Topic: Games you've recently beat

Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction - Pretty good, a definite dip from the quality of the PS2 games and the increase in fidelity actually loses a lot of the charm from the older games which is more obvious now that we’re 15 years removed from the game. The story’s alright but completely neutered, especially the comedy which is so beige compared to the often witty and zany earlier entries. Basically it’s like a playable Pixar movie except a Pixar movie released in the past few years. Mixed all round. Plus there was properly terrible motion controls, I forgot how bad the Sixaxis was.

Ratchet and Clank: Quest For Booty - Like 3 hours long. Half of which is crap. Enough said.

Neither of them had trophies. Probably moving onto A Crack in Time now.

@nessisonett A Crack in Time was enjoyable for me back when I played it. I’ve not played all the R&C games, but it was probably my favorite of those I have played.

I was halfway through 'completing' The Quarry but it was taken off Plus yesterday, so there goes that!

Just rolled the credits on Resident Evil Village (PS5).
Played through it on standard difficulty, clocked in just over 10 and a half hours. Really enjoyed it. Beat the second to last boss on the first attempt and the last boss on the second attempt. Was very Resident Evil throughout. Feel pretty bad for the protagonist Ethan for his treatment during the events of the game and for his ending.

Looking forward to getting back to it for collectables and trophies et cetera. Let's see how scary those monsters are when I turn up with infinite ammo shotgun in hand.

Beat The Lost Legacy. Truly brilliant, probably my second favourite after 4 now. Perfect length, really liked the open area and it has a fantastic ending. The relationships between the main 3 characters was great too, I’d definitely play a whole series of games without Nathan if the supporting cast has this much to offer.

Was slightly odd but kinda funny to have M.I.A. suddenly start blaring during the credits but she’s a perfect choice really considering she’s probably one of the biggest South Asian stars in the UK at least.

@nessisonett As would I. I'm a huge Uncharted fan, but regardless I'd gladly play at least another game starring Chloe and friends. It'd be a shame and a bit of a missed opportunity if we don't get any new non-Nathan Uncharted games ever again.

@KilloWertz @RogerRoger With the way it ends, you could reasonably get another game with Chloe and Nadine. You could also get one with Sam and Sully or even bring Charlie back cause Sully’s getting on a bit!

@nessisonett Yeah, there are several options to continue the Uncharted series without Nathan. They could even do one with Nathan and Elena's daughter Cassie. I'd probably prefer another one with Chloe and Nadine first, but one with Cassie could be fun too.

With Naughty Dog's output being virtually non-existent this whole generation so far, I am less optimistic we'll get any of the options than I would have been at the three year point with the PS4, but maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised someday once all of the GaaS games fail.

@KilloWertz I’m sure Naughty Dog can remake some other stuff and chuck a GAAS out before they even think about anything worthwhile.

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. Very very good. The Quake engine just feels great so that in WW2 is a recipe for success. Loved the D-Day mission and the more army focused missions, they’re so much more tense with no regenerating health. The Saving Private Ryan influences moving through the city are very apparent, I’m not sure if Spielberg was still involved in this game but it wouldn’t surprise me! I have a couple expansion packs to play and I think one of them has Gary Oldman in it who clearly loved doing voices for those sorts of games.

@nessisonett My dad is a massive WW2 nerd and loves Saving Private Ryan, so you can imagine how he felt playing that game. Think it was one of the games that got him into gaming.

Beat Infamous Second Son recently (started up First Light) and Dodge Racing Charger Vs. Charger for Wii I got enough of the top 3 podium, did the 15-30 (day and night) races, got 2 cars, did the 2 bonus tracks I got the collectibles for and went yeah this was a fine car advertising game.

Have yet to try and finish Medal of Honor games (Frontline, Rising Sun and European Assault) I got to the last level of MOH Vanguard and died and went nah too far to go through with checkpoints ending it there even the second last level I took a bit to get through. May or may not retry COD Finest Hour, that defending the area from rocket launchers and turrets as they run across one after exiting the tunnels is a challenge.

Got a bunch of games across consoles (retro mostly) to play. But doing a GT3 US/EU cars only run on two different memory cards for a bit.

Started Driver San Francisco and Test Drive Unlimited 2 on 360/Driver San Francisco 360 disk through Xbox One recently. And Tom Clancy's Advanced Warfighter 1 and looked at the menus/testing of Future Soldier.

Got so many things across PS2/3/Wii/4/Xbox 360/Xbox One mostly, some 2022 titles, some particular first and third party retro titles of genres. The odd Switch games and Vita/3DS/PSP/DS I picked up and either played a lot of or trialed.

Like Driver Renegade I know is bad but I kind of enjoyed it and did about half the story, and good amount to maybe 70% of the side missions I do need to get back into it (bought and played it before San Fransisco so is my first Driver title), bit of Mario Tennis Open, bit of Batman Blackgate. Still going at Killzone Mercenary, Valkyria Chronicles 2 and Disgaea 3 on Vita.

I'll get there and finish Valkyrie Elysium, Diofield Chronicles (both fair way through) and Tactics Ogre Reborn on PS4 over time.

@JohnnyShoulder Yeah, I used to watch my dad play the PC a bit when I was younger but it was mostly Championship Manager or watching him be rubbish at Oblivion or Half-Life 2 😂

@nessisonett My dad is like that with Fallout 4. Has must have restarted that game a dozen times at this point, only to get stuck as he can't find some kind of resource! 😂

I tell him to go to on YouTube and search for it, but sometimes it could be days before he either gives up or works it out!

Finally platinumed Ghost of Tsushima. Took me 81 hours, according to the PS App. Loved, loved, loved (!) the game, but I was ready for it to be finished a bit before the credits rolled. Was never in danger of quitting, though, but I do wish these kinds of games were a tiny bit shorter. I still have the expansion to do, and I'm not burnt out enough to skip it, but it feels like there may be a danger of me not finishing the whole thing. We'll see

@FuriousMachine I came back to the DLC a little while after the main game and really enjoyed it.

The one new full armour set you get has a slightly unique ability which can help keep things a bit fresh but overall it’s mostly more of the same.

A beautiful new area though and a good story to it too.

As for myself, I rolled the credits for STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor yesterday.

Overall I really enjoyed it. I liked the fact that the story was set some time after the first game so it didn’t rely on the same group of characters in the same way.

Something that is a strength and weakness for the game is that it doesn’t rely on fan service as much as before so it does feel much more like it’s own entity but with very few moments to bring a grin to the face of even someone who isn’t a huge Star Wars nerd.

I did think it suffered from sending you to the same handful of planets though. Koboh is a fairly good main planet with loads of different areas but it never felt as varied as the first game and relies on lots of revisiting areas.

I did enjoy the new lightsaber stances but it was a shame they limited you to only using two at a time so I never really used a couple of them. The combat is great fun, as it should be, with a huge skill tree to play with. I just felt some of the big fights were a bit bland.

The story is strong with a good array of new friends and foes. I enjoyed the dialogue and particularly enjoyed the snippets of overheard conversation from droids and enemies which impressively never seemed to repeat themselves.

There were a few stutters in performance but nowhere near as bad as it was made out to be originally.

I look forward to seeing where they go with the franchise whenever the next instalment may be!

Hm so just beat the story mode in Spider-Man Miles Morales the ohter day and well I had a good time with the game. When I was finshed with the story I had completed the game to 85% so yeah I still have some things to do if I want to 100% completed the game. Hehe .

@RogerRoger The story is a weird one. The premise is a bit weak and it does feel a bit stretched out but they manage to sustain it and keep it interesting from moment to moment.

@Thrillho @RogerRoger Thanks, I started it this weekend and, yes, the game is breathtakingly beautiful. This extends to the magnificent soundtrack as well (I've had both the soundtrack for the main game and the DLC on vinyl for quite some time, both of which are getting hefty rotation on the turntable ).

The new antagonist and story is interesting, so I think I'll definitely manage to see it through to its conclusion. Just acquired the new armor and I think I will give it a go. I typically suck at perfect parries/dodges, but with the increased window I might just pull it off.

@oliverp I loved Miles Morales! Perfect length for a game for me; I platinumed it, which involves playing through the story twice and that is usually something I avoid. In this case I was still ready for more when the credits rolled. Good luck with the "mop-up"