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Post by Hurbster on Apr 15, 2024 17:41:26 GMT -5
Dead Island 2, very enjoyable, very cathartic.
Does anyone know how Dying Light 2 stacks up in comparison with Dying Light?
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Post by dirtyoldman on Apr 17, 2024 7:29:28 GMT -5
8 Super Mario Bros Wonder x.com/X_Burnside_X/status/1780554922175651913This was really good fun and absoultly wacky at times. It wasnt too difficult and nothing really stumped me for too long. I do imagine trying to 100% would be a little more challangeing. Still, you cant go wrong with a 2d Mario game
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 18, 2024 20:17:18 GMT -5
24. Batman: Arkham Origins
Been meaning to replay it for a long, long time and kind of had a playthrough going on and off for awhile, and with my PS Plus expiring tonight figured tonight was the night to finish it.
On the whole... Ehhhhhhh, it's fine. Works taking it as kind of an Arkham City expansion pack, though feel like if I had bought this game right when it first came out at full price I'd have a much lower opinion of it. I kind of appreciate that it's trying to be more difficult but feel like it does it in an often cheap way, especially with how the enemy targeting just feels really awkward and clunky compared to the other games. It feels like the game deliberately steers you toward attacking enemies you can't hurt with standard attacks and it can be really damn frustrating. At least it's the one Arkham game with decent boss fights I guess.
I might break out the 360 to replay the Mr. Freeze DLC sometime, I dunno, but either way, is a fun enough game even if it doesn't quite stand up to the first two. I'd probably pick it up if they ever ported it to modern consoles but I might wait on a sale first.
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King Koopa
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Post by Kalmia on Apr 19, 2024 20:57:21 GMT -5
3. Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
Took me 115 hours but I finished it. Overall, I really enjoyed it and thought it was better than Remake. It's not perfect though - the World Intel missions started to get boring after a while and there were too many mini-games, IMO. I like a lot of mini-games, but too many of these were similar and I didn't like how many were directly tied to the main story and therefore unavoidable. The story was fleshed out well without being stretched too thin and I'm looking forward to the third one.
Now I guess I'll bounce back to FFXVI for the new DLC and then I'll leave the FF series alone for a couple of years!
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Post by Andee9001 on Apr 21, 2024 3:44:05 GMT -5
13. Batman: The Telltale Series
Never got into any of the Telltale games during their peak. The most point and click, story games i played were some of the Quantic Dreams and Life is Strange games.
I found this to have quite an engaging story and enjoyed the different takes on the characters. I like the episodic format because it gave me good starting and jumping off points. In saying that i thought the ending was a little disapointing with how it wrapped up. At some point i will replay it and choose some different choices to see where the story goes.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 22, 2024 8:13:13 GMT -5
25. The House in Fata Morgana
Owned the game for ages and only heard good things but kind of just kept not making time to play it, then recently I decided to finally really go and double down on it, been going on and off on it for a week or two.
In general it really is a fantastic visual novel, with a great story and a great cast. I do think it kind of does have some problems - it is very slow to start, the last chapter I think is too drawn out, and while it’s necessary narratively it does feel like a mistake doing the vignette structure for the first half of the game then basically completely abandoning it in favor of one continuous story for the second half - but on the whole it’s an excellent time and I really recommend it. That said this is much more of a book than it is a game really, other than a couple of times bits there’s really no deeper gameplay here than just choosing options every once in awhile.
Also had no idea at all that this was going to be a super pro-trans game and go heavy on looking at struggling to be intersex in a society that doesn’t understand it but those are like super prominent aspects of the story and it was a really welcome thing to see. Even if it did in part to contribute to how I kind of struggle to figure out what tone this game was actually going for - it kind of starts as gothic horror, turns into a slasher movie, just gets really sad for awhile, is kind of a tragic romance for the bulk of it, and by the end it’s kind of arguably a comedy. Very strange ride but really dug it.
I’ll probably wait a bit before getting to the prequel and the side story games, are included with the original in the current version, but I am a bit curious about the sequel so might do it soon. Helps the added voice acting will probably make it way easier to multitask with anyway.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 24, 2024 0:06:00 GMT -5
26. Super Mario Land
Kind of just felt like something quick and breezy, not a lot to say about it but always a fun time. Continually baffled it's not on the Switch yet.
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Post by GOTHIC CHARISMA 🧊 🥶❄️FURY on Apr 24, 2024 1:35:55 GMT -5
25. The House in Fata Morgana Owned the game for ages and only heard good things but kind of just kept not making time to play it, then recently I decided to finally really go and double down on it, been going on and off on it for a week or two. In general it really is a fantastic visual novel, with a great story and a great cast. I do think it kind of does have some problems - it is very slow to start, the last chapter I think is too drawn out, and while it’s necessary narratively it does feel like a mistake doing the vignette structure for the first half of the game then basically completely abandoning it in favor of one continuous story for the second half - but on the whole it’s an excellent time and I really recommend it. That said this is much more of a book than it is a game really, other than a couple of times bits there’s really no deeper gameplay here than just choosing options every once in awhile. Also had no idea at all that this was going to be a super pro-trans game and go heavy on looking at struggling to be intersex in a society that doesn’t understand it but those are like super prominent aspects of the story and it was a really welcome thing to see. Even if it did in part to contribute to how I kind of struggle to figure out what tone this game was actually going for - it kind of starts as gothic horror, turns into a slasher movie, just gets really sad for awhile, is kind of a tragic romance for the bulk of it, and by the end it’s kind of arguably a comedy. Very strange ride but really dug it. I’ll probably wait a bit before getting to the prequel and the side story games, are included with the original in the current version, but I am a bit curious about the sequel so might do it soon. Helps the added voice acting will probably make it way easier to multitask with anyway. I liked this one! Prequel and everything else aren’t as good imo though
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Post by Rave on Apr 24, 2024 1:40:27 GMT -5
1. Tales of Arise + DLC
Def. not for everyone. There's a difficulty curve. Healing items and money are scarce, there's in-game reasons for this. It gets easier near the tail end, just in time for the post-game bosses to be ridiculous. The DLC remedies the scarcity a bit, but only for its separate story. Story was nice and I enjoyed the trip. Don't buy the DLC at full price, there's really no reason for that to be above $20.
2. Soul Hackers 2, good ending
Another one I had a good time with. It's actually easier than most Atlus games, to the point where I didn't need to use the usual buff/debuffs that much as long as I had a decent skill spread. Grinding was still required near the end.
3. Breath of Fire
If I had a dime for how many times I needed a guide for this, I'd have at least a few dollars. I like retro. Really wish whoever's doing the uploading for Switch Online would give us some of the more obscure SNES RPGs. Secret of Evermore would be an interesting addition.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 25, 2024 9:49:29 GMT -5
27. Kirby's Return to Dream Land
First played the Wii version last year, this time was the Switch version after I bought it half off for Black Friday. Kind of the same opinion I had going through it the first time, pretty fun but does just kind of feel like, "Yeah, it's a modern Kirby game," but recognize that's perfectly understandable given it's the game that laid the foundation for that. Either way, fun time, though probably wait to dig into the side content.
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Post by castletonsnob on Apr 25, 2024 18:57:49 GMT -5
Beat 2 Pokemon games, Ruby and Black.
Here was my Ruby team:
Swampert Shiftry Dodrio Exploud Gardevoir Manectric
Here was my Black team:
Samurott Sawsbuck Darmanitan Zebstrika Krookodile Scolipede
I used Reshiram for the last 2 battles.
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Post by Andee9001 on Apr 26, 2024 4:03:50 GMT -5
14, 15 and 16 - GTA 4, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony
Got all 3 games in an Xbox sale last month and have to say 60fps and barely any loading times made it a much better experience than it was 16 years ago.
The main game is so good. Niko was such a great character. I remember when i first played it in 08 i thought it wasn't as fun as San Andreas but replaying it i can appreciate what Rockstar was trying to do. It took GTA in a different direction and it obviously didn't stick with how GTA 5 turned out but looking back it's a classic i definately slept on.
The 2 story add ons were good as well but i prefer the Losts story. Luis i find to be a pretty boring character whereas Johnny i always liked.
I folllowed a guide online and tried to do the missions in chronilogical order swapping between each character. Was cool but i prefer to do things not so structured.
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tirtefaa
Unicron
If you wanna know the truth, you gotta dig up Johnny Booth.
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Post by tirtefaa on Apr 27, 2024 13:47:00 GMT -5
Super Star Wars
I only play on physical consoles, so you can imagine how much of a challenge this was. I never beat the Sandcrawler when I was younger, so that's where the game ended. Coming back to it, I figured I'd be more careful, but I completely forgot that the enemies respawn fast in this game. I'd actually say this is worse than Ninja Gaiden in terms of cheap deaths. I probably wouldn't have even come close to beating it had I not taken advantage of a hidden area with boulders in Level 5(?) where you can grab like 10 free lives, die, then do it again.
Anyways, there's never a time I felt the need to not be firing the blaster when I had it, and the same almost applies with the lightsaber. On top of annoying enemies, this game also has some ridiculous leaps of faith and cheap platforming. I never saw the need to play as Han or Chewie...Luke is just all around better.
I find it funny that they felt the need to let the player hold down the weapon button and the weapon fires endlessly, but when you're in the X-Wing, you have to press it manually, making it incredibly tedious. The trench battle isn't so much hard as it's tense since you're needing to shoot every blast on screen before it hits you, so you're not even paying attention to anything else. And it would have been nice if the game told you to fire your torpedoes at the end, instead of making me waste a life after assuming I'd beaten it. Oh well.
Overall, it's nice that the developers followed the movie closely at a time when it wasn't the norm. The graphics look nice and the music is solid, but other than that...I have to say I don't get the praise. While games should be challenging, there is a limit on what is fair and what isn't. I don't think the respawning enemies and blind jumps really constitute as fair especially with who these games were initially intended for. I beat the game on Easy, and it by no means was "easy". LucasArts also developed Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures, another staple of my childhood that has much of the same gameplay style, albeit in a more fair fashion. No respawning enemies and clear obvious jumps. And that game on Hard is easier than Super Star Wars was on Easy.
Anyways, this was another step in trying to beat every physical game that I own, and I intend to play Empire next, but I'm not looking forward to it.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 27, 2024 23:31:28 GMT -5
28. Vampire Survivors
Been replaying the game on Xbox for awhile for achievements for Rewards purposes and finally got around to re-fighting the final boss. Not a crazy amount to say about it but is definitely a fun game, good way to kill some time, though kind of has been marred a bit by how my approach to it on this playthrough has been more doing it as a job than doing it for fun.
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Post by Giul T. on Apr 27, 2024 23:32:30 GMT -5
14. Balatro. God this game is fun.
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Post by Hernan on Apr 28, 2024 9:36:52 GMT -5
1. Conker's Bad Fur Day.
Finished it last night. I played it on Android emulation. Overall, I enjoyed it through and through. It has that British humour that's always welcome for me. Incredible I was too late playing this.
I always try to play old school games opposed to newer ones.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 29, 2024 17:20:02 GMT -5
29. Super Mario 64 DS
I kind of wish there was another port of this game that fixed some of the issues with this one. The new content is cool (if often kind of lazy, especially the silver star levels), but between the clunky-ass character swapping and how janky the controls feel designed for the DS it just feels so much more awkward and tedious than the original. Still fun but just feels like a largely subpar port that just has some neat bells and whistles in it.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 1, 2024 7:15:32 GMT -5
30. New Super Mario Bros.
I don't think I ever really noticed before how clumsy and awkward the endgame level design in this game is. Waaaay too many levels that make you move very slowly to account for the game liking to jumpscare you with random enemies and traps just offscreen, plus times Star Coins are hidden behind branching paths where you have to just guess one at complete random and hope you get it right with no second chance. Kind of led to a lot of the endgame on this playthrough being really frustrating.
Probably going to be going heavy on the DS games for awhile. Might finally try and replay Hotel Dusk then get around to Last Window soon.
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Post by Rise on May 1, 2024 14:03:40 GMT -5
2. God of War (2005), absolutely love this game and never tire of playing it. Hopefully the rumours of a remake are accurate
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Post by dirtyoldman on May 1, 2024 14:50:37 GMT -5
9 Super Mario 3D World twitter.com/X_Burnside_X/status/1785755736645222773?t=Q2Gp6csEeIA0A9V4P1b6sA&s=19I've played this one before but this one I went through with my 6 year old and he was the one to land the killing blow to Bowser. Gets pretty crazy at times and I found it hard to keep track of where I was when it got really busy. And that last Level must have took so many lives with the autoscroll being too slow for a change.
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