Games completed 2016

[mikeleddy83]

Apr - Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

I'm not entirely sure I liked this as much as I expected to but it still manages to scrape a recommendation, good stuff!

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Apr - Dark Souls 3
Apr - God of War: Ascension
Apr - Skullgirls Encore
Mar - Bloodborne: The Old Hunters
Mar - Metro 2033 Redux
Mar - Metro: Last Light Redux
Mar - Final Fight: Double Impact (Final Fight - Guy)
Mar - Halo 4
Mar - Halo 3: ODST
Mar - Firewatch
Mar - Street Fighter V
Feb - Call of Duty: Black Ops III
Feb - Never Alone
Feb - Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX
Feb - Sunset Overdrive
Jan - Until Dawn
Jan - Game of Thrones E5: A Nest of Vipers
Jan - Game of Thrones E6: The Ice Dragon
Jan - Sin & Punishment
Jan - Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
Jan - Transformers: Devastation

[Combine Hunter]

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23/01 - Advance Wars (Wii U)
29/01 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Wii U)
06/02 - SOMA (PC)
10/02 - Deus Ex: Revision (PC)
12/02 - Firewatch (PC)
18/02 - Catherine (PS3)
28/02 - SUPERHOT (PC)
28/03 - Rise of the Tomb Raider (PC)
12/04 - Lara Croft GO (IOS)

24/04 - XCOM 2 (PC)

[Scrustle]

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10/02 - Darksiders 2: Deathinitive Edition (Normal)
19/02 - Killer Is Dead: Nightmare Edition (Normal)
23/02 - Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (Prince of Darkness)
25/02 - Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2: Revelations (Prince of Darkness)
27/02 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
02/03 - Portal: Still Alive
08/03 - The Darkness II
25/03 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Normal Castle)
30/03 - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
13/04 - Bayonetta (Normal)

24/04 - Hyper Light Drifter

A pretty great game. Had a bit of a bumpy start, but in the end things turned out well. Great atmosphere and art design, and a really nice sense of wonder and mystery to it. Even though I've finished it I feel like there's still a lot to figure out. Any criticisms I had earlier have been fixed. If anything, I kind of wish I waited until they patched the game before I started it. Either way, it's still a load of fun, and pretty challenging. It doesn't lose the sense of deliberate, quick, and tense combat that makes it so good. I think I'll have to come back to this one later to dig up all the stuff I missed. I'll also probably pick up the soundtrack too.

Oh, and just a quick side note for anyone else looking in to the soundtrack, don't go listening to it before playing through the game. It does something at the end of the game which is a nice surprise, but I've just noticed that same song is the first track on the soundtrack. So even though it's only a little surprise that doesn't really mean much, it's something that I think is worth preserving for the proper context.

[gallo_pinto]

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Jan - Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (PS3)
Jan - Escape Plan (Vita)
Jan - That Dragon, Cancer (Mac)
Jan - Super Time Force Ultra (Vita)
Jan - Three Fourths Home (Mac)
Jan - A Bird Story (Mac)
Feb - Super Meat Boy (Vita)
Feb - Bastion (Vita)
Feb - Undertale (Mac)
Feb - Zelda: Link’s Awakening (3DS)
Feb - Yo-Kai Watch (3DS)
Mar - Super Mario Bros 2 (3DS)
Mar - Metal Gear (Vita)
Mar - Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (Vita)
Mar - Metal Gear Solid (Vita)
Mar - Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Vita)
Apr - Out Run (3DS)
Apr - Streets of Rage (3DS)
Apr - Zelda: Oracle of Ages (3DS)
Apr - Super Mario Bros 3 (3DS)
Apr - SteamWorld Heist (3DS)

Apr - Gunstar Heroes (3DS)

Longer thoughts will go on the correct thread, but the short version is that I really enjoyed the first half of the game and I really didn't enjoy the second half.

[Dante Fireseed]

January 2 - Just Cause 3 (PS4)
February 8 - Rise of the tomb raider (360)
March 11 - Life is strange (PS4)
April 24 - Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain (PS4)

Pretty incredible game, with almost bang on 100 hours played, what a joyous experience. As usual a completely bonkers story, and Kojima needs an editor what with the game having essentially three endings, but the base building causes x-com levels of addiction and the stealth combat is peerless. Amazing.

[dezm0nd]

Jan 1: Fallout 4
Jan 12: Doom 3: BFG Edition (Veteran)
Jan 16: Doom 3: Ressurection of Evil (Marine)
Jan 17: Doom 3: The Lost Missions
Jan 26: Rise of the Tomb Raider: The witch DLC thing Baba Yaga
Jan 31: Rainbow Six Siege (All operators unlocked)

Feb 12: Monument Valley
Feb 13: Unravel
Feb 13: Until Dawn
Feb 27: Superhot

March 15: The Division
March 26: The Binding of Isaac (Xbox One)
March 26: Ori and the Blind Forest Definitive Edition

Apr 7: The Binding of Isaac (Golden God)
Apr 9: Quantum Break (Hard)
Apr 16: Kid Icarus Uprising
Apr 18: Lara Croft GO.
Apr 22: Ratchet & Clank
Apr 25: Starfox Zero

If Nintendo hadn't forced motion controls on the player, this would be one of the best Wii U games. Luckily they clicked for me but I can totally see it being a huge hurdle for some.

The game is a re-imagining of the N64 game but that doesn't stop it from looking, sounding and playing incredibly well. If you are struggling with flying/shooting alone, try the co-op. It makes the game much more bearable and therefore enjoyable.

The chicken walker is the only thing which controlled poorly to me but luckily it doesn't take up too much of the overall game time.

I loved it and i'll be going back for more.

[deacon05oc]

Another World 20th Aniversary on PS4/PS3/PSVita. Challenging yet became easy once you got the hang of it. Not long and can completed in a day. If I played this on its initial release it would have broke me.

[gallo_pinto]

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Jan - Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (PS3)
Jan - Escape Plan (Vita)
Jan - That Dragon, Cancer (Mac)
Jan - Super Time Force Ultra (Vita)
Jan - Three Fourths Home (Mac)
Jan - A Bird Story (Mac)
Feb - Super Meat Boy (Vita)
Feb - Bastion (Vita)
Feb - Undertale (Mac)
Feb - Zelda: Link’s Awakening (3DS)
Feb - Yo-Kai Watch (3DS)
Mar - Super Mario Bros 2 (3DS)
Mar - Metal Gear (Vita)
Mar - Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (Vita)
Mar - Metal Gear Solid (Vita)
Mar - Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Vita)
Apr - Out Run (3DS)
Apr - Streets of Rage (3DS)
Apr - Zelda: Oracle of Ages (3DS)
Apr - Super Mario Bros 3 (3DS)
Apr - SteamWorld Heist (3DS)
Apr - Gunstar Heroes (3DS)

Apr - Streets of Rage 2 (3DS)

Damn, this game is good. I had played a lot of Streets of Rage 1 when I was a kid, but this is the first time playing the sequel. Lately, I've been trying to play a lot of the older classics that I missed as a kid, and Streets of Rage 2 ages way better than I expected. Really fun.

I'm probably done playing M2's Sega Genesis games on the 3DS for a while, but they deserve all of the credit in the world. The "Rage Relay" mode in this version is really fun and a super smart way to tweak the game.

[Sinclair Gregstrum]

Jan - Broken Age (Vita)
Jan - Thomas Was Alone (Vita)
Feb - Until Dawn (PS4)
Feb - NiGHTS Into Dreams (Saturn via X360 via XBO)
Mar - Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception - Remastered (PS4)
Apr - Journey - Remastered (PS4)

Apr - Street Fighter Alpha 2 (PS One via Vita)

I had around 10 hours of solo train journeys over the last week or so due to a combination of work and family visits, and while I was wondering what I should play to stave off the boredom the gaming gods smiled on me by reducing the price of the PS One version of The Best Street Fighter Game Ever (it's official - don't argue), on the PS Store to just £2.49.

My history with Street Fighter Alpha 2 goes back to the Saturn version that I got around release in late 1996 and sank countless hours into over the years that followed. This PS One version doesn't quite live up that one (the Saturn had the best version of every 2D fighter of the era) thanks to longer load times, the lack of a Survival mode, and a few missing secret characters such as Evil Ryu. That said it still looks and plays beautifully, with Vita's OLED display making the fantastic art and animation really shine, and the d-pad doing a surprisingly decent job of dealing with precise inputs.

The only negative really is those load times, that when combined with the slightly convoluted process of getting back in for a rematch after a defeat, did begin to grate. We're so used to being able to jump straight back into gameplay nowadays following a fail state, that having to wait so long for a rematch after getting my ass kicked yet again got old pretty quickly. Essentially when you lose you get a screen of gloating from the victor, followed by a long loading screen, followed by a 'continue' screen, then more loading, then back to the character select screen, then more loading......aaaaaand we're back!

Throughout my play time I saw the credits roll a fair few times as I played through the arcade mode with all my old favourites. It really is a special game this, which perfectly combines instantly understandable mechanics with deceptive depth, and a perfectly refined character move set that feels fantastic to execute and land. For me this is also the best SF from an audio visual perspective as well. The art style and animation for both characters and stages is stunning, and the music throughout is wonderfully catchy and never comes close to wearing thin for me even on long play sessions.

Like I said - The Best Street Fighter Game Ever

[dezm0nd]

Jan 1: Fallout 4
Jan 12: Doom 3: BFG Edition (Veteran)
Jan 16: Doom 3: Ressurection of Evil (Marine)
Jan 17: Doom 3: The Lost Missions
Jan 26: Rise of the Tomb Raider: The witch DLC thing Baba Yaga
Jan 31: Rainbow Six Siege (All operators unlocked)

Feb 12: Monument Valley
Feb 13: Unravel
Feb 13: Until Dawn
Feb 27: Superhot

March 15: The Division
March 26: The Binding of Isaac (Xbox One)
March 26: Ori and the Blind Forest Definitive Edition

Apr 7: The Binding of Isaac (Golden God)
Apr 9: Quantum Break (Hard)
Apr 16: Kid Icarus Uprising
Apr 18: Lara Croft GO.
Apr 22: Ratchet & Clank
Apr 25: Starfox Zero
Apr 29: Affordable Space Adventures

Well worth the $9 I spent in the humble bundle to play it. I'll be trying out some of the others now! I hear Shantae is good fun.

[AndrewBrown]

04/01: The Swapper (Wii U) - Complete
09/01: BioShock (360) - Complete
27/01: Toy Story (GEN) - Beat
29/01: Home Alone (SNES) - Complete
08/02: Mass Effect (360) - Complete
16/02: Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (3DS) - Complete
19/02: Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void (Bnet) - Beat
29/02: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX (GBC) - Complete
03/03: Mortal Kombat XL (PS4) - Beat
05/03: Teslagrad (PSN) - Complete
11/03: Tom Clancy's The Division (PS4) - Beat
26/03: Pokémon AlphaSapphire (3DS) - Beat

01/04: Hyrule Warriors Legends (3DS) - Beat
02/04: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (Wii U) - 4x Damage Challenge Beaten
22/04: My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (3DSDL) - Complete
23/04: Star Fox Zero (Wii U) - Beat
25/04: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) - Complete

[Alex79]

JAN - Bastion (PS Vita)
JAN - The Swapper (PS Vita)
JAN - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (Nintendo DS)
JAN - Shovel Knight (PS Vita)
JAN - Snatcher (Sega CD emulated on PSP)
FEB - Super Time Force Ultra (PS Vita)
FEB - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots (PS3)
FEB - CounterSpy (PS Vita)
FEB - Flashback (Sega Megadrive emulated on PSP)
MAR - Nilhilumbra (PS Vita)
MAR - Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (Arcade on PS Vita)
MAR - The Wolf Among Us: Season One (PS Vita)
MAR - Final Fight (Arcade on PS Vita)
MAR - Medal Of Honor: Warfighter (PS3)
APR - Limbo (PS Vita)

APR - Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number (PS Vita)


Finished this last night, and I really enjoyed it. I loved the first game, but the sequel didn't grab me immediately, it seemed more action driven, less of solving the puzzle of how to best use your skills to clear a room and more of a full on action game. Once I'd got my head around that I spend most the game grinning like an idiot. The different styles - the roll dodge guy, the chainsaw/gun duo, the no lethal hits guy, they all played really well. If you liked the original and were left wanting more then you can't go wrong really. It's bigger, longer, more weapons and characters, and more level diversity. The only downside is a completely incomprehensible story - I've even read the plot summary on Wikipedia and am non the wiser. Oh, and yeah the soundtrack is still brilliant.

[DomsBeard]

The Walking Dead Michonne (Episodes 1, 2 and 3).

Not bad, not a patch on season 1 or 2 but better than the 400 days episode. Ending was a bit weird but overall if you like TWD it's alright. I'd say pick it up on sale. That engine was struggling at the beginning of each episode to show the previous decisions I made.

[Flabyo]

Every telltale game I've played seems to struggle with the episode recaps, seems like a fundamental issue they really need to fix.

[Indiana747]

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(Jan) Assassins Creed Liberation HD - PSN.
(Jan) Army of Two:The Devils Cartel - PS3.
(Jan) Assassins Creed Freedom Cry - PS4.
(Jan) Alien Breed Episode 2:Assault - XBOX 360.
(Jan) Beyond: Two Souls - PS3.
(Feb) Bastion - XBL.
(Feb) Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate - PSN.
(Feb) Borderlands The Pre-Sequel - PS4.
(Feb) Bloodborne - PS4.
(Feb) Contrast - PS4.
(Feb) Condemned: Criminal Origins - XBOX 360.
(Feb) Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse - PSN.
(Feb) Nihilumbra - PS Vita.
(Feb) Dishonored: Definitive Edition - PS4.
(Mar) Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken - PS Vita.
(Mar) Firewatch - PS4.
(Mar) Rainbow 6 Seige - PS4.
(Mar) Duke Nukem Forever - PS3.
(Mar)Tom Clancy's The Division(platinum) - PS4.
(Apr) Ether One(platinum) - PS4.

(May) Dead Space 3 - PS3.

[Alex79]

Dead Space 3 any good? I wasn't keen on the first but really enjoyed the second one.

[dezm0nd]

I played through 3 and found it to be a let down but enjoyable enough. I loved 1 & 2, though.

[achamius]

I finally finished Mass Effect (yes, just the first one).

[RCheeze]

Bastion still remains one of my favorite games ever. It might not be anything super ambitious, but the fun gameplay, gorgeous graphics and the soundtrack make it a gem for me.

First game for 2016: Bastion I really enjoyed this quaint little game. Loved seeing the story unfold piece by piece like the floor rising. Simple combat, too many weapons. I didn't like when I set a load out only to find a new weapon to replace one of them. I also really enjoyed the music. I going to try Transistor on my PS4 now. Kinda wish that game was on the Vita. The short levels worked for me with Bastion. Now to New Game Plus.

[RCheeze]

1. Tomb Raider
2. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
3. BOXBOY!
4. Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
5. Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D