Popular Post AshestoAshes28 Posted November 7, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 7, 2018 Finished a couple of games and reached a Milestone! Platinum #10: - Enjoyment: 10/10 - Platinum in 1 Week and 16 Hours - Brought for £7.99 Well I've finally reached my first Milestone on my new account and I'm proud to say that it is Celeste. Celeste is a story about a young girl named Madeline who embarks on a journey of self-discovery and self-preservation, by attempting to climb the wondrous Mount Celeste. I've got to admit that when I first started it and played the first couple of chapters, I was rather sceptical of the game as I thought it seemed a bit boring. But as soon as I got further into it and saw the struggles and conflict within Madeline's life, and how much her story and emotional struggle relates to my own, I found myself not wanting to put my controller down and I was constantly feeling more and more accomplished the more she climbed and the more she tackled the challenges she faced. I'm proud to say that I didn't use Assist Mode to complete the story, but I've got to admit, I was tempted to. But the fact that I didn't made me feel like I myself had accomplished something as well which made me feel happy. I did, however, use Assist Mode for the Strawberries and the B/C-Sides as I felt that, because these didn't enhance the story anymore and with the way that the story ended, it sort of felt fitting to use the Assist Mode. Celeste made me think so much about my own life and how I have been struggling a lot this year, but also it has made me realise that, however tough things may get, you can always get through your troubles and come out on the other end stronger, and for this reason, I have made Celeste my 10th Platinum and First Milestone. Thank you Celeste! Platinum #11: And Platinum #11 goes to PaRappa The Rapper Remastered! I don't know if anyone remembers the old PlayStation Magazines you could get from the newsagents that had the little Demo Discs inside that had all small or big demos of the latest games that were coming out in the coming weeks. Well I got one when I was about 10 or 11, and to my surprise a Demo Disc was inside and guess what it had on it, PaRappa The Rapper! Man, I played the hell out of that Demo Disc and of PaRappa and yes, it was only ever the first level, but I absolutely loved the bones of this game. But I never did get the full game so when I saw it in the Under £4 sale this week and I had a spare £3.89, I had to jump at the chance to get it! I literally steamed through the game today and got the platinum along with my Fastest Platinum! I'd definitely recommend this game to anyone who asked! So with those, I'm now up to 2 points and I've updated my Original Post to reflect it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oobedoob S Benubi Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Finished one playthrough! So, just in case it isn't obvious yet, I played through Burly Men At Sea once. For those who haven't played it: it's on PS+, it's fun, and even though one playthrough is quite short, you won't get everything done in one go, as me trophying 5 out of 25 achievements *cough* achieving 5 out of 25 trophies will tell you. I don't want to spoil, so I'd rather say too little than too much. It's safe to say that you'll find out very quickly that doing some stuff will lock you out of some other stuff. I really enjoyed the game. The graphics are simplistic but nice, the music is catchy, and the game doesn't overstay its welcome by a long shot. I liked the idea behind the story too, as well as the conclusion and the humour. On 06/11/2018 at 8:53 AM, gladiatorrrrrrr said: it is always the fourth Friday of November, so this year 23 November Good job on HITMAN! I always loved HITMAN but the episode thing didn't catch me. I bought the game but never got it finished. I didn't even put it on my backlog list. But after your review (good one!) I might re-think this. I also saw a news flash that they requested PEGI ratings for Hitman Absolution and Hitman Blood Money. Two older games that might get a remastered. Loved those two as they had a real story. Thanks. I'm from Europe so I tend to forget the exact dates of these kind of holidays, but the stores here did participate pretty well in Black Friday last year. Definitely give HITMAN (2016) a try if you enjoy the premise, I'd say. It's long finished now too so it isn't really episodic any more either, just divided into different locations. I bought Blood Money on X360 and got Absolution on GwG there, and actually tried Codename 47 on PC back when it was first released, but none of them have reeled me in, I've spent one hour tops on any of them. Bought the 2016 complete or goty or whatever edition early this year on a sale after being pleased by the tutorial, and it became the first Hitman game I've played through to the end. I'd call myself a fan now and I've been looking forward to 2 since it was revealed, but I don't know if any of the older games would now appeal to me more if I tried them again. If they come to PS4, I'm probably buying them eventually though. 2 hours ago, AshestoAshes28 said: - Enjoyment: 10/10 Said this on your feed too but I really enjoyed Celeste, and I'd group it with Shovel Knight and The Messenger as really great retro platformers with surprisingly well developed stories and which show that just because a dev makes a game with bit graphics and music, that doesn't mean it needs to be ugly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post iLL-Mortick Posted November 8, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2018 (edited) New Game Count: -9 Point(s) 1/3 Plats & 100% Currently playing: PS4: Black Ops 3/7D2D/Zombi/++ PS3: Dead Island: Riptide/++ PSVita: N/A Games finished: 33 Games bought: 25 I will do my best to keep the lists updated and if you see an Unobtainable that´s not been marked, please let me know! If you are interested in boosting/helping certain games, you can message my PSN iLL-Mortick (No blank requests). Translation: Platinumed Game Games that have Unobtainable Platinum Games I need boosting or help with (Co-Op/Multiplayer/Etc) Event Completion Log (33/176) Spoiler Metro Last Light Redux (PS4) Burly Men At Sea (PS4) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3) Jack N´ Jill DX (PS4-EU) Jack N´ Jill DX (PSVita-EU) Call of Duty: Ghosts (PS3) Uncharted: Drake´s Fortune Remastered (PS4) Uncharted: Among Thieves Remastered (PS4) Storm Boy (PS4-NA) Suicide Guy (PS4-NA) Zeus Quest Remastered (PS4-NA) Uncharted: Drake´s Deception Remastered (PS4) Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure (PS4-NA) Tetra´s Escape (PS4-NA) Tetra´s Escape (PS4-EU) Twin Robots (PS4-NA) Virginia (PS4) Wheels of Aurelia (PS4-NA) Murdered: Soul Suspect (PS4) Fallout 3 (PS3) Marooners (PS4) Tabletop Racing: World Tour (PS4) Demetrios - The Big Cynical Adventure (PS4-EU) Suicide Guy (PS4-EU) Wheels of Aurelia (PS4-EU) Twin Robots (PS4-EU) Demetrios - The Big Cynical Adventure (PSVita-EU) Tetra´s Escape (PSVita-EU) Twin Robots (PSVita-EU) Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (PS4) Apex Legends (PS4) Call of Duty: Ghosts + 100% (PS4) PS4 (27/131) Started 7 Days to Die Batman: Arkham Knight Battle Islands: Commanders Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Need 3 trophies in last DLC) Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (Need help with DLC&Realistic) Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (Need help with DOTN EE) Call of Duty: WW2 (Need help with 3 newest DLC´s) Crossout Darksiders 2: Deathinitive Edition Defiance 2050 (Currently Unobtainable Platinum) Dying Light (Need help with Bozak Horde DLC) Fortnite (EU+NA) God of War 3: Remastered H1Z1: Battle Royale Hand of the Gods: Smite Tactics Invokers Tournament Killing Floor 2 Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends Lords of the Fallen Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Minecraft (Need some PVP trophies + last DLC) Mortal Kombat XL Neverwinter (DLC´s) No Man´s Sky Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 (DLC trophies left) Rocket League (Last DLC) Skyforge (EU+NA) The Crew The Evil Within Tom Clancy´s: Ghost Recon Wildlands (DLC´s) Wolfenstein: The Old Blood Worms Battlegrounds XCOM 2 + DLC´s Zombi ( 1,5 Playthroughs left) I may have more started, but not counting games I do not own or have no access to. Not yet started 2064: Read Only Memories ABSOLVER Assassin´s Creed: The Ezio Collection Amnesia Collection Another World APB Reloaded Battleborn Battle Ages Beyond: Two Souls Bombing Busters Bound Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition Bounce Rescue! Broken Age Darksiders: Warmastered Edition Dead by Daylight Dead Island - Definitive Edition Dead Island: Riptide - Definitive Edition Dead Island Retro Revenge Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition Destroy All Humans! 2 Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Don´t Die Mr Robot Extreme Exorcism Foul Play Fallen Legion: Flames of Rebellion For Honor Friday the 13th: The Game Grand Kingdom Grim Fadango Remastered Homefront: The Revolution Heavy Rain Here They Lie inFamous: First Light Just Cause 3 King Oddball Knack Knowledge is Power Laser League Layers of Fear Mad Max Mafia 3 Mighty No.9 Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast Oh...Sir! The Insult Simulator Psycho-Pass Mandatory Happiness Portal Knights Q*bert: Rebooted Q.U.B.E: Director´s Cut Rayman: Legends Resogun RiME Rocketbirds 2: Evolution Roundabout Rouge Aces Space Overlords Sparkle 2 SwapQuest SOMA STEEP The Talos Principle Teslagrad That´s You! The Bridge Trackmania Turbo Trials Fusion Trine 2: Complete Story Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power Uncanny Valley Uncharted 1 Uncharted 2 Uncharted 3 Uncharted 4 Wolfenstein: The New Order Watch Dogs World of Tanks Wasteland 2: Director´s Cut Yakuza Kiwami PS3 (4/52) Started Assassin´s Creed: The Brotherhood Army of Two: The 40th Day Back to the Future: The Game Call of Duty: Ghosts + DLC Call of Duty: Black Ops KillZone 3 Dead Island: Riptide Not yet started Aliens vs. Predator Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Assassin´s Creed 3 Birds of Steel BioShock 2 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Battlefield 3 Call of Duty: World at War Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Crysis 2 Dead Nukem Forever Driver: San Francisco Dead Space Fallout 3 Fallout: New Vegas God of War 3 Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Grand Theft Auto: 5 Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows Part 1 Homefront Heroes Over Europe L.A Noire LEGO: Marvel Super Heroes Medal of Honor Medal of Honor: Warfighter Mafia 2 MindJack Max Payne 3 Operation Flashpoint: Red River Prototype Red Dead Redemption R.U.S.E Sonic Unleashed Sleeping Dogs The Saboteur The Bureau: XCOM Declassified Tom Clancy´s H.A.W.X 2 Tom Clancy´s: Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Warhammer 40,000: Spacemarine Some of the games may have unobtainable trophies without my knowledge. PSVita 4/? Spoiler Claire: Extended Cut League of Evil (EU) Sigi: A Fart for Melusina (NA) Twin Robots (NA) Jack N´ Jill DX (NA) InkSplosion (NA) Tetra´s Escape (NA) Midnight Deluxe (NA) Super Destronaut DX (NA) Squareboy vs. Bullies (NA) 36 Fragments of Midnight (NA) Edited March 15, 2019 by Mortick 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oobedoob S Benubi Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 5 minutes ago, iLL-Mortick said: But before I start, can someone tell me how to make "hidden contents" ? So the list wont flood the thread. In a new post, it's a matter of clicking on the eye button at the top of the post. While editing old posts, I don't think the option is there to add new ones just by clicking a button, but you can type this around the post: (spoiler) (/spoiler) only with [...] instead of (...). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLL-Mortick Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 4 minutes ago, Agent 47 said: In a new post, it's a matter of clicking on the eye button at the top of the post. While editing old posts, I don't think the option is there to add new ones just by clicking a button, but you can type this around the post: (spoiler) (/spoiler) only with [...] instead of (...). Nice, thank you kindly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gladiatorrrrrrr Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 @iLL-Mortick welcome and that is a long list? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLL-Mortick Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, gladiatorrrrrrr said: @iLL-Mortick welcome and that is a long list? Thank you! Hopefully this event will minimize it. Was thinking of going Trophy Hunter Mode, but seeing as started games doesn´t count I´ll stick to Pale Mode hehe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gladiatorrrrrrr Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, iLL-Mortick said: Thank you! Hopefully this event will minimize it. Was thinking of going Trophy Hunter Mode, but seeing as started games doesn´t count I´ll stick to Pale Mode hehe they do in a way. I think the rules are more guidelines, at least that is how I see it. Bottom-line is that we want to minimize our backlog list. I count started and new games. So when I finish (or platinum) a started game I give myself 1 point, if is start from scratch also 1 point. Personally I don't make difference between 100%/Plat/etc. If I finish a game it is 1 point. Edited November 8, 2018 by gladiatorrrrrrr 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLL-Mortick Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 41 minutes ago, gladiatorrrrrrr said: they do in a way. I think the rules are more guidelines, at least that is how I see it. Bottom-line is that we want to minimize our backlog list. I count started and new games. So when I finish (or platinum) a started game I give myself 1 point, if is start from scratch also 1 point. Personally I don't make difference between 100%/Plat/etc. If I finish a game it is 1 point. Ahh I see, I think I´ll do that and count started games as well then. Thanks for the heads up bud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshestoAshes28 Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 20 hours ago, Agent 47 said: Said this on your feed too but I really enjoyed Celeste, and I'd group it with Shovel Knight and The Messenger as really great retro platformers with surprisingly well developed stories and which show that just because a dev makes a game with bit graphics and music, that doesn't mean it needs to be ugly. You know what, I've got a massive soft spot for any game that's like these as they feel more loved than the typical AAA game, if you get what I mean, and I also love to show my support because their games are always accessible to gamers in lots of different ways. Also, while I have you tagged, I've started HITMAN and it is absolutely brilliant! I've only played the first part and I'm now starting Paris but I'm loving it so far! The characters are amazingly realistic and I love the different level designs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oobedoob S Benubi Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 2 minutes ago, AshestoAshes28 said: You know what, I've got a massive soft spot for any game that's like these as they feel more loved than the typical AAA game, if you get what I mean, and I also love to show my support because their games are always accessible to gamers in lots of different ways. I absolutely understand. I think I've basically stopped playing AAA games save for Nintendo stuff, Ubisoft and a rare few other exceptions. AAAs got the money, but the bigger the project, the more hands that need to touch it, and the less personal it seems. Things like Stardew Valley and Wandersong are obviously projects of love. 2 minutes ago, AshestoAshes28 said: Also, while I have you tagged, I've started HITMAN and it is absolutely brilliant! I've only played the first part and I'm now starting Paris but I'm loving it so far! The characters are amazingly realistic and I love the different level designs. Nice to hear you liked the tutorial! Remember that some opportunities might be a lot simpler once you gained some mastery and added new gear to your set-up. If something seems to hard, look for a different option, because something is usually around. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshestoAshes28 Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Agent 47 said: I absolutely understand. I think I've basically stopped playing AAA games save for Nintendo stuff, Ubisoft and a rare few other exceptions. AAAs got the money, but the bigger the project, the more hands that need to touch it, and the less personal it seems. Things like Stardew Valley and Wandersong are obviously projects of love. You've just said what I was trying to say but I couldn't find the words ?. I have so much love for Stardew Valley it's unreal. I love that game so much and I have invested so many hours and supported the hell out of that game and I'm really looking forward to the Multiplayer Update as that is just another example of a labor of love. Wandersong is on my list and it will be brought when I've got enough points and I've got the money . I really want Moonlighter as well as that game looks absolutely beautiful on the Switch. 43 minutes ago, Agent 47 said: Nice to hear you liked the tutorial! Remember that some opportunities might be a lot simpler once you gained some mastery and added new gear to your set-up. If something seems to hard, look for a different option, because something is usually around I've got my eye on the second one now so I'll be getting that when my backlogs gone down a bit. I like the fact that you have all of these different opportunities as I feel it helps to open up the game a lot more. Anyway, I'm looking forward to diving deeper into it . Edited November 8, 2018 by AshestoAshes28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oobedoob S Benubi Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 2 minutes ago, AshestoAshes28 said: You've just said what I was trying to say but I couldn't find the words ?. I have so much love for Stardew Valley it's unreal. I love that game so much and I have invested so many hours and supported the hell out of that game and I'm really looking forward to the Multiplayer Update as that is just another example of a labor of love. Wandersong is on my list and it will be brought when I've got enough points and I've got the money . I really want Moonlighter as well as that game looks absolutely beautiful on the Switch. Wandersong is one of the games I'm playing through now. Beware, it's a nice game, but it's more of a game to play an hour of in between other stuff than to canonball on its own, at least it is to me. It's very gameplay-lite, and its story is super sweet, which makes it ideal for me to play a bit of every now and then, but it's not a "need to play more" game like The Messenger was for me, or Stardew Valley for the first sixty hours. 2 minutes ago, AshestoAshes28 said: I've got my eye on the second one now so I'll be getting that when my backlogs gone down a bit. I like the fact that you have all of these different opportunities as I feel it helps to open up the game a lot more. Anyway, I'm looking forward to diving deeper into it . Pro tip: Hitman 2 contains all of Hitman 1 remastered, and free of charge if you own the first game. So if you still enjoy it a lot after Paris, you might just want to buy the second game and play the first game remastered right away. Then if you're a completionist you could always go back to the original after the rest of your backlog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asvinia Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Good to see another person joining the fray, the more the merrier! Little Dragons Café is fun, though I can see how people could describe it as repetitive. Everything is cute though and the art design is great. There tends to be frame rate issues, pop in and texture distortions sometimes. It's not as polished as it could've been. I'm a little concerned about getting all the recipes as it seems there's no confirmed way to unlock them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dessane Posted November 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 9, 2018 11 hours ago, iLL-Mortick said: Ahh I see, I think I´ll do that and count started games as well then. Thanks for the heads up bud! As others have said it is a pretty relaxed event as far as rules go. I am playing a similar version to trophy hunter, I get a point for every plat and pay 3 points for a new game and am not allowing myself to go into negatives. For me PS+ games are added to my list if I intend to play them but don't count as points since I didn't buy them. Overall its about finding a set of rules that will help you chip away at the backlog 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dessane Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Will be updating my original post in a little bit but will do the text bit now. First things first I've got a new completion point Kingdom Hearts 2 was one of my favorite games when I was younger so I was very keen to come back to it.It has aged surprisingly well and the additions to the final mix version were all really great. I played on critical difficulty which was a good choice as it was all doable at that level and gave a nice challenge. It was nice having to learn the fights rather than just mash X! I bought a new game today though so that point and a couple more are gone now. I picked up Assassin's creed Odyssey I've been holding out until I finished KH2 so it felt like a good time today. I have also added a couple of games from PS+, Burly Men at Sea and Yakuza Kiwami, planning to get to both of them asap hope you all have a good weekend 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gladiatorrrrrrr Posted November 11, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2018 (edited) Finished A Way Out. Did the game in full coop with a buddy during our yearly LAN Party. So beer, fast food and a nice game; very good combination! Game is nice, tells a good story and you really get attached to the character you play. I love Coop games in general, makes the game experience sometimes much better. This game was designed to do that and it successful in the execution of it. That is game 9 done since my start here. Love to go back to my start post and see the strikes troughs in the game list ?. I am getting there! Edited November 12, 2018 by gladiatorrrrrrr 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post iLL-Mortick Posted November 11, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2018 (edited) First platinum in this event reached, Metro Last Light Redux ! EDIT: Also, my 100th PS4 Platinum! Edited November 11, 2018 by iLL-Mortick 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dessane Posted November 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2018 So it was a pretty productive weekend for me overall, I have updated my original post . I picked up Burly men at sea from PS+ and decided to give it a go while waiting for AC Odyssey was downloading. Turns out it was a charming little story game with a few choices affecting the outcome. each run took abou 10 minutes or so. I ended up knocking off the plat that afternoon before jumping into AC. That puts me at 25 games finished this event and with 7 games purchased I am sitting at 4 points currently. Perfect to pick up Spyro soon 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SonneeD Posted November 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2018 Finished VA-11 HALL-A, that's 7 games done! Pretty relaxing visual novel where you serve drinks. I had to do a second playthrough for the platinum and when I was just about done my game crashed. I hadn't been saving, since the game is pretty short when you skip through the dialogue, so I had to restart. Aside from that minor hiccup it was a very simple platinum. Also grabbed a couple games. I mentioned I would consider grabbing Corpse Party Blood Drive when i was on sale and I did end up doing that. Also, I've had the Spyro Remakes pre-ordered for quite awhile and decided I would knock some points off for that purchase even though it was before I joined the event. So I'm sitting at 1 point now. Gonna hold off on starting anything new since Spyro comes out tomorrow. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gladiatorrrrrrr Posted November 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2018 First Trophy: 19 March 2018 Last Trophy: 11 November 2018 A very productive weekend; also finished RIME. Started the game a couple of months ago and never got through it. Restarted form scratch and I must say it was an enjoyable journey. I got lost a couple of times, in the sense that I didn't know what to do next but in other areas it was either very clear or you got some hints (like paintings on the floor/wall). It is probably my age ? but I found the game sometimes very dark. So turning on the brightness did help a lot. The Artwork is great, the story sad (in the end) but in essence a very nice puzzle game. That is number 10! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oobedoob S Benubi Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Finished the story! Managed to redo the story of Hitman 1 in the Legacy packs last Friday, then finished the story of Hitman 2 over the three days after that. Mostly Saturday, as I had other stuff on Sunday and it only took two hours on Monday to do the remaining story bit. I really enjoyed playing through Hitman 2, even more than I enjoyed Hitman 1, probably because I better understand the gameplay now, how I am intended to play. It's also more polished, with bigger and more varied maps. I've written a bunch of posts on the game in the past few days so if you want to know something specific, just give a shout, or see if I've already said something on it in the KYC event. Bought a game! There's a bunch of games on sale on the Switch, amongst which was Pool Panic, which I've been semi interested in since finding out about it somewhere around February. Having enough to play and it getting a mixed reception were boundaries that were hard to cross for me, but since it's just over €8 now, since the big long AAA games I wanted to play this year are either behind me or titles I'm not interested in any more, and since I enjoyed other leaps of faith I took on games released after Pool Panic like The Messenger and West Of Loathing and Yoku's Island Express and Wandersong... I just decided to jump in. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLL-Mortick Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Burly Men At Sea achieved as platinum/completed game #2 Relatively short game, 12 different endings but quick. Thought it would be a very tedious trash game but was very good for a side-scroller and not to mention free. Hopefully I´ll manage to finish MW2 either today or tomorrow! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asvinia Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 I haven't finished Little Dragons Café yet but I feel the need to air my view on it and my concerns with it going forward, also to serve as maybe a minor warning if anyone else plans to pick it up. I'm only about halfway through the story but I feel I have enough of a grip on the game to talk about it with a little relevance. To sum up; LDC is a café management sim. Your mother is ill and some old dude appears in her bedroom and tells you that running the cafe and raising this dragon will help save her. Sure, whatever. The gameplay involves you going out and hunting for recipe ingredients, going home and cooking the recipe with those ingredients and adding it to your café menu while also helping to manage the café. You can help manage the café by taking orders, serving food and putting the dirty dishes in the sink. Your staff will slack off and it's also your job to tell them to get back to work. To begin with the game is a lot of fun, even if the controls are a little weird and the textures glitch all over the place. Issue 1: You will never collect enough ingredients to run your café very well. Again, this is not a problem to begin with. Maybe it's a mechanic to get you to try and switch up your menu more often and I'm just playing the game wrong. Say you have 3 dishes that involve Soy Sauce on your menu. There seems to be about 3 'waves' of customers that visit your cafe every day. After every chapter more people will start visiting your cafe. In those waves of people, they might order 5 things that include Soy Sauce. So that's at least 15 Soy Sauce you need for the day. The nearest node contains 3-4 Soy Sauce a day and there's no map or anything to keep notes of any more nodes that supply it. Issue 2: There are too many ingredients to run your menu with. Referring to my above point, there are a lot of ingredients in this game. The more important one are a lot further away from home, so you have to spend more time gathering them, which means you can't gather the nearer ingredients for the rest of your menu. You can't stay away from your cafe for too long because your staff will start slacking too much and you'll go home to a wave of angry customers storming out of your cafe. Resources are simply spread too thin. So you can maybe gather 3-4 Soy Sauce, but create something that requires Cream Sauce instead to free up some Soy. The problem with that though is that the node that supplies Cream Sauce is much further away and still only supplies 1-4 a day. Issue 3: Your staff slacks just a little too much. You need to go out and collect ingredients because the game is nagging you that you're running out of something. You might be gone just an hour and you'll get a notification that your staff are slacking. You'll then return home to that wave of angry customers. Even if you decide not to go out and tend to the cafe all day, they will slack as often as possible. The chef is the worst for this. He'll start slacking between every 3-4 orders so you're wasting time constantly telling him to get back to work. When you're having 40ish customers streaming in/out, this is a little tedious and I imagine it's only going to get worse. Issue 4: Not enough time in the day. You only get 2-3 hours in the morning to gather ingredients. I don't know how beneficial it is to tend to your cafe but you're lead to believe it's important, it's part of the main gameplay things right? Unless you skip sleep and go gather things at night, there's no way to gather enough, on top of that you will 100% get the 'Staff are slacking' alert during that time. Petty Issue 5: NPCs take priority. When you're helping out in your cafe, taking orders and stuff, the NPCs are also doing the same. However, you cannot walk through them and you cannot push them. They will push you though. Multiple times I have been dragged across to the other side of the cafe because the NPC solidarity takes priority over player solidarity. This is particularly annoying when you're trying to get that last plate to clean to count toward your helping out total. Petty Issue 6: Nothing seems to matter. Serving good things on your menu doesn't raise your reputation. Your reputation is tied to the story. There is a reputation bar that fills and displays an exclamation mark when the next story step will happen. If you're already on a story step, the bar will just stop until you complete it. There seems to be no consequence of just ignoring the cafe altogether or only serving low-ranked things. It's a good game and I'm enjoying it, but there's just so many minor things that add up to make the game a lot less fun than it could be. Not having enough time to gather things, or having staff slack so often prevents you being able to properly enjoy everything the game has to offer because you're constantly being told that you need to go and manage something else. While you're gathering ingredients, you're being told your staff is slacking. If you tend to the cafe, you're told you're running out of ingredients. There's no balance between the two. Perhaps I'm playing the game wrong and I'll figure it out in another few hours. I don't really want to be able to completely ignore the cafe though because it's supposed to be part of the core mechanic. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExHaseo Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Finished up Destiny 2. I now completely understand why there was so much backlash for this game. In about 10 hours, I beat the story, did all the strikes, and hit max level. So, I did basically everything in 10 hours. That is just ridiculous for a game like Destiny. It's also functionally identical to the first game. No new mechanics were added, and many assets were reused. It could have easily been an expansion for Destiny 1. That being said, overall it was okay. I'm definitely glad I got it for free though, otherwise I would pretty annoyed. It is definitely not enough content for a full priced game. Maybe okay for like $20, but definitely not full price. Anyway, my friend let me borrow Super Mario Odyssey, so I'm off to play that. I'm already through the first 3 worlds, and it's pretty fun so far. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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