Finished Gotham Knights and after a dodgy start, it does get really quite brilliant. The structure is fundamentally sound, being on nightly patrols while solving an ongoing case actually is more in keeping with Batman than some of the previous games he’s been in. I played as all 4 heroes, switching for certain sidequests while mostly playing Red Hood for the main story as (semi-spoiler) it ties into his personal story quite a lot. I also think his arc is good enough to stand as a solo adventure, proven by the final few cutscenes when I played as him. I’m intrigued to see the differences between the heroes’ endings though, they all have their own motivations after all.
Didn’t play any co-op but I should be able to wrap up the platinum and dive into the free DLC too.
Also, in a very nice touch, the credits show which hero you used during each section of the game which is cool.
@RogerRoger It’s a shame that a sequel’s unlikely, I think it could improve massively while staying to the original’s design philosophy. Even just a Nightwing game set in Blüdhaven would be cool!
Also, my mum finally beat Uncharted 3 and mostly hated it for the same reasons that I had issues with. Combat sections with very variable difficulty and the entire cargo ship section feeling tacked on. At least she’s enjoying Uncharted 4!
@nessisonett Yeah I feel like Uncharted 4 is definitely a step up from Uncharted 3. In fact I feel like Uncharted 4 is the game I always wanted and kind of expected Uncharted to be. Not sure if it is thanks to Neil Druckmanns involvement or something else.
Just finished Cocoon on Series X and got all the achievements. Very easy 1000 G in my opinion.
Cocoon is simply brilliant. Just when you think you've seen it all, it throws another curveball at you. This game seriously has some inception-level of puzzles, it's so cool. Although it got so intense that my head started to hurt towards the end lol.
I'll proudly say that Cocoon is a GOTY contender for me. I enjoyed it way more than some AAA titles from this year. It's up there as one of the best indie titles I've played, along with Tunic and Hollow Knight. You absolutely have to play it!
Got through the Iki Island expansion for Ghost of Tsushima, and while I absolutely loved the game (and the expansion), I am very much burnt out on it now. Will definitely pick up the sequel when it arrives, but might be a bit longer before I jump into it.
As I recently finished watching the Double Fine Adventure documentary, I decided I wanted to play through Psychonauts and Psychonauts 2 before watching the documentary on the latter, so started the former the other day. I want to play through Broken Age again at one point too, but that's a bit further into the future. Figure that these games can be good palate cleansers after finishing sprawling open world games like Tsushima.
Metal Gear 1 (MSX2 version from the MGS Collection Vol 1). It was my first time playing a Metal Gear game, where I decided to try out the original Metal Gear instead of the usual suggestion to start with Metal Gear Solid 1.
Despite some jank that's expected from games of that era, Metal Gear 1 holds up reasonably well. It was a bit daunting at the beginning, but things quickly found their groove once I got some supplies and understood the game mechanics better.
So recently I finished Alan Wake remastered . I had a very good time with the game so I can very much recommend the game anyone who is looking for something interesting to play.
As for the Death Wish levels, a lot of them can get tedious, so it's not too bad to skip over them. I ended up using Peace and Tranquility mode for a lot of them.
Yeah you aren't half right with those death wish levels @crimsontadpoles!
I've done some legititmately but when it says to do the level with only 7 jumps or in a ridiculously short time limit I'm just turning Peace and Tranquility on no question.
Good job on beating Metal Gear by the way... It only goes up from there! Well except for maybe Snake's Revenge which is... Something!
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@Jimmer-jammer Awesome it would be very cool to know more about your thoughts on game once you have finished it. Its cool though that you like it so far. Yeah well I guess you can have different opinions about the battles in the game I find most them tense (in a good way). I think I will wait just little bit to next year or something before playing the sequel. Have you btw come far in game or are you still in the beginning?
Bad bad bad. Real bad. Only saving grace is that the Clank sections are the best they’ve been since the PS2. Just so awful in many other ways though, it runs about 25FPS which is criminal for a game this hectic, the camera has acceleration so good luck aiming either. It’s about 3 hours long but somehow still drags, a truly impressive feat. The weapons lack cohesion and you have to grind to even unlock most of them by the end of the game. The final boss is outright broken too, so many ways to cheaply die thanks to randomly being thrown off the tiny platform you have to strafe in. Just awful.
I recently finished Cat Quest. I was looking for light, easy game after I gave up on Blasphemous (😅) and this was purrrrrfect. I have 2 in my backlog too. I’ll play it when I need that kind of game again.
I will probably go back to Blasphemous at some stage. I’m now punishing myself with Dead Cells, but having a much better time
@AgentCooper I remember playing the demo in the very early days of the PS3 and wasn't that impressed with it but eventually got round to the Bioshock collection years later and really enjoyed it. It must have been an incredible game for the time and the story still holds up today, even if the gameplay feels pretty stiff.
Are you planning on playing the rest of the series? The second game wasn't well received but I still enjoyed it. Infinite is an incredible game though and the DLC for that is a must play as well.
@Thrillho That’s ironic because I felt like the BioShock demo was one of the best demos I’ve ever played. It absolutely sold me on it and I couldn’t stop thinking about it until I got the game and played it. As I recall it was just the opening sequence is all, but I just love how mysteriously the game starts out.
I loved Bioshock Infinite also and have always wanted to go back and replay it and mop up the DLC. I tried to play Bioshock 2 last year but just fizzled out before I completed it. It was fine, but other things distracted me away from it. (I had to look at my trophy list just out of curiosity and it looks like it was Miles Morales and then Kena Bridge of Spirits that were the games I ended up playing after BS2 which held my interest better)
Anyways, really cool to see the old classic has stayed relevant, @AgentCooper , although there’s lots of gamers who’d call it sacrilege to give Bioshock anything less than a 10/10. I think 7/10 is fair given the aged status of its gameplay and visuals. For me the gameplay was never the part of it I was drawn to, rather the setting and atmosphere. If you do end up continuing with the series I’ll be curious to see how you get along with the others, because like I said above, Infinite is much better imho. Gameplay is a little more fun but the story is better and, for me, it has one of the best endings is all of gaming.
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Chants of Sennaar. Puzzle adventure game about deciphering languages. Played the majority of it over the weekend, it really hooked me in. I have some small reservations about it — some of the environment design is confusing, and there were a couple of times where I was left guessing what some of the words meant, rather than deducing properly. However, most of the puzzles and most of the ways it attempts to teach you its languages is really cleverly done, there's a nice sense of progression as you ascend the tower, and the presentation is really unique. I had a great time with it, overall — recommended!
@AgentCooper Yeah, that’s a great gaming hack that I employ — decreasing the difficulty to avoid otherwise dropping the game entirely. In fact I think I did that with Bioshock 2 to maximize the chances that would finish it and I still ended up abandoning it. 😅
You’ve inspired me though — I was thinking about some of the all-time classics that I’ve never played and probably should go back and experience. Heck, even games that are not necessarily ‘classics’ but were well-received and yet I never got around to them. I think I have an idea for a new gaming goal for 2024 where I try to get back to some of these. I’ve been so caught up in the new release cycle this year (and granted, that was a goal this year for me to keep up-to-date and current with the new stuff) that I haven’t made headway with the older games. I’m thinking of maybe a system whereby I alternate newer games with older ones… 🤔. And for me, ‘older’ means ‘released more than 3 years ago’ 😅. So games in my backlog like AC Odyssey, Days Gone, Arkham Knight, Dark Souls 2&3, Witcher 3, among many others.
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