Kill Your Completion... Again(Finished)

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

 

Game #2: Lords of the Fallen (Day 1)

 

 

 

I wanted to play this game since release but allways decided against buying it. So I'm glad I got it with PS+ a last.

As Billy allready said it's a Dark Souls clone from a German developer. As such it's more western style than Dark Souls at least in my opninion. The gameplay is much slower than in Dark Souls though

 

I guess that most of you have heard about Dark Souls so you probably know the controls.

for a light attack, for a heavy attack, to block, to use your shild abillity or second hand weaopn (Magic Gauntlet). With holding you can use your potions and with holding you can use your magic.

 

I can't say anything to the story as I don't know what the fuck is going on. Just like in Dark Souls

At the beginning you can choose your characer. You have three magic types and three classes to choose from. Each combination creates another class so offensive magic plus warrior is another class than defensive magic plus warrior. I chose illusion magic plus warrior, which is a more heavy based class.

 

I defeated two bosses and am right at the third. This game is much easier than Dark Souls especially at the boss fights. I cann block almost everything and just have to wait for the right moment to attack. Like Dark Souls this game punishes you for attacking at the wrong time.

I have no clue where I am because there a so much ways to go. I think I have at least 4 or 5 different ways to go. The level designe is very great as I got to a point earlier in the area and thought: "Ah here I am again"

There's also hidden ereas in the game just like the illusory walls in Dark Souls from which I only found one so far.

 

There's a trophy for dying the first time and I'm glad this wasn't my first one. It was my second one.

 

Trophy Progress: 8/57 9%

 

With your rating system I would give the game a maybe even a . I love Dark Souls and this game has the same feeling for me.

 

 

Good to know you like it more. You're not biased because it comes from Germany, are you? ;-)

 

Yeah the game is indeed much easier than the Souls series. I'm getting into more trouble than I should though because my controls don't always respond like I want them to.

 

Does the game open up after the second boss? Because I'm not really seeing an open world, I'm seeing one long railroad with a couple of small side steps but nothing that big.

 

Going to play some more now because I will probably not have time to play tomorrow, at least not a lot. Seeing as you have played the Souls series more than I have, doesn't it bug you that it's "just" a clone? As far as I can tell it has nothing original in it, and what it does it actually does not as good as Dark Souls did even with the first Souls title. It just feels like a step back to me.

 

P.S. Can't believe I forgot to mention this in my day one post but this game can just be paused if you want to, unlike the Souls games. Don't yet know if I think that's a good or a bad thing.

Edited November 5, 2016 by BillyHorrible

[ladynadiad]

On game #2 now, which is Final Fantasy XIII.  I've gotten far enough that I now have access to paradigms and can start getting abilities and customizing things.  The ability stuff reminds me very much of the sphere grid in FFX, though a bit more enclosed.

 

I now understand the complaints about hallways in this game.  Many of the maps are a straight and narrow path with maybe a tiny branch here and there.  While it can be annoying to deal with massive and complex dungeons, this is definitely a bit too simplified.  The combat is pretty smooth, but I'm not sure I'm a fan of the whole deal with if the leader is KOed, it's game over.  It's especially frustrating with FF's tendency to not allow you to just redo the battle, nope you reload from the last save and get to do the cutscene again, though thankfully you can skip cutscenes.  But seriously, for the time this game was made, there's no excuse to lack an option to restart from the beginning of the battle.

 

The story itself seems decent enough so far, though it's also rather confusing.  Of course I'm sure a good chunk of that is just a matter of it's a new game and has a lot of stuff to introduce, but this is a pretty slow start for a FF game.  I'm interested enough to keep going, but at the same time, I can see why this game is one of the more disliked in the series.  I expect more from a series like this where I know Square/Enix can make a solid and enjoyable game and is capable of telling an enjoyable and coherent story that grabs you from the start, and it's just not happening in this game and it feels like a letdown from a company and series that you know can do better than this.

 

Trophy progress: 3/36 (4%)

Completion: 76.66%

 

And in other news, I should be a bit less distracted now that I platinumed The Witch and the Hundred Knight, and also have some more room on my PS3's bitty hard drive.

Edited November 5, 2016 by ladynadiad

[Edunstar84]

Game 2 - The Awakened Fate Ultimatum - Day 1

 

"Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES!"

 

First Impressions: I'm home, guys! And I'm a god! I knew going in what this game entails because it is one of the many games I thoroughly researched. The Awakened Fate Ultimatum is a rogue-like dungeon crawler from Nippon Ichi Software. Having played Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Curry God, I knew instinctively how the gameplay worked, which allowed me to fully focus and enjoy the story.

 

Awakened Fate Ultimatum basically follow your typical JRPG, anime plot-line. A loner schoolboy discovers he has special powers and is the only person to save people, or in this story, is attacked and killed by devils but a mysterious angel comes in to rescue his body, then resurrects him and anoints him as god. There's also choice in this game between 2 ladies, Jupiel and Ariael. With a story like that, it's no wonder I love JRPGs!

 

Unlike Sorcery Saga, the game focuses on your abilities to switch from light and dark magic. Each with it's own variations of skills. You also level up in this game and can easily go back to previous dungeons (callled missions). With Socery Saga (and I imagine other rogue-likes), you start at level 1. The gameplay is way easier than I expected. And from what I've heard easier than its predecessor The Guided Fate Paradox.

 

I'm really happy that I put this as my second game, especially after playing inFAMOUS. Definitely will go back to play this right after the Fall Challenge, or maybe even sooner.

 

 

Hours Played: 2.5

Trophies Earned: 5/41

Edited November 5, 2016 by Edunstar84

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

Game #2: Lords Of The Fallen

Second day
Total playtime: about three hours and forty-five minutes

 

 

When playing again today I noticed that i could only get one potion while I started with two. After looking online I realised that when I gave that monk a potion, he did not give the empty bottle back to me. What. The. FUCK. What a stupid way of taking potions from me! Now I'm just never going to give anyone a potion ever again...

 

So now I grinded for a bit before taking on the Commander again, improved my luck a bit in the hopes that it would get me more empty bottles but alas, the only bottles I gained were the ones which I now found inside chests. Commander was a lot easier now that I wasn't tired and was watching what kind of moves he performed. The next boss had some annoying moves and I had the feeling I wasn't strong enough yet so I quit there.

 

If you have played through all of the Souls games and Bloodborne and you're still hungry for more, you may want to give this a try. if you have not played all of those yet then do yourself a favour, skip this one and do the titles from From Software first. Personally I'd start with Dark Souls 1 and/or Bloodborne.

 

Lords Of The Fallen is getting a from me for now still, but I can still see this getting a in the end if I get more annoyed by the stuff I think is wrong with the game.

[vin_rob]

Nothing wrong with your post, keep your own style I'd say personally I like reading about the big interest points: story, graphics/sound, gameplay, and overall atmosphere.

 

And yeah that thing in the spoiler was smart of them to do.

 

Personally I'd like to know if you played any other of the Arkham games before and how you'd compare this game to that one.

 

oke, I'll try to keep that in mind with the next game

 

and yeah, I've played the first part..got the one for ps4 as well but I wanted to finish the games on there right order

[crimsonidol38]

Game 2, Day 1:
Driver San Francisco (PS3)

 
DSF is a mix between a normal racing game combined with an open world and some big focus on a story. The game plays around the story of the series' main character John Tanner, an undercover cop and ex-race driver.
The game's story starts with the crime mogul Jericho, which you helped to arrest, being transported to a prison. As you might expect, some hench(wo)man will help him to escape and you try to catch him but you lose sight of the car. Short time later he trails you through a narrow side streets and causes Tanner's car to crash into a truck. Result of this: Tanner's in a coma and Jericho escaped. And now what?
Now a near-death experience occurs and a few seconds later you switch to the driver of the ambulance car that tries to rescue Tanner by driving him to the nearest hospital. The interesting fact is that you don't have the consciousness of the driver but instead the one of Tanner. After you drove to the hospital you switch back to Tanner and from that point on the story continues by switching back and forth between him and some specific characters.
 
Or you use the ability to switch to other drivers to explore the open world of San Francisco, going total havoc, jumping over car transporters ( ), or do some of the stuff the game has to offer. There are various kind of missions:
Besides normal races from point A to B there are also checkpoint races, or events where you have to do some specific stunts (e.g. jump a given distance, do a drift of a given length), or the so-called dares. In these you either have to some basic tasks like driving about 160km/h (~100mph) for a specific time or drive through the opposing traffic while using the cockpit view. There's also the possibilty to do some pursuits where you have to demolish the getaway cars. Each and everyone of these missions give you some currency (forgot the name) which you can use to buy new cars (there's a total of 140 licensed cars  ) or some upgrades like a higher multiplicator for the points, an action-movie like camera or a bigger nitro boost.
Those points can also be earned by performing drifts, jumps or near accidents, or by finding the collectibles (which also unlock further missions).
 
Speaking of the action-movie camera, this game feels like one of those cop-series or movies from the 70s and 80s. Main reason for this is the fact that the music sounds like it's straight from the 70s but also the dialogs you can hear during the story missions or while switching to a car with a co-driver feel like they come right out of Starsky & Hutch or Kojak. Some of them are just so over the top that it's pure fun for me to listen to them.
One of my personal highlights were the reactions where you took control of a shy learner and had to raise the pulse of your (mean) teacher by doing all those "forbidden" things like driving in the opposite direction at full speed or do some drifts. At first the teacher commented like "Seems like you need some need pants" but later on he needed them.
Yes, those kind of dialogs are kinda flat but somehow fit perfectly to this game.

I don't want to give a rash prediction but I'm sure this game will be one of my highlights of this event and if continues to be so much fun I'm sure I will continue it after the event.

 

Never played the Driver games but occasionally I'm in the mood for some arcade racing fun so might be interested in giving that game a try. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the game.

It's hard to find any comparable games to Driver but IMO it feels like Midnight Club Los Angeles (which also had a high focus on the story) and Burnout Paradise mixed in with the hyperbolic actions of the early GTAs (1 and 2).

Time to stop gaming for dinner and a movie again. I'm now 13 hours into Tales Of Xillia and I'm still enjoying it but there's far more battles than there is story which I don't really care for. Just about finished Chapter 1 which means I nearly have a full party to work with. I've never been one for pointless accessories but Rowan with his Bushy Eyebrows and Elf Ears is rather amusing and Jude is looking pretty cool with his new sunglasses. Milla was already one good looking lady until I gave her some Black Bunny Ears and Aviators and now she's just plain sexy. Until I met an NPC by the name of Driselle who is just all sorts gorgeous.

 

Already 13 hours in? Woah, that's quite a lot. And I thought that the four hours I played in Driver were already quite much.

But it's nice to see that you like the game. Did you start with Jude's or Milla's side of the story?

Edited November 5, 2016 by Crimson Idol

[voodoo_eyes]

Laughed quite a bit during this.

 

That was the reward for reading through the wall of text .

 

I forgot to mention that there was also a duck named "Little Timmy", I'm not sure, if the devs researched the meaning beforehand, but my guess would be no as it had no "special" loot.

[vin_rob]

On game #2 now, which is Final Fantasy XIII.  I've gotten far enough that I now have access to paradigms and can start getting abilities and customizing things.  The ability stuff reminds me very much of the sphere grid in FFX, though a bit more enclosed.

 

I now understand the complaints about hallways in this game.  Many of the maps are a straight and narrow path with maybe a tiny branch here and there.  While it can be annoying to deal with massive and complex dungeons, this is definitely a bit too simplified.  The combat is pretty smooth, but I'm not sure I'm a fan of the whole deal with if the leader is KOed, it's game over.  It's especially frustrating with FF's tendency to not allow you to just redo the battle, nope you reload from the last save and get to do the cutscene again, though thankfully you can skip cutscenes.  But seriously, for the time this game was made, there's no excuse to lack an option to restart from the beginning of the battle.

 

The story itself seems decent enough so far, though it's also rather confusing.  Of course I'm sure a good chunk of that is just a matter of it's a new game and has a lot of stuff to introduce, but this is a pretty slow start for a FF game.  I'm interested enough to keep going, but at the same time, I can see why this game is one of the more disliked in the series.  I expect more from a series like this where I know Square/Enix can make a solid and enjoyable game and is capable of telling an enjoyable and coherent story that grabs you from the start, and it's just not happening in this game and it feels like a letdown from a company and series that you know can do better than this.

 

Trophy progress: 3/36 (4%)

Completion: 76.66%

 

And in other news, I should be a bit less distracted now that I platinumed The Witch and the Hundred Knight, and also have some more room on my PS3's bitty hard drive.

Final fantasy 13 is a really slow Final Fantasy indeed not sure you gonna get to the part.. but all of a sudden when you're around 2/3 of the entire game.. the tutorial will end.. until that there are hints and new things.. And it looks like the sphere grid indeed, except you need to unlock new stages.. but you'll find that out soon enough ^~^ (Also even if the charracters aren't there.. they still get the cp)  so use that in your advantage and good luck to you! 

[FilmFanatic]

Already 13 hours in? Woah, that's quite a lot. And I thought that the four hours I played in Driver were already quite much.

But it's nice to see that you like the game. Did you start with Jude's or Milla's side of the story?

I decided to put this game in slot 2 which is a Fri/Sat/Sun as I finish work at 11am on a Friday so I have the rest of the day and all weekend to play it. With any luck I'll be able to put in another 7 hours tomorrow.

I started with Jude as the 2 guides I've looked at say to start with Jude for story reasons.

[crimsonidol38]

I decided to put this game in slot 2 which is a Fri/Sat/Sun as I finish work at 11am on a Friday so I have the rest of the day and all weekend to play it. With any luck I'll be able to put in another 7 hours tomorrow.

I started with Jude as the 2 guides I've looked at say to start with Jude for story reasons.

 

I hope you make it to the beginning of chapter 2 which introduces the last character, which is my favorite from the game. 

 

And it's reasonable to start with Jude. Milla's story is a quite shorter and you would miss many aspects of the story and would wonder what happened at all. 

[ProfBambam55]

finally got my review for game 1 up...it rendered terribly from the original but don't have time to try and correct it as i'm off to work in a sec here...the quality is also pretty bad but don't care...video editing not one of my strong points but enjoy doing it nonetheless...also started up game 2 last night...will try to have a review ready on time as i have a nice "half day" (8 hours) at work tomorrow...

Edited November 5, 2016 by ProfBambam55

[FilmFanatic]

I hope you make it to the beginning of chapter 2 which introduces the last character, which is my favorite from the game. 

 

And it's reasonable to start with Jude. Milla's story is a quite shorter and you would miss many aspects of the story and would wonder what happened at all.

I'll definitely reach chapter 2 before Sunday ends. I've just come back to Sharilton after fighting the Nameless Anomaly so another couple of hours and I'll complete chapter 1. I'll be interested to meet the last character as so far none of the other 5 have stuck out as my favourite whereas in Graces f my favourite (and a lot of others peoples favourite from what I've heard) was Pascal and it didn't take very long to decide that.

[lednatius]

 

Game 2 - The Awakened Fate Ultimatum - Day 1

 

The gameplay is way easier than I expected. And from what I've heard easier than its predecessor The Guided Fate Paradox.

 

 

 

As someone who just platinumed TGFP and then started to play this right afterward: Yes, it is easier and simplified to the point of being very "watered down". Although the lack of an extreme grindfest + more focus on story is nice in its own way too.

[crimsonidol38]

I'll definitely reach chapter 2 before Sunday ends. I've just come back to Sharilton after fighting the Nameless Anomaly so another couple of hours and I'll complete chapter 1. I'll be interested to meet the last character as so far none of the other 5 have stuck out as my favourite whereas in Graces f my favourite (and a lot of others peoples favourite from what I've heard) was Pascal and it didn't take very long to decide that.

 

Seems like you are not so far away from Chapter 2. And I just had to look up in a guide but seems like you will get to know the last char before the end of chapter 1 once you head to Jude's hometown.

As I haven't played Graces f yet I don't know how Pascal is in the game but I know her small appearance from Hearts R and I really liked her tomboy-ish nature. And I'm confident you will like "Xillia's Pascal", too. 

[PerryToxteth]

finally got my review for game 1 up...it rendered terribly from the original but don't have time to try and correct it as i'm off to work in a sec here...the quality is also pretty bad but don't care...video editing not one of my strong points but enjoy doing it nonetheless...also started up game 2 last night...will try to have a review ready on time as i have a nice "half day" (8 hours) at work tomorrow...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgKvIgDpqFc

Quite impressive Prof! And I thought I upgraded my review by getting on the PC to enable the rich text editor! Thanks for taking the time to do that, I enjoyed it.

Batman, to me, will always be Adam West, because that's what I grew up on. And thanks for the pic of Julie Newmar. Gratuitous cleavage or not, she can still work the 'catwalk.'

Oof, that might be the worst pun yet in this thread. Enjoy Game 2!

[MStalker58]

 

Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD

Day 1

Trophies: 10/45 (14%)

 

My first impression after Day 1.....Is it time to start on Game 3 yet? I'm not exactly counting down the hours over here yet, but let's just say that I won't be upset when it comes time to switch games. Including the 10 games I played last time, this game would probably rank next to last in terms of enjoyment so far. Not going to knock off echochrome for the title of "worst game of event" or anything, but then again it would take an incredibly bad game to accomplish that. 

 

I'm trying not to be too harsh on the game considering it was a launch title for the original XBOX. I mean that's 15 years ago and Munch's Oddysee definitely shows signs of aging. Unlike Stranger's Wrath which held up fairly well and could pass as an early PS3 game, this Oddworld game obviously belonged to a past era and was created for a different generation of consoles. Graphics aren't everything though and for me gameplay is the most important feature. Unfortunately Munch's Oddysee just isn't very fun to play either and that's a shame considering I normally love a good 3D platformer.

 

The gameplay basically consists of 2 mechanics or goals. First, you have to collect orbs to open gates within each level. These actually have some weird name but they look like orbs from Jak & Daxter games (except these are bright green) so I'm just going to call them orbs. Unfortunately, they made absolutely no attempts to hide these orbs and mixed with the bland level design, it really removes any desire or need for exploration. They are all out in the open, they are everywhere, and just in case you somehow missed any, they are bright green so you can spot them a mile away. Seriously, it would be harder to try not getting enough orbs. For example, in one level you need 99 orbs to open a gate, I had found 199 in that level just because I've been trained to collect everything in games. 

 

The second goal in each level is to rescue various creatures who are locked in cages as prisoners or slaves. Once you free them, you then have to guide them safely through the level to the nearest portal so you can successfully rescue them. This is where the gameplay has more of a puzzle/strategy focus than most platformers. You can command these creatures to do things such as follow, wait, attack, and so on. Basically, you have to scout the area and develop a plan for getting them to a portal. Sometimes it's easier to clear the enemies out yourself and then free them, sometimes you have to free them first and use them to access new areas, or you can use them to attack enemies but that risks some of them dying. This could have provided for some interesting strategy but so far it's just been repetitive and boring at times.

 

Clearing out enemies sounds more fun than it actually is. You don't have any direct personal attacks in this game so far. How do you kill enemies, you ask? In some levels, you can get a power-up from a vending machine that gives you a zapper like weapon. This power-up is only active for a limited amount of time and is one of the most slow and boring methods of killing enemies in any game I've played recently. I didn't keep count, but felt like it took around 10 zaps to kill an enemy. So basically the combat goes like this: zap an enemy, he falls down, wait a few seconds for him to get back up, zap again, he falls down, repeat around 10 times for each enemy. Seriously, it can take minutes to kill 1 enemy. In some areas, you can take remote control of cranes and drop bombs on enemies, sometimes you have to use creatures to attack, etc. That's pretty much the combat in the game.

 

On the bright side, I got more trophies on Day 1 than I did the entire time I was playing Yakuza 5. Finally brought me to Level 29! 

 

Speaking of trophies, I noticed that this game has several UR trophies yet most guides give it a 3 to 3.5 in terms of difficulty. Something's not adding up there. Looks like there used to be some problems with glitched trophies so maybe that's part of the reason. Or maybe it was on PS+ before and a lot of people got bored and quit playing the game. 

[XX_FTW]

Took last night off for some tv and Destiny raiding. Getting ready to jump into a game in a few minutes.

Thanks @Hemaik. I may take you up on that if I have questions.

I now understand the complaints about hallways in this game. Many of the maps are a straight and narrow path with maybe a tiny branch here and there. While it can be annoying to deal with massive and complex dungeons, this is definitely a bit too simplified. The combat is pretty smooth, but I'm not sure I'm a fan of the whole deal with if the leader is KOed, it's game over. It's especially frustrating with FF's tendency to not allow you to just redo the battle, nope you reload from the last save and get to do the cutscene again, though thankfully you can skip cutscenes. But seriously, for the time this game was made, there's no excuse to lack an option to restart from the beginning of the battle.

The story itself seems decent enough so far, though it's also rather confusing. Of course I'm sure a good chunk of that is just a matter of it's a new game and has a lot of stuff to introduce, but this is a pretty slow start for a FF game. I'm interested enough to keep going, but at the same time, I can see why this game is one of the more disliked in the series. I expect more from a series like this where I know Square/Enix can make a solid and enjoyable game and is capable of telling an enjoyable and coherent story that grabs you from the start, and it's just not happening in this game and it feels like a letdown from a company and series that you know can do better than this

I get where you're coming from but I took a slightly different perspective. I, so far, actually think the hallway works given what they are trying to introduce. It seems like the appropriate way to handle the battle tutorials where opening it up from the outset would have you getting paradigms somewhere in the 8th hour instead of in the 3rd after you factor in walking around and interacting with things. I don't know how long the hallway lasts but I hope it opens up eventually.

I've always found the setup for FF stories as lacking and it's the characters that draw me in first and then make me care about the story. In this case, Lightning is the only character I've been introduced to yet that I'm curious about. Snow's hero bs gets old real fast so I blame him. But then the writers decided to have him knocked flat by women every hour or so. So there's that.

[ladynadiad]

I get where you're coming from but I took a slightly different perspective. I, so far, actually think the hallway works given what they are trying to introduce. It seems like the appropriate way to handle the battle tutorials where opening it up from the outset would have you getting paradigms somewhere in the 8th hour instead of in the 3rd after you factor in walking around and interacting with things. I don't know how long the hallway lasts but I hope it opens up eventually.

I've always found the setup for FF stories as lacking and it's the characters that draw me in first and then make me care about the story. In this case, Lightning is the only character I've been introduced to yet that I'm curious about. Snow's hero bs gets old real fast so I blame him. But then the writers decided to have him knocked flat by women every hour or so. So there's that.

 

Yeah, I think that is where I'm feeling so disappointed.  I don't like any of the characters so far.  I don't tend to expect amazing characterization from the FF series, but these characters are even flatter than the usual fare.

 

The game really feels very much like all the effort and resources was put into the pretty graphics, because stuff falls flat in about every other respect and to be quite honest it's even more disappointing than XII was so far.  At least XII had some interesting characters, even if I only really liked Balthier and Fran.

Edited November 5, 2016 by ladynadiad

[SyIaris]

I made some progress on Arkham Origins' multiplayer trophies, so I went and tanked my average completion extra. Yay?

 

Yeah, the story is beyond meh. I didn't love the game, but it was pretty easy to play some here and there and it's an UR Plat so...

 

That it is. I'll keep poking at it at least until the next game's time, it's just... lacking.

I can't help but feel like it's UR because it's so blah. 

[Psy-Tychist]

Good Evening to all.

 

I know I am a little bit late to the party and such likes but I would like to ask a question that will probably have been answered somewhere in the annals of this forum.

 

Are we allowed to include 1% games or does it have to be specifically 0%?

I have not really started the 1% games I have besides trying to get an easy trophy (guilty as charged).

 

In any case, I have some catching up to do...

[MStalker58]

finally got my review for game 1 up...it rendered terribly from the original but don't have time to try and correct it as i'm off to work in a sec here...the quality is also pretty bad but don't care...video editing not one of my strong points but enjoy doing it nonetheless...also started up game 2 last night...will try to have a review ready on time as i have a nice "half day" (8 hours) at work tomorrow...

 

Loved the video and commentary. Especially the parts where you were having a conversation with and making fun of yourself. Also, for a moment I thought that game was suffering from the worst frame rate issues in the history of video games until I realized you were slowing down the footage on purpose.

 

Hope you keep the videos coming. 

[Hemiak]

Game 2 - Assassin's Creed 2
Time: 2 hours
7/51 trophies, 12%

For starters, this isn't my first Assassin's Creed game. I played the original on 360 about 9 years ago. I had a good time with it and reached about 95% in the game, so I don't really know why I never went back to the series. I rented Black Flag a while back as I thought I could slip an AC game past the wife under the guise of a pirate game, but she wasn't really into it.

For those of you who know nothing of the series. It follows some current day people that have ancestral connections to some Assassin's who were live during the past 1400s. There was a lot of political unrest, but the major conflict stems from the Assassins trying to thwart the designs of the evil Templars. The Templars are. Trying to get a magical Easter egg in order to take over the world... Or something.

Anywho, the current day people take a nap in a machine called an Animus, which is able to read their DNA and show them scenes from their ancestor's lives.... Sure, OK, count me in. Wait though, apparently the current day character has a lost full control over the "memory" and is able to travel wherever they want... Um, OK, so now I can go to locations and participate in events my ancestor might not have... ? That checks out, count me in for the ride. Apparently some of the actions you take do have current day consequences, but you can apparently slaughter everyone in France and that won't actually make a difference. :/

OK, small plot gripes aside, the game is pretty darn fun so far. It's a 3rd person action game with a focus on completing various missions. The combat is a bit stiff and awkward but again, the game is like 10 years old and it isn't unplayable by any means. I feel like it would be a great game to install Arkham combat, as it's annoying to get smacked in the back without any real way to counter or dodge that.

The platforming is pretty much auto mode, you hold down r1 and push whatever direction you want. If you hold X as well you sprint and he'll be more dynamic in his actions. However, he also has no sense of self preservation and will randomly jump sideways off a 50 foot building if you're using X, or so I heard somewhere. >.> Also, I'd you drop from a ledge you have to hold circle or he will fall to his death, which the game didn't tell me until I had an unfortunate accident or three.

Ive now finished the first memory sequence, done a couple side missions, found 5/66 synch points, and witnessed my first (blindingly obvious) plot twist backstab. Also, this game really lies euphemisms and outrite secure innuendo. I think I'm at 8 instances of one or the other already. O.O

So far I'm having fun and enjoying my time with the game.

[Hemiak]

I think all but one entrant has posted at least one update so far. Hopefully we can keep that up and everybody can complete the event successfully. Really enjoying all the reviews and opinions so far.

Are we allowed to include 1% games or does it have to be specifically 0%?

In any case, I have some catching up to do...

It's 0% games only, since playing a 1% game wouldn't add any new trophies to the account.

However, the event is officially underway and the sign ups have been closed. Feel free to follow along and comment, or even play along with us if you still feel like it.

[Edward_FOX_86]

I´ll just wrap up my tedious and frustrating Game Everyone ^^

 

Game 2 --> Soulcalibur V Day # 2

 

Yeah , I'm glad I didn't play the previous Soulcalibur and I think I know Why... It sucks man !!! I think I also know why I had an impression I would not like this game, because I think I Played or watch Gameplay of the Soulcalibur IV at my cousin's house.

 

Man!!!!!!! I really wanted to like this but the feeling I get in this game is You're a Noob and everyone else beats you, even the Computer beats you on normal.

I've played some Fighting Games before and I can tell you I won at least one Game Online (Yeah I checked the online, oh the masochism). In this Bullsh*t of a game I couldn't even get my opponent to half his life. I felt like I was always on the ground trying to get up while my opponent beat me down with endless combos Which I couldn't whatsoever block or counter and guess What? Even the Computer beats you down endlessly. There's a Fight in story mode against a character, his name was Nightmare , and oh boy he was literally a Nightmare. Oh my God I cursed so Much Cause this F***ing beast kept knocking me to the ground and Once I got up I had like 1/8 of health... And now you Ask - But Edward you finish the story mode how come? Well yeah I finish because thankfully there was an option which I loved it said "retry on a lower difficulty".

 

So on my last review I was deciding "Is this game for me?" Well NO! This game punishes you for being new at this and also the learning Mechanism is very poor .

I also tried Training and its just poorly done. I couldn't get better at the game, this game kept punishing me and So its a very frustrating experience which I kind feel bad about because I was hoping I would like it. I mean generally it probably has good reviews but it just did not do the job for me.

 

If I was to rate this I would give it a 5/10. I am aware that just because I suck at this game does not make it bad so yeah.

 

It probably has a Learning Curve has the critics call it way too long or whatever.

 

Anyway not playing this again.

 

Total Progress 20%

8 of 51 Trophies

 

I think I'll play some Skyrim Tonight .

 

That's All ^^

[ladynadiad]

Question, will we be able to swap around the order of games at all?  My schedule got changed at work so my days off are different now.  Of course it may change again since I complained about the change (seriously, they couldn't even comply with my single preference of two days in a row off), so I'm not going to swap the order quite yet until I know for sure what the final result will be, but I probably will need to swap at least one game.