What Games Have You Completed? (2020 Edition)

Retr0gamer · 31-08-2020 12:15PM

Mr.Fantastic wrote: »

Castlevania Portrait of Ruin

This game took me back to my youth playing Dawn of sorrow on the DS never did get this follow on at the time, so glad I got to play it now. Enjoyable game and the tag system is alright. Standard castlevania post symphony of the night, I heard Order of Ecclesia is meant to be quite good too so will play that next .

It's good but the bosses take waaaaaaay too many hits to kill and the increased difficulty is more to do with damage sponge enemies than actual design. It looks gorgeous but I never managed to finish it but would like to go back.

Mr.Fantastic · 31-08-2020 12:25PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It's good but the bosses take waaaaaaay too many hits to kill and the increased difficulty is more to do with damage sponge enemies than actual design. It looks gorgeous but I never managed to finish it but would like to go back.

Totally agree, ended up using cheats for the last two bosses. Might not have bested it with skill but I got it done.

Retr0gamer · 31-08-2020 04:56PM

Mr.Fantastic wrote: »

Totally agree, ended up using cheats for the last two bosses. Might not have bested it with skill but I got it done.

I was on about Ecclessia. I do remember enjoying portrait of ruin but it doesn't standout that much. Just the weird levels like the circus and egypt and I remember there were like evil versions or something? It did have some really good post game characters to play as. The entirely touch screen character was really fun.

The Phantom Pain · 31-08-2020 07:46PM

Life is Strange season 2
The Outer Worlds
Far Cry: New Dawn
Goat Simulator
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Until Dawn
Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag
Assassin’s Creed 4: Freedom Cry DLC
Control
One Night Stand
The Division 2
Batman
Star Wars, Jedi: Fallen Order
Assassin's Creed II (Ezio Collection)
Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
Batman: The Enemy Within
Battlefield V
MediEvil PS4 remake
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Fallout 76

Mafia III. Completed and can’t platinum until a patch is released. I loved this game when it first came out… now I like this game. The combat is still great. There is something satisfying about the brutal executions, the sound when you do it, the way the weapons feel. It’s the combat that gets you through the repetitive mission structure of endless bases to clear and conquer before taking on the inevitable Big Bad.

The graphics aren’t great for 2016 and the random NPCs that roam it feel fake. Every NPC conversation is political just to remind us of the time period. The car music is repetitive and feels like listening to Hangar 13’s personal record collection as opposed to a real radio station from that time. Too much Rolling Stones.

The story is a clichéd revenge tale saved by some very, very good voice acting especially from the main villain. The main character is well written but tough to like as he’s essentially a hypocrite that lay down with dogs and got fleas. There was also no reason for him to be mixed race as opposed to fully black when it’s established from the offset that he’s treated just as bad other than, of course, to serve as a more palatable version of black which feels like colourism from Hangar 13 tbh.

Unfortunately, Hangar 13 managed to re-introduce a platinum breaking bug with the definitive edition that they had previously fixed meaning the plat right now for some is unobtainable. Needless to say they are not my favourite developer right now.

Star Wars Battlefront II. Completed and platinumed. Technically, this thread defines completing as “roll credits” which is unfair to this brilliant game because the campaign is the weakest part. Like with Dice’s last two Battlefield games, it suffers from feeling like a tutorial for the main event which is the multiplayer. Level design is uninspired with its fair share of bugs and the difficulty is ill balanced ranging from too easy to suddenly requiring effort on a dime. The main character annoys me for some reason and I can’t figure out if it’s her dialogue or voice acting, maybe a combination of both. The best part is the star fighter sections but they are few and far between.

Enough of that. The multiplayer is wonderful. It has a great progression system that rewards you constantly for skill and with triple XP Wednesdays and double XP weekends it’s even faster now to acquire the things you want.

Other than the aforementioned bonus XP days, Dice has added other features such as co-op where a team of up to 4 players face off against hoards of bots to either attack or defend an objective in multiple stages. It’s a fairly standard affair but what it means is those who were late to the party can easily level up playing against bots so that when they enter PVP they stand a chance against players who have been playing the PVP modes for years.

I’m a single player person primarily but Dice make the only multiplayers I really like, mainly because they know how to create a sense of scale. Here, they’ve really captured the atmosphere of Star Wars. The animations (especially from the heroes), sound design and locales are all top notch. The different weapon and abilities look and feel great. I enjoy listening to the one liners and exchanges of dialogue from both hero and non-hero characters. Overall, Battlefront II is very accessible game for all types of gamers because of how immersive it is and the way it values your time.

There is a lesson to be learned here though which is that launching your game in a good state is so important. This industry mentality of treating day 1 players like beta testers for the late comers who will then play the best version of the game is not on. Make your games good NOW, not later. I’m glad it came free with PS+ (not for me as I already bought it like a month before, doh!) so that hopefully those that wrote it off can see that, yes, “it’s good now”.

Mafia II Remastered – completed and platinumed. When I first played it on my 360 I loved it. I still love it. The story is great with a good message that ultimately crime does not pay. The main character does so much work in order to avoid doing actual work and the risk is often not worth it, especially because every time things go right something terrible looms just around the corner and he loses everything all over again.

These consequences also extend to the player - it was incredibly bold of the devs (who are not Hangar 13 btw) to make the player lose everything they earned at a certain point for the sake of the narrative. Like Lincoln Clay of Mafia III, Vito is a sociopathic thug who deserves his comeuppance. The difference is the game does not pretend like he is righteous in his quest to achieve a better life.

It also does a brilliant job of making you “feel” like time has moved because each chapter in the open world is never the same. There are collectibles you can only obtain in certain chapters, cars and outfits that only spawn in certain chapters and, of course, items and cash you acquired in chapters that when you replay sets you back exactly as you had it then, as opposed to carrying over what you have now. It makes you nostalgic, in a way, for those older chapters you’ve played.

Literally, the only true negative is the racism and sexism. Just because the characters are racist and sexist doesn’t mean the game has to be. Having characters say, “black people are lazy good-for-nothings” and then in the game having literally every black character act like lazy good-for-nothings is suspicious…

Also, I waited a few months before playing so a lot of the launch issues were patched but apparently Hangar 13 broke the platinum for the remaster at one point too. What makes me laugh is that they added 30 new ‘wanted’ posters bringing the total to 189 when 159 was excessive enough, but that’s not even the worst part. The problem is that the newly added posters are of the Hangar 13 devs, you know, the ones who broke the definitive edition. You couldn’t make it up.

The Phantom Pain · 31-08-2020 09:08PM

Life is Strange season 2.
The Outer Worlds.
Far Cry: New Dawn.
Goat Simulator.
A Plague Tale: Innocence.
Until Dawn.
Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag.
Assassin’s Creed 4: Freedom Cry DLC.
Control.
One Night Stand.
The Division 2.
Batman.
Star Wars, Jedi: Fallen Order,
Assassin's Creed II (Ezio Collection)
Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom.
Batman: The Enemy Within.
Battlefield V.
MediEvil PS4 remake,
Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Fallout 76.
Mafia III.
Star Wars Battlefront II.
Mafia II Remastered.

The Last of Us Part II. Completed and platinumed. There’s nothing to say that hasn’t already been said from both sides of the argument and I’m sick of hearing about it. There’s too much hyperbole when the truth is that it’s just fine. The game is stunning graphically with excellent voice acting and animations and art direction. Basically, a Naughty Dog game.

Where it falls short is in the semi open world exploration. Pre-release, Naughty Dog boasted about a more open level design but all it does is expose how basic the gameplay is and extends its length unnecessarily. When the story isn’t happening you’re picking buildings clean for supplies and that’s tedious to do for long periods of time. The first game was better paced in this regard. It didn’t leave you to the actual gameplay for too long because it knew that wasn’t where its strengths were. Instead, it filled it with set pieces and cut scenes.

That said some of the set pieces here outdo those in the first game. The infected are even more terrifying , with the second half of the game containing some pretty awesome action sequences involving the infected that had my heart racing before the big reveals.

The combat against human NPCs is also interesting although I’d recommend playing it on tougher difficulty modes to ramp up the tension here. Much was said pre-release about how the acts of violence you commit against the realistic behaving human NPCs would make you question what you’re doing but to be honest the, “revenge is bad” message is ham-fisted and I don’t think you can critique violence by having the player act out violence, especially when that violence is visually flashy and inherently enjoyable.

I cared about the main characters at least and I would have liked them more if you actually played alongside them more often, which would have made the long stretches of looting more tolerable. In TLOU1 you always had a companion with you apart from one or two very short sections. This made the relationship building stronger so that when that companion departed you missed them. Unfortunately, Druckman was more concerned with having characters exist for anti-climactic Game of Thrones-like deaths than making us actually get to know them.

It’s a good game. Not a masterpieces and not trash either. Did it need to exist? Not really. The ending to the first one felt apt. The inciting incident here feels forced and very much like an ass-pull for a sequel, and not a “part 2” like Druckmann would have you believe. Regardless, I was engaged. Personally, I couldn't play it for long periods of time as it can be depressing and stressful especially in 2020.

Call of Duty: World War II. Completed and probably won’t bother platinuming. I play COD for the campaign which is why I take the story telling in it seriously even though I shouldn’t because it doesn’t apologise for what it’s become. However, I remember what it was and it wasn’t this.

I think these are probably the worst set of characters in the campaign to date? The protagonist is the most generic, bland, mediocre, average, basic farm boy to the point that it’s obnoxious just how bland and sexless he is. The campaign starts off good but then every mission just blurs into one another.

It’s a shame because Advanced Warfare felt like a return to form with thoughtful level design and memorable characters and the same developer made it. Sledgehammer has taken all of that out and what remains are the Michael Bay explosions and… quick time events? Who asked for this exactly???

COD has done world war 2 before so I know that it’s better than this. World War II takes a lot of inspiration from the earlier COD games but completely misses the point. Playing just the American campaign means very little variety in scenery or perspective and makes the war feel small.

In fact, it has one standout mission where you play as a French resistance fighter who has to infiltrate a Nazi stronghold. There’s actual tension, a sense of fear of things going wrong and a satisfying conclusion. It reminded me of the Call of Duty campaigns of old as opposed to the balls to the wall power fantasy this series has become.

The multiplayer is OK but in comparison to Battlefield it’s amateurish. It feels dated and everyone plays the maps exactly the same way. Headshots don’t matter because you’re not rewarded for accuracy but for whether or not you get the drop on someone. The maps are so small that they all descend into either paintball contests or grenade fests. It’s a mess. I will say is that, unlike Battlefield, weapons actually matter but then that’s probably to encourage loot box purchases which are just so in your face that it actively ruins the online experience. There’s a challenge in the game that requires you to watch another player open a loot box. Says it all really lol.

Ghost of Tshusima. Completed and platinumed. It doesn’t reinvent the wheel but it doesn’t have to. It does its job of immersing you in an open world that’s brimming with life despite so much death. All the side activities are so relaxing whether it’s composing haikus, taking a bath, honouring a shrine. It’s a welcome contrast to a sombre war torn world.

It also has incredibly satisfying combat that only gets better with each skill you learn and the new enemy types you encounter. There’s so much variety in how to complete objectives and every action the player perform feels fluid. You’re not locked out of performing what would typically be a stealth action like rolling under a building just because you’re in open combat. You’re not locked out of assassinating someone mid jump just because you didn’t hit the ‘assassinate’ button before executing the jump.

I’ve said this before but I think to get the best out of this game you should just uncover the world naturally. If you see a smoke in the distance go to it. A yellow bird chirping at you? Follow it. There’s always something around the corner. If you approach the game like a Ubisoft checklist of things to do then you’ll get bored quickly.

Erica. Completed and platinumed. It was free on ps+ so I thought, ‘why not’? Glad I gave it a go. I could not stop thinking about it after I platinumed it because the story is entirely ambiguous and therefore open for interpretation. My first playthrough was blind and initially I thought I got the best ending but now I’m not even sure what the best ending is.

The way it handles both major and minor choices is great and something you would not realise without multiple playthroughs. You’re even unwittingly making choices that shape the main character's personality and therefore dictate the actions and dialogue options that are/are not later available later on.

Negatives are that it can be heavy handed in places and there are some poor acting performances. Also, sometimes it’s a bit too clever for its own good and ends up unintentionally creating some plot holes. Still, definitely worth playing for 90 minutes if you like live action interactive games or “walking simulators”.

wotzgoingon · 31-08-2020 09:16PM

The Phantom Pain wrote: »

There was also no reason for him to be mixed race as opposed to fully black when it’s established from the offset.

I think he is full black and not a half cast?

The Phantom Pain · 31-08-2020 10:32PM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I think he is full black and not a half cast?

Nope, the priest in the game and also the developers make it explicitly clear that Lincoln is mixed with a race that's not black but according to the priest that didn't matter because even just one drop of blackness was enough to send you down the social ladder.

Also, I think the term you're looking for is either mixed raced or bi-racial.

ShaneU · 02-09-2020 02:01PM

Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
Control
Ori & the Blind Forest
Gears 5
Animal Crossing (paid off my house?)
Ghost of Tsushima
Hypnospace Outlaw
A Short Hike

Highly recommend Hypnospace Outlaw, that game goes places! Not ashamed to say I had to use a guide for the last part.

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 02-09-2020 02:16PM

GAME Shadow of the Tomb Raider
PLATFORM PS4

As per usual with these games I never really care for the story that much - I'm in it purely for the gameplay and this one delivered just as well as the previous two.

Since I played it on a PS4 Pro, I was initially delighted that I was able to play it in 60fps but unfortunately there were way too many moments during gameplay where the frame rate just dropped to the low 30s, so I switched it to Resolution Mode with 30fps. I couldn't care less about the frame rate being 30 or 60 but if it's inconsistent it puts me off and gives me a headache. I would imagine there is less of that problem on an Xbox One X (or even PC)

Regardless if you have yet to play any of the rebooted Tomb Raider trilogy and you're a fan of Uncharted, then they are a must-buy.

There are so many collectibles as well.

Look at that, I beat three games in 2 weeks. Haven't had much of a desire to complete many games this year so I was happy I stuck with these last three games.

Not sure where to go next. THPS1+2 is out this week so I'll probably hold off on trying to beat anything while that's around.

Games Beaten in 2020 So Far
GAME|PLATFORM
STAR WARS JEDI: FALLEN ORDER|XBOX ONE
MY FRIEND PEDRO|XBOX ONE
UNTITLED GOOSE GAME|XBOX ONE
FLOWER|PS4
CASTLEVANIA: SYMPHONY OF THE NIGHT|PS4
NBA STREET|PS2
FINAL FANTASY VII: REMAKE|PS4
STREETS OF RAGE 4|PS4
ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS|NINTENDO SWITCH
THE LAST OF US: REMASTERED|PS4
THE LAST OF US: LEFT BEHIND (DLC)|PS4
POWER RANGERS: THE MOVIE|SEGA MEGA DRIVE
FINAL FIGHT|NINTENDO SWITCH
THE LAST OF US PART II|PS4
GHOST OF TSUSHIMA|PS4
UNCHARTED: THE LOST LEGACY|PS4
SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER|PS4

Mal-Adjusted · 06-09-2020 02:09AM

Game System
Final Fantasy X PC
Medal of Honor: European Assault XBOX
Project Gotham Racing 2 XBOX
Indycar Series XBOX
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun XBOX
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis XBOX
Red Faction PC
Red Faction II PC
Sin Episodes: Emergence PC
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault PC
Rise of the Tomb Raider XBOX 360
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within XBOX
Enter the Matrix XBOX
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind PC
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West XBOX 360
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines XBOX
Shellshock: Nam '67 XBOX
Medal of Honor (2010) XBOX 360
Medal of Honor: Warfighter XBOX 360
King Kong XBOX
Dead or Alive Ultimate XBOX

MOH(2010)
A surprisingly fun game and a much needed update to the formula. I find the Afghan setting allowed it to have it's own identity while still maintaining it's real world feel.

MOH: Warfighter.
Fairly poor, the grounded feel of the last game is replaced with globetrotting terrorist chases, OTT set pieces and a very convoluted story. Missions would often have very little context for why you're there. the characters are flat and boring. The combat feels off compared to the 2010 game, aiming isn't as snappy and enemies too often just blend into the background. It's not terrible but it feels like a superficial version of COD.

King Kong: The official game of the movie.
This was surprisingly great, much more than a licenced game should be. the guns feel good, though with ammo so scarce, the majority of your time will be throwing spears, solving basic environmental puzzles and trying to survive the most dangerous island in the world. The few Kong sections are fun if a bit easy but that's more or less where the power fantasy part comes in. It also tries to tell it's own version of the story instead of being a stripped down version of the film. It looks great too, especially how they incorporated the lack of a HUD.

Dead or Alive ultimate.
It's grand, feels a lot like early Virtua Fighter games. Your movements are a bit more "sticky" though. The funniest thing here is they have an on/off setting in the options menu literally called "bouncing breasts". They don't even try to mask it like later games.

P.S. How do you guys incorporate those tables into your posts? they look much nicer than just writing out a list.

Mr Crispy · 06-09-2020 02:17AM

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

P.S. How do you guys incorporate those tables into your posts? they look much nicer than just writing out a list.

The blue 4x4 square in the reply tools is the "table" tag. Or you could just quote a post containing a table to see the exact format that poster used.

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 06-09-2020 05:04PM

GAME Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2
PLATFORM PS4

My left thumb hurts a lot from playing this.

I really hope they give us some THPS3 and THPS4 content going forward in some capacity - maybe as DLC expansions. I want more of this so bad - I love THPS.

Games Beaten in 2020 So Far
GAME|PLATFORM
STAR WARS JEDI: FALLEN ORDER|XBOX ONE
MY FRIEND PEDRO|XBOX ONE
UNTITLED GOOSE GAME|XBOX ONE
FLOWER|PS4
CASTLEVANIA: SYMPHONY OF THE NIGHT|PS4
NBA STREET|PS2
FINAL FANTASY VII: REMAKE|PS4
STREETS OF RAGE 4|PS4
ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS|NINTENDO SWITCH
THE LAST OF US: REMASTERED|PS4
THE LAST OF US: LEFT BEHIND (DLC)|PS4
POWER RANGERS: THE MOVIE|SEGA MEGA DRIVE
FINAL FIGHT|NINTENDO SWITCH
THE LAST OF US PART II|PS4
GHOST OF TSUSHIMA|PS4
UNCHARTED: THE LOST LEGACY|PS4
SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER|PS4
TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER 1+2|PS4

B.A._Baracus · 07-09-2020 07:00PM

Control (PS4, ps now)
Class game actually. What do you expect from the guys who made Max Payne and Alan Wake.

Killzone Shadow Fall (PS4, ps now)
Alright game. Would say the first half of the game is better than the second.
Seriously great looking game with great set pieces. The aiming is probably the worst I have ever played in any FPS game. The developers didn't put auto aim (fair enough) but moving the right control stick is a jerky mess.

Halo ODST (XBOX ONE, game pass)
One of the halo games I never played when it came out. Decent halo.

LillyLin · 11-09-2020 02:06PM

his year was unusual for me, since before I did not have as much time for games as now during quarantine
I can count from the games I have passed:
THE LAST OF US PART II
OUTER WORLDS
ASSASSIN'S CREED ODYSSEY
STAR WARS JEDI: FALLEN ORDER
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
a way out
now I play Russian MMO RPG so dragged

Azza · 12-09-2020 03:42PM

GAME
Crysis
Crysis Warhead
Crysis 2
Crysis 3
Death Stranding
Doom 64
Doom Eternal
Half Life: Alyx
Resident Evil 3
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Sniper Elite 4

Death Stranding
Over all I liked it. I'll give Kojima credit for coming up with a unique story, setting and visuals, but the story was just naff overall that believes itself far more profound than it is. The performance from the cast where on the whole quite good, particularly from the two leads but when characters started ****e-ing on about "HA's" and "KA's" I eye rolled and the Lockne self hugging scene just made me laugh out loud at how stupid it looked as did the running on the beach scene. Also the names of some of the characters like Die Hardman where also more than a bit on the ridiculous side.

Gameplay wise it makes what you would normally consider grindy padding fetch quest gameplay its core pillar. Its not very challenging and as the main point of the game you sort of don't feel its a grind, unless your going for 100% completion and even that didn't feel too bad. It also works well within the context of the story. As some people have already said it can feel quite relaxing and it does also give a nice sense of progression. Lots of menu's to wade through but after a while you understand what their there for and how to skip through the ones you don't need and how to more efficiently equip yourself out and spend less them in them. The combat/stealth mechanics are solid nothing wrong with them but not particular memorable either. Lots of equipment but I ended up just using the same equipment and tactics over and over. The BT's themselves where rather easy to avoid. The lack of difficulty was probably a good thing as repeating the core gameplay over and over would get frustrating. With the gameplay as it is, I don't think it has much replay-ability, unless your coming back to it years later.

Technically, I put 100 hours on PC and not a single crash and generally excellent performance on my system. I've seen post apocalyptic environments a millions times before and again credit to Kojima for coming up with something relatively unique looking. Also liked some of the music but its a little disappointing you can't turn it on manually outside of the rest rooms.

As I said overall I like it, but I can easily understand if anyone said they they found it total ****e.

DOOM 64
Came as a bonus with the deluxe edition of Doom Eternal.
Its 75% classic Doom and Doom 2 and 25% Doom 3.
Gameplay is very similar to the classic Dooms, same weapons, same demons, same linear levels that require you to find keycards then back track to a door when you get the key, plus lots of secrets to find. It does go for a more horror vibe like Doom 3 but not to the same extent. Its not a scary game now a days by any means but it does have plenty of ambush situations and attempts at jump scares, one of which was particularly effective. Of course its a N64 game and I can appreciate it really took advantage of that systems architecture for the time. Its clearly graphically superior to the original Doom games on PC. Its more advanced lighting reinforces the horror theme as does its the musice. As the N64 couldn't do Doom original soundtrack, rather than bastardizing it they opted for a kinda of spooky ambient music and sounds.

The port includes extra missions over the original as well.

Gameplay does feel easier than the original games. Playing on the hardest difficulty, you occasionally get caught in ambushes or fall into escapble kill pits (so cheap!) but if your using quick save feature so you don't loose your guns when you dies its not that challenging. If you do opt to play without quick saving and restart the levels normally without guns when you die it is alot more challenging (and frustrating) There is one extremely challenging secret level as well. Not really much depth to the gameplay other than dodging projectiles. Was probably considerably harder to do on a N64 controller than mouse and keyboard.

Overall quite enjoyable, though I won't recommend long sittings with it, maybe completing one or two missions at a time before taking a break.

The Phantom Pain · 13-09-2020 08:19PM

Life is Strange season 2.
The Outer Worlds.
Far Cry: New Dawn.
Goat Simulator.
A Plague Tale: Innocence.
Until Dawn.
Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag.
Assassin’s Creed 4: Freedom Cry DLC.
Control.
One Night Stand.
The Division 2.
Batman.
Star Wars, Jedi: Fallen Order.
Assassin's Creed II (Ezio Collection)
Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom.
Batman: The Enemy Within.
Battlefield V.
MediEvil PS4 remake,
Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Fallout 76.
Mafia III.
Star Wars Battlefront II.
Mafia II Remastered.
The Last of Us Part II.
Call of Duty: World War II.
Erica.

Watch Dogs. Completed and platinumed. I completed on my 360 back in the day but recently bought it for my PS4 and beat it on that. This is old-school Ubisoft for better or worse. The campaign is still enjoyable but the side stuff scan be skipped unless you’re in desperate need of skill points or going for the platinum.

I think the problem with Ubisoft is that they don’t know when to quit when they’re ahead. There are always like 15 missions too many of one side quest in their games. The gang takedowns are fun as are the puzzles because they actually require you to use your brain so there is enough variety to justify how many of these activities there are. However, chasing down the umpteenth ‘fixer’ in a vehicle just gets old - made worse by the terrible driving. Seriously, with roads as slippery as these who needs the enemy A.I. to shoot your tyres…

It’s very much a cross gen game, meaning it’s forward thinking in some ways but showing its age in others. It has excellent gunplay and when it allows you to creatively tackle objectives it really shines. The graphics, despite the controversial downgrade, are impressive and the various ways you can manipulate the environment with hacking is innovative and can make for some creative problem solving. However, some of the missions are incredibly restrictive, requiring you to complete them exactly the way it wants. There are no fail ‘states’; just auto fails which can make it feel dated at times. Sometimes it forgets it’s an open world and shuts itself out the moment you’re doing one activity. You can’t listen to an audio log while interacting with an ATM, for instance.

The online stuff is OK. It’s hilarious watching someone run around like a headless chicken trying to find where you’re hacking them from, especially when you’re right next to them just circling cover. The PVP racing is fun but for some reason they plonk the objective right in the middle of the screen obscuring your vision so you can’t see the checkpoints….

Overall, you’ll have a good time by just critical pathing with the occasional side mission here and there. Probably would have worked better as a linear game though.

Watch Dogs: Bad Blood (DLC). Completed and got 100% trophies. The protagonist here is more likeable and I get the impression the devs realised that a bit too late. Gameplay is more of the same but the addition of Eugene - the robot dog - distinguishes it. Eugene is so overpowered that it essentially renders base clearing pointless. The dog rarely gets spotted and can stun enemies in one hit without you needing to go too far in the restricted area. When it does get spotted enemies will shoot it and start looking for you but you can just build a new Eugene on the fly so there’s no risk whatsoever. Eugene feels more like a prototype for Markus’ gadgets in Watch Dogs 2 where it becomes more challenging to use. A fun bit of DLC and worth buying only if you liked the main game.

wotzgoingon · 13-09-2020 09:14PM

I loved both those Watch Dog games and cannot wait for the new one.

The Phantom Pain · 13-09-2020 10:39PM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I loved both those Watch Dog games and cannot wait for the new one.

Agreed, Legion looks really good. I think it's gonna surprise people as the concept is quite ambitious.

Retr0gamer · 14-09-2020 09:24AM

DarC_Kn1ght · 14-09-2020 11:52AM

Got the cuphead platinum. Frustrating it parts but glad it came to ps4. Great game.

wotzgoingon · 14-09-2020 04:18PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The Room

Not the Tommy Wiseau masterpiece. This is a point and click puzzle game where you are trying to open a series of boxes. The story is barely there but gives nice flavour text and atmosphere. The act of opening up the box and spotting little environmental details and the puzzles is immensely satisfying. It's an excellent mobile game. Also on Steam.

Played that many years ago on my phone. There are sequels as well but you probably already knew that.

Mr E · 14-09-2020 04:46PM

Finished The Room: Old Sins last night (4th in the Room series). My favourite of all of them I think.
I think each one improves on the previous entry, so you have some excellent games ahead of you if you are working through them.

Story is nonsense though.

johnny_ultimate · 14-09-2020 04:56PM

Mr E wrote: »

Story is nonsense though.

I’ve played through at least three of these games, and as far as I’m concerned you play as Johnny Room, a man tasked with opening weird, complicated boxes in eerie rooms for some reason. All the setup it needs.

Retr0gamer · 14-09-2020 07:21PM

Oh I downloaded the sequel straight after it. Between the Room games, the Layton games and a surprisingly amazing conversion of ff tactics in having a lot of fun with mobile games.

CastorTroy · 15-09-2020 11:14AM

Sunset Overdrive + DLC.
Fun game. Even the tower defence and protect the people/moving vehicle weren't at bad as other games with pretty fair checkpoints.

Had a glitch with the second DLC though where the sound and dialogue stopped working, not even having subtitles. So was stuck on one part as didn't have the explanation of what I had to do. So looked online after turning it off and knew how to charge the weapon. Though when I started again the next day everything was grand. If only I thought to restart before.

15-09-2020 07:12PM

Finished Crosscode the other night, felt the wind went out of it's sails a bit towards the end and the story was a bit bonkers especially in the later stages but over all very enjoyable.

The level design was fantastic and left me scratching my head a few times, in a couple of cases I had to turn the assist on for puzzle speed and even resort to a guide in a few cases. The final one took me well over an hour to figure out

Retr0gamer · 18-09-2020 09:10AM

The Phantom Pain · 22-09-2020 06:08AM

Life is Strange season 2.
The Outer Worlds.
Far Cry: New Dawn.
Goat Simulator.
A Plague Tale: Innocence.
Until Dawn.
Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag.
Assassin’s Creed 4: Freedom Cry DLC.
Control.
One Night Stand.
The Division 2.
Batman.
Star Wars, Jedi: Fallen Order.
Assassin's Creed II (Ezio Collection)
Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom.
Batman: The Enemy Within.
Battlefield V.
MediEvil PS4 remake.
Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Fallout 76.
Mafia III.
Star Wars Battlefront II.
Mafia II Remastered.
The Last of Us Part II.
Call of Duty: World War II.
Erica.
Watch Dogs.
Watch Dogs: Bad Blood (DLC)

The Wolf Among Us. Completed and platinumed. I have to be honest I was little disappointed after all the hype. I enjoyed it but I was expecting more. I was aware of the Fables comics beforehand and it’s a great set up. I also like the main character, Big B, and thought it was badass when he morphs into his full form. However, sometimes a murder mystery is best left as a mystery because IMO the reveal was disappointing. I get that the message was more about how there is a social imbalance in Fable Town and not about whodunnit but I was still disappointed in the reveal all the same. The twist ending was good though and I do look forward to the sequel. Aside: Beauty and Beast are terrible people. They triggered me because I know people like that. :rolleyes:

Borderlands, The Pre Sequel. Completed and platinumed. It didn’t need to exist but if you liked Borderlands 2 this is more of that, although you’d feel more satisfied getting it on sale and appreciating it as a glorified DLC.

The one major thing it does improve on is the level scaling and difficulty balancing. The game starts off easy and gets harder as it progresses. Then on True Vault Hunter Mode (new game plus) where enemies are tougher and hit harder it starts off difficult but gets easier due to you getting better gear and more abilities. This is how it should be. You’re never over or under levelled which means you’ll get enough XP to progress while also not having to grind to do the thing you actually want to do.

It does have some rather gimmicky features for the sake of justifying its existence such as platforming puzzles in a world that does not feel made for platforming. This coupled with backtracky maps and lack of fast travel makes traversal a slog. The emphasis on oxygen maintenance and levitation is also a tack-on. Still, worth a buy but definitely the weakest of all Borderlands games I’ve played.

Borderlands, The Pre Sequel: Claptastic Voyage (DLC). Completed, got 100% trophies. Claptrap is my favourite character in the series so the story was bittersweet for me considering his fate. The standout feature is the combat arena. Usually I don’t like arenas as I find them headache inducing but this was pretty fun due to the enemy types and the fact that you’re required to play with one handicap and one benefit in each round, and you can mix and match the handicaps and benefits. Kept it interesting and meant you had to find new ways to survive.

Borderlands, The Pre Sequel: The Holodome Onslaught (DLC). Aaaaand this is why I don’t like arenas. It’s OK. Thankfully this arena allows you to outscale it so I cleared it quickly. It was just a recap of the story told through these horde mode battles. I suppose the return of some characters from Borderlands 2 was a nice touch although they were either characters I either didn’t play or didn’t spend much time on so, yeah. Regardless, completed and got 100% trophies.

da gamer · 22-09-2020 10:13PM

Star wars jedi fallen order - PS4
Gears of war ultimate edition - Xbox one
The witcher 3 - PS4
Hellblade senuas sacrifice - Xbox one
The walking dead michonne - Xbox one
Rage 2 - PS4
Sniper elite 4 - PS4
Call of duty modern warfare remastered - PS4
Pes 2019 - PS4
Shadow warrior 2 - Xbox one
Final fantasy 7 remake - PS4
Burnout paradise - PS4
Streets of rage 4 - Xbox one
Blair witch - Xbox one
Doom eternal - PS4
Wreckfest - PS4
Pes 2020 - Xbox one
The last of us part 2 - PS4

Sherlock holmes crimes and punishments - PS4

Mr.Fantastic · 24-09-2020 08:39AM

GAME|PLATFORM
Star wars Jedi Fallen order|PS4
Control|PS4
Control DLC:The foundation |PS4
Tekken 7 story Mode|PS4
Death Stranding | PS4
Super Mario Odyessy | Switch
Subnautica | PS4
Fire Emblem three houses | Switch
Dark Souls Remastered | PS4
Katana Zero | Switch
Doom Eternal | PS4
Return of the Obra dinn | Switch
FF7 Remake | PS4
What remains of Edith finch | PS4
Far Cry 5 | PS4
The Last of us Part 2 | PS4
The outer Wilds | PS4
Final fantasy Tactics War of the lions | PSP
Yakuza Kiwami | PS4
Castlevania Portrait of Ruin | DS
Ghost of Tsushima | PS4

Ghosts of Tsushima

Overall enjoyable no TLOU part 2 but a good time sink, the first act dragged on a bit, but when you get more abilities it was cool taking on the camps and the rest, the side stories with the characters were pretty fleshed out with one of the arcs being my favourite in the game. Main story is pretty by the book but a good 8/10 from me. Better than days gone anyway , even though I did also enjoy that.

Currently playing hades at the moment and I think like other switch indies its outright amazing, reminds me of when I first played hollow knight, not expecting much but blown away when sat down with it.

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