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What Games Have You Completed? (2022 EDITION!)

Gamer Bhoy 89

I know I'm like a day and a half early writing up this thread, but I'm not gonna be at my computer when the New Year comes around so I said I'd make the thread now and get it over with.

Welcome to 2022

Here's to another year of battering games to completion🥂.

The same criteria applies;

100% Completed
All Trophies/Achievements Obtained
Credits Rolled

Any of the above (or all) count as beating a game. No need to feel like you have to do every single thing in a game to warrant listing it here.

It can also be any game at all (yes, even arcade fighting games 😂😂😂😂)

You can compile your list (if you want to make a list) in any way you see fit.

Below is my list of beaten games for 2021

With that said, go forth and beat more games!

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apache

I'm not a big gamer because I get annoyed when I get stuck and tend to leave it so I've completed very few games.

But halfway through the last chapter of Alan Wake. I will feel an achievement in completing it. Any other games out there like that?

Retr0gamer

Trails in the Sky Second Chapter|PC
Operation C|Gameboy
The Outer Wilds|PC
Kid Dracula|Gameboy
The Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye|PC
Illusion of Gaia|SNES
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3|Gameboy
Shantae|Gameboy Colour
The Forgotten City|PC
Bulk Slash|Saturn
Monster World IV|Megadrive
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault: Breakthrough|PC
Pikmin 3|Switch
Bayonetta 2|Switch
X-Com 2: War of the Chosen|PC
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts|SNES
GG Shinobi|Game Gear
Elden Ring|PC
Castlevania: Dracula X|SNES
Maken X|Dreamcast
God of War Ascension|PS3
Kirby's Dream Land 2|Gameboy
Ace Combat 2|PS1
Quake: Dissolution of Eternity|PC
Final Fantasy Legend|Gameboy
For the Frog the Bell Tolls|Gameboy
Trails in the Sky: the 3rd|PC
Call of Duty: Ghosts|PC
Wonderboy: the Dragon's Trap|PC
Silent Bomber|PS1
God of War: Ghost of Sparta|PS3
Lemmings|PC
Quake: Dimensions of the Past|PC
Deathloop|PC
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile|PC
MakaiMura for WonderSwan|WonderSwan
Ninja Gaiden (Game Gear)|Game Gear
Aconcagua|PS1
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition|PC
Baroque|PS1
Alien vs. Predator (1999)|PC
Professor Layton and the Lost Future|Android
Ninja Five-O|GBA
Little Samson|NES
Trip World|Gameboy
The Guardian Legend|NES
Contra: the Alien Wars|Gameboy
Megaman: Wily's Revenge|Gameboy
Barkley, Shut up and Jam: Gaiden|PC
Night Trap|PC
Gargoyle's Quest|Gameboy
Cuphead - The Delicious Last Course|PC
Space Manbow|MSX2
Blue Reflection|PC
MegaMan 2 |Gameboy
Resident Evil 3 (Remake)|PC
Clock Tower|SNES
Deep Fear|Saturn
Detention|PC
Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade|GBA
Quake: Dimensions of the Machine|PC
Toki|PC
Hakaiou: King of Crusher|PS1
Marathon|Mac
Megaman 4|Gameboy
Crankin Presents Time Travel Adventure|Playdate
Joe and Mac: Caveman Ninja|Arcade
Master of Darkness|Master System
Stalker: Clear Sky|PC

Stalker: Clear Sky

The original Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl is for me an all time PC great. It was a very delayed, over hyped and rushed game that arrived half baked and buggy with poor performance issues. Despite everything going against it it managed to rise above its issues by being an utterly compelling experience. The bleak dereliction of the soviet era frozen in time in the Chernobyl exclusion zone mixed with the hard sci-fi of Tarkovsky's Stalker was intoxicating. The enemy AI and weapon field are still some of the best in a FPS and lead to some of the best firefights in any FPS game. It provided some genuinely terrifying emergent moments with its excellent enemy design and lighting. It was all capped off with an excellent hard sci-fi narrative with an excellent ending.

Clear Sky feels more like an expansion pack than a true follow up. It uses the same engine as the first game and many of the areas are reused. Any new areas from the game were salvaged unused areas from the first game. The game at launch at least was priced more like an expansion so can't really hold that against it. Clear Sky takes place as a Prologue to Shadow of Chernobyl. Clear Sky adds to the base game of the original. Weapons and armour can now be upgraded. 'Emissions' have been added that send the weather crazy and force the player to find shelter before the Power Plant unleashes power that kills anyone left out in the open. Artifacts are now way more difficult to obtain, being invisible and only detectable with an equipped detector. They only appear once you get close enough, which is easier said than done when most are in radioactive anomaly fields.

The big addition to the game is faction warfare. Various factions you can interact with in the game are at war with each other and these wars will be constantly taking place in the background. You can join in to gain standing with the factions and earn money. It's a nice idea that didn't really work in the original release (it's sort of fixed in the fan mods). However the constant calls from factions to help eventually become background noise as you focus more on the main storyline.

I played the game with a mod that fixes bugs, makes factions work better and improves the visuals. However there's just something off about Clear Sky compared to the original. The story just isn't as compelling with a rather finale that becomes more standard shooter with a weak ending. There's more focus as well on the faction and human combat. The underground missions of the original are almost entirely missing and they are sorely missed. They were by far the best thing about the original, being filled with terrifying creatures and breaking up the game nicely.

While I might come off as overly harsh on Clear Sky I still really enjoyed it. It's just tough following up on one of the best PC games ever made. The game is still a bit of a technical mess. Could not get it to run above 30 FPS and I had constant tearing despite v-sync being on. I guess it's such a good experience that I still soldiered through it.

Retr0gamer

Even at the time mafia 2 was heavily criticised for the pointless open world. It got roasted in reviews over it.

You really don't need to play mafia 3.

Kingp35

Immortals Fenyx Rising - PlayStation 5
Persian Nights: Sands of Wonder - PS4 game on PlayStation 5
Rad Rodgers - PS4 game on PlayStation 5 (PS Now)
Shady Part of Me - PS4 game on PlayStation 5
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition - PlayStation 5
Mass Effect 2: Legendary Edition - PlayStation 5
Mass Effect 3: Legendary Edition - PlayStation 5
Mass Effect Andromeda - PS4 game on PlayStation 5
Persian Nights 2: Midnight Veil - PlayStation 5
Skyland: Heart of the Mountain - PlayStation 5
Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragons Keep - PS4 game on PlayStation 5
Desert Child - PS4 game on PlayStation 5 (PS Now)
Ben 10 - PS4 game on PlayStation 5 (PS Now)
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - PlayStation 5
Battlefield 4 - PlayStation 5
Sea of Solitude - PlayStation 4
Fe - PlayStation 5
Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues - PS3 on PS5 (PS Now)
Shadow Warrior 3 - PS4 on PS5 (PS Now)
Dysmantle - PlayStation 5
Far Cry Primal - PS4 on PS5
Stray - PS5
Erica - PS4 game on PS5
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope - PS5
Ice Age: Scrat's Nutty Adventure - PS4 game on PS5
Ghost of Tsushima - PlayStation 5
Deliver Us The Moon - PlayStation 5
Observer: System Redux - PlayStation 5
Spider Man: Miles Morales - PlayStation 5
Observation - PlayStation 5
The Turing Test - PlayStation 5
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX - PlayStation 5
Marvels Guardians of the Galaxy - PlayStation 5
Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game - PlayStation 5
The Artful Escape - PlayStation 5
Outlast: Whistleblower DLC - PS4 game on PS5
Lost Words: Beyond the Page - PlayStation 5
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan - PlayStation 5
My Friend Pedro - PlayStation 5
Prey - PlayStation 5
R-Type Final II - PlayStation 5
Crash Bandicoot - PlayStation 5
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - PlayStation 5
Mafia 2: Definitive Edition - PlayStation 5

Mafia 2: Definitive Edition

I never played the original Mafia 2 back in the day but although I enjoyed the game you can tell that it's on older game due to the fact that the open world is fairly pointless as there is nothing to do in it. It simply serves as a time wasting exercise as you drive from point a to point b in order to do the main story missions. I really missed the 'skip drive' option that was available in Mafia that allowed you to automatically arrive at your destination.

I also think the plot was better in the original game, the plot in this one is every Mafia cliche thrown into one game.

I've heard bad things about Mafia 3 so I might play something else before playing that one.

Retr0gamer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119945235#Comment_119945235

It's a lot of smaller games really. Need to start getting back into rpgs!

SuperBowserWorld

You are going to run out of games soon @Retr0gamer !

Retr0gamer

Trails in the Sky Second Chapter|PC
Operation C|Gameboy
The Outer Wilds|PC
Kid Dracula|Gameboy
The Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye|PC
Illusion of Gaia|SNES
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3|Gameboy
Shantae|Gameboy Colour
The Forgotten City|PC
Bulk Slash|Saturn
Monster World IV|Megadrive
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault: Breakthrough|PC
Pikmin 3|Switch
Bayonetta 2|Switch
X-Com 2: War of the Chosen|PC
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts|SNES
GG Shinobi|Game Gear
Elden Ring|PC
Castlevania: Dracula X|SNES
Maken X|Dreamcast
God of War Ascension|PS3
Kirby's Dream Land 2|Gameboy
Ace Combat 2|PS1
Quake: Dissolution of Eternity|PC
Final Fantasy Legend|Gameboy
For the Frog the Bell Tolls|Gameboy
Trails in the Sky: the 3rd|PC
Call of Duty: Ghosts|PC
Wonderboy: the Dragon's Trap|PC
Silent Bomber|PS1
God of War: Ghost of Sparta|PS3
Lemmings|PC
Quake: Dimensions of the Past|PC
Deathloop|PC
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile|PC
MakaiMura for WonderSwan|WonderSwan
Ninja Gaiden (Game Gear)|Game Gear
Aconcagua|PS1
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition|PC
Baroque|PS1
Alien vs. Predator (1999)|PC
Professor Layton and the Lost Future|Android
Ninja Five-O|GBA
Little Samson|NES
Trip World|Gameboy
The Guardian Legend|NES
Contra: the Alien Wars|Gameboy
Megaman: Wily's Revenge|Gameboy
Barkley, Shut up and Jam: Gaiden|PC
Night Trap|PC
Gargoyle's Quest|Gameboy
Cuphead - The Delicious Last Course|PC
Space Manbow|MSX2
Blue Reflection|PC
MegaMan 2 |Gameboy
Resident Evil 3 (Remake)|PC
Clock Tower|SNES
Deep Fear|Saturn
Detention|PC
Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade|GBA
Quake: Dimensions of the Machine|PC
Toki|PC
Hakaiou: King of Crusher|PS1
Marathon|Mac
Megaman 4|Gameboy
Crankin Presents Time Travel Adventure|Playdate
Joe and Mac: Caveman Ninja|Arcade
Master of Darkness|Master System

Master of Darkness

Master of Darkness is a pretty late Master System game, releasing in 1992. It also had a Game Gear version which is slightly different, some changes were made to accommodate the smaller screen.

Master of Darkness has you play as Doctor Social as he searches London for Jack the Ripper. However he soon discovers that supernatural forces are at work behind the scenes and that Dracula may be involved.

Master of Darkness is pretty much Sega's take on Castlevania. It verges on blatant plagarism but in this case I'm ok with it because it's a damn fine Castlevania clone. In place of a whip doctor social starts with a weak short range knife which can be upgraded to a lump hammer, rapier or axe. Unlike Castlevania there's no set weapon upgrade path and you can if you are unfortunate pick up the terrible starting knife. There's also a variety of subweapons that function just like the subweapons in everyone's favourite Belmont featuring series.

Platforming is handled in much the same way as Castlevania, right down to how stairs work. There are some minor changes. You still have some control over your jumping arc once in the air and Doctor Social can jump off stairs, unlike certain Belmonts. Level design is pretty good with some great set pieces and some nice puzzles. There are times when the game veers away from the strict linearity and presents the player with some small mazes to be solved (the last stage is a particularly tricky one to figure out). It's a very good looking Master System game and has some excellent PGM music.

While the game never hits the heights of the Castlevania games it's still one of the best 8-bit action games and a standout in the master system library.

Retr0gamer

Yeah the SNES port is a lot of fun with the expanded levels and world map.

Kingp35

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119935439#Comment_119935439

I loved this game on the SNES back in the day. Never managed to beat it on my own but I did manage to be beat it playing co-op with my brother. The boss battles make the game really and it looked great back in the day.

Retr0gamer

Attack of the Friday Monsters is a little gem. Absolutely adored it. I really want to play the new Shin Chan game which is part of the same series. The first in the series should be getting a fan translation soon.

The Guild series are all great. My favourite was Crimson Shroud. It's a very short Matsuno RPG that looks like a D&D game which has excellent writing and a stunning Hitoshi Sakimoto soundtrack. There's one flaw, an item drop you need to progress is at the halfway point has stupid requirements to get it, I'd advise a FAQ for it but it's the only sore point. It has a new game plus mode that's worth doing to get the true ending.

Mr.Saturn

Operation C (Game Boy)
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (Game Boy)
Castle of Illusion staring Mickey Mouse (MD)
Tiny Toon: Buster's Hidden Treasure (MD)
Mega Man Xtreme (GBC)
Earthworm Jim 2 (MD)
Metal Slug Advance (GBA)
Contra Hard Corps, NTSC-J ver. (MD)
Klonoa: Empire of Dreams (GBA)
Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Tara's Adventure (GBC)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS1)
SNK vs Capcom: Match of the Milllenium (NGPC)
Crash Bandicoot (PS1)
Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament (GBA)
Crash Bandicoot 2 (PS1)
Air Zonk (PCE)
Monster World IV (MD)
Klonoa: Moonlight Museum (WS)
Dragon Warrior 1 (GBC)
Wendy Every Witch Way (GBC)
It Takes Two (PS4)
Burnout Paradise (PS3)
Luigi's Mansion 2 (3DS)
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (Switch)
Katamari Forever (PS3)
Pokemon Moon (3DS)
Beautiful Katamari (360)
Dead Rising (360)
Alice: Madness Returns (360)
Dishonored (360)
Dishonored 2 (PS4)
If Found (Switch)
Dragon Quest XI S (Switch)
Pokemon: Shining Pearl (Switch)
Inazuma Eleven 3: Team Ogre Attacks (3DS)
Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale (3DS)

Late contender for GOTY — short, sweet and a lot of fun. It plays like a lovely mix between A Short Hike, My Neighbour Totoro and **** Gwent of all things. Looking forward to getting my hands on the rest of Level 5's Guild series before the 3DS eShop closes down.

Retr0gamer

Trails in the Sky Second Chapter|PC
Operation C|Gameboy
The Outer Wilds|PC
Kid Dracula|Gameboy
The Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye|PC
Illusion of Gaia|SNES
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3|Gameboy
Shantae|Gameboy Colour
The Forgotten City|PC
Bulk Slash|Saturn
Monster World IV|Megadrive
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault: Breakthrough|PC
Pikmin 3|Switch
Bayonetta 2|Switch
X-Com 2: War of the Chosen|PC
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts|SNES
GG Shinobi|Game Gear
Elden Ring|PC
Castlevania: Dracula X|SNES
Maken X|Dreamcast
God of War Ascension|PS3
Kirby's Dream Land 2|Gameboy
Ace Combat 2|PS1
Quake: Dissolution of Eternity|PC
Final Fantasy Legend|Gameboy
For the Frog the Bell Tolls|Gameboy
Trails in the Sky: the 3rd|PC
Call of Duty: Ghosts|PC
Wonderboy: the Dragon's Trap|PC
Silent Bomber|PS1
God of War: Ghost of Sparta|PS3
Lemmings|PC
Quake: Dimensions of the Past|PC
Deathloop|PC
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile|PC
MakaiMura for WonderSwan|WonderSwan
Ninja Gaiden (Game Gear)|Game Gear
Aconcagua|PS1
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition|PC
Baroque|PS1
Alien vs. Predator (1999)|PC
Professor Layton and the Lost Future|Android
Ninja Five-O|GBA
Little Samson|NES
Trip World|Gameboy
The Guardian Legend|NES
Contra: the Alien Wars|Gameboy
Megaman: Wily's Revenge|Gameboy
Barkley, Shut up and Jam: Gaiden|PC
Night Trap|PC
Gargoyle's Quest|Gameboy
Cuphead - The Delicious Last Course|PC
Space Manbow|MSX2
Blue Reflection|PC
MegaMan 2 |Gameboy
Resident Evil 3 (Remake)|PC
Clock Tower|SNES
Deep Fear|Saturn
Detention|PC
Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade|GBA
Quake: Dimensions of the Machine|PC
Toki|PC
Hakaiou: King of Crusher|PS1
Marathon|Mac
Megaman 4|Gameboy
Crankin Presents Time Travel Adventure|Playdate
Joe and Mac: Caveman Ninja|Arcade

Joe and Mac: Caveman Ninja

Credit fed my way to the end but counts as beat to me!

I always had a thing for this game. I found the premise of a Caveman Ninja hilarious as a young 'un, and the big gorgeous sprite and amination work caught my attention in arcades. The massive screen filling bosses were very impressive as well

In a story that would never pass muster today, a group of rival cavemen capture all the women from Joe and Mac's village and it's up to them to traverse a historically incorrect prehistoric land to rescue them. Along the way they will face evil cavemen and other prehistoric creatures.

There's not a lot to Joe and Mac. It's a left to right side scrolling platformer along the lines of Ghouls 'n Ghosts except way more chaotic and less rigidly designed. Joe and Mac have a range of prehistoric weapons to throw at enemies. Holding the attack button down will spin their arms to charge up a bigger projectile, although holding it down too much will tire them out and freeze them in place for a few seconds. Their jump is augmented with a super jump activated by holding up before jumping.

The stages are quite short and all culminate in some very impressive for their time boss fights against huge enemies. There's a few auto scrolling and horizontally scrolling stages to break things up and a few points in the game allow you to pick between different routes leading to a bit of replayability. While the game is difficult it's also quite fair with bosses and enemies sticking to patterns that can be avoided if you learn them. The game's health system is a bit like Wonderboy in that you have a life bar you top up with numerous food items but the health meter is really a hunger meter that ticks down with time. It's more a mechanic to hurry the player up than to screw them over.

Overall Joe and Mac isn't anything special but it's a fun little distraction that also has a great two player mode. Well worth trying out. It's had numerous ports to other systems which are all worth trying out. The SNES version is quite a different game expands on the arcade stages to make them longer while the Megadrive version sticks closer to the arcade.

Mr.Saturn

Games Beaten 2022

Pokemon: Shining Pearl (Switch)
Operation C (Game Boy)
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (Game Boy)
Castle of Illusion staring Mickey Mouse (MD)
Tiny Toon: Buster's Hidden Treasure (MD)
Mega Man Xtreme (GBC)
Earthworm Jim 2 (MD)
Metal Slug Advance (GBA)
Contra Hard Corps, NTSC-J ver. (MD)
Klonoa: Empire of Dreams (GBA)
Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Tara's Adventure (GBC)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS1)
SNK vs Capcom: Match of the Milllenium (NGPC)
Crash Bandicoot (PS1)
Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament (GBA)
Crash Bandicoot 2 (PS1)
Air Zonk (PCE)
Monster World IV (MD)
Klonoa: Moonlight Museum (WS)
Dragon Warrior 1 (GBC)
Wendy Every Witch Way (GBC)
It Takes Two (PS4)
Burnout Paradise (PS3)
Luigi's Mansion 2 (3DS)
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (Switch)
Katamari Forever (PS3)
Pokemon Moon (3DS)
Beautiful Katamari (360)
Dead Rising (360)
Alice: Madness Returns (360)
Dishonored (360)
Dishonored 2 (PS4)
If Found (Switch)
Dragon Quest XI S (Switch)
Inazuma Eleven 3: Team Ogre Attacks (3DS).

I hated 90% of the choices Level 5 made with this game. It's charming and fun, sure, but it gets drowned a fair bit with the amount of unskippable cutscenes. The actual JRPG/Football Sim underneath is better than ever — when they let you play it, that is.

Gamer Bhoy 89

God of War (2018) | PS5

Went through a bad few months in my personal life so I just lost all interest in beating any games until now.

My pal was playing Ragnarok last week and I kinda felt a bit of FOMO as a result, so I decided to go back and beat God of War '18 a second time.

The game still remains one of my favourites of the last generation. The combat still feels punchy and satisfying as all hell. Playing on PS5 was a nice wee treat as well, all the little bits they upgraded made it feel like a current gen game.

I didn't bother with any side quests this time around. Stuck it on the easiest setting and powered through it on NG+.

Ordered Ragnarok on Amazon last night so it should be here today. Can't wait.

This is the first time I've been able to sit down, play some games and actually have fun again. Feels good.

TinCanMan

Mad Max [PS5] - This is a truly excellent and underrated game. It's open world with batman like melee combat although much more impactful and brutal. Try not to grind too much. I did initially and started to get bored but once I stuck to the main missions and side quests I really started to enjoy it again.

Uncharted The Lost Legacy [PS5] - Went in to this game with little to no expectations and boy was I surprised. It was a blast. Your typical uncharted fare but condensed into a shorter game. The main characters work well together and the graphics are simply eye candy. If you are a fan of the Uncharted series and were mulling over getting this then take my advice and go for it. It's an excellent game.

Assassins Creed II [PS5] - This is a 13 year old game now and it shows its age graphically and with clunky controls which can be infuriating at times. But that aside this is a brilliant game with a great storyline and memorable characters. I enjoyed this so much and I would thoroughly recommend this to anyone.

Assassins Creed Freedom Cry [PS5] - A short spin off from Black Flag(which I haven't played) about slavery and piracy. A very enjoyable game with beautiful graphics and some very poignant moments. I'd recommend it if you're into assassins creed.

Assassins Creed Brotherhood [PS5] - The second game of the Ezio trilogy and another excellent game, this time set mostly in Rome. Graphically improved from AC II and with some cool features such as training your own assassins amongst others. Highly recommended on my part.

The Wolf Among Us [PS5] - If you've played a tell tale game before then you know what to expect. This is definitely one of their best. Featuring well known fairy tale characters with a twist. Murder, violence and an intriguing storyline are the order of the day here. I truly cannot recommend this enough. It keeps your attention until the last seconds.

Yakuza 0 [PS5] - More people need to try this franchise. It's an absolute blast. I love the storyline with Japanese gangsters and side quests that range from the utter bizarre to the downright hilarious. Do yourself a favour and give this series a try.

Assassins Creed Revelations [PS5] - The final offering of the Ezio trilogy and in my opinion probably the weakest. It just fell short of the other two but that does not make it a bad game by any means. It brings Ezios storyline to an end and is still a great game in its own right.

Far Cry 5 [PS5] - Another great addition to the Far Cry series although a slog at times as some areas are very samey. Looks beautiful though and the addition of companions of various abilities does help to shake things up a bit.

Mal-Adjusted

I'm a little late to the party this year, but here goes.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II XBOX 360

It was only alright. I know people rave about this game but it's really not a patch on the first one. you can kind of see the beginning of the downfall of COD as we delve into experimental future tech gizmos. that strategy/base defense minigame was nice but we didn't see too much of it.

Colin McRea Rally 3 XBOX

A nice rally game and a hell of a lot better than that awful 2008 one, but it still doesn't surpass SEGA Rally from 1995

Call of Duty: Ghosts XBOX 360

I fully expected to hate this game, but i actually enjoyed it. the dog stuff was barely used and the plot twists could be seen from space, but it was alright. maybe it was really buggy when it came out but based on the campaign, it doesn't really deserve the hate. weird cliffhanger ending.

Call of Duty: Black Ops III XBOX ONE

I really don't know what to make of this game. you feel like they're going for some sort of warning about the advancment of technology but the themes only recieve the shallowest of discussion. there were boss fights, sort of, so that was nice.

Call of duty: Modern Warfare (2019) XBOX ONE

Jesus. i installed this thing, then it wouldn't let me play without installling warzone, then a multiplayer pack, then two seperate texture packs. I must have had the bloody thing 18 hours before i finally got to shoot something. once I actually got going though, the gameplay was fantastic, it looked great and had a decent story to tear through. It plays more like a re-imagining than a straight up remake and has me looking forward to MW2 to see if things play out the same or differently. lots of screen tearing on the cutscenes.

Far Cry PC

Fcuk this game. fcuk it! between enemies that are next to impossible to see in the jungle to bullet sponges that can both instakill you and leap across to room to hit you, this game was awful. it's like it was designed by sado masachists just to toy with the players. it looks lovely but it's monstrously unbalanced. the gunplay was so-so as well. I know games are supposed to offer a challenge but this was rediculous. for instance, i was driving along in a jeep and kept getting shot at. i couldn't see from who and eventually discovered i was bieng sniped by a guy who was further away than the draw distance! no wonder I couldn't see him! the most fun thing i did was deleting this POS from my hard drive!

Soul Calibur V XBOX 360

A nice fun fighter to settle myself after far cry! yeah, i know it's got loads of strategies but sometimes i just like to button-mash and that works just as well. I had forgotten the controversy over this one until i played as Ivy and...jesus! Someone's been getting inspiration from the DOA games!

da gamer

Far cry 6 - PS4

Call of duty vanguard - PS4

Blood stone 007 - Xbox 360

Battlefield 2042 - PS4

Batman the enemy within - PS4

Control - PS4

Wet - Xbox 360

Batman arkham knight - PS4

Wolfenstein 2 the new colossus - PS4

Yakuza Kiwami - PS4

Guardians of the Galaxy - PS4

The Quarry - PS4

Sniper elite 5 - Xbox one

Horizon zero dawn - PS4

As dusk falls - Xbox series s

Fifa 22 - PS4

Resident evil village - PS4

Resident evil 4 - PS4

House of Ashes - PS4

Battlefield 1 - Xbox series s

Retr0gamer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119885553#Comment_119885553

I mean it couldn't have been much worse!

Thanks for the PTSD trigger warning when I get around to that game.

Penn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119885539#Comment_119885539

There's a secret bridge section in Crash 4 which was a nice throwback. Far easier too due to the yellow ring showing where you land.

Retr0gamer

Have to say that crash 2 is a massive inprovement on crash 1. Some of the levels in crash 1... I wouldn't even call it level design. The bridge levels in particular spring to mind. They are just utterly horrendous.

It was also nice to get that cut level in the recent remake but after playing through it.... I'm glad they cut it from the original release. It's awful!

Penn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119885493#Comment_119885493

I'm definitely biased, as just never played many platformers due to what games/consoles I owned. Never had Nintendo consoles, so the Sonic and Crash games were mostly the only platformers I played. Maybe a few levels of others from demo disks on PS1.

Retr0gamer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119885404#Comment_119885404

There's a lot of nostalgia for the first Crash game from the generation that grew up with the PS1 but my generation that had the 8 and 16-bit consoles really thought it wasn't very good. Not bad, just very mundane and uninteresting. You can see it in the review scores at the time, no one really rated it that high, IGN gave it a 7.5, Gamespot gave it 6.8. To put it in context the last great platform games before it were the likes of Yoshi's Island, Sonic and Knuckles and Donkey Kong Country 3. In terms of how they played and the ideas they bring to the table, Crash felt very boring. It also released after Mario 64 which was an absolute game changer. Crash's adherence to what was effectively 2D gameplay felt very old and dated, especially when the level design and gameplay were so uninteresting.

Crash 2 was basically taking the gameplay of Crash 1 and focusing on more interesting level design. It's a much better game as a result and reflected in the review scores (I think it was 8.5 in IGN and Gamespot). It still wasn't up there with the best 8 or 16 bit platformers but I'd place it alongside the original Donkey Kong Country. It was also a well timed release as by October 1997 there still wasn't really a decent platformer on the system in the West. That would change in December with the releae of Klonoa and Tomba, two exceptional platformers that were way better than Crash 2.

It's kind of my issue with Crash. It and Crash Team Racing are presented as these pinnacles of the platforming and racing genres when its purely driven by nostalgia. There's far better platformers on the PS1 like the aforementioned Tomba and Klonoa and I'd throw Ape Escape and even Spyro in there as well but they just aren't as widely celebrated or known. I still think Crash 2 and 3 are well worth playing and Crash Team Racing is almost Mario Kart quality.

Penn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119845789#Comment_119845789

Crash 2 is the best of the bunch. Great mix of levels, secrets and variety.

Crash 3 has far too many novelty levels, and some of them are awful mechanically.

I've always loved the original Crash games and have replayed the N-Sane trilogy several times. I haven't really played enough platformers historically like Retro to be able to gauge/rank the Crash games against others, but I definitely have a nostalgic love for those games.

Retr0gamer

Trails in the Sky Second Chapter|PC
Operation C|Gameboy
The Outer Wilds|PC
Kid Dracula|Gameboy
The Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye|PC
Illusion of Gaia|SNES
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3|Gameboy
Shantae|Gameboy Colour
The Forgotten City|PC
Bulk Slash|Saturn
Monster World IV|Megadrive
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault: Breakthrough|PC
Pikmin 3|Switch
Bayonetta 2|Switch
X-Com 2: War of the Chosen|PC
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts|SNES
GG Shinobi|Game Gear
Elden Ring|PC
Castlevania: Dracula X|SNES
Maken X|Dreamcast
God of War Ascension|PS3
Kirby's Dream Land 2|Gameboy
Ace Combat 2|PS1
Quake: Dissolution of Eternity|PC
Final Fantasy Legend|Gameboy
For the Frog the Bell Tolls|Gameboy
Trails in the Sky: the 3rd|PC
Call of Duty: Ghosts|PC
Wonderboy: the Dragon's Trap|PC
Silent Bomber|PS1
God of War: Ghost of Sparta|PS3
Lemmings|PC
Quake: Dimensions of the Past|PC
Deathloop|PC
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile|PC
MakaiMura for WonderSwan|WonderSwan
Ninja Gaiden (Game Gear)|Game Gear
Aconcagua|PS1
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition|PC
Baroque|PS1
Alien vs. Predator (1999)|PC
Professor Layton and the Lost Future|Android
Ninja Five-O|GBA
Little Samson|NES
Trip World|Gameboy
The Guardian Legend|NES
Contra: the Alien Wars|Gameboy
Megaman: Wily's Revenge|Gameboy
Barkley, Shut up and Jam: Gaiden|PC
Night Trap|PC
Gargoyle's Quest|Gameboy
Cuphead - The Delicious Last Course|PC
Space Manbow|MSX2
Blue Reflection|PC
MegaMan 2 |Gameboy
Resident Evil 3 (Remake)|PC
Clock Tower|SNES
Deep Fear|Saturn
Detention|PC
Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade|GBA
Quake: Dimensions of the Machine|PC
Toki|PC
Hakaiou: King of Crusher|PS1
Marathon|Mac
Megaman 4|Gameboy
Crankin Presents Time Travel Adventure|Playdate

Crankin Presents Time Travel Adventure

I'm not through the Playdate season 1 yet but this is the standout game so far. Created by Keita Takahashi (Katamari Damacy, Noby Noby Boy) with help from other indie developers, Crankin is probably his most typical videogame, although that's by his standards, it's still insane and wonderfully inventive compared to its peers.

In Crankin, you play as a clockwork man that keeps waking up late for a date with his girlfriend and must hurry to meet up with her. The gimmick here is that the protagonist is controlled totally by the Playdate's crank. Spinning it clockwise moves him forwards while spinning it backwards will reverse his directions. However the world around the protagonist moves forward as normal. The protagonist will interact with various objects he encounters and you must use these to avoid hazards that are out to ruin his date. One touch of these and it's back to the start.

For such a simple game there's so much packed into it. The game is constantly adding new obstacles and the levels surprise right to the end. Later levels will reuse situations and obstacles but in unique ways that keep you on your toes. Some I even found hilarious. While the one hit kills can be frustrating, levels are never longer than a minute (most are way shorter) and restarting is near instant. It's a very hard game to put down as you always want one more go.

For me this is the killer app of the playdate and the game that makes the best use of its unique features.

Kingp35

Immortals Fenyx Rising - PlayStation 5
Persian Nights: Sands of Wonder - PS4 game on PlayStation 5
Rad Rodgers - PS4 game on PlayStation 5 (PS Now)
Shady Part of Me - PS4 game on PlayStation 5
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition - PlayStation 5
Mass Effect 2: Legendary Edition - PlayStation 5
Mass Effect 3: Legendary Edition - PlayStation 5
Mass Effect Andromeda - PS4 game on PlayStation 5
Persian Nights 2: Midnight Veil - PlayStation 5
Skyland: Heart of the Mountain - PlayStation 5
Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragons Keep - PS4 game on PlayStation 5
Desert Child - PS4 game on PlayStation 5 (PS Now)
Ben 10 - PS4 game on PlayStation 5 (PS Now)
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - PlayStation 5
Battlefield 4 - PlayStation 5
Sea of Solitude - PlayStation 4
Fe - PlayStation 5
Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues - PS3 on PS5 (PS Now)
Shadow Warrior 3 - PS4 on PS5 (PS Now)
Dysmantle - PlayStation 5
Far Cry Primal - PS4 on PS5
Stray - PS5
Erica - PS4 game on PS5
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope - PS5
Ice Age: Scrat's Nutty Adventure - PS4 game on PS5
Ghost of Tsushima - PlayStation 5
Deliver Us The Moon - PlayStation 5
Observer: System Redux - PlayStation 5
Spider Man: Miles Morales - PlayStation 5
Observation - PlayStation 5
The Turing Test - PlayStation 5
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX - PlayStation 5
Marvels Guardians of the Galaxy - PlayStation 5
Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game - PlayStation 5
The Artful Escape - PlayStation 5
Outlast: Whistleblower DLC - PS4 game on PS5
Lost Words: Beyond the Page - PlayStation 5
The dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan - PlayStation 5
My Friend Pedro - PlayStation 5
Prey - PlayStation 5
R-Type Final II - PlayStation 5
Crash Bandicoot - PlayStation 5
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - PlayStation 5

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

This was a really excellent game. It's incredibly immersive as take on the role of Senua, a schizophrenic who's on a journey to bring back her dead lover from the dead. The game is a mix of cambat and puzzle solving but it's the incredible sound design and immersive gameplay that set this apart. The visuals are equally as impressive with some truly haunting moments. Although the combat is not that difficult, there are some excellent boss battles, particularly 'the beast'. Brilliant game and one you absolutely have to wear headphones to get the full experience.

Mr.Fantastic

Guardians of the Galaxy | Ps5
Wasteland 3 | Xbox Series X
Halo Infinite | Xbox Series X
Sifu | PS5
Horizon Forbidden west | PS5
No more Heroes | Switch
Elden ring | PS5
Inscryption | Steam deck
Deathloop | PS5
Death's Door | Xbox Series X
Mafia 1 Definitive edition | PS5
Call of Duty: Vanguard | PS5
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance | Gamecube
Triangle Strategy | Switch
Persona 5 Royal | PS5(PS4)
Ori and the Blind forest | Series X
Modern Warfare 2 | PS5

Modern Warfare 2

Finished this last night really enjoyed the campaign. Was bit of popcorn brainless filler.

Online is not bad changed it up a bit a bit of slower pace.

Retr0gamer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119845789#Comment_119845789

You'll enjoy them, as I said they're way better than the original. I still think Klonoa is the king of PS1 platforming.

Kingp35

Maybe it's nostalgia kicking in but I always really enjoyed it. I don't think I've actually played 2 or 3 before so maybe after playing them I'll re-evaluate my opinion on it.

Retr0gamer

I wouldn't call Crash Bandicoot excellent. Everyone I knew used to call it 'crappy sonic' when it was released. It's not that bad but it's a fairly mediocre platformer. The sequels are a massive improvement but the series just feels a little off and doesn't reach the heights of better platformers.

Kingp35

Immortals Fenyx Rising - PlayStation 5
Persian Nights: Sands of Wonder - PS4 game on PlayStation 5
Rad Rodgers - PS4 game on PlayStation 5 (PS Now)
Shady Part of Me - PS4 game on PlayStation 5
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition - PlayStation 5
Mass Effect 2: Legendary Edition - PlayStation 5
Mass Effect 3: Legendary Edition - PlayStation 5
Mass Effect Andromeda - PS4 game on PlayStation 5
Persian Nights 2: Midnight Veil - PlayStation 5
Skyland: Heart of the Mountain - PlayStation 5
Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragons Keep - PS4 game on PlayStation 5
Desert Child - PS4 game on PlayStation 5 (PS Now)
Ben 10 - PS4 game on PlayStation 5 (PS Now)
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - PlayStation 5
Battlefield 4 - PlayStation 5
Sea of Solitude - PlayStation 4
Fe - PlayStation 5
Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues - PS3 on PS5 (PS Now)
Shadow Warrior 3 - PS4 on PS5 (PS Now)
Dysmantle - PlayStation 5
Far Cry Primal - PS4 on PS5
Stray - PS5
Erica - PS4 game on PS5
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope - PS5
Ice Age: Scrat's Nutty Adventure - PS4 game on PS5
Ghost of Tsushima - PlayStation 5
Deliver Us The Moon - PlayStation 5
Observer: System Redux - PlayStation 5
Spider Man: Miles Morales - PlayStation 5
Observation - PlayStation 5
The Turing Test - PlayStation 5
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX - PlayStation 5
Marvels Guardians of the Galaxy - PlayStation 5
Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game - PlayStation 5
The Artful Escape - PlayStation 5
Outlast: Whistleblower DLC - PS4 game on PS5
Lost Words: Beyond the Page - PlayStation 5
The dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan - PlayStation 5
My Friend Pedro - PlayStation 5
Prey - PlayStation 5
R-Type Final II - PlayStation 5
Crash Bandicoot - PlayStation 5

Crash Bandicoot

Played the first game as part of the N'Sane Trilogy. Not much here, excellent platformer that is definitely challenging at times but mostly down the angle of the camera. I'll play the next 2 games but may play other games in between.