Most Recent Platinum

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Platinum #99: Watch Dogs 2

Enjoyment 7/10

Difficulty: 3/10

 

A series i thinks gets a loud of bad rep, a majority coming from the first game and its downgrades from the demo. Honestly, this game's characters and dialogue are kinda cringey, but maybe I'm just out of touch now and this is how people talk now. Saying that, I'd much rather listen to these guys instead of hearing Aiden complain about everything in a gravely voice. I'm glad they focused more on the hacking part of it instead of just adding more features involving shooting since it makes it feel like a unique time. The online stuff is actually really fun and the trophies were mostly painless. The only ones I hated, and this goes for every open world game who has trophies like this, are the two trophies (Researcher and Got the Shutterbug) that basically are the obligatory "go around the world and collect shit" trophies that I'll never enjoy despite the quality of the game and that the game has fast travel. Please stop putting collectible-mandatory trophies in non-platforming games, please. 

[seyhano]

Plat #35  Metal Gear Solid 3 : Snake Eater 

 

I left the game 5 years and 7 months ago with a few trophies and I just completed.

Finding 64 Kerotans trophy was really headache in motorcycle chapter.

Perfect story, full enjoyment, not difficult to get platinum ( except kerotans).

 

 

[AlphaExGAT]

 #82 Vanquish Remastered

 

 

 

 

God Hard can be vicious. It's not required for the Platinum but I had fun like 10 years go playing and beating it. I forgot my routes/cheese nonsense I use to do on Tactical Challenge 6 lol so I came up with a new one that semi worked. I'm not as good as I use to be at the game. I've definitely deteriorated some?. Maybe it's because when it comes to shooters, I almost exclusively play Battlefield these days and that hampers me when I try to play other shooters. Who knows.lol

[Eyjabria]

Everybody's Golf

(PS4)

Push it to the Limit!
Obtain all trophies

 

Got the platinum to Everybody's Golf a couple of weeks ago. I really liked the game despite my initial worries having heard some negative reviews from people who had played the prior Everybody's Golf (Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational). The prior game on Vita is still my favorite Vita game. 

 

Everybody's Golf has a pretty robust character creation where you can customize your character at any time. More items, body types, hair styles, etc. unlock as you play. I've seen quite wild creations in the online course areas (the online is still very active btw if you're interested in socializing).  

 

Music is somewhat forgettable but nice and relaxing. Sound effects and visual feedback are excellent. The courses are beautiful and the gameplay is very relaxing and enjoyable - easy to learn but also challenges you. The game radiates positivity. Even when I messed up my game on the country clubs, I never felt upset because the game encourages you to do better. 

 

The game has you taking part in tournaments and pits you against special challengers in golf duels. Doing well will increase your rank and let you advance to more difficult opponents. 
The pacing in the start almost feels like they're trying to push you into buying DLC courses - you're locked to playing just one course for a good while before a second one unlocks. For some reason they have added fishing to the activities. Totally unnecessary addition but it was somewhat fun. 

There's monthly(?) international online tournaments you can take part in. I commend the developer for making them truly for everybody - no PS Plus subscription is required to participate in the tournaments and in case the course in qualifiers/finals is a DLC course, you can play the course even if you haven't purchased it! Everyone walks away with a prize too, just for taking part. You can also enter daily online courses without a subscription so everything needed for the platinum trophy can be done without paying anything extra. 

 

Everything was smooth sailing until it was time to start upgrading my own custom clubs. I dreaded the thought of the RNG system, possibly having to grind gems for eternity or having to pay real money to upgrade clubs that fulfill the requirements to hit condors (4 under par, 3 of them needed for platinum). So I put it off for a long time until I finally decided I need to get cracking before the servers close down. Luckily I got clubs with 24 power quite easily, I needed under 300 gems. 

 

 

I got my 3 condors, beat the final mystery challengers and bagged the platinum. This game was a lot easier than the Vita version even though the requirements (5 albatrosses and 3 condors) sounded insane. 

 

I recommend teeing off in Everybody's Golf if you want a relaxing, lighthearted game to wind down with. Stay safe and stay out of hazards!

Edited March 28, 2020 by Eyjabria

[Shinyraver]

 

Foxyland 2 Plat. difficulty 2/10. enjoyment 4/10. A tad harder platinum than the first one, buy if you have played platformers all your life its still very easy and generic. Took some influences from New Super Mario Bros., and even a boss battle this time around.

[Sefaerys]

#1 God of War

Enjoyment: 10/10

Difficulty: 4/10

 

#2 Celeste

Enjoyment: 9/10

Difficulty: 5/10 (Since I used the Assist Mode for the B and C Sides, which would make it a 10/10)

 

#3 VA-11 Hall-A

Enjoyment: 7/10

Difficulty: 2/10 (The minigame Model Warrior Julianne is like a 5/10 though)

Edited April 26, 2020 by Sefaerys

[DEsIx_KaerO]

#247 -

 

The end is a new beginning
Obtain all trophies.

 

Started off pretty slow, but in the second half it got better, and sad

Edited March 29, 2020 by DEsIx_KaerO
Wrong Number lol :D

[Bahraini_carguy]

Platinum #12

Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition

 

 

Quite enjoyed it, especially the melee combat aspect.

It's not really that hard or anything from what I remember.

 

Difficulty: 3/10

Enjoyment: 8/10

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Platinum #13 & #14

Driveclub & Driveclub Bikes

 

 

Oh boy, where do I start? According to PSN Profile, DriveClub is one of the "most rewarding games" in terms of trophies. While I'm not sure if it's true or not, I know for sure that the trophy list are well over 125 to the point where two DLC trophies for the normal DriveClub were thrown into the Bikes trophy list due to hitting the limits per each title (128 I believe?)

 

Anyhow, the base DC and DC Bikes races/events aren't that bad but the DLCs ones can either be a walk through the park or a pain in the rear end. It also gets a bit repetitive if you're trying to do them all in a long Session. The worst part however is the grinding which would take a while and would ruin the fun. Oh and the servers are closing in few days or so.

 

Difficulty: 5/10

Enjoyment: 4/10

Edited March 28, 2020 by Bahraini_carguy

[Deadly_Silent-Xx]

Platinum #165

Dungeons 2

 

It doesn't get more evil than this!
Congratulations, you have scored all Dungeons 2 trophies! By that we mean you snagged them all, not that you carved notches in all of them. Erm, and by “snagged”, we mean you earned them, not that you grabbed them using a fishing rod. Oh whatever, it's a good thing that nobody ever reads these messages.

[Desmuria]

 #262 - Uncharted Tides: Port Royal

 

 

 

Platinum
Unlock every Trophy.

 

Enjoyment: 7/10

Difficulty: 1/10

 

Choo-choo! Back on the Artifex Mundi train with another semi-decent game.

I didn't enjoy the storyline as much as some of the others I've played, but the variety of puzzles and hidden object scenes make up for it.

Not nearly as challenging as some of their other offerings, but still enjoyable.

I really love Artifex Mundi games and I'll play them as long as they keep releasing them.

If you haven't played any yet and are interested, I'd recommend starting with Nightmares from the Deep.

 

 

 #263 - 7'Scarlet

 

 

 

Okunezato Master!
Obtained every trophy.

 

Enjoyment: 7/10

Difficulty: 2/10

 

Along with Artifex Mundi games, my other guilty pleasure is a good visual novel.

I'd been waiting for 7'Scarlet to go on sale and I finally managed to buy it in the Big in Japan sale.

As far as VNs go, this was pretty decent. It's beautifully drawn and the story was good.

The balance between the darker themes and light-hearted romance was well done.

If you like visual novels and/or an easy platinum, I recommend this one.

 

 

 #264 - Harvey's New Eyes

 

 

 

Harvey's New Eyes unlocked!
You unlocked all other trophies.

 

Enjoyment: 8/10

Difficulty: 2/10

 

My all time favourite genre of game is point-and-click and I was so excited when I managed to get this game on sale.

I'd been stalking it in my wishlist for months before I finally bought it and it was a lot of fun!

Sadly, I never played the original game, so I didn't really understand some of the gags.

You play as Lilli who unknowingly brings death and destruction wherever she goes.

Despite being mute and seemingly well-mannered and cute, the people she interacts with end up dying in grotesque ways.

When characters die in the game, these little gnome-esque creatures paint the bodies in bright pink paint. It's hilarious.

Lilli is living in a convent, ruled by the evil Mother Superior who hates children, and Lilli is the primary target of her rage.

 Mother Superior gives consent to the menacing Dr Marcel to hypnotise Lilli with Harvey (and his new eyes).

After being hypotised, Lilli is unable to do naughty things - unless she manages to override the hypnosis...

If I say anything further, I'll end up in spoiler territory. It's definitely one of my favourite point-and-click games for the PS4, though.

The game is full of laughs, full of utterly bonkers dialogue and a variety of puzzles and mini games to keep you interested.

Definitely give this game a go if you fancy a change of pace.

 

 

 #265 - Steins;Gate: My Darling's Embrace

 

 

 

Attractor Field Convergence
Played through everything in STEINS;GATE: My Darling's Embrace.

 

Enjoyment: 7/10

Difficulty: 2/10

 

I've played the other Steins;Gate releases on the PS4/PS Vita (except Steins;Gate Elite) and I enjoyed those games a lot.

My Darling's Embrace brings back the same characters and softens the mood by turning it into a dating simulator.

The gameplay is still the same, where you have to answer text messages or phone calls and make dialogue options.

It's definitely a light-hearted take on the whole franchise and, for the die-hard fans, it might be a little disappointing.

If you enjoy the games and don't mind something with a slower pace and a bit of fun, definitely pick this up.

 

 

 #266 - Date A Live: Rio-Reincarnation

 

 

 

Date A Completionist
Obtained all trophies.

 

Enjoyment: 6/10

Diffculty: 2/10

 

So this game is actually three visual novels rolled into one.

You get Rio-Reincarnation, Rinne Utopia and Arusu Install included.

Due to "spacequakes", these mysterious Spirits appear and our protagonist has the ability to seal them away.

How? By making them fall in love with him, of course!

It's extremely heavy with fanservice and is rather cringey with some of its dialogue and situations.

Definitely not going to be everyone's cup of tea and, unfortunately, it wasn't mine.

Despite that, the games were decent and the multiple endings were interesting to watch.

Not the best VN I've ever played, definitely not the worst.

 

 

 #267 &  #268 -  Syrup and the Ultimate Sweet

 

 

 

Ultimate Sweet
You've seen everything in the game! Thanks for playing!

 

Enjoyment: 4/10

Diffculty: 1/10

 

Always fun to see Ratalaika Games releasing different genres of games.

This one was right up my alley because it's a visual novel.

Nothing nearly as long or indepth as some of the others I've played recently, but it's not too bad.

There are multiple endings to obtain by selecting different dialogue choices.

My only "complaint" would be that it's not very well optimised for the PS Vita. The skip option lags so badly.

If you're looking for a SUPER easy platinum, look no further.

 

 

 #269 -  The Sims 4

 

 

 

Ultimate Sim Guru
Earn all trophies.

 

Enjoyment: 8/10

Difficulty: 2/10

 

I have been a fan of The Sims since its first release back in 2000.

20 years later (I feel so old) and I'm still playing The Sims and still as in love with it as ever.

I have The Sims 4 on my PC, but I was looking forward to seeing how they optimised it for PS4.

I used to play The Sims Bustin' Out on the PS2 for hours and hours on end, so I was excited to play on console again.

Oh boy. The game does not do well on console at all. So disappointed!

The frame rate drops are absolutely dire and it's frustrating as hell trying to switch between Live and Build mode without lag.

Besides that, the game is as lovely as ever and I really enjoyed going for the trophies.

The trophies are all very simple if you use the following GUIDE.

I followed the video guide by @Bushido_Cypher and it was absolutely flawless. Can't thank you enough!

I'll probably stick to playing The Sims 4 on my PC, rather than on console.

Happy to play it and get the platinum, but it's now deleted off my dash and will rot in my library forevermore.

Edited April 19, 2020 by Desmuria

[blu3st4rdust305]

Life is Strange 2 - PS4 (#355)

 

I will keep this spoiler-lite.

 

Just wrapped this one up and, yup, it strung on those heart strings pretty bad. My ending was haunting and devastating, fitting for such a long difficult journey.  Had not felt such an impact by a video game ending since God of War. Guess there is something about struggling father figures and growth in the face of unbelievable adversity that can be touching and sad. 

 

Much like its predecessors, this game is a decision based narrative game set in a semblance of the real world. To make the story interesting and to give the decisions more gravity a supernatural element is present, much like the first game. While this is the center of the drama, it never feels like it detracts from the characters and developments that occur. Somehow, your decisions feel like they do matter and you find yourself often better a rock and a hard place.  Sean, your character, is a teenager thrust into becoming a father figure for his foolish, but innocent young brother. Sean was such an interesting character to control and watch develop. He feels spoiled and dismissive, like most teenagers in the suburbs would seem, but he quickly "mans up" to understand his role in this story and struggles to thread the needle between being protective and cunning.  I truly liked how Dontnod wrote this character and I found myself choking up along with him. Episode 4 in particular really elevated the feels in this game to set the stage for a climatic final episode. 

 

While it would be easy to dismiss some of the narrative as "after-school special" fodder, much of the more real to life interactions were treated like vignettes, even if they severely impacted the course of the story. I associated significantly with several aspects of these portions, relating strongly with Sean in particular. 

 

This game shines in its ever changing environment and new characters that you meet along the way. It very much you and your brother against a raging world. And what a beautifully rendered world it is. Using minimalist and impressionist approaches to design, while still really concentrating on fidelity to the real world, the graphics are often stunning for this type of game. The tall redwood forests, the winter wonderland, the greenhouse, the desert, all so beautiful to explore and wander.

 

I really appreciated this story and its beats and characters will stay with me for a while. I hope Dontnod has another one of these up their sleeves, as no one nails a realistic narrative quite like they do. Let Telltale adapt franchises, and Supermassive thrill and scare us, but Dontnod has gripping human stories down.

[Shinyraver]

^I really enjoyed the first four episodes, but think the 5th was a bit of a bummer. Such an anti-climax compared to the rest of the season which had such a great build. Will still recommend it for sure as I will give it another go one day!

 

[Geninjo]

 31 - One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 

 

[BlinkWinkel]

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[No longer here]

Heavy Metal

Acquire all Trophies.

#84: DOOM Eternal

4/10 difficulty

10/10 fun

The first DOOM amazed me, this game dialed the gunplay to 11. I loved this and the game was actually pretty challenging as opposed to the first game imo.

[NullSpace84]

 

 

#45: Dusk Diver

 

Expectations and reality make unreliable neighbors. Some games we expect to love, and we do relish them; others, we don't expect much and get pleasantly surprised. Still others manage to let us down in ways we couldn't have foreseen going in, and then there are the products where we neither expect nor enjoy *too* much but just want something to do. For me, I anticipated a decent, moderately satisfying time with Dusk Diver, a contemporary B-grade action RPG straight out of the heart of Taiwan. Pleasingly, I got something a lil' better! I'll tell you some about it, and then you can decide for yourself if it sounds like something which might tickle your fancy, too.

Dusk Diver melds a current-day Asian cityscape, a la a stripped-down Yakuza or Persona, with 3D battle stages light on platforming and heavier on musou-grade combos. Within the lively commercial distinct of Ximending, Taipei, our unassuming heroine Yumo strolls headlong with her BFF Yusha into a spiritual disturbance and winds up working - literally, part-time at a convenience mart - in conjunction with Kunlunian beings who assume human forms to interact with the natural plane. No one's quite sure, or perhaps quite forthcoming(?), why the mystical realm has begun to glacially encroach upon facets of Taiwanese everyday life. Allying with a handful of potent protectors, Yumo swallows the corrective task during her summer break and ventures out to investigate and ultimately set the place again at peace. Beyond the core cast of a half-dozen, few NPCs get a chance to make much of an impact, but that core cast lends itself well to the proceedings, with each possessing a couple of quirks expected of their nature. Nothing overly stunned me throughout the plot, but that's fine too: "nothing new under the sun," all that. The core cast was plenty likable for me, and that likability extends to the game as a whole.

That, in fact, wound up DD's strongest pleasure for me: pretty much everything was nice and enjoyable. Within the district's mystical counterpart, Youshanding, Yumo manages to string together useful combos to fend off the small hordes of troublesome Chaos Beasts and summons her Kunlunian allies for a healthy assortment of musou special attacks. Might, crowd control, and long-range all factor in, and much like the agile Yumo herself, allies can be summoned in a nimble flash, even overlapping special attacks with flicks of the D-pad. The game aspires more toward the Senran Kagura pace of ground speed, and I'll practically -never- complain about that! Yumo isn't quite as aerially acrobatic as Marvelous' shinobi squadrons, but she can hop up platforms and across rooftops without much hassle for the game's sporadic platforming sections, which never much irritated me. Side missions and Hard mode replays enable Yumo to accumulate additional skill points to max out the power of herself and her ally crew, and cash from vendor trash practically spills over by endgame, encouraging robust usage of recharge items to pursue the rewarding S-Ranks. Outside of the combat stages, the city hosts ho-hum NPC quests, but even they serve as periodic breathers to chill after a few punchy combat missions. Food vendors sell a neat array of street grub, and Yumo can scarf one down of her preference before each mission, that it will confer its buff for the duration of the stage. I opted for the Mandarin Chinese voice acting; nearly all of it sounded quite capable, with praise specially directed at Yumo herself and the foxy Le Viada. The character and beastie models looked pretty solid, the city looks simplified yet snappy, the spirit-realm stages glow with distinct color, the urban/rock/lounge soundtrack sounds -precisely- as it ought, animations feel smooth in every direction - like I cited, DD tends to do everything as a *core* video game okay or above. If it is no masterwork, then it is certainly a solid, likable charmer.

Then, doesn't it falter? Mmhm, it does. Where, then, does it falter? I mean, yeah, every game has its drawbacks. Texture pop-in rears its face far too commonly upon hopping maps. I could have stood for a few more indoor locations, for traversal. The light platforming sections would benefit from some inclusion of an aerial evasive maneuver, else they can frustrate, and one particular chapter objective stresses the poor player out with an unwisely narrow time limit. Largest at fault is the editing of the translation. (PQube did not translate Dusk Diver, I'll point out, simply distribute it.) Several sentences come out clunky or overly formal for conversational English, others misspell or misuse one or more words, and a couple of tooltips flat-out botch their code and display the underlying HTML formatting. Ergh. ._. (None of this will likely get patched, as again, PQube distributed, not localized, DD.) The sloppiness bites; although it doesn't detract from my applause for the game as a video game, it worsens the professionalism of the end Western-market product. I can only hope that those flaws won't dissuade too many, as again, I like the game a heck of a lot.

You're looking at 16-20 hours for the platinum trophy, with expectable goals for a city/musou build: S-Rank all stages (tip: Hyper Mode extenders and gauge recovery medicine = your chummiest pals), max out each skillpoint on playable characters, finish all town quests and chow down on all vendor foodstuffs, and water the tree inside the convenience mart garden until it blooms. Et cetera. I liked that last one. ^.^ Nothing sharply flummoxed me beyond a couple cursory retries, not even the pair of platforming "challenges" or that breakneck time-limited chapter, although I could have done with a smaller temple lottery, randomized as if to stick its tongue out at us. Gotta say, PSNP, it felt really darn good to earn this one. I like a veritable cavalcade of A/B/C-grade J-games. Add Dusk Diver to that heap, as a diligent Taiwanese acolyte. Dusk Diver was a treat, and I am highly gladdened that I gave it a shot~ Major props to the dev team for a quality outcome! May the money roll in like the Cold Stone Creamery onslaught into Ximending!

[percy547389126yv]

#506 Vita version of Tokyo Xanadu

[Bumperklever]

The endgame would be try and plat every LBP game. But now I have 3 (only PS4 version) done together with the LBP karting game.

 

#119 Littlebigplanet 3 (PS4)

100% Complete

Date Achieved: 29 March 2020
Rarity: Ultra Rare (1-2%)
Enjoyment: 8/10

 

The game itself is good like every other little big planet game there is.

I loved the newly added popit academy as it lets you play with the create stuff rather then just a ' read or video'  tutorial from past entries.

But goddamn the technical issues in this version are so noticeable. 

But if you can look past that and like the LBP series, this is still a competent and fun game to play through.

Edited March 29, 2020 by Bumperklever

[Jounochi]

Platinum #151 - Plants vs. Zombies (PSVITA)

 

If I remember correct, this was one of the first free PS+ I played for the PSVITA back in 2013.  I've played this game before on PC back when I was much younger and decided to boot it back up to chase this platinum.  The gameplay isn't bad and it is a pretty solid TDM, but it gets old after a couple hours of gameplay.  The PSVITA version of this game is the worst in my opinion due to the fact that it starts to look like a slideshow once you get some of the endgame hoards crawling across your screen.  The music is really nice and I found myself dancing along to some of the tunes.  Fun little distraction from the outside world.

 

Gameplay: 7/10

Enjoyment: 8/10

Platinum Difficulty: 3/10

 

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Platinum #152 - Akiba's Beat (PS4)

This game tanked at release, which is when I unfortunately got it, and there's a good reason why.  It. is. NOT. good!  To its credit the game is fully voice acted and some of the sub events are pretty fun to listen to, but the game as a whole is not great.  The game is an action RPG... but it feels way more like a VN with the action RPG bit tacked on.  The game is pretty low quality for a PS4 game, probably due to the fact that this was built around the VITA.  You get support units that will call out useful POI as you are passing them, but they call out every POI without fail, EVERY SINGLE TIME.  Oh there's an enemy!  Oh there's a door!  Oh no, you're low on health!  Oh, I sense a treasure nearby!  There is no way to turn it off and it is the reason I initially dropped the game in the first place.  I decided to pick it up once again to at least power through the main story and got pretty invested in the characters and side story stuff.  The main story is stupid, but the sub stories were very pleasant to work through.

 

Gameplay: 3/10

Enjoyment: 7/10

Platinum Difficulty: 4/10

 

[pl0000pl]

 

uncharted the lost legacy

 

Been wanting to grab this game for some time not I saw it on sale for about 9.99 grabbed it and loved playing every second of it just like how I did with the other uncharted games honestly I can’t express enough how much I love this game franchise all really good and fun games amazing story’s amazing gameplay loved it from start to end 

[Sagaan]

#150 - Nioh 2 

 

Nioh 2 is my goty 2020, the plat took me 132h, i could done it faster but i beat ng + first. Got lvl 300 , my whole gear and weapon + 10, my second build is + 5. So im mega prepared for dlc and the new difficulties. Nioh 2 is way easier then Nioh 1. I did all bosses solo first try except the snake boss in region 1 and oni shibata in region 5. My buil is katana with kingos set and 90% extra dmg to paralyzed foes. Nothing is missable. Most trophies r same dang like in Nioh 1. Game is op asf , plus i had/have lot of fun with it.

[cstanci]

Valkyria Chronices Remastered!!

 

FINALLY! I have had this game for years. I would always play one or two missions and then move on to other games. 

 

So glad I stuck with it this time. AMAZING story and the battles at the end require a TON of strategy!

[vampiresarego]

   #64 - Lara Croft: Go (PS4)

 

21^st Mar 2020

 

A true adventurer

 

5 days, 1 hour, 14 minutes

 

This is a fun little mobile game port set in the Tomb Raider universe.

You play as Lara Croft, obviously, and solve mini puzzles on your way to gathering treasures.

The real appeal to this is the unique turn based puzzles that this game throws at you.

If you have played the Hitman: Go game, then I expect this will be more of the same. 

But, this is my first foray into this world of "GO" games and I quite enjoyed it.

It is a mobile game port, so don't expect the best graphics or the best story or the best sound.

Triple A game this is not.

The trophy list is very achievable, if you just play through the game you will pretty much get all the trophies.

There is a collectibles trophy that you do have to get, but the game is really good at telling you what you missed.

And having a chapter select option allows you to quickly jump into any section and grab those missing treasures.

Also, one of the nice aspects of this game is that there is a hint component that is provided.

I suggest once you are done playing the game through for the first time, once you go back to finishing up the missing trophies, use the hints.

It will guide you through the game step by step, a nice little feature if you ask me.

For a quick, fun, and easy challenge, give this game a "GO"

See what I did there!!

[HellcoreFire]

#127 - I Am Alekhine

 

 

Alekhine's Gun

[Nelson_]

#207 - Samurai Warriors Spirit of Sanada

 

 

 

(The Best Musou Game for me)