Popular Post MidnightDragon Posted July 25, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2021 Afrika-100% 6/29 Monster Hunter IV-100% 7/1 Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX-100% 7/7 Assassin's Creed Rogue (PS3)-91=>100% 7/25 Reel Fishing: Road Trip Adventure-0% Shakedown Hawaii-0% Swaps used-1/2 I got the platinum for Assassin's Creed Rogue today. As always, you can read my impressions here. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post xItsLesterx Posted July 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 26, 2021 Update #7 Small update after a couple of weeks of absence. After being at the very bottom of my backlog, I finally completed Bloodborne and what a rage-inducing game?Did not mind that but the story was just lacking. Everything was just left up for speculation. I was hoping a great story with some sick cutscenes and some plot twist but other than the actual endings, not much on that. Oh well. On to the next game now. I guess I'll go back to Just Cause 3 once again, another game at the very bottom of my backlog ? Ironically, the game I swapped them for was because I thought I had bought its respective DLC but now with this new Summer Sale, the DLC is on sale. I'll probably be adding it them back for the upcoming Backlog Challenge event. 1 - Metro 2033 Redux (4% => 100%) 2 - Metro Last Light Redux (0% => 100%) 3 - Metro Exodus (0% => 100%) 4 - Just Cause 3 (5%) 5 - Just Cause 4 (0%) 6 - Titanfall 2 (4% => 100%) 7 - Bloodborne (18% => 100%) 8 - Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (0% => 100%) 9 - Maquette (0% => 100%) 10 - A Plague Tale: Innocence (0% => 100%) Great job on everyone working on their games as the event comes to a close. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tenzai1980 Posted July 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 26, 2021 A little update. Finished Saturday Morning RPG yesterday. Had a lot of fun with the game but the level grinding to lvl 50 was a time eater Started White Album 2 and really like the music in this VN. There is voice acting in this game so i am able to follow a little of the story. For the full understanding i will read a summery on the web i think ? 1. Murdered: Soul Suspect 2. Song of Memories 3. Nights of Azure 2 4. Chronus Arc 5. Virtue´s Last Reward (4% -> 5%) 6. Deponia (0%) 7. White Album 2 (0% -> 34%) 8. Saturday Morning RPG 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crispy_Oglop Posted July 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 26, 2021 Update 13 - Very fast update for my activity over the weekend. I made some progress in Nier:Replicant and decided to just spend most of the weekend grinding out all of the materials I'll need to upgrade 33 weapons to their maximum level. Like the fishing trophies, I didn't want this hanging over my head as the last trophies to take care of, so I thought i'd get them out of the way as early as possible. I still didn't get them completely done either, I have about 5 more ingredients to farm for. Two of which are randomly spawned harvest points and which don't have a guaranteed drop rate. I finished last night midway through farming an item called Pyrite (I need 11 of them) - it only spawns in one of three locations inside a desert temple location. So I'm just going in and out of the temple to reload the instance and hope it drops. After that I need to go to a place called the lost temple and grind out probably hundreds of enemies to get the last few rare item drops. I tell you, it's good timing that the Summer season of ESA marathon is up on Twitch at the moment to help keep me sane. If you are going into this game thinking the platinum will be as smooth as Nier:Automata, be warned, the grind is very real in Replicant ? Mass Effect Watch Dogs: Legion - 54% > 91% [Blocked] Mass Effect 2 Cosmic Top Secret Mass Effect 3 ✅ Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (additional trophy set) - 100% ✅ Subnautica: Below Zero Outriders Nier:Replicant - 15% > 30% 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hisuiryu Posted July 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 26, 2021 21 hours ago, Heather342 said: Another week gone by, and the only game I've been playing is The Witcher. I have to say, I'm absolutely loving this game. Although my PlayStation has been protesting a lot, we had a heatwave in the UK last week and the PS4 may have got close to overheating on a few occasions My HDMI switcher gave up in the heat last week but thankfully nothing else.... got to be careful with this sort of stuff! I hear almost nothing but good things about the Witcher.... maybe I should actually try it one day Week 8 Hope everyone had a good week - I certainly did! I was fortunate to place an order for a PS5 early last week which arrived over the weekend, so for the first part of my update I'm going to be using my first swap to change out Octodad for Astro's Playroom! While I'm excited to play it I'm planning to get a few more trophies in Okami first as I have something in mind... but I think I'll talk about that next week Speaking of Okami, I've been progressing well so far and really enjoying the game - more than anything it reminds me of LoZ OoT in just how it feels which is certainly not a bad thing! I haven't had any trouble so far, the only time I've kind of died was in one of the Gate trials (I used an astral pouch, so still officially at 0 deaths), but otherwise it's pretty easy. The exploration is fun and the puzzles are generally straightforward, overall an excellent game that I'm looking forward to finishing! I also got another trophy in Soul Sacrifice, nothing much to say on it as I barely played it this week. I'm planning to order the Complete Collection of Tropico later this week so I will be able to finish off that with the DLC, and then start ME after finishing Okami (and Astro). The main thing that's likely to mess with my plans is the release of Neo TWEWY, but I'll see if that's realistic to get through when it's out. Final Fantasy XIII - 100% Mass Effect: Legendary Edition - 0% Mass Effect 2: Legendary Edition - 0% Mass Effect 3: Legendary Edition - 0% Octodad (Vita) - 0% → Astro's Playroom - 0% Okami - 4% → 48% Soul Sacrifice - 37% → 38% Tropico 5 - 72% Swaps: 1/2 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather342 Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Hisuiryu said: I hear almost nothing but good things about the Witcher.... maybe I should actually try it one day Absolutely would recommend this game ? The first couple of hours felt a bit slow, and it took me some time to get used to the combat mechanics but once it gets going it is great. It took me some time to get accustomed to how the camera follows your movement too, initially it felt a bit wobbly but I don't notice it much now. As you have a PS5 now you can wait for the upgrade that's coming soon. I know some people really complain about the 30 FPS on the PS4, but stuff like that doesn't really bother me 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild-Arms-R Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 (edited) ddccccbb Edited July 26, 2021 by Wild-Arms-R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantVernonHart Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Just finished X-Men: Destiny (3 Years 2 month) And Madagascar 3 (1 years 7 month) yesterday it wasnt good game that's why left this games uncomplete back in the day but I'm glad these games are easy and short except X-Men: destiny when against john sublime and sentinel in x-treme mode (hard) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispy_Oglop Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 14 minutes ago, Wild-Arms-R said: ddccccbb Uhhh....what? ? 2 minutes ago, GrantVernonHart said: Just finished X-Men: Destiny (3 Years 2 month) And Madagascar 3 (1 years 7 month) yesterday it wasnt good game that's why left this games uncomplete back in the day but I'm glad these games are easy and short except X-Men: destiny when against john sublime and sentinel in x-treme mode (hard) Hey Grant, I think the event is now closed (unless I missed you in the sign-up list for this round), sign ups for the next event are coming soon. Congrats on the progress though! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantVernonHart Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, Crispy_Oglop said: Uhhh....what? Hey Grant, I think the event is now closed (unless I missed you in the sign-up list for this round), sign ups for the next event are coming soon. Congrats on the progress though! Ouw.. Well okay thanks for information really appreciate ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispy_Oglop Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 24 minutes ago, GrantVernonHart said: Ouw.. Well okay thanks for information really appreciate You might still be able to join though we have a few weeks left before it ends Have a read of the first post in the thread and maybe reach out to @MidnightDragon, the event organiser to get their feedback . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightDragon Posted July 26, 2021 Author Share Posted July 26, 2021 3 hours ago, Wild-Arms-R said: ddccccbb Make a mistake? ? 3 hours ago, Crispy_Oglop said: Uhhh....what? Hey Grant, I think the event is now closed (unless I missed you in the sign-up list for this round), sign ups for the next event are coming soon. Congrats on the progress though! I would recommend @GrantVernonHart wait until Sunday, when the next signups begin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantVernonHart Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, MidnightDragon said: Make a mistake? ? I would recommend @GrantVernonHart wait until Sunday, when the next signups begin. Alright you can notify me when event about to begin ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tenzai1980 Posted July 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2021 A little Update again ? Finished White Album 2 yesterday. Not the best VN i read but it was okay. The soundtrack was really good 1. Murdered: Soul Suspect 2. Song of Memories 3. Nights of Azure 2 4. Chronus Arc 5. Virtue´s Last Reward (4% -> 5%) 6. Deponia (0%) 7. White Album 2 8. Saturday Morning RPG 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SicilianDragon92 Posted July 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2021 Disco Elysium (20%) > 32% Demon’s Souls (10%) > 37% Subnautica (4%) > 100% Wasteland 3 (6%) > 10% Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate (8%) > 27% World of Final Fantasy (17%) > 32% > 65% > 68% GTA: San Andreas (28%) Final Fantasy IX (5%) > 8% Final Fantasy XIV (PS5) (18%) > 27% Maid of Sker (8%) > 53% Control (0%) > 33% > 100% Changes from last update in bold Update 4 Have been chipping away at the majority of these without going all out to finish any of them. Also have my 10,000th trophy in mind which I’m going to try to make sure is the Resident Evil remake plat, so have done some of the hard yards for that one too. 2. Demon’s Souls (10%) > 37% I would consider myself a souls veteran at this point, and the trophy list doesn’t look anywhere near as onerous with stone grinding as the PS3 version so I don’t think this should take very long. Have only to finish off the swamp and boletaria for my first run through. Can only play it where my wife is home though as she forbids me from fighting bosses when she isn’t around to see them! 4. Wasteland 3 (6%) > 10% Still early with this one, think the various collectibles are going to be a bit annoying and although I did plat the previous game I did so on easy difficulties so not sure how I’m going to manage the jerk playthrough. Can see this as one I might not finish. 5. Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate (8%) > 27% I am up to sequence 7 here and so far I’d give this a solid 7.5/10. As usual with AC games I really like the world design and the characters, gameplay though does get a touch repetitive and there really is just too much to do, just feels unfocussed. The zip line is a welcome addition, though it has it’s annoyances. I find it to be a bit fickle about where exactly it will let you grapple to, especially inside buildings, and also the visual bugs on the PS5 can be a bit distracting to say the least (not on my PS4 because it has started acting up recently, maybe it’s jealous?). Like it much better than AC Unity though which I doubt I will ever finish. 6. World of Final Fantasy (17%) > 32% > 65% > 68% I am well into the endgame grind now, trying to get through the EX dungeons, don’t know if I’m doing something wrong but am at lv 72 and still got wiped out by the EX A boss. Getting there though. 8. Final Fantasy IX (5%) > 8% Wow, I did not appreciate just what a horror of a trophy list this is. Not only does it have some absolutely incredible requirements but they seemed to be mostly weighted to the endgame. Also tetra master is awful and I hate it. Heard going in that this was many people’s favourite PS1 FF but absolutely cannot see why just yet. I’m still early in disc 2 though so I will give it a bit more time. 9. Final Fantasy XIV (PS5) (18%) > 27% As I said for the swap, I have no chance of finishing this one in time (8000 collectibles??!!) but am absolutely loving this game and wanted progression in it to also help towards the challenge. Have just finished the MSQ for heavensward and just starting stormblood as a lv 64 white mage. I don’t usually play MMOs because I tend to find them boringly repetitive (tried WoW and was not impressed and ESO I gave up on when I got to a story boss that I was stuck in and seemed impossible) and I also get anxious about being rubbish where people can see me but so far have found the community to be really pleasant despite the fact I think I’m a dreadful healer! Highlight so far has been beating Diabolos in the 24 person raid, we wiped twice on the first boss and it took close to an hour, and most were dead by the time the final blow was delivered (have a great screenshot of my character flat out on the floor as the trophy popped!). Luckily the other healer was ace, It was so intense I had to have a lie down afterwards. Next plans are to continue chipping away at assassin’s creed and the FFs and meanwhile go back to and finish off maid of sker for the third plat of the challenge. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather342 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 14 minutes ago, SicilianDragon92 said: 6. World of Final Fantasy (17%) > 32% > 65% > 68% I am well into the endgame grind now, trying to get through the EX dungeons, don’t know if I’m doing something wrong but am at lv 72 and still got wiped out by the EX A boss. Getting there though. 8. Final Fantasy IX (5%) > 8% Wow, I did not appreciate just what a horror of a trophy list this is. Not only does it have some absolutely incredible requirements but they seemed to be mostly weighted to the endgame. Also tetra master is awful and I hate it. Heard going in that this was many people’s favourite PS1 FF but absolutely cannot see why just yet. I’m still early in disc 2 though so I will give it a bit more time. I did the EX dungeons on World of FF not that long ago, I didn't recall them being too difficult. I guess it depends a lot on your stack set up, although I've used pretty much the same configuration throughout the game (Lann/Mimic Jackpot/Paleberry and Reynn/Hyperion/Moogle), all with maxed out boards and a few extra abilities in the blank slots to round out the skills. Final Fantasy IX for the most part isn't too bad, but there are a fair few missables and RNG trophies. The worst I found was Bloodlust, just because it adds so much unnecessary grind at the end of your game. Thank god for the speed boosters is all I can say ?. Also, the jump rope trophy.....still gives me nightmares. Story wise I liked it up until the end of disc 3, then it goes a bit off piste. Personally I think FF X is better, closely followed by VIII ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post freddie1989 Posted July 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) So my first update since 14th June. I've been on holiday etc and just not managed to sort stuff on my list! Awesome to see everyone making progress, time for some of my own!! I have now finished Darksiders 2 which isn't on here but I had it on the last challenge and wanted it done. Completed Control to 100%, enjoyed the gameplay of it albeit the story was random as hell so not the best. Gonna make a start on Agents of Mayhem next so hopefully get somewhere on that one before we finish up. I'm also going to switch out TLOU for Erica so short and sweet and off the list then. Erica 0% Rage 2 0% Agents of Mayhem 0% Resident Evil 7 4% Control 14% - 100% Edited July 27, 2021 by freddie1989 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cruscah Posted July 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2021 Weekly Update #08 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! (PS5) - 100% Battlefield V (PS4) - 100% Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3) - 0% Call of Duty: World at War (PS3) - 100% Crossing Souls (PS4) - 100% Grand Theft Auto V (PS3) - 7% God of War III (PS3) - 4% → 100% Haven (PS5) - 100% Hue (PS4) - 100% Human Fall Flat (PS5) - 100% Inside (PS4) - 100% Life is Strange (PS3) - 100% Life is Strange: Before the Storm (PS4) - 100% Little Nightmares (PS4) - 0% Operation: Tango (PS5) - 100% Subnautica (PS5) - 0% The Little Acre (PS4) - 0% → 100% Thumper (PS4) - 43% Wreckfest (PS5) - 0% → 10% A Hat in Time (PS4) - 100% Swaps (2/2) --- God of War III (PS3) Spoiler What an amazing game, playing this got me hyped to play the older ones, so expect me adding it for the next challenge. The Little Acre (PS4) Spoiler This one ended up being way better than I was expecting, the art style is beautiful and the story has some great moments. I got the game in a bundle and would never played if it wasn't for the challenge, since the game itself doesn't bring that much of my attention. Also, the platinum is pretty easy. Wreckfest (PS5) Spoiler I guess that's a good game to turn off the brain and just play, I'm not into racing games, but it's good to have some variety. --- Weekly Update #01 Weekly Update #02 Swap #01 & Addition #01 Weekly Update #03 Weekly Update #04 Swap #02 Weekly Update #05 Weekly Update #06 Weekly Update #07 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExHaseo Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 7 hours ago, SicilianDragon92 said: 8. Final Fantasy IX (5%) > 8% Wow, I did not appreciate just what a horror of a trophy list this is. Not only does it have some absolutely incredible requirements but they seemed to be mostly weighted to the endgame. Also tetra master is awful and I hate it. Heard going in that this was many people’s favourite PS1 FF but absolutely cannot see why just yet. I’m still early in disc 2 though so I will give it a bit more time. It's a lot of people's favorite FF because of 1. nostalgia 2. the story and 3. it was originally played when completion wasn't something people really did, and wasn't really designed with completion in mind. There's also the age old saying that a person's first FF is their favorite. Which I find to be true most of the time for us old folk. It's pretty dated now though, and the completion requirements are absolutely insane to do legit, but again it just wasn't designed with completion in mind. The story is much more fleshed out than VII and VIII, and it's pretty good, which a lot of people point to as a reason the game is their favorite. But it's still very much a PS1 era story. Like most of the games from the PS1 and before, it requires a bit of filling in the gaps from the player's imagination. People who played it as a kid were able to do this without realizing it. Playing it as a kid when it was new is really the only way you'll ever get the same experience a lot of people who think of this as their favorite did. Which of course is impossible. I'm not trying to pick on IX specifically or even say it's bad or anything, or try to take away from anyone who has IX as their favorite. I'm just saying that like many PS1 games, all of the PS1 FF games haven't aged very well. It make sense for it to be a bad time for someone who didn't start playing games until after the PS2. Simply because they're old. Developers have been able to create better games after years of experimentation and having access to better technology. All of this to say, don't feel bad if you don't like it. It's an old game. It's completely understandable for it to not hold up to today's standards. Especially when coming from a completionist viewpoint. I hope you at least end up enjoying the story though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JPHolzer Posted July 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2021 Weeks #5, #6, #7 & #8 Abzû 100% Control 58% -> 61% Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (9%) Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack 55% -> 60% Limbo (23%) -> [NEW] Aer: Memories of Old (0%) The Swapper 0% -> 15% Unravel (8%) Swaps Used: 1/2 This month has been terrible for me in terms of my free time. I have had multiple problems to deal with both at work and in my personal life, and therefore managed a grand total of 8 trophies in July ? However, everything has been sorted and I hope to finish at least most of my list by the end of August. In order to do so, I am swapping Limbo for Aer, as that's an easier game to complete and one that doesn't require too much time. Since my last update, I have started The Swapper on my Vita and have been enjoying the game so far. It's a good one to play while something else is on the background (the Olympics, for example). Here's hoping August will be better! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Heather342 Posted July 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2021 2 hours ago, ExHaseo said: It's a lot of people's favorite FF because of 1. nostalgia 2. the story and 3. it was originally played when completion wasn't something people really did, and wasn't really designed with completion in mind. There's also the age old saying that a person's first FF is their favorite. Which I find to be true most of the time for us old folk. Yeah I'd agree with this. Final Fantasy VIII was the first one I played on the PS1, and I do prefer it over VII. I had IX for the PS1 when I was a kid, but while I enjoyed it at the time I didn't enjoy it as much as VIII. I will say that the black mage plot in it was really good, and the part of the story that really stands out for me. But you can tell some things really didn't age well, like the protagonist being an absolute sex pest ? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xItsLesterx Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 47 minutes ago, Heather342 said: Yeah I'd agree with this. Final Fantasy VIII was the first one I played on the PS1, and I do prefer it over VII. I had IX for the PS1 when I was a kid, but while I enjoyed it at the time I didn't enjoy it as much as VIII. I will say that the black mage plot in it was really good, and the part of the story that really stands out for me. But you can tell some things really didn't age well, like the protagonist being an absolute sex pest My first was also VIII and I prefer it over any other ? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MidnightDragon Posted July 28, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2021 This isn't related to my challenge, but it's been a LONG time coming. I have FINALLY gotten the Super Bomberman R ! 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dark_moon689 Posted July 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2021 2nd Update: I haven't made much progress, everything has been crazy busy and when is not I am just too tired to do anything but run youtube or netflix in the background and nap. But I am hoping to finish God of War this weekend and probably Life is Strange any day, I keep postponing playing the final episode. I also wanna finish My Portia before my PS Now subscription dies so I have added it to my list and made a bit of progress a few weeks ago, just got to get back to it. . 1. (PS4) Yakuza Kiwami 15% - 100% June 22th 2. (PS3) God of War 0% - 11% 3. (PS3) LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean 0% - 4. (PS4) Infamous Second Son 0% - 2% 5. (PS4) Life is Strange: Before the Storm 0% - 60% 6. (PS4) My Time at Portia 19% - 30% Games: 1/6 Swaps: 0/2 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MidnightDragon Posted July 28, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2021 Signups for fall and winter will open Sunday, but still have the entire month of August to get things done! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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