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Flabyo wrote: June 28th, 2020, 11:10 pm Jan 10th - Spider-Man (PS4)
Jan 26th - Children of Morta (XBO)
Feb 10th - Indivisible (XBO)
April 6th - Monument Valley 2 (iOS)
April 18th - Yakuza 0 (XBO)
May 2nd - Streets of Rage 4 (XBO)
May 29th - Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath (PS4)
June 1st - Bastion (XBO)
June 28th - Observation (XBO)
July 11th - The Messenger (XBO)

Some nice gimmicks in what would otherwise be a competent but not outstanding indie Metroidvania. Quite challenging at times, for me anyway, but I got there eventually.

Some of the sections reminded me a lot of Celeste actually.
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Jan - Blasphemous
Jan - A Short Hike
Jan - Dear Esther
Jan - Luigi's Mansion 3
Jan - Sayonara Wild Hearts
Jan - Gorogoa
Feb - Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
Feb - Samurai Shodown (2019)
Feb - SAR: Search and Rescue
Mar - Dragon Age: Origins*
Mar - Double Dragon IV
Mar - FRAMED
Mar - Binary Domain*
Mar - 198X
Mar - Missed messages.
Mar - Final Fantasy Adventure
Apr - Kingdom Hearts Final Mix
Apr - The King of Fighters XIII
Apr - The King of Fighters XIV
Apr - Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Apr - World of Horror
Apr - Streets of Rage 4
May - Death Stranding
May - The Dig
May - Secret of Mana (1993)
Jun - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019)
Jun - Battle Circuit
Jun - Doom (1993)*
Jun - Doom II*
Jun - The Last of Us Remastered*
Jun - The Outer Worlds
Jun - Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara*
Jul - The Last of Us Part 2
Jul - Blazing Chrome

*replayed
Jul - Marvel's Spider-Man
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13th Jan - Dishonored 2
19th Jan - Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
23rd Jan - Sayonara Wild Hearts
4th Feb - Wolfenstein: The New Order
18th Feb - Titanfall 2
28th Feb - What Remains of Edith Finch
2nd Mar - Gone Home
2nd Mar - Florence
21st Mar - Hitman (2016)
21st Mar - Thief 2
22nd Mar - BioShock Remastered
25th Mar - Dishonored
3rd Apr - Resident Evil 2 Remake
4th Apr - Hitman 2
18th Apr - Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen
25th Apr - Monument Valley
1st May - Uncharted 4
6th May - The Last of Us
8th May - The Last of Us: Left Behind
9th May - Far Cry Primal
21st May - Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall & The Brigmore Witches
24th May - Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
31st May - The Banner Saga 1
8th June - The Banner Saga 2
17th June - God of War (2018)
27th June - The Last of Us Part II
12th July - Control

I left this part-finished a few months ago and powered through the last ~60% last night and today - it's a nice length, maybe 10 hours. Much of this game is incredible. The sparse, brutalist aesthetic is impeccable, and I spent a lot of time having fun with the photo mode. Great voice acting and motion capture, and in general tremendous production values. It also boasts some of the coolest sections in a game I've played this year - the famous Ashtray Maze does indeed rule, as well as some more dreamlike sections and other moments that feel successfully pulled from a serial like The X Files. The use of FMV is honestly genius, and the supporting cast of characters is really good. Dr. Darling and Ahti being clear winners, but I was quite partial to Langston, Marshall and Arish as well - the writing and performances should be lauded for how effectively these characters are established and how individual they feel. Jesse Faden herself is a complex and engaging character who Courtney Hope handles extremely well. The shooting is fun, and when Jesse is powered up with all the abilities it can be such a power trip. Levitating above enemy gunfire, ripping chunks out of nearby walls and office upholstery to hurl back at them before jinking away mid-air from incoming rockets is a hell of a feeling and the combat can absolutely sing.

The only problem is that, to me, the game has a troubled relationship with the concept of "challenge". There are a handful of sections that articulate challenge by throwing waves of enemies at you, which depending on factors like available cover or enemy type can be fun or infuriating. It can sometimes be unclear where damage is coming from, and there are some decisions that feel like straight clangers; giving you an ability and then immediately making you fight a boss that is immune to it being one. Many enemy attacks can do 90% of your health even when you've put points into your health bar, and I always dislike being punished with a loading screen and having to re-do entire encounters because I got unlucky right at the end of a minutes-long encounter - I always want to be able to screw up once or twice, and at times it felt like the game was balanced to disallow that, resulting in some unfair-feeling deaths. For whatever reason they have chosen not to include difficulty settings, which is a shame as there is a clever, tremendously fun and often even brilliant experience here that is just marred with a few spikes and cheap sections.

Despite those grumbles I will be returning to the Oldest House to explore side missions and engage with the combat some more, and possibly check out the DLC some day.
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03/01 - Disco Elysium (PC)
03/02 - DUSK (PC)
12/02 - Baba is You (PC)
13/02 - Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (PSP - via Castlevania: Dracula X)
21/03 - Dying Light (PC)
24/03 - Ori and The Will of the Wisps (PC)
04/04 - DOOM: Eternal (PC)
05/04 - Resident Evil 3 (PC)
10/04 - Tangle Tower (Switch)
13/05 - Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions (PS Vita)
23/05 - Mega Man X2 (Switch)
14/06 - Shovel Knight: King of Cards (Switch)
03/07 - The Last of Us Part 2 (PS4)
11/07 - Divinity: Original Sin 2 (PC)

Some of my favourite combat in any western RPG I've played. Story is good, but not Witcher 3 level, it's just a pure joy to actually play.
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Jan 1 - Wonder Boy in Monster World (Sega Mega Drive Mini)
Jan 5 – FTL: Faster Than Light (PC) (Easy)
Jan 21 – God of War (PS4)
Feb 6 – Into The Breach (Switch) (Normal)
Feb 10 – Wargroove: Double Trouble (Switch)
Feb 15 - Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (PS4)
Feb 16 - Ristar (Switch)
Apr 4 - Florence (Android)
Apr 8- Resident Evil 2 (2019) (PS4) (Leon - Standard)
Apr 13 - Spider-Man: Turf Wars DLC (PS4)
Apr 14 - Spider-Man: Silver Lining DLC (PS4)
May 12 - Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (PS4)
May 17- The Gardens Between (Switch)
May 28 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch)
Jun 14 - Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom (PS4)
Jun 15 - WarioWare Gold (3DS)
Jun 16 - A Short Hike (PC)
Jun 17 - Catlateral Damage (PC)
Jun 20 - Horizon: Zero Dawn - The Frozen Wilds (PS4)
Jun 20 - Pokémon Trading Card Game (GBC - PC emulation)
Jul 2 - The World Ends With You Solo Remix (Android)
The sharper artwork and improved sound quality is welcome. However, I prefer how the dual screen format ties into the 'trust your partner' theme a lot better. Here they just feel like an assist instead of half of the combat.

I think the enemies have been made a lot easier too. I smashed through some of the bosses here, whereas on the DS they were long er battles which I often lost.

Jul 11 - Mr. Driller Drill Land (Switch)
I've reached the credits (and a screen saying The End), in about an hour and a half. It's basically an intro to the game that consists of the level 1 versions of each of the modes and a final boss, then you're free to do as you please.

Since then I've tried the level 2 version of World Tour (the traditional Mr. Driller experience). The difficulty has ramped up to what I expected from the game, including shouting at my Switch after dying at 967m (of 1000m)
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How is Mr Driller? I guess there's not much you can say is there really! I enjoyed the demo, so it's gone on my wishlist.
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Ha. There really is not much to say, it plays a good game of Mr Driller. The other modes seem to be interesting variants on the formula but I want to reach this 1000m point first before going into the challenging versions of those.
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13th Jan - Dishonored 2
19th Jan - Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
23rd Jan - Sayonara Wild Hearts
4th Feb - Wolfenstein: The New Order
18th Feb - Titanfall 2
28th Feb - What Remains of Edith Finch
2nd Mar - Gone Home
2nd Mar - Florence
21st Mar - Hitman (2016)
21st Mar - Thief 2
22nd Mar - BioShock Remastered
25th Mar - Dishonored
3rd Apr - Resident Evil 2 Remake
4th Apr - Hitman 2
18th Apr - Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen
25th Apr - Monument Valley
1st May - Uncharted 4
6th May - The Last of Us
8th May - The Last of Us: Left Behind
9th May - Far Cry Primal
21st May - Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall & The Brigmore Witches
24th May - Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
31st May - The Banner Saga 1
8th June - The Banner Saga 2
17th June - God of War (2018)
27th June - The Last of Us Part II
12th July - Control
13th July - DUSK

Got round to doing the last few levels of this. Glad I did because 'Homecoming' is one of the best levels in the whole thing. Loved how weird things got at some points throughout the game.
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April - Fallout 1 (PC)
April - Telltale's Game of Thrones (PC)
May - The Darkness II (PS3)
June - Orcs Must Die! 2 (PC)

July - Dead Space 3 (PS3)
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January:
God of War
Resident Evil 2 remake: Leon A and Claire B

February:
Triforce Heroes
Donkey Konga Trilogy
Halo 4
Yakuza Zero

March:
Bury me my love
DK: Jungle Beat
Florence
Axiom Verge
Halo 5
Days Gone
Gradius
Bloodstained: Curse of the moon

April
Uncharted: Lost Legacy
Curse of Monkey Island
I Have no Mouth, and I must scream
The Gardens Between
Devil May Cry 5

May

Blood and truth Psvr
Last guardian VR psvr
Bloodstained : ritual of the night Xbox One gamepass
A way out ps4
Doctor who edge of time PsVR
Robinson the journey psvr

June:
yakuza Kiwami ps4
Mark of krI ps2
Jet force Gemini
Borderlands 3

July:

Last of us and left behind
Last of us 2
Minecraft dungeons
Haven’t posted on here for a while. A combination of some annual leave and a hospital admission with subsequent bed rest gave me a productive time on the game completion front.
I’ve given each game a 3 word review as I can’t think of what else to do.

August/September:
Red dead redemption 2 - Sublime Open world
Return of the Obra dinn - Unique Deduction Diversion
Parappa 2 - best in series
Shovel knight: king of cards - Joustus Is brilliant
Assassins Creed: origins - Discovery mode addiction
Super Mario RPG - perfect when bedridden
Mark of the ninja - Super Stealth Sandbox
Silent hill 4: The Room - P.T’s Umbilical Cord
Littlebigplanet 3 - co-op family fun
R-Type Dimensions 1+2 - Needed 120 lives
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03/01 - Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005)
08/01 - Need for Speed: Carbon
12/01 - Devil May Cry (Normal)
15/01 - Devil May Cry 2 (Normal/Dante)
26/01 - Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
08/02 - Dishonored
18/02 - Deus Ex: The Fall
23/02 - Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition (Normal/Dante/Free Style)
26/02 - Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition (Normal/Vergil)
28/02 - Horizon Chase Turbo
28/02 - EQQO
02/03 - Yakuza 3 Remastered
03/03 - Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition (Hard/Dante/Free Style)
10/03 - Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition (Very Hard/Dante/Free Style)
13/03 - Mirror's Edge Catalyst
19/03 - A Short Hike
01/04 - Doom Eternal
02/04 - Lucah: Born of a Dream (NG+, Bad Ending)
14/04 - Yakuza 4 Remastered
17/04 - Fable Anniversary
21/04 - Transistor
01/05 - The Last Guardian
11/05 - Mafia III
15/05 - Mini Ninjas
17/05 - Burnout Paradise Remastered (Elite License)
20/05 - The Gardens Between
25/05 - The Wonderful 101 Remastered (Normal)
27/05 - El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
06/06 - Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death
14/06 - OneShot
16/06 - OneShot (NG+)
22/06 - The World Begins With You
27/06 - Titanfall 2
10/07 - Vane
16/07 - What Remains of Edith Finch

Somewhat mixed feelings about this one, although in general I did enjoy it. On the one hand, there's a lot I do like about it, and it's quite powerful at times, but I also was a little disappointed in that it didn't quite live up to expectations about how it uses interactivity to tell its story. I'd heard a lot about how this is one of the best examples of that, and while it did have excellent moments of it, the same isn't really true for the majority of the experience. But even so, the stories it did tell were very emotive and often very tragic in a way that feels personal and intimate. The environment design is great too, with the house itself feeling rustic and homely, and full of so many little touches and details that give it character and atmosphere. The story vignette sequences were often pretty imaginative, and the fish factory section is just as good as people make it out to be, with really heavy hitting ending. I just wish more of them could have utilised interactivity as well as that one did.

Oh and I have to admit I got a kick out of the reference to The Unfinished Swan. It was neat how they actually tied the stories together too. Although I have to say I think I prefer that game for its use of mechanics, even if the story is pretty light in comparison.
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(Jan) Far Cry New Dawn - XB1X.
(Jan) Darksiders 3 - XB1X.
(Feb) Borderlands 3 - XB1X.
(Mar) Remnant: From the Ashes - XB1X.
(Mar) Farming Simulator 17 - XB1X.
(Mar) Tracks-The Train Set Game - XB1X.
(Apr) Vanquish Remastered - XB1X.
(Apr) Deliver Us The Moon - XB1X.
(May) DOOM Eternal - XB1X.
(July) The Last of Us Part 2 - PS4 Pro.
(July) Assassin's Creed Odyssey - PS4 Pro.
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I played through Halo: Reach. I was going to just start at the first Halo but the Master Chief Collection seemed like it wanted me to start with the prequel.

It's a fun game and I found it...fine? I wasn't really blown away by the story or set pieces. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed my time with it and was never bored, but I was less effected by the ending than I think I was supposed to be. Having only ever played the first Halo, maybe I should have gone with my gut and played it last? Oh well!

I started up the first Halo right after, set the graphics to original and I'm right back in 2001. The power of nostalgia is strong with this one.
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Reach is an interesting one in that it sits firmly in the period where they were assuming that people were not just playing the games but also reading all the novels and watching all the web series.

Most of it’s stronger story beats rely on you knowing a little more about the overall plot and characters than you would get just from playing 1 to 3 (and that’s before you even get into where it overlaps with Halo ODST plotwise)
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FaceIKnow wrote: June 28th, 2020, 12:01 pm Jan - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Feb - Capcom Beat ’Em Up Bundle
March - What Remains of Edith Finch
March - The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
March - The Mark of Kri
April - Resident Evil 3 Remake
April - Super Metroid
April - Doom 64
May - Super Mario RPG
June - Power Stone
June - Power Stone 2

July - Days Gone


The best £15 I've spent in a long time, you get a lot of game for your buck.
Alex79uk wrote: July 4th, 2020, 11:27 pm I'm sick of zombie games, I feel like we've been totally over saturated with them, but this did something different, and it did it incredibly well. I'll never stop recommending this game, I just thought it was brilliant.
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Flabyo wrote: July 19th, 2020, 6:07 pm Reach is an interesting one in that it sits firmly in the period where they were assuming that people were not just playing the games but also reading all the novels and watching all the web series.

Most of it’s stronger story beats rely on you knowing a little more about the overall plot and characters than you would get just from playing 1 to 3 (and that’s before you even get into where it overlaps with Halo ODST plotwise)
Hmm. Guess I should go looking for the essential reading material, huh?
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Jan - Riverbond Crystal Caves DLC - Xbox One (100%)
May - Tacoma - Xbox One (100%)
June - Portal 2 - Xbox 360 (single player)
31st May - Minecraft Dungeons - Xbox One

Realised that I totally missed to put this one up. This completion with with my daughters was on the default difficulty and we want straight back into another run. And then stopped.

Graphics are want you expect from a minecraft game but it struggles when there are huge crowds of mobs - we saw a little bit of slowdown and it gets very hard to pick out individuals in the mass of bodies.

There are some random difficulty spikes and there are several irksome design choices that aren't appreciated in a looter game - loot drops at the level of your equipped items rather than of the highest level in your inventory, the inventory has no way to sort loot and there is no means to infuse a preferred item to keep it at a usable level. And as all loot is RNG, this leaves the choice far too often of using preferred items at a poor level, or use higher level loot that you don't like to use.

These all seem like basic QoL elements that I find their omission glaring. Some measure of adaptive difficulty I think would also be a nice touch, particularly as this seems aimed at the younger end of the market

For a simplified Diablo clone, the actual gameplay works fine, one melee and one ranged weapon with your choice of armour and up to three slots for special actions. There are plenty of choices for all of these and what seems to be a good range of unique items with their own perks.

It just feels like the developers are leaning more towards the name attached then properly making the game truly enjoyable to play
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1) Links Awakening
2) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019
3) Disco Elysium
4) Lara Croft Go
5) Judgement
6) Steamworld Heist
7) Red Dead Redemption 2
8) Twin Breaker
9) Guacamelee 2
10) The Last of Us Part 2
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duskvstweak wrote: July 19th, 2020, 8:46 pm
Flabyo wrote: July 19th, 2020, 6:07 pm Reach is an interesting one in that it sits firmly in the period where they were assuming that people were not just playing the games but also reading all the novels and watching all the web series.

Most of it’s stronger story beats rely on you knowing a little more about the overall plot and characters than you would get just from playing 1 to 3 (and that’s before you even get into where it overlaps with Halo ODST plotwise)
Hmm. Guess I should go looking for the essential reading material, huh?
This is my biggest problem with Halo as a franchise at this point. It's something that really came to a head with Halo 5, and is a big challenge for 343 with the upcoming Infinite.

I've played every Halo game through multiple times (countless times for the first game, and at least 3-4 times for the rest), but have never touched any of the extra curricular media that surrounds the series. I did understand Reach the first time round to be fair, but things started to get confusing for me with Halo 4, and by the time we got to Halo 5 I had very little idea what on earth was going on.

That's a massive problem when someone who has played every game in a series can no longer understand what's going on in the story, and you're relying on people having consumed content in other media in order to make sense of things.

From the noises coming out of 343 since Halo 5, it did sound like they had learned their lesson and were trying to simplify things again, but then some shots of some tie-in toys leaked and apparently they're bringing in a villain that featured in Halo Wars. I mean at least that's another Halo video game rather than some off-shoot novelisation, but I've not played those games, and based on sales figures most people who play the mainline Halo games haven't either.

I'm sure Infinite is going to be very good game and I can't wait for Thursday to find out more about it. But to make people really care about Halo and its campaign again they need to deliver an accessible experience that's welcoming to gamers of all levels of Halo experience, while ensuring there are plenty of nods and easter eggs to the other stuff to keep hardcore lore fans happy.
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Alex79uk wrote: JAN - Titanfall 2 (PS4)
JAN - Pinball FX3: Fish Tales (Switch)
FEB - Horizon: Zero Dawn (PS4)
FEB - Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (PS4)
FEB - Mafia 3 (PS4)
MAR - Mega Man X (Switch)
MAR - Assassin's Creed III Remastered (Switch)
MAR - Control (PS4)
MAR - Shadow Of The Tomb Raider (PS4)
APR - Yoku's Island Express (100%) (Switch)
APR - WWF Wrestlefest (Arcade on PS Vita)
APR - Holedown (Android)
MAY - South Park: The Stick Of Truth (Switch)
JUN - Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch)
JUN - Golf Story (Switch)
JUL - Days Gone (PS4)
JUL - Bayonetta (Switch)

Utterly fucking incredible. Wow. This game was just brilliant. I've played a few button mashers like this over the years, from the original God Of War games to the more recent DMC reboot, but this was the first one that actually made me feel like I wanted to learn different combos and 'git gud'. It's also the first game in I can't remember how long that I honestly feel like I just want to start again right now. I might even go thorough on the next hardest difficult before I play the second game (my first play through was on the default 'normal', which is as high as it goes on the first play). The combat in this was so much fun, the bosses were great, I loved the world and the enemies, and thanks to a huge exposition dump before the last boss I actually understand the story now too. Sort of.

I can see why so many people love this game and hold it up as a bit of a gold standard, it's just bloody excellent.

Man. What a game.
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