MeltedJoystick Points
| Activity | Points |
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| Total Ratings | 654 |
| Total Reviews | 221 |
| Total Lists | 68 |
| Total Points | 2,493 |
dbarry_22's Information
Ranking Status: Hardcore Gamer
Gender: Male
Current Area: Lincoln, NE
Home Town: Wahoo, NE
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Broadcasting from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
About Me: I'm a big Nintendo fan. I have pretty much every Nintendo system ever made. I like almost any kind of game ranging from sports to RPG.
Interests: Video Games, Sports, Movies.
Gaming Profile
Game I Love: Super Mario Bros.
Game I Hate: World of Warcraft
Guilty Pleasure: Tecmo Super Bowl
Favorite Genre: 2D Platformer
Least Favorite Genre: Massively Multiplayer Online RPG
Favorite Platform: Nintendo (NES)
Least Favorite Platform: Sega Genesis
Game I'm Playing
US Release Date: 11/17/2003
Platform: Game Boy Advance
Genres: Role Playing (RPG) (Turn-Based RPG)
ESRB Rating: E
Developer: Alphadream
Publisher: Nintendo
Latest Game Review
Rating of
3.5/5
Difficult, Frustrating, and also Rewarding
Demon's Souls is a remake of a game with the same name on PS3. It's a beautiful, difficult, and rewarding game that lacks when it comes to controls and explaining things. I had never played a game in the "Souls" series before starting this so when I began I only knew a couple things. First, the series is pretty popular and second, that it's viewed as extremely difficult. By the time I finished I understood both of these things very well. The story of this game isn't that intriguing. In a land called Boltearia an evil presence is taking over. A fog is enveloping the area and there are evil creatures and demons strung about. Once you're in there is no escape and it appears there's a evil being making people like you kill …
Recent Rating History
| Game Title | Rating | Overall | Add |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demon's Souls | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | |
| Metroid Dread | 4.5/5 | 4.3/5 | |
| Mario Golf: Super Rush | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | |
| Monster Hunter Rise | 4.0/5 | 4.0/5 | |
| Returnal | 4.0/5 | 4.0/5 |
Top Game List
| # | Game Title | Rating | Overall | Add |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Super Mario 64 | 5.0/5 | 4.0/5 | |
| 2. | Super Mario Bros. 3 | 5.0/5 | 4.3/5 | |
| 3. | Final Fantasy III ( Final Fantasy VI ) | 5.0/5 | 4.4/5 | |
| 4. | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | 5.0/5 | 4.2/5 | |
| 5. | The Legend of Zelda | 5.0/5 | 3.9/5 |
Top Super Nintendo (SNES)
| # | Game Title | Rating | Overall | Add |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Final Fantasy III ( Final Fantasy VI ) | 5.0/5 | 4.4/5 | |
| 2. | Super Metroid | 5.0/5 | 4.3/5 | |
| 3. | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | 4.5/5 | 4.5/5 | |
| 4. | Chrono Trigger | 4.5/5 | 4.3/5 | |
| 5. | Super Mario World | 4.5/5 | 4.4/5 |
Recent Comments
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 02/05/19 at 02:59 PM CT
If you think I'm a blind DQ fanboy, re-read my DQ9 review.
dbarry_22 - wrote on 12/06/18 at 08:25 AM CT
Octopath Traveler Review comment
Early in the game some battles did seem to take a while with enemies having a lot of HP. But, to be honest I think those people didn't really learn strategies that can take out enemies quickly. In Octopath I took a much more aggressive approach to battles than I usually do in RPGs. Knowing when to charge your attacks can really affect things. Boss battles can be lengthy but even those decreased heavily as I went through the game and learned the subtitles.
When it comes to JP grinding I really had to do very little. Most of it occurred after I beat the game and wanted to finish other quests. A character can only hold onto one secondary job at a time and the only permanent thing they hold onto are the skills you can learn with each job class. So there were a few skills I wanted everyone to learn but I almost always had JP to pass around. So, you really don't need to and shouldn't be having every character learn everything of all the jobs. Now I took a somewhat leisurely approach to the game and explored a lot so perhaps that affected things.
Honestly the only time I see a balance issue coming up or having to heavily JP grind is if you try and race through the game then you might have to tackle these issues. Honestly I didn't have them, like, at all. I've done far more grinding in almost every Dragon Quest game I've ever played.
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 12/02/18 at 02:57 PM CT
Octopath Traveler Review comment
Two things you didn't touch upon that other reviews have made me leery of:
1. How does battle balance feel? Some other reviews have complained that even random trash encounters have too much HP, and the battles take way too long.
2. How's the JP grinding? Any game with a Job system that exists outside of the basic XP/level system can really go overboard with how long it takes to grind up the Job skills you need (e.g., Final Fantasy Tactics).
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 12/02/17 at 02:29 PM CT
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation Review comment
100% agree with you that the story is a bit of a mess compared to DQ4 and DQ5. I honestly can't remember what it was about except that it involved dreams somehow. Also 100% agree that grinding for vocations was a complete buzzkill. When I think back to my time with DQ6 in ZSNES on my crappy old Athlon64 PC, all I remember is grinding battles for vocation mastery while watching TV on a different screen. Not a good sign.
dbarry_22 - wrote on 08/28/17 at 03:09 PM CT
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Review comment
I think the point I was trying to make is that Nintendo made some drastic changes to the normal Zelda formula. And while in this instance it was not only acceptable but a nice change of pace, I don't see this as a winning formula that should be copied for the next 10-20 years.
When I spend over 100 hours on a game and have a great time almost the entire time I think I'm perfectly justified with my 5/5 rating of a game. No game is perfect and me pointing out a few minor problems won't stop me from rating it that way.
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 08/20/17 at 07:27 PM CT
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Review comment
The amount of complaints and caveats you have with this game does not strike me as if you actually had a 5/5 experience. It seems more like you're trying to tow the line for the Nintendo status quo.
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 02/28/17 at 03:13 PM CT
Bravely Second: End Layer Review comment
Sounds kind of like the annoying situation with White Knight Chronicles and White Knight Chronicles 2 retreading the same ground and feeling more like two parts of a half-assed whole instead of a game and a sequel.
dbarry_22 - wrote on 12/12/16 at 01:13 PM CT
No Man's Sky Review comment
Occasionally I've played video games that freeze/crash from time to time. But, that's usually once or twice during the entire time I play the game. This game routinely crashed every couple hours and what I was doing didn't seem to matter.
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 10/22/16 at 06:58 PM CT
No Man's Sky Review comment
"I'm amazed a console game can crash."
LOL, your naivety is so cute! Clearly you haven't been paying close enough attention.
Anyway, it sounds like your experience with this dud was about the same as my experience with "Terraria." Some people love games that feel like work, procedural generation, and so-called 'buried' lore, but it's all pretty half-assed.
Chris Kavan - wrote on 10/16/16 at 08:08 PM CT
No Man's Sky Review comment
I was really looking forward to this, but as I saw more and more reviews and such come out, my excitement was tempered. As you said, I'll wait a year or two down the liine when this is bargain priced to try it out. The explorer in me still wants to experience it, but I am by no means ready to rush out any more.
