Topic: Games you've recently beat

@RogerRoger I always assumed the box contained an ancient treasure, but have seen speculation suggesting it was a drug stash. Nothing's ever been officially confirmed as far as I know.

@RogerRoger @crimsontadpoles Pretty sure it’s Gwyneth Paltrow’s head in the box 😛

Detroit: Become Human
Have been playing this the last couple of weekends and finished my first playthrough yesterday. I say 'first' because I decided pretty early on that I'm going back to this at least once more, to play each character slightly differently, in order to see how relationships and stories vary along the way. For instance, I played Connor mostly as dutiful and robotic (no pun intended), but next time I'd quite like to be more cocky and antagonistic in my dialogue with Hank (where choices allow), just to see how that relationship develops.
The presentation of the game is nothing short of outstanding, and while a good deal of it was watching a story, I was very invested in the characters individual stories and the over-arching plot of the game. 'Gameplay' as such is limited, but everyone knows what their in for with a Quantic Dream experience.
I am aware of multiple ending variations, so I'm not sure my ending would be considered a spoiler, but I'll spare the finer details - suffice to say that all 3 of my protagonists survived, but there was a fair amount of bittersweetness too.
Incredibly well acted, with great pacing and world design, definitely check it out.

@lolwhatno I had great fun with JC3 too after it was a PS+ freebie. It’s just a silly game that lets you do lots of fun stuff.

I was nowhere near the platinum as getting 3* on all the challenges was a nightmare (especially with the slow loading times to restart challenges) and the one to acquire all vehicles was too much of a chore.

@lolwhatno Just Cause 3 is alright and silly fun but I just found the second game to be miles better. Just Cause 2’s associated with a specific point in my life though so I’m willing to look past the flaws and just remember the great stuff like messing around in the open world and attempting to steal jet planes.

@lolwhatno man I loved Just Cause 3 too, so much fun. I went back to it earlier this year, having played a bit of it back in 2017... it was such a pleasant surprise.

@lolwhatno 0_0 indeed 😉

Pillars of Eternity 2 - phew 😂 took me 80 hours and over 2 months, I still have plenty I can go back to do but the pressure is off. It’s easy for me to bounce off these meaty isometric RPGs - I didn’t finish Pillars 1, Divinity OS 2, Baldurs Gate 2 or Neverwinter Nights.

But this goes in the “completed” stack, along with Divinity OS1 and Baldurs Gate 1 🎉🎉

Ok, I just beat Guardians of the Galaxy.
Not the most visually impressive game I've seen and definitely lacks the polish of some other games I played on the PS5. Many of the environments don't look particularly great and enemy designs aren't the best either - but the game's strength is the characters and the writing, wich is excellent. Level design and combat weren't bad either.
Overall I really enjoyed the game and it was the perfect length for this kind of action-adventure thing. There are some choices you make throughout the games which can affect how some things play out later so I guess there's some replayability too.
I'm still going back to mop up the trophies (I got 5 left + the plat)

edit: aaaand it looks like I might have to replay a chunk of the game for one of them lol

Hi there fellow gamers.
So I finished Rachet and Clank Rift Apart last night and it was my first RC game (yes, I should had played the others). It´s a really good game, very fun, the guns are great, clearly enhanced by the DualSense wich is always good imo, visualy it´s stunning, the animatins are fantastic and the voice acting is pretty good to. But I did felt the game to be kinda short. I don´t know how big the other RC games are, so there is that. Also, some reviews mentioned how easy the game is, so I played on hard difficulty (Resistance Leader) and it was fine. Not to difficult and not easy either.
I like the map you can get in a sidequest that reveals all the collectibles on each level. Every game should have something like that.
Also the challenge mode new game plus with new weapons to unlock and the Omega versions of the previous ones, so you can continue to evolve them, is a nice touch.
I only need one more trophy left for the Platinum, so it won´t take long I guess.
Overall, I really enjoyed my time with the game and would love to see more of this franchise.
Next game is Guardians of the Galaxy. Got that and Deathloop for 35€ each on a Black Friday sale.
Cheers, stay safe everyone and happy gaming to us all

@RaZieLDaNtE If you enjoyed Rift Apart, you should definitely try the PS4 reboot game from the series.

It’s the only other Ratchet and Clank game I’ve played and they released a patch to make it run at 60fps on PS5. It’s part of the PS+ Collection so won’t cost you anything if you’re a member, and it wouldn’t cost that much at all if you’re not.

@RaZieLDaNtE Good to see you enjoyed the game. I've always enjoyed the R&C games and have played all of those available on PS Now as well as the PS4 reboot and Rift Apart.

Like @Thrillho said you should definitely try the reboot as that's a good fun game as well. There's not much difference in terms of the gameplay to Rift Apart so you should be right at home. If I remember rightly it's probably about the same length as Rift Apart as well.

@Kidfried I definitely got value for money on the reboot (even if I did buy it a week before it was free) as I got a game breaking bug about two thirds of the way through and then played two complete runs to get the platinum

@Kidfried The one trophy I remember people disliking was to hit every type of enemy with the Groovitron. Pretty sure that included bosses and there was no way to track which ones you still needed.

@Kidfried @Voltan Yeah, the Groovitron one was a pain (I had a spreadsheet on my second full run to make sure I wouldn’t need another!)

You had to complete Challenge Mode, hence needing two full runs, but you also had to get every weapon to level 10 which took some grinding for the bolts to buy the omega weapons but also using them enough to level them up.

I’m kind of glad Rift Apart didn’t have those!

@Thrillho @render @Kidfried Hi there friends and thanks for the feedback. I apreciate it 👍
So these games are kinda short. Ok, now I know what to expect in the reboot and in a new one.
I actualy have the Rachet and Clank reboot installed on my PS4 when Sony gave the game way on the play at home thing and I do have access to the PS+ collection as well.
But as you guys mentioned, now we can play the game on PS5 at sweet 60fps and that does make it much more interesting.
Playing this game and realising how fun it is, made me wish that Naughty Dog would make another Jak and Daxter game. Those games were awesome.
Cheers, stay safe ya´ll and have a good one

Managed to clear my law route run of Shin Megami Tensei V around 74 hours in, although probably ten or more hours of that was just doing endgame content to unlock as many demons as possible. I think I ended up with 80% or so compendium completion, which isn't bad at all, IMO.

@RogerRoger I've already started a NG+ file on hard mode, yeah. Since I feel no pressing need to push through the game quickly now, I'll stay on hard. The NG+ mode I selected only carries over my miracles and compendium data, so it should be a decent challenge. Specific demons only become available after the alignment lock for each route, so I'd need to play it 3+ times to 100% it. I probably won't do that, but I want to eventually complete hard mode, beat the superboss, and unlock the true neutral ending.

Looking forward to fully expressing my thoughts on this game!

Just finished Guacamelee and can’t believe how satisfying the combat and navigating the environment was. I’m just a little concerned that it was so good that I might struggle to find other Metroidvanias (apart from the sequel of course) as good. That final boss fight was a doozy too.

edit. And as I got the end bosses move set down pat by the time I beat him, I picked up the Diablo suit and went and beat him with no damage straight after for The Devil Wears Revenge trophy.

@colonelkilgore That didn’t take long! There’s always the sequel for you at least