Kill Your Completion (Event finished)

[MStalker58]

 

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

Day 3 and Final Thoughts

Trophies: 4/54

 

I ended up playing Castlevania right up until the midnight deadline last night and to be honest I really didn't want to stop playing. Finished Chapter 2, a few levels in Chapter 3, and added another trophy bringing my grand total to 4 trophies. Crimson Idol, just in case you are interested:

 

Yes, those damn spiders made a return. You can even mount them and ride around on them now. Can't decide if that's more or less terrifying. If you are still reading this Crimson, you might not want to click the next spoiler tag. You have been warned. 

 

 

I also killed another Titan and was told it was the last surviving Titan. I'm really hoping so because I'm getting tired of fighting titans between Shadow of the Colossus and this game. We'll see if that's truly the last one. I met an interesting new character on my journey. A girl who can read minds, speaks telepathically, and has a badass looking Dark Knight as a bodyguard. After meeting them, they almost immediately informed me that I would need 4 pieces of a Dark Crystal to open a door and advance. Instead of offering to help, they said they'd just be waiting over here by the exit door while I fought off dozens of enemies while searching for the crystals. Geez, thanks for the help guys. 

 

There have also been more puzzles in the game recently. On a side note, game developers really need to think up some new puzzles for these types of games. Last night I came across the traditional puzzle of having to rotate a bunch of mirrors to bounce a shining light around the room and opening a door. I swear that setup is in almost every single game that features puzzles.

 

Final Thoughts:

 

The main gameplay in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow isn't anything original or revolutionary. The combat is very similar to your typical hack n' slash games like God of War, Darksiders, etc. The exploration, items used, and puzzles kind of resemble things you might see in a Tomb Raider or Zelda game at times. However, just because it isn't unique doesn't mean I didn't really enjoy the game. The settings, graphics (for their age), and voice acting are all high quality. One of my favorite things so far has been mounting these various large beasts and using them to open up new ares or advance through the level. 

 

The story really started to get interesting right when it was time to switch games and I'm dying to see what happens next. Like Helldivers, I'll be itching to go back and play this once the event is over, but for different reasons. With Helldivers, I feel like I've seen the majority of the game but I still have the urge to check in on the status of the war and get back into the action and play some matches. With Castlevania, I feel like I've just scratched the surface of the game and gotten to the point where it's finally starting to pick up momentum. I can't wait to return and invest some time with the story and game. 

Edited July 7, 2016 by MStalker58

[Hemiak]

Game 2 - Greg Hastings Paintball 2
Final, 3 hours total
Trophies: 12/30
Completion: 73.04 (-. 63)

So I had an unexpected cancelation yesterday and headed home early. The family was at the pool with friends. After some soul searching I decided to do the right thing, so I fired up GHP2. I beat 2 more tournaments and was halfway through a third when they came back and my game time ended. Nothing really changed from my last update. The game was OK, but with no story and a small variety of modes it's definitely not something I'm salivating to play when I get home from work. It is however, easy to pick up, play for a short tie, and make progress. This means that I will eventually earn the Plat, though it won't be a priority when the event ends.
Priority after-event playlist: 2 of 2

Mirror's Edge .

Yeah, the combat isn't great but that's because you aren't really suppose to use it. If you watch a good play through they don't hit, punch, or kick a single enemy other than the three story related ones. I felt the same as you on my first run, constantly being overwhelmed and killed, but that's because I didn't know where to go. I think on my hard and speed runs(counted as a full run) I only fought like 4-6 enemies total each. This was usually to take out an HMG enemy, as everyone else is pretty easy to avoid as long as you never stop. I'm bummed you didn't get into the game, it's one of my top 3 played last year easily. Edited July 7, 2016 by Hemiak

[Maddawgmax]

 

 

So I really really love this game. I like the animation style, and the music oddly enough reminds me of a 90's Christian cartoon I watched lol. It actually took a lot longer to get through than I expected (not that jumping into Destiny with some friends a bunch of times helped). I didn't get to play at all on day two, but I made it into chapter 2.

 

Having only just gotten to Cairo I have suspected Inspector LeGrand as being the Raven first, then Doctor Gerbhart shortly after that. Once I got towards the end of the chapter I'm completely convinced that Constable Zellner was the Raven (since retired) and now he's chasing down a impersonator that's sullying his name lol. I also love just how imperfect the characters are especially Zellner. So used to play muscular handsome main characters, but Zellner's just a bald middle aged guy with prominent man boobs lol.

 

I'm probably going to end up finishing this soon because I enjoyed it so much I'm going to fit it in somehow.

Edited July 7, 2016 by Maddawgmax

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

Game #3: Yakuza 4 - Italy 5 (couldn't resist, sorry)
First day
Total playtime: none at all (over an hour of watching the Yakuza 1-3 recaps though)

 

 

So with today comes a new game, Yakuza 4. I expected it to be a variant on Sleeping Dogs, Mafia, GTA, True Crime, the likes. I'm into this kind of game in general (sandbox ranks high on my list of played genres on bigger games) but I often can't get into a game with aged 3D graphics so this game could go either way.

 

As I started the game, I saw "reminisce" in the main menu. I decided to check it, and it appeared to be recaps from the first three games. I thought "well, they wouldn't put it in there if the game wasn't actually built on the backstory, so I better check it out", and I decided to watch everything.

 

More than one hour later, and I discovered a couple of things:

- The franchise revolves around one guy's fight against/with the yakuza.

- This guy tries to get out of the yakuza life constantly, and each time there's a more convoluted way to rope him back in.

- His life features more shocking twists than a daytime soap opera.

- He has exactly one suit.

- His shirt and suit jacket can be torn from his body in one stroke, which he does every time he gets into a fistfight.

- Once he tears away the clothes from his upper body, two things happen: the camera lingers on his tattoos, and the opponent immediately falls on his back. Chances of being helped back on his feet by the protagonist are about 50/50.

 

Going to make some dinner and then start the main game, I'll tell you more afterwards. About the game, not about dinner.

[Hemiak]

- He has exactly one suit.

- His shirt and suit jacket can be torn from his body in one stroke, which he does every time he gets into a fistfight.

- Once he tears away the clothes... the opponent immediately falls on his back. Chances of being helped back on his feet by the protagonist are about 50/50.

 

Absolutely hilarious.

[crimsonidol38]

 

 

 

Crimson Idol, just in case you are interested:

*NOPE*

 

 

Edited July 7, 2016 by Crimson Idol

[DamagingRob]

Between this and the Most Recent Platinum thread, 10 likes are soooo not enough. ._.

 

@Maddawgmax: Glad you're enjoying The Raven. Some trophies were a little tricky, from what I recall, but I found the story very entertaining. 

[effdeegee]

July 7-9

EyePet & Friends

I'm just visiting family, sipping on a coffee, anticipating going home and inserting the EyePet & Friends disc. I'll admit, I was a pretty big fan of EyePet and played it faithfully for an entire month straight, so the thought of playing this game makes my pickle tickle.

I've got Deadliest Catch in its case and back on the shelf and Eyepet & Friends is already removed from the shelf, sitting on the coffee table, and ready to insert/install the moment I walk in the door.

I can't wait to share my initial thoughts, so keep it locked to this channel, folks!

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

Game #3: Yakuza 4
First day
Total playtime: about an hour and a half

 

 

So I played about an hour and a half (in which I got into the first bits of chapter 3) and it quickly turned out I'm not nearly awake enough for this kind of convoluted speaking. Calling it quits and trying more tomorrow.

 

I was positively surprised by the graphics. I expected something akin to GTA IV but this game is much better than that. After the first cutscene ended though, I realised that all discussion outside of cutscenes was just done in speech bubbles... I was not prepared for this and I don't know if it's a dealbreaker. I haven't played a full game with speech as text since the Ocarina Of Time, Banjo Kazooie days... At that point came something like Conker's Bad Fur Day with all speech and since then it's been only the Mario games with speech as text, nothing story heavy.

 

This game very much reminds me of the little bit I played of Final Fantasy XIII. It pretends to give you an open world but really it's just walk a few feet, fight someone, walk a few feet more, cutscene, fight someone else. Yakuza has an actual open world but there's not much incentive to explore, other than getting some trophies eventually. It does not feel like a living and breathing city.

 

I'm going to say right now at the start that I'm ready to hate the chase sequences. Done two of them, one being chased and one being the chaser, and the controls really clash with the rest of the game.

 

Have not seen mister Fourth Chairman (you know, the guy with the one suit that he keeps pulling off) yet though he's been mentioned in conversation. I've only seen the one player character yet though and this game should have four of them.

 

The character we begin with is a 'loan shark' in a very loose sense of the word. The story does feature Yakuza heavily but it has a very strong noir detective feel as well, especially with Lily ("I was at my office when in walks, a dame"). I do not get excited by the combat and I do get annoyed by some of the other gameplay elements but I can't wait to see where the story goes. At this point I don't really like the game itself yet but the story is really roping me in from the start.

[MarkusT1992]

It's not about the completion itself, it's about starting 10 games almost at the same time and not enoying any of them completely, don't let my completion fool you, i started cleaning my profile this year, it was a mess haha

You know for the most games if you like them or not after the first few hours. So this event is great to see if you like a game or not. I have many games which I only played for about one to two hours because I didn't like them that much.

 

Wild Arms 3

 

I never heard of the Wild Arms series befor the release on PS4. I bought this game only because it is a RPG and RPGs is one of my favourite genre. It's a PS2 game from 2002 so the graphics aren't great and a bit blocky. The controls are very strange and I can't remember games having such strange controls. To move the camera you have to push and instead of the right analog stick. That's very confusing as I allways want to use the stick to rotate my camera as in every modern game.

 

The game starts with a cutscene with a girl on a train. There is some sort of incident and the girl tricks the conductor to run past him to an other wagon. The door of this wagon should be locked but instead is open, so both of them, the girl and the conductor, go inside. There's only a chest in there and the whole wagon is dark because the windows are barricaded. The conductor opens the chest and some sparkling lights emerge. That's the moment when three other peaple jump in the wagon.

Now you have to select a character. I chose the girl because she was the first person I saw and only had one star for difficulty. After chosing her I was in a robbery of a village. I (the girl) decided to follow the thives, which are some sort of goblins, to there hideout and get back the things they stole.

There starts the first dungeon. The gameplay is normal RPG gameplay. You walk through the dungeon with random encounters which you can skip by pressing when there's an exclamation mark over your head. But when you do this you lose some points which name I forgot. Currently I have 10. There's a formula to determin how much points you lose but I forgot this as well. You also find some treasure chests to get items.

At the end of the dungeon was a boss which had to be defeated to complete the dungeon. The combat is a turn based combat where you can attack, defend, use an item or abillity and later something I don't have access to right now. Your attack is with an ARM which has a set number of shots per fight. After those shots are fired you only can attack with you fist which does less damage or replenish the shots with an item.

 

After defeating the boss I got another cutscene where the girl decide to become a Drifter. I currently don't know what a Drifter is exactly but I think I willfind out soon.

After that I was back at the character selection screne and had to choose another character. This time I chose a two star character and finishe his dungeon as well. It seems that this is some kind of prologue where you get to know the four main characters. I only playe two of the four so far.

 

How do I like the game? Well, hard to say. After playing only two of the prologues and knowing as good as nothing about the story and lore of the game I can't realy say anything about liking the game or not.

My main struggle at the moment are the controls. The feel very old after playing modern games but where normal back in the PS2 days.

 

And somehow I can't get the Wild Arms trophy list on my profile here on PSNP

 

PS: Germany lost against France in the half finals

Edited July 7, 2016 by MarkusT1992

[voodoo_eyes]

 

Game 3 - Day 1

 

 

Hours played: 2

Trophies earned: 6/51

 

 

First up, here's some backstory. I've barely watched any Cartoon Network shows, as I was already in my teens when those became relevant. The few episodes I've seen, I disliked. I grew up with cartoons from the Disney Channel, like Ducktales, Talespin, Aladdin and The Gummi Bears. Now those were the real deal. As a result I know barely any of the characters from this game. Not that it matters much so far...

 

 

So I'm still trying to figure out what type of game this is. Is clusterfuck a genre? Because this one tries to be a bit of everything and isn't good at anything as a result. It's got platforming, beat'em up, arcade shooter and boss battles that feel like a PSASBR.

 

My progress so far consists of beating the first 4 missions on hard. Each mission consists of 3 parts so far., I dearly hope there won't be any that have more than that.

Edited July 7, 2016 by voodoo_eyes

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

Ah, Ducktales, now those were the days of kid's cartoons. Gummi Bears, Rescue Rangers...

Truth be told though there's some fun stuff thrown in for the more mature audience in the old Cartoon Network stuff like Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo and Cow & Chicken. To my recollection at least.

[Hemiak]

July 7-9

EyePet & Friends

I'm just visiting family, sipping on a coffee, anticipating going home and inserting the EyePet & Friends disc. I'll admit, I was a pretty big fan of EyePet and played it faithfully for an entire month straight, so the thought of playing this game makes my pickle tickle.

I can't wait to share my initial thoughts, so keep it locked to this channel, folks!

I have to be honest. This post made absolutely no sense to me. Seriously, it's like the words are there, but they don't actually go together into anything resembling a coherent sentence. I was convinced you had developed typing Aphasia and had no idea what you were entering into the computer. Then I realized you had made one small error, so I decided to be an awesome friend and fix it for you here...

July 7-9

Bioshock

I'm just visiting family, sipping on a coffee, anticipating going home and inserting the Bioshock disc. I'll admit, I've never played Bioshock before, but I could see myself playing it faithfully for an entire month straight, so the thought of playing this game makes my pickle tickle.

I've got Deadliest Catch in its case and back on the shelf and Bioshock is already removed from the shelf, sitting on the coffee table, and ready to insert/install the moment I walk in the door.

I can't wait to share my initial thoughts, so keep it locked to this channel, folks!

You're welcome.

Game #3: Yakuza 4

First day

Total playtime: about an hour and a half

Super bummed I didn't add this to my list. (/s)

I also finally got around to changing the games in the OP.

Edited July 8, 2016 by Hemiak

[voodoo_eyes]

Ah, Ducktales, now those were the days of kid's cartoons. Gummi Bears, Rescue Rangers...

Truth be told though there's some fun stuff thrown in for the more mature audience in the old Cartoon Network stuff like Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo and Cow & Chicken. To my recollection at least.

 

I only saw a few episodes of the ones you mentioned and none of them got me hooked. Instead I was watching Simpsons and South Park .

[MStalker58]

First up, here's some backstory. I've barely watched any Cartoon Network shows, as I was already in my teens when those became relevant. The few episodes I've seen, I disliked. I grew up with cartoons from the Disney Channel, like Ducktales, Talespin, Aladdin and The Gummi Bears. Now those were the real deal. As a result I know barely any of the characters from this game. Not that it matters much so far...

 

Ah, Ducktales, now those were the days of kid's cartoons. Gummi Bears, Rescue Rangers...

 

Did someone say DuckTales? What a strange coincidence. Guess what my current game for the event is.......

 

 

Not ready to give my Day 1 thoughts yet since I'm hoping to squeeze in a couple more hours with the game tonight. Let's just say I'm loving it so far though. 

Edited July 7, 2016 by MStalker58

[effdeegee]

July 7-9

EyePet & Friends

First off; lol @ Hemiak.

I came home, popped in the disc, tiny initial install, and here we go!

Right out of the gate, the new voice of the franchise has the most irritating voice ever. The first game had some older, gentleman professor. Not this time. "Hey, kids! Are you ready to have some fun?!" Um, not if you're going to keep speaking, sir, no. "Oh, well, guess what, kids?! I'm gonna do a 30 second tutorial every time you click any of the 50 different things on the screen!!!" OMG what did I start? Which button do I press to gouge my eardrums out?

Next step is to calibrate. Point the wand at the Eye and hold the Move button. Beep. Check. Now touch the wand to the floor and hold the Move button. Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep BEEP BEEP BEEP OMG HOW CAN YOU NOT FIND THE FLOOR?!?! It's like RIGHT THERE! Touch floor, hold button; this isn't space shuttle engineering. It took like 10 minutes of opening and closing window blinds, turning on and off lights, and holding the Move button at different spots/heights. Not even joking.

Third step is to hatch the egg. "Use the hair dryer to heat up the egg," the souless Ken doll explains. Now we get to experience the depth perception issues. A bazillion years later, we heat the egg enough that it cracks. "The EyePet likes to play a game before he leaves the egg. Just poke the side of the egg where the EyePet pokes." Aaaand the camera isn't picking up my hand movements and the wand doesn't register during this part. My 90th birthday comes and goes and the egg finally cracks open. "But wait, he needs to be petted to fully exit because he's shy."



So help me sweet Jebus, if this little rat doesn't exit this egg in less than 2.1 seconds, I will buy a plane ticket to EyePetsville and kick the developer right in the meat and two veg.

Now, I have a little baby monkey cat thing named Jeffery. He's pink with black stripes and wears a ninja headband. Don't be a h8ter cuz he's fabulous.

I check around the menus, check the PS Store for free stuff, go back to the game, recalibrate without an issue, and the trophies start pouring out. Fed him, DING! Washed him, DING! Made a sticker, DING! 11 trophies in 1 hour.

The worst thing about this is that I totally forgot how it requires me ol' crippled arse to be sitting on the floor while playing.

[MStalker58]

 

July 7-9

EyePet & Friends

First off; lol @ Hemiak.

I came home, popped in the disc, tiny initial install, and here we go!

Right out of the gate, the new voice of the franchise has the most irritating voice ever. The first game had some older, gentleman professor. Not this time. "Hey, kids! Are you ready to have some fun?!" Um, not if you're going to keep speaking, sir, no. "Oh, well, guess what, kids?! I'm gonna do a 30 second tutorial every time you click any of the 50 different things on the screen!!!" OMG what did I start? Which button do I press to gouge my eardrums out?

Next step is to calibrate. Point the wand at the Eye and hold the Move button. Beep. Check. Now touch the wand to the floor and hold the Move button. Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep BEEP BEEP BEEP OMG HOW CAN YOU NOT FIND THE FLOOR?!?! It's like RIGHT THERE! Touch floor, hold button; this isn't space shuttle engineering. It took like 10 minutes of opening and closing window blinds, turning on and off lights, and holding the Move button at different spots/heights. Not even joking.

Third step is to hatch the egg. "Use the hair dryer to heat up the egg," the souless Ken doll explains. Now we get to experience the depth perception issues. A bazillion years later, we heat the egg enough that it cracks. "The EyePet likes to play a game before he leaves the egg. Just poke the side of the egg where the EyePet pokes." Aaaand the camera isn't picking up my hand movements and the wand doesn't register during this part. My 90th birthday comes and goes and the egg finally cracks open. "But wait, he needs to be petted to fully exit because he's shy."

So help me sweet Jebus, if this little rat doesn't exit this egg in less than 2.1 seconds, I will buy a plane ticket to EyePetsville and kick the developer right in the meat and two veg.

Now, I have a little baby monkey cat thing named Jeffery. He's pink with black stripes and wears a ninja headband. Don't be a h8ter cuz he's fabulous.

I check around the menus, check the PS Store for free stuff, go back to the game, recalibrate without an issue, and the trophies start pouring out. Fed him, DING! Washed him, DING! Made a sticker, DING! 11 trophies in 1 hour.

The worst thing about this is that I totally forgot how it requires me ol' crippled arse to be sitting on the floor while playing.

 

 

There are times that simply liking a post doesn't suffice. Couldn't stop laughing and almost couldn't finish reading that post. Seriously, I would read a line, start laughing to the point that I couldn't concentrate to read, stop and collect myself, read another line and start laughing all over again. Kudos. 

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

I have to be honest. This post made absolutely no sense to me. Seriously, it's like the words are there, but they don't actually go together into anything resembling a coherent sentence. I was convinced you had developed typing Aphasia and had no idea what you were entering into the computer. Then I realized you had made one small error, so I decided to be an awesome friend and fix it for you here...

You're welcome.

Super bummed I didn't add this to my list. (/s)

I also finally got around to changing the games in the OP.

 

First, I'm afraid I'm not that into Bioshock as you (and people in general) are. I might agree with playing a huge game like Just Cause 2 or 3, Fallout or Skyrim for a month, but not a straight forward shooter like Bioshock.

 

It might be because I got the game too late when graphics had moved on but I thought it was a drab of a sub-standard FPS. It helps that I'm not really into FPS, I am now enjoying DOOM and the last FPS I enjoyed before that was Wolfenstein: The New Order, over two years ago. I tried to get into Bioshock on no less than three separate occasions, never getting farther than an hour or three, four in. I even tried Bioshock Infinite later on to see if updated graphics and a nicer view would do the trick but I got bored about halfway through.

 

Second, might be because I'm not on forums that much but I don't get "(/s)". Is that like "/sarcasm"?

 

I only saw a few episodes of the ones you mentioned and none of them got me hooked. Instead I was watching Simpsons and South Park .

 

Even though I liked The Simpsons, I somehow never saw anything after the Movie. Currently going through South Park again in preparation for Butthole, I'm at the end of season four. I pre-ordered the collector's edition with the The Coon statuette, I think it's awesome that Europe gets the CE this time around. Would have loved to have Grand Wizard Cartman.

 

I'm not saying I actively followed those CN shows, just saying they've got their merits. I was getting into a live-action phase at that point actually, watching X-Files, Angel and the likes.

 

Did someone say DuckTales? What a strange coincidence. Guess what my current game for the event is.......

 

 

Not ready to give my Day 1 thoughts yet since I'm hoping to squeeze in a couple more hours with the game tonight. Let's just say I'm loving it so far though. 

 

Such a cool game. Played it again myself this year. I played it on the X360 before and I got it free on PS+ before I owned a PS3 - I was actually looking to get a PS3 because of all the free games I was getting for it, then a friend decided to leave his at my place since he wasn't using it any more anyway.

[Mendant909]

Game #3

Day 1

 

Since Beyond: Two Souls's key selling point is the story, I'll give my full thoughts on it on the third day and instead share some of my thoughts on several moments of the game, just without the proper context. There are a couple of spoilers so be warned for those who are interested in playing the game.

• No wonder Jodie is wanted if she has the power to kill a swat unit easily.
• So young Jodie didn't along well with Aiden at first.
• At least the government is making use of the spirit Aiden for intel theft.
• Why hasn't Jodie trained to be able to be seperated from Jodie for a long time?
• Huh, Brook from One Piece has this ability and it only took two years of training to make great use of it.
• Oh no, David Cage is going into Indigo Prophecy territory.
• There must have been reprints of Edgar Allen Poe's poetry, so that book can't be that special.
• Who drinks warm beer? Who wears their mom's thongs?! How does she not notice the missing underwear?!!!
• Drinking beer does not guarantee a good time, sadly I have witnessed that.
• David Cage sure did make a good excuse for the English man to be in America.
• These teenagers are more fickle than ECW fans.
• I call BS on that cupboard as that's rare in America and Cage shamelessly ripped off Harry Potter.
• I can't wait to replay the game and kill those punks.
• Look's like Jodie got training in the government for some reason.
• Aiden could fix broken bones!
• I experimented on failing some of the QTEs in action scenes and I'll talk about that more on Saturday.
• Jodie survived getting shot and didn't even look affected it! Even Kalisto did a better job selling his "injured" back and he did a trampoline bounce.
• Jodie hit and may have killed a police dog!!!
• Jodie chocked an officer to death.
• Jodie can communicate to Aiden while unconscious, which makes me question why she spoke out loud to him before.
• Why would a kid try to suffocate another kid with snow, let alone suffocate?!
• The freaking psychopath had the audacity to call Jodie a witch.
• Why is witch the go-to insult for Jodie and why hasn't anyone learned from Carrie?
• The dad is a coward and I doubt he and the mom are Jodie's actual parents.
• Oh no, David Cage has gone into Indigo Prophecy territory!!!

 

David Cage didn't learn from the third act of Indigo Prophecy and now this game has its own share of BS. I'll see how stupid it gets and I'm predicting that Aiden is the unborn twin-brother of Jodie, which doesn't make sense as it's unborn and shouldn't have much experience of the world. If I'm going for something for bizarre I'll say Aiden is Jodie's spirit from the future to explain why Aiden is more open to killing.

 

 

Yeah, the combat isn't great but that's because you aren't really suppose to use it. If you watch a good play through they don't hit, punch, or kick a single enemy other than the three story related ones. I felt the same as you on my first run, constantly being overwhelmed and killed, but that's because I didn't know where to go. I think on my hard and speed runs(counted as a full run) I only fought like 4-6 enemies total each. This was usually to take out an HMG enemy, as everyone else is pretty easy to avoid as long as you never stop. I'm bummed you didn't get into the game, it's one of my top 3 played last year easily.

The combat does seem like a last resort as it's not like I wanted to be in fights, in fact I tried to avoid them like the plague. The problem for me was that every time I tried to run away I'd get shot while climbing a pipe or platform and I'd have to redo that section again. It's like the decent idea of first-person parkour just got dragged to hell by the hideous implementation of enemies and it reminds me of the elegance of Super Mario Bros. In that game enemies do get in your way but they're mainly easy to overcome and could be easily avoided, except for the Hammer Bros. I would hate to imagine a Super Mario game where instead of Goombas there would be Hammer Bros as the main baddie and Mirror's Edge is the closest experience I've had to that nightmare. As I've said I'll try the Time Trials later and maybe it'll make me question why that wasn't the focus of the game. Mirror's Edge looks like it could have been a good extreme sports game as the story is nothing to celebrate about.

 

[crimsonidol38]

Game #3:
Zone of the Enders HD Edition ()

 

It's the year 2175. You are Leo. A small boy living somewhere on a colony in the orbit of Jupiter. One day there's a sudden invasion and people in so-called Orbital Frames, big mechs, attack the colony and kill everyone around you. What's their mission? You don't know yet. The only thing is that they want you dead, too. You flee around the colony and by coincidence you find an Orbitral Frame that's in service mode. Right before the enemies get to kill you, you are somehow able to get into the Orbitral Frame and are welcomed by Ada, the AI of the mech. She advises you to defend the colony and Jehuty, which is the Frame you are sitting in, against the intruders. And so your journey begins...

 

After getting to know a little bit of the game's background you are already in the action. The game plays like a typical arena-based hack'n'slash with the additional possiblity to move up- or downwards. There are close combat and long range attacks, the possibility to guard, some special attacks you can unleash and that's it so far. The arena's represent various areas of the Leo's home colony. In these you can more or less roam freely. There are several enemies you have to take care off and some terminals you can use to get passwords (don't know what they are for, yet) or some upgrades to Jehuty. While fitting the enemies it's possible that the surroundings get destroyed and you somehow should prevent that. So far I only played the first real mission after the forced fight against the mech Neigh (which is controlled by Viola which seems to have some kind of hatred against the colony and Leo?) against a mech called Tempest.

That fight was plain annoying as it took several minutes to drain the health bar of that mech. There only one opportunity to drain his health during the fight's second phase which only lasts for about a second. After that you have to wait for about 20 seconds. While fighting him I was told by the ADA that the surroundings suffered major damage. After the fight I was so frustrated that I quitted the game as it didn't feel like I would have the motivation to keep on playing that day... :/

 

Let's see if I find more motivation this evening.

[Hemiak]

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The Bioshock thing goes back to earlier this year. When eff did the original event in January it was like the 3rd highest ranked game chosen by other users. It was also the only game out of all 31 he didn't end up playing. It's become a bit of a running joke that it gets suggested regularly.

I also know that its not exactly bursting with content. Hell, even with my extremely limited gaming time, I finished it in like 2 weeks, but I was trying to keep my changes to his post minimal, and that's what he had there already.

Yeah, the /s is basically, "end sarcasm". After your early glowing Yakuza review, I wasn't too sorry that I went with Dragons Dogma instead.

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Glad you're enjoying the game. Yeah, it definitely doesn't have a rock solid plot, but I found it interesting to see how it all fit together. My wife really enjoyed following along with the game as well.

About ME, I get that it isn't for everyone, and it definitely has a few flaws. I just got so absorbed into the execution of the actual running that the other stuff just didn't seem as important to me. And yes, SMbros, with nothing but hammer Bros would be an absolute nightmare. >.<

I had Ico in the disc tray ready to go at 10:20, when the show I was watching with my wife ended. Then she asked if we could watch one more episode. Being a good husband I said sure, and then fell asleep on the couch. I'll get to it tonight for sure.

Edited July 8, 2016 by Hemiak

[MStalker58]

 

DuckTales: Remastered

Day 1

Trophies: 6/20 (28%)

 

I was feeling a bit disappointed when it was time to move on from Castlevania. Then I realized that my next game was DuckTales and as soon as the title screen appeared on my TV, I had completely forgotten about my previous games. I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again, but I love a good 2D platformer. Seriously, if I was stranded on a deserted island and could only play 1 game genre for the rest of my life, or if the gaming gods made it to where developers could only make 1 genre (both very realistic scenarios I know), I would pick 2D platformers. Whether it's classic games I grew up with like Mario, Donkey Kong Country, Super Metroid, and Mega Man or new games like Rogue Legacy and Shovel Knight, I simply can't get enough of them. I know the main reason behind this is nostalgia and the fact that these games are what got me into gaming when I was a kid. But for me, these types of games are also the perfect mix of simple yet complex. Also, I never have to worry about filler or boring side missions with these games. By the end of the games, I'm always left feeling like I want more. Anyways, enough with my love letter to the genre, let's get to the game. 

 

The game started off with those darn Beagle Boys breaking into my vault. I thwarted off their attack while saving Huey, Dewey, and Louie. After the intro mission was complete, I decided to take a swim in my pile of gold located in the Vault. Yes there was a trophy for this, but I have to admit that I continue to stop by and take a swim after each mission. I mean who doesn't want to swim around in a massive pile of gold and money? Next up it was time to tackle the main levels in the game. So far I have beaten Transylvania, The Himalayas, and African Mines. Transylvania featured the typical things you'd expect in a haunted house type of level. There was a creepy castle, skeletons, mummies, ghosts, hidden passageways, magical mirrors that teleported you to different areas of the level, etc. The Himalayas was your traditional snow/ice level that is found in most of these games. Even had to fight a Yeti at the end of the level. The African mines was an underground level complete with mine cart riding sequences similar to those found in Donkey Kong games. Up next today is The Amazon and The Moon. Yes, that's right. I said the moon. I'm loving the updated graphics, the soundtrack and sound effects, and basically everything about the game at the moment. I could keep going but I'm dying to start playing again so I'll stop here. 

 

Oh yeah, I also reached the #5,000 trophy milestone with this game. It was the first trophy I could obtain in the game so there was no way around that or trying to find one with a cool name. The trophy that finally got me the milestone ended up being:

 

 Work Smarter Not Harder

Edited July 8, 2016 by MStalker58

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

Game #3: Yakuza 4
Second day
Total playtime: about two and a half hours

 

 

Here's what happened today with my player character in Yakuza 4:

• He goes to his office, finds police outside and the chief of police inside. The chief tells him that one family of the yakuza is out for blood, the police is looking for the yakuza member with the current largest bullseye on his face and since the PC nows that guy, he's being protected by a police watch.
• Instead of doing anything about or with the information mentioned above, the PC goes on to buy a woman who wants a loan a dress, some jewelry, then shows a teen how to talk women into being a "hostess", then goes on a date with the woman he bought the dress and jewelry for. But only after he makes her change her clothes, playing dress up in front of him complete with "before/after" shot. And then he pushes her into being a hostess as well. And then he forces her to treat him as her first customer. And then he wants to see her "after hours".

Sigh. I thought this was a game about Yakuza, not Adult Entertainment Industry Manager. I'm getting very annoyed by the lack of speech as well, especially when the whole conversation with the chief is in text and he randomly does one word spoken before switching back to text. The "date" was not much better with that.

 

I'm calling it quits today, I've got no energy for this kind of stuid fluff. I have a lot of gaming time tomorrow but as it is now I might just put in the last half hour that is required for me to have played the minimal three hours and then go enjoy DOOM or a SNES game, or both.

 

Ah, if only I hade some classic 2D platformer to enjoy!

[crimsonidol38]

Wild Arms 3

How do I like the game? Well, hard to say. After playing only two of the prologues and knowing as good as nothing about the story and lore of the game I can't realy say anything about liking the game or not.

My main struggle at the moment are the controls. The feel very old after playing modern games but where normal back in the PS2 days.

The controls really feel strange, especially the camera. About the story:

It will take some hours until you will get to know the basics of it. You would have to play at least up to the end of the first chapter to get some basics.

 

And somehow I can't get the Wild Arms trophy list on my profile here on PSNP

AFAIK PSNProfiles only gets the 0% trophy lists when you have at least one trophy after the list was added to your PSN-account. But your first trophy in this game shouldn't be too far away. You will earn one at the end of the prologues.

Ah, if only I hade some classic 2D platformer to enjoy!

Shovel Knight.

Or grab the Mega Man Legacy Collection. It's currently on sale in EU and costs only 8 Euros.

Edited July 8, 2016 by Crimson Idol

[delboy_rules]

 I grew up with cartoons from the Disney Channel, like Ducktales, Talespin, Aladdin and The Gummi Bears. Now those were the real deal. 

 

Holy crap, I was catching up on this thread while watching telly, a random episode of The Goldbergs one on, and Adam (one of the characters) started singing the theme tune to The Gummi Bears.  These coincidences really freak me out.  Get out of my telly box voodoo_eyes 

 

Great updates guys.