Spring 2024 Backlog Challenge

[Vulpine9Tails]

1. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - 14% *SWAP* Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story - 0% -> 100% 

2. Tchia - 100% 

3. Need for Speed Unbound - 42%

4. The Quarry - 8% -> 11%

5. Prince of Persia Lost Crown - 100% 

6. God of War (2018) - 100% 

7. Persona 4 Golden - 1%

8. Ni No Kuni Remastered - 5%

9. Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen - 14%

10. The Last of Us part 2 - 0% -> 3%

 

Swaps used: 1

 

I did something a bit random today and bought a game I have been vaguely interested in since it came out. It's currently on sale so I figured why not. I was expecting the trophies to be more painful from what I seen online. For example the Sneaky Notai trophy: you cannot reload checkpoint if you get caught by a guard (it's a pure stealth section that lasts about 20-30 mins). I also tested: you cannot quit to main menu. The game remembers you messed up. All you can do is restart the whole chapter from the main menu (chapter select becomes available after you finish the game). There was also one sledding section that was quite aggravating and took several tries; you cannot get hit in any sledding section for a trophy and sometimes you would just go out of control for no reason and have to restart. For those at least you can restart from the last checkpoint. Overall though it's a fantastic game. I'm glad I picked it up on a whim. I also don't know anything about League of Legends but I still very much enjoyed it. I'm sure there's a bunch of references that went over my head but I don't think it really matters much.

 

Edited March 17 by Vulpine9Tails

[ProfSeajay7]

 (6) Secret of Mana (1%)
 (7) Trials of Mana (0%)
 (8) Legend of Mana (0%)
 (9) Dragon Quest Builders 2 (11% => 15%)
 (10) Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (PS5) (0%)

 

So I will probably not update much as my main focus is on Dragon Quest Builders 2 as I want it to be my hundredth platinum. Once I get close, I'll probably start plugging in Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom. As I said, the Mana games aren't getting touched until April as they are part of the RPG Mania event.

 

Anyways, just entered Island 2, Khrumbul-Dun. I got the Beloved Builder trophy by accident as I made a restaurant and the residents were just going over the moon for it and I had to get their gratitude so I got 3000 points easily.

Edited March 17 by ProfSeajay7

[viech54]

Update #02

 

Final Fantasy IX

 

Made a bit more progress in the story and also got the most time consuming trophy out of the way: Bloodlust, i. e. defeat 10,000 enemies. This is normally one of the last trophies before the platinum, given that you can do everything in the game, including leveling a character to level 99 (another trophy), and not even be close to 10k kills. But there's a benefit to doing it early. Namely, there is one section in the game where the game spawns an infinite number of enemies that keep running towards the player. With the help of a turbo controller (or PS remote play) and the ingame boosts (max damage, free heals at the start of every battle, auto battle), it can be fully automated. But it's scary having to keep the console running for more than 24 hours with no way of saving the game. If anything goes wrong (power outage, game crash, console freeze, ...), all progress is lost. It worked out for me on first try and I didn't have to sit through manually killing helpless enemies near the end, so it's all good.

 

Also made some progress on It's All in the Cards III, winning 100 Tetra Master matches against unique opponents. I'm at 35 wins right now. While there are still enough NPCs right at the end of the game, I don't want to do it all in one go, so I spend some time playing Tetra Master every now and then to space it out a little.

 

Now that Bloodlust is out of the way, the rest should be much faster.

 

_____________

 

Anyway, take care, good luck with your lists!

 

Games:

1. Final Fantasy IX: 11% -> 17% -> 28%
2. Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below: 45%
3. A King's Tale: Final Fantasy XV: 0%
4. Hogwarts Legacy: 0%
5. The Sinking City: 3%

Games completed: 0/5

Swaps used: 0/3

Swaps:

[MidnightDragon]

On 3/14/2024 at 2:00 AM, masdaz007 said:

i would like to join since i got a huge backlog of  disc games!

1. final fantasy 8 remastered 

2.the last of us part 2

3.nioh 2 ps4 

4.persona 5 original

5.tales of arise 

6.horizon forbidden west 

7.crisis core final fantasy 7 reunion

8.final fantasy 16

9.yakuza like a dragon ishin 

10.the diofield chronicle

11.assasins creed mirage  

12.lego harry potter years 5-7

those games are not played yet and are standing on 0% 

i going to start right away this event might be good to get started with the games i got  and with trophie hunting aswell.right now downloading games on ps5 console for this challenge i going to have great time with games!

i probably going to have a difficult time but at least i gonna enjoy gaming with games i only need to download horizon forbidden west.

then i can begin with gaming my first game wil be crisis core final fantasy 7 reunion this is my list and i going to do my best to beat the list and platinum the games from this list!

Sorry for the delay. Added now.

[MidnightDragon]

Finally an update.

 

Assassin’s Creed Mirage

A Castle Full of Cats (PS4)-100%  February 29 

Chrono Cross (2%) (PS4)

Lemon Cake (PS4) (NEW)

Mark of the Ninja Remastered (PS4) 

The Oregon Trail (PS4)

Rise of the Ronin (3/22)

Tchia

 

Swaps used-0/3

 

Due to unexpected mayhem and chaos this weekend, doubt I’ll finish Tchia before it leaves Extra. Debating if I’m going to go ahead with plan B or swap it. I decided to add the PS4 version of Lemon Cake. Been wanting to do it for a while. Unlike the PS5 version, the PS4 version is obtainable. 

[grumpaluffagus_1]

Update #2:

1. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood - 0%
2. Assassin's Creed Revelations - 0%
3. Powerwash Simulator - 36-->42%
4. Disney Speedstorm - 8-->26%
5. Lego 2K Drive - 0%
6. The Witcher 3 - 14%
7. Sleeping Dogs - 11%
8. Immortals Fenyx Rising - 9%

Finished the platinums for my two out of challenge games in AC2 and Hello Neighbor 2. This means that I am ready to start AC Brotherhood asap, maybe even right after writing this. In challenge progress, I progressed a bit further in the main campaign for Powerwash Simulator and started the Spongebob DLC. Additionally, I now have two of the five gold medals needed for a trophy and knocking out the remaining three will be my focus for the week. Disney Speedstorm continues to be my favorite chill game and I made good overall progress. I got the trophies for being a very aggressive driver and winning with a level 25 racer. I should be good to finish this so long as I get the maximum possible amount of medals this season, since certain ones will always be locked behind having specific racers at specific levels, and then clean up once the new season starts next month.

[reaperveteran86]

Update 3:

1. Gal Guardians: Demon Purge (EU,PS4) 100%

2.Lost Ruins 0%

3. Mega Man X Legacy Collection 17%

4. Metal Slug Anthology 15%

5. One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 26%

6. One Piece: Unlimited World Red (PS4) 8% -> 10%

7. Rage 2 16%

8. Ritual: Crown of Horns 26%

9. Saint Seiya: Soldiers` Soul 15%

10. Shantae (PS4) 4% -> 23%

11. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition 74% -> 82%

12. Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers 9%

13. Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness 6%

 

I continued playing Shantae Half Genie Hero UE, got the 3 miscelaneous trophies that are tied to the costume pack DLC and finished the officer costume playthroughs to get all 4 win screens in that mode, that I need as part of another trophy. They changed the gameplay in that mode, so that it plays like a Mighty Switch Force game (another series from Wayforward). It wasn`t as hard as the Friends to the End DLC or the no upgrade Pirate Queen`s Quest DLC but I had to to a second playthrough since it was not possible (for me) to get the any % speedrun and the 100% speedrun in the same playthrough. I have only the Ninja and the Bikinini playthroughs to do before I get the platinum.

I also continued playing Shantae and finished the first two dungeons. The game hasn`t aged particular well, but it is fascinating to see, how much of the gameplay and characters they already introduced in this first game in the series.

And I played One Piece Unlimited World Red and got a trophy for finishing episode 3 of the story mode. Fun game so far but the artstyle takes a bit to get used to (not the One Piece artstyle, that is as good as ever, but the graphic engine they used for this game).

Here`s a comparsion of Unlimited World Red (left) and Pirate Warriors 3 (right) to show what I mean.

The Unlimited World Red characters simply look a bit strange in my opinion.

[chadley_kingdom]

i would like to join.

1.horizon forbidden west0%

2.yakuza like a dragon ishin 1%

3 persona 5 tactica 1%

4.assasins creed mirage 0%

5.forspoken 0%

6.nioh1 ps4 0%

7.assasins creed2 ps4 0%

8.final fantasy 7 remake ps4 0%

9.medievil ps4 0%

this wil be my list for the challenge,

i would like to begin with trophie hunting with the games from my list,

those are not easy games that i going to finish.

i have started with 2 games,

persona 5 tactica and yakuza like a dragon ishin.

i going to beat ishin first on easy difficulty then on legend difficulty.

 

 

Edited March 19 by chadley_kingdom

[DaveB-2204]

Update 2

 

1. Horizon Forbidden West - 1% - 34%

2. It Takes Two - 2%

3. Bully - 1%

4. South Park The Stick of Truth - 1% - 100%  

5. Final Fantasy 16 - 1%

6. The Walking Dead Season 1 - 1%

7. Skyrim - 1%

8. Helldivers 2 - 0% - 4%

9. Red Dead Redemption 2 - 57% 

 

Not the biggest of updates from me this week, unfortunately my 7 month old puppy had to have emergency surgery last week so spent a fair bit of time with him. He's on the mend now though so can focus back on trophy hunting!

 

Whilst not focused on that, I did manage to make a fair bit of progress with Horizon Forbidden West. I absolutely loved Zero Dawn and once you are through the tedious beginning of this game, its ranks alongside HZD in my opinion. Hoping to finish the story this week and be well into the DLCs over the weekend.

Happy hunting all!

Edited March 18 by DaveB-2204

[freddie1989]

2 hours ago, DaveB-2204 said:

Not the biggest of updates from me this week, unfortunately my 7 month old puppy had to have emergency surgery last week so spent a fair bit of time with him. He's on the mend now though so can focus back on trophy hunting!

 

Glad to hear he is on the mend dude.

[DaveB-2204]

1 minute ago, freddie1989 said:

Glad to hear he is on the mend dude.

Thanks @freddie1989, appreciate it.

[ProfSeajay7]

On 3/17/2024 at 11:05 AM, ProfSeajay7 said:

 (6) Secret of Mana (1%)
 (7) Trials of Mana (0%)
 (8) Legend of Mana (0%)
 (9) Dragon Quest Builders 2 (15% => 34%)
 (10) Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (PS5) (0%)

 

Doing well so far, cleared the second island and now approaching The Incident that will unlock monster taming for me. I wish I wouldn't get distracted by a Dragon Quest game without trophies. (Aka DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Dark Prince 😕) Running through the Demo to get some good monsters to make a killer team with.

[The_Head_Crusher]

Update #2

 

Final Fantasy VI (PS4) ---> 5    0   0  0   = 5/37 7% ---> 18 (+5)    7 (+5)   0  0   = 23/37 45%

Fianl Fantasy 7 Remake (PS5) ---> 11  0  0   0    = 11/63 21%

Legend of Korra (PS4) ---> 8  2  0  0   = 10/31 18% 

Guardian of the Galaxy (PS5) ---> 10  0  0  0   = 10/59 15%

MLB The Show 24 (PS5) --->  0  0  0   0    = 0/26 0%

 

 

Swaps: 0/3

 

 

 

Total Progress

 

 13/108 (+5)   

7/50 (+5)  

0/17   

0/5   

 

 20/180 = 6.59% (+3.66%)

 

I was hoping to get FF6 done before MLB The Show dropped tonight, but after dealing with sick kids for most of the last 3 days, that goal went out the window. Oh well, when I need a break from baseball I can fall back on FF6.  Nearing completion on it though, just made it to the Phoenix Cave.

Edited March 19 by The_Head_Crusher

[Static_Rook]

Update 3. 3/18/2024
-no progress

 

Still playing FF7 Remake but no trophy progress this week. I was hoping to finish the Normal playthrough, but as usual I keep getting distracted with other games. No biggee, that's why I kept my list short for this challenge. 

 

So, this week I'll be playing more FF7 Remake and now I'll be adding Dragonball Xenoverse 2 to the mix. What could possibly go wrong?

 

Take care!

 

Game list (0/6 complete, 0/3 swaps used)

1. Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 5%
2. Final Fantasy VII Remake (PS4) 45% 47%
3. Just Cause 4 1% 
4. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (PS4) 7%
5. Octopath Traveler II 12%
6. Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin 23%

[MidnightDragon]

On 3/17/2024 at 6:14 PM, MidnightDragon said:

Finally an update.

 

 

Assassin’s Creed Mirage

A Castle Full of Cats (PS4)-100%  February 29 

Chrono Cross (2%) (PS4)

Lemon Cake (PS4) (NEW)

Mark of the Ninja Remastered (PS4) 

The Oregon Trail (PS4)

Rise of the Ronin (3/22)

Tchia

 

Swaps used-0/3

 

Due to unexpected mayhem and chaos this weekend, doubt I’ll finish Tchia before it leaves Extra. Debating if I’m going to go ahead with plan B or swap it. I decided to add the PS4 version of Lemon Cake. Been wanting to do it for a while. Unlike the PS5 version, the PS4 version is obtainable. 

I haven’t made the final decision on Tchia (plan B or swap), but went ahead and erased the Extra download since it won’t happen. Now to decide what next.

[MidnightDragon]

21 hours ago, chadley_kingdom said:

i would like to join.

1.horizon forbidden west0%

2.yakuza like a dragon ishin 1%

3 persona 5 tactica 1%

4.assasins creed mirage 0%

5.forspoken 0%

6.nioh1 ps4 0%

7.assasins creed2 ps4 0%

8.final fantasy 7 remake ps4 0%

9.medievil ps4 0%

this wil be my list for the challenge 

i started with 2 games 

persona 5 tactica and yakuza like a dragon ishin.

i want to beat those gsmes.

 

 

Added

[Buff_Cupcake]

Update 3:

 

Hey all, not a huge amount to report for this one. I made a small jump in progress for both FF7 Rebirth and Iceborne.

 

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

It was a small jump in trophy progress, but it accounted for about 30 hours of gametime 💀. If you intend to play this game from a completionist or platinum standpoint, know that you are in for an absolutely massive game. I'm trying to 100% each zone as I go, making sure I have as much as possible done to minimize backtracking and the breadth of available content is significant. It's a weird contradiction because the amount of content is a big plus but it can also be a negative at times.

 

There are just so, so many mini-games dotted throughout this game. After getting through the majority of the zones now I can't help but feel like they could have trimmed out 50% of the mini-game content and it wouldn't have reduced the overall experience. It feels pretty relentless on that front at times.

 

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne

The grind continues! I nabbed a single trophy for capturing 50 monsters in Master Rank hunts. But the real progress was in the gold crown collection - managing to grab a decent amount of gold crowns towards the trophies.

 

Next up:

Dragon's Dogma 2 is a few days away. So my aim for the rest of the week is to keep pushing to the end of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth as much as possible with a few Monster Hunter hunts in between. Then this weekend i'll be playing DD2 in earnest.

• Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth - 41% > 47% > 51%
• Pacific Drive - 0%
• Dragon's Dogma 2 - 0%
• Monster Hunter World: Iceborne - 37% > 38% > 40%
• Dying Light 2 - 0%
• Dead Rising - 0%

[gruffiiti]

Update 1

 

1) Tunic - 14%  -->  30%

2) Ghost of Tsushima - 17%

3) Overcooked 2 - 23%  -->  68%

4) Sleeping Dogs - 0%

5) Batman: The Telltale Series - 0%

 

Swaps used (0/3) Games completed (0/5)

 

Not a ton of progress so far as I have been mostly grinding out the last few things to do in The Crew before it goes offline at the end of the month. Hopefully I will have that wrapped up this week and can get back to playing my Spring games.

 

I did get the platinum in Overcooked 2 and am now working through the dlc trophies as time allows. I haven't given Tunic the time it deserves yet really as I have only really been jumping in for a bit here and there as a break from bigger grindy games. Hopefully I can focus on it more soon as it really is a great game.

[Redblaziken8]

Update 2:

 

1. Enslaved Odyssey to the West PS3 0%

2. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater PS3 0% > 41%

3. Deathloop PS5 13%

4. Flipping Death PS4 0%

5. Dead Island Riptide PS4 0%

6. Batman Arkham Origins PS3 34%  

7. Bioshock 30% PS3

8. Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time PS5 0%

9. The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker PS4 0%

10. Evoland PS4 0%

11. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker PS3 0% > 11%

12. L.A. Noire PS4 0%

13. Tiny Tina Wonderlands PS5 0%

14. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince PS3 0% > 100%

15. LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars PS3 13% > 100%

16. Monkey Island 2: Le Chuck's Revenge PS3 0%

17. Prince of Persia: Sands of Time PS3 0%

18. Haven PS5 0% > 17% > 100%

 

Games complete: 3/18

 

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince > 100% 

 

Blasted through this one pretty quickly the past few days. It's just a really enjoyable trophy hunting experience and it's the best of the PS3 Harry Potter games that have trophies for sure. The quidditch 5*s are satisfying, potion making is fun and the duelling is OK! With the duelling it's just spam Expelliarmus and then Stupify multiple times to get the 5*s really easily. This game had some bits of humour thrown in there not in the films as well which I liked a lot. I'd say it's the perfect length too. If you fancy another HP game give it a go. Or you could play Hogwarts Legacy maybe... which I still haven't but will do this year I think.

 

Haven > 100%

 

Had a lot of fun with Haven as well. The game just grew on me the more I played it. Character interactions are really authentic, the couple are really likeable and the gameplay loop is just pretty relaxing and definitely a perfect cosy game to just wind down with. Would recommend it and I'm glad I played it before it left the service. The good ending is nice, but damn that bad ending is super depressing, was kinda gutted it was the one that popped the platinum for me 😂.

 

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker > 11%

 

Started this one at the weekend with Rob and I'm really enjoying it so far. The artwork from Yoji Shinkawa in this game is so well done. It's done in a comic book format instead of a regular cutscene, so it's nice to see more of his artwork since there was less of it in 2 and 3. MGS1 just has great artwork with those codec calls, absolutely love those. Looking forward to playing some more of this with @rjkclarke, it's a long platinum so it'll be a while before I finish it, but I doubt it's gunna feel long with how fun it is.

 

Grand Theft Auto V > 61%

 

More exciting developments with me collecting all of the spaceship parts and delivering a bounty victim alive. Wooooo. This 100% is tedious 😅.

 

Call of Duty: Black Ops II > 46%

 

Me and the COD zombies group got the EE on Buried done last night, would have done it last week if not for my internet cutting out at the end of it! Had a lot of fun with this map, it's really well designed. Also popped the last DLC trophy for pack a punching a weapon in round 1 which wasn't too bad, so that's the 3rd DLC done for BO2 and just 1 more to go! I should get back to the campaign of this one soon, I've just been enjoying playing new games instead of mostly just backlog like I did last year.

 

Need to decide what I'm going to play next, but I'm probably going to head back to MGS3 so I can leave an easy trophy left to pop the 125 milestone, maybe get to BioShock and Prince of Persia I reckon? 

 

 

Edited March 19 by Redblaziken8

[ProfSeajay7]

Dragon Quest Builders 2: 34% => 35%

 

Quick uppie, I just finally finished Skeletraz and I hated it. Seriously, I failed the stealth portion thrice(third time because the guard was still standing around where he caught me). That prison of undead can go die in a (bleep)ing fire!

 

Well, at least I'm back on the Isle of Awakening, but first I have to deal with the cooking of Akane Tendo... I mean Lulu. 👎

[Vulpine9Tails]

1. Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story - 100% 

2. Tchia - 100% 

3. Need for Speed Unbound - 42%

4. The Quarry - 11% -> 100% 

5. Prince of Persia Lost Crown - 100% 

6. God of War (2018) - 100% 

7. Persona 4 Golden - 1%

8. Ni No Kuni Remastered - 5%

9. Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen - 14%

10. The Last of Us part 2 - 3%

 

Didn't think I would ever get this game done as I am a huge baby when it comes to scary games. I don't even know why I bought it tbh. But following a guide made it less scary and actually it's not even that bad. Also having to replay chapters a bunch of times kinda ruins the vibe a lot but the different outcomes intrigued me enough that once I got going I really wanted to see what happens. You can go a whole playthrough and not really figure anything out so the final playthrough was quite interesting. I don't think I will play any other SuperMassive games though. 

Edited March 19 by Vulpine9Tails

[Zach]

2nd update

 

1) Sonic Origins (PS5) - 48% ---> 100%

2) Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 0% ---> 47%

3) Hades (PS5)

4) The Last of Us Part II Remastered

5) Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep (PS4)

 

FF7 Rebirth! Amazing, but a long grind! I'm loving every minute of it, though! 

[ProfSeajay7]

 (6) Secret of Mana (1%)
 (7) Trials of Mana (0%)
 (8) Legend of Mana (0%)
 (9) Dragon Quest Builders 2 (35% => 61%)
 (10) Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (PS5) (0%)

 

Welp, I just burned the midnight oil because I wanted to get through Island 3(no spoilers, so I will just call it the Cloud Strife Island for various reasons ), and running through Cloud Strife until 11 AM is a big mistake - this chapter is the longest and most dangerous so far, I nearly died several times because the enemies are brutally hard and you go through the gauntlet of boss fights at the end. I also starved the first time because I didn't do the smart thing and harvest the potatoes in the castle before I got the quest too, and baked potatoes only restore 20% of your hunger. Yes, this game has a hunger meter and if you hit 0%, you only get to swipe your sword once before the Builder puts a finger down his throat to try to vomit up his last lunch so he can eat it again, sort of like how mother birds chew food and spit it into their chicks' mouths to feed them.

 

🤪

 

This is VERY bad as you get attacked by enemy waves every ten seconds in Cloud Strifle Island until you beat the final boss and the first waves hit like TRUCKS, even with the best in slot you came in with from Beefcake Miner City, which was the Dragonblade and Dragon Mail. You need to attack rapidly and if you are starving, you do not attack at all, meaning the skeleton soldiers can chop off your head and you die and have to restart. I don't like dying, I died in Beefcake Mines because I wasn't watching my health and got gang-banged by something I don't remember.

 

Well, just got back to the Isle of Awakening and gonna diss off the six royal residents who came back with me as well as Lulu, she can wait for frickin' ever to get her fairy-tale palace, I need to get some sleep before I drop dead of exhaustion. I've been janked on Zero Sugar Pepsi just to fight the giant cyclops dude and I'm coming up to the final chapter of the game. Last trophy I got was clearing 30 tablet targets, even though there are twice that many - I don't think I'll be able to get 200 items sold on my island before the platinum pops because item selling on this game is jank A.F.

 

I'll get some egg in my gullet and then go to sleep to make up for lost time, meaning only one walk today. *sigh*

 

I blame the f''king Harlot guy who was playing Psycho Mantis to Malroth for costing me my sleep. They never fixed that annoying 30 second text lag on boxless text.

Edited March 20 by ProfSeajay7

[beerwego]

Update 2 

Well a weekend away cost me the chance to finish Ghostwire Tokyo, before it left plus, so that will have to go on the back burner until I acquire a copy .

Started Enderling, a quick game so I can get the platinum and it looks like I've actually got into the challenge properly!

 

Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands

Enderling Extinction is Forever 0%.......>.7% 

Ghostwire Tokyo ....50%.........>.89%

Inscription

Final Fantasy VII Remake....14%

[Heather342]

Update #3

 

Hi everyone, hope you are all doing well 😊. Another week of steady progress. I've finished up my first run through of world 5 on Rayman Origins, and managed to pick up more trophies. Some of the levels and platforming sections can be a bit difficult, especially the Tricky Treasure levels where you have to chase a chest through a collapsing level. Some of these are pretty frustrating, doesn't bode well for the speed runs that I'll need to come back to 😅

 

I also made a start on Strayed Lights. This was an indie game that caught my eye a little while ago. It's got a really nice art style and atmospheric story telling, and an interesting parry mechanic, where to successfully parry an enemy attack you need to match the colour of the enemy (you are a fire sprite creature and can switch between red or blue flame). Parrying builds up your energy meter while depleting the enemy energy meter, once your bar is full and the enemy is empty you emit a blast to cure the corruption. I'm about 2/3rds through on my first playthrough, but the game is pretty short so not too worried if I missed some collectables (which I think I have 😅). Overall it's a nice chill game, a few framerate dips in places but nothing game breaking. Should be able to finish this one before the end of the month.

 

That's all from me, keep up the great work everyone! 😁

 

Trophy progress:

- Rayman Origins -> 20-38%

- Strayed Lights -> 0-37%

 

Pending games:

- Solar Ash 0%

- Tunic 0%

- Sea of Stars 0%

- Eternights 0%