Kill Your Completion v3. 0

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

P.S. about Tearaway, don't know if anyone else had this but my female messenger glitched to the male messenger's colors when the messenger edit menu was tutorialed to me. Very annoying because I liked her colors much more, which was one of the reasons I chose her instead of him (the other was his X eye annoyed me).

 

41 minutes ago, Fredoline05 said:

Ok, it may look a bit childish but don't give up on it yet, it gets better and more challenging later on, and it uses the controller like I haven't seen in any other game yet. You should definately try to stick it out and make an opinion about it once you've at least finished 1 playthrough and have seen it's full potential

 

Thanks for trying to motivate me and yeah I'll definitely go for at least one whole playthrough, we'll see how I feel about 100%ing it after that though.

 

21 minutes ago, Crimson Idol said:

Sorry to say that but I will drop out of the event due to some personal reasons. Honestly I don't know if I will have the engagement to participate in any events  on this site any longer caused by some recent happenings. On top of that I lack the motivation to start any of the remaining games, even those that I could use as a replacement. Good luck and much fun to everyone else!

 

That's too bad, good luck in dealing with your stuff and I hope it's not because of some bad apples on PSNP that you're giving up on the whole site!

[zettlock]

14 hours ago, Myu said:

 

No, no, not that much! 

Actually, I found the answer here

 

If the player plays for 100 hours 256 times, the game's internal clock will reset. This can be used to obtain the Excalibur II without playing for less than 12 hours. However, the player would be required to play for 25,600 hours, 1,067 days, or 2.92 years. The in-game clock color changes whenever it "rolls over" 100 hours from white to red to yellow to cyan to purple, and finally green. At 600 hours (after the timer has been green for 100 hours) the timer changes into a glitchy font and continues counting for 1 hour. At 601 hours the timer reverts to a green 99:59:59 and stops counting and nothing happens until the 2.92 years pass by when it overflows, returns to white 00:00:00 and starts all over.

 

I had no idea  

 

So you played for 601h+? I've got something around that in Cities: Skylines and I know how much effort it took. And it's not grinding, mind you. Anyhow, I really respect that 

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

I don't think there's that many games which I've ever even played beyond 100 hours... Well, single player games at least. I don't know what my Mario Kart 64 counter would say.

 

I'm at 60+ hours in the new Zelda by the way, and I haven't even finished the main quest yet.

[zettlock]

My next game's review supposed to be Wastelands 2, but I had kid under my supervision for a whole week and made something like 2h into the game. And that's like half of it in character generation, and everybody knows it's half of time you spend in RPG . It's a cool game, fallout-like (yeah, I know which game came first, calm you buns). A mix of that and XCOM. It looks like postapocalyptic dog raped by a radioactive rabbit, but that's ok. On a side note, I created this character that supposed to by my badass, mohawk, heavy gun wielding lady and I gave her this quirk "Born in circus". +50% to evasion and just 2 penalty to leadership (she's not the main talker, so who gives). Little I knew that it LITERALLY meant she was born in circus and my mohawk became a full blown f-king clown lady with an AK47. Seriously, she is wearing a clown suit . Pennywise AKA Violet in my game says hi!

Edited March 17, 2017 by zettlock

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

14 minutes ago, zettlock said:

it LITERALLY meant she was born in circus and my mohawk became a full blown f-king clown lady with an AK47. Seriously, she is wearing a clown suit .

 

Pics or it didn't happen!

[zettlock]

6 minutes ago, BillyHorrible said:

 

Pics or it didn't happen!

 

It's not my pic, since I'm at work, but that's literally what I have to deal with...

[Myu]

1 hour ago, zettlock said:

 

So you played for 601h+? I've got something around that in Cities: Skylines and I know how much effort it took. And it's not grinding, mind you. Anyhow, I really respect that 

 

I have no idea as I was rather young. I do remember that I didn't have a lot of games on PS1 at the time so it's possible but I can't help but think that 600 hours is a HUGE amount of time 0_0 

The only PS1 games I had are still on my shelves : Final Fantasy VII, VIII and IX, Grandia and Tail Concerto  

[Jaguargenie]

3 hours ago, Crimson Idol said:

Sorry to say that but I will drop out of the event due to some personal reasons. Honestly I don't know if I will have the engagement to participate in any events  on this site any longer caused by some recent happenings. On top of that I lack the motivation to start any of the remaining games, even those that I could use as a replacement. Good luck and much fun to everyone else!

Hope it isn't as serious as it sounds. Be well!

1 hour ago, zettlock said:

 

It's not my pic, since I'm at work, but that's literally what I have to deal with...

Hahaha!

[xFalionx]

Game #6: DiRT3 (on PS3)

First day
Total playtime: about 5 hours and 30 minutes

 

Since my last update I went from less than one event finished to almost 3 out of 4 events of the first tour. There's 4 tours overall, so I've still got more left to do than I think I could manage to do within my time limit.

 

I must say that, despite not liking it as much at the start, the game has grown on me by now. I guess what annoyed me the most were the awkward realistic rally controls, which were pretty hard for me to get. By now I'm pretty confident in my driving abilities, no matter the terrain. I just need to learn how to use drifting in a reliable and productive way, because it's usually faster to just slow down before turns. 

 

The game has quite a few different modes, but there are a few really difficult challenges in the mix. Those are drift challenges where you basically have to drive down a set course, drift around a pole at the and, and drive back up the course. Along the way you have to do as many long drifts as possible in a set time to earn points based on how long you drift and how much you've turned in your drift, I guess. Not 100% sure on that one.  Anyways, getting a platinum medal in these challenges is really hard and about 2 and a half of my playtime were spent retrying the 2 drift challenges I've unlocked so far until I finally managed to get the plat medal in both of them. The last one had me staying up until 3:30 AM because I had several tries where I got to 25XXX points out of 26000, and I felt like I'd loose my feel for the course if I were to stop back then. At least the second challenge earned me the trophy for scoring 25000 points or more along the way.  

 

The only thing that's annoying me right now (besides the fact that there's no music while driving T.T) is the fact that they loooooooove to shove their DLCs in your face. Want to play a tour race? In almost every event there's a race greyed out with a big fat red BUY icon on it, and since it's calculated into the final event points, it's impossible for me to get my peace of mind by 100% completing each event without forking over more money, which I'm not about to do anytime soon. Besides the blacked out event courses, there's also a bunch of cars thrown randomly throughout the car select screen that got the same treatment. They could have at least shoved them towards the end of the list so I don't constantly feel like I'm playing a mobile game...

 

I'm probably gonna finish the first Tour today and give the multiplayer and the other game modes a try tomorrow.

 

11 hours ago, DamagingRob said:

But it's your standard turn-based JRPG. You can attack, defend, use at item, run away, use a special technique, etc. But it seems as if Ari dies, it's Game Over. Why other party members can't revive him with an item, but he can them, is beyond me. And I died in the field, which erased quite a bit of playtime, so it's a pretty annoying aspect of the game. Keep Ari's health up at all times! 

Man, I hate it when RPGs do that. It's one of the very few things which annoyed me in Persona 4 Golden. It's especially annoying in that game because the bosses tend to do really strong (like almost insta-kill strong) attacks on a regular basis which you have to block, so if you miss the signs of an incoming super attack and don't select block, you're pretty much done for. 

 

10 hours ago, Kevvik said:

Judging by times by others, I may have this done by the end of the 3 days but we'll see how it goes. Even if I finish, backtracking doesn't feel like a chore and time just flies by hacking away as xFalionx can attest to, I'm sure. Just a couple more rooms and then I'll take a break, for sure this time. ?

Yeah, backtracking feels really nice in this game since you can move around so quickly after clearing out all of the enemies. Time flies by for sure, it's one of these games where you look up from your vita and you notice that it's already dark outside and you should probably be heading to bed soon, but the next boss is only a few more puzzles away so bed can wait.  

[Hemiak]

6 hours ago, Crimson Idol said:

Sorry to say that but I will drop out of the event due to some personal reasons. Honestly I don't know if I will have the engagement to participate in any events  on this site any longer caused by some recent happenings. On top of that I lack the motivation to start any of the remaining games, even those that I could use as a replacement. Good luck and much fun to everyone else!

I'm really sorry to hear that man. You've brought a lot to the events and you will be missed. I hope you're able to resolve your issues swiftly and positively. Don't hesitate to say hi if you do return. 

[DamagingRob]

6 hours ago, Crimson Idol said:

Sorry to say that but I will drop out of the event due to some personal reasons. Honestly I don't know if I will have the engagement to participate in any events  on this site any longer caused by some recent happenings. On top of that I lack the motivation to start any of the remaining games, even those that I could use as a replacement. Good luck and much fun to everyone else!

Sorry to hear that.  Don't be a Drifter for too long, and come on back to us.  

 

56 minutes ago, xFalionx said:

Man, I hate it when RPGs do that. It's one of the very few things which annoyed me in Persona 4 Golden. It's especially annoying in that game because the bosses tend to do really strong (like almost insta-kill strong) attacks on a regular basis which you have to block, so if you miss the signs of an incoming super attack and don't select block, you're pretty much done for. 

Did P4G have that? I played on the easiest difficulty, so I may have never really noticed. 

[xFalionx]

1 minute ago, DamagingRob said:

Did P4G have that? I played on the easiest difficulty, so I may have never really noticed. 

Yeah, if the MC dies, you instantly loose the battle which was pretty annoying against some of the later bosses. On easy it shouldn't be a problem anyways since your characters can just get up whenever they die, so you basically can't loose any battles. I even managed to kill the reaper on my first visit to the castle in my second playthrough since I played that one on easy. 

[voodoo_eyes]

9 hours ago, Crimson Idol said:

Sorry to say that but I will drop out of the event due to some personal reasons. Honestly I don't know if I will have the engagement to participate in any events  on this site any longer caused by some recent happenings. On top of that I lack the motivation to start any of the remaining games, even those that I could use as a replacement. Good luck and much fun to everyone else!

 

Best of luck with whatever it is you need to resolve! Take care and don't be a stranger!

[Melanogaster1987]

4 hours ago, xFalionx said:

The last one had me staying up until 3:30 AM because I had several tries where I got to 25XXX points out of 26000, and I felt like I'd loose my feel for the course if I were to stop back then. At least the second challenge earned me the trophy for scoring 25000 points or more along the way.  

 

 

Good job knocking out that one - it caused me to rage so much. I finished with 25,990 points on just my second attempt, then a few minutes later would have got the 26,000 points, but it didn't count because a drift that is still in progress when time expires isn't added to your score. I finally managed to beat it one and a half hours later... good luck with the rest of those challenges!

[afc-razor-84]

1. Operation flashpoint DR PS3
2. Fifa 17 ps4
3. cod 4 ps4
4. battlefield 1ps4
5.  resogun multi
6. knack ps4
7. titanfall 2 ps4
8. knee deep ps4
9. medal of honour ps3
10. uncharted GA vita.                                                                                                        If this forum means to boost your completion rate then these are my games. Not to tough but some have been on my list since I started my trophy hunting campaign in 2014?

[Myu]

3 minutes ago, afc-razor-84 said:

1. Operation flashpoint DR PS3
2. Fifa 17 ps4
3. cod 4 ps4
4. battlefield 1ps4
5.  resogun multi
6. knack ps4
7. titanfall 2 ps4
8. knee deep ps4
9. medal of honour ps3
10. uncharted GA vita.                                                                                                        If this forum means to boost your completion rate then these are my games. Not to tough but some have been on my list since I started my trophy hunting campaign in 2014?

 

The title of this thread is "kill your completion" so this is exactly the opposite, read the first post for more info!  

[MarkusT1992]

19 hours ago, DamagingRob said:

Day 1- Okage: Shadow King

 

@MarkusT1992 Wasn't that little sister the worst? I tried to pass the errand on to her, but so what?

I tried the same. This little liar.

The choices you have to answer are great. But nobody listens to you

[Fitzquaid]

Game #6: Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence - Ascension

Days 1 & 2

 

Expectations: So, this is a bit obscure - less than 200 players here on PSNP.  How did I stumble on it and end up with a copy?  Well, Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII on the PS2 is one of my all-time favourite games.  In theory a historical strategy / sim where you could play as a ruler leading your kingdom to victory, it also let you choose to play as one of the less highly-ranked officers and spend your time making friends and enemies, occasionally fighting in battles, helping your city develop, impressing your liege, collecting nifty items, and not worrying about grand strategy at all.  It was entirely my cup of tea.

 

Earlier this year, somebody on another forum was praising this as the nearest current equivalent to an officer-based RoTK game, so I put it on my Amazon wishlist as a 'maybe check this out at some point'.  Then Amazon had a one-day-only offer, I was in the mood to impulse-buy and noticed this game was cheap, so...

 

Impressions: My first impression was that I'm in way over my head.  Part of that is down to the setting - I've read a translation of Rot3K, I've played a Dynasty Warriors or two, I generally know my way around the major players and factions involved in those games.  Japanese history, though, not so much.  Or at all.  There seems to be a heck of a lot of different clans...?

 

Another part of the overwhelming first impression is the UI - I'm gradually figuring out the different menus and controls, but at times I feel like someone trying to use a gamepad for the first time in their life.  My first battle against bandits ended in disaster, and I don't know if that was inevitable from the start, or because I pressed the wrong thing, or perhaps didn't press a thing?  There are lots of numbers and icons on each screen and so far my grasp of what they mean is, charitably, not great.

 

I'll have more time to play tomorrow, so the plan is to try and find an in-game manual and maybe go through the tutorials again.  Right now though a new Night in the Woods patch just downloaded...

 

12 hours ago, Crimson Idol said:

Sorry to say that but I will drop out of the event due to some personal reasons.

 

Sorry to hear it, hope things work out for you.

 

Edited March 17, 2017 by Fitzquaid

[afc-razor-84]

37 minutes ago, Myu said:

 

The title of this thread is "kill your completion" so this is exactly the opposite, read the first post for more info!  

Ok my bad, will I already killed my CR when I got my Ps4 and promised not to trophy hunt, then I got a preowned PS3 and forgot to delete the hard drive which had 6 games already on it which are games I wouldn't touch with a 6 foot barge pole? I just can't get over 87% either way thanks for the info mate.

[Alpsmile05]

Game 6, Day 2: Bully

 

 

playtime: about 7-8 hours

 

I played a bit more and got myself a couple more trophies, all bronze so far but that's ok, the rest will follow. The longer I play this game the more I like it. I'm getting used to the bad controls and the story is fun enough to get me going. Even when besides the missions it's one huge grind. But what can I say: I like beating up guys (in the game) and doing all what my parents told me wasn't nice to do

 

After the event I guess this will be one off the first games I'll get back to.

[afc-razor-84]

1 hour ago, Myu said:

 

The title of this thread is "kill your completion" so this is exactly the opposite, read the first post for more info!  

 

Just now, Fredoline05 said:

Game 6, Day 2: Bully

 

 

playtime: about 7-8 hours

 

I played a bit more and got myself a couple more trophies, all bronze so far but that's ok, the rest will follow. The longer I play this game the more I like it. I'm getting used to the bad controls and the story is fun enough to get me going. Even when besides the missions it's one huge grind. But what can I say: I like beating up guys (in the game) and doing all what my parents told me wasn't nice to do

 

After the event I guess this will be one off the first games I'll get back to.

Just remember the hidden cloths shop that ain't marked on the map by a clothing icon it can be found in the greasers territory?

[Kevvik]

17 hours ago, Crimson Idol said:

Sorry to say that but I will drop out of the event due to some personal reasons. Honestly I don't know if I will have the engagement to participate in any events  on this site any longer caused by some recent happenings. On top of that I lack the motivation to start any of the remaining games, even those that I could use as a replacement. Good luck and much fun to everyone else!

 

Hope everything works out. You will be missed. I always found your posts informative, considerate and helpful.

 

Until your return...✌?

[DamagingRob]

Day 2- Okage: Shadow King

 

So, I fired up the game in the morning, recruited my third party member a second time(he just kind of joins you, when you leave town), and began Round 2 of exploring the same field. And I fricking died again. So, I said, "Fuck this shit," and went into the sewers to fight some powerful enemies, after picking up the crazy-looking scientist for a third time. I mean, look at the guy(the one on the far left):

 

Spoiler

 

In the sewer, where you fought the Rat King, there are really powerful encounters(for your level at the time). Some will squash you in an instant. But there are a few you can beat, with a very low-levelled party. And when you do, you'll gain multiple levels per fight for doing so. Stopped once I'd raised everyone to Level 17, and a single fight wasn't levelling them up anymore. 

 

After that, I was able to continue on with the game. And the enemies that caused me 2 Game Overs, were only doing single digit damage to my party members. Ha! 

 

Ari has turned into some kind of player. We save a princess, who decides to tag along after. Help a terrible singer become an idol. And then there's the parasol lady. Julia who?  

 

But this is the complete opposite of that Digimon game. With that one, random encounters were a joke. You didn't have any real problems, until you got into a boss fight. With Okage, hooooly crap, can things turn bad in a hurry in a random fight. I have to heal a lot, or just run away. 

 

I've gone through a few dungeons, now. Each one consists of so many floors, sometimes just one. But you have to defeat each one of these urns on every floor, before you can advance to the boss. Defeating every one on a floor, also eliminates all random encounters on that floor. Until you leave the dungeon, that is. Then them and the urns will return, but the paths you opened up will remain open. 

 

And there are puzzles to solve in the dungeons, as well. Nothing too difficult yet. But holes in the floor will drop you to the floor below somewhere, green switches you step on will open doors, and there have even been invisible walls. Signs in the dungeon give you clues on their locations, though.  

 

Still enjoying it, and the story/humor are my favorite parts. But random encounters can be tedious.. Especially when you're looking for items, and they keep getting in the way. 

 

Time played: 10+ hours

Trophy progress: 12/30 for 28%

Edited March 18, 2017 by DamagingRob

[dmland12]

21 hours ago, Crimson Idol said:

Sorry to say that but I will drop out of the event due to some personal reasons. Honestly I don't know if I will have the engagement to participate in any events  on this site any longer caused by some recent happenings. On top of that I lack the motivation to start any of the remaining games, even those that I could use as a replacement. Good luck and much fun to everyone else!

 

Sorry to hear this.  I hope things work out as well as they can for you with whatever it is you're having to deal with.

 

 

8 hours ago, Fitzquaid said:

I generally know my way around the major players and factions involved in those games.  Japanese history, though, not so much.  Or at all.  There seems to be a heck of a lot of different clans...?

 

The history of Japan, eh?  Here's a very humorous, but informative crash coarse if you haven't seen it already.  

 

Not mine.  This went super viral last year (22M views currently).

[wtru9]

Game #6: Just Cause 2

Day #1+2

Playtime: 5 hours

 

Over half way through the event now, and things just keep getting better. For the uninformed, the Just Cause series is basically an action movie badass simulator. I mean, the first instance of gameplay is base jumping out of a helicopter high in the air through countless explosions to grab something off a dead body falling 100m below you. One of your primary concerns is quite literally just to create chaos. Why you ask? Well, Just Cause. (And yes I know that joke's been used in every review of a Just Cause game ever).

 

As with most action movies, a deep, interesting plot is most certainly not the target here. The writing is charmingly blunt and straightforward, and the voice acting is done by people who I assume to have English as a second language, awkwardly emphasizing words you wouldn't expect and lacking genuine emotion. This combination, accompanied by the dated graphics means pretty much every cutscene will make you cringe, but in a good way like a bad pun does. Although, admittedly I haven't gotten that far with the story. Let's just say I've been a bit distracted during my time with the game thus far...

 

Gameplay is most certainly the focus here, and it definitely succeeds. First of all the map is GIANT. 400 square miles (20milesx20miles) with settlements, military bases and collectables scattered right throughout the map means you can feel a bit dwarfed before you thankfully get the option to fast travel to any area you've previously visited. The game also gives you the ingenious grappling hook, which can be used to pull enemies from high ledges, tether enemies to overpasses or enemy helicopters to nearby trees and to scale tall buildings. You can also grapple onto the road, deploy a parachute and slingshot yourself along with it, making cars pretty much obsolete. And thank God for that too, from the times I've been forced to drive the cars have handled like absolute piles of crap! It's like they've taken Saints Row's handling model, but made it even more "blocky" and rigid and replaced the regular break with a handbrake meaning you spin out if you turn even a tiny bit while braking.

 

From what I've played so far my favourite thing to do has been to jump in an attack helicopter and just go to town on the various bases you can attack. The game has nice destruction and explosive physics (nice for a game from 2010 certainly!) on the various objects that you're allowed to destroy, which makes blowing everything up from the air oh so gratifying. Having fun so far, and I'm excited to get on again a little later .

 

21 hours ago, Crimson Idol said:

Sorry to say that but I will drop out of the event due to some personal reasons. Honestly I don't know if I will have the engagement to participate in any events  on this site any longer caused by some recent happenings. On top of that I lack the motivation to start any of the remaining games, even those that I could use as a replacement. Good luck and much fun to everyone else!

 

That's unfortunate (but understandable), I've been enjoying your write ups up to this point . I hope you're able to sort everything out that's causing you problems, and you have my best wishes going forwards!