are always some awkward moments in Fire Emblem character conversations but Engage took it too far. Please take into account that this is only an opinion and it also can be the wrong opinion :). In addition to this 2023 had too many good games so if a game doesn´t hook me in the first hours I also left it behind whereas in other years with less new games I would have given it a second try. I wish a nice New Year celebration too the community!

My dissapointment with Starfield can be summed up this way; I never played an Elder Scrolls or Fallout game before playing Starfield. I rolled credits on Starfield and I was relieved to be finished. I never felt like it was a special game. I'm 10 hours into my first playthrough of Fallout 3, and I know I like it a lot. It only took about 2 hours with Skyrim before I decided its cool. Even their old, out-dated games are better than their new one, because they felt like they had a lot more personality.

I completely agree with you on Diablo 4 and Blizzard in general. I got to level 22 Sorceress and never knew where to go. Even held off buying a Series X until the bundle came out this past spring. Still love 2, 1 and 3 in that order but i quit playing 4 back in June.

@ataridc

6 ай бұрын

3 is my favorite. I enjoyed the more over the top arcadey feel and after getting used to it, I actually like the skill system. I maxed out a necro but I could have just as much fun if I went back and did the other classes. Never played 1, never fully connected with 2 but I do get the hype with it, 4 I just felt nothing for at all. Looked nice, though. Still wish blizzard could course correct, but at this point that blizzard I loved is looong gone.

My newest game of the year is defantly Roots of Patcha! If you like Stardew Valley then this is your cup of tea, it's set in prehistoric times and so charming

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

It's in my wishlist 😅😊👍

@illidaris1693

6 ай бұрын

@@ircha what system do you want it for? It's on sale for switch and steam right now

Hi Ircha! Have you played Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon? and if so, what are your thoughts on it? Some say it is very Skyrim like!

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

Never heard of it! Looks very much like Oblivion 😊

I just discovered your channel recently and I'm really enjoying your videos and reviews! You convinced me to buy Rune Factory 5, despite it's appearance, because you discussed how much fun you had with it & I really appreciate that. I've tried so many well-reviewed games that are technically good or visually beautiful, but are seriously lacking the fun factor. And speaking of well reviewed games with little fun factor, my most disappointing game this year was Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope. The first game was one of those completely unexpected gems that ended up being one of my favourite games on the switch, so I was not only hugely anticipating the sequel, but I was delighted to hear all the very positive reviews coming in and I bought it at launch. Well, it kept up some of the charm of the first game, and the music is just as good, if not even better, but the developers decided to make a good portion of the battles use procedural generation, resulting in dull, repetitive, too-easy maps. I can understand why it got good reviews because it does so many things well...but even with all the difficulty settings pushed to the max, I felt there was little to no challenge in most of the battles (made worse by the fact that I actually tend to enjoy easy games), and I felt gutted by the end of the game because I just didn't have that much fun with it.

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

I didn't play Sparks of Hope much either. Hope you enjoy Rune Factory 5 😊 👍

If you were disappointed with Silent Hope, maybe you would have fun with Cult of the Lamb. It is a combination of farm sim and dungeon crawl, and I loved it. I hope you will, too.

@gameboard_playforfun

6 ай бұрын

My disappointing game for me this year is Fae Farm. I was actually looking forward to the co-op mode part because I envisioned it to be like the co-op mode in Fantasy Life from 3DS. However, in Fae Farm your friends need to start from scratch when they enter your world and they can't take home any part of the loot when they go back to theirs. And a lot more disappointment. It was cute at its core but not how I expected it to be in terms of gameplay.

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

​@@gameboard_playforfunthat's so true. We started a dedicated multiplayer world on the discord.

@Lemonade_Stand_

6 ай бұрын

I love Cult of the Lamb! There are a few glitches and some slow loading screens but i still highly recommend it.

Thanks for your dedication and passion your my inspiration

My problem with ryzs 3 is that it spread itself too thin. Instead of delving deeper into the dozen or so characters it had already, it gave us more. I wanted more of the code generating world builder portal thing that was in the first ryza that could have extended out the post game a.lot more. I was very disappointed in the flat story developments of fii.

Great list - I always have a few games in a year that just don't do it at all haha it happens!

I agree with you on Ryza 3 and I did not try Atelier Marie and probably won't. I also didn't care much for Starfield. Diablo IV I didn't try after what a few of my friends said about it compared to III which I also loved. Good list.

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

Atelier Marie is not worth it 😁

Appreciate the video wonderful job ❤ happy New Years I still need to finish ryza 1😂 because I stoped at about 20 hours in last December and never picked it up again 😢 Unfortunately it’s been just long enough that I’ll probably need to restart the game because I don’t remember most of the mechanics. With regards to silent hope, I was really excited for the game as my expectations were interestingly leading me to think of a rune factory/star dew valley meshing … played the game for 5 hours and tossed it in my trash boring game bin😈 ( personally found young souls to be much more enjoyable) Can’t really comment on any games I was really disappointed with this year. because despite buying over 60 games this year, risky has not played many of them. ( and have not finished most of the games in my collection aside from 4) Aside from fate samurai remnant and star ocean the second story R. Fate actually being a disappointment for me as it ended up not running well at all on my switch after the first 5 hours of gameplay. ( got so bad it was crashing my system every 15 minutes)

I guess my biggest disappointment for the year, if you could call it that, is that Dragon Age Inquisition is starting to show its age a lot more than it did even 3 years ago when I played it last. Something similar to what I experienced with Mass Effect 2 in 2021. Still one of my favorite games of all time but not quite capturing that same magic from 2014 anymore.

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

Needs a remake. I played it back in 2015 😊

I love your videos keep up the amazing work

Hello! I only played Ryza 1 and it's great, i know you love the series so it surprises me that Ryza 3 is on this list D: , The game that disappointed me was Ember Knights (Roguelike), it's not a big title, but i followed by a long time on steam and this year was released on switch, it's not bad but it's not that good :c, there are a ton of better roguelike imo... There are more games that disappointed me this year but that i played this year not released this year exactly :P

Silent hope gets much better the deeper you get. The story is pretty decent and there's a big twist that happens along the way which really changes the game (and title, actually?!). For some games, you have to play them through a bit to get the full feel. I'd highly recommend Silent Hope if you can get it on sale. Also, #protip : main the farmer.

I'll probably still get ryza 3 and atelier Marie but I'm waiting for a bigger discount or until I lessen my backlog. I have both ryzas and most of the other atelier games in there 😆 I do have nostalgia for rf3 and like the improvements like picking up things by holding the button down like in rf5. The graphics of rf3 and rf4 don't bother me on my switch lite, they seem like a slight improvement over the 3ds.

I had been curious as to why you never did a proper review of Ryza 3, given that you have a review for practically every game in the series, but I definitely see where you're coming from here. I loved Ryza 1, and then Ryza 2 is one of my favorite games on Switch, but Ryza 3 left me overall a bit disappointed. I still wound up putting about 55 hours in and finished the main story, but unlike most other Atelier games, I just can't see myself wanting to come back to it. Atelier games usually don't have a whole lot in terms of story, and Ryza 1 and 2 generally fit into that. Both of those games are basically just waffling around for the first 80% of the game before introducing a very simple plot for the final act of the game. I quite like that approach for those games, especially how Ryza 2 captures the feeling of exploring just for the hell of it wonderfully. However, Ryza 3 has a very large emphasis on story, but I feel like it completely falls flat due to terrible pacing and the rough translation. I totally get what you meant with regards to the Sardonica story arc; the game practically puts the main plot of the game on the backburner for like 10 hours while you do the stuff in Sardonica, and the game would wind up doing the same thing again a couple more times. It put me in this situation where I would completely forget what the current goal of the main plot even was because of how long it's been since it was mentioned. It made the story difficult for me to follow, which was further compounded by the rough translation and abundance of proper nouns. It's worth noting that I generally enjoy games with long stories, with Xenoblade being my favorite video game franchises, but while those games do have mini-arcs that sort of feel like filler, they never last for too long and are usually still story-significant I will say, despite how the game was really starting to feel like a slog after a while, I'm glad I stuck around to the end because it was a fantastic and emotional end to the trilogy. It also doesn't help that I played Ryza 3 on the Switch, and while every other Atelier game looks just as good on Switch as it does on other platforms (aside from a lower resolution and 30fps), Ryza 3's ambitious world results in the Switch version being a significant downgrade from the PS5 and PC versions. This was all in service of having an open world which I believe, like you said, it way too big and winds up working against the game. I fully expected that the game's world would just be Kurken Island, the mainland from Ryza 1, the Kark Isles, and the Cleria Region. Have SO MUCH area to traverse winds up making materials more boring to collection and the already limited number of enemies feel too spread thin. In the end, I really don't think it's a bad game and I still generally enjoyed my time with it, but with how high my expectations were, the little issues I had with the game really added up to hurt my opinion of it a good bit. (let's also not forget that Atelier games tend to have really stylized UI's, and Ryza 3's modern UI is honestly really boring in compariosn) (It ALSO doesn't help that I actually shelled out $110 preordering NIS's Premium Box, which wound up leaving me quite disappointed. One of the main things I was getting it for was the artbook, expecting something along the lines of the official 150-ish page artbooks released for Ryza 1 and Ryza 2. What was shipped was a paltry 36-page book, containing more general promotional images and 3D models than concept art. I REALLY regret buying that collection, but at least the acrylic keychain and tapestry are cute)

@ircha

4 ай бұрын

I just beat Ryza 3 and I'll make another video on it very soon 😁😁😁 👍

I wasnt the biggest fan of Trinity Trigger either but since i only played it for like an hour or two i would like to give it another try before throwing in the towel.

To be completely honest, TOTK felt more like a chore to me and I didn't have that same feeling I had with BOTW. I really hope they go back to the older style, and port Twilight Princess already because I never had a chance to play it and would like to be able to play it on the go.

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

After a while, after about 70 hours, I felt the same.

@sjenson6694

9 күн бұрын

​@@irchaI actually loved TOTK for one reason - item duplication.. I was able to actually go explore the entire world, all 3 levels and not have to avoid checking things out on the map due to monsters and hoarding my good weapons.. if you have the cartridge it will let you keep it at v1.0.0 and made the game 20x more fun.

Here's to hoping 2024 is a great year for gaming 🎮

I found Ryza 3 kinda difficult to get into but once I did it's become one of the best Atelier's imo. I still prefer Meruru for some reason. It was nice to try the ancient Marie anyway. It was ok since I had no expectations. Starfield was the most disappointing game of 2023 for me. I was really looking for a cross between No Man's Sky (which I love) and Fallout 4. But all I got was a kinda crappy Fallout 4 in space. You can't even land and take off yourself.. its just fast travel and loading screens everywhere with boring combat and bland npcs. I had such high hopes. 😥

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

😢 I know...

I enjoyed trinity trigger and Silent Hope, they were good games. But I don't seem them being top games of 2023, but they were still enjoyable to play. I like dungeon crawling hack and slash games.

Only real dissappointment I had this year was buying a PS5 from black friday sale and it had a faulty disc drive. THEN I got a replacement and that didn't work either. Apparenly was a bad batch. At least I got my money back but still it gave me a headache a half. Well I'll get one someday...

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

Ouch!! Sorry to hear that!

I loved playing Diablo 4, but it was also a big disappointment. I was expecting an improvement, but it felt like they put no time into making it. The graphics was boring and grey and the gameplay was pretty average. I really liked the cinematics, story, exploration and some of the non-essential tasks. But it was another game, not a very memorable time. But I finished it, and don't know if I'll be going back for another class.. All the other Diablo's were mind blowing and this was just a game.

I love Ryza 3, it starts super slow unlike the first 2 and I was overwhelmed by the open world, however I power through, it does get better and the ending makes it worth it. Please go back to it. Rune factory 3 is disappointing though, I am spoiled by RF4 quality of life so RF3 feels super clunky and cumbersome. I agree with Fairy Fencer because the character does feels different to me too. I didn't play the rest of the games in this list. On to my recommendation. I don't play a lot of newer game this year because I broke my arm in march. I finally play trails game this year, started with trails from zero because I can play it with one hand then cold steel 1 & 2. I finally get it, it is a solid game series, will continue playing the rest. I also recently started Dragon's Dogma because I saw the Dragon Dogma 2 trailer, very solid game, superb combat system, highly recommended.

My most disappointing game this year was Starfield. I love space and RPGs but after beating it and almost finishing one run on new game plus it's so bad compared to Skyrim or Fallout 4. The constant data traveling and UI just go so annoying I'm like I have had enough. I can't wait for Fallout London fan mod coming out in early 2024 I think that will be better then Starfield lol

Ryza 3 was great imo but im not very picky about storylines. I liked exploring a lot more in 3 than 2

Sea of stars. It looked great and everybody loved it, but gameplay was sooo boring. Maybe Octopath II spoiled it for me.

From these games Diablo IV is the most familiar one! But I feel that I need to play it more to get better picture. The beginning part of the story with the village was promising..

I was soo hyped for Diablo IV. I played through the story, so far I loved it. Then it quickly went downhill and turned it into a boring grind. I kept playing, but I had to really force myself to. I got the more expensive edition so it had the season pass included so felt I had to at least play through the first season. Then came back for season 2, made a character and stopped around lvl 20. In the end I never got a character to 100. Highest was the first toon that got to 96 or so. I really wanted to love it, and was ready to dump a lot more hours into it. But I just don’t enjoy it sadly. The graphics looks great. I played on pc and ps5. Was positively surprised that it was totally playable on a controller. I used to think a Diablo game had to be keyboard and mouse. I might revisit a later season to see if it has improved. Game of the year for me would be Sea of stars, Dave the diver and Baldurs Gate 3. I also stopped playing Ryza 3 after about 10 hours. Didn’t grip me the same way as Ryza 1 and 2.

Totally agree (unfortunately) about D4. It looks great, excellent music, fluid combat, but it’s just lacking something almost intangible. The itemization really kills the game after about lvl 70. Maybe play again after the itemization patch. The story was excellent. 🤷‍♂️

@jclosed2516

6 ай бұрын

I got the game for free with my RTX4070, but while I installed it, I de-installed it a while later without even playing it. When I got more information about all the monetization in the game, all my urge to play the game disappeared (and it was already low to start with).

It’s so funny I got Ryza 3 for Xmas and almost quit during the Federica segment too! She is a very boring character, I don’t like using her in combat and the town “drama” sucks! Ha ha. It has gotten infinitely better for me after that!

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

I'll push through! 👍👍

@JohnDoe-pg9oq

6 ай бұрын

@@ircha It’s worth it for Patty’s high pony and new outfit! 🤣 Jokes aside, you learn so much about the world and there’s so many returning characters it’s worth it at least for the story!

Not a game i played but i was so disappointed when early reviews came out of loop8. I love collecting vn's on the switch and i was heartbroken to find out that it wasn't good. I ended up canceling my preorder :(

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

I didn't get it either 😊

Ryza 3 made loads of improvements but I agree that the open-world and the story were a bit of a miss, such a shame

Pokemon Scarlet was a huge thumbs down for me, game wasn't even finished before release date

I thought the story humor and humor of fairy fencer refrain chord was really fun and i loved the humor and seeing the characters I love living happily. The gameplay got really boring after a while though unfortunately. I have heard good things about silent hope as a dungeon crawler so looking fotward to trying that. I also found ryza 3 got really boring towards the second half. Was a struggle to finish

It's completely understandable to game jump! There are so many games out there asking for your attention, so it's only natural to want to spend your time on those that you really engage with. Everyone likes different things so we won't all agree on what's best. Thanks Irene!

Just stumbled scross your channel! Enjoyed your forspoken review i've got it sealed and ready to play 😁 Diablo 4 I abandoned without finishing the story :( Starfield was meh felt it was pretty with no personality. I like your review style, you're an actual gamer who takes their own experience and isn't afraid to be honest against mainstream views :) Keep it up 😁

Wonder if you played BG3? You never mentioned it in your best games video, so I was almost worried you'd have it here! 😅

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

I don't have it 😁

@marks2807

5 ай бұрын

@@ircha You need to get it when you can, and have the time to play it. There is a reason it is game of the year for many people.

Diablo IV was in many respects a disappointment for me. But it appears I spent 500+ hours playing it, all during launch and season 1 only. Even if I don't touch the game again (which I probably will for later seasons) I can't really say I didn't get my money's worth.

I basically stopped at the same point as you in Ryza 3. I do want to continue and I will, but honestly Baldur's Gate 3 kinda took over my life before I could beat Ryza.

RYza defiantly has a better over aching story you just got to get past that world and into the 3 area to get the better story line.

I’m new on your channel! And I’ve really enjoyed your takes on video games. What got me curious on your page was your take fire emblem engage. I loved three houses and needed an opinion on engage. I feel like some of the other people I watch hate on it. To answer your question on what game I was most disappointed in this year.. I’d say pokemon scarlet.. besides the climax of the game, everything was pretty basic. I wish it had legends arceus graphics and game play..

@AnthonyPablo-cx7cs

6 ай бұрын

I also think scarlet was released late last year 😅😂 but I played it a lot this year haha

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

Pokémon Legends Arceus was waaay superior 👍👍👍

@AnthonyPablo-cx7cs

6 ай бұрын

@@ircha SERIOUSLY! I’m glad you agree! Stoked to follow you on this journey this year. Happy new years 🤙🏾

I feel ya sometimes when you are forcing yourself to play something for the sake to have played all of your games in a single franchise that you have thus far enjoyed can be worth it or a big let down and that could be a big bummer.

Ryza 3 is also on my disappointing list this year. But once Patty joined my team i do enjoy the game now. She is soooo adorable

Key to a happy life is low expectations and life is bowl of cherry's. Keep your stick on the ice.

Agree with your points about D4. The streak counters were a fun part of D3. I enjoyed most of the story minus the ending and want to know what happens next but it was a huge let down. D3 was much more fun for me.

silent hope played, looked, and game play, felt like a mobile game... i cant be the only one who felt that way... oh and i get why no one talks and stuff but princess talked to much lol

I was so SO sad about Silent Hope. Had the day 1 release package preordered and then I got it… feels like a glorified mobile game. I played THE HELL out of Hogwarts Legacy on PS5 and PC. And then again on Switch lol. I did like Ryza 3 and I did like Fae Farm but it wasn’t what I thought it would be. But once I saw what it was and learned to accept that I learned to really love it. Have you tried Roots of Pacha yet?

@ircha

5 ай бұрын

I haven't! 😁 Is it good?

First, congrats on 100K! But my two biggest disappointments of the year are Metroid prime and starfield. I played over 100 hours of starfield and had my fun but overall, yes disappointing. I had never played a Metroid prime game, so when they released a remaster of the original that everyone loved and praised? I was excited. And i dont know , it just bored me. I tried to play it 3 times and kept getting bored.

I absolutely love your accent

Octopath Traveler II. I dug it for about 10 hours but then it just got boring.

@Lemonade_Stand_

6 ай бұрын

I dont like the blurry graphics

diablo 4 is a good pick, starfield....there was a game called atlas fallen, which seems to be a lot like forspoken (i haven't played forspoken, just seen it): talking bracelet, fast movement system but it was from a studio i liked that had made the surge games. it was not surge 2 level.

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

I just started Atlas Fallen now during the holidays 😁👍

@Krokodilius

6 ай бұрын

hopefully you like it better than i did 😝

Easily Ff16. I played 10 hours and i was done. I may go back when in a diff headspace

U should play the Walking Dead Destiny

I am big fan of the Diablo series and yes I too was disappointed with Diablo IV. Other reasons. Always online. Leveling up the enemies at the same level as you. Storyline didn't move me as much as Diablo III. Feels a few steps off. I will eventually go back.

I really wanted to love Atelier Ryza 3 too! But the graphics are so awful on Switch. Even Ryza 1&2 weren’t this bad, imo. Probably that open world aspect being too demanding for the console. Much love from Seattle, Have a good New Year Ircha! ✨🐸

@scoutisabelle

6 ай бұрын

It looks incredible on PS4 and runs flawlessly. It's a shame that some Switch ports are so poorly made.😊

@sleepyheaaad

6 ай бұрын

@@scoutisabelleI knowwww. With this release, you were only able to acquire the bonus outfits if you purchased the game on the same system you had the other titles so unfortunately I picked switch. Last time I make that mistake haha

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

​@@scoutisabelle😢 yes

@jclosed2516

6 ай бұрын

The game looks great on the PC, after they got rid of that heavy distant blur. Once they gave that update the game looks a LOT better. Of course running it on the PC gives you better and higher resolution graphics, and a better performance, so that would add to my fun with that game. I agree that there are some parts that dragged out a bit too much, but in general I had (and still have) a lot of fun with the game.

@sleepyheaaad

6 ай бұрын

@@jclosed2516yeah, PC will definitely be superior to the switch as it is today, that’s for sure. I’m grateful to have one and may sail the high seas to have a better experience with this game.

My main issue with Atelier Ryza 3 was the lack of a post game. I got most of the achievements and completed all the content without having crafted 40% of the recipes. Like what? How's that possible? The game provides no incentive for creating most of the recipes. There's no superboss that you need stronger stuff for. It was so disappointing.

Noooo I loved atelier Marie!!!! It was good for what it was!!

Diablo IV was definitely disappointing for me. I loved Diablo III. It was the first game I played in the series. I couldn't get into part IV.

I’m surprised Rune Factory 3 was a disappointment for her. I prefer that style to Rune Factory 5. I’ll give it a retry in the future but RF5 fell flat for me.

I enjoyed Starfield at first. After playing through a few different factions and main story quests it just became clear to me it is exactly Skyrim in space and space is vast, empty and boring. I ended up feeling no desire to explore anything because there just wasnt much to find, the result is you end up fast traveling everywhere and this vast, empty galaxy to explore becomes really small. The choices you make also dont really matter all that much similar to in Skyrim except Skyrim came out in 2011. Starfield feels like a 15 year old game.

I tried so hard to like Ryza 3 because I liked the other ones. In fact, I like most of the Atelier games I’ve played. I just couldn’t get into this one. I was bored and the big map left me feeling kind of confused and irritated.

@therealjaystone2344

6 ай бұрын

Open world rpg is a different animal

@zessa18

6 ай бұрын

@@therealjaystone2344 Which is weird because I love open world RPG’s. I’d normally think that adding the open world to an Atelier game would make it more enjoyable, but it backfired for me.

@therealjaystone2344

6 ай бұрын

@@zessa18 I just can’t deal with open world games that is being too repetitive. I played botw and totk before and it felt a chore to go through missions and side quests and all puzzles. SMTV is less open world and linear but disappointing and Xenoblade 3 is almost open world but too easy on the gameplay with forgettable music.

@zack2768

6 ай бұрын

I don't know if this is viable for you but I find that by modding the game and increasing the game speed makes the game better for me. A lot of the game just moving from one point to another so it feels boring.

did you play Sea of Stars? looks alright

I literally buy a lot and i mean literally a lot switch games this year😂, but if i have to say about the disappointed games i buy are like 4 to 5 that can remember. 1- Neptunia RPG: i played, like two days and literally say"No, No." And is still there, waiting for me to change to another game in the store. 2- Neptunia X Senran Kagura: was funny in the beginning but for a game specially someone as Senran Kagura, the batte sistem was so sloppy, and the challenge only can be feeled if you put the game in hard. 3- Neptunia 8: i really enjoyed the history, and the characters but the action RPG sistem was awful, specially the parts about combos and weapons, and speciall mention to the stupidity high difficult enemies that can literally bitch slap you if you have to pass the solo campaign in the history. Everything time i have to play with only one character in the history, was the most stressful part of the game, without party members the game become a nightmare. Gun gun pixie: was a experience, i played like inches, and i don't think gonna play for a very long time. 5- i don't want to say this u really don't want to say it but"MONSTER HUNTER RISE" Was boring as hell, the beginning is so slow, they give you literally everything from the beginning, and the new system is interesting at first but become literally so irrelevant late when you can still win the battle without using it.

@ircha

6 ай бұрын

Neptunia RPG is really really bad. Agree!