Kill Your Completion (Event finished)

[Hemiak]

Game 7
Echochrome - Purchased 3/20/2015, ~$.91
Update 2, 1.5 hrs played.

So I got in another 45 minutes or so last night. Played a bunch more levels, stopped forgetting about some of the methods for solving, and things went much smoother. Completed all the levels through about half of course D. Not much else to say actually. The game is a fun little challenge, but I don't feel compelled to play through level after level each day. I'll get through the game eventually but I'm not in any hurry. I went through a couple of the other menu options after that. There are lots of user created levels, and an option to let the game throw a random level at you. They seem to be a cross of regular game levels and user levels. I guess if you just want to jump in and play a level or two that's cool, but I don't really see the point. There's also the option to save the replay if you think you solved a level with a great path in a good time I guess. I didn't mess with that feature at all because I just don't care, lol. At that point in the night I realized I'd basically seen everything the game had to offer, and since I'm still a game behind everybody else, I moved on to Dragon's Dogma. Update to come, I'm jumping on the computer 5 minutes at a time, as it's the weekend and I just got done cleaning the garage, and now it's family time.

@Stalker, I know what you mean about hoarding in FO3. I think I finished the game with like 40k caps and 150 med kits. I would literally make the rounds to all the vendors I knew of to unload more crap each day, then I'd buy the ammo I wanted and sell them more shit. I jacked up my repair skill and only purchased ammo and med kits. I have no idea why, but I was compelled to buy every med kit I found... Just in case I guess. Lol

Also, power armor is for bitches. Edited July 24, 2016 by Hemiak

[MarkusT1992]

Deadpool (Day 3)

 

 

First off: Thanks to @Crimson Idol for the tip with disconnecting from the internet. That worked just fine. No more freezes.

I finished two more levels today. This game is totally crazy. In one part Deadpool lost one of his arms and his head was turned 180°. In this section the conroles were inverted. So to move forwards you have to push the stick backwards.

Then Deadpool decides to walk away and you only have the camera to control and he tells you as the player to follow him.

Then he is torn apart and lands on an enemy to have some legs.

Deadpool allways mentions that this is his game and refers to you as the player sometimes.

When you like such games you probably should check this out.

 

I think this is one of the first games to complet after the event.

[Hemiak]

Game 8

Dragon's Dogma (Dark Arisen) - Purchased 9/17/2014, $10

Update 1, about 2 hrs played

 

So I start this about 11:30pm, think "I'll play a bit to get a taste and hit the rack early."  Damn near two hours later I had to force myself to quit and drag myself to bed.  I think I've found a keeper.  This is one I've been super excited to play for a long time.  I made the purchase right around the time I picked up KoA.  ARPGs are some of my favorite games, and both seemed like they were going to be great.  I flipped a coin at one point and ended up starting KoA first.  The game never really hooked me and I didn't play much of it.  I kept telling myself I'd start DD once I finished KoA... which I never did.  I'm not quite sure why KoA didn't resonate with me. The only thing I remember is that the combat felt kind of off, and I'm not sure exactly why.  The other thing I remember is that you make your initial escape and then the game just says, Here's 10 random quests, have fun.  Call me old fashioned, but I like a little bit of direction early on in my RPGs.  let me at least get a feel for things and the plot before pushing me out into the wilderness.  Anyways, that's enough about the game I'm not playing, on to the show.

 

I hit start and I'm expecting a character creator, but nope, I'm thrown directly into the action.  Apparently my character (a sword and board warrior) and one extra companion are assaulting a castle to attack a dragon, by themselves.  It's revealed that we brought an entire army to do the deed and almost all of them are now dragon food.  Not sure at this point why the two of us think we'll fair any better.  My buddy keeps calling me Arisen as he warns me of danger, or prompts me to the correct direction to move when I spend too long exploring random areas.  Unbeknown to me, I need to hit to pick items up. I probably left about a dozen items strewn about as I thought just running over them was enough to pick them up.  i didn't realize my error until about a minute before the boss.    Anyway, me and trusty half-peck (not his actual name) kill some goblins, break some boxes (luckily he picks some shit up) and find a big rock.  When I touch the rock we get two more party members, a mage and an archer.  We kill some more goblins, a hobgoblin, a harpie, and then we reach the boss, a Chimera.  For those who don't know what that is, it's an oversized lion, with a goat head, and a giant snake growing out of it's back.  It's a three phase fight, with each phase taking out one of the different heads, the third phase takes about 2x as long as the other two put together, that Lion was annoying AF.  One cool thing is that you can hit R2 to climb on to an enemy (your buddies will do it too) to slow him down and hinder it's movements and attacks.  You have a small stamina bar, which doesn't seem to affect attacks, but governs your running and climbing.  If you completely bottom it out however, you stand around like a moron for about 10 seconds huffing and puffing and can't do anything.

 

When the battle ends you're congratulated, and then the screen fades.  Now I get to create and customize my character.  He has blue dreadlocks pulled back in a braid, and a chin strap beard (just like me) He's one step shorter than the tallest he can be, and one step heavier than the skinniest he can be (also like myself).  I'm asked to choose starting role out of warrior, rogue/thief/archer, and mage.  I got to try out the warrior shit at the beginning, so went with the dagger/bow rogue guy.  Next I'm treated to a cut-scene, where a giant rift tears itself open in the sky.  About a million harpies come streaming out, screeching, showing off their boobs, and generally causing a ruckus.  Then the granddaddy of all dragons comes through like a baby being born, eyes closed and everything.  He is about 100x larger than any dragon I've ever seen, and bright red.  He starts falling towards the ocean far below, the harpies swooping around him/it merrily.  The eyes snap open, the dragon uncurls, let's out a deafening bellow, and it's wings snap open, propelling it towards a coastline with some mountains in the distance.  it also snaps up 2 or 3 harpies and eats them, which doesn't seem to perturb the pack in the slightest.

 

Scene change and I finally see my character, named Hemiak, but apparently some people set their game to sissy, and so they won't actually be able to see real names.  I can't even remember what Moniker I chose to replace my name with, I'll look it up and get back on that.  I'm walking about my fishing village, and I see a cute chick waving at me.  Just then some knights show up and start recruiting, saying the dragon is coming (more of a prophecy at this point it seems, not a given current fact).  I talk to the girl, and then an old dude comes running up from the beach shouting that the dragon is in fact real, pissed off, and extremely close.  The dragon shows up, all the knights shit themselves and run away, and I pick up a sword.  Everyone else in the entire village is doing the sensible thing and running away but not me.  I sprint towards the dragon and prepare to do battle.  I get underneath/behind him and begin hacking at his tendons, a-la Ancient Dragon from Dark Souls 2.... to absolutely no affect.  He has 7 health bars it seems, and I'm getting 0s with every single swing.  Something tells me I'm not supposed to win this.  Eventually he gets in a lucky swipe ( I would've had him eventually I'm sure of it) and I go down like a.... (metaphor purposefully left unfinished)  The dragon begins talking in my head, which I think surprises both him and me.  he then barely touches my chest with one talon, at which point I explode, and he eats my heart.     He talks to me some more, and I black out.

 

I wake up with a crazy ass silvery scar across my chest, but otherwise no worse the wear.  I walk into the hall and meet my girl, who immediately calls me cos...   The other villagers are shitting themselves that I survived, but are grateful that I "fought off" the dragon.  That's right, I'm a badass.  Anyway, I touch my chest, and I can hear the dragon talking in my head again.  He tells me to prepare, and come after him when I'm ready.  Ok sure, a dragon with a death wish.  Or maybe he just wants a marginal challenge.   Anyway, at this point I choose my starting weapons (I lied earlier apparently) and set off to figure out wtf is happening.  I pick up a quest to do some flower picking (of course) and meet a pawn.  Apparently they're people from another dimension who show up occasionally and offer themselves as sell-swords/hirelings.  Sure, I'll take you to the pawn village so I can figure some stuff out.  We leave town after I buy the best available weapons, kill some more goblins, pick some flowers and such, and go back to turn in the flower quest.  At this point I dragged myself away from the game and shut her down.

 

The controls are pretty standard.  X jumps, he auto-climbs if you're near a rock or whatever you can get up.  Square is reg attack, Triangle is heavy attack, Circle is use/grab/talk/action.  L3 sprints, L1 and R1 bring up extra abilities for Square, Triangle, and Circle.

 

I'm really enjoying the game so far and can definitely see myself wasting a ton of time with it.  Can't wait to play some more tonight and see where things go.

[effdeegee]

Scored a surprising 21 trophies today (6 from Racquet Sports and 15 from Dead Island).

10 x and 11 x is the breakdown.

Even with an extra game started during this event so far, my completion has only been 'killed' by 1.5% (79.91% - 78.41%).

[Mendant909]

Game #8

Day 3

 

My goodness is the tutorial section for Trails of Cold Steel pretty long. I didn't post yesterday since it would have just been an explanation of how the facilities of the town and school operate. There's a calendar that tells what day you're in and you have the option to develop your relationship with others. This does sound a bit like Persona but the key difference is that Persona actually let you live out the school life while Cold Steel makes you do certain quests to progress through the day, and then skips forward to a few days. Maybe there would be a bit more of a school simulation but after six hour afters I haven't seen it.

 

The key problem with the beginning would be the abundance of tutorials as you learn how to socialize, fish, cook, shop, trade, combo link, play a card game, and using using super crafts. There's a lot of explanation for these mechanics and it seriously drags the pace. The only vital story components that have happened were that two characters got along after a mammary accident and that there's a new town to visit, with nothing about its importance explained yet. The selling point of the combo link and super crafts is that bonuses will unlock over time, but I could easily see people leaving this game during the tutorials.

 

The introduction of this game's world gets a miss from me as by this point I could have seen some story progression from Tales of Symphonia or Final Fantasy X. Maybe the story actually picks up from the second chapter but that's not a good sign for the game to take hours to actually be accessible. I will say that Trails of Cold Steel has less pop-in and looks better than Tales of Zestiria, so I'll be more eager to continue playing the former than the latter.

 

 

 

Game #8:
htoL#NiQ -The Firefly Diary- ()

 


Final thoughts:
htoL#NiQ is the third game in a row that I didn't really enjoy. Puzzle-Platformers with an escort-element aren't fun if you have to rely on an AI-character which is as slow as a tank and moves like one. I could only play this game in short sessions or otherwise it would have made me rage to much. The puzzles of the game are ok but rely too much on trial and error IMO. It's no surprise that this game has two trophies for dying a specific amount of times (one for 10 times, one for 100 times). I will for sure try to finish the game sometime but similar to Monkey Island it's on the bottom of the priority list.

I heard that the game was pure touch, but your first post game me hope after knowing that there's an analog option. Seeing that maze, though, nope. The game looks good but that slow escort is not what I'd be interested in. I'll skip the game and say I only wasted a few bucks on it. Hope you enjoy your last two games.

[crimsonidol38]

 

Deadpool (Day 3)

 

 

First off: Thanks to @Crimson Idol for the tip with disconnecting from the internet. That worked just fine. No more freezes.

I finished two more levels today. This game is totally crazy. In one part Deadpool lost one of his arms and his head was turned 180°. In this section the conroles were inverted. So to move forwards you have to push the stick backwards.

Then Deadpool decides to walk away and you only have the camera to control and he tells you as the player to follow him.

Then he is torn apart and lands on an enemy to have some legs.

Deadpool allways mentions that this is his game and refers to you as the player sometimes.

When you like such games you probably should check this out.

 

I think this is one of the first games to complet after the event.

 

It's nice to read that you enjoy the game. The part where he was torn apart and landed on top of one soldier was a bit disgusting at first. Overall it was a fun game.

 

 

I heard that the game was pure touch, but your first post game me hope after knowing that there's an analog option. Seeing that maze, though, nope. The game looks good but that slow escort is not what I'd be interested in. I'll skip the game and say I only wasted a few bucks on it. Hope you enjoy your last two games.

The game really looks good and I adore the style of the characters but the controls just drag it down. You might give it a try, though. If you don't do the trophy specific actions in the first three stages of chapter 1 you could play up to the first boss and try it out on your own without earning a trophy. If you don't enjoy it then, you could delete it from your list and act as it was never added to your list.

 

I'm already eager to play the next two games although each one has some downsides. Love Live being japanese-only and Atelier-series has time-management (one of the things I hate, especially in JRPGs). But I will see how it turns out. But I hope you will enjoy your games, too. And I'm curious what you will think about the characters of Sonic Unleashed.

[MStalker58]

 

Fallout 3

Final Day

Trophies: 5/73 (3%)

 

The day before was all about dealing with members of a settlement and the politics that go with it. Yesterday on the other hand was all about exploring the open road and the dangers you face when traveling the wasteland. For the first couple of days I had mostly been using the basic 10mm pistol in combat, but now I'm starting to acquire much better and high-powered weapons. During my trek to Galaxy News Radio I've obtained weapons like a Hunting Rifle, submachine gun, Assault Rifle, etc. 

 

The first part of my journey took me through an abandoned metro system. A staple in post-apocalyptic games. It was about what you would expect, with dark tunnels, crashed subway cars littered about, and packs of ghouls running around. This section took me a while because my hoarding problem is getting out of control. I really need help guys. I kept clearing a small section, looting everything I could find and then fast traveling back to my home to stash my goods before continuing on. Luckily, those filing cabinets and desks in my home can hold an unusually large amount of items. Anyways, I finally made it through the metro and re-emerged on the surface and close to my destination.

 

Shortly after exiting the subways, I was greeted by a couple of Super Mutants. My odds of survival weren't looking too great but then some members of the Brotherhood of Steel appeared and saved my ass. The next section involved me tagging along with the Brotherhood to Galaxy News Radio. This part was awesome because I didn't have to do anything or fire a single bullet. Just chilled in the back and looted all of the Super Mutant corpses after my new friends killed them. After each spurt of action, I'd come out of hiding and say: "Aw man, I must have just missed the action" or "I was going to help but my gun must have jammed." 

 

We finally reached the GNR plaza and the Brotherhood stopped to chat around a fountain. Noticed a dead body laying beside the fountain so I looted it, obviously. The goodies this guy had on him included a Fat Man, basically a mini-nuke launcher, with lots of ammo. I was excited to get such an awesome toy but then I started to think... ...usually when games give you such an incredible weapon, it means that something........OH SH!T!!! A mutated version of the Incredible Hulk comes roaring down the streets. Time to test this new bad boy weapon out.

 

My first couple of attempts didn't go too well. One included the Behemoth ripping me apart in seconds and the next might have involved me shooting a nuke that possibly took out a few of my teammates. On the third try I wised up and made a dash for the cover of a building. The Behemoth couldn't fit through the doorway so I was pretty safe in here. I waited for him to get away from the Brotherhood and then launched a mini-nuke at his ass. Finally the Behemoth was dead. Take that punk. 

 

After that intense battle, it was time to enter Galaxy News Radio and meet Three Dog. No surprise, he wants us to do him a favor in exchange for information on our father's location.   I would have given him a piece of my mind but it was time to call it a day so I let it slide. Fallout 3 was another great game for me in this event and I can't wait to go back and continue playing. 

[voodoo_eyes]

Game 9 - Day 1

 

 

 

 

Hours played: 1h20

Trophies earned: 2/34

 

 

This one has been an entertaining and joyful experience. Playing a redhead who's dragging a sword about her size behind her, to spank some robot butt with it. Loving the variation of skills that get unlocked when leveling up. I've been messing around with it every chance I get to try out different combinations. I'm also digging the strategic option to it, which is great for hide and seek. Although I'm having some trouble in getting the positioning for the directions of the attacks down. Apart from that I'm still wondering what the hell   does, which just seems to flip the sword in the air and I'm also wondering, if humming has a purpose at all...

 

Anyway. I got to level 5, beat the first boss and completed one challenge.

 

Best game of the lot so far.

[MStalker58]

 

Gran Turismo 6

Day 1

Trophies: 0/53 (0%)

 

WARNING: My head may explode while typing this post. I've calmed down greatly since this morning but a rant filled with curse words directed at Polyphony Digital and the state of video games is still completely possible. If you are just interested in hearing about my progress in Gran Turismo 6, you can stop reading this post because I haven't played a second of the game. If you want to hear about my ordeal with the ridiculous patches for this game, then continue on.

 

So I started up Gran Turismo 6 this morning and was greeted with: "The latest update data has been found." A message we all know and love. As usual I click "OK" to start downloading. Turns out there are a whopping 21 updates. Yes, you read that right and it's not a typo. There are 21 (that's twenty-one) patches to this game. After the initial shock wore off, I accepted the fact that it might be a few hours before I can start on Gran Turismo 6. That's alright, 21 probably isn't a record and I'm excited to play the game so let's start downloading.

 

Oh wait, did I mention that I got a message saying that I didn't have enough free space on my HDD to download and install the patches? No big deal, I have 10-13 GB of free space and I have several games I can delete. Out of curiosity, I check the internet to get an idea of how much space is needed for all the updates. Turns out that the patches are somewhere around 20+ GB. My internet sucks and this will probably take most of the day, but I can deal with that. After all, it could have been a lot worse with 21 different patches. Here's where things get interesting though. Surely I can just start downloading the updates, leave my console on and carry on with the rest of my day. Right? WRONG. 

 

While I was reading up on the update size, I noticed several articles and even videos talking about major problems with the patches. Apparently, a widespread amount of people have had severe issues. They could download and install everything completely fine. However, when they loaded up the game, the installs would fail, they'd get an error message, and were unable to play the game. They had to delete and re-download everything all over again. You see, you have to install each update in-game as well. This is where the problems happen. Apparently it's some issue of the system not being able to handle that many files at that size or something. Who knows if it's true, but I read that most of the problems occurred with people who had the PS3 slim models instead of the fat models or super slims. Guess which system this guy has? That's right, the slim model. 

 

What is the solution, you ask? Well, to be safe you have to download and install, then install in-game, each patch individually or in small batches. That means you can't just leave the download going on during the day while you do other things. Basically, the process looks like this:

 

1. Download and install one patch
2. Cancel download when the next patch starts downloading
3. Disable internet on your system
4. Load up Gran Turismo 6
5. Let previous patch install in-game. Approximate wait time: 30 minutes to 1 hour
6. Quit game
7. Enable internet again
8. Download the next patch and repeat for all 21 patches.
9. Resist the urge to send Polyphony staff death threats. 
10. Pray you don't get an error message and have to start all over

Since I haven't been able to play the game at all, I'll just update my patch progress instead of my thoughts on the game itself. Currently, I have completed 8 of the 21 patches. Just 13 more to go. Will I be able to start Gran Turismo 6 before the event is over? Tune in tomorrow for another exciting patch update to find out. 

 

Oh yeah, F@CK Polyphony Digital. 

Edited July 26, 2016 by MStalker58

[voodoo_eyes]

 

 

 

 F@CK Polyphony Digital. 

 

 

I left in the summary . Sucks though that the patches kinda mess up the game. I bet some of those patches are actually there to fix stuff from previous patches, because that amount is just obscene. If I was sure that the game wouldn't have any glitches that would prevent trophy progression, I'd say fuck the patches and play the raw material. By now you're halfway there though, so might as well sit it through.

[Hemiak]

Gran Turismo 6

That like was not for the horror you're experiencing, but more for your positive attitude and the fact that you're actually sticking with that shit-show. Seriously, if you have any other game to start feel free to skip the BS and move on. Or just play more FO3, can't go wrong there. Keep your chin up brother.

@all: FYI, I played another two or so hours of DD last night, having a blast, but haven't been able to get enough time for a full report. Will get to it soon.

Edited July 27, 2016 by Hemiak

[DamagingRob]

Note to self: Don't buy Gran Turismo 6. Considering 5 is still sitting at an amazing 1%, this was probably never going to happen anyways.  

 

Markus is making me want to go back to Deadpool, MStalker is making me want to go buy a PS3 copy of Fallout 3(because I'm not going back to the 360 in this lifetime  ), and Voodoo is making me want to fire up Transistor(loved Bastion, which they also made). Stop tempting me!  ;w;

[Mendant909]

Game #9

Day 1

 

Darksiders is God of War with the style of Image Comics. There are angels and demons that fight one another, with humans being in the middle during the apocalypse. War of the Four Horsemen shows up to lay judgment but loses his powers and gets defeated by The Destroyer. Giant tiki heads chastise War for going into the apocalypse without the seven seals being broken. After a century of absence War returns to a barren Earth, seeking evidence as to why he was called early. War met up with a skeletal figure that told him to go to Samael. After busting Samael out from a prison, with the lock being pillars of blood, Samael tells War to get a beating heart from someone. I'm not fond of the dialogue as nearly everyone talks in a gravely voice, making it hard to tell what characters are saying. There's the mystery of who initiated the apocalypse without the proper terms but the dialogue is so basic that I'm not confident with the storytelling.

 

As for the gameplay it's God of War lite. Just keep pressing the square button to build your combo and then perform a finality that barely spurts out any blood. The enemies so far have consisted of ghouls from human corpses and a few demons, but nothing special. Despite the game trying to be more edgy than God of War, Darksiders just doesn't have the same flair as its inspiration.

 

 

The game really looks good and I adore the style of the characters but the controls just drag it down. You might give it a try, though. If you don't do the trophy specific actions in the first three stages of chapter 1 you could play up to the first boss and try it out on your own without earning a trophy. If you don't enjoy it then, you could delete it from your list and act as it was never added to your list.

 

I'm already eager to play the next two games although each one has some downsides. Love Live being japanese-only and Atelier-series has time-management (one of the things I hate, especially in JRPGs). But I will see how it turns out. But I hope you will enjoy your games, too. And I'm curious what you will think about the characters of Sonic Unleashed.

I guess I could give it a shot. I'll just have to be careful as my Vita's analog sticks tend to be finicky.

 

I'm guessing you'll mainly have to appreciate Long Live's visuals and maybe a translated story from another site. I'm a fan of time-management mechanics if it's integrated into the game well, like the Dead Rising series. Hopefully you'll enjoy the Atelier game more than eff did. As for Sonic Unleashed, I'm just hoping the story is better than the convoluted mess of '06 or the snarky Sonic Boom.

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

... And this is where I've hit the "real life getting in the way" wall.

 

Nothing really serious thankfully, but this weekend we had our nephew over. On saturday I managed to do some multiplayer Grid with my brother-in-law (not the nephew's father but he stayed with us as well), then on sunday we went to the zoo almost the entire day, dropped the nephew off at his parents and then the adults went to Finding Dory, meaning it was past midnight when I finally got home.

 

I didn't game at all yesterday either, thanks to work and preparation for today (remember me saying I wouldn't be in a good mood during game #9?). This evening, I'll finally have some time to game again (I hope). I'll post a final review of Grid and I'll try to make a start with Mousecraft, my ninth game.

[crimsonidol38]

Game #9:
Love Live! School Idol Paradise Vol. 2 ()

 
Ok, I barely know anything about Love Live. I know it's an anime about group of pupil that want to form an idol group to compete in a nation-wide contest called Love Live. Don't know what an idol group is? imagine it like being an highly advertised pop group. The group is  called μ's (--> muse) and consists of the typical anime stereotypes. The cheerful, the tomboy, the shy one, the good soul, the diva, etc. I haven't watched the anime (yet) so I barely knew anything about what might happen in this japanese-only idol/rhythm game.

So why did I buy this? For the easy trophies? Hell no. I would never ever buy a game solely for trophies. The reason is: I really like the designs of some of the characters and I was able to grab the combo of all three games bundled with the Nendoroid Petite for about 15,000 Yen (shipping included) the normal price was about about 30,000 Yen (~ $300). I had to get this! I mean, look at this:

(disclaimer: this is a promo picture and not by me)

Who can say no to these? I can't.

 

And now about the actual games:

Each one of the three games mainly features three of the nine characters. Vol 2: Team BiBi, features Maki, Eli, and Nico who are on the right side of the pic. With each of these teams you play the same songs and have the same basic story with some small variations if I understand the guides on this site correctly. So why are there three similar games when they could have made solely one? Don't know but I guess it's easier to earn money this way.

 

The game features a story mode where you get some dialogs between the different group members (which I can't read but won't skip, either) and some actual gameplay. The gameplay is similar to the Hatsune Miku: Project Diva-series or IA/VT Colorful. On screen you see various symbols you have to press in correct order and on time. There are notes where you have to press any of the face buttons (red hearts) or the pres the D-pad in any direction (blue notes). And similar to Project Diva, there are also notes where you have to keep the button/direction pressed or where you have to press a direction and a button at the same time. So far it's the easiest rhythm game mechanic I have seen.

But this game wouldn't be an idol game if there wouldn't be more. In the lower right and lower left part of the screen are some touch controls you can press. If you press some of the icons in the lower right, you can activate some stage gimmicks like snow flakes, bubbles or a light show. If you press one of the character portraits in the lower left, you activate a short sequence where the chosen idol draws a symbol and you have to follow her movement with your finger tip. According to the guide this action is called live feature.

With all of these things combined (rhythm game, stage gimmicks, and live feature) are required to reach a specific ranking for a performance.  The better your combo in the rhythm game or the more you use the gimmicks/live feature, the higher the score, resulting in a better overall ranking. So far it seems really easy to earn the best ranking.

 

The game itself was a bit chaotic at first as the first song I had to perform the anime's OV which was quite a surprise as I didn't expect the game to start with such a fast-paced song. The rhythm sections are good so far even though I had to get used to them at first. The only downsides so far are the character models in the story sequences which are really ugly and have some nasty shadows and the fact that this game doesn't have a retry option in the pause menu. But still I'm enjoying it and this game might help me to finally watch the anime.

At least I'm enjoying it more than the Neptunia-based idol game (Producing Perfection)

Edited July 26, 2016 by Crimson Idol

[voodoo_eyes]

Note to self: Don't buy Gran Turismo 6. Considering 5 is still sitting at an amazing 1%, this was probably never going to happen anyways.

 

Markus is making me want to go back to Deadpool, MStalker is making me want to go buy a PS3 copy of Fallout 3(because I'm not going back to the 360 in this lifetime  ), and Voodoo is making me want to fire up Transistor(loved Bastion, which they also made). Stop tempting me!  ;w;

 

They're both good games, Transistor's combat takes a lot more getting used to though, but also offers more variety.

[crimsonidol38]

I guess I could give it a shot. I'll just have to be careful as my Vita's analog sticks tend to be finicky.

 

I'm guessing you'll mainly have to appreciate Long Live's visuals and maybe a translated story from another site. I'm a fan of time-management mechanics if it's integrated into the game well, like the Dead Rising series. Hopefully you'll enjoy the Atelier game more than eff did. As for Sonic Unleashed, I'm just hoping the story is better than the convoluted mess of '06 or the snarky Sonic Boom.

 

 

The visuals of the Love Live-game are really bad but I'm enjoying it so far. Didn't expect this game to be so much of a rhythm game with only minor needs to manage stage gimmicks etc.

About Sonic: I always wonder why so many care about the story of a Sonic-game.   Have only played a little bit of the game on the PS2 but didn't really like it. The only positive thing I remember is the tune of the first stage.

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

Game #8: Grid Autosport

Final Review
Total playtime: about one hour

Trophies: 3/61 (though only 51 are base game trophies)

 

 

There once was a man who was claiming

To spend many hours in gaming

He hit a dead end

When he lost his weekend

And now all you lot: start shaming

 

Unfortunately, I had zero time to game on Sunday and only a little bit of co-op gaming time on Saturday because I gladly would've given the career another shot to see if MStalker was right about it. I'm also bummed because I would have liked reading many of those other reviews - Deadpool, Fallout 3 et cetera - but I only now have the time to sit down and write my final thoughts about Grid Autosport, based on the last time my PlayStation was on - Saturday.

 

My first thoughts on the game were mixed. The career was needlessly tough even on the easy setting amd the game gave me a flat tire without giving me any way to fix it during the race. As it stands now, my thoughts on the career mode are "go fuck yourself".

 

I enjoyed the co-op mode a lot more. We went into a five-event championship with no bots, and we had a blast. I won practically without contest, my brother-in-law is a PC gamer and could barely keep the controller in his hands, he kept braking too late into corners. This championship reminded him why he hated racing games, and it reminded me how fun couch multiplayer used to be back in the days of the N64. I do that kind of thing not nearly enough these days.

 

All in all, I'm very tempted to at least give the career one more try before completely giving up. Maybe I'm in a better mood after Bloodborne.

 

Now: Mousecraft.

[Hemiak]

Game 8

Dragon's Dogma (Dark Arisen)

Update 2 + 3, about 6 hrs played

Ok, so I've just turned in my flowers and Rook is suggesting I go visit the encampment now. BTW, my 'moniker' is Raiden. I travel over to the pawn place and hear some more voices in my head... Good stuff, I didn't have enough to deal with as it was. Anyway I touch a stone and it talks to me. Tells me to prove I'm a bad ass, I'm thinking, "didn't you hear I fought off a dragon all by myself?" but the rock ain't having it. Just then all the soldiers run for one of the gates, so I follow. Apparently a handy passing cyclops just randomly decided to attack right now. I join in attack and we take the thing down pretty quick, there are about 15 soldiers helping, but I get all the credit, sounds good to me.

I go back to my new buddy who I've dubbed The Rock, because I'm super clever. I get sucked into this misty world where I get to choose my main pawn. The wife and I make a female character named Mimmith, moniker Mimi, who looks like a cross of a couple of her WoW characters.

I then am able to recruit two more pawns from the beyond. I keep Rook as he seems to be all right and then I grab the only level 5 warrior I can find. I'm going to attempt to avoid recruiting level 80+ people right off the bat. I think I'd actually like to play the game instead of breaking it immediately. I then do some training, although there's not really an option to give orders and your people just kind of do their own thing, so not sure why this is necessary.

Shortly after I'm declared awesome, a hydra attacks the camp. Again, a bunch of soliders join in, but by climbing the neck and severing a head I am declared amazing, and get all the credit. /flex Ser Mercedes asks me to help deliver the head to the Duke to get his support in whatever I'm trying to do.

I go back to the original area, run a couple side quests, and realize it's been almost two hours again and go to bed.

Day 3
I turn on the game at 11pm, figure I've already spent almost 4 hours and I still have an extra game, so I'll play an hour and start something else. 1:30am I drag myself away and go to bed.

I start out by doing one more side quest, then decide I should probably advance the story at least one or two more parts, so I set out for Mercedes. As I leave I get another side quest for venturing into the Witchwood to find my BFF Quina, which seems like it's on the way... Sort of. I take a small(1 hr) detour to check it out.

I meet some bandits, who are pushovers... Except for one guy, who can pretty much wipe my team by himself. One thing that I'm not sure how I feel about yet, is that there is no marking whatsoever to tell which enemies are elite or OP or whatever. So you'll just be merrily slaying along and all the sudden you wipe. Three reloads later I finally get him down, using every cheap tactic in the book to survive. I work my way through the woods, doing no less than my third escort quest, only to complete the mother of all underwhelming tasks. Turns out the witch is dead, her granddaughter doesn't know shit and we've wasted our time completely. At least we helped Quina get home safe.

All right, moving on, let's go talk to Mercedes. Oh look, a branching path, 20 minutes later I've killed some goblins, collected some treasure, and I'm on track again.

Hmmmm, that waterfall looks suspicious. Sure enough it's a cave, let's check it out. I kill a bunch of scaly fish men, some skeletons, and meet another cyclops. Only this time I dot have the entire garrison backing me up. No biggie I'm now level 13, and I took the time to recruit two new level 12 buddies a bit ago. We take out the cyclops, collect more loot, and head back out of the cave. Holy shit it's after 1am already. I really need to advance the story at least a little. I finally meet up with Mercedes and her merry band of two followers...great, another escort quest. We travel through some hills, then a Canyon, then down into the valley with the capital. Along the way we fight wolves, goblins, harpies, and a few bandits. Nothing really gives us much challenge, except for falling rocks in the Canyon, which kill my followers no less than three times. I took the time to upgrade abilities before setting out, and I took a good mix of melee and bow skills. I took one called full draw which takes a second to prep, but can one shot a lot of the basic enemies if you can get into position. Very helpful for the annoying harpies that like to swoop around before attacking.

Well, we finally reach Gran Soren, the capital. Mercedes congratulates me on a job well done, and suggests I make my way to the local pawn shop to gather more information. And that's where I left it.

If you can't tell I really enjoyed this game. It's got pretty much everything I like about an ARPG. There's a lot to explore or do, but the main quest is pretty well mapped out for you. This is probably my favorite game I've played so far this event, and I'll definitely spend a lot more time with it when it finishes. I'll probably start The Evil Within tonight, but I'll probably have to wait for Mim to fall asleep, as horror isn't really her genre. I'll most likely play DD while she's up, and I'll force myself to switch when it's time.

fun: 100/10
Difficulty: 3/10 so far
Trophies 9/51, 12%

TEW is probably the game I'm most excited to start. I loved RE 1-3, and then got hooked on the Dead Space series. I saw the trailer for this and was hooked immediately. Edited July 26, 2016 by Hemiak

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

Game #9: Mousecraft

First day
Total playtime: about one hour and forty-five minutes

 

 

First thought: wait, the cat is called Schrödinger? As a mathematician, I can only approve of this reference if quantum theory will actually be referenced in any way, it should be more than a throwaway gag. Just calling a cat Schrödinger is too easy, that's The Big Bang Theory level humour. (Note: halfway through the game now, and I fear that the cat's name will remain a one-off. Shame.)

 

Second thought: Ah, so this is reverse Lemmings? The mice just walk, and you add stuff to the course. Also, I don't know which game I was thinking of but I had something completely different in mind. I was thinking of Tiny Brains...

 

Fifteen minutes are gone and I've perfected all of the first six levels, They are, at least for now, fairly short and fairly easy. Seems like this will get harder soon but there's a pause button so it may just turn out okay.

 

Forty-five minutes done. I finished the first 20 levels, all with perfect scores. Requirements for section 2 are completing all 20 levels and getting at least 35 shards. I've gotten all, which is 46. It seems a fun game for now, levels are getting a bit tougher but they're still easily doable, with a little bit of thinking required but you won't have to strain yourself yet.

 

The levels are all fairly short so it has a high "just one more" feeling, like Angry Birds or Super Meat Boy or the likes. It's good there are 80 levels because I'm burning through them in no time.

 

Just over an hour. Got level 27, the explanation of the crumbling brick. Yeah, that one is probably going to cost me some restarts. I never could think four-dimensional...

 

Overall, I think the explanations are a bit reaching for it, like the game is meant for small children. With the background graphics, that might even be true. To hell with the lazy kids these days, I grew up on Lemmings on the SNES! It's telling how many games these days spend so much time on tutorials, even when the gameplay is simple, while back in the day you just started even though the games were much harder back then. It doesn't help that the explanations in this game are presented on an annoying tv, that at the same time is too big (it blocks the view of the level) and too small (explanations have to be viewed on multiple pages).

 

One hour and forty-five minutes and I'm halfway there. I'm having fun for now, getting perfects becomes non-trivial. I don't know if I can remain interested in this game long enough to do all perfects without using a guide but for now I'm having fun.

 

And yes, I made a quick level in the editor for that trophy. I usually don't bother with level editors unless it's a racer.

 

Come to think of it, does anyone know a fun racer with a level editor? Midnight Club and the likes do not count, that's just using the standard map and placing checkpoints. I'm looking for original content.

[MStalker58]

I left in the summary . Sucks though that the patches kinda mess up the game. I bet some of those patches are actually there to fix stuff from previous patches, because that amount is just obscene. If I was sure that the game wouldn't have any glitches that would prevent trophy progression, I'd say fuck the patches and play the raw material. By now you're halfway there though, so might as well sit it through.

 

That like was not for the horror you're experiencing, but more for your positive attitude and the fact that you're actually sticking with that shit-show. Seriously, if you have any other game to start feel free to skip the BS and move on. Or just play more FO3, can't go wrong there. Keep your chin up brother.

@all: FYI, I played another two or so hours of DC last night, having a blast, but haven't been able to get enough time for a full report. Will get to it soon.

 

I was thinking about playing it offline without the patches, but my only worry was if having a save file from the unpatched version would affect anything when I finally did finish all of the updates. Think I read somewhere that some people had issues with that and had to start over but I'm not sure about that. Anyways, I have good news. All patches have been downloaded and installed successfully so I'm good to go now. 

 

 

Game 8

Dragon's Dogma (Dark Arisen)

Update 2 + 3, about 6 hrs played

fun: 100/10

Difficulty: 3/10 so far

Trophies 9/51, 12%

TEW is probably the game I'm most excited to start. I loved RE 1-3, and then got hooked on the Dead Space series. I saw the trailer for this and was hooked immediately.

 

 

You have successfully convinced me to add Dragon's Dogma to the top of my list of games to buy. I've read people mentioning how much they loved the game before, but I always seemed to glance over comments about DD. Just one of the games that I was aware of but really wasn't on my radar. After reading your thoughts and looking at some videos, I'm definitely going to pick this up eventually.

 

I forgot that you are playing The Evil Within for this event. I know you have been looking forward to it for a while now so I hope you like it and it lives up to expectations. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the game.   

[voodoo_eyes]

I was thinking about playing it offline without the patches, but my only worry was if having a save file from the unpatched version would affect anything when I finally did finish all of the updates. Think I read somewhere that some people had issues with that and had to start over but I'm not sure about that. Anyways, I have good news. All patches have been downloaded and installed successfully so I'm good to go now. 

 

 

You have successfully convinced me to add Dragon's Dogma to the top of my list of games to buy. I've read people mentioning how much they loved the game before, but I always seemed to glance over comments about DD. Just one of the games that I was aware of but really wasn't on my radar. After reading your thoughts and looking at some videos, I'm definitely going to pick this up eventually.

 

 

 

1 - correct, previous save files would be incompatible once patched

 

2 - In that case make sure your get the Dark Arisen version, it's got more content and is also quite cheap (at least in EU it's been under 10€ for about a year now).

 

 

 

Game 9 - Day 2

 

 

 

Hours played: a bit over 1h

Trophies earned: 3/34

 

 

Started the day off with the Stein Gate plat. later today some wanker decided it would be great to leave halfway through a race in WRC 5, which I was winning, and thus fuck me over from getting the trophy for winning an online race. Which wouldn't bad, if finding someone online in the game wouldn't be such a pain.

 

This evening I boot up Transistor to relax, as the game is surprisingly calming, even though it should be stressful as hell avoiding as usually you're locked down with at least a handful. Which brings me to penalties for dying... it seems to block one of your skills, until you get to the next 2 save spots- These also serve to swap out abilities. Now I don't know, if the "blocked" skill is random or not, as so far it's always made my best attack unusuable

Another new thing I learned today was that there's a limit on the abilities you can bring. There's an indicator that once full, doesn't let you add or combine them any further.  Kind of sucks to be honest, but I guess balancing would be an issue otherwise.

 

It's still fun, although the sporadic narrator gets creepier by the minute.

Edited July 26, 2016 by voodoo_eyes

[madbuk]

Come to think of it, does anyone know a fun racer with a level editor? Midnight Club and the likes do not count, that's just using the standard map and placing checkpoints. I'm looking for original content.

LittleBigPlanet Karting, although the servers are shutting soon (they may already be down by this point?) so plat is basically impossible if you start now.

I wasn't a fan of the game, but I remember Gran Turismo 5 having a level editor and everyone else seems to like GT5... But again that's impossible now.

[MarkusT1992]

 

Game #9

Day 1

 

Darksiders is God of War with the style of Image Comics.

I would compare it with the Zelda games. You have dungeons where you get new items which help you to advance.

 

Come to think of it, does anyone know a fun racer with a level editor? Midnight Club and the likes do not count, that's just using the standard map and placing checkpoints. I'm looking for original content.

What's about Trackmania? I don't know if this is something for you but you can build very great tracks.

 

 

Nom Nom Galaxy (Day 2)

 

 

I didn't play today but I can write about yesterday,

In case you don'T know this game you have to make soup and deliver it to customers. To do this you have a factory with different machines. One is for making the soup one for delivering (a rocket) and so on. To produce soup you have to cellect ingredients which can be plants or monsters. Then you put them in the machine and get a can of soup. Once an ingredient is in the machine you apparently can't change it. Oh and there's a total of 100 recipes. You also can build robots to automate the collecting ond shipping and all the stuff. The graphics remind me of Starbound. I'ts a 2D view from the front and the world consists of blocks.

You have a circular saw to destroy soft blocks or you can pick them up to place them at another place.

You can find weapons and vehicles such like a hoverboard or a giant vacuum cleaner.

I only completed the first tutorial and played a bit throught the second befor I didn't want to play on. It's a nice idea but I don't really like it so far. I have no clue how I can let my robots walk a step up so they are carrying the ingredients from left to right and back all the time.

Your goal is to reach a market share of 100% to complete the planet. In the second tutorial I had 80% and fell back to 50% because the automation didn't work as intended. Maybe I'm doing something wrong but I don't know what.

 

Oh and I got a trophy for playing at 11:11 am. I don't like such trophies.

[effdeegee]

July 25-27

Start the Party!

Trophies: +34/48 (7,655 - 7,688)

After not playing it yesterday, I decided I'd better put this game in today, before I fell into the "I'll just play it on the final day" trap and just go back to getting the Dead Island .

This game is a friggin' riot. An absolute party smash hit. Up to four can play and you only need one Move wand.

All of the games are simple, yet fun. There's lots of Whack-a-Mole and other Fruit Ninja-esque games, like swatting flies with a tennis racket, cutting hair with clippers, mining jewels with a pick axe, and catching toppings on a pizza.

The game shines the brightest when it's multiple players going against each other. Everyone takes their picture, voice records their name, and tries to do better than everyone else. The trick is that, in the multiplayer section, there's unique games for sabotaging scores and generally messing with other players, like drawing on their face, or remixing their name.

I played for a little over 2 hours and nabbed 34 trophies, too.

Lastly, I'm thinking that, since I'm going on vacation from the 29th - 2nd, I'll be playing my last game a tad early, so that I have the experience needed for the review. Edited July 29, 2016 by effdeegee