MarkusT1992 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 @SyIaris How long did it take to complete the Comrades stuff in FF XV? I'm planning to start it after this event is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyIaris Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 50 minutes ago, MarkusT1992 said: @SyIaris How long did it take to complete the Comrades stuff in FF XV? I'm planning to start it after this event is over. It took me about 36 hours, mostly with AI. If you want the better weapon stats, I'd suggest starting now and just doing the daily mission - you need six days total to buy the 30% buff. Takes... maybe 10-15 minutes counting loading screens? You'd want an extra/otherwise unused character to use it on since completing anything generally gives you a new one, but items are shared across all characters - you can make it whenever. Let me know if you want help getting past urgent missions or farming stuff or something. Haven't finished the rest of the DLC yet, so it's staying installed anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkusT1992 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 10 minutes ago, SyIaris said: It took me about 36 hours, mostly with AI. If you want the better weapon stats, I'd suggest starting now and just doing the daily mission - you need six days total to buy the 30% buff. Takes... maybe 10-15 minutes counting loading screens? You'd want an extra/otherwise unused character to use it on since completing anything generally gives you a new one, but items are shared across all characters - you can make it whenever. Let me know if you want help getting past urgent missions or farming stuff or something. Haven't finished the rest of the DLC yet, so it's staying installed anyway. Thanks for the offer. @vin_rob should be able to help as well. I have to wait till the Royal Edition arrives though. Buying the game again was cheaper than buying the DLC. I got the Royal Edition for just under 20€, whereas the Comrades DLC alone would be 20€. It should arrive on Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kevvik Posted November 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2018 Finally... Game #9: Silent Hill 2 HD Initial Impressions Time played: 2.5 hrs So I finally managed to have some time without small children or other distractions to sit down with this. Silent Hill needs little introduction but we'll go through the formalities. Silent Hill 2 is a 3rd person survival horror game. You play James, a man who has returned to the small town of Silent Hill when three years after her death, he receives a letter from his wife asking him to come find her there. On his arrival, he finds a fog covered town with a very creepy atmosphere. He gets warned off by a woman in a cemetery prior to entering the town but, of course, does not heed her warning (mind you, neither does she). Once in the town he finds it virtually abandoned except by monsters who he must defend himself from, at first with a 2x4. He comes across a few other people who seem slightly off-kilter themselves with unknown motives for being in town. Monsters are humanoid but bizarre and James continues through town, gaining new objectives as he progresses and ultimately trying to find his wife. The Silent Hill series have always been about atmosphere and Silent Hill 2 does a fantastic job of it. While in HD, it really doesn't look a whole lot better than its PS2 origins but that doesn't take away from a truly creepy experience. The original is one of my favourite games and this keeps the tradition alive. Your foes are demented versions of people and other humanoid derangements which continue to expand on the otherworldly version of the familiar. As a survival horror, this is not the usual kill everything in sight as you will eventually be on the losing end. A lot of time, you just need to run but still work your way through puzzles to advance past your objectives. Controls are not the tightest but I have yet to die from them. The camera, on the other hand, might drive me around the bend with James. Often as I leave an area, the camera perspective changes and I suddenly return to where I was. Combat is not easy and I expect in harder levels, it will get more difficult but that is to be expected from the genre. The game gives a choice of original or new voices. I stuck with the original and the voice acting is great. The characters thus far are a real treat to watch even if I would likely take my steel pipe to a few if I were experiencing what James is going through. So lots of fun so far but I need to play with the options and see if I can do something about the camera. Trophies earned: 1/28, 1% for E rank Score so far: 8/10 (would likely be 9 or higher if not for the freaking camera) 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DamagingRob Posted November 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2018 1 hour ago, MarkusT1992 said: Thanks for the offer. @vin_rob should be able to help as well. I have to wait till the Royal Edition arrives though. Buying the game again was cheaper than buying the DLC. I got the Royal Edition for just under 20€, whereas the Comrades DLC alone would be 20€. It should arrive on Wednesday. Seems a number of us will be starting this. Mine is supposed to arrive by Tuesday. Game #9 Persona 4 Arena Ultimax- Day 1 ♪ Step on up to the plate ♫ Super biased review incoming. This is another fighting game from Arc System Works, creators of BlazBlue and Guilty Gear. I'm pretty sure I played each of those in past events, and gave them both glowing reviews. So, you add characters from a game I actually know and love to the mix? I am in heaven. I don't know why I put this off so long. I think because of the story, which this one is a direct sequel to the first Persona 4 Arena game. Figured I'd be a bit lost, if I just skipped that one. But, at the same time, I didn't really want to play that one. It looks insanely hard. I tried watching it on YouTube, only to quit after a few hours, when I realized I was in for 30 hours of videos. ? Read a summary of its events, but I'll still possibly be a bit lost. I haven't even touched the story yet, though. I've mainly stuck to two game modes for the majority of today. Arcade and Score Attack. Arcade is your standard fight a number of fights till you reach the end. In this case, it's eight. I only had to do it 3 times, but played way more than that. A number of trophies can only be earned in Arcade or Online fights, so I chose to get as many of them as I could in Arcade. Score Attack was roughly the same, except it was ten fights to the end. I also played one fight against someone, after waiting for a fairly long while with the online being dead. But I was able to play Arcade mode while I waited. And I got 4 trophies out of it. Actually won the fight for one, he just happened to be using the shadow version of my character (what are the odds?) for #2, ranked up after the match for #3, and got to watch the replay after for a fourth and final trophy. The game has 19 fighters in total from Persona 3 & 4 (and a few unique to the game, I think), with a couple being duplicates. And then most of them have shadow forms. There are also 3 DLC characters, which is somewhat annoying since they all cost money and have additional trophies.. They're also all pretty big characters from Persona 4 Golden. And two of them were free at one point. This temporarily free shit and then never going on sale or anything after, just seems a bit scummy. Many fighting games do it. One is also said to have the easiest set of challenges, so I may have to buy her, just to make the Plat possible. Will have to see. Gameplay is that of a 2D fighter. And probably one of the most interesting mechanics is the instant kill moves every character has. Their shadow versions don't have these, though. I'm sure they have some other beneifts, but I don't recall what they are and didn't use them much. But yeah, these instant kill moves. These are only able to be activated when you're on the winning round. Which is kind of odd, to give the winning player such an advantage. You'd think it would make more sense and balance things, to have the player losing be able to activate it. But whatever. They're fun to do, and end fights quicker. Lol. You also need SP to activate those and other special attacks, gained from hitting or being hit by the enemy. And you have a thing called Burst, which can blow an opponent back if you're in trouble. But then takes quite awhile to recharge. So yeah, I am really enjoying this. It's a fun fighting game, with the incredible soundtrack and voice acting of Persona. What's not to love? Time played: 8-9 hours? Trophy progress: 25/61 for 31% and an A rank. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Arctic Cress Posted November 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2018 Game #6 - Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum Session! Trophies: 26/43 [47% - B] Playtime - 20 hours I'm actually going to deviate from my list a bit and write-up this game since I've started FFXV Comrades and want to get a bit more into that one, and will drop Warriors Orochi 4 all together. I had planned to play it last to distance it from Dynasty Warriors 9 as much as possible but I do think the two are fairly similar enough that it's not a big loss. Anyway, this is the first Taiko game to come out in the west since Taiko Drum Master way back on the PS2 (which seems to be a trend with a few of the games I've been playing, looking at the last one I played). Taiko is a rhythm game series, there are red notes (DON) and blue notes (KAT) which correspond to hitting different parts of the drum controller... if we had the drum controller over here. The game was only released digitally over here, so the controls switch to pressing different buttons on the controller for each note. Seems simple enough, but with different songs and difficulties it can get very challenging pretty quickly. Unlike Taiko Drum Master which released with an Americanized track list, Drum Session's tracklist is almost the same as the Japanese version, with only one song removed (Theme of Ryu, probably some licensing with Capcom). The list follows with the various genres in most taiko games, Pop for Japanese pop songs, Anime for songs from various anime, Vocaloid for vocaloid tracks, Variety for several songs that wouldn't fit into the other categories, Classical for classical music tracks, Game for video game tracks, and Namco Original tracks for songs made for Taiko. Each genre has a good selection for each, though I found the Vocaloid section lacking compared to V Version on the Vita. This game also has some songs where an AI partner drums with you on the same song, so you can drum with Hatsune Miku on a vocaloid track or Heihachi Mishima on a Tekken 7 track. Each song also has two bingo cards to fill out that correspond to certain tasks that need to be done on the chosen song. They range from clearing the song to getting a ridiculous number of points that require a playthrough on Extreme/Oni mode. These cards unlock coins that can be used to purchase customization items for your drum or messages that you can use while playing online. Speaking of the online mode, you play against another player, however it's against their ghost data so it's not a true head to head match. I think the ranked battles ghost data that is picked up discourages picking up full combo plays (at least from what I've seen) so getting one in there guarantees a win. It probably changes as you head up the ranked ladder, since I'm only in the low 20s. There are plenty of DLC tracks as well, with many repeating tracks from past games as well as new tracks. I picked up the Deemo track almost instantly and added the mini Deemo and Alice to my drum. I'll probably pick up some others as I continue playing. I will probably continue playing this one and pick up the Switch version as well since it has a whole different track list as well. Dynasty Warriors 9: 11/44 (17% - D) SoulCalibur VI: 15/49 (29% - C) Gal*Gun 2: 18/37 (42% - C) Yakuza Kiwami 2: 6/57 (8% - E) Shining Resonance Refrain: 10/48 (14% - D) Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum Session!: 26/43 [47% - B] No completion update since I started this a while back and I also started Dragon Quest XI but have not played three hours of it because of FFXV Comrades. @voodoo_eyes if you could update my list in the OP dropping Warriors Orochi 4 in favor of this game, that would be great. Thanks in advance. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caju_94 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 On 24/11/2018 at 0:16 AM, Metal Slime King said: I've never played Spyro the first time around but it looks like a good contender for a remaster, a game type that doesn't get made much anymore and it does look quite good. Crash Bandicoot was another good example of a game that hasn't been around for awhile that offers a different type of game than typically sees a big release now. Definitely better than another re-release of the Jak and Daxter trilogy. I know I could go the rest of my life never playing Jak 2 again. Yeah, they are simple games, yet at the time they were amazing, and they still are in my opinion. Sometimes, the greatest things and games are the most simple ones. Big titles nowadays are way different, they are more complex and bigger, yet I believe these remasters will always remember us about how simple things can be amazing as well. What's the stress with Jak 2? Lol. I remember finishing the trilogy on PS2. I really liked the Jak games, even though Jak 2 way a tough, but I managed to go through it (Ok, I admit I used the "trick" to defeat the final boss). But yeah, won't get the re-release since it is the exact thing as the PS2 version, except for the trophies. Like they did with Ratchet & Clank, it would be interesting the see the original first game rebooted/remastered at least... I would dig it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoo_eyes Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share Posted November 26, 2018 5 hours ago, Arctic Cress said: @voodoo_eyes if you could update my list in the OP dropping Warriors Orochi 4 in favor of this game, that would be great. Thanks in advance. Done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Slime King Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 17 hours ago, SyIaris said: Out of curiosity, did you have trouble with the Ghost in the Machine mission? It crashed the game more than it cleared for me. I don't remember having any crashing issues while playing. Worse that happened was I had to restart the game a couple of times because me and the people I was playing with lost network connection but only in the game and could only start missions with AI's until we restarted. 2 hours ago, Caju_94 said: What's the stress with Jak 2? I never played them when they first came out, I grabbed the trilogy pack for PS3. The first one was a light platformer that was alright but then for the second and third games they took the same cartoony characters and tried to slap them into a grim-dark setting and a game that focused more on combat than platforming and I didn't think it worked out very well. I didn't like those two games at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post xFalionx Posted November 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2018 (edited) Game #5: Port Royale 3 (PS3) Final Review Total playtime: about 18 hours (12 hours according to save file) Trophies: 24/62 for an A rank Completion: Overall - 65.01% -> 63.51% | -1.50% Current - 64.12% -> 63.51% | -0.61% The good: Audio: Pretty good for a strategy game. OST mostly consists of fitting songs that take you right into the Caribbean. Spoiler One of the tracks that plays randomly throughout the game: Setting: 16th century Caribbean, filled with pirates. Actually really makes me want to get back to Black Flag and experience the island towns from a closer perspective. Pacing: One playthrough takes a lot of time and is mostly sandbox as there aren't any campaign specific goals that go further than maybe the late start of the game. Progressing through the game happens at a fun pace and things generally get faster the further you get into the game. The focus shifts from one type of gameplay to another fairly frequently as well, so overall you're always doing something new. There are little to no wait times in the game since you can speed up the game by ten times the speed, so it never really feels like you are just waiting for a long time. Difficulty: Pretty trial and error but stays challenging enough not to feel like a face roll and generally keeps you mentally occupied because there are always things to optimize. It's pretty easy to have unexpected changes completely mess up your cash flow but it's also just as easy to get a great passive income to focus on other parts of the game. The bad: Visuals: Some things look really good, others look terrible. The good old Warcraft RTS games managed to have better talking NPC models but then again, the map looks pretty good... Tutorials: Some are pretty good, others are way too hand holding, others tell you barely anything you need to know. You'll likely have to use a lot of trial and error combined with a hearty dose of Google in order to figure things out but once you do it's actually fairly simple. Interface: Another thing that commonly happens with strategy games. On some screens there is less information than you actually need and I felt obligated to calculate a few things in Excel. Other screens are way more cluttered than they need to be and overall it's very hard to find the things you are looking for if you don't already know where to expect them. The ugly: none Finally another game I really wish I didn't have to stop playing. So far I've taken over ~10 towns by peaceful means and I'm contemplating getting into the battle system in order to get rid of some of those annoying pirates and later on conquer some more towns by force. I'm definitely gonna get back to this and I'm gonna enjoy every moment of it, by the looks of it. All in all, I'd say this might not be the best game in the strategic/economy/pirate genres but it sure is a whole lot of fun if you can manage to get into it. I can absolutely recommend it if you got it through PSPlus as it even includes the DLC which add another layer to the game, which should have probably been in the game already and makes it an overall better experience. If you didn't get it through Plus, I don't think the DLCs are worth their price by what I've seen of them. They enhance the gameplay but not by enough to warrant the price tag. Rating: Next game: Burly Men at Sea (PSVita) Game #6: Burly Men at Sea (PSVita) 1st day Total playtime: about 1 hour and 30 minutes Burly Men at Sea is yet another game that aims to tell a story. In this case it's multiple short CYOA stories. It controls in a very weird way as it's a mixture between point and click in order to interact with objects and pressing and in order to move around. At first I didn't even know what the game wanted me to do because it's so unusual and the game just wants you to figure it out on your own. The game feels a bit like a visual novel with a capital V and a lower case n as its focus lies on the visuals and there is little to no text. Instead of text choices, the path taken by the story is influenced by the objects you interact with, so it can be pretty challenging to figure out how to take a new path when you don't know where you might find another branch to explore. Overall the game feels like a lot of love was put into it and playing the game generally feels good. It's just weird that they put codes into the game by which you can order hard cover book versions of the choices you've made during a playthrough. It feels more like a weird ploy to make some more cash than a good idea but it sure is creative, I guess. I'll see how far I can get without consulting the internet for guidance but either way I don't think I'll take that long to finish the game, so I'll likely get to start another bonus game. On 11/23/2018 at 11:58 PM, SolarCat02 said: Port Royale 3 DLC is bundled in with the main game, so not really DLC, just add on modes or options you can play or ignore. Which is nice! Yeah, Port Royale isn't the prettiest of graphics, and the controls for sea battles are so unintuitive I actually stopped playing for over a year before taking the time to figure them out (and then writing that as my first guide so nobody else had to suffer through that), but overall I enjoyed the game a lot. It gets much more complicated once you open up all the options via the tutorial progress, as far as managing towns and such, until you figure out how to properly automate the most important things like trading route settings. I do recommend saving frequently in a couple different save slots until you are cobfident your total funds are safely going up instead of stagnant or down. From that point on you can let it pretty much play itself while you manually do the parts that interest you. I really love that they chose to give out the DLCs as they are great to have and it's generally unusual to see DLCs included in a free Plus pickup. It sure is easy to break things. I actually barely use trade routes at all since I have so many businesses running in my towns. One time I noticed that I had huge storage costs because I had multiple 100.000s of barrels of resources lying around unused in all towns, so I set my warehouses to just sell everything at 80% value. I used to make 700k per 30 days and I just noticed it go down to -10 million per 30 days because I didn't check the option to keep resources, so next to none of my businesses were running. I'll definitely make use of your combat guide when I get back into the game after the event, although I don't even have a clue on how to make my ships more likely to win a fight in general. The couple times I've tried I had no chance of winning. On 11/24/2018 at 5:19 PM, PerryToxteth said: This is the only game on my profile that has the Hester Prynne-like Scarlet E. I have tried twice but both times I couldn't get through the tutorial. But it sounds like Solar Cat wrote a guide, and maybe that will motivate me to get back into it for try No. 3. I like the concept of the game because it reminds me of Sid Meier's Civilization games (which I lost hundreds of potential study hours to in college). If you like this game, the developers later came out with Grand Ages: Medieval. I played this a few KYC's ago and enjoyed it. It has a very similar concept of establishing trade routes but it's in Europe and you get to pick where your cities go. The tutorial is much more informative as well. Along a similar vein, Tropico 5 is also about building/ managing an environ. I highly enjoyed that and the ultra rare plat isn't that difficult and it's highly entertaining. I actually must admit that I've never played Civilization or Tropico before but I really enjoyed Port Royale 3. It's definitely true that the tutorials do a bad job of getting you set up but I didn't find it two hard either. I took a while to figure out how to create automatic trade routes and had to google how I even selected ships as combat vessels in order to defend convoys (and I still haven't won a single battle ) but that's basically it. I also made an Excel sheet in order to calculate the amount of businesses I need to build in order to take over a town peacefully to make things much faster and easier for me but besides that I didn't really have that much trouble. I'll definitely have a look at Grand Ages: Medieval, never heard of that before. I guess I might also try Tropico 5 as that was free on Humble Bundle ages ago but I'm not sure my PC can handle it... 10 hours ago, Caju_94 said: What's the stress with Jak 2? Lol. I remember finishing the trilogy on PS2. I really liked the Jak games, even though Jak 2 way a tough, but I managed to go through it (Ok, I admit I used the "trick" to defeat the final boss). But yeah, won't get the re-release since it is the exact thing as the PS2 version, except for the trophies. I'm pretty split on the game. I probably would have liked it more if The Jak games stayed like The Precursor Legacy as that was without a doubt my favorite part and I enjoyed the platforming collect-a-thon gameplay a lot more than what is basically GTA: Haven City. Also the Vita port is a complete disgrace and is the exact opposite of fun. The PS3 version of the games seems to be alright, though. Edited November 26, 2018 by xFalionx 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Edunstar84 Posted November 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2018 Game #7 - Final Impressions Assassin's Creed Syndicate Playtime: Just under 3 hours Total Trophies: 2/57 Mugging a baddy £1 Air assassinations £3 Throwing unconscious thugs off of trains....priceless! I've really enjoyed my time with the Syndicate. I haven't played this type of game before so it has been a really refreshing experience. The main characters Evie and Jacob are interesting, and the story is believable. I know I've talked about the Menu system, but I have to reiterate how cool and seamless it is. I bought 2 costumes from there, which is linked to the PSN store, and it didn't take any time at all. I love, love the operatic soundtrack as I jumped from rooftop to rooftop. Additionally, I liked the advantages of the challenges. It forced you as a player to take advantage of different ways to play the game. And the incentive is that you earn extra experience points for completing them. The only disadvantage I find so far is that the regular thugs/baddies look the same. Also, I had to quit after my 1st real mission. I just got lost, but will definitely try again. I really appreciate Ubisoft taking the time to flesh out the story and some of the history of Syndicate. Though I might have to read a synopsis of the franchise. Not sure I'll go back to do any of them though. Recommend: Heck yes! Platinum: I have yet to look at the trophy list, but I would love to plat the game. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PerryToxteth Posted November 26, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2018 KYC 8 Game No. 7 F1 Race Stars Playing Time: 4 hours Trophies Earned: 18/65 (32% A ranking) Final Thoughts: So this was on a sale recently and was pretty cheap ($5 or so). My son likes F1 racing but probably isn't ready for the F1 racing games on the PS4 so I got this one instead. As it looks, it's a Mario Kart-like racer featuring Formula 1 personalities with cartoonish big heads that drive on courses around the world. This is geared for a younger age so don't expect Monza or the Nürburgring though. Instead, each track has stereotypish themes to the tracks like the Canadian circuit being on an ice rink, Abu Dhabi in the desert and racing on top of the Great Wall for the China track. As this game was made in 2012, the F1 teams are quite a bit off. Although there are familiar names like Vettel, Alonso and Räikkönen, they are obviously on old teams. Also like Mario-Kart, there are power-ups throughout the race track with predictable power-ups like boosts, missiles, mines, etc. Each F1 team also gets a unique additional advantage on certain power ups so you may acquire three missiles instead of just one if you have chosen the right team. That makes some teams horribly unbalanced. Driving-wise, this game is sufficient for the gameplay. It's not great but at least you can control your vehicle around the track. And in order for you to achieve the platinum, you will be doing LOTS of driving. In career mode, there are 24-30 trophies you need to unlock and each trophy will require doing anywhere from 2-4 races. Tracks are longer than you would expect, taking close to a minute or so for each lap, so each race will clock in around 4-5 minutes. And, it's not as easy as it looks. There are lots of power-ups that are pretty useless, and just a few which can lead you to victory. If you happen to get the wrong ones, you maybe stuck in the middle of the pack and it's hard to gain positions when you are bunched up, as you get hit by wave after wave of power-up weapons. After a few hours of playing, the most frustrating part is the lack of instructions. I get beat off the start everytime but haven't figured out why. There's no in-game tutorial so you're pretty much on your own for trail-and-error. It finally dawned on me that there's probably no tutorials because the game is so old, it probably came with printed directions in the physical game edition! There are a couple MP trophies that will require boosting at this point. The lobbies are absolutely dead. There are also three online dlc trophies which were probably pretty easy at one point, but impossible without boosting today. This game is an ultra rare plat and after playing for a few hours, I can see why. You will have to invest some time into it and there are some trophies that are luck-based. Winning seems to be luck-based too. Some races you will just dominate from the start, and other races you will get bombarded with so many power-ups, you will feel like you are standing still. But it doesn't seem impossible by any stretch, just time-consuming and repetitive. In an earlier KYC, I played Cars: Driven to Win and that is a much more polished and fun game than this. So if you are itching for a Mario Kart game, I'd suggest that title first. Next Up: Datura 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afc-razor-84 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 On 23/11/2018 at 9:23 PM, Kevvik said: The idea of killing your completion is to, ideally, decrease your completion rate percentage. Many of us will play a game and actively continue with it until we achieve the platinum or burn out on the game. With this event, you pick 10 games (or some variant thereof) and play a new game every three days, with preferably 3 hrs+ gaming time, giving commentary on it as you go. Ideally, these are not games that are too short and easily completed during the 3 day period. This would be dependent on how much gaming time you have. By the end, 10 games played in such a fashion should have dropped your completion rate as well as given the other participants information about the game that you played so they might add (or remove) a game from their backlog list. Choosing 10 games to play in fairly quick succession also leads to some interesting choices as you might not otherwise get around to them in anything resembling a timely manner. This is the 6th event I've participated in and I've dropped my CR each time, often taking until the next event to recover my completion rate before killing it again. I've had games that I've been on the fence about that I've picked up afterwards based on feedback from other participants or conversely removed from my busy agenda due to very negative feedback. I've also had games that several of us have played at the same time and enjoyed a variety of opinions at the same time, some of which agreed with my own, or were in conflict with it. Exist Archive several events ago was a prime example where 4 or 5 different people all included it on their lists so we adjusted and all played it at the same time. Not everyone experienced it the same way but the conversation was great. Most of us also continue to post opinions about further work on the games we played during the event in the months following. I've found the small community that has developed around these events to quite the enjoyable crew, though we certainly encourage new participants (and with that, new opinions), and I find myself looking forward to the next event shortly after the last has completed. Got it, thanks for the information buddy. i shall repost my Platinums again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caju_94 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 14 hours ago, Metal Slime King said: I never played them when they first came out, I grabbed the trilogy pack for PS3. The first one was a light platformer that was alright but then for the second and third games they took the same cartoony characters and tried to slap them into a grim-dark setting and a game that focused more on combat than platforming and I didn't think it worked out very well. I didn't like those two games at all. Yeah, it is true that from the first game to the second they changed it completely. Not only the setting has changed, but even the gameplay, and yeah, like @xFalionx said it became GTA: Haven City. Well, I confess that even I the first game I played was the first at one of my friend's house the first game I owned at the time was Jak 3, maybe that is why I got used to the darkest setting. I personally don't dislike it (I played the whole trilogy on PS2 including Jak X), I just share the same opinion that the jump from the first to the second was way to high. They probably got inspired on GTA and wanted to see if they got more audience, since platforming had already lots of games and contestants (even though they also had Crash Bandicoot!) Maybe it was just me with my new brand PS2 with the hype for open world games like GTA, Even though my favourite Jak game was Jak X Combat Racing. I love racing and there is something about this game that makes love it. All the action and mainly the soundtrack are amazing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Edunstar84 Posted November 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 27, 2018 Game #8 - First Impressions Playtime: 1 hour Trophies: 1/79 Completion %: 72.73% (-5.08) Man, this game is beautiful! In Horizon Zero Dawn you play as Aloy, a motherless young woman trying to find out the truths of her heritage. Unfortunately, she can't just simply ask those old elder hags (I forgot their names) because she has been shunned, which is sort of a conundrum because they might be the only people to have information on her past. Anyway, instead she has to prove her courage by doing some sort of trial. She not only has to pass it; she has to win. Her mentor Rost, who chose to live as an outsider, raised her from when she was a baby. It falls onto him to train her. I haven't gotten that far yet, since I spent some of my hour in Photo mode! It's amazing!! Changing color, poses, blurring the background, etc. It was really awesome. The only lame thing about the game is the climbing mechanics. Coming from Assassin's Creed Syndicate, where you can basically climb anywhere, I found it hard to jump on some of the ledges before I realized that there were rock climbing poles and such to grasp onto. The graphics are superb! I'm glad I chose another great game for KYC 8. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PerryToxteth Posted November 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 27, 2018 KYC 8 Game No. 8 Datura Playing Time: 1.5 hours Trophies Earned: 9/10 (95% A ranking) Final Thoughts: With the busy holiday weekend of food feasting, football watching and in-law drama, I knew I wouldn't have much time to game, so this old PS+ title fit perfectly into this slot. So what do think of Datura? It's creepy and it's kooky Mysterious and spooky And you get to play as the Thing; from the Addams Family! Any chance anyone remember the Addams Family? Decent show but as a kid, I preferred The Munsters. Anyways! As for Datura the game...hmm. I'll give the developers partial credit. The game's concept is original and at times illuminating, but the execution of it is downright horrible. This was given out to PS+ subscribers a LONG time ago and the game must've been made when the PS Move was trying to become a thing, instead of what it turned out to be - a fad. (Do any new games even support the Move? ). The devs were "nice" enough to also allow gamers a chance to play the game using their regular DualShock controller and oh boy, did that ever fail. You play in the first-person mode but at times can grab things and suddenly you see yourself as a hand. And not an attached hand. Just a free-floating amputee appendage - Bizarre! It's when you try to accomplish things with your hand is when the game really starts to fail. It's less button-pushing and more moving the controller in mid-air and the game senses what direction the controller is aiming at. Let the hand contortions begin! If by chance, you happen to play this, your hands will be twisting and twerking the controller like no other game you've ever played before. Maybe this worked well for the Move, but it works horribly for the DualShock. The game is short (some people have finished it in under 45 minutes) but you will waste additional minutes just trying to figure out what the game is wanting you to do, and then actually being able to execute it with your hand yoga. Eventually, it gets downright maddening ( looking at you, crowbar!). Also, the first-person camera view has a bouncing movement to it that proved to me my stomach is not built for VR. It didn't come on as a quick wave of nausea, but instead I slowly went downhill after just 45 minutes of gaming. My head didn't feel right and I needed to lay down and not concentrate on anything. It was even tough to get to sleep. The only positives I can give this game is the aftereffect theme. You don't realize it at first, but there are locked gates and you will need to perform tasks to unlock them. After completing a task, you will stumble into a completely random situation ( at a neighborhood pool, in the back of an ambulance, getting shot at by neighbors) and have to make a decision. Whatever decision you make, will have implications later in the game. I'll leave it at that. Unfortunately, the game has little depth so the idea of cause-effect had promise, but under delivered. I used a walkthrough after quickly realizing my stomach didn't want a second playthrough and got 9 of 10 trophies. Yes, I failed on a missable trophy because the controls were so wretched. So that means more Datura for me! Better bring a bucket! Next Up: Knee Deep 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dizzyshadow Posted November 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 27, 2018 Game 8 : The American Dream I'm slightly short on playtime for this one, but feel like i've got far enough for an informed opinion. The American Dream is satirical take on american life style, where guns form part of everything you do as everyday life, you are on a "fairground" type ride which takes you through the lifetime of someone who uses guns for everything they do, starting out as a baby in the cot through to dating and the prom and on from there. In each scene you use your guns to shoot complete various tasks e.g. as a teenager you shoot the various objects in your room to tidy them up. Its essentially a VR light gun game, but nothing more than an average one in my opinion, the only real reason to play it is the humour and while it is amusing in places i'm not finding it to be great, so in my opinion this probably isn't worth investing the time in. I'm quite happy to be moving on and i'm not sure if i will go back or not. Playtime: 2 hours Rating: Trophies : 4/34 Completion : 54.65% (-1.25%) Next Up Spiderman 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Oobedoob S Benubi Posted November 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 27, 2018 (edited) KYC Recap Starting stats: Completion percentage: 51,48% Trophies won: 7.472 Unearned trophies: 5.666 Games played: 380 Ending stats: Completion percentage: 51,15% (-0,33%) Trophies won: 7.605 (+133) Unearned trophies: 5.879 (+213) Games played: 390 (+10) So, it's three days until the end of the month. Once again I haven't played a videogame in days, and the next few days don't look much better (though I'm tempted to just crunch out Burly Men At Sea). So, I've decided to end the event for myself today, and write up an End Of Event Recap now while I have the time, instead of Friday/Saturday when I'm likely very busy. Thanks @voodoo_eyes for organising the event, and thanks to all people who got through it and made some fun reviews to read! In the end, I've tried ten games, three of which are VR. I liked, or at least hesitantly enjoyed, most of these, all except Roundabout which I think is pure garbage. Suck it, Rob! (Wouldn't be a KYC event with me being severely disappointed in a game that some other KYC entrant recommended/liked) Game #1 - 2064: Read Only Memories Ultimately a disappointing game, though its intentions are good. It's possible that I just don't like visual novels enough to enjoy a game like this. Game #2 - Esper Disappointing because it never gets tough, it's over way too soon (and much sooner than the people on HowLongToBeat claim), and its physics can get wonky even though they're essential to the gameplay. If you want a VR puzzle game, play Statik instead. Game #3 - Burly Men At Sea I only think it's fun because I got it on PS+, I would've been disappointed if I got it for its full price, if only because of how short it is. It is fun though. Game #4 - Broforce Mèh. If bad "retro" graphics and two testosterone-y jokes a minute combined with shoot 'em up gameplay is your thing, you might enjoy this. Otherwise, don't bother. Game #5 - Hitman 2 Awesome game, and my favourite AAA game of the year (for anyone who wants to know (and those who don't), my true GOTY 2018 is The Messenger). IO Interactive is much better off without Square Enix (and Tomb Raider would be too). Game #6 - Astro Bot Rescue Mission I've only played the first of five worlds, but I can see this becoming my favourite VR game yet. Awesome game, truly. Game #7 - SOMA No, autocorrect, I'm not trying to type "Somalia". That being said, SOMA was another favourite of mine this event (I was on a roll from Hitman 2 to SOMA, apparently). Very cool game indeed, great story and setting. Game #8 - Wayward Sky Reviews were spot on in calling this on the easy and short side, so luckily I waited on a big price drop and can now enjoy it for what it is. Game #9 - Roundabout Huge disappointment and immediate delete. Corney "it's almost a bad eighties film" can work (see Kung Fury) but only if it has actual funny jokes too, not just awkward silence after awkward silence. Game #10 - Valley Another game like Wayward Sky where I'm glad I waited on a great sales price. Will probably be among the first post-event games of which I finish the story. Other game in which I earned trophies this month #1: Hitman 1 Played Hitman 1 to completion in order to prepare for Hutman 2. Anyone hesitating to play a Hitman game because of the stealth shouldn't worry, as it's more a humorous puzzle game, with stealth a small but not insignificant part of that puzzle, than anything else. Other game in which I earned trophies this month #2: Assassin's Creed Odyssey I got more trophies, yet Odyssey still added to my decrease in completion by adding additional trophies that can't be obtained until future updates and DLC releases. Great game, by the way. Other game in which I earned trophies this month #3: Accounting+ One of the funniest VR games out there, but it's only for smart people, with excellent taste. That's the game's opinion and I fully agree, tact be damned. I watched my brother-in-law as he played through the game for the first time and it's still funny. So, once again, cheers to y'all, I'll see most of you in the next event, and I'll close with a possible list of games for KYC... Uh... K-9? Yeah, K-9 seems about right. Are you taking notes, @voodoo_eyes? K-9 possible games list: Robinson: The Journey (PSVR) Spelunky (PS+) Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (PS+) Tethered (PSVR) Amnesia Collection (PS+, and suddenly high on my list now that I enjoyed SOMA) Here They Lie (PS+ PSVR) SUPERHOT VR (PSVR) Darksiders II Foul Play (PS+) Next up: Edited November 28, 2018 by Agent 47 Of course, I should enter K-9 with a list of nine games, so I bumped one off of the list. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post xFalionx Posted November 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 27, 2018 (edited) Game #6: Burly Men at Sea (PSVita) Final Review Total playtime: about 2 hours and 30 minutes (yet another saved trophy for Vita's anniversary) Trophies: 23/25 for a B rank Completion: Overall - 65.01% -> 63.93% | -1.08% Current - 63.51% -> 63.93% | +0.42% The good: Audio: The OST is immersive and sounds pretty good. It also seems to follow the same motive throughout the game, which is pretty neat. Many sound effects sound a bit weird to me, though. Spoiler Length: The game is fairly short with a single path taking anywhere between 5 and 15 minutes from start to finish. This allows for multiple playthroughs without feeling exhausting. Difficulty: Some choices are harder to see than others, which makes finding new branches rewarding. Story: The three main branches are entertaining to experience. Details: Pretty much every screen has a second set of text for when you visit it a second time, you can interact with many irrelevant people and animals and there is usually some sort of reaction to your interactions. Visuals: Very modern abstract art style that is kept in pastel colors. Kind of reminds me of Kurzgesagt videos. The bad: Controls: They don't feel intuitive and are hard to get used to. Sometimes they also make it hard to guess what the game wants you to do in order to select one branch of the story or another. The ugly: Repitition: The game is split into 12 paths, which really are only 6 paths that have to be played twice for different endings. I would have preferred a longer game with less endings as replaying some parts of the game between 4 and 12 times only to get to a tiny piece of new content at the end can get annoying quickly. I've got some mixed feelings about this game. The first couple playthroughs are fun but towards the end it starts to get really boring as you are forced to repeat more and more content, which is a shame because as I mentioned above, I think having a single longer story including all different scenes as well as a couple new ones would probably be pretty great. Another thing I don't really get is the fact that this game has a platinum trophy. Pretty much any other title on my list would probably be more suitable for that than this game. All in all, I can't recommend buying the game but I'd say if you got it through Plus it's definitely worth a try, even if it's just for a quick free plat. The story feels neat the first couple times through and later on just distract yourself with some Netflix when you get bored. Rating: Next game: Spy Chameleon (PSVita) Game #6.5: Spy Chameleon (PSVita) 1st day Total playtime: about 1 hour and 10 minutes Spy Chameleon is a top down stealth game where you have to stay out of the light cones of guard robots to get to the end of each level. To do that you gotta change the color of your chameleon by pressing the face buttons in order to match your background. There's also challenges that require you to pick up collectibles in every level and finish each level under a set time. There are 75 levels in total and I managed to complete the first 20 of those levels, completing all related challenges on hard difficulty, within the time I spent with the game so far. So far I feel like the game is nothing special but it's enjoyable enough to pass some time. Edited November 27, 2018 by xFalionx 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oobedoob S Benubi Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 4 hours ago, dizzyshadow said: Game 8 : The American Dream I had this on my radar, thanks for informing me that it's probably not worth the buy while I have so much else left to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kevvik Posted November 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 28, 2018 Game #9: Silent Hill 2 HD Day 3 Impressions Time played: 4.5hrs Well, I was hoping to get through one playthrough but audience/company limited my time in Silent Hill. I got through the second real boss fight and I'm not far from the next, probably about an hour left in the main game if my memory serves. I tried with standard camera rather than switch and had a bit better results with it. Also, doing a quick pause to confirm perspective helped as well though it's still annoying that I have to do it at all. This is really the only fault I can lay on this game. The first two Silent Hill games are the best in the series and among the best survival horror games for pure creepy atmosphere. Twisted foes and a fairly simple but altogether disturbing experience. Up there with Amnesia and the Fatal Frame games. The plat is going to require multiple playthroughs for different endings and unlocks to I'm going to be spending a while here in Silent Hill 2 working on those over the coming months and, camera aside, I'm really looking forward to it. Trophies earned: 2/28, 3% for E rank Score so far: 8.5/10 Completion Rate: 80.55% (-1.34% for the event) Next up: Game #10: htol#NiQ: The Firefly Diary Last game for the event, hopefully finishing on a high note... 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DamagingRob Posted November 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 28, 2018 Game #9 Persona 4 Arena Ultimax- Final Review So, on Day 2, I started Story Mode. It went into Day 3. It is really long, unless you skip scenes. I didn't want to do that, though. Love the Persona 4 cast to death, and it was entertaining enough. Some people here have told me they were really disappointed with it, and I'm not sure why.. Maybe I just have low standards? Or know how terrible fighting game stories can usually be, and Arc System Works does a better job than most. I also checked out the challenges and Golden Arena. Challenges seem pretty tough, for the most part. And I'm a little worried I won't be up to the task, and this will be another BlazBlue. ? You have to perform certain combos in order to succeed, and they get progressively more difficult. The trophy for completing all 25 of one character's challenges, is what probably trips a lot of people up. Golden Arena is a grind.. You pick a fighter, fight enemy after enemy after enemy, and get XP after every fight. When you level up, you get to spend a few skill points to improve your stats. And may learn a new skill, which you can equip up to four of. The first course was 50 fights. Then it goes up to 100. And then 150... So yeah, even though I completed the first one, I've still got a long way to go. :/ So, I enjoyed this one. But it's getting a bit grindy and repetitive. Final score: . Time played: 15-20 hours is my best guess. Trophy progress: 32/61 for 45% and an A rank. Did it my lower completion? Yep. And my copy of Final Fantasy XV arrived on time, and I've got everything downloaded and installed. So, I'm good to go with that as my final game. I'll probably try to put a few hours into the campaign, so I can review more than just the multiplayer DLC. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dmland12 Posted November 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 28, 2018 (edited) Game #9: Yakuza Kiwami Trophies: 9/55 (12%) Completion: 90.41% (-0.73%, -4.35% from start) My ninth game (It's almost over!) is Yakuza Kiwami which is available on PS+ right now. Overall, I rather enjoyed it, although I haven't really gotten too far into the story. It takes a little while for it to get started, but after chapter 3, the game opens up and gives you more freedom. So, I spent a lot of time doing substories (side-quests), playing mini-games and wandering around in the city after that. At it's core, it an action/fighting game. You play as a member of the yakuza, which is like the Japanese mafia I guess. Shady stuff happens, but your character generally tries to be good more or less. The fights that I've seen so far range from easy random encounters that you can basically win by just button-mashing to fighting my way out of a building with multiple waves of fairly easy enemies to a boss fight that was rather long since I did so little damage and the boss's health bar partially recharged twice. In general, the gameplay's been interesting enough. Although I hope there's no more tanky bosses. The game's humor seems like a over the top parody of Japanese culture's stranger aspects. Although, sometimes I'm not completely certain the designers aren't just trying to play it straight and actually are just that way. No, no, a card based mini-game where scantily-clad women dress up as insects and fight each other while an audience of actual insects cheer them on just has to be a parody, right? Right? Then again I've seen some strange Japanese game shows on Youtube... Well, whatever it is, it's been entertaining. This has been the first game in this event that I'm finding it somewhat difficult to move on from and play the next game. Anyway, if you want to see some gameplay, here's a video of one of the substories. There's lots of talking while these two guys try to scam me, and then eventually some action. Edited November 28, 2018 by dmland12 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Edunstar84 Posted November 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 28, 2018 Game #8 - Final Review Total Playtime: 3 hours Trophies: 3/79 Still had a great time. Did a few quests, nothing special. So I'll outline the pros and the cons. Pros: The graphics, the story (so far), the environment and set pieces. The battle system is really easy to use. I just hope when I hop back into the game, I remember everything. It might be the 3rd game I come back to. Cons: Climbing is crap, and it might just be me, but I couldn't figure out how to find the quests on the map. I noticed that some of them took a while before they showed up. I also had trouble finding areas on the map, especially when I wanted to knock down those training dummies: Mother's Heart, Mother's Nest, Mother's Embrace. Might not be the right words for the areas, but I couldn't figure out where anything was. Really don't know what new opinions I can add to the game. It's too brilliant for words. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SyIaris Posted November 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 28, 2018 Yooka-Laylee Game #9 (25th-27th) 3 hours played 11/36 I seem to remember reviews on this being quite mixed, and I can see why. There's a somewhat insane number of collectibles with seemingly no way to track them (this is going to wind up being exactly like Thieves in Time with that one missing bottle, isn't it...), and you'll be fighting the camera at times. Other than that, though? It seems to be a very cute traditional-style 3D platformer with a nice set of abilities and large sub-worlds to explore. Love the visuals overall. The handful of puzzles I've run into so far are pretty easy to figure out, with the only problem being that backtracking is required - you'll need unlocked skills from later on to be able to 100% any zone. You certainly don't need to, though! All you need to do is collect a handful of the puzzle/sidequest collectibles to open the next book, and enough of the ones just laying around to buy the skills you'll need to get there. Heck, I'm currently in the second world and I haven't even beaten the boss in the first! Sound is definitely hit or miss. Most of it seems to be great so far, but the first thing I did when they let me move was mute voices - they used Animal Crossing style "pronounce the letter and string it together" speech, but with harsher voices; I found it extremely grating. The second world is snowy, and they seem to have replaced the usual crunchy footsteps with squeaky toy noises. It's pretty funny. It seems to be pretty short if you're just aiming to beat it. You can very easily be out of the first world within an hour, but I expanded it and tried to find/complete everything I could get to... except the boss, because it requires a mechanic I had some difficulty with. Overall, I enjoyed what I played but suspect those collectibles are going to kill me when I get around to finishing it. It'll likely be a while before I get back to it because I got Spyro as an early gift and that's far more tempting... On to The Witcher 3 to finish things off! 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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