Topic: Games you've recently beat

@Th3solution Thank you! I haven’t played any AC games yet, but I have Black Flag, Origins, and Odyssey in my backlog (thanks ps plus). They definitely look like something I’d enjoy

@Kyushutrail If I’m interpreting your history correctly you’ve just recently come back into gaming, so there’s definitely a treasure trove of open world RPGs to catch up on. AC Origins is really good. I didn’t quite get along with Black Flag, but popular opinion is that it’s actually one of the best of the series, so your preference may vary. I still need to play Odyssey too.

Some highlights of the open world genre with large explorable maps for me are: Horizon Zero Dawn, Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding, and Kena: Bridge of Spirits, among others but I’m just thinking about what’s available on PS+ that you could very easily jump into. I think they’ve already pulled Spider-Man and personally I’d play it prior to Miles Morales, but I guess it could be done backwards. Of course if you deviate from PS+ then there’s even many more options (not the least of which is the aforementioned RDR2). Did you play a lot of video games in the retro era? I think you mentioned it’s been 20 yrs?

@Th3solution Thank you so much. Yeah just got back into it earlier this year, but I’ve already played a lot these last few months haha
I finished Zero Dawn and Ghost of Tsushima and absolutely loved them. GoT is probably my favorite game. I want to try Death Stranding but it’s a little intimidating to me for some reason. I did try Spider-Man but I couldn’t get into it. I think the gameplay might have been a little too fast and also I just have no interest in superhero movies.
I actually bought RDR2 so it’s in my backlog. I couldn’t resist it because it was on sale. (I also bought The Witcher 3 on sale). Besides open world games I really enjoyed Undertale, Until Dawn, and What Remains of Edith Finch.
There are so many options so I appreciate your recommendations! Until now I’ve just been putting a list of games in a randomizer and playing the game that comes out on the top lol (this is how I chose Fallout 4 to play)

@Kyushutrail Haha! I love the randomized idea. I usually have a rough roadmap where I strategically attack the backlog, but every now and then I just go with the gut and choose something on a whim.

If you’re in the mood for something a little like Until Dawn, you might like the Quantic Dream games, the best of which is Detroit Become Human. Heavy Rain is also good from them. So keep those in mind for when you might have an inkling for a choice-and-consequence story driven game, if you’ve not played them yet. I really want to try Supermassive’s other games since I liked Until Dawn, but most people say the Dark Pictures Anthology games and The Quarry were a bit of a step down. And What Remains of Edith Finch is fantastic imo and there’s just not really much else quite like it.

I’ll be very curious to see how you get along with Fallout 4. Over another thread there was some discussion about The Outer Worlds which is of that same Bethesda style and it was one that I ended up never really completing. But I loved Skyrim, so who knows.

@Th3solution Thanks again!
I started Fallout 4 and it’s a lot more involved than I thought it would be lol
I have a feeling I’m going to be really bad at this game. I think I’m going to have to read a guide because I have no idea what I’m doing.
I’ll try and keep at it for a few weeks and see if I can get the hang of it

@Kidfried The take on Fort Condor in INTERmission was quite clever but pretty difficult.

Overall I quite liked the DLC but I really struggled with it as I came into it having just breezes through a replay of the main game on PS5 with all of my top level materia so it was quite a challenge not being to rely on that!

The change in combat was pretty neat with the combo attacks and the little bit of footage for the next instalment of the game seems to suggest that’ll be more of a thing too.

@oliverp It’s great to hear you enjoyed your time with RDR2. I absolutely loved the game but it took me a long time to finish as it’s one where you can spend an entire gaming session just messing around in the open world without progressing the main story or side missions.

@AgentCooper @kidfried
Many thanks! Taking your advice about taking it slow. I think I’ll be right. Sorry for turning this topic into a fallout topic haha
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Sonic CD is a good one. Honestly always thought it was after Sonic 2 but apparently not, Origins places it after the first one. It really uses the speed much better than the first game while having explorable environments due to the past/future mechanics. It’s a shame that the soundtracks are a bit mixed though, I much prefer Sonic Boom as a theme but the JP soundtrack has the better zone themes so I kinda regretted picking the US soundtrack. Especially when that bloody creepy boss theme was playing.

@nessisonett I found the past/future mechanic really frustrating.

For me, Sonic is all about the speed and designing levels around that. I would always have said 3 was my favourite game but playing Origins made me enjoy 2 the most for that reason. CD is almost the antithesis to it.

@Thrillho The first game had much more irritating areas which slowed the pace. Labyrinth and Marble Zone especially had too many areas where you have to stop and wait. Palmtree Panic and Stardust Speedway on the other hand have some of the fastest gameplay in Classic Sonic imo, really enjoy the more breakneck levels as opposed to the pure platforming which never feels quite right with the slightly slippery controls. 2’s my favourite overall though, so many great levels in that game.

@nessisonett I’d forgotten just how “mean” the first game was with latter levels throwing in obstacles designed to hit you if you just ran through.

EDIT: I also never had a Mega CD so that game didn’t have any of the nostalgia appeal of the other games for me.

@Thrillho I don’t think I’ve known a single person who had a Mega CD in the UK to be fair 😂

@RogerRoger Already played through the first couple of zones! The story mode is a bit of an odd inclusion in Origins but the animated cutscenes are pretty cool and it’s nice to play them all in a row like that. It’s a good game to play in bed on the Switch as well, although I’ve realised that I left it so long that there’s apparently a massive patch/DLC coming!

Outriders - completed the story, there is an end game but I'll probably just jump in and out of it. Enjoyed this one, a really interesting take on looter shooters, story was a bit generic and rushed but it's the end game these games thrive on and I haven't really got in to that yet. The plat is doable but grindy so I'll see if I Enjoy the end game enough to keep going.
Some really interesting mechanics and the levelling system is also interesting and well balanced.

The game is £5 in CeX, the campaign takes around 10 to 15 hours and the end game has well over 40 hours of content so if you like shooters it's well worth it. Haven't played co-op yet but I reckon especially in endgame it would be a blast.

Just finished the main story of Assassins Creed: Revelations and narrative-wise I thought it was pretty good fair play. Tied up Ezio’s adventures nicely, harked back to Altair which was a pleasant surprise and actually seemed to move the Desmond story forward in a meaningful way.

Gameplay-wise… it actually felt more janky than AC2 and AC: Brotherhood. It’s probably not the case in fairness and is possibly more down to the frame of mind I’ve been in while playing it opposed to the previous games… but I did find it extremely frustrating getting 100% sync here! Map-wise, I think I probably liked Constantinople more than the Italian maps of the other two Ezio games and while I’m aware that this is obviously the PS4 remaster, it looked beautiful tbh.

@RogerRoger I did beat Sonic 2, with all the chaos emeralds (thanks to the retry feature) and I’d say that it holds up. Well, the last few zones aren’t the best but the first 3 quarters of the game are brilliant. It’s mostly just Metropolis and Death Egg that I’m not a fan of, and the plane bit is more a spectacle than an actual level. Sonic 3’s up next, which I don’t think I’ve actually played all the way through before, and certainly not with the Knuckles content.

Around 73 hours of Yakuza 3 Remaster done. Did not get anywhere near 100% completion (I never do with these games... the minigame requirements are often too frustrating for me). Did most of the substories, but didn't bother with all the hitman missions and didn't even enter the Coliseum this time.
When chapter 12 rolled around I was ready to be done with it, so I skipped the final substories and went straight for the end.

This was easily the weakest Yakuza game I've played (only played Zero, Kiwami and Kiwami 2, so far), but I still enjoyed it a lot. These games makes me smile quite a bit, so while it will be a while before I continue on with 4, I'm far from ready to leave Kazuma Kiriyu and Haruka behind.

@FuriousMachine Roughly my thoughts on that game too. Yeah, it’s the weakest up to that point but it’s still incredibly charming. I really enjoyed the setting as well, I much preferred it to the Kamurocho stuff.

@nessisonett Totally agree! Ryukyu was a very nice change of pace. Shame about the resort not getting built, though, but I guess there are other Okinawan vacation spots I can visit should I go there one day