Kill Your Completion v3. 0

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

14 minutes ago, Hemiak said:

Oh I've seen it. Even post foe the last three weeks has had Switch, Zelda, and or KYC3. I totally decided not to drop all that money on advertising because you were getting me all kinds of free Press.

 

Don't forget Witcher III

[voodoo_eyes]

Game #1 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

 

 

Day #2

Total playtime: 2h 30m

Trophies earned: 15/45

 

 

Did a few more missions, half of them were some weird stealth assignments that felt incredibly out of place. The game keeps telling me to switch spells accoring to type of enemy. I'm not sure why as head shots seem to do the trick on pretty much any enemy no matter which spell I use . There are also potions that can be used as a weapon, which I casually keep throwing about like confetti

The character models areN't bad for a PS2 game, it sure as hell looks better than KIllzone did. If I had to guess, I think I'm maybe half-way through the game. Let's see how much time I feel like investing into this tomorrow....

[DamagingRob]

1 hour ago, BillyHorrible said:

It can still be completed fairly quickly if you know what you're doing, though truth be told I had a weekend within those three days.

Well, we'll see how much progress I can make between today and tomorrow. One thing about me is, I shift into another gear when I start to clean up a game. For whatever reason, I pace myself more when going through the story. But once that's over, I go bearzerk to finish things up.  

 

I'm already out of likes. :/ I didn't even make it to the "Most Recent Platinum" and "Post the last trophy you earned" threads today. 25 is so not enough.. 

 

Edit: 1,000th post! 

Edited March 2, 2017 by DamagingRob

[Alpsmile05]

Game 1 Day 2: Knack

Time played: somewhere between 15 and 18 hours

 

 

I finished my 1st playthrough last night about an hour after I wrote my update. After that I decided to replay a playthrough on easy again to hoard objects and to focus mainly on finding every treasure chest in 1 playthrough. I just finished my 2nd playthrough and I think that concludes my gaming for day 2. Tomorrow will be less because my weekend ends tonight

 

Today I managed to add 7 new trophies to my profile which gets my total for this game on 20/42 trophies earned. This counts as 32% of the game. Tomorrow if I have the time I'll try to add a couple more trophies through chapter select but I won't start a new playthrough though. I'd hate to have to stop halfway a playthrough because we move on to the next game.

 

Also: my girlfriend saw me play today and asked me if she could play a playthrough too, she liked watching me play this game and wants to try it.

 

 

[MStalker58]

On 3/1/2017 at 1:33 PM, xFalionx said:

Have fun with Terraria, Steam says that I've played this game for 524 hours. I've played Skyrim for 324 hours if that's worth a comparison. I mean I even bought the game on Vita again because I wanted to have the platinum. I think I might save that for my 100th should that time come, but yeah it's pretty much my favorite game of all time.

 

I'm currently debating whether or not to buy Terraria from the current weekly sale. It looks interesting but I can't decide if it will be something I'll absolutely love or hate. Your favorite game of all time is some pretty high praise so that might convince me to check it out. Doubt you can answer this since it appears you have the Vita version, but I'm trying to find out if there are any differences between the PS3 and PS4 versions. The PS3 copy is a few bucks cheaper in the sale. And damn, 524 hours is a long time. Don't think I've ever played a single game that much. 

 

23 hours ago, Jaguargenie said:

Game # 1 Initial Impressions:

 

Strider

 

Glad to hear you are enjoying it so far. That game was a pleasant surprise for me when it was included in the Capcom Humble Bundle. From what I remember, it never really gets that difficult. Even the speedrun trophy is very easy with a comfortable time limit if you are interested in going for the platinum. This was one of the games that re-sparked my interest in the metroidvania genre. Have a few games from the genre in my backlog that I'm really looking forward to. Speaking of....

 

9 hours ago, Crimson Idol said:

Game 1, Day 1: Shantae and the Pirate's Curse (PS4)

 

I'm getting ready to start on Half-Genie Hero (thanks to you ). I loved the first two games so can't wait to play the new game. I believe that I did the no damage trophies on my first run so I wouldn't have to worry about it during the speed runs. There's usually a save point right before the boss rooms so it's not too much of a hassle to just reload a save if you mess up.

 

To save me the trouble of looking for the old thread, I'll go ahead and include an update from the last event for me. I just got the  for Watch Dogs which brings me to 6 games completed from Round 2 of KYC. Still have Yakuza 5, Dirt 3, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD, and Spelunker HD left to finish off my list. Of those games, I'll probably revisit Yakuza 5 sometime soon. One of these days I'll undo all this damage that @Hemiak and this event have done to my completion percentage. 

 

 

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

4 minutes ago, MStalker58 said:

 

I'm currently debating whether or not to buy Terraria from the current weekly sale. It looks interesting but I can't decide if it will be something I'll absolutely love or hate.

 

First your backlog, then more sales!

 

You must have a big backlog, especially when including PS+. When in doubt, pass and go to town on your backlog first.

[xFalionx]

13 minutes ago, MStalker58 said:

I'm currently debating whether or not to buy Terraria from the current weekly sale. It looks interesting but I can't decide if it will be something I'll absolutely love or hate. Your favorite game of all time is some pretty high praise so that might convince me to check it out. Doubt you can answer this since it appears you have the Vita version, but I'm trying to find out if there are any differences between the PS3 and PS4 versions. The PS3 copy is a few bucks cheaper in the sale. And damn, 524 hours is a long time. Don't think I've ever played a single game that much. 

Don't listen to that doofus @BillyHorrible, there's a reason why I have 524 hours on this game on steam and even more beyond that before it got released on steam. First of all: if you can choose between the PS3 and PS4 version, definitely go for the PS4 version. Vita and PS3 stopped getting content updates because the developers had trouble integrating all of the new features with the old hardware, whereas the PS4 version usually gets the updates from the PC version a few months later. One of the best updates to date, the most recent update, is already missing on the PS3 and Vita version, which is really sad because it's the update that included an additional mode that made you take double damage and gave each and every boss in the game new and more complex attack patterns, improving the already magnificent bosses of the game even more. There's also new items with neat effects that you can only get by defeating the bosses in that mode.

 

The only real drawback to the console versions of Terraria is that the controls take some getting used to because they were originally created with a mouse in mind. With what I've played of the Vita version they seem to be fine though, especially if you've played a bit. 

 

The thing that's caused my hour count to rise up that far is the fact that the game is really replayable and gets large content updates every now and then. When I started playing the game back in its alpha stage, you could play through the game in a few hours, now there's ten times as much stuff in the game than before. Every time one of these updates gets released I usually start a new character on a new world and just play the game again. Especially with the new update that's become a really fun experience because even the early bosses can cause you lots of trouble in that mode if you don't know what you're doing. 

 

The game usually gets described as a 2D Minecraft, which is far from the truth. I'd say the focus of the game are the bosses and there are quite a few of them. There's an almost metroidvania like zone progression, mostly gated by harder hitting enemies, but sometimes behind hard walls that need you to defeat a boss beforehand or something along those lines. What I personally love about the game is the character progression of your own character. You start out weak, slow and clumsy, then you find items that let you double-jump, give combat stats, let you run faster, make you fly, or give you other interesting effects with which you can customize your character depending on where you're going. Need to go to hell (literally)? Better equip some obsidian horseshoes to negate fire damage and fall damage.

 

There tons of unique areas to conquer and once you've been to them all and defeated the wall of flesh in hell, that's basically where the game actually starts because now you get to go to most of the zones again, now with way stronger enemies, new ores, way more interesting items and spells and so on. 

Then there's all of the different combat styles. You can dedicate yourself to melee weapons, ranged weapons, magic or summoning weapons, or mix and match between them. Especially weapons from later in the game behave different to each other, so combat is always varied. There's tons of armor sets for different playstyles. 

 

If you've got few friends to play with, the game is even more fun and you can do stuff like assign combat roles. If you want a challenge you could try to stick to one combat style, which will prove to be very difficult at times especially against late game bosses. 

 

 

Huh, sometimes I surprise myself with how much text I can crank out on some topics. I could continue this for another while but I'm sure you get what I'm trying to tell you.  

 

 

[FFHannibal]

What's the average length people are willing to read for a 'review'? I covered my impressions of my first 30 minutes and I've got like 600 words...

 

Sigh, if only writing my thesis was that easy.

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

1 hour ago, xFalionx said:

Don't listen to that doofus @BillyHorrible, there's a reason why I have 524 hours on this game on steam and even more beyond that before it got released on steam.

 

I think we demonstrated today and yesterday that not everyone likes the same games

 

Yeah, I'm not into Terraria at all. Furthermore, I feel like if anyone's in doubt about buying a new game, they should first take a look at their backlogs.

 

1 hour ago, FFHannibal said:

What's the average length people are willing to read for a 'review'? I covered my impressions of my first 30 minutes and I've got like 600 words...

 

Sigh, if only writing my thesis was that easy.

 

Depends on how much pictures you use, how well you write and what game you're writing about

 

For instance, I'm not going to bother with Falion's wall of text on Terraria but if someone would write that much about Super Star Wars...

Edited March 2, 2017 by BillyHorrible

[xFalionx]

22 minutes ago, BillyHorrible said:

I think we demonstrated today and yesterday that not everyone likes the same games

 

Yeah, I'm not into Terraria at all. Furthermore, I feel like if anyone's in doubt about buying a new game, they should first take a look at their backlogs.

Yeah, but this is Terraria we're talking about. It's the one game besides Skyrim that I'd actually say everyone should have at least tried within their lifetime. Also, it's on sale rather often so you can usually get it for pretty cheap when you're looking at the right time. It's also one of the few games that still release new content patches for free. They're even bigger than you standard DLC.  

 

But if it weren't Terraria we're talking about then I'd say pretty much the same. Backlog first, then go looking for new games.  

 

23 minutes ago, BillyHorrible said:

Depends on how much pictured you use,how well you write and what game you're writing about

 

For instance, I'm not going to bother with Falion's wall of text on Terraria but if someone would write that much about Super Star Wars...

Huh, that's weird. For example I wouldn't bother with a Super Star Wars wall of text, while I'd be glad to read someones Terraria appreciation. 

[MStalker58]

1 hour ago, BillyHorrible said:

 

First your backlog, then more sales!

 

You must have a big backlog, especially when including PS+. When in doubt, pass and go to town on your backlog first.

 

Guess it depends on what you consider big. Mine doesn't compare to some people on here who have ridiculous backlogs. At one point, I had it down to less than 20 games but it has exploded recently. After buying Unravel (that should make you happy ) from this sale, my backlog is now back up to over 60 games that I own and well over 100 when you include all of the PS+ games. Luckily (maybe ) I've only been a PS+ member for a little over a year so that part of my backlog isn't crazy yet. 

 

You do realize that the fact that you don't recommend the game actually counts as a positive and makes it more appealing, right?  

 

41 minutes ago, xFalionx said:

Huh, sometimes I surprise myself with how much text I can crank out on some topics. I could continue this for another while but I'm sure you get what I'm trying to tell you.  

 

Thanks for all the info. I do the same thing when it comes to long posts. Sometimes feel like I can ramble on and end up with a wall of text that nobody will bother reading. I appreciate it though and the info will help with my decision. I'll probably use your thoughts, watch some gameplay videos, then decide at the last second before the sale ends. 

 

Glad you brought up the Minecraft comparison and differences. I kept hearing that comparison but that kind of turned me off because I've never played Minecraft and what I've seen doesn't really interest me at all. 

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

6 minutes ago, MStalker58 said:

 

Guess it depends on what you consider big. Mine doesn't compare to some people on here who have ridiculous backlogs. At one point, I had it down to less than 20 games but it has exploded recently. After buying Unravel (that should make you happy ) from this sale, my backlog is now back up to over 60 games that I own and well over 100 when you include all of the PS+ games. Luckily (maybe ) I've only been a PS+ member for a little over a year so that part of my backlog isn't crazy yet. 

 

Yes, you buying Terraria makes me happy. Those numbers sound like you could do with a round of backlog focus, to be honest.

 

6 minutes ago, MStalker58 said:

You do realize that the fact that you don't recommend the game actually counts as a positive and makes it more appealing, right?  

 

I do. That you like games I don't like doesn't mean you'll like any game I don't like though. Care to try TorqueL?

 

My main point was your backlog, I just wanted to be devil's advocate once Falion started saying that everybody should have tried Terraria.

 

6 minutes ago, MStalker58 said:

Glad you brought up the Minecraft comparison and differences. I kept hearing that comparison but that kind of turned me off because I've never played Minecraft and what I've seen doesn't really interest me at all. 

 

Exactly why I don't need to try Terraria. I tried Minecraft once, damn was it boring.

[Hemiak]

24 minutes ago, MStalker58 said:

 At one point, I had it down to less than 20 games but it has exploded recently. 

 

Glad you brought up the Minecraft comparison and differences. I kept hearing that comparison but that kind of turned me off because I've never played Minecraft and what I've seen doesn't really interest me at all. 

Mine isn't nearly as bad as many people. If I cut out all the free ps4. And Vita games I've probably got less than 40 games total unstarted. Maybe 10-15 I started and will or might play again. 

 

Also @xFalionxthanks for the clarification between games.  Like Stalker I avoided Terraria thinking they were much closer. However, my son who loves Legos recently asked me to download the demo version for minecraft, so I got the demo for both of them. He's absolutely in love with both games so I'm waiting on MInecraft to go on sale for him, and I picked up Terraria for both of us. I've been playing a bit of MC with him and it's actually pretty fun so far.

 

18 minutes ago, BillyHorrible said:

Exactly why I don't need to try Terraria. I tried Minecraft once, damn was it boring.

This really surprises me with your love of Legos. 

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

11 minutes ago, Hemiak said:

This really surprises me with your love of Legos. 

 

Yeah I love building actual LEGO and it's nice that the LEGO games gave me and the wife something to play during my non-Nintendo years (damn there's little for us to play together on X360 and PS4).

 

Doesn't mean I'll like LEGO Worlds once it's released.

 

I don't really like these resources building/collecting games. I'm ignoring the alchemy/crafting substuff in Witcher, I was annoyed that resource mining was mandatory in No Man's Sky if I wanted to explore and Minecraft almost put me in a coma, I quickly had to play some Just Cause afterwards.

 

LEGO Worlds has the potential to warm me up to the genre because it's LEGO but other than that, I don't really care.

[MarkusT1992]

1 hour ago, BillyHorrible said:

Yeah, I'm not into Terraria at all. Furthermore, I feel like if anyone's in doubt about buying a new game, they should first take a look at their backlogs

You blame people for not liking Zelda games but don't like Terraria. Like Zelda, Terraria is a great game

 

 

43 minutes ago, MStalker58 said:

Glad you brought up the Minecraft comparison and differences. I kept hearing that comparison but that kind of turned me off because I've never played Minecraft and what I've seen doesn't really interest me at all. 

In my opinion Minecraft focuses on the build your own city/realm/whatever part where Terraria focuses on the advancement of the game. Beat a boss, get better weapons/armor and prepare for the next boss. I usally don't really build in Terraria, only the house you need for all the NPCs and thats normally a square. Whereas in Minecraft I try to improve on my building style and experiment with different styles.

 

12 minutes ago, Hemiak said:

Mine isn't nearly as bad as many people. If I cut out all the free ps4. And Vita games I've probably got less than 40 games total unstarted. Maybe 10-15 I started and will or might play again. 

 

Also @xFalionxthanks for the clarification between games.  Like Stalker I avoided Terraria thinking they were much closer. However, my son who loves Legos recently asked me to download the demo version for minecraft, so I got the demo for both of them. He's absolutely in love with both games so I'm waiting on MInecraft to go on sale for him, and I picked up Terraria for both of us. I've been playing a bit of MC with him and it's actually pretty fun so far.

 

This really surprises me with your love of Legos. 

If possible you should buy Minecraft on PC as it is much better in my opinion. But that may be only because I played it there first and didn't like the controlls at all on consoles.

[Hemiak]

3 minutes ago, MarkusT1992 said:

If possible you should buy Minecraft on PC as it is much better in my opinion. But that may be only because I played it there first and didn't like the controlls at all on consoles.

I really don't game on pc at all. Also, using a ps system makes it way easier for me or my daughter to drop in and out of my son's game at any time. 

 

Lastly, how am I supposed to know what to do without trophies to tell me where to go?

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

3 minutes ago, MarkusT1992 said:

You blame people for not liking Zelda games but don't like Terraria. Like Zelda, Terraria is a great game

 

Don't know if I shared it here but in general I don't care for current day 16bit games. There are enough exceptions (Fez, Super Meat Boy, Stealth Inc.) but many more I can't stand.

 

Also, I don't think Terraria is as universally known and loved as Zelda. That's like saying "You pick on me for not liking Rome but you don't like Pompeii yourself" - sure, both have their fans but it's a completely different scale and ballpark.

[xFalionx]

36 minutes ago, MStalker58 said:

Thanks for all the info. I do the same thing when it comes to long posts. Sometimes feel like I can ramble on and end up with a wall of text that nobody will bother reading. I appreciate it though and the info will help with my decision. I'll probably use your thoughts, watch some gameplay videos, then decide at the last second before the sale ends. 

 

Glad you brought up the Minecraft comparison and differences. I kept hearing that comparison but that kind of turned me off because I've never played Minecraft and what I've seen doesn't really interest me at all. 

No need to thank me, just doing my deeds.  You should definitely watch some gameplay. Maybe something from one of the early boss fights like the eater of worlds, which is technically the second boss in the game and, while not nearly as mechanically complex as the late-game bosses, still pretty fun to watch.

 

More to the Minecraft thing below.

24 minutes ago, BillyHorrible said:

Exactly why I don't need to try Terraria. I tried Minecraft once, damn was it boring.

That's exactly what you're doing wrong, look below to find out why. (clickbait +1 )

 

6 minutes ago, Hemiak said:

Also @xFalionxthanks for the clarification between games.  Like Stalker I avoided Terraria thinking they were much closer. However, my son who loves Legos recently asked me to download the demo version for minecraft, so I got the demo for both of them. He's absolutely in love with both games so I'm waiting on MInecraft to go on sale for him, and I picked up Terraria for both of us. I've been playing a bit of MC with him and it's actually pretty fun so far.

 

This really surprises me with your love of Legos. 

Yeah, I'm also really surprised that Billy doesn't like the building aspect of minecraft.

 

Anyways, what I'm mostly here for is to tell you the following.

I've played Minecraft maybe more, maybe less but somewhere around the same amount of time that I've played Terraria. hell, I even play it now from time to time and build anime stuff with friends. Recently we built this ship, the Oro Jackson, from One Piece for example:

Spoiler

 

Terraria shares a single aspect with Minecraft, which is the building aspect. But here's what separates the games from one another. Minecraft has a focus on building, while Terraria has a focus on combat and exploration. Minecraft started as the thing we now know as creative mode where you could build whatever you wanted with digital LEGOs, they later began expanding their game and adding combat elements as well as the need to collect blocks before you could build them. The important part is that combat in Minecraft is incredibly simple, even with the relatively new combat focused update it's still pretty boring. The building focus in Minecraft also becomes apparent when you look at the combat gear and tool upgrades. Getting to the highest tier of these, diamond, is really easy and manageable in a few hours. That's so you can focus on building your base as you want it to look as soon as possible, making combat an afterthought. Boss battles in Minecraft aren't impressive either. They're more or less normal monsters with more health which behave a little differently than the normal monster AI.

 

Terraria has a focus on combat and exploration. The only building you ever need to do is setting up a small base to store items and keep monsters from mauling you at night. After that you can set up additional living room for the multitude of NPCs to live in, but other than that building is an afterthought. Of course you can still use it to your advantage to traverse the landscape and create arenas better suited to fighting bosses. You could also make your world look pretty if you're into that, but that's not the focus of the game.

The combat in Terraria is really fun, skill based, and diversified because each weapon that you find or craft throughout your Journey behaves differently. You'll have to equip your character with fitting accessories for the area you plan to explore next and react to the bosses patterns to succeed. Some bosses later on are really damn hard and required to beat to move on to your next upgrades for your armory, so you can't really cheese your way through the game by mining eternally. If you're good enough at the game, you could even manage to beat the first stage of the game without mining at all. I've seen some scary speed runs.

 

Overall Terraria offers a lot more actual content to play with than Minecraft, while Minecraft lets you make use of your creativity to create your own content within the game world.

[MarkusT1992]

10 minutes ago, Hemiak said:

I really don't game on pc at all. Also, using a ps system makes it way easier for me or my daughter to drop in and out of my son's game at any time. 

 

Lastly, how am I supposed to know what to do without trophies to tell me where to go?

With Steam achievements maybe?

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

Sorry I don't like the building, I just like my games with more action and story and less menus.

 

I'll say this for Minecraft: it's cool that people are recreating Westeros.

 

 

[xFalionx]

27 minutes ago, xFalionx said:

Recently we built this ship, the Oro Jackson, from One Piece for example:

 

I felt like I had to post some proof about that, so I started up the server real quick.  Since, that one was right around the corner, here's also a pic of our version of the Going Merry with most of the crew aboard.  

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

Anyways, now my last TorqueL trophy popped and my completion rose another 0.06%. I guess I'll go into a corner and continue watching GT while feeling guilty about finishing my game. T.T

Edited March 3, 2017 by xFalionx

[Mendant909]

40 minutes ago, xFalionx said:

 

I felt like I had to post some proof about that, so I started up the server real quick.  Since, that one was right around the corner, here's also a pic of our version of the Going Merry with most of the crew aboard.  

  Hide contents

 

 

 

 

Anyways, now my last TorqueL trophy popped and my completion rose another 0.06%. I guess I'll go into a corner and continue watching GT while feeling guilty about finishing my game. T.T

Pretty sweet Going Merry. Is there any chance that your crew has built or will build the Going Luffy-senpai?

[xFalionx]

2 minutes ago, Mendant909 said:

Pretty sweet Going Merry. Is there any chance that your crew has built or will build the Going Luffy-senpai?

Not yet, but that's a neat idea. I think I'll suggest that the next time we get into the mood for building ships (which might take a while since ships are pretty annoying to build).

The Ruffy figurehead might end up looking weird though, depending on the scale of the ship.

 

[DamagingRob]

Day 2- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

 

Only a couple more story missions, and I'll beat the game. Might even do it tonight, and then mop up what I can tomorrow. But the more I play this game, the more it reminds me of Assassin's Creed. I'm shocked this wasn't made by Ubisoft, to be honest. Parkour climbing, long drawn out sword fights, where the enemy numbers can quickly overwhelm you, climbing to the top of something to reveal points on the map, the similar stealth mechanics I mentioned yesterday, air and stealth assassinations, etc. I always have heard it compared to the Batman games, but never Assassin's Creed. But it's uncanny the amount of similarities between the two. 

 

The game has gotten easier, as I've leveled up and gained more abilities. Still die here and there, though. Killed a couple of Graugs today, and completed the hunting quests. Trying to kill them before they showed up in the story was a bad idea, 'cause they actually teach you how to kill them efficiently. I'd seen a few and tried killing them with ranged shots, but an orc captain or other enemy would always steal my kill, after I took the time to whittle his health down.. But those were some fun boss fights. 

 

After making it about halfway through the story, I moved to another area, with a map just as large as the first. Wasn't expecting that. And it's green. Grass and whatnot, that look really, really good. This was a launch PS4 game? Simply gorgeous. 

 

The Nemesis system is pretty neat, too. Leaders in Sauron's army are constantly jockeying for a higher position, and killing you will often times give them the power boost they need to challenge another leader. And Ratbag is no more, so I'm going to cry myself to sleep tonight. :'(

 

But yeah, really awesome game. Definitely going to come back to it after the event, I'm sure. Either to polish off the Plat, or to play the DLC. 

 

Time played: 14+ hours

Trophy progress: 25/75 for 34%

[Kevvik]

About another hour of puttering away at TorqueL. Getting better at the controls but a long way from getting that sub 10 minute run, barely getting through the first 14 default stages before the route specific levels in 10 minutes. We'll see as things go.

 

Now 4/13 trophies after about 3 hrs playtime. Enjoying it but can't really marathon it, I'm just not good enough with the controls. I find doing a few levels then taking a break keeps me more relaxed when playing than getting annoyed with myself for hitting the wrong button too often.