Kill Your Completion (Event finished)

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

Shovel Knight.

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

I was actually alluding to MStalker's piece before me :-)

I love me some classic platforming but I was never into Shovel Knight. I also never really liked the Mega Man series. Only one I liked enough to play through was Mega Man X on the SNES.

I really like Ducktales and I absolutely love Super Star Wars, I also like semi retros like Rayman Legends, Braid or Fez. There's a bunch of new platformers I love which aren't even (fully) retro, like Runner2 or Unravel or Limbo or Thomas Was Alone or Stealth Inc 1.

All in all, if we're taking big sandbox games out of the equation then platformers are probably wat I enjoy most, perhaps tied with puzzle games. I still have a selective taste though.

Edited July 8, 2016 by BillyHorrible

[MStalker58]

 

Game #3:

Zone of the Enders HD Edition ()

 

I thought 2nd Runner was much more enjoyable than the original. The first game kind of felt like a demo or something to me. Like they had this general idea or concept of mech combat and then just threw some stuff around that gameplay. The sequel felt like a much more cohesive and complete game with better polish around the edges. I also liked how they switched the cutscenes to anime rather than using that CGI that looks very outdated in the first game. 

 

Overall those games are right in the middle of the average ratings scale for me. Didn't love them but didn't hate them. I really don't mean that as a negative though. I know in today's market it seems like a game is either the greatest thing ever created or complete garbage and a disaster, but I still find value in decent games that might do a few solid things. Hope you end up enjoying it more and the second game is much better imo.

 

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.

 

No kidding, it freaked me out when voodoo and Billy starting talking about DuckTales of all things and that happened to be the game I was playing. Off topic but do you like The Goldbergs? That's one of my favorite current comedies. 

 

I was actually alluding to MStalker's piece before me :-)

I love me some classic platforming but I was never into Shovel Knight. I also never really liked the Mega Man series. Only one I liked enough to play through was Mega Man X on the SNES.

I really like Ducktales and I absolutely love Super Star Wars, I also like semi retros like Rayman Legends, Braid or Fez. There's a bunch of new platformers I love which aren't even (fully) retro, like Runner2 or Unravel or Limbo or Thomas Was Alone or Stealth Inc 1.

All in all, if we're taking big sandbox games out of the equation then platformers are probably wat I enjoy most, perhaps tied with puzzle games. I still have a selective taste though.

 

After reading that highlighted part, we are no longer friends. 

 

I'm joking. I loved Rayman Origins and Legends and am hoping they eventually make another game. I need to look into those other games you mentioned. I believe DuckTales is the last platformer in my backlog so I need to stock up on some more.

[delboy_rules]

No kidding, it freaked me out when voodoo and Billy starting talking about DuckTales of all things and that happened to be the game I was playing. Off topic but do you like The Goldbergs? That's one of my favorite current comedies. 

 

Yeah its alright.  I pretty much dual screen everything, so there is always some telly on, and I tend to prefer comedies.

[voodoo_eyes]

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.

 

You should be grateful, that it wasn't me singing it . It would've been way cooler, if you'd actually found an obscure channel that was still broadcasting those cartoons .

[crimsonidol38]

I was actually alluding to MStalker's piece before me :-)

Ah, didn't catch the connection then.

Maybe the reason is/was that I didn't like the DuckTales-remake that much. It was ok to revisit all those locations with updated graphics and some additional gameplay elements but the actual gameplay wasn't fun for me. Personally I enjoyed the Castle of Illusion-remake, which came out around the same time, much more.

Back in the days I also liked to play several of the cult 2D-platformers (Lion King, Mario World 2, the Donkey Kong-trilogy :heart: ) but now I'm more enjoying the 3D-platformers. But like with every genre there are some hits and some misses. As of today I'm really anticipating the release of Wayforward's (they programmed the DuckTales-remake) upcoming Shantae-game. As a KS-backer I was able to play the E3 2015-demo and I really like

Edited July 8, 2016 by Crimson Idol

[MarkusT1992]

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.

I didn't know that.

 

Wild Arms 3 (Day 2)

 

I finished the prologue today and got my first trophy for the game. I can't say any other things since my last update but I get accustomed to the controls. Ihope I have more time to play tomorrow and at least beat one more boss.

[Maddawgmax]

 

Okay so I cheated and finished this game anyways, sue me I had to know how it ended and PS Now was being really garbage with me trying to get this game finished. Not to mention the bugs itself.

 

So I was right Zellner was the original Raven the entire time. They made it blatantly obvious that the guy we was after was not the real Raven. Like I said I first suspected Inspector LeGrand before moving my suspicions over to Gerbhart, who interestingly I really really liked up until the events in the Saloon of the boat. He seemed kind of nice, which was contrast to his asshole behavior when you play as the second character. Turned out he was really tortured and quite evil. He had no good reasoning for anything he liked the Jewish girl who I suspected never reciprocated and was outraged that she was pregnant and killed her. Anyways as far as the revelation I have to admit I was upset he was the girls father and they were all in on it. I was hoping that he was a solo agent and that they were going to be completely surprised at the end. Like he basically survives spoils the fake Raven's show and then at the end LeGrand realizes holy crap that stupid Swiss cop was playing me the entire game. Instead those three are sipping champagne on a beach lol.  

 

Great game though I absolutely loved it. One of my favorite adventures games of all time, by a guy who freaking loves adventure games.

 

Now I don't have to work or do anything the rest of today or tomorrow so it looks like I'm going to bust my ass getting some hours into God of War.

You should be grateful, that it wasn't me singing it . It would've been way cooler, if you'd actually found an obscure channel that was still broadcasting those cartoons .

 

I see you've been playing the Star Trek game, I've actually very much wanted to add a Star Trek platinum to my collection because I'm a fan of the series and those movies. How is it?

[voodoo_eyes]

 

Game 3 - Day 2

 

Hours Played: 3 and a halfish

Trophies earned: 10/51

 

 

Not much to say really. Game is all over with the difficulty. It started out somewhat difficult, then got easy and now it's back to rage-inducing. Not because it's difficult per se, but because some fights are just broken as hell, as in your character getting stun locked in an infinite loop of damage..

 

I've now completed 7 levels, there are 9 I think. I'll probably try to finish the story mode up before going to bed.

 

Oh and before I forget, the game is utter shite, so yeah... licensed cash grab.

 

 

PS: Why is there no emote for "vomiting" ? It would represent perfectly what I want to do after beating a level in this crapfest.

 

 

 

@Maddawgmax: The game is alright, the AI is atrocious though. It is in permanent co-op mode. The 2nd character is controlled by CPU, if there isn't a human player around, It also suffers from a couple of bugs and glitches, especially on stealth sections (mandatory for plat). Finishing the game in co-op is a must as well, which is what I've been doing recently (local co-op with a friend of mine). Unfortunately there isn't much variety in enemies instead there are a shitload of cutscenes, often 4 or 5 in a row.

 

I bought it for €4,00 and it's not worth much more imo. So if you can get it cheap, maybe check it out.

Edited July 8, 2016 by voodoo_eyes

[Mendant909]

Game #3

Day 2

 

Getting sleepy so I'll try to make it quick. Story sucks a huge chunk but it's so terrible I want to know how far David Cage goes. Reminds me of those Italian rip-off films. Too much yelling with anger and confusion at all the BS with the ghosts and the birth scene; saw the latter better in The Walking Dead: Season 2. Woman+bar+pinball machine=I know where this is going. I wish Cage paid homage/ripped-off Terminator 2 or Desperado instead. Two minute scene for a whole chapter. Full final thoughts tomorrow.

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

Game #3: Yakuza 4
Final Review
Total playtime: about three and a half hours
Trophies: 1/49 (the only trophy I got was for watching the recaps, got nothing in-game)



There once was a Japanese loan shark
Whose yakuza plot quickly got real dark
But he's distracted by hoes
And buying them clothes
I'd rather be playing an aardvark

I experimented with ending in "not even the same ballpark", but then I thought aardvarks were funnier. And cooler than this game.

So today our story continues with the "date"... What place does the girl pick for their date? Why, the roof of the slum appartment building she grew up in of course! And then she asks why men are so focused on working themselves to death while they forget the woman by their side. Yeah, nice mood there. Luckily our PC shuts her up by telling her that men understand that keeping someone you love happy tends to work better if you have a steady income. Isn't this the woman who wants to load a hundred million yen? Yeah, no hipocrisy there... She tries to talk her way out of it by saying "Strange, how I never cared for money and ended up needing so much". Riiiiight... I'm not buying it. And then it's time for one actual spoken line, followed by a romantic kiss, because the mood is oh so good... And then they go talk about why they kissed and blah blah blah. I'm actually glad some thugs interrupt them. And then in the middle of the fist fight, some douchebag decided to start shooting at me. What kind of game were we playing again? I decided to pick up a bench and smash all their faces in.

Random thought:
Why does this city even have streets if there's no cars at all (just a few parked taxis) and half the people here are just walking on the street instead of on the pavement?

Then we finally get to further the plot a bit. Our main guy decided that the best way to find his friend who is in trouble... is giving a lackey some money to go find said friend, whom he also admits saved the PC's life at one point. Yeah, nice one. I guess our resident dipshit has too much on his hands what with his hostesses and all, much too important to help a friend out in any real way. And then he goes into a long backstory bit, during which we can look long at a couple of boring pictures of him. And then he goes into a "deep" monologue about how this concrete jungle needs a lion. And just so we're abslutely clear that this is meant to be deep, we have another character being amazed by how deep it is.

And then he finally goes to check on someone who has to pay a loan back. But before he's even walked to the street, he has decided that he'd better check up on his hostess first. Silly me, expecting that an open world means getting multiple missions and choosing yourself which to tackle first. Also, we get our first e-mail. Which is spam.

I'm done with this game. As I'm outside of the business, I try to go inside and save but first it twice just puts me into a stupid conversation with someone who wants money and then makes me leave again.

Sadly, after all the people talking this game up I can only say it's a real drag that doesn't manage to rope me in at all. It started fairly promising but it took a dive right into the concrete floor down below. I might finish this if I ever find myself without any other games to play.

Tomorrow: ZOMBI.

P.S. Apparently the Doodle God Ultimate Collection is free for PAL regions on PS3. That's Doodle God, Doodle Devil and Doodle Kingdom. I played something like that on my phone years ago, should be fun.

Edited July 9, 2016 by BillyHorrible

[MStalker58]

 

DuckTales: Remastered

Day 2

Trophies: 17/20 (80%) 

 

Kill Your Completion? Pfft.

 

I finished the story and completed the game on Normal difficulty! First up was a trip to the Moon. Turns out we didn't need to space suit to walk and breathe on the moon because Gyro invented Oxy-chew, an oxygen flavored moon gum. Makes sense to me. The level also featured a UFO as well as a boss battle with a mutated rat. Fun stuff.

 

Next up was a visit to The Amazon in search of a hidden temple. This stage featured the most annoying trophy so far. Basically, you have to make it through a certain platforming section without your feet ever touching the ground. For those of you that have never played the game, one of it's core mechanics is the pogo jump and it's put to full use in this part. If you have ever played Shovel Knight, it is very similar to the Shovel Drop move. I believe that DuckTales was the actual inspiration for that mechanic in Shovel Knight. Anyways, this trophy was harder than it sounds or looks. Not only are there enemies placed in annoying locations, but there are also spikes or thorns on both the ceiling and floor throughout most of the section. To get through without taking damage or touching the floor, you have to make use of the mid-range Pogo jump. Basically, you have release the pogo button in the middle of a jump to avoid hitting the thorns on the ceiling and then re-activate it before hitting the floor. If you have good timing, this really isn't too bad. Unfortunately, if your rhythm is off like mine was yesterday, then you could have some trouble. I had some trouble. Doesn't help that the timing window seemed a little off at times for activating the pogo jump and those thorns and enemies had some pretty big hit boxes or whatever. Anyways, after practicing for longer than I care to admit, I finally completed the section and got the trophy.

 

After finding the 5 treasures there was some story involving betrayal and dirty shenanigans from Flintheart Glomgold and Magica De Spell. As a result, it was time to travel to Mount Vesuvius, the final stage in the game, in an attempt to rescue Huey, Dewey, and Louie. This was your typical fire or lava stage but it also featured another part that drove me crazy for a few minutes. There is a minecart sequence where you have to reach a ledge by jumping from the cart before it plummets to your death. I seriously kept dying at this part over and over again. I simply couldn't figure out the timing to make the jump. I finally got lucky and survived one time, only to immediately die a few seconds later because there is a second similar jump. I had to backtrack through the level to reach this point several times so I was starting to get frustrated. Then, I finally realized that you had to stay in the cart until almost the last possible second and jump right before the cart disappears into the pit at the bottom of the screen. I had been jumping shortly after the tracks disappeared at the top of the screen. 

 

After that embarrassing moment, the rest of the game wasn't too hard. Dracula Duck had a few annoying moves and I died once in the race/chase scene after the boss fight. Also, I still have the DuckTales theme song stuck in my head from the closing credits. Just 3 trophies left so I'll probably see how far I can get on Hard difficulty today and try unlocking some more art in the Gallery. 

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

Turns out we didn't need to space suit to walk and breathe on the moon because Gyro invented Oxy-chew, an oxygen flavored moon gum. Makes sense to me.

Funniest one I ever saw was in Sam&Max (not the average to good games, the amazing comic). They can breathe on the moon just fine and Max guesses that the astronauts just didn't have the stones to try it.

[Hemiak]

 

This is me over the last day and a half.  Needless to say, I haven't played anything and I'm not sure I'm going to.  Carry on without me.

[MarkusT1992]

Wild Arms 3 (Day 3)

 

I couldn't play as much of this game as I wnated to.

Today I got mainly story cutscenes. I went back to the homerown of one of the four main characters to leran something about the guardians and got a mission to aquire those four guardians with the help of the Ark Scepter. So I went back to the ruins in which I was in the prologue. On the top is something like a shrine for the four guardians. There I had to fight all four one after another. For each win I got a plat with the guardian inside I believe?. With these plates I can use some kind of magic. They are for water, fire, wind and earth. These battles weren't that easy but after getting the water one I could use Analize again to see the weakness of the guardians.

Then the party decided to split but befor they do so they want to celebrate in Jolly Roger, a harbour town. To find new locations you need to talk to people to get clues where this location is. You can't find a location without hearing the clue for it. To finally find it you have to press on the world map near the location. That's actually a nice idea. This way you can't go anywhere to game doesn't want you to go.

In Jolly Roger we hear of some treasure and one of our group decides to go after it. The girl suggest to stay together and search for this treasure instead everyone doing his own thing.

Sp we leave the tavern and meet Janus, our enemy Drifter group again. They want to work together to find the treasure but we happily decline the offer.

And thats where I left the game.

 

I think the game start here to get better. So far I didn't quite enjoy the game as much as my first two games played in this event but I might enjoy it more when I play on. Unfortunately the three day are over and I have to go on to the next game but I think I will come back to Filgaia and play some more.

[Maddawgmax]

 

This is me over the last day and a half.  Needless to say, I haven't played anything and I'm not sure I'm going to.  Carry on without me.

 

Wait you're not going to play anything for the rest of the month or your current game sucks and you don't want to play it?

[voodoo_eyes]

Game 3 - Day 3

 

 

 

 

Hours Played: a bit over 4

Trophies earned: 15/51

 

 

Didn't finish the story mode after all, stuck on the last boss and can't be arsed to try again today. I may get it done eventually, but I'm in no rush whatsoever. Bollocks to this game, and cheers to you folks *sips on a glass of sangria*.

Edited July 10, 2016 by voodoo_eyes

[effdeegee]

July 7-9

EyePet & Friends

Trophies: +33/36 (7,501 - 7,534)

Well, I didn't play the game yesterday because I worked, made many phone calls regarding my future, and got a new tattoo, so I decided to bunker down and see all of the things I was missing in this game since the first day. During the first play session, I got a bunch of tutorials, followed by a bunch of trophies for "first feeding," "first bath," and "first check up." Today, was actually playing all of the minigames and seeing what the game really had to offer in terms of content.

I played for 2:31:00 and scored 20 trophies ( 16 and 4 ).

It's a pretty good game and I think it's better than EyePet. It has more games to play and they're better quality. Everything's better and there's more of it? Count me in.

EDIT: I started the game up again at about 11pm, played for an hour or so and scored 2 for my efforts. Now I'm only 2 trophies away from the and would have gotten it tonight if I had a second Move controller. Edited July 15, 2016 by effdeegee

[MesopithecusUK]

Apologies for my absence...we went out of town over Independence Day as fireworks were proving problematic.  Since we've been back I've been unwell, barely even moved out of bed let alone picked up a controller  Still feeling incredibly under the weather and slept on and off all day.

 

I have been popping on though to read all of your progress...need to go back over and give some likes out

[crimsonidol38]

Apologies for my absence...we went out of town over Independence Day as fireworks were proving problematic.  Since we've been back I've been unwell, barely even moved out of bed let alone picked up a controller  Still feeling incredibly under the weather and slept on and off all day.

 

I have been popping on though to read all of your progress...need to go back over and give some likes out

 

Just take your time. Getting well again is the top priority at the moment.

Edited July 10, 2016 by Crimson Idol

[Mendant909]

Game #3

Day 3

 

Where do I even begin when talking about the mess that Beyond: Two Souls is? The credits sure did put an emphasis on the presentation of the game rather than the story as the only writing credit I saw was for David Cage. One of the key problems is the format of the story as several chapters of the story are mixed around and it keeps jumping from childhood, to post-CIA, to being a teenager, to being in the CIA, etc. The game has nearly two dozen chapters that do this time skip and of course it gets difficult to keep track of when things happen. Even towards the end there was a chapter than laid the motivation for a character's whole actions and the future heel turn. If this played out earlier as intended we would have questioned the character's actions throughout the story and I wouldn't have freaked out when a ghost makes an appearance in human form. Speaking of that the rules of the world set aren't quite clear as Willem Dafoe's family shows up in a bloody mess, then normal, while a character that kills himself immediately shows up in ghost form in a different outfit. There's also the rules of who Aiden is and isn't able to interact with as I would have possessed everyone if given the chance, why he couldn't heal Jodie's leg after she got shot or even how he's able to heal at all. Basically Aiden is a deus ex machina that is used every freaking time Jodie can't do things for herself and then he's forgotten to give conflict for Jodie.

 

Jodie herself is a pathetic character as she freaked out for having a kid's dad be killed but she frequently kills soldiers from Somalia or Not-North-Koreastan without thinking of the consequences after. One of those cadavers may have been a dad, but nope, everyone else is OK to kill. Ugh, it reminds me of the stupid freak-out Lara Croft had in the reboot with her first kill and never afterwards. Whenever Jodie is in trouble, and when isn't she, she calls Aiden for help for nearly everything from disabling security to lowering a hay bale. The relationship between them isn't well-done as Jodie frequently yells at him to leave her alone but is more than willing to ask him for his help. By the way, that's my second prediction that I got correct in this event and it was the boring, obvious option that Cage wrote. Jodie's pretty stupid as well as she was part of the CIA and didn't know who the president of the country she was assigned to, didn't speak any foreign language, she doesn't clean up after stealing stuff, and she doesn't really know what she wants from her relationship with Aiden. In the Navajo chapter that had a ghost but is never brought up again, Jodie states that her powers were actually useful for others for the first time, ignoring the homeless people that she helped out earlier. Jeez, the homeless chapter was not only played before but it's also chronilogically before it. 

 

There lies my main problem with the story as there doesn't seem to by any consequences for actions done. Since the story needs to proceed Jodie will get severely injured but won't die even if it did look like she should have. For several action scenes I left the remote alone and saw what the game would do. In one chapter a person saved Jodie from burning and then that character never appeared again. For a fight scene I let Jodie get beaten up with a chain, a hook, stabbed in a hand with a screwdriver, and she won by having a monster killed the other person. I left Jodie alone close a bomb that would detonate in three minutes and the game just propelled her forward. Jodie was about to drown in a scene similar to Uncharted 3, but unlike Uncharted 3 where you would die if you were slow, I didn't budge Jodie and somehow she was rescued by Edward. Edward tried CPR and she didn't respond, leading to a cut to the next chapter. What's the point of having action scenes if there's no tension and a fear of failure. In The Walking Dead if you failed a QTE during an action scene you'd bet there would be a gruesome death scene and the scene would restart. One of the fine points of Heavy Rain was that a character dying is that they would stay dead and make it harder to get a lifeline for the final solution. There are several times in which you can chose to save characters and their status does affect the amount of choices of what ending you get, like being with Edward, Jacob, or some baby. However, the epilogue makes previous choices moot as it didn't even seem to connect to the Edward ending; heck, Jodie said that the other world wasn't part of their lives anymore and that epilogue clearly contradicts that. I don't know why the epilogue was added but if David Cage wants to try to make an action-based sequel, no. Just... no.

 

I could write more in detail as to why the details in the story sucks like how the government's attempt to control the Shadow Realm makes them look like the stupidest idiots or how a character wants to merge both this world and the Shadow Realm, similar to the plot of Guacamelee! At least in Guacamelee! everyone knew that was a bad idea and the bad guy wanted to rule both worlds, in BTS the character just wants to see his loved ones even though he does so later with an easier and less world-destroying manner. Even my family made fun of the scene where Jodie and Selim survived a crash explosion without any explanation. I'm sure there are others who have dissected the plot and probably better than I would. I'll complete this game for the Platinum Rain Day event as I want to kill most of the characters in this game and I mainly feel that way for bad horror films. Beyond: Two Souls will place in my bottom five of all time but I still have to see how bad the sex assault scene is and whether being evil gives me some pleasure in tormenting most of these terrible characters.

[Edunstar84]

Apologies for my absence...we went out of town over Independence Day as fireworks were proving problematic.  Since we've been back I've been unwell, barely even moved out of bed let alone picked up a controller  Still feeling incredibly under the weather and slept on and off all day.

 

I have been popping on though to read all of your progress...need to go back over and give some likes out

 

Not part of this event, but I hope you feel better!

[crimsonidol38]

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

 
Didn't play this game on Friday (I prefered to continue Odin Sphere where I now finished the stories of Mercedes and Oswald) but instead I decided to play Saturday night to at least reach the "minimum" amount of played hours.

I had to redo the battle against Tempest but after reading how to reduce the damage to the surroundings it went a little bit better. Afterwards I was confronted with those nasty rescue missions. The one in Town 2 really gave me struggles as the Frames killed at least 2 civilians. After replaying that mission for the fourth time I decided to stick with the B-rating. I continued the story and played up to the part with two EPS-antennas that have to be taken down. While doing this I had to do another rescue mission. Again only a B-rating: All survived but damage was too high.
 
Final thoughts:
Now that I got the hang of the battle system it's a little easier but overall it still doesn't feel that great. My biggest problem is the camera. The camera is rotating rather slow when using the right analog stick which is annoying when you want to inspect the surroundings. In the normal battles it's okay as long as you use the Lock-On function. Biggest annoyance is definitely ADA, the AI of the frame you control: We picked up the Metatron (an energy orb to replenish the health), surroundings have taken damage, enemies surround us, enemies are engaging us, Enemies...
I guess Hideo Kojima really enjoyed the Microsoft Office assistant Clippy (anyone remember him?) and he wanted to include an assistant that's as annoying as that abomination. ADA really drained my nerves while doing all those missions and I wish there would be the option to lower the voice volume, but there isn't one.
I'm sure I will finish the game in the future but it will be somewhere on the bottom list of the games to be completed, right beside the American McGee's Alice-DLC, Transistor or Hotline Miami 2.
 
Stats:
Total playing time: ~3 hours
Trophies earned:6 / 25
Completion rate:16%
Rank: D
Did the game lower my completion? Yes
 

Now I will wonder how La-Mulana EX will turn out. I hope it will be a more satisfying experience than Zone of the Enders.

 

I thought 2nd Runner was much more enjoyable than the original. The first game kind of felt like a demo or something to me. Like they had this general idea or concept of mech combat and then just threw some stuff around that gameplay. The sequel felt like a much more cohesive and complete game with better polish around the edges. I also liked how they switched the cutscenes to anime rather than using that CGI that looks very outdated in the first game. 
 
Overall those games are right in the middle of the average ratings scale for me. Didn't love them but didn't hate them. I really don't mean that as a negative though. I know in today's market it seems like a game is either the greatest thing ever created or complete garbage and a disaster, but I still find value in decent games that might do a few solid things. Hope you end up enjoying it more and the second game is much better imo.

 

 It became a little bit better but it still was no game that I really enjoyed. I can understand your point of view, though. It feels unpolished in some departments and for me it feels like a game where they had a great idea for a story/premise but didn't know how to do the actual gameplay. And I guess I will play the second game, too. Mainly due to the fact that I can't sell the collection (bought it as a download).

 

 

[voodoo_eyes]

Apologies for my absence...we went out of town over Independence Day as fireworks were proving problematic.  Since we've been back I've been unwell, barely even moved out of bed let alone picked up a controller  Still feeling incredibly under the weather and slept on and off all day.

 

I have been popping on though to read all of your progress...need to go back over and give some likes out

 

It's all good, no need to apologize. Just take a breather, until you feel up for it.

[MStalker58]

 

DuckTales: Remastered

Day 3

Trophies: 20/20 (100%)

 

Got the final 3 trophies yesterday including a couple of UR's that might help me avoid finishing last in another event. Trying to obtain the "Smarter than the Smarties" trophy was an intense adventure that I royally screwed up. The trophy is one of those beat the entire game in one sitting, no saves, if you run out of lives it's game over and you have to start completely over types. It really wasn't too bad except for one part which just happens to be the last 10-20 seconds of the entire game.

 

On my first attempt, I made it to this final sequence with several lives left and thought I had everything under control. This part starts with a race against Magica De Spell as you both try to reach the Number One Dime. That part wasn't too bad. After that though, you have to make the final push to the top of the level while lava is fastly rising below you. In my other playthroughs, I had taken the "normal" left path through the sequence without any issues. Unfortunately, this part appears to be tougher on Extreme difficulty. You basically have to be perfectly flawless in your movements or the lava will catch up and kill you. Needless to say, I wasn't flawless. I completely crumbled under the pressure. I have no idea why I didn't pause the game, catch my breath, or look up a strategy on the internet. In the blink of an eye, I had completely wasted all of my lives before I even knew what happened. As I got the "Game Over" screen I was reminded of the days when that actually meant something. 

 

After taking a break and looking up some videos on this section, I found that there was a shortcut on the right side that makes the sequence a joke. You basically just pogo jump to a chain that is basically off-screen at the time. This saves you an incredible amount of time and the lava hardly even makes it to the bottom of the screen. Why didn't I look this up before my first attempt? Luckily, you can speedrun the game in about 1-2 hours so it didn't take too long to get back to the end. This time, I used the shortcut and breezed to the end, getting the final trophy. 

 

Final Thoughts:

 

I think we have established that I loved the game. These are the types of remasters I would prefer. Personally, I think the remaster trend is getting a little out of hand. Some first party games I can understand since people might have switched between Sony and Microsoft during the new generation. However, remastering random multi-platform games that are only a few years old, like Prototype for example, just baffles me. Instead, I would much rather get remasters of classic games like this. Several generations of gamers had probably never played the game and for those of us who did, it seems like a lifetime ago. I wish there were more of these to be honest. From that same era and Capcom, I'd love to see a Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers remaster for example. 

 

Oh yeah, I still can't get this song out of my head. I've been humming it for days now. And just because misery loves company, here you go:

 

[voodoo_eyes]

 

Oh yeah, I still can't get this song out of my head. I've been humming it for days now. And just because misery loves company, here you go:

 

 

 

Same happened to me for a couple of days .