Topic: Games you've recently beat

@BlindMan94 I've yet to finish TLOU on Grounded but agree that it is definitely the best way to play the game. It makes it rock hard but it makes the difficulty of the game match the atmosphere it's trying to portray so well.

@roe Man, you must have some serious gaming chops! I've beaten 2 levels on the first part and that took me and a pal about 3 hours of trying. That game is seriously difficult.

The Mummy Demastered: Picked this up in a sale recently, but there's not much to say here. It's a perfectly competent and utterly cookie-cutter Metroid clone. Bosses, environmental design, gameplay, etc. are all unremarkable. The music is suitably moody and there's a semi-interesting ZombiU-esque mechanic where, after you die, you have to kill the resurrected corpse of your previous character to get your stuff back, but otherwise this game is pretty forgettable.

Oh, and it only took me 5 hours to get 90-ish percent map completion. It's REALLY short. And the collectibles (aside from health and ammo packs, because this doesn't even pretend not to be Metroid) don't seem to do anything.

After some more backlog cleaning, I got Bastion, Yakuza Kiwami, and Heavenly Sword done within the last month. The latter I'm happy to have finally beaten after leaving it hanging for 10 years.

Assassin's Creed: Origins

A really good game. It's probably my #2 GOTY after Horizon and without a doubt my biggest surprise of the year.

I just beat everything on South Park Fractured but Whole but the Token trophy did not pop so I had to turn around and start a second play though. Just finished night one so I'll be playing that again for the next week in hopes of getting the platinum this time. Also yesterday finished Guardians of the Galaxy Telltale really enjoyed this one and hope for a second season, especially with the after credits season setting one up.

Finally finished Wolfenstein 2 after putting it down for Frozen Wildlands and Mario. I have mixed feelings about this game - I thought they made a great over the top story but it was fun and exciting and also surprisingly emotional. Step up from the first.

However, the gameplay was just frustrating in places. I platinumed the first game and DLC which was tough but there was lots of angles to employ. I found stealth largely meaningless in this game - I just kept getting spotted and then jetted around guns blazing. The levels were very generic and no real bosses. I will still play a third for the story but didn't enjoy the game as much as I was hoping.

I finished Dishonored's Death Of The Outsider recently and thought it was once more some fine work from Arkane Studios. I really love how they keep coming up with unique powers for different characters. Hopefully there's still a lot more to come.

@KratosMD Glad you enjoyed it mate! Did you take on the rare Nevi in the rift planes? I highly suggest checking out The Mirage Rare Nevi. It's my favourite boss battle on Vita. http://gravityrush.wikia.com/wiki/The_Mirage:_Rare_Nevi
Enjoy GR2- the most overlooked game of the generation.

@KratosMD I played GR so long ago, I barely remember much other than flying around and smacking glowing blobs in the sky. It’s good to hear it’s held up. I remember enjoying it, but I think it may be the first game I ever played on my Vita so the whole experience was modified by getting acquainted by the new device and I remember just wanting to get on to Uncharted Golden Abyss. I didn’t love it to the point of feeling it needed a sequel so had not been interested in GR2 until recently and it sounds like the second game is a dramatic improvement, so I bought it last month when I found it cheap. Now I just need to decide when to play it.
Maybe @Fight_Teza_Fight can help ... How does GR2 compare to other open world games of this generation?

@Th3solution Kind of difficult to say. It's a manageable open world. The main areas are located on different planes so you 'fall' towards them. So whilst it is a relatively small open world it feels much larger as you have another direction to travel in/through.
Points of interests pop up as soon as they are available & you can unlock fast travel points. You really shouldn't ever use them though as falling through the sky is the best way of traversal in video gaming .

@KratosMD They are a lot better & I think you'll find them even more engaging, now that you beat the first game.

Had a good weekend clearing out some of the backlog.
Finished FFXII and now crossed Farpoint of the list.

Farpoint really surprised me. It's not a very good FPS, but the aim controller made up for it. The campaign is pretty short & I felt like more could've been done with the VR (fight as a mecha, fly the space shuttle...).
What surprised me was how REAL the characters (Moon & Tyson) felt. It's an already immersive experience, but the voice acting and animations really put it on another level.
Hope there is a sequel.

@KratosMD i loved my Vita while I had it, but that was one of the things I also didnt like. I didn't mind using corners and sides of the touch screen. Hated having to swipe across the screen, like u said it prevents u from seeing what going on. And that back touchpad, I could get used to trying to use that. That was main reason that I never played borderlands 2 on it.

@KratosMD I always thought every game on Vita should of had a custom control mapping option. But, for what I used it for mainly it didn't matter. I mostly used it to play old games on.

Finished would be on Jeremy Kyle / Jerry Springer show if it wasnt for the walkers. TWD New Frontier.

Rubbish set of episodes, only kept together by Clems side story. Telltale games are so predictable and the overtly angry conversations are really starting to grate. Papa was the most redeeming character in the 6/7 hour playtime and his star performance was over a game of dominoes for two whole minutes.

Finally beat assassin's Creed origins. Long game, but I loved it. Gonna try and get Platinum but the trophy to complete all locations will take a minute. Anyone have an idea when the first expansion is suppose to release?

Yeah, the all locations trophy is a pain. I only need that and one more for the Plat but I'm kinda burnt out after so many hours played. Great game tho.

@Splat the trophy where u have to shoot red pots with flame arrow and kill 30 enemies is giving me a fit. Seems like right before they die the fire goes out. Yeah I've got a little burnt out. I don't know what my play time is right off, but it's alot.

Gonna start rise of the tomb raider now. From what I've seen it's a good looking game. Hopefully gameplay is good.

@ellsworth004 I quite liked Rise of the TR. I hear mixed impressions from people about it but it really great imo and I’d highly recommend it if you like action open world titles, which it sounds like you do. I have AC:O in my backlog, not sure when I’ll get to it.
I’m pretty close to finishing my 3rd playthrough (route C) of NieR Automata. Brilliant game. I don’t want it to end, but I also can’t wait to see how it ends.

Yeah, that's the other trophy I need as well. Both are a pain.