Popular Post voodoo_eyes Posted June 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 19, 2021 (edited) KYC 16 (Starts 1st of July 2021 and ends 31st of July 2021) Welcome back for another exciting edition of the Kill Your Completion series. This is the 16th iteration, so most of you probably have an idea of what goes on here, but if you are new to the site or this corner of the forums, here's the previous edition of the thread KYC 15. The Premise Participants will each choose a list of at least 5, and up to 10 0% games (or any number in.between) from their backlog and post them here so everyone can follow along. These games don't have to be pre loaded on your profile, as long as you own them already and haven't earned a trophy they count. Participants will start a new game from that list every few days for the next month. They WILL then post their thoughts on each game, and write a short review on the final day for each game. This can take any shape or form each person desires. The starting time is whenever the 1st of March begins for you. The Deeds Spoiler Requirements to Join Psnprofiles member for 1 month (or premium member) Backlog of at least 5 un-started games Desire to be part of something fun. A complete and utter dis-regard for your completion rate (for the next month)How to Join Say you want in Post your list of the games YOU ALREADY OWN that you haven't started. Post your completion percent for S&G.Game Selection Suggestions These are just suggestions, this will have no bearing on you being added to the event. These are just things that I think make for a more interesting selection of games overall.- Variety is The Spice...: Try to avoid having more than 1 or 2 of the same type of game on there.- Try Something New or Different - A list filled with AAA games/remasters that you've already played, from only two different series, is boring.- Don't choose all games that all have average completion times under 10 hours: You're not fooling anybody. Sneaky participant is not sneaky. TL;DR Spoiler final day of sign ups will be the 1st of July (2021) the event begins whenever the 1st of July begins in your timezone pick 5 - 10 games that are at 0% and play them during the respective amount of days (examples: 5 games/6days each ; 10 games/3 days each). Games have to be a 0%, no exceptions. don't pick only short and easy games, that's not the point of this even. post your list of games do yourself a favour and install/preload your games on the system. Less time wasted for patches to download, etc each game should be played for at least 3 hours total, throughout the X number of days allocated to them (equal number of days for each game) write a review/impression/thoughts on the game you played, before moving on to the next one (final review is mandatory, regular updates are optional) If you don't want to miss the start of the event, follow the thread Participants Spoiler ArcticCress Spoiler Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition Nexomon: Extinction Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin Streets of Rage 4 Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story AuroraHistoire Spoiler Yakuza 5 Dragon Audit Gensou SkyDrift River City Girls Neptunia Virtual Stars SnowRunner Party Hard 2 Afterparty Nekopara Vol.4 Giraffe and Annika Lodbizarro Spoiler 1. Horizon Zero Dawn 2. Spider-Man Miles Morales 3. XIII Sentinels 4. God of War 5. Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart Neptuos Spoiler Spyro the Dragon Remnant: From The Ashes Resident Evil 0 Shenmue Outlast Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty Erica Dishonored Subnautica Final Fantasy VIII PerryToxteth Spoiler 1. Hidden Through Time (July 1-6) 2. Knowledge is Power (July 7-12) 3. One Night Stand (July 13-18) 4. Infinite Minigolf (July 19-24) 5. Tower of Beatrice (July 25-31) purgta Spoiler 1. Silent Hill 3 2. Tales of Graces f 3. Batman Arkham Asylum 4. Rage 5. Last Rebellion voodoo_eyes Spoiler 1st-5th - Commandos 2 HD 6th-10th - Yakuza 3 11th-15th - Splinter Cell HD 16th-20th - Marvel's Spider Man 21st-25th - Bloodstained Ritual of the Night 26th-30th - Devil May Cry HD willythom88 Spoiler 1. Disgaea 1 Complete 2. Tales of Xillia 3. Hatoful Boyfriend 4. Futuridium EP Deluxe 5. Resident Evil (PS3) Edited July 27, 2021 by voodoo_eyes 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofbattle8174 Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 I stayed out last time but I have a large backlog to try out some new stuff, so I am in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantochi Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 (edited) Awesome, sing me up, had to skip the last edition but i was waiting for this to come. Here is my list, let's wreck our completions: Erica Remnant: From The Ashes Subnautica Outlast Shenmue Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty Spyro the Dragon Dishonored ? ? I'm tempted to make it a 10 since some of them seem to be rather short, but i don't know what to throw in there yet, i'll wait for the july ps+ lineup to unveil my final 2 games. Edited June 19, 2021 by Neptuos 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willythom88 Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 (edited) Always wanted to try this, count me in. I'm gonna stick with 5, as I'm moderately busy but I can commit to 5 easy. 1. Disgaea 1 Complete 2. Tales of Xillia 3. Hatoful Boyfriend 4. Gran Turismo 5 5. Resident Evil (PS3) Edited June 20, 2021 by willythom88 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoo_eyes Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 Mine will probably be the following this time round. Commandos 2 HD Dead Age Wet Yakuza 3 Splinter Cell HD Devil May Cry HD 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuroraHistoire Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 In. Yakuza 5 Dragon Audit Gensou SkyDrift River City Girls Neptunia Virtual Stars SnowRunner Party Hard 2 Afterparty Nekopara Vol.4 Giraffe and Annika 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purgta Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 I would like to join again 1. Silent Hill 3 2. Tales of Graces f 3. Batman Arkham Asylum 4. Rage 5. Last Rebellion 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerryToxteth Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 I’m on the fence. Playing time always dwindles in the summer months. However, I do have a number of short games I could get out of my backlog. Regardless, I will follow along, especially as people have posted interesting game lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Cress Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 I now know it's not a good thing to go with more than six games as I will probably get overwhelmed and forget again. I managed to play five games in the last KYC so I will stay with that number for the time being. All games are on the PS4 this time. Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition Nexomon: Extinction Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin Streets of Rage 4 Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoo_eyes Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 Less than a week to sign up, so if interested please post the list of games in time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantochi Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Instead of waiting for plus/now and be disappointed again, for my last two games i'll add games that are in my list for a while now, and i also changed the order a bit, so here's my final list: Spyro the Dragon Remnant: From The Ashes Resident Evil 0 Shenmue Outlast Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty Erica Dishonored Subnautica Final Fantasy VIII 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoo_eyes Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 I decided to make a change to my list, and will be adding Peaky Blinders while removing Dead Age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoo_eyes Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 Final day for sign ups. Anyone who has yet to post their list of games please do so soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lodbizarro Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 I’m signing up again big surprise lol last time I tried to reach for the sun with 10 games and only was able to finish 6 this time I’m going back down to 5 with a possible bonus game. I like to have a theme with these the theme this time is PlayStation exclusives I’m only playing games that are only on PlayStation or started out a PlayStation exclusive and eventually ended on other platforms years later. game list not in particular order 1. Horizon Zero Dawn 2. Spider-Man Miles Morales 3. XIII Sentinels 4. God of War 5. Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart ??? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Cress Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 My usual start-up post, comparing my starting stats with KYC 15's starting stats: Games played: 469 (+10) Games completed: 291 (+5) Unearned trophies: 3,657 (+8) Completion percentage: 74.24% (+0.23%) A small increase to everything, not really much to say about this one. It's July 1st here, but I'll probably start my first game later in the day, probably after work. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoo_eyes Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 Game #1 - Commandos 2 HD - Preview Developer:: Pyro Studios Publisher: Kalypso Media Group Genre: Strategy/Tactics Price: 19,99€ Well this one is a blast from the past. I played both Commandos 1 and 2 back in the day and they were great games At the time I remember them being pretty unique. Unfortunately I've heard not so great things about this remaster, and it'll be interesting to see, how the controls translate to a controller. The trophy list seems pretty straightforward, at least it seems like in essence you just need to beat the game. That does not make it necessarily easy however, as I remember there being some missions that were an abolute pain in the ass. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerryToxteth Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 I’ll jump into the fray. I’ll be on a plane a good chunk of the day so I will post my list this evening once I get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willythom88 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 So just some basic thoughts on my first title, Resident Evil for the PS3. I'm beginning with Jills campaign on Normal, and so far it's more of what I don't like in Resident Evil than what I do. I'm hoping to beat the game with both Jill and Chris on Normal and Easy before passing judgement, but we'll see how that goes. I find some of the tricks it's using, like items needed for saving and limited item space, to be really fun to work around. However, I'm finding other facets of the game to be awful and not growing better with age, so to speak 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerryToxteth Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 KYC 16 List 1. Hidden Through Time (July 1-6) 2. Knowledge is Power (July 7-12) 3. One Night Stand (July 13-18) 4. Infinite Minigolf (July 19-24) 5. Tower of Beatrice (July 25-31) I know my list is short and the games will likely be small in scale, but it’s the best I can do in this hectic and crazy summer. Happy gaming! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AuroraHistoire Posted July 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2021 I Have Been Given a New Perspective on Taxi Drivers - Yakuza 5 I got into the Yakuza series of games because I saw a YouTube video saying all the games were really good and it went over every game in the series briefly. I remember being the most excited for Yakuza 4 and 5. I have been excited to play Yakuza 5 for about a year. It only took me so long because of various circumstances and I had 5 other Yakuza games to finish. I played the remastered version on PS4. I couldn't find any note worthy difference between the PS3 or PS4 online other than the PS4 looks slightly better. Like every other Yakuza game, Yakuza 5 is a 3D beat 'em up with some RPG elements. The RPG elements are mostly the equipment you can equip and the leveling system. When you level up, you gain 3 skill orbs that you can spend on upgrades. The upgrades are disappointingly semi-linear. You can choose a upgrade from one of the four linear upgrade paths (spirit, technic, body and heat) if you have enough spirit orbs to buy it. Upgrades are usually new moves, more health and some passive upgrades. The upgrade system in Yakuza 4 was a lot better and let you buy whatever upgrades you wanted and let you see all possible upgrades. Occasionally you were restricted by a level requirement or you had to buy a prerequisite upgrade but the system in 4 was a lot better. There is also experience system for weapons. You gain experience by using weapon of a certain type (Katanas, Poles, guns, Tonfa, etc.) and when you level up, you will gain new skill or passive for that weapon type. I never really explored the weapon system of Yakuza 5 since weapons have durability (a set number of hits before they break or ammo for firearms) and weapons were never cheap to repair or reload. The battle system is fundamentally the same as the other Yakuza games. There are a total 5 playable characters in Yakuza 5; as far as I am aware, 4 of them play using the same control system while having their own unique strengths and weaknesses. I'll go over each character's quirks during their sections and stick with the basics for now. Light attacks are done with the square button and heavy attacks are done with the triangle button. Most combos in the game are done by pressing square as many times as you want and ending them by pressing triangle 1-2 times. The circle button is used to grab enemies or pick up weapons on the ground. A grabbed enemy can be light attacked, heavy attacked or thrown. You can block with L1 and blocking will negate most attacks that hit you from the front. You can dodge with X to avoid damage from attacks that can't be blocked and it can be used to position yourself quickly. During fights you'll build heat by landing attacks on enemies and lose it by getting hit or grabbed. If your heat bar is mostly full you'll get some passive benefits. You can also spend it by performing a heat move for a burst of damage. You preform a heat move by pressing triangle when certain conditions are met. Conditions range from holding a weapon, having the enemy be knocked to ground or just being in a practical spot. There are so many heat moves we would be here all day if I tried to list them all. Some heat moves have a quick QTE that you can do for extra damage. Speaking of QTEs, the Yakuza games like the throw QTEs at you pretty regularly. They are kept mostly to heat moves and to boss battles. For the story, I'll only get into Kiryu's chapters, for now. Mostly because that was the only set of chapters I had time to finish. Kiryu is a legendary ex-yakuza who is so good at fighting he can take on armies by himself. Kiryu spends his time between games trying to get away from the Yakuza and living the most honest life he can. The plot will always find him and drag him into a plot about criminal mystery and drama that involves the Yakuza. In between games this time, Kiryu has left behind everyone he knew and loved, moved to a new city where nobody knows him and got a job as a taxi diver. Kiryu's chapters are split between 2 sections thematically. There is the more mundane section where Kiryu is living his new life and mostly serves as a tutorial and introduces you to the optional Taxi stuff. Then some Yakuza members from Kiryu's old family tell Kiryu that Diago has gone missing and was last seen taking a ride in Kiryu's taxi. At first Kiryu tries to not get involved this time but then he gets roped into it. The story picks up from that point with a lot of big fights and a few boss battles. Kiryu fighting style is great at everything. Kiryu has the ability to spend a heat bar to become invincible and have a slightly deferent faster move set. I am strugglig to anything else about Kiryu's fighting style, so I'll end it there for now. The city that Kiryu moved to is called Nagasugai and it is new to the series. I looked through some menus and have found like 5 cities/towns; only 2 of the names I recognize. Nagasugai felt big without having that much to do. I found it had enough places to order food at and shops but had not too many side minigames. All I found was an arcade, karaoke, fishing and pachinko. I also felt like the town needed more save points. They were all on the edge and there were none on the north side of town. I forgot that Kiryu's apartment is also a save point but a lot of main story events trigger there so I felt like I needed to stay clear. There were a lot of times when I would run for long periods of times without getting into random fights in Nagasugai. I liked it since random fights are semi frequent in most games, not very challenging and you don't really get much for winning them. The unique side attraction of Kiryu's section are the taxi missions. There are 3 types of missions. There are a lot where you just respond to your customers by picking the right dialogue options. I did pretty well by being professional and polite or by answering how I thought Kiryu would respond. There is a second type where you have to drive the taxi while following a bunch of traffic laws while getting to the destination within a time limit. It is a lot of waiting for the lights to turn green and waiting for a chance to drive through a crosswalk without hitting anybody. For the most part, the missions are pretty lax with their penalties and as long as you try to drive responsibility, you'll beat them with no issue. The last and most exciting are the highway races. They are 1V1 races where you are in your taxi while you are usually up against a street racer. There are 3 tracks (actually 1 track with 3 variations). The taxi controls are pretty good and the handling is very responsive. There are certain sections of track where you can do a heat move where the game will play itself and give you a huge advantage. You'll also fill up a boost over time and it is useable about once a lap. Your opponents AI is not the best and can only win when they get a random speed boost at the end of the race. The difficulty on the races feels pretty cheap and you need to save the heat move near the finish line then use the boost after it to win consistently or else the AI will use there random speed boost to pass you and win. There is a story around the races that is very good made the experience more enjoyable. I had fun with the races themselves too. I did pretty everything I could related the taxi. Doing everything took about 4-6 hours and I felt like the amount of content was just right. So far Yakuza 5 has been great so far and I want to play more of it. I'll most likely bring this one up again once I played more of it because I feel like I barely scratched the surface. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoo_eyes Posted July 5, 2021 Author Share Posted July 5, 2021 Game #1 - Commandos 2 HD - Final Impressions but actualy So yeah. After trying Commandos 2, which started out alright it eventually took a turn. I actually only beat the first mission and got towards the end of the second one. Unfortunately the last segment of that mission is that you have to fight off an enemy attack. This is where it became a notieably problem, not having a mouse. After trying for about 30 minutes just that segment alone I decided to call it. So instead I went ham on Dead or School (was already in progress), and ended up putting a good 10+ hours into it over the past few days and got the plat in the process. It's a metroidvania with a lot of combat, plenty of weapons to choose from and to upgrade. You also get to upgrade your character and level up as you go. The levels are fairly long, but have several save points all over, which allow fast travel between them. This allows for solid progression at your own pace. There are secrets and collectibels to discover, and that's where the main weak point lies. To get to a lot of them, you have to do some sort of platforming or puzzle sequence. Half of them aren't too bad, the other half however is quite annoying and to some extent down to luck. The story is nonsense to be honest, so I didn' waste too much of my time following it. It boils down to having to save the world to be able to go to school, so yeah... Commandos 2 HD ends up being a 5/10 for me. It looks like Commandos, but lacks the fine-tuning to the controls. Dead or School is a lot fo fun overall 7.5/10. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post willythom88 Posted July 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 5, 2021 You are dead...You Are Dead...You are Dead...No Friend, I am done Resident Evil - Final Review So in the interest of transparency, I've never been the biggest Resident Evil fan. I always preferred Silent Hill and Fatal Frame to Resident Evil, predominately because I could never get into the fourth or fifth ones. That changed though last year as I did enjoy Resident Evil 7 quite a bit and I still intend to finish the Resident Evil 2 Remake this year. However, I think I'll be dropping this one after about 5 hours of running around aimlessly in the mansion. Now, I fully understand a lot of this is just me not getting what to do next. I purposefully avoided a walkthrough for the most part, so if you use a walkthrough for your first playthrough, I'm sure it's much easier. I also played on Normal, so zombies took a bit to take down. I can also acknowledge that I can see why, back in 2002 when this remake came out, it's obvious why it would have been considered so important to the genre. With that being said, this is definitely one of the most irritating games I've played in the series (which is admittedly few). Starting with the positive, I actually really like the combat. Yes, having to stand still and hope for a headshot can be obnoxious, but it is very tense for awhile. Getting the shotgun seems to negate a lot of the challenge, but once you burn through your small reserve of shotgun shells, you are back to practically using a pea shooter (seriously, the revolver is very weak). This means it's often best to just get a zombie on the ground (if you absolutely have to) and then run away. This means you will have to deal with them later, but that just makes the tensions heightened while you explore. "Did I finish off that zombie in the main hall?" Probably not, given there aren't any there, but you know what I mean. This is also a really pretty game, even if it weren't almost 20 years old originally. The character models look pretty decent, but the damn mansion is gorgeous. Big props, because I played this on the PS3, so it could have easily looked better, but still managed to really good. The puzzles are also really well done so far, especially when they involve examining items. Finding things in unexpected places on objects is really clever, and coupled with the item system, this often leads to returning to an item box to make sure you have thoroughly explored every inch of every book, lighter, or whatever have you. Unfortunately, this hasn't aged the best and many players will probably never notice this. Speaking of not aging well, now we're on to everything else. First is the sound design. Yes, walking into a hallway and hearing a zombie meandering through the corridor and groaning is intimidating (and a good audio cue). However, the other sounds in the mansion are horribly repetitive, and feel more tedious than terrifying. A good example is a clock in the dining room at the very beginning of the mansion. Even paused, the drone of the tick...tick...tick gets on your nerves very quickly. It's worse considering how quiet most of the game is, so this sudden annoyance is doubly irritating to the ears. I'm guessing the remainder of the game suffers similar problems, but this is, for sure, an early issue. Another sound I grew to loathe (and the parlor trick with it) is the sound of doors opening. While the creek of the rusty hinges scared my kids, I found it a bit more obnoxious. Given the short scene is just there to hide loading times (which is fine in theory, I get it), it's annoying to have to hear it every time the game needs to load when you walk through a door. Also, to give credit, as annoying as I found the loading process, I will admit this is far better than "NOW LOADING" in the bottom right hand corner every 10 seconds when you enter another door. So respect has to be given there. On the last sound complaint is the voiceover and dialogue. I've seen enough clips of the original game to know that a Jill Sandwich is a thing. I doubt, the 6 years between the original and the remake (and the however many years between the remake and the port to PS3) weren't filled with conversations that went like this. "Hey, loved the game, loved the atmosphere, but like...the actors and dialogue...kind of...what's the word...sucked?" Seriously, if you want a more believable performance, I'd sooner recommend Trolls 2. Next is the level design, which is stolen straight from my favorite book, "How to Design an Early Survival Horror Game AND Incorporate Your Obsession with Locked Doors". The name is clunky, I won't defend it. Anyhow, the purpose of the locked door (a main stay in Silent Hill as well) is to force you to explore and find a key. Silent Hill is guilty of overusing this, making most of the game feel morel ike "Locksmith Simulator" than a proper horror game. Well folks, Resident Evil has turned it into an artform. The first area has not one, not two, but at least three damn key types. I managed to find one, the sword key, and after using it for awhile, it gave me the option to destroy it, saying it had outrun it's use. This leads me to the inventory, which I'll make my final complaint. Why would you offer me the option to destroy the key, but not drop ANYTHING else. I want to drop this empty magazine that once held shotgun shells. Tough. Not an option. It might make inventory a bit easier to manage, and as it's limited from the get go, that might be a nice quality of life update. Just let me drop stuff. Most of my complaints are leveraged at things that a simple remake, like 2 and 3 got, would resolve. Seriously, this one deserves another, from the ground up remake. Robin Hood gets one every 3-5 years, can't Resident Evil get one after almost 20. Graphics - 8/10 Gameplay - 7/10 Sound Design - 5/10 Level Design - 5/10 Inventory - 4/10 Final - 6/10 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerryToxteth Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 12 minutes ago, willythom88 said: Seriously, if you want a more believable performance, I'd sooner recommend Trolls 2. LMAO! The perils of being a parent... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoo_eyes Posted July 6, 2021 Author Share Posted July 6, 2021 Game #2 - Yakuza 3 (PS3) - Preview Developer:: Sega Publisher: Sega Genre: Action Adventure/Beat Em Up Turns out I'm playing this series completely out of order, but oh well. I've only played Yakuza 6 so far and enjoyed it for hte most part. Wasn't a fan of the mini games, but then again I never am. I never intend to plat any of these games, as it just takes too much of a time investment and I've got about 500 games in my backlog still, so yeah. Anyway, it's been a while since I played a sort of Beat Em Up game of sorts. If it's like the other Yakuza game I played, there'll be a lot of exposition and story with a few fights thrown in every once in a while. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PerryToxteth Posted July 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 6, 2021 (edited) Before I post my first review, I realized I never put up my stats. KYC 16 Games Played/ Completed - 172/129 Trophies Earned - 5800 Unearned Trophies - 763 Completion % - 88.72 For the last few months, I have been working on the 10 games I played for KYC 15 event. One reason I chose short games this go around, was that I haven’t been able to revisit or finish some of my favorites from that event, like Far Cry 5 and Sudden Strike 4. Basically, too much good gaming and not enough time. Now on to review No. 1! KYC 16 Game No. 1 Hidden Through Time Time Played: 2 hours Trophies Earned: 14/20 (55%) Final Thoughts: Not sure how or when this ended up in my library, but it fit the short criteria. In a nut shell, it’s Where’s Waldo the video game. There is a scene on the TV screen, and your job is hunt around for a queue of specific items. There are usually 6-15 items to be found and there is a icon of what you are looking for on the bottom of the screen. Unlike the books, there is some animation in the scenes with people and animals moving around. Once you see the item, you click on it and if correct, the item will be circled and the icon will light up. Find all the stuff and on to the next level! It gets slightly more complicated as you advance in levels as there are more items to find and things can be hidden in stuff like houses, tombs and boxes, that need to be clicked on before revealing the contents. Each item will give a small clue as to its whereabouts, but the clues are pretty hit-and-miss. The one real challenge in the game is that some levels are larger than your TV screen. So you will need to scroll around and look at a pretty big picture, that can be 2-3 times the size of your screen. That can be challenging when looking for very small items and not even knowing if it is in the frame. There are also themes in the levels. First one was caveman with dinosaurs (?) and now I just completed the Egyptian section. With men and dinosaurs running around together, you can see the history content is lighthearted. There is also a looping soundtrack that is shockingly, not annoying. Of course, every level can be solved with the internet. And that is why this game has a platinum percentage over 75% here and trophy whores are knocking it out in under two hours. There is an online element where other players contribute their own levels. You need to finish 50 of them for the hardest trophy in the game. Thankfully, there are ways to search for levels that are easy to complete. After playing a few nights, I found I can only play 3-4 levels before my eyes start to glaze over from scrutinizing every pixel on my TV screen. It’s a fine game in small doses and without internet help, shouldn’t take more than a week to finish. Here’s an example of a level: This is definitely not a AAA game. But it delivers for what it intended to be and I will give it a solid . Game No. 2 - Knowledge is Power - Also, PGA 2K21 just went on sale, so I am switching to the six games/ five days schedule. Edited July 6, 2021 by PerryToxteth 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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