Topic: Games you've recently beat

While I waited for my delayed SOTC delivery (finally arrived), I finished off Resitance Burning Skies and Bastion. For Bastion, I had played most of it late last year but for some reason, stopped before the end. I picked up the cross play on Vita and rattled through the last third. Really nice little game.

@Sebsen7 wow 4 hours, thanks for info

Tekken 7 plat. Very fun and obtainable platinum, especially for a fighting game.

I too have beaten the game - inc the 'Complete every area' achievement and all Side Quests as well as 100% completed 'The Hidden Ones' DLC.

As a 'game' its easily the best Assassin's Creed game I have played. AC2 was the best before - at least in my Opinion and its story still holds up today. AC: Origins story isn't necessarily the best but the game-play, the world its set in and attention to detail is superb. Combat is improved and a lot of fun too. The weakest aspect is the 'modern day' bits but thankfully these are very brief and have quite a few easter eggs. The Hidden Ones is more of the same although its also a bit more 'challenging' in some areas. The big fort for example is far more densely packed with soldiers, loot and Commanders.

I really enjoyed the game - so much so its easily on of my favourite games of 2017 and I would highly recommend it...

So just beat Shadow Of The Colossus for the first time and I am glad to say that it lived up to the hype. Game was awesome and the ending devastating. Who would have thought that killing things could make you feel bad?

I just “beat” The Bunker, well... just “completed” the game would be a more apt description, but anyways, impressions...
I really liked this game. It’s not a game-of-the-year type game, but it was quite entertaining. Actually as a “game” it is pretty simple, more of an interactive movie. You do control where the main character goes and what he does to an extent in a typical point and click style of play. The fact that it’s live action makes it much different from anything else I’ve played.
The story was really well done I thought. To avoid spoilers, I’ll keep it considerably vague, but the plot didn’t drag on too long, unfolded at a good pace, and had an appropriately good pay off at the end. The production value was a wee-bit lacking somewhat and made it a little campy at times, but that’s being nit-picky. The acting was decent for the most part, especially Adam Brown who plays the main role.
I picked his up in one of the year ending PS store sales, I think I paid $10-12, I can’t remember. For a 2-3 hour experience that you’re not likely to replay and is digital only so has no trade in value it’s hard to universally recommend it to all at the full asking price of $20. But in my opinion, for what I paid on sale which was basically the price of a movie ticket, it’s a much better experience than many of the movies I’ve paid to see. And I got a platinum trophy to boot.
Thanks to the forum and @get2sammyb for recommending it to me.

the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Great game. Open world is an interesting step for the series, but I think there are a few tweaks they could make to make it better.

Just finished and got the Platinum for Rime. I really liked this game - not necessarily mind blowing but was quite peaceful, I liked the art, music and world. I had wanted it for sometime, waited for the Switch version, saw how many issues it had then it came on PS Plus. I like it.

I finally beat the main story in AC Origins the other day. I liked it a lot and still have plenty of side quests and leveling up to do. Also found Firewatch cheap in a sale and finished it last night. I enjoyed the dialogue but the story didn't wow me like I thought it would.

Bloodborne - this was my first soulslike game. I briefly tried first dark souls on PC and DS2 on XONE I didn't like them. So I tried bloodblorne and initially I didn't like it, but after I gave it some time it really grew on my to the point I even got a platinum for it.

Shadow of the Colossus - I played this game for the first time ever and I enjoyed it a lot. I remember reading a preview of this game back in the time of PS2 and wanting to play it. I'm glad I haven't because it was amazing playing it on PS4 Pro

What Remains of Edith Finch

Wow! Just played this game tonight and I'm genuinely stunned how amazing it is. I'm not a particularly emotional guy but love this game got me right in the feels so many times during its 2-3 hour playtime.

Each short story is as gripping as the last and the uniqueness of the whole game is just insane.

Not that it matters, but I almost wish I played this game when it came out last year instead of now, because this is certainly one of 2017's stand out releases and having just finished it now I'm a little disappointed that it hasn't had more love from different game awards and what not. I feel like anyone who's played this will have been likely been raving about it for months now.

A truly special experience, and one I won't be forgetting in a long time.

10/10

_{This is your second warning now please watch the language -Tasuki-}

@roe It was in my top votes for 2017 - I thought it was the most interesting example of the genre with some nifty and original ideas.

Fire Emblem Warriors (Switch)

I'm not the biggest Fire Emblem fan, and I haven't had the best luck with Warriors games in the past, but I'm glad I picked this up.

I've actually cleared the main story over a week ago, and have spent time since then clearing some of the History Maps (I've gotten to the point that I've unlocked Lyn, who is really fun to play as). I still have two History Maps left (not counting DLC), and while I may work on them, I don't consider them necessary for basic completion (I've gotten a good 40 hours out of the game).

I finished the first God of War today. I hate how long it's taken me to get to this series, but better late than never.

It's a fun title. The story isn't super amazing, but it does it's job. It's simple and it works. The gameplay is obviously the meat of the title, and it does not disappoint. It's not as deep as a Devil May Cry or Platinum title, but there's no learning curve either. The result is a game that's easy to get into and have fun with. However, I wouldn't say it's brainless, as there's plenty enough challenge from the game, and mashing buttons isn't the best way to handle it (plenty of enemies will hand you your ash colored behind if you do). A major plus for the game is that it has plenty of memorable moments. I'm not going to go into a lot of detail for anyone who hasn't played it, but it's an entertaining ride.

The few cons I'd put against it would be how some encounters drag out, still tossing enemies when you want it to end (It's not very often, but it was noticeable), and having to repeat the button mashing prompts during fights will exhaust you after a while, especially when you face minotaurs constantly, and they die quicker by a mashing prompt (which also rewards you with a health recovery). No joke, I popped my shoulder during the final boss because of how often you mash circle. Also, since I played the PS3 HD release, the CG scenes can look butt ugly, especially if there's a close up on a character's face. Otherwise, this game doesn't look too shabby for a PS2 port.

Anyway, God of War is a game I can definitely recommend. It's a fun hack and slash that anyone can play for a good waste of time. As long as you don't have arthritis.

Finally beat Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth- Hacker's Memory!

My first 100+ hour game of the year. All in all I really enjoyed it, but I preferred the first game. The Cyber Sleuth formula is very solid. It's what all Digimon games should be like moving forward.
It reused a lot of assets and mechanics, but it was disappointing to see that some of the main problems from the first game carried over (Farm Investigations & Accepting cases).
As the chapters allude, Hacker's Memory very much feels like a 'side chapter' to the greater Cyber Sleuth story & as such it never really hits the heights of the first game.
The story was pretty good. I like that the digimon games are typically a bit darker. The ending was pretty depressing though, to the point were I didn't want to go back and do the final side quest.

Anyways- great game! Hope we don't have to wait too long for the next Digimon game, although I'm pretty sure I'm the only one on here that cares .

FFXV. Stellar game.

Just finished the main story of Life is Strange: Before the Storm. I definitely enjoyed going back into Arcadia Bay and the world of Life is Strange with its interesting cast of characters and backdrops but overall I'm not sure it's that good a game really.

Much like the first game, there's a few really emotional moments and key decisions that really keep you involved in the story but the vast majority of time spent in the game is frankly awkward and boring. I feel like the whole thing either needs to be a lot more fleshed out, or the opposite and it needs to be better edited, cutting out most of the dull parts. Even if it meant that each episode was only an hour rather than two, I think I'd prefer that over a lot of the mundane stuff the game forces you to do while you wait for the next major story beat.

Criticisms aside, I found the ending to be really powerful and it's another story that'll long stick in my memory as the game really does make you care about the characters. Deck Nine did a stellar job of matching Dontnod's original effort (albeit over a shorter episode-span this time).

3/5

@RogerRoger I picked stilts in the campaign, and they were actually pretty fun. Mostly for combat mind you, to get high up and rain death down from above. An interesting and unique addition, if nothing else.

@Jaz007 Are are a fan of the series or a newcomer? Did you play it with DLCs included or only the base game? I'm thinking if I should buy that game or not, as I see divided opinions.

@NecuVise I’ve always liked FF as a IP, but I’ve played a couple spin off games before FFXV. And while I didn’t play it, I watched my sister play through the entirety of FFX (and I mean all of it, more than the main story too) since I couldn’t play it yet then. So in between. And it was vanilla FFXV (just with updates). I’d absolutely reccomend it. Go for the Royal Edition too I’d reccomend. I couldn’t play it for over a year after it’s launch, but I have the deluxe edition with the steel case because I was that excited for it after seeing the reveal of it as FFXV. (I literally couldn’t play for that long, or any game for that matter.)