Kill Your Completion - CYOA

[voodoo_eyes]

5 minutes ago, Orenn16 said:

Why is it called Kill your completion and what's the objective of the event. I'm honestly just curious. Is the idea to just load up your profile with 0% games so you get over completion anxiety? I'm lost.

Thanks in advance for the info to anyone who minds replying!

 

To my knowledge it's called KYC, as you essentially will drop your completion percentage, because you keep changing to different games on a regular basis for the duration of the event.

 

I'd say, that there are several objectives to it though. Mainly trying out a bunch of games that have been piling up in the bottomless pit of a backlog, as well as getting opinions from others on games that you might eventually want to try out yourself. It's a bit more in-depth and a different approach to most other events. It doesn't boil down to who gets the most trophies, but rather focuses on sharing people's experiences with games they play. Sticking with only a couple of games would potentially become dull for an event that lasts a month, hence why participants try out several games for the duration of the event.

 

Most end up getting back to the games that they've played during the course of this at some point, or come to the conclusion that game A or B is not worth putting more time into.

 

That's my take on it anyway.

[DamagingRob]

3 hours ago, Jaguargenie said:

Hey hey hey. Everybody's entitled to an opinion around here. Let's put away the hate man. (Read: hippie voice ) 

I'm just offering a counter-opinion.  

 

2 hours ago, voodoo_eyes said:

So are 1000 Top Rated (or whatever the hell it's called and the mayo crap. Screw that nonsense. I don't mind easy games, as long as I have fun with them. I highly doubt I'd enjoy Volume though.

 

33 minutes ago, MosesRockefeller said:

And to be fair, you were responding to someone who said you should get the game because it's an easy Plat. Which I guess was what I should have responded to.

@both: My point was that it's so short, even if you for some reason don't care for it. I thought it was a really great game, myself, with an amazing soundtrack. I also love stealth games. I wouldn't call Mayo or 1000 Top Rated "must-buys," unless I was joking. 

[Edunstar84]

GAME #2 MURAMASA REBIRTH

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

 

Playtime: 1.5 hours

Trophies: 3/66 (Plat + DLC)

Review: 10/10

 

Wow, this game is....super exciting! And very exhilarating! I don't know if it's because of the previous game I played, Mugen Souls Z, or something else, but I love everything about it so far. Muramasa Rebirth is the HD Remake of the original Wii title (I think, too lazy to actually research). The story follows two characters, Momohime and Kisuke. Momohime's body has been possessed by a demon soul, which wants to completely take over her body. Unfortunately, he/it did not complete the ceremony to take over her body, so he/it has no choice but to pursue the remnants of Momo's soul across Japan. 

 

Graphics: A beautiful 2D game on my nice OLED Vita screen. Very vibrant, rich colors.

Gameplay: Very fast-paced. Half the time I don't know what I'm really doing, but it's a lot of fun. The attacks center on the square button with different actions used based on the direction button and how fast you press the button, rapidly tapping equates a nice combo. You can also choose between two difficulty settings: Legend (Easy) and Chaos (Normal). I'm a scrub, so I chose Legend, and I don't regret it one bit. No sir!

 

It's a great game for the Vita since Momo/Kisuke traverse Japan via sub-sections further divided into smaller sections where they platform up/down or across. I have 5 more days with this gem, and I hope I still like this game as much as I do now.

[Hemiak]

55 minutes ago, Orenn16 said:

Why is it called Kill your completion and what's the objective of the event. I'm honestly just curious. Is the idea to just load up your profile with 0% games so you get over completion anxiety? I'm lost.

Thanks in advance for the info to anyone who minds replying!

Hey man thanks for stopping in. Others have pretty much covered it already but I'll give you the "official" answer. 

 

A lot of people have a ton of games sitting around that they've never started for various reasons. I created the event to encourage people to just start 10 of them in one month on a kind of trial basis. People then post thoughts and experiences of each game so the other participants or thread lurkers could follow along. Several people have bought (or avoided) games based on other members reviews.

 

By playing 10 games for 3 days each people generally weren't expected to finish many (or any) of their games, which should theoretically lower their completion percentage. Even though the lowering is actually a secondary objective, behind simply trying out new things and sharing thoughts, Kill Your Completion was catchier than anything else I could think of.

 

This is the 4th edition of the event and we're doing things a little different this time. Regardless, all the info should be in the OP, including links to the first three events. 

 

Hope that helps, 

 Hem

Edited July 7, 2017 by Hemiak

[Psy-Tychist]

4 hours ago, Hemiak said:

Fired up Titan Souls and knocked out my iron mode run without too many restarts. Then I went back and earned the last two misc trophies without too much trouble. I finally decided on a boss order for my speed run and gave it a shot. Finished with 17:38 / 20:00 first try. The timer stops before the final boss, but I only died on him once and my actual time would have been about 19 min so that makes me happy.

 

I then started iron + hard mode to see how far I could get. Each boss gets slightly more aggressive and gets some new / upgrades attacks, although the patterns are close enough that once you figure out the minor changes they still aren't top bad.

 

I think most of them took me 3-5 tries, except Gol-Set (the statue in the final area), who is an asshole at the best of times. I stopped just before the final boss because it was already too damn late and I had to be up early. So I just need to finish him off and the Plat is mine. 

 

In the nicest possible way, I hate you. It's almost like I'm not designed for these games.

[voodoo_eyes]

9 hours ago, dizzyshadow said:

 

I finished this just before this KYC event started and i must say its a real chore to get through all those endings, Like you i bought it expecting something totally different, its a conversation game not a driving game (although it does involve driving) and TBH i didn't think the story was great.

 

 

The zombie DLC is pretty straight forward even easier than the main game in my opinion. Just be aware if you are going for the 100% there is a lot of grinding to earn enough money to fully upgrade your squad, its the only trophy i have left & not sure if i will ever go back and get it.

 

 

Game 2: Micro Machine World Series

 

 

Now the big point about this game is there is no single player career. you can do local multiplayer, but really the game is focused at online play, which is fine however to me it feels a little aimless, the only real aim is to try and increase your level. and this for me is the big issue, witha proper single player mode with goals i could see me playing this a lot as it a solid if not spectacular racing game, without that its hard to find reasons to go back to it, together with the fact that when playing online i've had some serious issues with lag (although this could be caused by my broadband) it makes me wonder if i'll ever go back to it.

 

I guess I should thank you for that information, as that made me lose all potential interest I had in this game. One off the wish list it is .

 

4 hours ago, dmland12 said:

 

 

Heh, I actually had no idea Forced was currently on sale.

 

At $2.99 I don't think you can go wrong if you don't mind a challenge.  I paid $4.49 for it in the March flash sale.

 

Just bought it as well for € 3,99. One more game to add to my checklist.

[Mesopithecus]

Game #3. Day 1 - Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below

 

 

DQH is a game developed by Omega Force and published by Square Enix.  It's a hack and slash musou style game with heavy RPG elements.  You start the game choosing between two characters - Aurora and Luceus, and of course I chose Aurora because she looks awesome (and as it turns out, is the least annoying of the two characters)

 

You then watch a cutscene where monsters and humans are happily cohabiting together until a blight is cast upon the land turning the monsters against the humans.  Cue lots of "arena style" battles with waves of monsters, usually where you have to protect something from taking damage.  Battle wise, there a few different gameplay elements to utilize from the standard hack and slash method, to different skills and magics, and even monsters you can summon in battle through the use of tokens.  Overall, the battles are pretty simplistic and the game does a lot of handholding, especially with the bosses giving hints for weakspots etc.

 

Overall, I'm finding the pacing to be fairly slow and disjointed.  Due to the relatively small battle areas you end up doing a battle, cutscene, return to hub to save etc.  then back to the same area and rinse and repeat.  I'd prefer it if it had more flow.

 

The story is kind of cliche and reminded me a lot of a few other different RPGs I've played, it has definitely borrowed a few elements.  Good selection of characters to build a team with so having this amount of selection means the gameplay doesn't get too repetitive.

 

Surprised that it's nearly all British voice actors, until the cringe and cheese of the dialogue set in and I had flash backs to Ni No Kuni (and Drippy)  That being said, I'm enjoying the game a lot - just today I progressed the story, did some side quests, did a lot of alchemy (and even achieved sweet success on my first item)

 

With all these games I'm enjoying during the event, it will be really difficult choosing which one to go back to first!

 

Playtime: 7 hours 15 mins save time (although about an hour of that was idling whilst I was doing RL stuff)

Trophies: 10/50 (14%)

Completion: 90.03%

[Hemiak]

Finished up Titan Souls a while ago. Didn't start a new game yet because my kids and wife are really into FFX atm. There's a chance I'll actually start Teo new games tonight, depending on how quick I finish my weekly paperwork. 

[crimsonidol38]

Game 2, Day 2: Jotun (PS4)

 

Before continuing with the "story" of the game I decided to check the trophylist of Jotun and saw that there's five different trophies you can get per jotun (or god). The normal for beating them first time, a time trial one, beating them in a specific way ,taking no damage, and one for beating them without using any gods powers. I didn't see that last type of requirement and I thought that it would be quite easy to get at Jera so I went for it. After having no problem with her I became a bit of carefree and decided to try the same for the jotun Fe, although I didn't even try to beat him normally first. About one hour later, I decided to cancel that attempt as in the later phases the arena gets literally swarmed with dwarves that try to hit you and it turned out that my health was way too low to handle that boss without healing. The boss tiself wasn't anything difficult (if done normally), but those henchman really were annoying.

 

After that I started to explore the two ice regions related to the Niflheim-region. One of those regions was Jormugandr's lake. According to the intro given to that region Jormugandr was a child of Loki and was the culprit who killed Thor. As it turned out, Jormugandr was a giant sea serpent who swam below the frozen water and at some points it broke the ice and tried to attack you. Luckily you don't have to fight it but I was still a little bit frightened when I saw that giant shadow swimming below the ice. The other one, which was called the Nine Rivers, was structured like a labyrinth and had the unnice surprise of blizzards which appeared from time to time so you had to seek shalter behind some rocks.

That region's jotun Isa is BTW the one featured in the trophy tile and the one who was most annoying so far. He's a rather slow-moving enemy but he has an annoying blizzard gale-like breath which is able to do massive damage if you can''t get out of his area fast enough (it can even insta-kill you). As I started to damage him the fight became even more infuriating as he's able to control the falling snow and later on it became more of a blizzard against which you had to battle against with your movement. What really pissed me off was the fact that I nearly had a damageless run and then he tumbled down and due to the blizzard's strong wind he fell right on me instead of falling straight down. 

 

Shortly after I went to one of the areas in the storm-area, which was the Northern Sky. In here you moved across clouds and had to reconstruct some celestial formations by hitting specific switches. Besides the fact that you have to dodge some lightning bolts this area was really cool as it introduces some of the animals that lived in and around the world's tree Yggdrasil, like the messenger Ratatoskr. This was also the first area where I got an upgrade for one of the gods powers, mainly Thor's Mjölnir (which adds additional strength to your heavy attacks). Now I can use it three times instead of two times before. Speaking of those powers I have to say that so far they fell rather useless as long as you just try to slay the jotuns as there's no real strategy required for the normal runs. The only power that comes in handy is the one which restores some of your health. Besides that, I only got powers for a decoy (Loki), a shield (Heimdall), added speed (Freyr), and added strength (Thor).

 

So far I have a mixed impression of the game. I really like it's take on the nordic mythology and overall it seems like the devs read up about the used beings and regions before implementing them as everything seems coherent to the things you can read up on internet sources but I'm not really fond of the gameplay. Besides the boss fights there's barely anything to do 'cause as soon as you got all three collectibles of one sub-area (the apple, the new power/power-upgrade,  and the rune) there's no need to go back to the areas and it's mostly only doing the fights against the jotun. Therefor it feels a bit barebone.

 

My main goal during the event will be to finish my normal run at least and get all collectibles but I'm not sure if I will try to do any of the time trials, no damage-runs or even the Valhalla-mode.

[DamagingRob]

Day 1- Final Fantasy XIII-2

 

So, just gonna start out by saying I was one of the ones who hated FFXIII. I regretted paying $60 for it, dropped the game somewhere during disc 2, and pretty much never paid that much for a game since. But after watching the entire story on YouTube in preparation for this, I was actually excited to play this one. Over the course of that 8 and a half hour video, the characters became tolerable, some even likeable. I somewhat regret not pushing through the game so many years ago. With that out of the way, on to the actual review. 

 

This game has as crazy an opening as I've ever seen. Seriously. Lightning is like a goddess in Valhalla, is kicking ass on a flying horse, and fights some dude voiced by Liam O'Brien. I didn't know what the hell was going on, but at least it was entertaining. After that, you play as Lightning's sister, Serah, and Noel. Noel is from the future, and has been sent by Lightning to help Serah change the future. *coughs*Not as cool as Trunks*coughs* 

 

Now, it's been so long since I played FFXIII, that I couldn't tell you how similar the gameplay is. You'll just have to make that call for yourself. It's an active turn based system, so you don't want to waste too much time deciding your actions. Paradigm shifts return. I don't get these very well, but certain ones are probably better given the situation. If I wasn't playing on Easy, I'd likely be struggling. :/ When fighting monsters, you have a chance to obtain them after the battle. Putting different ones in your party can change what kind of paradigm shifts you can create. There are also quicktime events at certain points during fights. ...Why? Were these really necessary? At least they've been easy, so far. 

 

Random encounters appear on the map every so often, when you're not in a town. It's nice there are towns to explore in this one, but they're not very big. When they do, you can try to attack the enemy for a preemptive strike, or just run outside of the encounter zone that appears to avoid fighting. 

 

Exploration in this game is a little different. You select an area(or timeline) from a menu. You can quit out to this menu at anytime. On this menu, you can also change your save file. I thought at first I was going to be relegated to just one, as it just simply overwrites your save if you do it from the pause screen. Load times seem a little long when selecting an area. 

 

I got lost for a little bit, as it wasn't really made apparent you need to go to these gates on the field once obtaining the right artifact.. I couldn't figure out why the next area wasn't unlocked in the menu, and there weren't any markers on the map, indicating I needed to go to one. 

 

Not much else to say. But so far, I'm enjoying it. Getting to play as Serah is awesome. Any game starring Laura Bailey using her adorable teenage girl voice, is never a bad thing.  And Noel is a more interesting character to me than most of the original FFXIII's cast. Interested to see what Day 2 has in store. 

 

Time played: ~5 hours.

Trophy progress: 8/32 for 13% and an E rank. 

Edited July 8, 2017 by DamagingRob

[JoaoQuique]

Game Nº 2 [Tour de France 2014] - Final Report

 

 

First Report: Click here

 

On the last day, I could finally complete a stage without fast-forwarding - I tried to win a stage building an advantage at the mid of the course using a low-rated team rider (I received a big failure when the peloton reached me on 10km finals...) - and I can say: it can be quite interesting ride across stages just for riding... (OK, probably nobody here just want to ride in a videogame just for ride, but anyway...). WIthout fast-forwarding a stage, a single one is completed in about one hour (reminding: a true one requires about 4~5 hours to be completed) .

 

Pro Tour was also tested barely, and initially it can be quite challengeful (your team is quite weak at start) to win stages, but like team objectives in Tour Mode, team challenges follow your level. And unlike Tour Mode, where you must complete at least 7 pre-setted stages to a tour be considered valid, but you can complete all 21 stages to have some more time to complete some challenges, in Pro Mode you must complete at least 5 pre-setted stages, but if you set to complete more stages, challenges rewardings will be smaller...

 

Playtime: About 1 hour plus time fast-forwarding (more than 3 hours overall)

 

Trophies obtained: 10 from 24 (Completion at 17% - Rank D)

 

Personal Completion: from 71,91% to 71,77% (considering also Rocket League's new set of DLC trophies)

 

Final Ratings:

 

Graphics: B- - these graphics is not the core of the game, but they is not memorable at all... However, they do not compromise this game also. And the game can emulate some "European beautiness"...

 

Sound: B+ - like F1 2015, this game is more dependent of good sounds and noises than BGMs - any majority of ones (like "gear shifting" and "wind") are actually good;

 

Gameplay: C - for a "dummy" in road cycling, this game is quite challengeful in a bad way - you must follow a strategy to being able to win, and also must attack the final sprint on the right moment, but "dummies" don't know what to do in both... - but if you just wanna ride a bit without bothering with results, maybe you will get some fun. For cycling addicts, this rate can be better; 

 

Replay Factor: C - this is a kind of game that, if you want to Platinum, it's OK play just about a hour per week... For cycling addicts, this rate can be better, maybe?

 

Trophy-wise: C+ - this game have both "early start" trophies and difficult ones, but after seeing how this game works trophy-wise, I can say this game is more "grindy" than "difficult" - apparently you do not need to complete all team objectives in a single tour, and advancement stars are actually achievable by completing many team challenges on many teams... I still don't know if all stages can be won by fast-forwarding with best teams and hoping for the best - probably it's possible.

 

Personal grade: 

[PerryToxteth]

23 hours ago, mking_63 said:

 

I'm curious how you navigate conversations while you're driving, what are the controls? If you are actually driving and not just picking a point on a map and letting the car auto drive there then this might be something I'd be interested in picking up next time it's on sale.

 

 

It's an overhead camera with stick steering and an accelerator button. The thing is, the game will auto-pilot the driving for you. If you feel like speeding up, you can, but once you let the gas go, the auto-pilot will kick right back in. So you can just read the commentary and not concentrate on the road. Hell, I guess you could call it a modern game then as everyone in my town has their eyes on their phone and not the road. 

 

Essentially, this barely qualifies as a "driving game." True, you are in a car and have a steering option, but that's about it. And it's about as linear as it gets. Typical game from beginning to end lasts 20 minutes and I think you come across only two forks in the road. The commentary is the driver of the game (pun intended) and it's not much. For every question or comment, you get two choices for your response or you can stay mum. 

 

But, the positives are it's cheap and it's an EASY platinum with a guide. As DizzyShadow stated above, getting all 16 endings will be a bore/chore. But, you will learn some trivial facts about Italy along the way. 

[Hemiak]

Game 3 - 1.5 hrs played 

3/35 trophies, 4%

 

Le sigh, another game that just isn't doing it for me. I really enjoyed the LBP games so when this was offered on plus I was pretty happy. That said it just hasn't grabbed me yet. 

 

The game starts with "You", the player, in a dark room being talked to by male and female voices. Each one has a color associated with it and there's a little screen glow in one of the corners when it talks. Also the subtitles foe each voice are colored the same, which is a nice touch. 

 

After a bit they say they need your help, and to get it they rip a hole in the blackness to allow you to enter their paper world. There they have you help make a message for... You? Which then turns into a little paper person called the messenger, who needs to reach the hole in the sky to take the message (itself) back to "You" the player... Who apparently isn't actually in the world already??? To make things even more confusing the messenger needs help from "You" in order to reach the hole in the sky where "You" resides. Seriously, this game has more plot paradoxes than FFXIII-2.

 

Once you bond with your new messenger friend the game plays like a standard 3d Platformer, except the messenger can't jump. You can hold the R2 or L2 button to shine a light on the screen which has various uses. Fun plot twist, enemies called Scraps, which look like little cardboard boxes, come swarming into the world through the giant hole in the sky that they had You open. So now You and the messenger have to use the light to dispose of all the scraps. It still isn't entirely clear what the hell the nebulous voices thought was so important that they asked the player to rip a hole in the sky.

 

Throughout each level, which are entirely made of colored paper, there are parts that have lost definition and look like newspaper. Shining light on them turns them back to their regular state. Perhaps this was the tragedy that led us to creating an even bigger problem. In each world there are characters with small tasks for the messenger to complete. There are also little pieces of confetti to collect, and red boxes to find which have confetti in them as well. 

 

So far the game is OK, the art is interesting but other than using the light to accomplish goals (which really isn't all that innovative) it isn't particularly original. I earned three trophies for various simple tutorial-esque tasks, but I'm really not particularly invested in this game. Combine that with the fact that Mim isn't really feeling it and I just might take the completion hit and substitute an entirely new game and move on. This is one I'll probably add to the kids folder on my ps4 and forget about for a few months.

 

Considering Broken Age, EGTTR, Day of the Tentacle, or maybe the new Metroidvania I picked up yesterday called Hunter's Legacy. I was so tired from this that I went to bed at midnight, which I almost never do, so I didn't start my 2nd Hem time game. 

Edited July 8, 2017 by Hemiak

[Edward_FOX_86]

Quick Update

Doom Game #2 

 

 

Played for 2hours

 

Okay so I have some work to do but currently I'm kinda in a break so I decided to do a quick first impressions update.

 

Solid Bethesda Game with good graphics, play style, and music is awesome . Gotta love all the weapons and different upgrades . The rpg elements are spot on and the environment and the enemies are varied and just fun to destroy, yes I used the word destroy instead of kill because in this game killing isn't enough. Basically you tear your enemies apart taking out limbs and leaving them headless. 

 

Awesome game mechanics and I still haven't checked out the multiplayer. The main focus of this game is the campaign and single player with challenges and unlockabes. 

 

Great game so far and I recommend it to pretty much anyone who loves Gaming. 

 

I'll make a 2nd and better review. 

 

Cheers everyone and enjoy the event

 

Check out my last episode (I'm home now so I edited a couple of things ):

 

Edited July 8, 2017 by Edward_FOX_86

[MidnightCJ]

Game #2: Day 2

 

Time Played: 2 hours
Trophies Earned: 3
Completion Percent: 11%

 

As I play this game, I see many similarities in combat to FFXIV - you're running around whacking things and shooting off spells, dodging attacks, and using hotkey abilities. Unlike that game, you can switch between characters, and I just recruited Alena, Kiryl and Terry from the previous Dragon Quest games. It's nice that Alena is the first character you recruit as she is my favorite DQIV character.

 

Anyways, I cleared Colissea and unlocked the accolades and quests. Yes, the accolades are actually the trophies you earn on your PSN account. They reward you mini medals when you earn a trophy. Also, I managed to clear out the first three boss grottos - the Green Dragon refight, the Gigantes refight and the Killer Machine refight(which I had an easier time as I remembered to give Aurora and Luceus Zap which is NECESSARY to survive against all the Killer Machines and their kin as electric attacks stun them for a few seconds. I didn't have it during the story boss fight and nearly DIED. )

 

Overall, a great game. But I still have three more days of this.

54 minutes ago, Hemiak said:

So far the game is OK, the art is interesting but other than using the light to accomplish goals (which really isn't all that innovative) it isn't particularly original. I earned three trophies for various simple tutorial-esque tasks, but I'm really not particularly invested in this game.

 

Just wait until you meet the Misplaced Gopher. I want to make gopher nuggets out of him because of his inane demands. ?

 

The Vita version (aka the original Tearaway) is simpler but I don't know if I want to see my mug and hear my voice on yet ANOTHER run.

[Jaguargenie]

 

Initial Impressions

Game 4

Life is Strange

 

I gotta get this out first. I'm not a graphids snob but this game is ugly. It looks like an up-ressed ps2 game. I played Remember Me and it looked nice, so i realize this must be an art choice. This isn't affecting my feelings toward the game, but it is worth noting. 

 

So I finished chapter 1 and I'm intrigued. I don't know how I feel beyond that. None of the characters are instantly likeable. Chloe is your typical bad teen that hates everything. Most of the adults are jerks or condescending. Max is the only one who (right now) i have redeeming feelings for. Shes in a new school, new town, and shes not quite fitting in. I really feel for her.

 

The dialogue is... it sounds like it was written by a 45 year old trying to be a 17 year old. It ranges from meh to downright uncomfortable. 

 

Despite all this, I don't dislike it. I am sure chapter 1 was an introduction to the characters and the world. If there is more character building as it progresses, this will be amazing. If everyone stays one dimensional...

[MarkusT1992]

Game #3: Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below (Day 1+2)

 

 

As the other two playing this game already said this is a musou game set in the Dragon Quest World.

My first contact with these kind of games was Hyrule Warriors on the Wii U. And that only because I love Zelda. Since playing that game I'm liking these kind of games so I bought this one purely on the fact that it is a musou game. I don't really know anything about Dragon Quest except that the characters are designed by Akira Toriyama, the creator of Dragon Ball.

 

The story was already told, so I'll skip that part.

So far I finished the tutorial, which was the firts city you needto rescue from the monster invasion. I then went to the second city to see if the same things were happening there. Sure thing it it.

The gameplay is like every musou game. You fight against a horde of monsters, which die very quickly. In between are tougher monsters, which need more hits to die. In this game defeated monsters drop coins which are used to summon them for aid.

 

Unlike the other musou type game I played so far (Hyrule Warriors and One Piece Pirate Warriors 3) the battles in this one are very short so far. You fight a few minutes and go back to your camp. There you prepare for the next fight and go to the next mission.

In the others I played you have battles lasting for 30 minutes or longer with changing objectives during the fights and conquering bases. Althought this isn't present in this game it feels very similar. It might be even better if I knew all the characters.

 

I like how the slime talks in German. He uses all kind of puns with German words. I can't give examples because the wouldn't really work in English and I don't know if the use puns in English as well.

 

Time played: 1h 15min

Trophies: 2/50

[voodoo_eyes]

Game #3 - Destroy All Humans 2 - Day #2

 

 

Started playing this yesterday and I gotta say I somewhat disliked the game for the first couple of hours. I played a bit more today and am enjoying it a bit more now. Maybe watching Independence Day: Resurgence while playing this set the tone.

 

Anyway, I pretty much wrapped up all that I could do in the first area of the game. Which involves about 5 main quests a bunch of side quests and a ton of collectibles.

 

The alert system is kind of a nuisance , as it raises quite fast and before you know it you're swarmed by cops and military. For some reason most of the city is populated by hippies, not sure what to make of that.

 

The game still has a funny tone to it, just like the first one did. What it doesn't seem to have anymore is the brain popping, but you can abduct people instead. There are still upgrades for the weapons and the UFO though, so that's something at least.

Edited July 8, 2017 by voodoo_eyes

[MosesRockefeller]

Game #4: Jotun

 

Jotun is an isometric game that isn't much like other games I have played. You use your trusty Viking axe to fight bosses, as well as occasional regular enemies. 

 

I'm not sure if I have experienced enough of the game to get a complete impression yet, but I can't force myself to play it more. 

 

Visually the game is stylish, and the voice acting is apparently in Icelandic to fit the theme. I like the game's atmosphere, and how the game shows a sense of scale. 

 

I don't think this game is really for me. It's not a bad game but I just can't get into it. One problem is that it has one of my pet peeves, a useless map. I really don't understand the point of showing a map if the game doesn't show the player character on the map. The playable area is usually zoomed pretty far in, so without a useful map it's hard to get a sense for where you are. Combine that with slow player movement, and the game just seemed like a slog. On the other hand, the controls are good, and Remote Play on Vita works well. 

 

I don't think I will come back to this game. I guess it should be a lesson for me to get more information on games before I buy them, especially since my backlog is so gigantic. 

 

Playtime: 1-2 hours

Trophies obtained: 1/37

Completion Percentage: 1% for a E rank

Score: 4/10

My Plans after KYC: Abandon the game

 

Next up: Journey on PS4

[Mesopithecus]

Game #3. Day 2 - Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below

 

 

Sadly didn't get as much time to play today due to a number of external factors, but I feel like 3 hours was a good stint and I progressed the story further.  One thing I do have to say is I really like the lore behind Yggdrasil, so I'm enjoying that it features so prominently in this game.

 

Most of today has been spent testing out some of the new characters I've acquired to see who I want in my main team, currently it's Aurora, Doric, Jessica and Bianca.  I've done a lot more quests too which have helped massively as I now have a bigger equipment bag.

 

One thing I neglected to mention in my first post, is as this game has no missable trophies I decided against using any kind of guide, just so I could sit back and fully enjoy the experience.

 

@MarkusT1992 I can confirm there are puns in the English version too that are pretty funny.  I actually really like the little slime, but I worried initially that he'd end up being another Drippy (Ni No Kuni)

 

Playtime: 3 hours (for a total game time of 10 hours 5 minutes)

Trophies: 12/50 (17%)

Completion: 90.23%

[MarkusT1992]

5 minutes ago, Mesopithecus said:

 

@MarkusT1992 I can confirm there are puns in the English version too that are pretty funny.  I actually really like the little slime, but I worried initially that he'd end up being another Drippy (Ni No Kuni)

I thought there would but I couldn't hear anything. The voice acting is different to the text at some points. Especially the city names.

[Mendant909]

Game #2

Days 3-4

 

Welp, it's a couple days late but I'll try to get the games out of the way. Resident Evil Revelations starts out with Jill Valentine searching for Chris Redfield, but the roles quickly reverse with Jill becoming the rat in the cage. If you didn't play Resident Evil 1 then it'd be difficult to care about the two characters as this game does a poor job at establishing any unique personality for the flat characters. The game tries to be a horror game but the addition of a partner that tags along yet does little to aid in battle isn't appreciated. Other things that have been removed from the core series: the health bar that is replaced with the screen turning red at near death, green herbs fully restore health and remove the red herb and health sprays, auto-saves are done and removes the typewriters, papers documenting the descent of madness of previous survivors, and puzzles seem to consist of weird puzzle grids rather than looking for items to open locks that no sane person would make.. Why bother with a horror tone if the mechanics that made supported it removes the challenge of surviving? It's disappointing to see Resident Evil try to return to its roots but it just goes through the motions. I'll rank this game in my bottom seven at the end of the month, which is such a shame.

 

Game #3

Days 5-6

 

Lumines: Electronic Symphony is a puzzle rhythm game that's alright. I would describe it as Tetris that consists of 2x2 blocks that have 3 differing patterns based on two colors that fit the theme of the song. Unlike Dyad, Lumines doesn't overflow you with a visual overload and you can actually take time to appreciate the visuals and music. It's good at small doses, but even then it's difficult to recommend this game to others unless they're willing to spend hours to get better to see all the themes. I'll probably place this game in the middle or upper half of the top fifteen, so it's neat to have played a game that didn't turn out badly.

 

Game #4

Days 7-8

 

Ninja Gaiden Σ Plus is the Vita port of the 2004 XBOX game, and it's a dinosaur that somehow still manages to stand out among competition from the past decade. Ryu Hayabuyasa wants revenge for his village that was massacred for a powerful sword. The main problem with the game is the story as it knows what causes emotional motivation, but not why it works. The village destruction tends to be effective when we know how the main character is connected to his hometown and its villagers, but here we don't know much about Ryu and the village is only known for being the home of Ryu and the sword. I'm guessing the main villain will be Ryu's trainer since that person knew about the sword and the one that grabbed it looked familiar to something from the residence. Ayane from the Dead or Alive series shows up and merely serves as the narrator for Ryu's tutorials. Rachel's twin sister apparently got killed by the main villain and boy she clunkily gave that exposition. Rachel sticks out with her Leifeldian design: high heels, multiple leather straps, the main ensemble riding it hard down there, Gainaxing breasts, and a sole shoulder guard. Unfortunately the first five chapters haven't had a moment that sticks out like something from a Hideki Kamiya game.

 

The main attraction of the game, the spectacle fighting, still holds up and boy is it brutal even in easy mode. The game makes you use block and roll dodge if you wish to survive the enemy encounters. Unlike Deadpool, this game has enemies that alternate between melee and guns with the former being the killer weapon while the latter is an annoyance that's manageable to counter. There are combos that could lead to air combat, which nudges out the one button combat of Dante's Inferno. Magic is useful as a defense rather than replacing your sword, which X-Blades and Blades of Time used overpowered magic in place of combat that felt like cutting air with a bookmark. Yup, Ninja Gaiden knows its priorities when it comes to presenting challenging combat. Kind of a shame the camera is hard to control like a 3D Sonic game and, as mentioned before, the lack of an engaging story or phenomenal moments. I'll probably keep playing bits and pieces after the event is over and it seems safe to put it in the top seven at the end of the month.

[crimsonidol38]

9 hours ago, MosesRockefeller said:

Visually the game is stylish, and the voice acting is apparently in Icelandic to fit the theme.

 

Personally I would have guessed that the voice acting is Norwegian as some of the regions in the mythology are named similar and/or identical to real regions in Norway AFAIK. But you are right: It's Icelandic:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/323580/discussions/0/364040961452550033/

 

And yes, the map can be annoying in a few locations (treetop and roots of Yggdrasil) but personally I got used to it that it only gives you a rough direction.

[JoaoQuique]

Game Nº 3 [Madden NFL 11] - FIrst Day Report

 

 

As a person that Plat'ed Madden 17 this year, I feel myself a bit uncomfortable playing this game - this game is not bat at all, but I'm missing some sucessor's features, like choosing receiver's action.... Curiously, this game is not so much different of Madden 17 in gameplay (it is a consequence of not having competition about American football games?), although the graphics and console's performance obviously refers to a 2010 game...

 

I've played Madden Moments - it is a scenario game, where you are challenged by some circumstances refered to 2009/2010 Season - usually at a final of the game, where you must reach a victory (usually by turning over the score, but sometimes you should sustents it). You must beat all 5 unlocked challenges to unlock following five - there are 50 challenges, and you must beat them all to achieve a trophy.

 

Tomorrow plans: Maybe more Madden Moments - I was thinking about change rosters and try some other trophies, but it would spent too much time, and I want not to do it now...

 

Playtime: I think an hour and a half

 

Trophies obtained: 2 from 25 (Completion at 4% - Rank E)

 

Personal Completion: from 71,77% to 71,46% (it was 71,61% after Madden 11 boot up - following decreasement happened because of Galaga boot up)

[FFHannibal]

Well, it saddens me to do so, but writing reviews every day is giving me more stress than enjoyment. They are (almost) my favorite part about participating, but I don't have the energy to put everything into words (also I'm f'ing lazy and I don't like that). I was on the fence about participating for so long because I wanted to go all out, but I knew that the reviews would be a make or break kinda thing.

 

It's still vacation for me, but because I graduated recently I have to get a few things in order and I get stressed out very easily. I'm not dropping out, I'm just going to dial back on the reviews. I'll be posting my stats for each game (though I am skipping today's game Uncharted: GA and I'm going to play some of the games I started in KYC and before) and the stats might, might be accompanied by some thoughts once in a while.

 

Game #7 - Assassin's Creed: Unity

Trophies: 2 of 58 (2%)
Completion: 47% -> 46.47%
Playtime: 2 hours 10 minutes

 

I have played a lot of AC games before and while I do still like Syndicate the most, Unity is pretty close. I cared for the 'history' in the games before, but it's so much more fun when it's in places you've been to and can recognize (where's my Belgian AC? ). As usual I enjoy the gameplay and collectibles a lot. I haven't gotten the hidden blade yet. I did manage to do an Assassin's sidequest for Mme Tussaud and got some chopped off heads for her. I was disappointed by the lack of pettable animals ? and I did notice why this AC is the buggiest one. AC is still the series that got me into PS gaming, so I won't ever dislike one of the games (not just because of that), so this is a good one.

 

Game #8 - Guacamelee!

Trophies: 25 of 61 (26%)
Completion: 47% -> 46.23%
Playtime: 2 hours 25 minutes

 

Very fun game. The soundtrack and gameplay are great. A lot of the trophies pop without doing anything special. I haven't been playing with a guide, so I don't know if there are any missables (with my luck there are). So far all the moves and mechanics are pretty easy to follow. I think I almost managed all the combo chicken combos, but I had one stamina bar too little, so I'll have to go back. The story is pretty interesting, though they have used a few cringe-worthy memes. All in all a pretty good game and I'll certainly be coming back to it.