Kill Your Completion - CYOA

[Kevvik]

Game #1: Ratchet & Clank (PS4)

 

Time played: 3.5 hrs

 

Initial Impressions

 

Welcome to the reboot of the classic Ratchet & Clank series! If you have played these games before, you know what you are getting.  If you haven't, where have you been the last 2 generations?

 

You play Ratchet, a Lombax (read alien cat/raccoon like creature) who dreams of becoming a hero like the Galactic Rangers. After being denied recruitment by the group due to your less than imposing physique, you rescue a small robot from a crashed spaceship and name him Clank.  Turns out he has escaped from a factory creating robotic soldiers that the villainous Chairman Drek has been creating to help take over planets so that they can be used for parts to create a new planet.

 

This is a 3rd person shooter/platformer when the gameplay gets going and the R&C series is all about cool and demented weaponry. Want a sassy robot cruising along beside you uttering comments about how pleased it is to kill things? Pop a Mr Zurkon. Want to distract your enemies and make them boogie down instead of shooting you? Pop a Groovitron.  All the gadgets and weaponry you know and love return here. Blast them, burn them, blow them up. Combat is fun and entertaining. Collect bolts to buy new weapons and raritanium to upgrade them.  You also have hoverboard races on a few of the planets.

 

For collectables, you have the standard gold bolts in those hard to reach places. You also now have holocards which I haven't totally discovered the purpose of yet.

 

Graphically, it has a very slick look, exactly like the art from the movie that was released at the same time as the reboot. The voice acting is great for the usual suspects though I am not crazy about Chairman Drek. The game uses a different voice-actor than the film (performed there by Paul Giamatti) but both are inferior to the great performance of Drek in the original game. Gameplay runs as smooth as always but, and maybe it's just me, the game almost looks too slick. I prefer the art style from the original games as the character models just seem to be lacking...something.  I have no idea what's missing but even having seen the film and being ready for the slight artstyle change, something just feels off to me. The charm of the characters just isn't at the same level it usually is.

 

Still, enjoying this a lot and I never have a problem climbing back in with Ratchet & Clank, even for a reboot.

 

Trophies so far: 10/47 for 14%, E rank

Score so far: 8.5/10

 

[ItsMeMartyy]

Game #1 - Uncharted Drake's Fortune Remastered

Day 1/31

Time Played: 13 Hours 

Initial Thoughts ( At about 1-2 hours in) : Right away this game made me feel like I was inside the movie National Treasure but instead of playing Nicolas Cage I was playing someone a lot younger and a lot cooler. The pacing so far is great and it has overcome my expectations slightly, I was thinking it would be a lot more linear in nature. 

 

Graphics: The original came out almost 10 years ago but the remaster wouldn't make you think that. The environments are lush and full of detail and the draw distance is quite large, however, you can see some dated textures and animations after playing for a while. Compared to a current AAA title its obvious this game is lacking but if you rank it for what it is this is about as good as you could hope for.

 

Sound: I only played for about 9 hours with sound, the last bit of grinding and stuff I did I didnt have sound on. The sound is this game keeps you feeling like you're a badass indiana jones Vin diesel love child. When you swing from ropes dangling above a body of water 200 feet down the music will keep your suspense at a maximum and when you are fighting enemies you will always be on your toes until you kill the last enemy and the music dies down. It's all very subtle in a way but I think that's because it's so well integrated into the game. 

 

Gameplay: The gameplay is what you'd expect from a 3rd person shooter, me personally I got a feeling of gears of war. One of the main complaints I have is the aiming takes some getting used to and I'm not sure if it was just me but I noticed so weird acceleration/input lag type of thing. Nevertheless, after a few hours I was still headshoting almost enemy with pinpoint precision so It's definitely something you can get over. I played on the hardest difficulty and it was challenging but I will say at times it was pretty cheap - enemies would 1 shot me through walls/cover or without any sort of counterplay, it still did leave me rewarded at the end but I definitely had moments of disappointment when I would die like that. There was a variety of guns and types of enemies to keep the gunplay interesting and the puzzles were placed so that you weren't away from the action for too long. One of the parts I did not enjoy was the Seadoo chapters.. the driving felt awkward and for me personally those mission were a little cheesy for me.  

 

Fun Factor: I just played this game for almost 12 hours straight so it definitely kept my interest and it is fun for 10-15 hours id imagine. One playthrough to get the collectibles and one on the hardest difficulty and some cleanup I'd imagine you'd get the most out of this game.

 

Closing Thoughts ( After Getting ) : Good game and very good remaster but leaves a bit to be desired compared to the quality of games we have today. I am excited to play the rest of the Uncharted series because I feel like they will get better and better. 

 

Rating: 7.5/10

 

Game Completion: 87% ( 1  , 3 , 8 , 37 )

Edited July 2, 2017 by ItsMeMartyy
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[Mendant909]

12 hours ago, Crimson Idol said:

Game 1, Day 1: Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni (PS Vita)

 

But wait... did I just say that the partner transforms into a weapon? Yes, they transform into a weapon, although they are humans. But how? That's where the story kicks in. Valkyrie Drive Bhikkhuni plays in a universe where a virus affects girls in their teens and early twenties. This virus causes them to gain higher physical and mental strength. To analyse the cause of the virus and minimize the infection rate all afflicted girls are send to one of five artificial islands which have a special program to cure the girls. One of those islands is Bhikkhuni which is more or less designed like a holiday resort. The program to cure the disease is btw not really surprising: The girls simply have to fight each other.

A virus that causes an increase in strength and intelligence, so what are the repercussions? It sounds like the virus Albert Wesker managed to activate after getting killed for the first time, so there should be a catch for these girls. Although having seen the story for Shinovi Versus, I have high doubts the writer/director knows the definition of a virus.

[voodoo_eyes]

Game #1 - Day #2

 

Starting the game up, you are presented with choosing a character to play as. Big beefy guy, a female character that's essentially the same as the other one, but has different skills, and a dude that's focused on melee combat.I picked the beefy guy, just because he was the first choice and I couldn't be arsed to read the skills of the other two characters.

 

You wake up on a medical slab, and that's where I got the feeling that I've played this before. Not this game mind you, but everything this game offers. I often can't place it, in which other games I played parts of this one before. It all feels so familiar.

 

Then suddenly all hell breaks loose, as it generally does and you are supposed to follow the instructions of a woman's voice. It boils down to, "you need to get out of there...". So I do, kill a few zombies on the way (oh and I don't mean that as a general term, but the first enemies are actually just called zombies) and about 5 minutes later the first mission is completed and I find myself in a "hub". From here I get to pick game modes and missions, and let me tell you how much imagination was put into this one. You got Story Part 1, Generic Missions, Biohazard Mode, Survival Mode, Lone Wolf Missions and Infestation. I shit you not, the actually called a game mode "generic missions". That's to the point of not even trying to come up with something original for a name. But I digress...

 

Story is the campaign, not sure what happened to "part 2" though. Biohazard is actual horde mode and survival is about surviving a set amount of time. Those are the modes I tried so far.

The story missions are maybe 10-15 minutes long each and essentially put you always into sections of a space ship with mostly narrow corridors (Dead Space anyone?). You'll constantly have the female voice blabbering on in the background, pointing out the obvious. Who funnily enough is an NPC at the hub you need to talk to every time you want to start a new mission... Anyway, during the missions you kill "zombies", complete objectives, pick up loot and try not to get killed. Although, even if you do, you can buy yourself back in. So there's only a game over, if you run out fo credits. Oh, but let's not forget the shitty minigames plastered throughout the levels. "Mash X" to open a locker... get the right wave length (I could almost bet that this was in another game as well, Star Trek maybe?) and let's not forget a numbers game in which you need to combine a selection of given numbers to equal the total of the number that is asked of you. Yes you're reading this right, the game asks me to do fucking math...

 

Anyway, I hit a wall last night, as I played a mission in which I ran out of ammo and since there is no melee attack in this game, you're boned when that happens. I'll probably give it another go throughout the day and try to get some more progress done.

Edited July 2, 2017 by voodoo_eyes

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

Okay, so since my brother-in-law is going to play Portal 2 with me today (meaning I'll have to move the PS3 from the mancave to the living room anyway), I decided on doing another theme with only PS3 games, where it definitely helps that two of the three games were on his "would like to watch" list.

 

Day 2...

 

Strange Lands

1. Abyss Odyssey
2. From Dust
3. ICO

 

16 hours ago, FFHannibal said:

The online for BlazeRush is very screwed up. I don't remember how exactly I eventually managed to connect, but your best bet is to give your PS3 a static IP and look up which ports need to be forwarded for BlazeRush, after that it's just keep trying to connect to a match and hope you get in eventually. I think I didn't reset my settings yet, so if you want I can look them up exactly. It's such a shame as well cause I really enjoyed the game and mp could've been a lot of fun.

 

I'd very much like getting your settings, though I don't know yet if I want to fuck up my regular settings which have been working fine. I remember having to do a lot of shit to get GTA Online to work on my X360 and then having to change it all again for other games.

 

Well, as long as you still have the settings, feel free to PM them to me and I can always choose to go for them later on.

 

12 hours ago, MarkusT1992 said:

Game #1: Horizon: Zero Dawn (Day 1)

 

 

How do I start my review of this game? After booting the game, the first thing you see is a cutsceen telling you what happened before the actual game.

After that you are in the game menu where you can start the game. You can choose different difficulty settings, ranging from easy to very hard. I chose normal for my playthrough.

You start the games as little Aloy, the main character of the game. You are an Outcast from the Nora Tribe, living by your foster father called Rost.

The game starts with you falling in a cave, you have to leave. After leaving you start your training for the Proving, a contest to become a warrior of the Nora Tribe. During this traing you get much older and rise to a young woman. That's all I will tell about the story. In my opinion you should experience it for yourselfe.

 

The game is set in an open world a few years after our time. Machine Beast roame the land and the humans have formed new tribes.

Most of the Machines are hostile against you as soon as they see you. The battly system is pretty good, although I had some problems with it at first. You have a bow for ranged attcks and a spear for melee combat. With your bow you can shoot different arrows like normal ones or fire arrows. There are more types but these are the only ones I have so far. With your spear you can use a light or a heavy attack. The heavy attack knocks your opponent down, which gives you time to deal more damage. You can avoid getting hit with a dogde roll.

Beneath these two main weapons you can use a trip wire to set traps or an explosive trap. You also have a gadget called Focus, which lets you see the paths from some Machines. That's important when you want to set up a trip wire.

 

As an open world game you have much to discover. So far most things I did were main quests but I also found two side quests. Completing quest nets you Exp. to level up and learn new skills. You gain a skill point per level up and for completed main quests. The skills range from combat to hunting. It's up to you on what you want to focus first. Better skills cost more skill points though.

 

I only just left the starting area after nearly 5 hours. The intro felt a bit long to me but it was a great experience so far. Let's see what happens next.

 

Time played: 4h 40min

Trophies: 4/56

Rating: Not quite sure.

 

If you already thought the intro was a great experience, then you'll do just fine. The game didn't get really awesome for me until ten or so hours in, when I started to discover more about the setting and its past.

 

11 hours ago, Hemiak said:

Hem time game #1

1 hr 45 min played. 4/28 trophies. 

 

So I hit play at 12:01 and I'm treated to a very brief intro. A man/boy/girl a bow, and one arrow spinning around each other. Then the game starts. 

 

You have an isometric view of your hero, a 16 bit land to explore, and no direction at all. The controls are pretty simple. Square, triangle, and both R buttons fire your arrow. Holding them longer shoots farther and faster. Once the arrow is gone you can hold the same button to call the arrow back to you, during which you can't be moving. Circle, X, and the L buttons make you roll and sprint.

 

Rolling onto stairs makes you bounce backwards, but you can apparently roll up into vines on a wall just fine. You can roll down stairs quite fast, and it seems like you would just keep rolling infinitely if the stairs were long enough. 

 

That's basically it so far. Explore around, fight bosses, open gates. You start in some ruins, then I found a forest area, an ice area, and a lava cave area. More on the actual bosses later, though I will say that I've found and killed 13 of them so far, and I have 97 deaths. The game is pretty fun so far. Some of the bosses are harder to figure out than others, and even then some are pretty tricky to pull off once you figure them out. 

 

I don't know exactly why but somehow I find it hilarious that you're skimming over talking about this game's bosses, since that's just about the only thing to do in the game

 

I really liked the game and already figured it was a safe bet to say you'd enjoy it.

 

11 hours ago, MosesRockefeller said:

Game #1: ABZU

 

ABZU is a game where you are a person/robot (I don't know which and it doesn't really matter) swimming around with sea life and enjoying the sites. There are a lot of underwater ruins, reminding me of Tomb Raider but underwater. 

 

15 minutes is enough time to get a feel for the game, but I enjoyed it so much that I kept playing until I finished the story. You can spend more time with the game and explore everything, get all collectibles, etc. But I didn't feel the need for that, and only went for a few random trophies that didn't require going out of my way. 

 

Visually the game is very nice, and even though the graphics aren't photorealistic, they do a great job of conveying a sense of wonder at the world under the water. The audio does the job, with some music that doesn't overshadow the rest of the game. Nothing earth-shattering though.

 

There are some great moments in the game. When the whales first showed up, I really enjoyed the sense of scale and beauty that the game conveyed. That cool moment made a lasting impression on me. 

 

Now we come to the gameplay. The camera combined with the game's invisible walls sometimes turning you around, can get a little frustrating. Other than that the controls are fine. I also tried Vita Remote Play, and sadly that is not ideal. The developers didn't map R2 (which you use to swim and dive) to R1 on the Vita, instead you have to hold down the read-right-top touchpad area which I always hate. Overall the controls are pretty basic and easy to use. The gameplay itself is relaxing but it's exploration-based, meaning there is always a goal in sight. There are some light puzzles but nothing difficult; they basically consist of tracing cables and chains and hitting a button. This is no Professor Layton type of game.

 

I really enjoyed the game. I won't be going back for 100% completion, but that shouldn't be seen as a knock against the game, it's just me not caring about my completion rate and having so many other games to play. I think the game was worth buying. 

 

Playtime: 2-3 hours

Trophies obtained: 7/12

Completion Percentage: 40% for a C rank

Score: 8/10

 

Okay, now I'm even more sad that I got Alienation instead of this game on PS+.

[Myu]

Day 1 - Final Fantasy VII

 

 

 

 

First, let me just say that I'm having a major nostalgia time here.

When I was 11, my father brought home a second-hand PSOne with a box full of games he had bought from one of his coworkers. Among those games was Final Fantasy VII. And while my brothers used to play Spyro and Crash Bandicoot extensively, FFVII was the only game I would play for several months. The funny thing is, I didn't even speak a word of English at the time, I didn't even know what English was. But I still played the game, often facing overly-difficult bosses because I didn't understand the Materia system (I used to choose the prettiest colors >.>). However, I still understood what the story was about and I got hooked very quickly on Sephiroth, who is still number one on my all-time favourite characters' list. Even my mother who has no interests in video games, anime or else, knows who Sephiroth is because I would never shut up about him.

With better knowledge of the language, I can now understand everything and I'm often surprised at how funny the dialogues are ! I'm also looking for any hints related to the Cloud/Zack and Valentine/Sephiroth relationship. I'm really impatient to get to the second part of the story as everything became quite confusing without the ability to understand most of the dialogues.

 

Now let's go back to the story.

You are Cloud, an ex-member of SOLDIER, helping Avalanche, a small group whose purpose is to save the Planet by blowing the Mako reactors of the city of Midgar. Those reactors provide energy to the whole city but they are also pumping too much of the Planet's energy. The ecology crisis doesn't concern you much but you're getting paid for the job and that's what matters. Until you learn that Sephiroth, your ultimate role-model and the reason why you joined SOLDIER in the first place, might still be alive.

 

I've played the game for about 5 hours (I'm heading to Costa del Sol now) and I enjoy the game very much. The graphics are not that great, especially on a big screen. Everything is kinda blurry, except for the main characters and the items you can interact with and I get stuck in random places when I'm exploring a new city, especially in small houses. I don't mind though. The music is amazing and I'm surprised at how much emotion the characters can display with so few polygons.

[DamagingRob]

^Lol. FFVII review, FFXV trophy card. What madness is this!? 

 

Day 1- Star Wars Battlefront

 

Yep, I couldn't wait till today, and started last night. :/ Wanted to start it, so I could play while it's still active. Star Wars and me go way back. And I mean way back. The first movie was in my house before I was born. My mom is a bit of a nerd. :/ She's who got me into Batman, too.

 

This is an online multiplayer game. There are a number of missions you can play solo, or with a friend, though. I played the Tutorial and the Training missions to get a feel for things. The missions were pretty fun. Went from playing a shooter to flying star fighters, piloting AT-STs, engaging in a high speed chase on a Speeder Bike, and last not least, feeling like a badass as I wiped out rebels with Darth Vader. 

 

I then jumped into the multiplayer, and played a couple of modes. One was a team deathmatch type, where rebels and clone troopers try to kill each other. The other was the same, but with everyone piloting star fighters. There are more modes to try, so I'll see what those are like today. I'm a noob, though, so I'm probably going to die a lot. Lol. Sporting a 0.79 kill/death ratio, at the moment. ^^' But as you play matches, you earn XP and credits. And can then purchase better weapons/gear. So, I will likely get better as time goes on. 

 

But it's been pretty fun so far. Looking forward to playing it some more. I also love, love, love that they give you the option to play in 1st or 3rd person. I'm not a big fan of the former, but I love the latter. 

 

Time played: 2-3 hours. 

Trophy progress: 5/64 for 4% and an E rank

Edited July 2, 2017 by DamagingRob

[MosesRockefeller]

Game #2: Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit

 

Sadly, this game ended up disappointing me. Hell Yeah is a game where you are an undead white rabbit thingy hunting down monsters to get your stolen nude cellphone pics back (yeah, the plot is stupid). You end up using lots of guns and melee attacks in your quest. 

 

You get a good sense of the game after 15-30 minutes. 

 

Visually the game is fine, and the boss deaths are varied and enjoyable to watch. The sound consists mostly of weapons sounds and metal-ish music. 

 

The gameplay is sadly where this game fell short. I love the idea behind the game, but the execution is sadly lacking. The problem I found is that the platforming is not precise, which is the biggest blunder a platformer can make. I think it would have been better with D-pad controls instead of analog stick, but that's not the only problem. I died hundreds of times by missing a platform that I would have made in most other platformers. Combine that with the huge knockback from taking damage, and it makes the game more frustrating than it needs to be. Another issue I found is occasional stuttering. It doesn't usually cause a death when it happens, but it's still annoying for a game that shouldn't be taxing the PS3 heavily. 

 

As far as the good gameplay aspects - the weapons are fun to use. During my time with the game, I got a missile launcher and machine gun, and they're both satisfying. Being able to use the right stick to aim would make interesting attacks possible, if the platforming controls weren't wonky. The enemies are colorful and the descriptions are fun to read. The game has a healthy sense of humor also. 

 

With all the things going for it, I was very disappointed that the core platforming was so frustrating. I really wanted to love this game, but I really can't. I will probably not force myself to finish it. 

 

Playtime: 1-2 hours

Trophies obtained: 3/12

Completion Percentage: 14% for a D rank

Score: 5/10

Edited July 2, 2017 by MosesRockefeller

[Myu]

2 hours ago, DamagingRob said:

^Lol. FFVII review, FFXV trophy card. What madness is this!? 

 

 

That massive FFXV update was installed while I was playing FFVII  When I updated my profile, I was like "wait, that's not Cloud...".

[Hemiak]

True game 1 - 

2 hrs 15 min, 9/24 trophies, 34%

 

I gave Mim the choice to choose which of the main list games to start and was completely surprised when this was the game she picked. The only thing I know about this game is what I learned from Billy's reviews and that it's a short and easy platinum. Apparently I didn't pay very good attention to Billy's info because it's not what I was expecting. 

 

This game is basically a 60s style B grade sci-fi movie. You the "viewer" is watching the movie while listening to commentary provided by the original director. This all I was expecting. 

 

The game is basically a top down shooter where you control one of three characters as they climb the "Deadly Tower...." I don't know exactly what I was expecting but this isn't it. 

 

You start off as Dick Starspeed who has landed on this planet and sets off to explore. You start by working with the dark apes to defend them against the white apes. I've fought dinosaur creatures of various types, giant ants, wierd venus fly traps, robots, and a few other things. I've fought one boss so far, the Mecha-gorilla who is basically a King Kong Cyborg. I've also seen the Mecha-Chameleon who is sure to be attacking soon. 

 

You find gold, health upgrades, and three colors of cogs which are used to upgrade your weapons. Your ranged weapons have infinite ammo, but take a while to recharge after being depleted. So far I've found 5 different melee weapons, including a space shiv, heavy mace, and long staff. Each melee weapon can be upgraded twice. 

 

For guns I have a single shot laser, a shotgun type gun, a rapid fire one, and my two favorites: the arc gun, which one shots almost anything and sometimes spreads to another if it's close enough, and the flame thrower. Each gun can be upgraded once. You can only equip 2 melee and ranged weapons at once. 

 

There are three main characters, Dick, Victoria(I think) who is the emperor's daughter, and Dick's co-pilot "Robot". They can each use any of the weapons, but have different special abilities. 

 

There are terminals of different colors spread around that allow different things. One let's you switch weapons. One let's you upgrade your weapons, another shows you what the different missions(tasks) are, and allows you to use skill points earned from completing the missions. Missions range from killing enemies in certain ways, jumping through hoops, shooting targets hidden throughout the tower, and killing bosses. 

 

So far the game is good. The gameplay itself is OK, though combat and movement feels a little stiff. The commentary is pretty humerus and the voices all sound like bad 60s actors, so that's actually a plus in this case. The game already feels a bit repetitive though, just move upwards, kill enemies, every now and then jump off the tower (you can teleport back to the last level you were on instantly, or to specific locations on the tower.), and listen to the ridiculous commentary. Will probably play some more later, but it hasn't exactly hooked me yet. 

 

Call me childish but the most amusing part so far has been when Dick first finds his Robot companion. 

 

The robot has been destroyed and you just find his head and he keeps repeating. 

"Dick.... Malfunction.... Dick.... Malfunction...." 

 

 

9 hours ago, BillyHorrible said:

I don't know exactly why but somehow I find it hilarious that you're skimming over talking about this game's bosses, since that's just about the only thing to do in the game

 

Gotta leave something to talk about later. Also I'll probably put it all in spoilers since at least one other person is going to start it this month. 

Edited July 2, 2017 by Hemiak

[MidnightCJ]

And here we go!

 

Game #1

Day #1

 

I will admit that two hours each day is not really enough to make a big impression under the old format but with two extra days tacked on, you get an idea of what made a game great. Ported tat-for-tat from the original PS2 version, this was the game that got me into the Dark Cloud series and made Level-5 one of my favorite companies to boot. Their story-telling is on par, their action-oriented dungeon crawling is fun to explore, and the synthsphere system for upgrading weapons is amazing.

 

The original Dark Cloud was my 34th platinum but I used a glitch to cheese my way through that game. No luck here, glitches are rare and few and everything is legit. My biggest problem with the trophy list is the fact that you have to get 100% of the medals in the dungeons, and some of those medal challenges are not easy at all. In fact, the second level of the first dungeon, which I got through in my current day's time window, requires you to only kill enemies with bombs and elemental stones. If you hit them with a weapon or the Ridepod(which is going to be my main method of clearing floors once it gets a lot stronger and has two blades!), you void the challenge and have to restart. Unfortunately it's almost impossible to get that medal on your first visit as you won't likely have enough bombs and you have to make the bats attack you so they get low enough to lob a bomb at them.

 

Still, this is a very fun game. I spent most of the first time window taking pictures and grinding out items

 

Playtime: 2 hours, 5 minutes

# of Trophies Earned: 3

Completion %: 4%

Edited July 2, 2017 by MidnightCJ

[FFHannibal]

Game #2 - Escape Dead Island

Trophies: 34 of 61 (53%)
Completion: 47% -> 46.98%
Playtime: 5 hours 40 minutes

Well, game #2 and day 2 are done and already my prediction from yesterday rings true. It is indeed way harder to write a review each day (on time) and do a decent job than it is to play a new game each day.

Escape Dead Island has been collecting dust on my shelf quite a while. Picked it up for 5€ in my local game store, installed it and downloaded the dlc, but after that I put it away with the thought that "I'd play it eventually". Well turns out I did and I regret not doing it sooner.

At a nice 5 hours and 40 minutes I feel like I've covered a lot of ground in the game already. I got a whopping 34 trophies and completed a good part of the story (and I got my completion up, almost went over what I started with ). I am very happy I only spent 5€ on it though because I feel like it's a little bit too short to warrant more.

Now, Escape Dead Island is a lighter, funnier version of the Dead Island games. It's in third person as opposed to first and has nice light cartoony graphics with the telltale CRUNCH, KABOOM and SPLAT pop-ups you'd expect. It makes for a very non-threatening game and for a not-horror-fan like I am this is an excellent scary-not-scary game.

In the opening intro/tutorial you play as a ninja tasked with getting some data and hiding it. Something happens to you at the end of the intro and flashforward we go on a boat six months later. Now you're Cliff, a cool rich kid desperately seeking his father's approval. Obviously finding no better solution to do that than by stealing his father's boat, dragging two friends (Devan and Linda) along to an island near Banoi to snatch a story to launch Linda's media career. There are zombies on the island of course and there's the usual conspiracy story going on (I think). A bit different though is how Cliff seems to keep hallucinating all kinds of shit which makes for a pretty interesting tale.

Anyway, I think I completed 7 out of 11 missions already. I got quite a few upgrades and somewhere in there I also accidentally completed the Underwater Labs (free!) DLC, so the game isn't going to be very long I think. For the better probably because I'll need another playthrough (NG+) to get the plat. There are quite a few collectibles as well, but they're quite fun to get. I initially put this game right after LiS because I thought they couldn't be more different, was I duped when the first thing the game had me do when I arrived on the island was take a damn picture . The snapshot collectibles are quite unique though. I did play blind, so I'll be picking up the rest of the collectibles in an NG+ playthrough because I intend to finish the game blind once as well.

I enjoyed this game a lot which you can probably tell and I will most certainly come back to it. Two things that bother me a lot about this game are the low, low health Cliff has (which has me worried for NG+) and how damn slow the respawn animation goes. IT SHOULD NOT TAKE 10 FREAKING SECONDS TO STAND UP CLIFF!

 

Likelihood of me going back and getting the platinum: 95%

 

[Spider5786]

Beginning of day 3 updat.

 

Game 1 Yooka Laylee

Time Spent: 4 hours

Trophies earned: 9 of 36 (13%)

 

Spent another couple of hours on this yesterday, I'm enjoying it a lot more now and the voices are less annoying now. I have been to the first world and have collected some pagies and quills (the games collectibles) mostly by doing little challenges on the hub world, the game's camera us fine so far and the platforming elements have not been too infuriating. At this stage I can say that I would recommend this game for people after an old school platformer particularly if you can pick it up at a discount price. 

 

[Mesopithecus]

Game #1 Day 2. MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death

 

 

 

I'd like to say I'd progressed a lot more in the story but nope.  Got to the boss of the Blue Tower Dungeon (after navigating a long labyrinth with various warps) and he annihilated me    I like how after the battle it tells you what percentage of the bosses life you managed to take off and gives some tips to help tackle it.  I had managed 17% and my tip was to level up more so off I went, running backwards and forwards along the same corridor for a couple of hours to level up.

 

Once I finally decided I was at a sufficient level I tackled the boss again, finished the chapter and earned a trophy....Yay!  

 

As I had accumulated a lot of coins, I decided to buy some of the rare items from the shop and upgrade my robots a bit before moving on to the next tower dungeon.  However once I progressed the story a little, I was greeted by another boss who again was way higher level than me and annihilated me.  So more grinding.....I'm grinding until I'm at least level 50 now.  Fortunately I found some items that give me an XP boost (only 4% but I'll take it)

 

I'm still enjoying the story, and the music in the game makes grinding not so painful.  I also like how the battles have a repeat button and a button to fast forward through the animations...makes the battles go a little quicker with minimal input.

 

I think I'll be happy to take a break from grinding and move onto my next game by the end of the third day.  Although I will definitely come back to this and get the platinum (can't pass up those UR gains)

 

Playtime:  Probably somewhere around 6 hours (14 hours total)

Trophies Obtained: 6/37 (8%)

Completion Currently: 92.35%

[Edward_FOX_86]

 

 

TOMB RAIDER (2013) Ps4

 

 

1st Impressions -

 

First off I have to say I love this game. I've been in love with Lara all my life and I didn't care when she had pointy surfaces if you know What I mean eheh

 

Great game from the realm of Square Enix that published it in fact I love all the recent Square Enix Games such as Hitman, Sleeping Dogs, Just Cause etc...

 

About Tomb Raider there's something I can´t really explain that makes me play this game. This is my 3rd time at paltting it and I still love it.

 

My first time playing on the Ps4 and you can tell the difference it feels smoother and faster, better looking and just nice overall.

 

I really like the predictable story although you can see it a mile way and the characters. The Music and sound effects are awesome but most of all I really love the Gameplay.

 

I know everybody talks Sh** about the Multiplayer but I actually like it. 

 

This isn't a faithful first impressions review cause I've played the game before but I can tell honestly its worth to replay it and its worth getting the definitive Edition.

 

Its an overall good game even if you don't like the genre very much .

 

Its light and easy to learn. Trust me when I say this Go buy it its cheap and its worth every penny. If you've never played it go get it even if its the digital version.

 

I guess this is it, I sound like a worker for square enix I know but I have to say its one of my favorites games.

 

 

Cheers Everyone And Go check My Youtube Channel Pretty please Subscribe and yeah Hope you enjoyed Reading this.

 

PS- How do I insert Images of the game? 

 

Edited July 3, 2017 by Edward_FOX_86

[MarkusT1992]

Game #1: Horizon: Zero Dawn (Day 2)

 

 

The game opened up much more after leaving the first area. Now I have two main quests leading in two different directions plus many side quests.

Each quest feels important so far. Mostly you have to go to a specific place, beat Machines or follow some traces you find. But you also have Bandit Camps and Tallneck quests. There are more things to do but I didn't do them yet.

In Bandit Camp quest you must kill all bandits to liberate the camp. After clearing it some Outcasts will move there. That basicaly means you get a new little settlement to save your game or buy things from a merchant. There are also bigger cities where you can get new quests from.

A Tallneck is a giant machine roaming an area to gather imformation. It's function is the same as the watchtowers in any Assassin's Creed game. You climb them to get intel on your surrounding area. That means you lift the fog and add symbols for hunting areas and such on the map.

One other kind of quest I did was a hunting challenge. There you need to fullfill a speciffic task like rip off 10 parts of a machine. You get a reward depending on your time. I failed my only try hard and went on for the time being. I still have to go back there.

A nice mechanic is the "taming" of the machines. You can sneak up to a beast and "tame" it. Then you can ride on it to move much faster andeven fight with it.

It's already like in every open world game. I don't know which quest to do next. Right now I do whichever quest is the closest to me.

 

To just say a bit about the graphics: They are beautifull. You can see the mud on the ways when it is raining. I normaly don't care about graphics but it doesn't hurt to have good ones.

 

Time Played: ~8 hours

Trophies: 13/56

 

 

33 minutes ago, Edward_FOX_86 said:

PS- How do I insert Images of the game?

 

Go to the game page and click on the image on the right site. This opens a new site, where you only need to copy the URL and paste it in here.

Edited July 3, 2017 by MarkusT1992

[Hemiak]

1 hour ago, Edward_FOX_86 said:

 

PS- How do I insert Images of the game? 

 

Go to your trophy page, click on the game image so it opens in another page. Copy the html address and paste that Into your forum post. 

 

 

Got about another hour in Titan Souls today. Killed two bosses, then realized I was close to the final boss, so I went back, found, and killed the two bosses I had missed. I then attempted the next boss 10 or 15 times before I had to leave. I'm hoping to finish the main story tonight, at which point I'll post my next full review. 

[SyIaris]

No particular update today. Finished the second episode of Life is Strange (took about the same time, 1:40) and it was just rather... dark and heavy.

[Mendant909]

Game #1

Days 1-2

 

Yup, I could see why Crimsonidol said Batman: Arkham Origins is boring. I mIght as get the plot out the way. Batman chased and beat up Catwoman in some rooftops, yet again met up with Catwoman at Blackgate Prison, and learned that the prison was split into three factions controlled by certain villains. During my brief time with the game I played the Joker section and his stichk was poisoning people and holding the warden in a SAW-like trap. The Joker made no grandiose plans and saw Batman more of an annoyance rather than a player in his game, which is odd as Batman's best villains like to have some sort of confrontation. Look back at Arkham Asylum where Killer Croc, a tertiary antagonist at best, threatened to eat Batman upon their brief reunion at the prison. Heck, even the Penguin in Arkham City in which he mocked Bruce Wayne at the start of the game and made it difficult for Batman to get a cure for a disease that would kill the Dark Knight and several people in Gotham.

 

Blackgate fails in setting up interesting villains to face against as the only motivation we have is some people that might get killed in the medical ward. Saving medical personnel was like the second thing Batman did in Arkham City, don't just rehash it and make it the most vital stake. Catwoman seems to be set up as the final boss and even then I just have that hunch since she's the only character that has had a meaningful conversation with Batman. There were a few cutscenes with someone in the prison talking about how Batman can't find out what they're up to, but what is it? Again, in Arkham City, Hugo Strange talked about "Protocol 10" and even used the public speakers to give a reminder of how many hours before it occurred, so it gave the player something to look forward to. It better not be setting up the Suicide Squad 'cause I beat Deadshot with one pathetic kick from the line launcher; why didn't you use cover Deadshot?!

 

Blackgate is at its core a Metroidvania game and boy did the Arkham mechanics not translate well for this genre. The main challenge of Metroidvania games is getting from point A to point B while dealing with the enemies spread out or using the tools given to you to solve the environmental puzzles; Blackgate has a handful of designated fight sections with most puzzles just being solved with throwing your batarang. A majority of this game is just spent trudging along hallways and with no tension it gets quite boring quite fast.But wait, what about finding save stations so you could recover health and save progress? Forget it, the game autosaves nearly every time you open a door, health regenarates if you're not fighting or inhaling gas, and if you die you'll just respawn in the last checkpoint. Teslagrad had the environmental puzzles that felt satisfying to crack and Shantae: Half-Genie Hero had platforming gameplay with enticement to discover new powers, so what does Blackgate offer? Nothing. Play the previously mentioned Arkham games or the two aforementioned Metroidvania games. Blackgate is going in my bottom twelve at the end of the month and I probably won't come back to this game for a couple of months.

[ItsMeMartyy]

Posting an update to say I wont be posting my review today. Ill be posting 2 tomorrow for todays and tomorrows. I had a personal issue arise and I would rather not write a review with a clouded mindset 

[Oobedoob S Benubi]

@Hemiak and @all, sorry to say this but I'm going to have to drop out.

 

A lot of stuff, both on and off the site, have made me decide that I'm moving away from the forum, at least for a while. The off-site things are all positive but they're taking up a lot of my time and energy nontheless, and I've decided that I'd rather spend the time I'm spending on here either doing more stuff for the things in my personal life, or actually gaming.

 

It's been a pleasure gaming with you lot, KYC1 was actually the moment I got into the PSNP forum so it seems weirdly poetic that I've decided to take a break at the start of Year Two. Game on!

[crimsonidol38]

53 minutes ago, BillyHorrible said:

@Hemiak and @all, sorry to say this but I'm going to have to drop out.

 

A lot of stuff, both on and off the site, have made me decide that I'm moving away from the forum, at least for a while. The off-site things are all positive but they're taking up a lot of my time and energy nontheless, and I've decided that I'd rather spend the time I'm spending on here either doing more stuff for the things in my personal life, or actually gaming.

 

Spoiler

 

Sorry to hear that but at least the reasons are of positve nature. Still, the forum and this event specifically won't be the same without you. Take care!

 

 

[vin_rob]

Hi guys and galls, 

 

I don´t really have a update on the games I´m playing only that I´ve started with dishonored, and yesterday also started with a other game on the list.. because of the bloody sun.. Wasn´t able to see the screen that great with all the reflections and all =( 

 

I had a fun weekend, maybe best since a while. But it was really terribly as the kickoff for this event.. =( 

[PerryToxteth]

4 hours ago, BillyHorrible said:

@Hemiak and @all, sorry to say this but I'm going to have to drop out.

 

A lot of stuff, both on and off the site, have made me decide that I'm moving away from the forum, at least for a while. The off-site things are all positive but they're taking up a lot of my time and energy nontheless, and I've decided that I'd rather spend the time I'm spending on here either doing more stuff for the things in my personal life, or actually gaming.

 

It's been a pleasure gaming with you lot, KYC1 was actually the moment I got into the PSNP forum so it seems weirdly poetic that I've decided to take a break at the start of Year Two. Game on!

 

Billy,

 

We'll miss you! Keep in touch! 

[voodoo_eyes]

Game #1 - Day #3

 

 

Time to wrap this one up. I finished the campaign and put about 8-10 hours into it, Not really sure how much time I put into this game, but seeing as each mission takes about 15 minutes if you take your time, there being 20 missions and me playing a few of them twice or even three times, 8-10h should be reasonably accurate.

 

To begin with, whoever the people are that compare this to Doom, they clearly never played Doom before. Doom is a fast paced fps, contrary to this game which has most enemies stumble in your general direction as if they've just woken up and are having trouble to find the light switch.

 

Now that that is out of the way, let's begin with the dissection.

 

Visuals

 

It's not pretty. Although to be fair, I'm not sure how pretty a zombie could actually be... Regardless, it looks dated. The environment are covered in metallic grey for the most part and all the missions are mostly a mash-up of narrow corridors.

 

There are two groups of enemies, soldiers and zombies. If I recall correctly there are about 4 soldier variants and about 10 zombie variations. Which is decent amount, I guess.

 

Some of the weapons look cool though. Mainly the melee weapons. I mistakenly assumed there was no melee attack, only realizing later on that I had to equip a melee weapon before I could attack something in close range. Kind of an odd choice to implement melee combat into a shooter.

 

Sound

 

The music is plain boring, to the point it's forgettable. I tried to recall what the music was like several times shortly after having had played the game, but I just couldn't remember. It's that unimpressive.

 

The voices are cringy and annoying. One of the characters speaks in a half-arsed Russian accent. Another NPC, is about as articulate as Donald Trump and the female voice you hear at the beginning turns into an NPC that constantly insists on talking with you before you can go to the next mission.

 

Sound effects are alright overall. The weapon firing sounds differ  depending on the weapons you use and the zombies have their typical growls. Explosions are a joke though, missing that umpf.

 

Gameplay

 

Not an original concept and the gameplay is overall kind of boring. Since there is nothing remarkable to see and the levels are quite small there's just not much to do. Mission objectives generally alternate between kill all enemies in the room to find and press the switch. The other game modes are also kind of meh.

 

There might have been a story, but I wasn't paying attention as I've mostly been watching movies while playing this game. So yeah...  Instead I noticed a bunch of bugs that were kind of annoying. There are healing chambers scattered through some of the levels, but they don't seem to always work. They're supposed to heal you full as long as you stand still in them, but I had it happen that the healing process simply stopped even while standing still. Then there's the getting stuck in the environment, and I mean literally stuck. It happened on a few occasions, and once was at the end of a mission, where my character fell halfway through the floor and there was no way of fixing it except by restarting the level. There are no checkpoints in this game and since  enemies couldn't hit me while I was part of the level structure I couldn't die to respawn either.

 

The best part about this game is the variety of loot you get and the rate at which you get it. Lots of different weapons, although I found anything but machine guns were just plain shit. There's also gear that improves your health and energy. The latter is used for the perks, which I almost never used anyway.

 

 

It's a passable game overall, but I'm not sure if I ever feel the need of getting back to it. There's quite a bit of grinding to be done and some missions have time constraints, which are two things I despise in games.

 

 

Oh and whoever is wondering. It's not better than Doom (and I mean the first one, as I have yet to play the most recent installment).

 

 

Time played: 8-10h

Trophies earned: 40/64