Topic: Games you've recently beat

I finaly beat control dlcs, and thinking in play ffxii zodiac age...

@Onigumo It’s on Game Pass in case you have that! It’s really great, I enjoyed it a lot more than I expected.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy haha nice, yeah i can imagine it being quite difficult to learn. I used to be ok at learning languages when I was a kid but that part of my mind completely shut down by the time i was a teenager. All I can really say these days is basic civilities and some rude words in Italian. Also the only essential order that I need to make if i ever visit - gelato con brioche!

@RogerRoger You have until next week to claim Concrete Genie for free, my brother. In case you didn’t realize from the other people who have told you... 😜.
And honestly, although I purchased it on disc at release, it’s not a game that takes very long, nor one that will likely be prominently positioned in your personal collection. I doubt I’ll ever replay it, but I don’t know, maybe I will.
Actually, I think I wrote a favorable review of the game back last year. Even so, if I wasn’t inconvenienced by COVID protocols, I’d probably take my copy in to sell back for some store credit since I claimed it digitally on Plus.

Edit: Whadayaknow, I did do a review. Thanks to Rali’s convenient Review Thread index I was able to easily find said review — https://www.pushsquare.com/forums/retro_and_other_gaming/user...
And I even predicted the game would likely be a PS Plus game eventually. (I know - safe bet, but still) Oh, and I can’t believe I wrote that in Oct 2019, closer to 1.5 years ago. In some ways time flies, and in some ways that seems like a lifetime ago!

@nessisonett I love metroidvania and all, and control was a great game, i think my problem is, my last game before control was the last of us part 2. Any game seens less shiny with tlous 2 around...

@RogerRoger Yep, definitely worth a go. What I thought would be a distraction became my main game for a couple of days. I got the platinum last night, it was pretty straightforward, apart from one collectible which took me an hour to find. It was hiding in a bin, of all places.

Bringing a bit new meaning to the idea of 'rubbish puns'.

I've just been scrolling through @Th3solution 's spot on review (although chasing scraps of paper in the wind didn't bother me as much as it did him, he sounded traumatised!) and the ensuing comments. At one point, @Arugula mentioned that it left him feeling generally happy, and I'd second that. It felt like playing through a Saturday morning cartoon at times. One to get up early and play while the sun comes up.

Hitman 3. I've cleared each of the new levels a few times each, trying different approaches and getting some of the special events and that. It was a lot of fun, and is a great final game for the trilogy.

I'm not going to worry about completing all the various challenges, but I'll head back whenever there's new content (one of the legacy pack Hitman 1 levels is getting an elusive target this weekend).

@Gremio108 Re-reading my review brings back some memories (and also the eye twitches and palpitations as the flashbacks of chasing pieces of paper in the wind surface in my mind) and I had forgotten how innovative the game truly is. We need more games like this. I can see your analogy of it being a Saturday morning cartoon comfort food, and that rings true. Despite my giving it a 6.5/10, it deserves to be played and experienced, for sure.

@Th3solution It's interesting to think that you played it in a pre-Covid world, while I've played it in a post-Covid one. I wonder if you'd give it a slightly higher score if you played it now? I know I appreciated an experience like Concrete Genie slightly more now than I would have done a couple of years ago.

@Gremio108 It’s an interesting thought experiment, but I think the awkwardness of some of the controls and character portrayal would still bring it down a little bit. But yes, the escapism of the relatively bright, charming, and inspiring setting might resonate with me in this cold, dark, and depressing world of 2020-2021. Interestingly, I played Death Stranding at the onset of the pandemic though and loved it, despite the associated irony of everyone in that game being holed up in their bunkers isolated from an apocalyptic world. Not to mention Resident Evil 1 & 2 were among my 2020 gaming highlights. 😅

@RogerRoger I'd actually say the final location is my favourite. It's a bit of a divisive level though, so not everyone is going to agree with me.

The second one is also another memorable one. I wasn't keen on the third level initially, but that's really grown on me since replaying.

@Th3solution Thanks for reminding me I've still got Death Stranding to play. I was wondering what I was going to play next. As soon as the second hand shops open again I'm grabbing a copy.

@RogerRoger Really great impressions on Infamous 2, and thanks for the tag! I’m glad it was overall a positive experience and your thoughts are on par with what I remember from years ago. I didn’t play Festival of Blood, but still am curious if/when you play it to know how you get along with it.

As you say, the series doesn’t exactly trailblaze and innovate much, but I’m sure you’ll feel the biggest bump in evolution when you play Second Son. Same recipe, but a little different personality as well as better polish on the gameplay. I’m worried about Troy Baker’s Delsin grating on you, so be warned, but if you can get past the infinitely more annoying Zeke (yes, he’s one of my least favorite video game characters, but better in this second game, as you stated) then I feel like you’ll be able to get past some of the Baker shenanigans. Protagonist is what makes the standalone expansion First Light an actually better Infamous game, in my opinion. Anyways, I’ll stop short so as to not inadvertently influence you negatively, because all in all I think I liked Second Son better than either of the first two games, which is substantial praise.

@RogerRoger maybe we’re not so different after all, loved InFAMOUS 2.

@Th3solution I thought I would tag you as I believed we were discussing it...

I beat Heavy Rain this morning! I actually loved it by the end, I loved all the characters in it and also the setting. I do wonder if I'll enjoy the next two games as much if they lose the cast and setting because they seem to be my main takeaway from the game. As opposed to what I said earlier, I probably would play heavy rain again in the future or at least watch someone else play it if I can rope them in to doing it so I can see how differently the game might play out with someone else behind the wheel

The only thing I didn't like were the controls, the tank controls were a bit awkward and the motion controls were frustrating. Some bits of motion control was a lot worse than others, namely the gyrating hips of Madison Paige (not the worse bit to get stuck on except for the background music that blares out sex noises which is quite embarrassing 😅) and Madison riding the motorcycle at the end which I was unable to force my way through so I ended up holding the DS4 completely flat to get through it - awkward when you are playing the game in bed!(put in tags because in not sure if those bits are choice dependent). I did look up the motion controls and there was some anecdotal evidence that suggested that they didn't work as well in the PS4 version of the game in comparison to the PS3 version.

Anyway, apart from those small grievances, I loved the game and I would highly recommend it! I'll be highlighting that one as a "to buy" sometime in the future game on my PS Plus list instead of a "done" and dusted game.

I know I already "beat" the original Devil May Cry last week but I decided to try and at least get through it on the hard difficulty too before calling it quits with the title (for now at least). Especially after I found out you unlock Sparda as a playable character for a new game upon beating it at that setting.

Good lord I can only imagine what the final difficulty setting of "Dante Must Die" is like! Only 3% of people who've played DMC have beaten hard mode and I can bloody see why! Never again! Those boss fights against Nightmare at the end were pure... well... hell! Normal it is for me! (Which ain't exactly a walk in the park) 😂

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy well I’ve been ‘concerned’ that chasing the plats on the majority of the DMC series will be tough... therefore your comment doesn’t surprise me but I am even ‘more’ aware of that DMD difficulty playthru.

If you manage to beat the first DMC @colonelkilgore on DMD mode I'll salute you on your prowess Mr Gameplay King!

DMC 2 is quite easier in general (No doubt due to the VERY troubled production it had) so it's probably the most achievable of the lot to get the plat for? I'm not a trophy hunter in the slightest though so I wouldn't really know.

Good luck on those whatever you end up doing! 😄

@ralphdibny I enjoyed Heavy Rain after initially bouncing off it because of the tank and motion controls. And having the identity of the Origami Killer revealed in a magazine article. I only completed after playing the later two games, and the controls do get a bit better with each game. Although I do remember the hand to hand combat and a stealth section being problematic in Beyond Two Souls. Do you plan on playing the other two as well? They have both been offered as part of the service in previous months.

Forgive my ignorance, but you are planning to buy some games you've already completed that you got through PS Plus? Is that for collection purposes?