Kill Your Completion v3. 0

[FFHannibal]

2 hours ago, xFalionx said:

Well, I just spent 3 hours writing this shit and it's gone now. I'll be posting a very condensed version of what I had to say some time soon but I'm done with this for now. Now excuse me while I tear down a wall using my head as a wrecking ball. T.T

Ah, another victim. I feel your pain .

[Jaguargenie]

So here are my final thoughts on the event. First and foremost, thank you to Hemiak for hosting/moderating/curating this event. It has been great fun and I am sure a lot of work for him. So thank you.

Thanks to the community for making this event what it was. I am surprised how much I enjoyed it. It forced me to load up on games I have been keeping on my backlog and get some things done. I also added quite a few new games to my backlog thanks to the great reviews of some of these games. So i guess its a wash in that regard... ? I'm a little sad it is ending, but at the same time, it will give me time to get some of these games finished and dedicate some real time to them. I can already see that a few of them will be serious time sinks.

 

I have put them in order of preference. I am not using the original grade that I gave for each of my reviews as I wanted to give a more holistic approach and not just slot them in where I graded. I want them to be in the order when you put them all next to one another. ** # 4-8 could probably be put in any order. They were all great games and don't have more merit than the others. Just because I put one at 8 versus another, it wasn't significantly better. 9 and 10 however were NOT. **

 

1. AC IV: Black Flag - It was the first one I went back to last night and I just played for hours. The world is so much fun and easy to get lost in. I ignored the main campaign for the entire 3 hours stretch. Discovering new islands, hunting animals and getting into ship battles was just more fun than the sneaking/following/pickpocketing of the main story. It's a huge game and I'm loving it.
2. The Talos Principle - I'm itching to go back to this one, but I have to do it when I am going to dedicate to it. This is a mind bending puzzle game. It is not something you can do in small chunks. There is too much to forget. I really enjoyed the religious undercurrent to it and every time you play, if you are observant, you notice little things that make you question the reality as its presented to you.
3. Stories: Path of Destinies - This one was a huge shocker for me. I never expected to enjoy it half as much as I have. There is enough variation on the story and environments to make several playthroughs warranted. I am still not sure if I am going to get through all 25 of them (they have started to wear thin at 10 playthroughs now) but I had a lot of fun with it.
4. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel - It's borderlands. In space. Which means it's great. In space. But seriously, it feels like the source material, which is great, but it doesn't do enough to be shockingly good.
5. Strider - Another surprise. This is a super hectic metroidvania. It is fast, twitchy and awesome. I am definitely going to go back to this one. I will have to restart though since this was my first game for the event, but it will allow me to play it on hard.
6. Headlander - I just posted my review of this late last night. It's great. Play it.
7. Shovel Knight - This one is hard as nails. It is really true to its NES roots and shows it will pride. The trophy list is going to be hard as nails too. I will NOT platinum this. Unfortunate, but the requirements are ridiculous.
8. Valiant Hearts - a really emotional World War I story. I went back to it 2 days ago and got a bit deeper. It is starting to drag on a little and could have benefited from cutting down the length a bit, but still well worth playing.
9. Rochard - The first game for this event I didn't enjoy. Super repetitive platformer with a unique idea. You use a gravity gun to manipulate the environment. But how many times can you do the same box stacking puzzle before it gets boring.
10. Inside - I was so excited for this game. People loved it. It got Game of the Year awards. It was done by the same team that did Limbo (which I adore). Hated it. Never want to touch it again. Read my review if you want an in depth perspective because I don't want to waste my breath for another word on this.

 

Final Numbers for event:

Final Completion: 73.04% (-2.09%)

Trophies Earned: 127/328 (201 unearned from event)

 

There we have it. My 10 games. Thanks everyone for reading and I look forward to this thread continuing and the next event! Thanks again everyone for a great month in gaming!

Edited April 2, 2017 by Jaguargenie

[MarkusT1992]

2 hours ago, Jaguargenie said:

Inside - I was so excited for this game. People loved it. It got Game of the Year awards. It was done by the same team that did Limbo (which I adore). Hated it. Never want to touch it again. Read my review if you want an in depth perspective because I don't want to waste my breath for another word on this.

I can't remember but did you finish it?

I liked the end with this "thing"

 

I completed Walking Dead Season Two today and got thesame ending I got on the 360 on purpose. I didn't want to alter it that much from my initial playthrough for Season 3. Now I want to start season 3 but it's 30€.

After finishing I watched all the possible endings. There are quite the differences and I don't know how the consider this in the first episode of season 3. It should be different depending on the ending you chose.

[Jaguargenie]

On 4/2/2017 at 3:02 PM, MarkusT1992 said:

I can't remember but did you finish it?

I liked the end with this "thing"

Yes. I finished it. And the *redacted* was the worst part. It took *redacted* and ugh! Getting upset just thinking about how terrible that was!

Edited April 4, 2017 by Jaguargenie

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

On 02/04/2017 at 9:02 PM, MarkusT1992 said:

I can't remember but did you finish it?

I liked the end with this "thing"

 

On 02/04/2017 at 9:27 PM, Jaguargenie said:

Yes. I finished it. And the *redacted* was the worst part. It took *redacted* and ugh! Getting upset just thinking about how terrible that was!

 

Spoilers!

 

I played through the game a week ago and I loved it, great game.

Edited April 4, 2017 by BillyHorrible

[wtru9]

Hello everyone! Before I get into my final overview of how the event went for me as a whole, I'd just like to thank you all for such a wonderful event. It was great reading everyone's thoughts on the various games that you played, some I'd never even heard of! Without further ado let's get into it . I'll be starting off by ranking the games by personal preference, giving a brief few sentences on each and then moving on to some extra awards.

 

1) Tropico 5 - I can see myself having a lot of fun with this one in the future. I hoped going into it that I'd enjoy it, and Tropico 5 certainly didn't disappoint with it's detailed yet light-hearted gameplay. For all your dictatorial desires, such as building your private Swiss bank account, you couldn't go far wrong with Tropico 5.

2) Just Cause 2 - There's a type of B-movie charm in this game which I find to be very reminiscent of the EDF series, and that's always a good thing in my books. Get ready for some carnage! Why? Well... Just 'Cause

3) CounterSpy - One of the biggest surprises of the event, I initially just chucked CounterSpy in the list as a Vita game to play during the week where sitting at a console time would be limited. Little did I know CounterSpy's actually a nifty little 2.5D stealth 'em up, with satisfying controls and a classic cold war movie type setting.

4) Gravity Rush - Definitely a game with one of the more intuitive features I played during this event, being able to change the direction in which gravity acts. It was so unique, particularly as it's for the Vita, that I'd always thought it was a 2D game before actually playing it!

5) Far Cry 4 - Ubisoft's gameplay first attitude towards their open world games really comes to the forefront in this one, it's easy for one to get distracted by the myriad of side activities the game throws at you like I did. A sound open world FPS, but it's hardly a far cry from other open world sandboxes

6) Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 - After really enjoying the first Garden Warfare game I went in with high hopes into this one, and ultimately it's just more of the same. Only a few new characters and different maps really differentiate this from the previous entry, but at the end of the day it's still fun. Bad puns are also firmly rooted throughout the game's writing.

7) Need for Speed: Rivals - A racing game that really did nothing to get ahead of the pack, Rivals is just another Need for Speed game. The handling is solid, and it sounds and looks nice enough, but if you don't have an absolute love of racing games like I do, it'd be best to steer clear of this one

8) Day of the Tentacle Remastered - My first point and click adventure game, and likely the last one I attempt to play without a guide. The writing is quirky and often very funny, but when you're struggling to make any meaningful progress because the game's logic is too obscure for you, even the best of writing tends to just become another annoyance.

9) Hitman: Blood Money - Unfortunately the damn tutorial soured this game from the outset for me. When I did get to actually playing the game it was fun enough, but not something I'm going to return to in a hurry. Then again, I never was good at stealth games...

10) This War of Mine: The Little Ones - Again, it feels a little unfair to put this game last on my list. It's hardly a bad game, none of these games are, it's just what the game sets out to do and does incredibly well just isn't my cup of tea. After a stressful day, just about the last thing I want is to come home and play an equally tense and stressful game.

 

Best Trophy List:

- Day of the Tentacle: Remastered. Personally, I like a trophy list with nice images and clever titles and even in the case of this game, descriptions. A list brimming with colour, and clever little things to try and do in the game, DofTR wins the best trophy list award.

 

Worst Trophy List:

- Just Cause 2. Honestly,I feel a little bit betrayed that a game where humor is so integral in the player's enjoyment has such a poor trophy list. Just a boring checklist-like trophy list, where you have to complete x amount of this, and find x amount of that, and where the image is the same boring picture of a trophy for every unique trophy, Just Cause 2's list is really the ultimate in uninspired trophy lists

 

Best Individual Trophy:

- Behind Enemy Vines - Enter the Plant Stats room as a Zombie. (Plants Vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2). Come on, with a pun that good, how could this not win (I've also excluded Day of the Tentacle because it already won the main trophy related prize )

 

Biggest Surprise:

- CounterSpy. I may have outlined it in my original list, but CounterSpy surpassed all my expectations of it, and it's a perfect game to kill a few minutes on with a Vita. That is, if the game loads in time. (I would've done a biggest bomb as well, but because in reality I enjoyed all of the games I played to some extent, I couldn't really do it )

 

Completion Killer

This is it, the big one. The award any game played during the Kill Your Completion event wants to win. And without further ado, the game that dropped my percentage by a whopping 0.44%. Far Cry 4. Yes, having only achieved 6 of it's 58 trophies, all of which were mere bronze trophies throught distracting me with all it's side activities, Far Cry 4 earns the proud honor of Completion Killer.

 

And with that, I can reveal my overall drop in completion during the event was from 60.92% to 57.88% - A drop of 3.04% in total. Thank you all very much for a great event, and I hope to participate in another KYC some time again in the future (maybe not the next one though, life's going to get a bit hectic by June/July for me ).

[NebbyLunala]

2 hours ago, wtru9 said:

Just a boring checklist-like trophy list, where you have to complete x amount of this, and find x amount of that, and where the image is the same boring picture of a trophy for every unique trophy, Just Cause 2's list is really the ultimate in uninspired trophy lists

 

That can describe a ton of games I've played - Oceanhorn, Digimonstory Cybersleuth, etc. Then again, I think that's a nice thing - the game makers are so focused on the game itself they don't have time to create trophy images for every trophy, which means the game is great..

[Melanogaster1987]

Game #10: The Golf Club

 

I have an awful lot of experience with golf games - when my parents bought me my first console, a Sega Genesis in 1994, it came with a copy of PGA Tour Golf, and I came to love that game, and indeed, everything to do with golf in general, so much that it has become a tradition for me that whenever I get a new console, one of the first games I buy has to be a golf game. For the PS4, the choice was between either Rory McIlroy PGA Tour or The Golf Club. Rory McIlroy's game has the licensed players and courses, so why did I choose to buy The Golf Club instead? Simple - ever since I first played the original PGA Tour Golf, I have thought "wouldn't it be great if we could design our own courses?" Well, The Golf Club has that very feature front and centre, so I couldn't not give it a go.

 

The first thing I noticed, unfortunately, is that the game seems to be rather bare-bones. For starters, I can see no way to change which clubs you carry in your bag, and you can only choose to play a full round on your selected course; no picking only certain holes to practice. There is also no way to select different pin positions, or to play from different tee locations. There are a few game modes here (stroke play, match play, stableford and fourballs), but why not include skins, foursomes, greensomes, bloodsomes etc. ; they surely couldn't have been too hard to program in? Asynchronous multiplayer that lets you use a "ghost" of anybody who has ever played that course as an opponent was a good addition, but if you have no friends to invite, you can't play real-time multiplayer as there isn't an online lobby system in this game.

 

Another gripe is that some of the themes for user-created courses are unavailable unless you own the collector's edition. This was always going to be a problem in a game that relied heavily on user-created content and had DLC, but it leaves a bad taste in the mouth when you realise that can't play certain user-made courses such as the iconic TPC at Sawgrass (which one creator has apparently done a superb job of replicating, if The Golf Clubs official forums are to be believed) simply because it uses the wrong theme.

 

Also, the degree to which you can customise your golfer's appearance is a bit limited, which may bother some, but I don't mind too much as I thought that some of the create-a-golfer tools in the Tiger Woods games were too complicated for their own good. What I don't like, however, is the lack of player attributes. My understanding is that the developers intentionally left this feature out so that the sense of progression would be achieved by you actually mastering the game rather than just putting experience points into raising your stats, but the problem that creates is that you can't experiment with different playing styles (for example, a power golfer who can hit a long way but isn't very accurate, or one who's bad at shots from the rough, but good at puting), which can drain the enjoyment out of playing certain risk vs. reward holes against others.

 

My final complaint is that the game has some performance problems. There is a very noticeable amount of pop-in for shadows once the camera gets close, and the game often stutters during your backswing, making it jerky. This means that shots that don't require 100% power are more difficult to pull off than they should be. The game looks beautiful if you ignore the issues with shadows, and making the entire course open to you at any one time rather than adding an artificial out of bounds line should you hit a wayward shot onto an adjacent hole certainly adds realism, but it all feels like this was simply too ambitious for the PS4 to handle well.

 

It's not all bad though. The swing mechanics will feel familiar to anyone who's played a Tiger Woods game since 2002 - pull back then push forward on the analog stick to swing, with the amount you pull back and the speed you push through determining your shot's power, and the straightness of your motion determining the shot's accuracy. This system has stood the test of time, and again it works well here. The putting feels particularly satisfying; just like in real golf, a nice confident strike tends to give better results than a tentative jab, and you do need to take care over every putt here - if you think that you can go into autopilot and just brush in putts from 1 or 2 feet away, think again! I've already had some very embarrassing misses.

 

There are a couple of good features that I've seen in very few other golf games; the incorporation of the handicap system that works just like it does in real life, and a realistic penalty system that gives you the freedom to declare your ball unplayable and, after hitting into a water hazard, allows you take a penalty drop in the place you want according to the real rules, rather than making you play from wherever the game decides to put you. However, again the game is lacking something important here, namely, a yardage indicator on the screen when you are deciding where to drop, meaning that you just have to guess and hope that you end up at a nice distance for your clubs.

 

Overall, the gameplay itself isn't bad, but it's clearly very rough around the edges and lacking in terms of options. The sequel, which should be coming soon, should hopefully make some big strides forward.

 

Let's move on to talking about the course creator, as it was the number 1 reason that I bought this game. I haven't really got my teeth into it yet, as there's a lot to learn, but I have played around with it a little, and from what I have seen so far, I'm very impressed. Creating the layout of your course by making greens, bunkers, water etc. the shape you want and being able to place them where you want is so easy. I couldn't figure out how to make nice smooth hills and slopes without big steps in them, but both the developers and other gamers have posted some excellent tutorial videos on Youtube where they make this look fairly simple; I think I now know what I was doing wrong. You can change everything down to the lighting, and it's even possible to make big changes such as moving an entire hole to a different place without having to remake it from the ground up. The course creator is such a powerful tool, and I will definitely give it a proper go when I have more time. I can totally see myself putting hundreds of hours into this feature, and if I get good enough with it, I would love to try my hand at recreating some real-life courses for the game.

 

My rating: If this was just a game where you could play golf, it would be a Bronze, but the course creator is the real star of the show - it's exactly the feature I've been waiting 20+ years for! I just had to move it up a grade to Silver after seeing that.

 

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Trophies earned in this game: 5 (1, 1, 3) for 165 points
Total trophies earned in this event: 115 (3, 18, 94) for 2,220 points

 

Current completion rate: 59.97% [Down 6.70% since start of event; Down 0.59% as a result of this game]

[Myu]

I Need My Completion Rate Back - Update 1

 

And Fairy Fencer f is a good start. I'm about 22 hours into the game, probably in the second part and I encountered a big difficulty spike. Some enemies that were defeated with only one character now need the three of them and sometimes in more than one turn. Characters also tend to miss a lot of their attacks when they are underleveled so I've spent some time level grinding 

Since the end of the event, I've added 6 more trophies and earned the wonderful D rank : 

 

[MarkusT1992]

11 hours ago, BillyHorrible said:

 

 

Spoilers!

 

I played through the game a week ago and I loved it, great game.

That's why I wrote "thing". I thought that would be vague enough.

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

20 minutes ago, MarkusT1992 said:

That's why I wrote "thing". I thought that would be vague enough.

 

Yeah you were still vague enough, @Jaguargenie threw subtlety out of the window though with a pretty specific answer.

[Hemiak]

Good stuff everybody. It's awesome to read everybody's summaries and hear about your overall experiences. 

 

I didn't actually get anymore time to game on the last two days and I never did earn a trophy in Xillia 2, even with another toe hours last night. Considering I got my first trophy in the original game after 15 hours of play I doubt I could've made it happen anyway. 

 

I meant to post this two days ago and forgot, then I didn't check the forums at all yesterday since either was hanging with there family. My final overview will come in a little while. 

[Hemiak]

Final Overview 

 

Starting Comp: 72.43%

Ending: 71.8%

 

This edition of the event was definitely a different experience. I chose a bunch of shorter games I didn't really know about and for the most part it turned out pretty good. The crazy thing is I lost less than 1%. I lost about 3.5% and 5% the first two runs. I'm not going to specifically rank my games or give them scores. I'm just going to throw them in good, bad, or OK categories and talk about each one a bit. 

 

Good:

Knytt Underground - 5/20, 23%

The first game I played turned out pretty good. It's a Platformer that's very light on story and heavy on exploration. The controls take a little to get used to but they're used well and it's fun to figure out how to get through the sections. Definitely going back to this soon, aiming for the eventual 100%.

 

The Swindle - 14/15, 95%

An awesome Rogue like heist game. There are a bunch of upgrades and gadgets that are fun to use. There was one or two difficult trophies and I still don't have the random address, but definitely a game worth picking up. Ive been putting it on in the background and restarting levels repeatedly trying to get the last trophy to pop. 

 

Terraria - 19/39, 35%

Definitely the game I spent the most time with. I've played it in and off when bored with other games and both my kids now have their own characters and worlds they like me to help them explore. Will definitely continue working through the main game, though I will probably eventually use Yuri to clean up the Plat when I get bored. 

 

From Dust - 12/12, 100% 

This game surprised me. It takes an interesting concept and executes it really well. The levels don't overstay their welcome and the challenge levels are a nice addition. It also had the distinction of being the first KYC game I've finished during an actual event. 

 

Babel Rising - 2/12, 15%

Thid game was a late substitution and the I'm glad I started it. It's pretty satisfying to drop fireballs or lightning bolts on those cheeky little bastards disobeying their gods' wishes. I probably would've finished this already if not for non-gaming reasons. 

 

Tales of Xillia 2 - 0/49, 0%

I enjoyed the first game and so far this is more of the same. There's a lot more emphasis on doing side quests for cash to pay off your staggering 20 million gald debt. There was a slough of cat related puns last night that had Mim and I shaking our heads, but otherwise the game is pretty good. I've got about 5 hours so far and still no trophies, it could still be a while before they begin popping, but I'll keep updating as I go as this seems to be the one we're playing now. 

 

The OK:

Malicious - 3/11, 20%

It's basically a boss rush with a huge amount of difficulty. The only truly bad thing about the game is the camera gets whacky at times, but it just didn't grab me at all. I wonder if it would've been different in another slot or time. I'll go back and try again at some point and we'll see. 

 

Nova 111 - 3/12, 20%

This game actually is fun to play, but everytime I think about going back my brain just says, "eh, maybe later." I'll definitely come back and finish this up at some point. 

 

I Am Alive - 6/12, 33%

This game is the epitome of mediocre for me. It takes a pretty cool concept and decent mechanics and still falls flat. The fact that you have almost no leeway during some of the climbing sections before you lose permanent Stamina is irritating, since it encourages you to redo sections so you can keep your supplies. This totally breaks any immersion you might be gaining, which is never good. I'll probably eventually finish the game but don't know if I'll bother with the 2nd run or doing all the trophies. 

 

The Bad:

Disney Epic Mickey 2 - 6/47, 8%

Ugh. I bought this for the wrong reasons and it bit me in the ass. It's tedious and confusing and the camera is downright abysmal. At least my kids kind of enjoy it, though at this point they both just want to play Terraria. If I get real desperate for another UR Platinum I might fire this up again, but I'm not holding my breath. 

 

During the event I played 3 extra games. I finished grinding my final character and earned the platinum for Destiny, which was a KYC2 game. I also finished the last half and earned the Plat of The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 from the first KYC. Lastly I earned one trophy in Rocksmith 2014 for fully mastering my 10th song. 

 

I just wanted to say a final thank you to everyone who participated or followed along. Also a big congratulations to the ones who followed along and at least started 10 new games. At this point the thing basically runs itself, which is awesome since I always seem to have something come up that takes me away for a few days. I'll get the OP updated with a few closing details at some point. 

 

Feel free to keep posting game updates or random shenanigans in the coming months. I'm 95% sure the next one will be in July, as that is a better point to start the three month cycle from. (since it avoids both December and February) 

Edited April 3, 2017 by Hemiak

[Jaguargenie]

On 4/3/2017 at 3:31 PM, BillyHorrible said:

 

Yeah you were still vague enough, @Jaguargenie threw subtlety out of the window though with a pretty specific answer.

Hey. *redacted* still pretty vague... and unless yout played it, the reference shouldn't make any sense at all... 

My bad if that was a spoiler. Sorry all. 

Edited April 4, 2017 by Jaguargenie

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

19 hours ago, Jaguargenie said:

Hey. "redacted" I'd still pretty vague... and unless yout played it, the reference shouldn't make any sense at all... 

My bad if that was a spoiler. Sorry all. 

 

Spoiler

It's quite a big spoiler that you'll be controlling a blob thing, in my eyes (or that you'll be controlling anything other than the boy at all). Part of the charm of the game is that you never know what to expect. Personally, I'd go back and put your last two posts into a spoiler format.

 

Edited April 4, 2017 by BillyHorrible

[Jaguargenie]

13 hours ago, BillyHorrible said:

 

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Part of the charm of the game is that you never know what to expect. Personally, I'd go back and put your last two posts into a spoiler format.

I've gone back and edited the posts. Since you quoted me, they don't proactively change, so I would go and edit them. Once again, sorry to all. 

 

[Myu]

23 hours ago, Hemiak said:

Tales of Xillia 2 - 0/49, 0%

I enjoyed the first game and so far this is more of the same. There's a lot more emphasis on doing side quests for cash to pay off your staggering 20 million gald debt. There was a slough of cat related puns last night that had Mim and I shaking our heads, but otherwise the game is pretty good. I've got about 5 hours so far and still no trophies, it could still be a while before they begin popping, but I'll keep updating as I go as this seems to be the one we're playing now. 

 

The Tales Of games tend to be very stingy with trophy popping. Most of the time, you only get a few of them before the end of your first playthrough and it's then followed by painful hours of fastidious grinding  

 

23 hours ago, Hemiak said:

I just wanted to say a final thank you to everyone who participated or followed along. Also a big congratulations to the ones who followed along and at least started 10 new games. At this point the thing basically runs itself, which is awesome since I always seem to have something come up that takes me away for a few days. I'll get the OP updated with a few closing details at some point. 

 

 

Well, thank YOU! 

I'll probably be there for the next KYC in July then as I will probaby be on vacation. I'll try to stock up on games I really want to play this time, instead of choosing games I've been neglecting. 

[DamagingRob]

Well, at least clean up of Manhunt wasn't nearly as frustrating as beating it. Cheats make it pretty easy. But the game was a tedious chore, and I'm glad to be done with it. I stand by my  rating. Also, wrapped up Under Night. I only have 5 games I can go back and do anything in; making really good progress. 

Edited April 5, 2017 by DamagingRob

[Edunstar84]

On 4/3/2017 at 6:18 PM, Myu said:

I Need My Completion Rate Back - Update 1

 

And Fairy Fencer f is a good start. I'm about 22 hours into the game, probably in the second part and I encountered a big difficulty spike. Some enemies that were defeated with only one character now need the three of them and sometimes in more than one turn. Characters also tend to miss a lot of their attacks when they are underleveled so I've spent some time level grinding 

Since the end of the event, I've added 6 more trophies and earned the wonderful D rank : 

 

Don't know if anyone mentioned this, or you've already read/done it, but you should definitely download the dungeon DLC. I can't remember which one, but it has enemies where you can level up pretty quickly and/or amass the 100 million. Although, it all depends if you want to plat the game. 

[Myu]

12 hours ago, Edunstar84 said:

Don't know if anyone mentioned this, or you've already read/done it, but you should definitely download the dungeon DLC. I can't remember which one, but it has enemies where you can level up pretty quickly and/or amass the 100 million. Although, it all depends if you want to plat the game. 

 

I plan on downloading it when all the other trophies are done   The 100 million seems to be the grindiest trophy by far (some people even say 20 hours without DLC 0_0).

After my first playthrough I was ony at 100.000, this might prove even more tiring than lilly ranks   

 

I Need My Completion Rate Back - Update 2

 

 

Got a nice A Rank now with 5 more trophies. 

I've finished three endings and I've started the second playthrough in speedrun mode. I reaaaaally have to be careful with the 16 missable quests or I'm good for a third playthrough. 

[Hemiak]

Made some progress with Babel Rising yesterday afternoon. 4 more levels done and it's definitely getting a bit more hectic. Still haven't failed a level but the pace is much more frantic and I find myself purposefullyettung some individual workers through do I can take out the big groups more efficiently. 

 

There are now cursed jar bearers that let out a cackle when they spawn. They run up the ramp carrying a jar that glows purple, and eventually set it down and just dissappear. The jar hand out for another ten seconds or so. If you kill the bearer or hot the jar it locks you out of whichever ability you just used for 30 seconds, which isn't good at all.

 

There is also a kind of turret section where reinforcement boats are. Arriving. You have infinite fireballs and a top down view. You need to destroy as many ships as you can because foe each that lands the enemies become slightly more numerous. In my next level I'll have to face Siege towers, so we'll see what that's all about. 

 

It's a good thing I played yesterday as I had basketball last night and was gone for two hours. I also took a massive head butt to the chin (accidentally), so spent the rest of the night lying down to reduce the bleeding. Needless to say I didn't play anything last night. 

[xFalionx]

I caught up with some real-life work, so I'm gonna be writing my missing reviews pretty soon. I've decided that those games deserve some actual reviews instead of some half-assed stuff that I whip together in frustration after losing my earlier work, so I'm probably just gonna post one review per day until I'm caught up. I might still miss a day or two though, since there's some other stuff going on right now, so there'll be a few days where I won't be in the mood to write basically anything at all for that day.

 

Anyways, I'm pretty sure there's gonna be a From Dust review tomorrow, especially since a lot has already been said about that game which I agree with, so it won't be that large.

 

On 4/1/2017 at 0:57 PM, zettlock said:

Oh man, you're so generous, thank you! Seriously :). That's a hell of a compliment for me, I bow before thee! On a side note - I work as an editor, own a small publishing house and just became an author (kids' books, but nonetheless!). So your comment was spot on .

 

About Warband - I bought it for 120 zlotys, it's around 30$. It's a game that is underrated AND underpriced. Trust me, it's worth every penny, when your role model is this guy:

Seems like I'm not as bad at guessing people than I always end up telling people.  

 

Yeah, I won't be able to play it anyways as I've noticed that it's only on PS4. It's pretty weird though since I'm pretty sure I've seen that game on PC ages ago, so I thought there'd be a PS3 version. I guess I'll have more to look forward to whenever I actually get a PS4 myself.  

 

On 3/31/2017 at 8:00 AM, BillyHorrible said:

If you thought Batman Begins was pretty great, wait until you see The Dark Knight. That movie is the reason that the Academy Awards have increased the number of Best Film nominations, people were so pissed that that movie got snubbed just because it's based on a comic book superhero... Stellar Joker performance by Heath Ledger, by the way.

 

Now that you've been introduced to the Batman universe, it would be a shame if nobody would point you to the two Tim Burton movies: Batman (1989) and Batman Returns. Both are a bit more cheesy than the Christopher Nolan movies but they're pretty awesome.

 

The LEGO Batman Movie that came out recently is actually super cool as well, but I advise you to wait with watching it until you've seen a bit more of Batman. At least watch the 1989 Batman and The Dark Knight - thanks to those two films and the Arkham series, you'll have a pretty good feel about the Batman-Joker dynamic which is an important one for the LEGO movie.

 

Also, if you're not done with Batman after all that and you really want to get funky...

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Thanks for the suggestions, I probably would have forgotten about the LEGO Batman movie if you didn't mention that. I'll be sticking to the Nolan movies for now though, since I don't watch that many movies anyways.

[PerryToxteth]

Perry Toxteth's KYC3 Wrap-up

 

  Wow, I didn't think it'd take me six days to get back to this thread. Life has got me by the cahones these days...

 

My final stats were:

 

Games Completed/ Played:  70/42  (60/42)

Trophies Earned: 2245                       (2135)

Unearned: 587                                    (309)

Completion %:  76.74                        (85.93)

Rarity: 43.84%.                                   (43.14%)

 

Summary: So I pretty much shattered my completion percentage, ironically, with a similar percentage to the KYC...A event.  It dropped by more than 9%, due in large part to the 10 games adding 388 trophies to my profile (329 trophies in KYC2). And, KYC3's game were bigger in scale so I didn't earn as many trophies (110 to 123).

My unearned trophies number has been decimated. At one time, I had it close to 150. Now, I'm close to 600. ?

I also failed to complete a single game in the event. No platinums and only one game with a PSNP A ranking. In fact, I have one A, 3 C's, 3 D's AND 3, E titles (gasp!). The only E I had prior to this was Port Royale 3, a game from long ago that is begging to be added to Billy's "What is that Doing in My Backlog?" event.   

This was a better event for me as I enjoyed the titles much more than the last time.

 

Game Rankings:

 

 I enjoyed these titles so much, I will platinum them soon and would recommend most gamers to play them...

- Life is Strange- 

I'm through three chapters now in this teen drama and still loving it.  But, I am at the apex of the story and I'm sure the ending will be a bit of a letdown.

- South Park: The Stick of Truth-

I barely scratched the surface of this one but man, am I pumped to get back. The crass, vulgar, rude, bigoted, sexist humor is more on par with the South Park movie than with the TV show, but it is glorious. If you are familiar with South Park and like it, you'll love this. If you don't like South Park, stay far, far away.
 

 These were enjoyable but not quite good enough to merit entering into Perry's Pantheon of All-Time favorites...

 

- Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor-

A title that has sat on my hard drive for a LONG time. What a shame. It's great, will get back to it soon.

- Deadly Tower of Monsters-

For a free game, why not? Never would've touched this without it being a PS+ title (and from high recommendations from KYC2ers).  A great Goldilocks game. Not too hard, not too easy.  Not too long, not too short. Just enough trophies to require some effort but no grinding. 

- Tour de France 2016 -

It has me itching to watch the Tour this summer.  But steer clear if you are not a cycling fan. 

- Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart -

Again, for what it is, it's great. Stupid, easy fun. Nothing tough, nothing grindy. Works well for filling a 1-2 hour void.

 

 I'm not upset with these games but they're just missing something... 

- Assassin's Creed Chronicles -

Not a bad game but suffers from having the AC brand on it and not delivering with as much fun and excitement as the AAA titles.

- Unravel -

I guess my expectations were different for this game. I didn't expect it to be as hard as it is and there are a couple SOB trophies that could derail a platinum run.

- This War of Mine: The Little Ones-

A bit too much of a micromanager for me, and no matter how good you get at the game, your characters will always be suffering. Which is the point of the game, I get it. It'll be a chore to muster up the stamina for a platinum run.

 

- Hitman GO (PS4)

Don't play this on the PS4. Unless you get your rocks off playing Angry Birds for 3+ hours on a 55" HD screen.

 

 

 

That's my final wrap-up. Again, a GREAT event hosted by Hemiak. THANK YOU! It has changed my gaming philosophy and subdued the gaming OCD I suffer from.  I enjoyed this event more, as gamers played more games I took interest in. I don't have time now to list them, but I will try to do that soon. We had a great mix of veterans and rookies and a BIG shout-out to the KYC noobs , who did an outstanding job with their reviews!  Honestly, every rookie did an incredible job of participating, keeping in touch through the entire event, and reviewing some interesting games. Hopefully, see everyone in another KYC event down the road! 

 

 

 

 

  

[Metal Slime King]

This thread was a fun read, thanks to all participants. It was fun to read impressions about a variety of different games and particularly interesting to see the opinions of games I was already familiar with. I may be interested in participating in the July event but between an original PS3 with a small hard drive and an 8Gb flash card in my Vita I don't know if I will be able to start 10 games without juggling resources and deleting games I haven't completed only to have to redownload them at a later date. Perhaps if there were a lite level of participation, say 5 games with 6 days each, that may better suit my capacity. Well if I focus on completing currently installed games I may be in a better position to allow for full participation. We will see.

[FFHannibal]

Still have to write up my collective thoughts for this event and for some of the individual games I didn't cover properly. I don't know if I'm successfully going to go back to any of the games, but @DamagingRob almost platting Transformers really makes me want to go for it too