Concerning observer the game as a whole is not bad, but I got really disoriented by the flashing lights (my eyes don’t take too kindly to flashing lights or bright lights [be it sunlight, headlights etc] in general after I had laser surgery). If you have it, give it a try. You might like it :)

Ah, we all know that feeling of just missing that one achievement in a game!

Usually I’m not an achievement hunter, but I try to get as many as possible and if they are just within reach, but I still can’t get them, it’s just…

Also, thanks for bringing up what you said about Stories: The Path of Destinies, that sounds annoying and tedious. Still interested in the game, but at least I know ahead if I play it in the future.

The game itself is really nice and fun. It’s just this last achievement. And I just don’t get it. Why make it so hard to reach it. You already should have all others by then and have finished all stories. I don’t know why they set the EXP needed for leveling up so high, when the max EXP you can get from a level is so low that you have to play the level several times just to get 1 level.

Though would you mind sharing some personal, quick pros & cons about it? :) Things you like and perhaps dislike…

Mind you I’m only halfway through the game and a more comprehensive list will probably follow when I have finished the game. But so far I really like the story and the near movie-like cutscenes, which can go on for a long time. But then this is also kind of a con. The audio output is entirely in japanese, which means you either have to speak japanese or you’ll have to read the english subtitles. But the scrolling speed of those is pretty slow. On some scenes you can speed this up by pressing a button, but on others you can’t speed it up or even skip the cutscene at all (you might be replaying it for an achievement and don’t want to spend all your time watching the cutscene again), which can get annoying. Especially if it’s one of the longer scenes (~up tp 15 minutes).
I also like all different minigames and sidequests (though not the biggest fan of the karaoke and disco games, since I’m not the best at rythm games). They give a great variety to an already big story/world. And the nice thing is, you are not forced to do them. And you can start them any time and finish them later or just concentrate on them and ignore the main storyline. Whatever you want.
Well another con, at least for me, the game has QTE (I hate those with a vengance XD ), but then they are pretty mild and give you plenty of time to react. So it’s not as bad as some other games I’ve played before.
I also like the fighting part of the game. Each character has three different fighting styles + a weapon style which you can invest your money in and different opponents (might) need different styles to beat them. But there we get to another part that can get annoying. The better abilities cost a ton of money. You can farm cash by beating up groups of opponents that pop up around the city and this is okay for the cheaper ones, but if you want the expensive ones that can get really grindy. Though you can play certain minigames where you can farm a lot of money (and if you want the achievements, you have to finish those anyways) around midgame.

I would also definetly recommend you use a controller for gameplay. In my opinion it plays better/easier with a controller.

Honestly I can’t think of anything else right now. But that’s probably since it is 2am here XD

And congrats with your new SG wins & gifts btw! I played a good chunk of Owlboy recently, but there’s still more to do. It’s a beautiful game with great soundtrack too. Many charming characters, even the ones you meet and only interact with once. The only biggest things I really dislike and don’t enjoy are the boss fights and controls on keyboard (especially at the beginning, but now I’m slightly getting the grip of it.. after hours of playing though. Not sure if it’s me to blame or the game for these controls!).

Owlboy sounds interesting. But controlls sometimes can be really wacky. I’ve had my problems with my share of wacky controlls before, but so far that has never deterred me from a game. Especially if I like it otherwise.

These are just my personal experiences of course, so I’m curious and look forward to reading how you feel about it, if you play in May and share some thoughts!

Not sure If I will get to it in May, since I have a lot of other games on my to do list, but I’ll share my thoughts as soon as I have played it.

After playing owlboy for quite a bit myself I can assure you that’s the game controls that are bad not you. I think I was stuck for about an hour at the last boss because of the controls.