Topic: Games you've recently beat

@MightyDemon82 Judgment is well worth a go too!

I only played the first game this year and thought it was great as it has a lot of the Yakuza vibe but feels fresh without 6/7 games worth of backstory to have to stick to.

Lost Judgment and Like a Dragon are both still in my backlog.

@Thrillho I have Judgement in my backlog too. Picked up Fist of the Northstar for £7 last week and will grab Lost Judgement and LAD once I've cleared more games!

@Thrillho @MightyDemon82 If you guys get Lost Judgment, get the version with the Kaito files included. That DLC was brilliant and a great addition to the main game. I liked Lost Judgment more than the first one, probably because of all the side activities in Lost Judgment.

@Lavalera I picked it up in a sale a while ago with all the season pass. Was kind of silly to get it so cheap with the story DLC not even out yet.

But I’ve only heard good things about the Kaito files so I’m looking forward to it.

@colonelkilgore @Jimmer-jammer I just recently beat Dark Souls Remastered and got the Dark Lord trophy/ending, have both trophy-related endings completed now. Lord Gwyn was trickier than last time, I got him down to a fraction of his health twice before beating him on the fourth attempt. I am focusing on jazz guitar right now but in terms of games on the horizon I am looking at God of War Ragnarok and Hogwarts Legacy in the holiday season.

@TheBrandedSwordsman well done mate, yeah I found Gwyn quite a bit tougher on the subsequent playthroughs too. What did you think of Elden Ring after?

@colonelkilgore I prefer games where you don't have to rely on summons unless you're a pro. Edit: I understand your experience may have differed from a lot of other people's.

@TheBrandedSwordsman ahh, I’m gutted for you mate as I know you were looking forward to it. Like you say, everyone has a different experience and I didn’t really summon that much. There was one boss that I had to summon though… I’d probably still be trying her now if I wanted to solo her 😅

@colonelkilgore I'm including spirit ashes under summoning. Did you use them much?

@TheBrandedSwordsman yeah I used spirit ashes some, I personally count them as more of a spell-cast personally but I get you.

Yakuza Kiwami is done.

The last few harruka requests and beating amon where a chore,but i managed it.

now i'm debating if i should get kiwami 2 or play something lighter since i heard that there can be burn-out from playing to much yakuza.

@jdv95 I spaced the games out a fair bit with at least two other games otherwise it can get a bit repetitive.

YK2 is great though and definitely has one of the best antagonists in the series.

@jdv95 I agree with the comments above. I played almost all in a row and around 4 it started to feel sameish. I took a break in between and enjoyed it more again. So yeah take your time in between you will only enjoy them more

@Jimmer-jammer Not yet but I've done that in the past, I've been recording some stuff for my soundcloud recently, solos and whatnot.

@Jimmer-jammer https://www.soundcloud.com/ltomlinson9 there is some old band stuff on there too, from when I was in a metal band.

@HallowMoonshadow Probably not, since I didn't touch NG+. That is pretty cool, though. I should boot up my save file for Nocturne HD one day and try it out!

Finished Spider-Man: Miles Morales. I just have an NG+ left for the platinum, which I have already immediately jumped into.

I will say, the game is fantastic. Really what I was looking for right now. A really fun distraction with addictive gameplay and a pretty decent story. Fresh characters, fun new powers to play with, and that Sony first party sheen to the whole package.

If I had any complaints they are minor —
Some of the voice acting falls flat. Overall I warmed up to Miles’s VA but some of the line delivery felt a little corny at first. Same for Ganke (sp?) and Finn.
Also, there was more than once where I got slightly frustrated at the controls. The worst offender was crawling on walls, where suddenly perspective shifts made pushing the left stick up made Miles move inexplicably downward, or vice versa. Really weird. And occasionally the web shooting wouldn’t respond as quickly or accurately as I remember the first game doing. But perhaps I am just looking back through rose-tinted glasses.

But actually overall, I think I liked this game better than the original. I liked playing as the nerdy teenager trying to figure things out, as opposed to the older Peter with his all too familiar feeling young adult life problems. But most of all, the venom powers are much more fun to play with than the traditional Spidey arsenal. It makes me worried that Spider-Man 2 might feel bland by comparison, but we’ll see.

@Th3solution yeah I enjoyed it a fair bit more than the original too. Great little game fair play

@Th3solution NG+ can be done really quickly too as you can unlock the final things easily enough and just fly through the main story.

I thought it was a nice length but there is a lot of side content, although very little of it ever felt like filler.

@Th3solution Don't forget Spider-man 2 will also feature Miles Morales too we can assume, if the teaser trailer is anything to go by.