@Ralizah Infamous First Light but I’m not sure many people were into that one. A big game like DOOM would renew interest in time for Halloween where the plan was to do Resi 2, which will take a couple weeks.
@nessisonett Sounds good to me. I’ll probably be ready in a couple weeks. Might have finished GoT by then. And even if not, I think Doom is a fairly short game and a nice diversion from my usual fare. Maybe @RogerRoger will want to join, as well as others who like the series or are curious about it.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
Ok wow, just beat Cuphead. Feel like I stumbled into a win there but hey, I’m not complaining! Overall I really enjoyed my time with it, some pretty difficult bosses of course but I could do without the run and gun sections. Just chuffed I made it in one piece!
I've beaten Yuppie Psycho on PC. The game was great overall, and I really enjoyed my time with it.
The game involves ordinary guy Brian Pasternack heading to the office for his first day of work. There he will do the usual activities such as meeting his co-workers, brewing some coffee, and logging in to the corporate network. However, not everything is as it seems. There's something sinister going on, so expect some survival horror elements.
The atmosphere is well done in this game. It does a good job of mixing up the calmer office moments, and the more tense scary moments. Co-workers are bursting with personality, and important characters all have their own unique characteristics. There's plenty of amusing moments between them when things aren't getting too serious. The soundtrack is very good as well, and it uses a charming pixel art for the visuals.
So overall, this game blew me away. I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was.
Brought Jedi: Fallen Order on Friday and beat it last night. Not a bad game, although there was the odd graphical glitch, and the framerate was all over the shop, even with the 1080p resolution lock. Story was very telegraphed, not very difficult to figure out what is going on, but the gameplay overall feels satisfying. I would probably play a sequel if it ever came about (though I don't think it will), as some of the characters introduced in the game felt really underutilised, and I would like to see more of.
Polished off the rest of the characters in Tekken 4 today. Yes, I played it for hours. It’s an OK game and the cutscenes are definitely a step up but otherwise it felt a bit smaller in scope than the previous 2 games. Tekken 3 had the superior gameplay and element of freshness, Tag Tournament had an absurd amount of characters and new style of play. This game just had better presentation. There’s also a move towards juggling mechanics, which I’m not overly fond of. It’s not fun being pinned in a corner and bashed against a wall repeatedly until you die either. It was a decent game but I would return to Tekken 3 for multiplayer over it any day.
@RogerRoger I’m going ahead with Tekken 5, I might as well at this point. It’s less that the franchise feels stale and more that Tekken 4 itself felt like they sacrificed a lot in the console jump. It happens often, devs don’t really know how to utilise the new hardware and their games end up quite unambitious.
I've been flying through my backlog in preparation of the PS5 and/or a ton of games coming out of the tail end of the year that I've been looking forward to. So the past few weeks I finished Assassin's Creed Odyssey, The Outer Worlds, and Persona 5 Royal.
Odyssey was fun for a while, but overstayed its welcome, it was pretty bloated; but I left with a positive impression of it. The Outer Worlds was fine, but for an ARPG, the action felt like an afterthought to the story and dialogue. Persona 5 Royal... might just be the best RPG I've ever played.
I finished the main story of Watch Dogs 2 and it was really quite brilliant. It never failed to keep me entertained. Yes, it’s maybe not the most inventive or creative of games but the hacking system was absolutely dead on and the story was extremely fun. I just need to finish off the trophies for the platinum but it shouldn’t take me too long! I’m seriously looking forward to Legion now, more than I ever was before I played this game. I only gave it a go because it was on PS Now as well!
@nessisonett As it leaves PS NOW at the end of the month, that might have be my next game, but that would also mean I've played three open world games really close to each other which I don't normally like doing. I do have it on disc, but my ps4 is a bit temperamental when it comes to discs, so I could always play it when I get a PS5. 🤔
Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
That’s me finished off the last story mode character in Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection on PSP. I have mixed feelings with this one, it’s the hardest one since probably Tekken 2, mostly due to brutal AI even on easy. The boss character is one of those dudes that borders on unfair. I mean, a massive fireball attack in a 3D fighter that does 70% of your health? The extra characters are good and by all accounts the gameplay is improved from the PS2 original so honestly it’s a good package and the PSP version looks really nice. The gameplay is mostly solid although the juggle mechanics are getting slightly out of hand now. Only a couple of games left! I do own Tekken 6 on PSP so I’ll miss out on the weird campaign from the PS3 version but apparently that’s terrible anyway.
@nessisonett I found that when playing Street Fighter V, there was such a jump in difficulty when facing the bosses. You can usually spam with either projectiles or low kicks though lol. Jeez that game became such a grind to unlock skins, costumes and in game currency.
Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
@JohnnyShoulder Honestly, Ogre in Tekken 3 is a great boss. Jinpachi in 5 really is not! A quick google shows that there is 15 years worth of frustration about him on the internet!
Out Run. It's an arcade racing game from 1986, where the player has to reach checkpoints before the time runs out. Played it on PS4 via the arcade in Yakuza 0. I managed to complete every stage, and reach all 5 different ending locations.
Anyway, I found it surprisingly addictive. The time limit is rather tight, so it took a lot of practice for me to get good at it. But every time I lost, I wanted to have another go and get a bit further.
Now that's done, I'll hopefully pick up pace with the main story in Yakuza 0. Poor Majima, he's been wanting to go home and rest for the last week or so, but I keep playing Out Run and doing other side quests.
Literally just wrapped up Assassin’s Creed there. Oh boy, that game has not aged magnificently. I actually did enjoy it for the most part but it falls into some issues that most games from that period did, such as the ‘everything is brown or grey’ problem. The game just kinda ends as well. Onto the second game, which I’ve heard is still probably the best one, at least out of the classic style.
@Thrillho Lol, that may well consume a lot of my time. It's a wonder how anyone ever completes the Yakuza storyline due to all the distractions from the fun side activities.
Anyway, I am loving Yakuza 0 as far. Kiryu and Majima are both great, and I'm enjoying the storyline and the over the top combat.
@JohnnyShoulder Honestly, I’ve played a couple of hours of the second game now and it’s brilliant. Such a massive step forward and the cities feel properly alive. I’m amazed to be honest, got to be one of the best sequels I’ve played in terms of pushing the mechanics of the first game forward.
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