Topic: Games you've recently beat

Just finished Diablo III: Reaper of Souls on PS4. It was my first Diablo game and I enjoyed the majority of it. The first half was such a blast, but after that point I started defeating bosses in mere seconds. You get overpowered real fast in this game. I've looked up online in order to see if it was only me but apparently others who played the game on Normal also felt like the game became too easy after a while. The "real" experience comes from replaying it on higher difficulties and I'm definitely not doing that. But for what it's worth, I thought it was a great game and I'm glad to have finally experienced this series.

Recently beat God Of War (PS4) on normal difficulty. Amazing game from beginning to end: good level of challenge, plenty of combat options and customization to get your own personal fighting style. Also, kudos to the voice cast, they really made the story come as much more than "the stuff in-between random enemy fights".

Only possible complain would be that more than once I thought of keeping the axe and throw the stupid kid at enemies (Fortunately it didn't last long).

Finished Ghost of Tsushima (Director's Cut) for PS5 yesterday, and wow...

• Platinum Trophy on 'Base Game', played on Hard difficulty
• All additional trophies for the 'Iki Island' expansion (both for 'Exploration' and 'Story')
• Played Iki Island on Lethal difficulty.

Beautiful, immersive and incredible gameplay... a pleasure to have spent time with.
Whilst the 'base game' story is fairly generic at times, and leans on many familiar genre tropes, the Iki Island expansion really takes things to another level.

Jin (the protagonist) gets explored in much great detail during Iki, and there are some amazingly hammy horror elements also at times..... Iki Island almost pushes into campy Resident Evil-esque territory, which I mean as a pure compliment!

Gameplay and combat is tight, with lethal mode satisfying the masochist in me and leading to every battle feeling nuanced and important - with death only 2-3 strikes away (for the player and the enemies).

Cool customisation and outfits, alongside good variety of charms/builds to suit all playstyles.

I would probably bounce into the online mode 'Legends' or even do NG+, but for now I plan to park the extra content and hit up SIFU before Elden Ring arrives next week.

60 hours ish to achieve above, could take more/less dependant on difficulty setting I guess.

But well worth the pricetag, even at the premium £70 GBP, probably greater than 100 hours of (quality) content.

Started SIFU now and got brutalised by the first boss, think I need a controller remap....

Just finished Mario vs Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! on 3DS. I bought this game on my DSi over 10 years ago but I never finished it. Apparently I was on the last world and had just a couple of levels left and so I managed to beat the main story today. It's a really fun concept and this game has encouraged me now to buy other games in the series, such as Mario vs Donkey Kong 2 on Wii U and Minis on the Move on 3DS. Might also get Tipping Stars down the line.

Anyway, Minis March Again apparently has tons of extra levels after you beat the main story so I might give those a go unless they become too challenging.

Sorry for late reply. Thx a lot , but I believe I will be skipping the DS2 at-least as I don't see the DS games have aged well.

Also to contrary & unpopular opinion, I don't see it a difficult game in-fact I was OP for the 2nd half of the game. I believe it could be the tedium to work again from the last bonfire to the next bonfire if they die in mid-way which causes player to say it's difficult. Moreover it could be only difficult for those who are new to RPG because the game has so many tools, so many weapons/armors & then their upgrades that it should not be a pain for players who have been gaming from some time & invest time in understanding the fundamentals. The last half of the game where you have to kill the 4 lord souls looked liked that they just added extra content to increase the duration of the game as it wasn't that interesting gameplay wise. Also the graphics hasn't aged well with time & the story ..Damn it sucks. Am not a fan of the story for which a whole community has to work together to understand, to assume facts etc. in-fact I will not call it a story itself.

I loved Bloodborne & Sekiro , so was aiming on DS but DS1 didn't gave me good impressions. It certainly has an Aura, all those old-school RPG mechanics, the great level-design & monstreties(look-wise only) etc.

But I will certainly be visiting DS3 as it has been said to be a Kin to Bloodborne & Demon Souls for that next-gen atmosphere of Souls game.

@ishaajo840 fair enough. Personally, I don’t have too much issue playing older games (I probably played more PS3 games than PS5 games since Nov 2020)… but I do get what you’re saying. Well I’m sure you’ll enjoy Dark Souls 3 when you get around to it. 👍

Last two games I completed was the Halo:Infinite campaign to 100% completion on Legendary difficulty and also completed the Gunk too - just in time to start Horizon: Forbidden West

Have just finished final boss and seen the credits roll on Remnant from the Ashes (PS4 version played on PS5). Did the whole thing co-op with a friend and it was a good fun and enjoyable experience.

Challenge was moderate but not as difficult as I was expecting after reading some reviews. A couple of bosses required multiple attempts and some forethought and good communication between us but proved within our joint capabilities. Probably took in the region of around 10-15hours. Will probably go back to see if we can spawn some of the other bosses and pick up a couple more trophies but unlikely to aim for the platinum.

If you're looking for a co-op shooter to play with a mate and you've got it in the library from when it was on plus then I recommend you give it a go.

@colonelkilgore Completely agree. Last Year I played The Witcher 2, Final Fantasy XIII & Prince of Persia 2008 on PC in 4K (on 24" monitor) and they all looked just amazing.

Spent 5+ hours wrapping up The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve tonight.

It'll take a while for me to get my feelings in order. What a rollercoaster ride this has been!

I don't know where, given a dispassionate analysis, this game will end up settling on my tier list of Ace Attorney games, but I can definitely say GAA2 probably has the most enthralling and emotionally satisfying final couple of hours of any game I've ever played. And despite one late-hour plot twist that is beyond outlandish, it still feels almost fully earned.

I'm a little gutted that my time with these characters is at an end, though.

Will probably check out the included DLC content while I'm letting this experience settle in my mind.

@RogerRoger Out of interest, where did you end up stopping in the first game?

In terms of the sequel, it'd be a very bad idea to take a break between cases 4 and 5, since they're heavily interlinked and functionally work as one, much longer story. Case 3 is very climactic in its own right and feels like a natural stopping point, though, so I went ahead and took the opportunity for a breather. Which was the right move, since it allowed me to process what I'd experienced to that point and blast through the final two cases in a few days.

Finally 'beat' SIFU...!

My intention was to shoot for the Platinum, but in all honesty I have not had the time to devote to this game that I would have liked - and from tomorrow onwards I suspect I'll be so wrapped up in The Lands Between, that SIFU will be nothing but a distant memory!

I unlocked a fair amount of trophies, and managed to 'spare' bosses #1-#4 as well as conventionally kill. The last boss #5, Yang, was an absolute nightmare. I've not hit a difficulty curve with a boss like that since Isshin the Sword Saint (last boss in Sekiro, took me 2 weeks).

After about 12 tries, I finally killed him... and now feel ready to put down SIFU and look forward to ER tomorrow. My feelings on SIFU are mixed in all honesty... It was only ever supposed to be a 'time-killer' for me (until ER drops) and it served its purpose well. Whilst it was a generous effort from SloClap, and commendable as an experience, I do feel that it borrowed elements from many other brilliant games - and didn't utilise them as well as I've seen elsewhere (Hades, Returnal, Souls/Sekiro etc)

BUT... If you're a self-punishing masochist who can't get enough of very hard games then this is definitely for you! If DLC is released I might go back, but I am satisfied to have completed the base game and certainly feel I got my money's worth during the last 2 weeks playing.

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@RogerRoger I'm not surprised there's AA burnout, considering you blasted through the GBA trilogy in record time. Some people can play through game after game and not have an issue, but I have to pace myself with games in the same series (even ones I love).

Just beaten Hades on Hades for the first time. I know I haven't really beat the game yet and have plenty to do but I completed a run for the first time so I'm pretty buzzing with that.I
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@Keith_Zissou That's pretty much how I feel about Uncharted 2 and 3. 2 is one of my favorite games of all time, while 3 was ok but disappointing at the time. I revisited it last year and enjoyed it more, but it's still easily my least favorite of the series.

@Keith_Zissou send my congrats to lil’ Keith.

@Keith_Zissou That's pretty cool. I don't think I completed any games at age six, if I'm being honest.

@Keith_Zissou Not bad at all! I think I’m the same as @Ralizah, probably didn’t complete any games at 6 as most of the games we had on the GameCube were bloody difficult 😂

@Keith_Zissou I can reccomend Sekiro next.

@Keith_Zissou For me, the disappointment was because Uncharted 2 raised the bar so high back when it came out. It was natural to have extremely high expectations for the sequel to a game that was easily in my Top 5 of all time at worst at the time. Part of the reason I enjoyed it more when I revisited it last year was there were no expectations.

Seems like your kid is already shaping up to be a better gamer than you...