Topic: Games you've recently beat

Also finished Far Cry 5 on PS5 after about 30 hours of playtime. Another great entry in this series and the one that felt most like GTA in terms of the sandbox experience. Love all the different weapons and vehicles at your disposal. The story and the villain were interesting but I still prefer Far Cry 3 when it comes to those parts. Although the ending of this game was crazy, wasn't expecting that at all. I did however hear some hints towards that in the in-game radio, which at the time I thought was weird but now it all makes sense. Really cool by the devs to leave hints like that.

All in all, great and fun game! I'm considering getting the season pass as I kinda want to keep playing this game since it's so much fun and the settings for the three DLCs are rather interesting. I'll have to see, but either way, I'm more excited to play New Dawn in the future just to see how the story continues.

Just finished Boltgun and Bulletstorm. Both very enjoyable. I'm surprised Bulletstorm never got a sequel.

I just finished Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo — a GBA inspired, top down Metroidvania. It took me approximately 20 hours with a 75% completion rate. It’s one of the year’s best games, and I recommend anyone that’s a fan of Zelda/vania’s to give the game a go.

Uncharted 4: Thief's End - I've enjoyed the Uncharted games somewhat up to this point, which - naturally - is why I've continued playing them. This one, though.... this one I loved. I can't put my finger on it, but I suspect it was the incredibly satisfying story arc for Nate and Elena and where they ended up. As with most of these games, it is too long... when you're sliding and timing your jump for the hundredth time and crashing through a ceiling or falling from a crumbling ledge for the thousandth time, you kind of wish the game was shorter, but while I did get somewhat impatient with it towards the end, I had an overall great time all the way through.

Next up I will try to pick up where I left off on Life is Strange 2 before Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 distracted me. It hadn't really clicked that hard with me up to that point, but hopefully I'll get more engaged soon.

@FuriousMachine Lost Legacy should be a perfect fit for you, so hopefully you plan to visit it (if you haven’t already). It’s a mini version of UC4, with a different protagonist of course, and enough gameplay wrinkles to set it apart, but plays very much like an Uncharted game but is much shorter and doesn’t overstay its welcome. UC4 is the longest game in the series, if my memory serves me, and I do think I recall a tiny bit of dragging at the end. But like you, I still loved it, and plan to replay it in order when I get the predecessors replayed.

And here’s hoping LiS2 pulls you back in; I think the middle chapters do lose some of the narrative direction for a while until things get back together at the end.

@Th3solution Absolutely going to play Lost Legacy, I got the UC4+Lost Legacy collection thingie some while back. I think I actually may go for it when I'm done with LiS2 and then move on to FF7 OG after that. My backlog is truly awesome

@FuriousMachine I hope I’m not overselling it, but I’d say UC:LL is probably my second favorite in the series behind UC2. I don’t know. I held UC4 as the best or second best in the series for a while but as time has gone on, I’m more excited to replay LL than UC4. I think the protagonist switch and fresh character perspective really helps, as much as I love Nate Drake and Elena. Regardless, I am quite confident you’ll fall in love with the game.

I’m much less certain about LiS2 and FF7. I’m holding my breath about those. I hope I haven’t led you astray with recommending them.

@Th3solution Sounds good, LL has the character played by the excellent Claudia Black in it, hasn't it? (I forget the character name).

And don't worry, even if I hate LiS2 and/or FF7, I'm sure we'll find a way to remain friends 😉
Seriously, though, recommendations are always good in my book, whether they wind up being a good fit or not.

After many years and playthroughs of the first two Uncharted’s and one playthrough of the third, the series has really grown on me these last couple of years in particular. I’ll have my crushing playthrough of 3 next year and then finally make it to 4 and Lost Legacy after that. All this love of the ones I’ve yet to play has really whetted my appetite.

@FuriousMachine Yes, that’s right — Chloe.
And I certainly won’t it hold against you if you won’t hold it against me (if you end up hating some of my recommendations, that is). Broadening horizons, experimenting with games you might otherwise skip, and seeing things from a new perspective is what these forums are all about. 😄

@Zazu I rather liked Nate’s quips, but after four (actually five, including Golden Abyss) games, his schtick can get tiresome.

Really pleased that you ended up liking Kay and Outlaws overall. Like I was saying to Furious, I’d worry if one of my recommendations led you astray. I think I gave it a 7 or 7.5 but we’re in the same ballpark. Reckon you’ll spend much time doing post-game?

@graymamba the last two Uncharted are definitely the most modernized and push the recipe forward more, as opposed to 1-3 which are essentially the same basic gameplay with a reskinned new story and new set pieces. And the evolution of UC4 and LL is definitely just a small one, at its core it’s the same cover shooting narrative adventure as the first three, but adds a little bit of basic stealth, a little bit of verticality, and a tiny bit of openness is a few areas. I’m excited for you to try them when the time comes!

Yesterday I booted up my old save in Sea of Stars and mopped up all side content. I ended up getting the platinum trophy too. Now I’m working through its latest DLC. My god, though - this game is so good.

Beat The History Channel’s Civil War: A Nation Divided on PS2. Weird janky sort of terrible Medal of Honor clone. But it does have really good reload animations and the old timey guns are cool. Glad I played it actually but yeah, fairly bad.

Have now finished the three DLCs of Far Cry 5.

Zombies is easily the weakest of the three as you just select missions from a menu instead of exploring an open world. The humour is terrible and the missions are annoying. There are no checkpoints and there will be moments where you will die and have to restart the mission from the beginning. Definitely skip this one.

Vietnam is the one I enjoyed the most. The setting is interesting, the open world was fun to explore and the gameplay was fun. This one reminded me a lot of Far Cry 3. Easily the best DLC of the three.

Mars had a lot of potential. The space setting is interesting for Far Cry, the open world is fun to explore as you can hover and fly around with a jetpack, the gameplay is good, and there's actually a story in this one. The biggest issue is the difficulty. The DLC is so freaking hard that I had to turn down the difficulty to easy. It's absolutely insane how many enemies they throw at you at times and they take ages to kill. On top of that, you get the upgrades that will help you out at the end of the DLC! It's very clear to me that this DLC wasn't playtested at all. It had the potential to be the best one of the three but they botched it so hard.

Overall, I'd say the season pass was worth it and it gave me around 10 hours of more Far Cry 5. It also gave me a free copy of Far Cry 3: Classic Edition. Might give it a go down the line!

@LtSarge
Totally agree with all of your comments, the zombie dlc was just lame and I enjoyed the other two much more but as a complete package it represents decent value.
Also I think the Mars component adds the ray guns to the base game which you can use to get through the additional dlc difficulty mode although I haven’t personally played that mode (it is the only trophy I have failed to unlock).

As for FC3, I played it but imo it hasn’t really stood the test of time although Vaas is still great.

@CaptD Right, I read somewhere in the game that you could transfer your acquired weapons from the DLC to the base game for increased replay-value, which is really cool! More games should do that.

I've played FC3 on 360 a long time ago and I enjoyed it. I think the story is the best one in the series that I've experienced thus far. Would love to replay it in the future through the remastered version.

Although now that I'm reminiscing about the series, I do have a strong feeling of nostalgia for FC2. The African setting and the level of realism (fire spreading everywhere, bullets locking up in your guns) were just so good, even if the game is rather repetitive. Have you played it by any chance?

@LtSarge
I did play Far Cry 2 back in the day, on PS3 and really enjoyed it. I can’t remember too much about it, I seem to remember getting to the next area on the map before moving on to another game.
Of the little I remember, the checkpoints (as in security checkpoints) were quite annoying as you would drive a small distance down a round and upon your return all the enemies at a checkpoint had respawned. More annoying than the malaria.

First playthrough (in a while… and on my current profile) of Dishonored done. Stone-cold classic imho… the mixture of immersive-sim with supernatural hitman set across a Dickensian-dystopia just produces this amazing harmonious-hybrid of a game. And blink has to be one of the best skills/powers in all of gaming. A genuine pleasure!

@Jimmer-jammer yeah it actually took me a good while to get into, as opposed to Dishonored which I clicked with straight away. I did end up eventually quite liking Deathloop though… and funnily enough this recent playthrough as Corvo brought back a lot of memories of playing as Colt Vahn.

@graymamba
Great stuff. Yeah Blink is a brilliant solution to a complex problem, basically “how do I get there?”
A recent VR game, Vampire the masquerade uses a blink like feature and has resulted in the game being touted as “a dishonoured like game in VR”. A very simplistic comment which is far from the truth but we know what is meant.
Good luck with the platinum.

@graymamba I think I played the first game with only blink as an ability as it was for a trophy. Such a fun game though and I really liked the different approaches you could take to levels, and particularly the non-lethal “boss” takedowns; the one for the Pendletons is pretty brutal.

Is the second game on your radar for anytime soon?