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Nice write up Scrustle. I've been on the fence about getting Judgement but I think I will. I restrict myself to 1 Yakuza a year to avoid burnout though so I'll pencil it in for 2021 (finishing Kiryu's saga with 6 in 2020).
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Jan 2 - War for the Overworld (PC)
Jan 13 - Pyre (PC)
Jan 16 - Heroes of Hammerwatch (PC)
Jan 17 - Mega Man 11 (Switch)
Jan 20 - ReThink | Evolved (PC)
Jan 20 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch)
Jan 22 - Ruzar - The Life Stone (PC)
Jan 27 - After Death (PC)
Feb 6 - Vikings - Wolves of Midgard (PC)
Feb 21 - Loyalty and Blood: Viktor Origins (PC)

Feb 27 - Book of Demons (PC)
Mar 4 - Vaporum (PC)
Mar 5 - Frost (Switch)
Mar 9 - DarkMaus (PC)
Mar 10 - Octopath Traveler (Switch)
Mar 31 - Final Fantasy X (PC)
Apr 5 - Treasure Adventure World (PC)
Apr 15 - Greedy Guns (PC)
Apr 23 - ChromaGun (PC)
Apr 27 - The Quest (PC)

May 1 - Skautfold: Usurper (PC)
May 7 - Alwa's Awakening (PC)
May 9 - OneShot (PC)
May 13 - Darkest Dungeon: Ancestral Edition (Switch)
May 27 - Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (PC)
May 29 - Styx: Shards of Darkness (PC)
Jun 5 - The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians (PC)
Jun 5 - Monster Boy and The Cursed Kingdom (Switch)
Jun 11 - Yoku's Island Express (Switch)
Jun 17 - LISA (PC)

Jun 18 - Heroes of the Monkey Tavern (PC)
Jun 24 - Halcyon 6 (PC)
Jun 29 - Fox n Forests (PC)
Jul 4 - Battle Princess Madelyn (Switch)
Jul 14 - Dustforce (PC)
Jul 26 - Ambition of the Slimes (Switch)
July 29 - Final Fantasy X-2 (PC)
July 31 - Epistory - Typing Chronicles (PC)
Aug 2 - Moonlighter (Switch)
Aug 6 - Seasons After Fall (PC)

Aug 10 - Bayonetta 2 (Switch)
Aug 12 - ReThink | Evolved 2 (PC)

The continuation of this little puzzle game series. It still predominately uses colored lasers and combining/splitting them as needed to get the right color to where its needed to open the door to the next room. What is new in this one are mirrors to reflect things around. It remains nothing fantastic but still makes for a neat, short, puzzle game.

Aug 21 - Shadows: Awakening (PC)

An ARPG with an interesting gimmick. You play as a demon and absorb various souls throughout the game that are other characters you can freely swap to. There is the main one you choose at the start and you have up to two of the others in your party at once. You only die if the demon dies or if all the other souls die. The demon is also in another realm that has enemies only he can see and the same goes for the souls. Each one is limited to three abilities at a time (each one has more to learn than that) but between four characters that you can use, that is a nice amount that you can combine as you see fit. It makes for a nice and different gimmick for the genre.

The game itself, though, is certainly slower than your normal ARPG. Combat is ultimately fine. There are puzzles that are mostly fine but there are some boulder rolling ones that suck because the movement doesn't work well with moving them around. Overall, it does its gimmick well but remains average in for the rest.
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ColinAlonso wrote: August 23rd, 2019, 10:19 pm Nice write up Scrustle. I've been on the fence about getting Judgement but I think I will. I restrict myself to 1 Yakuza a year to avoid burnout though so I'll pencil it in for 2021 (finishing Kiryu's saga with 6 in 2020).
I'm doing pretty much the same. Played Zero and Kiwami in the last two years and currently halfway through Kiwami 2. I'm enjoying it a lot more than the first Kiwami. The side activities aren't as good as Zero though, darts and pool were great but I'm not so much of a fan of this darts game in Kiwami 2. Some rather questionable entertainment activities as well, photographing the women in swimwear etc!

I can't help thinking I'd really enjoy Majong and the 'kind of like chess' game they have too if I could be bothered to learn them. Great game though. Really pleased 3, 4 and 5 coming to current gen. The collection should be fairly cheap by the time I need to buy it, too.
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Night in the Woods

I loved this. It's a great "one of them". Although in this case it feels quite unique in that the character you play is
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clearly quite a disturbed young (cat) woman. They must have went to real lengths to research and get this right, dealing with sensitive matters such as mental illness, it felt so real the dialogue and insight into Mae's mind. The whole "shapes" revelation was the prime example of this. Frightening and yet understandable somehow.
The cast of characters were unique and the story was engrossing. I also enjoyed a lot of the plodding around just chatting to people, it helped me really get into the atmosphere of Possum Springs, and into the characters heads, understanding their quirks and problems. Really enjoyed the ending, too. It stuck the landing.

Brilliant.
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Depressingly, NitW coder and musician Alec Holowka has just today been accused of sexual assault (and many of us believe the accounts as given).

The writer and artist Scott Benson - or anybody else who worked on the game - haven’t received any such accusations, it should be stressed.
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Yeah, really messed up stuff. :(
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(Jan) Starlink :Battle for Atlas - PS4.
(Jan) Far Cry 5 - PS4.
(Jan) Resident Evil 2(2019) - PS4.
(Jan) Shadow of the Tomb Raider - XB1X.
(Feb) Metro Exodus - XB1X.
(Mar) Marvel's Spiderman - PS4.
(Apr) The Division 2 - XB1X.
(Apr) Dead Rising 3 - XB1X.
(Apr) World War Z - XB1X.
(Apr) Earthfall: Invasion - XB1X.
(May) RYSE: Son of Rome - XB1X.
(May) Tacoma - XB1X.
(May) Abzu - XB1X.
(May) Mortal Kombat X - XB1X.
(May) The Walking Dead:A New Frontier - XB1X.
(May) The Gardens Between - XB1X.
(June) Crackdown 3: Campaign -XB1X.
(June) Days Gone(platinum) - PS4.
(Aug) Wolfenstein: Youngblood - XB1X.
(Aug) Detroit: Become Human - PS4.
(Aug) Devil May Cry 5 - XB1X.
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ratsoalbion wrote: August 27th, 2019, 5:30 pm Depressingly, NitW coder and musician Alec Holowka has just today been accused of sexual assault (and many of us believe the accounts as given).

The writer and artist Scott Benson - or anybody else who worked on the game - haven’t received any such accusations, it should be stressed.
Oh god. That sounds really dark. Just read about it.
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ratsoalbion wrote: August 27th, 2019, 5:30 pm Depressingly, NitW coder and musician Alec Holowka has just today been accused of sexual assault (and many of us believe the accounts as given).

The writer and artist Scott Benson - or anybody else who worked on the game - haven’t received any such accusations, it should be stressed.
This really has affected my desire to play this. I only bought it the other day and was quite excited but I don’t think I’ll be playing it anytime soon:(

Very sad times. Like any industry there are bad eggs but I wish they didn’t exist in the world of videogames or only made the crap games so I didn’t have to feel conflicted.
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Equally grim is that Jeremy Soule has been accused of rape.

Incredibly brave of the victims to make their accounts public.
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I can’t believe this has come out the day I finish the game. Although one thing here that makes me feel better about my connection to the game is I actually thought the music / sound design was the least successful element of the game for me. Very oddly for a game like this, I could easily have played it with the sound off I think (although I didn’t). Essentially erasing this guy’s creative input.

It’s not a situation as with watching the MJ documentaries or something, meaning I find it really difficult to listen to songs I used to enjoy now, unable to separate the art from the person.

Goddamit. I wanted to chat about Night in the Woods after experiencing it, not about some horrible abusive prick. This will clearly grab headlines, and tarnish the game for some which is a shame for the others involved in creating it. I think it’s a real triumph of the genre.

Clearly the most important thing issue here is the victim who has had the courage to speak about what happened which is tough - hopefully sparking a healing process / inspiration for others.
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1st February - Dark Souls
8th February - The Gardens Between
9th February - Quarantine Circular
20th February - Night in the woods
26th March - Ape Out
16th June - Brothers
25th June - My Friend Pedro
7th July - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
23rd July - Streets of Rage 2

27th August - DOOM (1993)

One of those games that's been infamous throughout my life growing up yet I've never owned or played.

Beaten the first 3 episodes and I get the love for it entirely, even 25+ years on. Still smooth as hell, great fun to unleash that shotgun and the music is by and large great.

Didn't bother with the Ultimate / Final Doom 4th chapter as I hear it's just challenge maps and a later addition. Plus I felt the Episodes gradually got more convoluted and irritating anyhow.

Episode 1 was pure joy. 2 pretty damn decent. 3 felt like dying over and over looking for an obscure place to hide a switch or door.

But very glad I've played it. Great game.
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ratsoalbion wrote: August 27th, 2019, 9:30 pm Equally grim is that Jeremy Soule has been accused of rape.

Incredibly brave of the victims to make their accounts public.
That is bloody terrible. Randomly I have been Facebook friends with Jeremy Soule for a few years but he posted a couple of weeks ago he was taking some time away from social media. Just checked now and he may have deleted his account. All makes sense now!
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Alex79uk wrote: August 26th, 2019, 8:55 am
ColinAlonso wrote: August 23rd, 2019, 10:19 pm Nice write up Scrustle. I've been on the fence about getting Judgement but I think I will. I restrict myself to 1 Yakuza a year to avoid burnout though so I'll pencil it in for 2021 (finishing Kiryu's saga with 6 in 2020).
I'm doing pretty much the same. Played Zero and Kiwami in the last two years and currently halfway through Kiwami 2. I'm enjoying it a lot more than the first Kiwami. The side activities aren't as good as Zero though, darts and pool were great but I'm not so much of a fan of this darts game in Kiwami 2. Some rather questionable entertainment activities as well, photographing the women in swimwear etc!

I can't help thinking I'd really enjoy Majong and the 'kind of like chess' game they have too if I could be bothered to learn them. Great game though. Really pleased 3, 4 and 5 coming to current gen. The collection should be fairly cheap by the time I need to buy it, too.
Yes a more elegant write up than I can manage Scrustle. I have Kiwami 2 ready to finish (I think I am midway through) and will wait for the 3, 4 and 5 to go on sale digitally which I imagine it will prior to 4's release. Judgement is now my second favourite in the series after Zero with Kiwani a distant last place.
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1st Jan - Virginia (Xbox One)
13th Jan - Gravity Rush 2 (PS4)
27th Jan - Mortal Kombat (Vita)
3rd Feb - Mortal Kombat X (Xbox One)
18th Feb - Crackdown 3 (Xbox One)
12th Mar - Dark Souls 3: Ashes Of Ariandel (Xbox One)
17th Mar - Dark Souls 3: The Ringed City (Xbox One)
6th May - Guildmaster Story (iOS)
15th May - Mortal Kombat 11 (PS4)
22nd May - Mortal Kombat 11 (PS4) (Platinum Trophy)
27th May - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (Xbox One)
2nd Jun - Sekiro: SDT (Xbox One) (1000G)
6th Jun - Astro Bot: Rescue Mission (PSVR)
13th Jun - Furi (PS4)
18th Jun - Blood & Truth (PSVR)
21st Jun - Watch Dogs 2 (PS4)
25th Jun - Burly Men At Sea (PS4)
25th Jun - Hatoful Boyfriend (PS4)
26th Jun - Batman: The Telltale Series (PS4)
8th Jul - Sunset (PC)
18th Jul - NieR: Automata (PS4) (Ending A)
21st Jul - Super Mario Maker 2 (Switch)
24th Jul - Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order (Switch)
4th Aug - Tetris Effect (PS4/PSVR)
16th Aug - Pixel Puzzle Collection (iOS)
22nd Aug - Superhot VR (PSVR)
23rd Aug - Superhot (Xbox One)

Both completed for the podcast (which we recorded over the weekend). Thoughts on there, obviously.

This was my first completion of Superhot VR. Other than the stripped-back story, I agree with those who've said that it is incredibly well suited to the format. Playing this was intuitive in a way that even overcame the difficulties I had with tracking and throwing.

A highly-recommended VR experience. :geek:
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January:
Tale of Tales Collection
Virginia
Gravity Rush 2
Nier Automata

Feb:
Wolfenstein 2
Prey (2006)
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Super Ghouls and Ghosts
Aladdin SNES
Aladdin Mega Drive
Donkey Kong

March:
Donkey King Country
Pilotwings
Dino crisis
Pony Island
Ape Escape
Donkey Kong country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3
Monkey Island 2

April:
DK 94
Inside (PS4)
Pony island
Shovel Knight plague of shadows
Dk64
Banjo Kazooie

May:
Banjo Tooie
Furi
Observer
Shovel Knight Specter of Torment

June:
Super Meat Boy
Evil Within

July:
Prey 2017
Evil within 2
Ground Zeroes
Pilotwings 64

August:
DJ Hero
Castlevania: SOTN
Kirbys Epic Yarn
August 31st:

Super Mario Bros 3

Agree with Alex the final world was not fun at all. I had to resort to save states in the end which was a shame but I’m glad I’ve done it and that’s the original trilogy off my backlog. Im going to have a go at the lost levels but from what I heard I don’t think I will see the credits.
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1 Jan: Lego Marvel Super Heroes (PS4)
12 Jan: LittleBigPlanet 3 (PS4)
27 Jan: Raging Justice (Switch)
7 Feb: Mega Man 4 - Mega Man Legacy Collection (Switch)
7 Mar: Trials Fusion (PS4)
15 Mar: Cursed Castilla EX (Switch)
22 Mar: The Witness (PS4)
27 Mar: Call of Duty - Modern Warfare Remastered (PS4)
19 Apr: Resident Evil Remastered (PS4)
20 Apr: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES on Switch)
25 Apr: Moonlighter (Switch)
26 Apr: Sega Ages Out Run (Switch)
6 May: Mega Man 5 - Mega Man Legacy Collection (Switch)
7 May: What Remains of Edith Finch (PS4)
10 May: Mortal Kombat X (PS4)
23 May: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS4)
24 May: Kid Dracula - Castlevania Anniversary Collection (Switch)
8 June: Cuphead (Switch)
10 June: Super Mario Land (Game Boy)
14 June: Pilotwings (SNES on 3DS)
16 June: Final Fantasy 7 (Switch)
17 June: Castlevania - Castlevania Anniversary Collection (Switch)
26 June: Kid Icarus (NES on Switch)
26 June: Mega Man 6 - Mega Man Legacy Collection (Switch)
27 June: Balloon Kid (Game Boy on 3DS)
29 June: Resident Evil 2 Remake (PS4)
4 July: Shovel Knight (Switch)
6 July: The Castlevania Adventure - Castlevania Anniversary Collection (Switch)
8 July: Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge - Castlevania Anniversary Collection (Switch)
9 July: Night Trap - 25th Anniversary Edition (Switch)
11 July: Operation C - Contra Anniversary Collection (Switch)
23 July: Mighty Bomb Jack (NES on Switch)
Quite a lot of Castlevania action this month. I’m now caning Symphony of the Night on PS4, deep into the inverted castle. Hopefully that will be first on my recap for September! Also unlocked and completed (to varying degrees of success) every track on Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun, which is still one of the most joyous games I’ve ever played! And caught up with a couple of Game Boy / Advance games I’d never finished before.

3 August: Super Castlevania IV - Castlevania Anniversary Collection (Switch)
6 August: Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest - Castlevania Anniversary Collection (Switch)
7 August: Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (Japanese version) - Castlevania Anniversary Collection (Switch)
9 August: Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (English version) - Castlevania Anniversary Collection (Switch)
11 August: Castlevania Bloodlines - Castlevania Anniversary Collection (Switch)
14 August: Bruce Lee - Return of the Legend (Game Boy Advance)
21 August: Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Switch)
27 August: Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins (Game Boy)
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Jan 2 - War for the Overworld (PC)
Jan 13 - Pyre (PC)
Jan 16 - Heroes of Hammerwatch (PC)
Jan 17 - Mega Man 11 (Switch)
Jan 20 - ReThink | Evolved (PC)
Jan 20 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch)
Jan 22 - Ruzar - The Life Stone (PC)
Jan 27 - After Death (PC)
Feb 6 - Vikings - Wolves of Midgard (PC)
Feb 21 - Loyalty and Blood: Viktor Origins (PC)

Feb 27 - Book of Demons (PC)
Mar 4 - Vaporum (PC)
Mar 5 - Frost (Switch)
Mar 9 - DarkMaus (PC)
Mar 10 - Octopath Traveler (Switch)
Mar 31 - Final Fantasy X (PC)
Apr 5 - Treasure Adventure World (PC)
Apr 15 - Greedy Guns (PC)
Apr 23 - ChromaGun (PC)
Apr 27 - The Quest (PC)

May 1 - Skautfold: Usurper (PC)
May 7 - Alwa's Awakening (PC)
May 9 - OneShot (PC)
May 13 - Darkest Dungeon: Ancestral Edition (Switch)
May 27 - Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (PC)
May 29 - Styx: Shards of Darkness (PC)
Jun 5 - The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians (PC)
Jun 5 - Monster Boy and The Cursed Kingdom (Switch)
Jun 11 - Yoku's Island Express (Switch)
Jun 17 - LISA (PC)

Jun 18 - Heroes of the Monkey Tavern (PC)
Jun 24 - Halcyon 6 (PC)
Jun 29 - Fox n Forests (PC)
Jul 4 - Battle Princess Madelyn (Switch)
Jul 14 - Dustforce (PC)
Jul 26 - Ambition of the Slimes (Switch)
July 29 - Final Fantasy X-2 (PC)
July 31 - Epistory - Typing Chronicles (PC)
Aug 2 - Moonlighter (Switch)
Aug 6 - Seasons After Fall (PC)

Aug 10 - Bayonetta 2 (Switch)
Aug 12 - ReThink | Evolved 2 (PC)
Aug 21 - Shadows: Awakening (PC)
Aug 24 - Singularity (PC)

A hidden gem of an FPS so I gave it a try. I found it fine but that is about it. The two gun limit that I dislike is there. With ammo availability it became the usual, using the assault rifle for one and shotgun for the other. There are some other neat guns but with their limited ammo, I'd rather not run around with a useless gun.

The gem part of this game is its time powers. It's a time travel story and you get the ability to manipulate some things with it. You can age/de-age things for some light puzzling (and enemy killing) as well as some other powers that saw very little use. Enemies are mostly generic humans that aren't worth talking about. The others are mutants that can be fairly creepy. Both die to only a couple shots even on Hard difficulty and the protagonist can eat a surprising amount of shots so it was pretty easy.

Aug 26 - Typoman (PC)

Think Limbo but all the puzzles are putting words together with the available letters to make something happen to move forward. For example, you need a door to open so you spell "open." There are sometimes a few words you can use to solve the same puzzle and they work. Most of the time. There are times you can spell a word that should work for the situation but doesn't and that can be frustrating. That put me off from this game. At least it has a nice message overall.
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Life Is Strange The Adventures of Captain Spirit and Season 2 Episode 1 Roads

Completed both back to back and blown away by them both. Very heavy going and a little bit too on the nose in places but I would say the latter is an improvement on season one. I had a holy sh*t moment when I figured out the link
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Between the end of Captain Spirit and Season 2
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