Topic: Games you've recently beat

Just finished Shadowrun Returns, a throwback to the classic isometric crpgs of yore (think the OG Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Planescape:Torment), set in the Shadowrun universe (cyberpunk meets fantasy... if Lord of the Rings was written by William Gibson, kind of thing)
I enjoyed it quite a lot; great story, excellent NPCs, decent RPG mechanics, not too hard. If you like those kinds of RPGs, definitely give it a go. Beware an early gamebreaking bug, though; invest solidly in charisma to bypass it (google will tell you the details should you need it).

Next I'm planning to get even more nostalgic and revisit one of the very earliest crpgs I played: Pool of Radiance, the first of the seminal Gold Box series from SSI. I wonder how it holds up

Indiana jones and the great circle Xbox Series X

the Indiana jonesness of it all is simply fantastic the music is fantastic and troy bakers voice acting is superb. this encapsulates the world and vibe of it superbly. I love what i call getting from A to B type games . however the combat is an issue which brings it down a point as it is too unforgiving as soon as you get spotted the enemies swarm you and you might as well give up. as we all know with stealth games if you get spotted you should be able to fight your way out or simply run away.

9/10

Finally finished Resident Evil 2 N64 with all scenarios Claire A/B and Leon A/B. This game is special although I prefer the remake the original is still fantastic!

colonel? Yes, that was what they used to call me… colonelkilgore 🧙🏻‍♂️.

I am graymamba 🥷🏻. And I come back to you now, at the turn of the tide.

Finally… after four playthroughs of total and utter uncertainty… sure that during each one, not one alarm had been tripped… the Foxiest of Hounds trophy popped for me on Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Directors Cut!

As an obsessive-control freak of a man, persisting under parameters of total uncertainty… with each run taking at least 20 hours (first run was over 50) and each subsequent playthrough eating into my infamous schedule… it has been a bit of a transcendent experience all things considered. Hence the name change.

… and on to the next one 😅

@graymamba Seems Adam Jensen's escapades were quite the transformative experience! Congrats on the plat, that was well deserved!

I recently beat a NG+ run in Stellar Blade and got the platinum trophy. Phenomenal game by ShiftUp.

@FuriousMachine @PeaceSalad cheers gents 🍻… yeah I was actually envisioning the Deus Ex:… plat becoming my own personal Moby Dick at points. I was seeing myself playing it over-and-over for the remainder of my life without success 😅! Thankfully the fourth time was the charm 🥳

@PeaceSalad I ended up going down a Gray Fox rabbit-hole (or fox-hole may be more aperpo) during my latest playthrough… and he just happened to be the foxiest of Foxhound, so seemed serendipitous given my issues with the trophy titled so similarly.

@PeaceSalad lol I didn’t even recall… even more appropriate then 😉

@Jimmer-jammer cheers buddy… honestly the relief is palpable.

I must’ve been so focussed on it that my subconscious still hasn’t fully let go… as I’m still catching myself slipping into daydreams, hypothesising different strategies for subsequent playthroughs all these days later! Then I snap out of it and realise that I’ll never play as Adam Jensen again… bittersweet… but definitely sweet 😅.

@graymamba Dude, congrats! Thrilled for you! I know how much that one was eating away at you. The closure must be so therapeutic.

Awesome name change, also! A spiritual rebirth, as it were, after a purging by fire of an old life into a new one. Risen like a Phoenix now from the ashes of Deus Ex.

@Th3solution appreciated sol… on both fronts. I was probably a ‘touch’ over dramatic in terms of the name change etc. but finally conquering that white-whale felt like it needed to be memorialised in some small way as silly as that sounds.

@Jimmer-jammer yeah I had no problems with the Mankind Divided Foxiest of Hounds trophy… though those Breach trophies took some work 😅. Eventually bagged the plat though.

@graymamba oh, sweet jesus. Same game 4 times in a row just to nail one more achievement? 🫡 I'm so glad I give zero sh*ts about trophies, myself, as this seems like absolute torture. But now you can rest as conqueror, Sol will fan you with a giant leaf, while we all feed you grapes. Comment got weird in no time at all but, whatever, let's roll with it 😂

Thanks @Ravix… I think 😅

edit. in terms of the sheer insane lengths I (as well as many other trophy hunters) go to for that elusive plat… I won’t tell you about my odyssey with Final Fantasy XIII. Needless to say, there could be another name-change on the horizon 🫠.

@Ravix 🤣 Hey, you’ll get fanned with the giant leaf too if you platinum Spider-Man 2.

@graymamba I kind of feel tempted to ask? I take it that what your currently banging your head against for the sake of a shiny piece of digital code, then? 😛

@Th3solution not worth it to endure that game any longer than needs be 😅 I may well finish the story one day, for the sake of the Venomy bits, but I might just wait for the spin off and check out the story via YouTube instead.

Although I do need to finish some games, if just for the sake of this thread alone, but actually the next game I'll be finishing is indeed Kingdom Come: Deliverance 1, as my old second playthrough has gripped me once again and it feels like the best set up for KCD2. And, no, I'll never even attempt to platinum that😱

I think I maybe platinumed one game since the PS4 era and it was only a golf game, and totally by chance as part of casually playing and winning.

@Ravix yup… beat the game within a week and a half but have been chipping away at the various trophy requirements since then (mid-September).

Apart from the giant leaf and grapes, you and me both dude. Another reason i think @graymamba-san is totally off his rocker.

@JohnnyShoulder I’ve always found it funny how non-trophy hunters tend to judge trophy hunters but you never see trophy hunters do the same back 🤔 quite fascinating… 😉

@graymamba The trophy hunting is only one part of the cracked vase with you.