What Games Have You Completed? (2020 Edition)

Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Borderlands 3: Moxxi's Heist DLC
Control
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Monster Hunter World
The Division 2: Warlords of New York DLC

Borderlands 3: Guns, Love and Tentacles DLC - One of the best DLCs Gearbox has ever made across the entirety of the Borderlands series IMO. Clever boss fights, absolutely brilliant loot, fantastic locations and writing/humour that actually feels on par with Borderlands 2 whereas the writing in Borderlands 3 vanilla was incredibly weak. A fantastic addition to an already great game that just keeps getting better. It's so refreshing to play a looter shooter doing traditional DLC expansions periodically, rather than the continuous drip feed of content which other games in this space are now dependent on.

Batman Arkham Knight[PS4] - a very good game although a few too many BS areas especially involving the batmobile. The biggest plus for me was Mark Hamill as the joker. He was genuinely hilarious at times. [edit]
Bioshock [PS4]- what an absolute masterpiece of a game. Enjoyed this so much. A definite must play if you like FPS/Horror.

Finished Uncharted: Drake's Fortune from the collection, started on Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. First holds up pretty well, BluePoint have done a great job. Still has that early janky movement, and you can immediately tell the difference going into 2. Hoping to get to 3 by the weekend and start into 4 after that. I think I might find this Unchartathon difficult until I get to 4, it's the only one I haven't already played.

GAME|PLATFORM
Star wars Jedi Fallen order|PS4
Control|PS4
Tekken 7 story Mode|PS4
Death Stranding | PS4
Super Mario Odyessy | Nintendo Switch
Subnautica | PS4
Fire Emblem three houses | Switch
Dark Souls Remastered | PS4



Managed to best Dark souls 1 remastered, looked up a few hints for the bosses. Agree with a lot of people when I think beside bloodbourne, the level design trounces both DS2 and DS3.

Glad I got it finished anyway, moved straight onto doom eternal which is currently making me its bitch. stuck on an exultia encounter and its not even that far in

Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Borderlands 3: Moxxi's Heist DLC
Control
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Monster Hunter World
The Division 2: Warlords of New York DLC
Borderlands 3: Guns, Love and Tentacles DLC

Doom 2016 - Fantastic game which I decided to replay ahead of playing Doom Eternal.

Brilliant game which really captures the essence of what made Doom 1, 2 and 64 as good as they were and still remain. Reboots the series in a way that feels faithful to the original games, whilst also making it feel fresh and relevant as a game released in 2016. Whereas so many FPS games these days devolve into whackamole shooting galleries, seeing Doom go back to it's roots couldn't make me happier and replaying this just reinforced how good a job was done with this.

Doom Eternal - Possibly my favourite FPS campaign of all time.

It takes everything that worked with the 2016 reboot, and tweaks or adds to it in someway that makes this feel like a very different experience, whilst also retaining what made the 2016 entry so great. Ammo is more scarce, enemies are more aggressive, which means as mindless as Doom Eternal may look to the casual onlooker, it is possibly one of the most intense shooters I have ever played as far as making split second decisions on the fly goes. Given the scarcity of ammo you are constantly having to reassess the arena and assess which enemies to prioritise, which ammo to save for which enemy type, when to push really hard and top up health, armour, ammo etc. which all require replenishing via a mechanic of some sort that almost always requires you to get up close in the enemies faces. Doom 2016 showered you with ammo, whereas here, it is so scarce that the game almost becomes a strategy/resource management game as much as it is an FPS.

Throw in greater enemy variety, way better level design with plenty of neat platforming/exploration opportunities and you have a game that makes its stellar predecessor pale in comparison.

Resident Evil 3 Remake - Meh.

This was always going to pale in comparison to the RE2 remake, which was one of my second favourite game last year only behind Death Stranding, as the original RE3 was always inferior to the original RE2 (IMO), so it is only natural that the remake would be inferior also given the weaker source material.

However, I wasn't prepared for how underwhelming the RE3 remake would be, and it is bitterly disappointing. Most people are complaining that it streamlines puzzles and gameplay and prioritises action too oftern; but that isn't the problem for me as these were traits of the original game, and where most people credit RE4 with taking the series down an action horror path, it was actually the original RE3 that started this trend, with it's more linear environments, greater emphasis on action, and abundance of ammo/powerful weapons. My issues with the game are how soulless it feels. Nemesis is a complete joke, his appearances saved for a few set piece boss fights that are mechanically inept and require no thought whatsoever. The biggest problem though is how stripped down it all feels. whereas the RE2 remake was basically a beat for beat retread of the original game/story albeit updated, RE3 has had entire sections of the game removed, and the branching paths of the original pulled out, to the point where the game's pacing is all over the place and over before the story gathers any momentum

Do not buy at full price, no matter how much you loved the RE2 remake.

Two more games in the bag, both on the PS4:

PS4

Doom: The 2016 game; just loved it! Manic mayhem that take a bit of getting used to if you're a sniping kite merchant at heard
Firewatch: It was ok but a bit of a letdown after all the rave reviews TBH Beautiful visuals for sure.

Nintendo Switch

Ori and the Blind Forest: Really enjoyed it, fairly short so didn't get stale at all. Loved the Metroidvania elements.

GAME|PLATFORM
Star wars Jedi Fallen order|PS4
Control|PS4
Tekken 7 story Mode|PS4
Death Stranding | PS4
Super Mario Odyessy | Nintendo Switch
Subnautica | PS4
Fire Emblem three houses | Switch
Dark Souls Remastered | PS4
Katana Zero | Switch
Doom Eternal | Ps4


Katana Zero

Finished this on the switch, was very enjoyable reminded me a lot of hotline miami one hit and you die. The plot was different , loved the art style too.


Doom Eternal

Had a blast playing this , OTT violence and not too long either. Echo these sentiments on the main forum , not gone on the platforming at all tbh found it annoying.

Currently tackling ff7 remake only on chapter 3 near the end of it, enjoying it so far anyway a lot of nostalgia waves.

Finished Uncharted 2. Definite improvement over the first, and while it was an improvement in every way it still suffers from the frankly masochistic shootouts. The bad guy makes the reference to how many people Drake killed that day alone, and it's brushed off. Can't remember it being this much of a murder fest tbh, and some choices as to how enemies got to certain places stood out.

A few hours into 3 and it's definitely the most polished so far. Trying to fly through it as I have already played it when it came out, but haven't played 4 yet so want to get to that.

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Final Fantasy X (PC) Technically brilliant at the time and a massive leap on from IX, but with a weird story, annoying lead character and awful voice acting it's a disappointment. Also, F*%k the sphere grid and F*&k blitzball.
Medal of Honor: European Assault (XBOX) A more modern feeling game than previous titles, it's a great (if short) campaign. Need to dig out my other MoH games now.
Project Gotham Racing 2 (XBOX) Kinda weird in that some cars and tracks are p**s easy and others will tear you a new A*&^%$£e. great game though.
Indycar Series (XBOX) technically well made but Christ it's boring.
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun (XBOX) Better than Frontline, let down a little by some poor level design in some areas.
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis (XBOX) fun little war sim, meanders from super easy to ball-achingly hard missions.
Red Faction (PC) technically poor, but mad fun altogether
Red Faction II (PC) total crap, nothing to do whatsoever with the first game and other that the odd mech segment, an utterly forgettable 4 hours.
Sin Episodes: Emergence (PC) Plays well, but it feels like a HL2 mod. Great advertisement for not getting into episodic games.
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (PC) Great first half, dull second half. Typical MoH game, with one lone commando basically winning the war by himself.