Kill Your Completion 9

[PooPooBlast]

4 hours ago, DamagingRob said:

PooPooBlast You wanted to know what I thought about this, so here's a tag.

Thanks! And ah man. It's exactly what I envisioned it to be. I've watched many gameplay videos before and looked into it but that's the reason why I held off playing it for so long. Stealth games are one of my weaknesses. Number 1 probably being soul-like games . Barely progressed in demon's souls and the Surge and I couldn't be assed to try anymore. 

 

As for stealth, I kinda enjoyed absolution but it wasn't my kind of thing just because of how slow paced everything is (which is the selling point to be fair in stealth games) but yea.. not looking good if I want to try Deus ex . 

 

Idiot me though loves to buy season passes of ps plus games sometimes if a game kinda looks appealing and so idk I'm still torn whether I want to play this or not because I got the season pass for it when it was like $6 and I don't like wasting my money like that. I also I got BF 1's season pass (which was free but the game cost me only $5). At least I learnt to not jump in like this blindly anymore lol. 

 

Anyways thanks man! 

[Gretchen27]

3 hours ago, Metal Slime King said:

You can try scolding a cat but chances are kitty don't care.

 

Yeah, cats don't care about anything ?

Just added a kitten to my household & one of my Sims scolds it constantly. I can't find any opportunities to praise/scold my pets to teach them traits though. The guide says it has to be an autonomous action. Well I'm SOL on that when I stack their next actions 8 high, until something catches fire & everyone goes into a panic.

Edited March 13, 2019 by Gretchen27

[Edunstar84]

Game #2 - Zero Escape: The Nonary Games - Final Review

 

Playtime: 3 hours

Trophies: 0/30 - Thank goodness!!

 

You know the Andy & Lou skit from Little Britain? Well, I really, really don't like this. In the last review I said that the only thing that can save this game was the character development, dynamics, and interactions. Well, there were a handful of characters that I absolutely hated: Lotus, June, and Santa. These were the ones I stuck with in the beginning (I could've been with a different group). The conversations were so long and just stupid. I got so bored that I took a nap after the second/third puzzle. I'm not sure if they were necessary to solve later puzzles or just filler in which case the developers could've waited a bit before dropping them in the beginning.

 

I think I was just too late to the party to really enjoy the game. But since I bought the full series, and they are easy-ish plats I'll finish them.

[Kevvik]

Game #4: Moon Hunters

 

Day 3 Impressions

Time played: 10 hrs

 

Well, I've unlocked all characters now (6 total), gotten some more endings and up to 18/43 constellations. I've started getting some repeats, which I've heard is an issue. Even though I have traits to unlock others, 1 seems to be the default if it's met. Reading around the net, they recommend playing on multi-player so that extra constellations unlock. That's going to be a pain.

 

Still, I'm having fun. I like the small doses approach and I think it will help as I work my way through this. Each character has their own attack style. While the normal attacks have a few similarities here and there, the specials have different mechanisms to work with so we'll see how it goes while we putter towards the platinum.

 

Trophies earned: 16/42, 30% for B rank

Score so far: 6/10

Completion Rate: 83.12% (-0.24% for the event)

 

On a side note, I completed the platinum for The Bard's Tale during a night of insomnia so it bumped my CR. No real change to my opinion, nothing exceptional in the gameplay department but enough personality for 3 RPGs and just the right length so that it didn't get tiresome. 

 

Final score: 8/10

[MidnightDragon]

 

Trophies earned: 32/46

Time played:Roughly 15 hours

Current completion: 79.13% (-0.30, -1.21 total)

 

This is a fruit-themed Mario Kart clone. For the most part, it's fairly straightforward. However, there are a few annoyances I found when playing. First, there isn't much sound. The music is pretty soft and you'll be listening to the racers laugh a lot. This gets old pretty quick, though a few of the tunes are pretty nice. Second, on the final cup of career mode, there's a large difficulty spike. You can restart races whenever you don't finish the way you want. Be prepared to do that a lot. I didn't win any of the races, but my overall total was enough to get me the trophy. Third, when you play online, you have to race AI. On three piston, they're crazy aggressive, even more so than they were on the three piston cups (excluding the last one). Luckily it's not quite a problem on the lower difficulties. I can't comment on the time trials since I didn't do them, but most of the stuff you'll earn by normal means. There is one trophy that you unlock after 20 hours of racing (time trials and anything not involving racing doesn't count). Not sure how much grinding that'll require. I only got the two hour trophy while playing for this event.

 

Next game: Marvel's Spider-Man

Edited March 29, 2019 by MidnightDragon

[Upendo_Vitani]

Game #2 Final Review: Darksiders Warmastered Edition

 

This game is even more fun than I remembered it being on the PS3. Maybe it's because I learned that I have to be more aggressive on the higher difficulty (playing Apocalyptic so I only need 1 playthrough). I got all of the missable trophies done and super proud of myself for getting aerial predator on my first try (even if they dumbed it down or the better fps helps I don't care. That trophy was a bitch on PS3). The story puzzles are really easy and surprisingly linear. I've only consulted a guide a couple times and it turned out I was just being stupid lol. I finished with 24/43 (40%) trophies and have just a couple more boss fights and then I'm done the story and on to collectibles. I am excited to finish the story and move on to D2 and then D3 at some point in the future. I give this game a 7.5/10

 

Game #3 Preview: Heavy Rain

 

This is another game I played 100 years ago on the PS3 and have platinumed twice before. I love the story of this game and the many endings, while a bit of a pain to get, are all pretty decent and thought provoking. Anyways, even though I already know who the killer is, I am excited to play this game again as well as the other Cage games. 

Edited March 13, 2019 by coldsphinx93

[PerryToxteth]

Well, I was ready to get into Game No. 5 today, but instead, I found my den without a ceiling.  Seriously. It had collapsed from water damage overnight.  

So, having a dry and warm house will become my priority over a KYC event, so I am hitting a pause button on my participation.  I was originally scheduled to play 10 games, but I'll have to drop it to a 6 games/ 5 days or 5/6 scenario, based on how long the clean-up/repair takes.

I've got four games in already this month and will be coming out with my reviews on Dishonored and Golf Club 2019 shortly.  

 

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

[PerryToxteth]

Game No. 3

 

 

Dishonored (PS3)

 

Playing Time: 4 hours

Trophies Earned: 6/81 5% E ranking)

 

Final Thoughts: Oof, there goes the completion percentage. Only 6 trophies out of 81! 

  To be succinct, Dishonored is a AAA stealth game, that came out so long ago, they have released a GOTY edition on PS4 AND a sequel. Given that information, you can see this has been on my PS3 backlog shelf for eons.

    After completing two missions, I'm kinda hot/cold on this game.  I like certain aspects, and others feel daunting.  The basic story premise is you are a highly ranked offical in an Anglo-esque world where people run around in Victorian era duds in a fanciful future age with all sorts of gadgets and magical abilities.  For some reason, game developers LOVE putting characters in long coats from 200 years ago, and then fast-forwarding everything surrounding them (i.e. The Order:1886).  Anyways, another high-ranking official assassinates the Queen and as you are The Favorite, you become Target No. 1 on the BOLO list. 

  The first mission involves escaping from a prison, bc you get captured before you even get to play. This mission works like a tutorial board and you can either elude guards, or take them out.  The PSNP guide says to go Rambo and kill everything on Playthrough 1, and unlock all the goodies for your subsequent stealth-only playthrough.  I was so unsatisfied with the first mission, I thought about quitting before I unlocked a trophy.  I guess I was having Arkham Asylum flashbacks , a game I wholeheartedly hated and only played because a Fan Boy insisted I would like it. 

  But the second mission got much better.  It's more prowling around, but you have many options on your route, so although the game isn't a sand box, it doesn't feel boxed in like so many other single player mission games. And I unlocked an ability where you can transport yourself a short distance. This gives you added options on how to get past various obstacles or baddies.  Unfortunately, this will be my last ability I get to use because again, I am in Rambo mode and can't use any additional magic in this playthrough. Which is frustrating in some aspects, but very intriguing for the stealth playthrough.

  I kinda feel I've barely scratched the surface in this one so rating it is a bit premature. I'd say it falls somewhere between a  and , but it has the possibilities of earning a .

 We will see how it goes, but I definitely plan to play this sooner rather than later. I hear the dlc's are a real pain so we'll see if I even attempt them. 

 

Next Up: Golf Club 2019

 

[Kevvik]

2 hours ago, PerryToxteth said:

Well, I was ready to get into Game No. 5 today, but instead, I found my den without a ceiling.  Seriously. It had collapsed from water damage overnight.  

So, having a dry and warm house will become my priority over a KYC event, so I am hitting a pause button on my participation.  I was originally scheduled to play 10 games, but I'll have to drop it to a 6 games/ 5 days or 5/6 scenario, based on how long the clean-up/repair takes.

I've got four games in already this month and will be coming out with my reviews on Dishonored and Golf Club 2019 shortly.  

 

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

 

That totally sucks!  I went through a flooding of the lower floor of my house 15 years ago. I was living away with work and the wife had to deal with the insurance and everything. I got home a few times to play the hard ass with the contractors but the wife hated the whole ordeal. She's informed me if it ever happens again, she's throwing a match at something dry and walking out rather than have to go through it all again. I'd argue with her but after 30 years, I know better than that.

 

Hope everything works out with a minimum of rage-inducing occurrences. *fingers crossed*

[voodoo_eyes]

2 hours ago, PerryToxteth said:

Well, I was ready to get into Game No. 5 today, but instead, I found my den without a ceiling.  Seriously. It had collapsed from water damage overnight.  

So, having a dry and warm house will become my priority over a KYC event, so I am hitting a pause button on my participation.  I was originally scheduled to play 10 games, but I'll have to drop it to a 6 games/ 5 days or 5/6 scenario, based on how long the clean-up/repair takes.

I've got four games in already this month and will be coming out with my reviews on Dishonored and Golf Club 2019 shortly.  

 

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

 

Damn, that's rough. Hopefully everything gets sorted in a reasonably swift manner.

[MarkusT1992]

Game #3: Strider

 

 

Strider is a Metroidvania set in Kazakh City, which is led by Grandmaster Meio.

Your goal is to kill Meio for reasons. To be honest I have no clue what the story is about and I got that from Wikipedia.

 

Gameplay wise it's a typical Metroidvania. You travel through several more or less open maps in 2D. Often you will encounter paths you can't pass because you need a skill you don't have.

Hiryu, the protagonist of the game, has a claw to climb most walls and even the ceilings. That means you can climb up buildings to find new ways or some collectables.

Speaking of collectables, most of them are marked on the map but not all. The obstacles are also marked on the map so you know where you need which skill to pass.

 

Combat is mostly button mashing for me. You have a normal attack and a heavy attack which I don't use. You also can charge your normal attack which is used to break shilds. Most of the time I just mash the normal attack while running throught the enemies.

That works fine for the normal enemies but at times there are more powerfull enemies that require a bit more tactic. The most challenging fights are the boss fights. Like most games you have to figure out their moves, which isn't that hard actually. I only got killed by one boss and only because I didn't realise that I could destroy one of his attacks with my own attacks.

One thing that annoys me is that you can't block attacks. Your only means of not getting hit is to jump around avoiding the shots. I learned a reflect skill to send shots back but it's not very helpfull and mostly happens randomly.

 

Time played: 2,5 hours according to the ingame stat but it's not counting time spent on the map, so it's a bit more.

Trophies: 8/31

Rating:

 

 

[PerryToxteth]

7 hours ago, Kevvik said:

 

That totally sucks!  I went through a flooding of the lower floor of my house 15 years ago. I was living away with work and the wife had to deal with the insurance and everything. I got home a few times to play the hard ass with the contractors but the wife hated the whole ordeal. She's informed me if it ever happens again, she's throwing a match at something dry and walking out rather than have to go through it all again. I'd argue with her but after 30 years, I know better than that.

 

Hope everything works out with a minimum of rage-inducing occurrences. *fingers crossed*

 

6 hours ago, voodoo_eyes said:

 

Damn, that's rough. Hopefully everything gets sorted in a reasonably swift manner.

 

Thanks for the support. I got to spend most of the day cleaning up and making phone calls. Or rather, waiting for people call me back.  Argh.

I figure, I've been paying homeowners insurance all these years, it's time to make that money do something. What's worse is that I leave town Sunday for a week, so I gotta try and cram the clean-up crew in pronto. I hate having to play the role of Adult sometimes...

But even though my playing time will dwindle, I'll stick check in on the reviews. VooDoo, I actually hope you dislike games because your negative reviews crack me up.  You truly are an artist at work when using the F word at times. Keep up the good work!

[Metal Slime King]

8 hours ago, MarkusT1992 said:

Strider is a Metroidvania set in Kazakh City, which is led by Grandmaster Meio.

 

I really enjoyed Strider despite it's laughably bad voice acting. Top shelf ninja action.

[voodoo_eyes]

7 hours ago, PerryToxteth said:

 

 

Thanks for the support. I got to spend most of the day cleaning up and making phone calls. Or rather, waiting for people call me back.  Argh.

I figure, I've been paying homeowners insurance all these years, it's time to make that money do something. What's worse is that I leave town Sunday for a week, so I gotta try and cram the clean-up crew in pronto. I hate having to play the role of Adult sometimes...

But even though my playing time will dwindle, I'll stick check in on the reviews. VooDoo, I actually hope you dislike games because your negative reviews crack me up.  You truly are an artist at work when using the F word at times. Keep up the good work!

 

It's a long forgotten art, almost brought to extinction by utter rejection or overuse. It's the fruit of years of, ahem... training.

[DamagingRob]

Day 1, Persona 5:

 

This game is crazy. Lol. I don't know what to think about the plot, so far. I feel like a large amount of suspension of disbelief is being required here, or can some of this stuff really happen?  The game begins with the main character (who is probably more commonly known as Joker, but I will use his anime first name: Ren) getting arrested, after an attempt to rob a casino goes bad. It seems like a large majority of the game will now be spent with Ren retelling the events that led up to this point, to the female police officer questioning him. And one of his team members supposedly betrayed him, and is why he was caught. 

 

So, back to the past, Samurai Jack. We learn Ren saved a woman from assault (or so it appeared), and was charged with assault himself. I don't know how that works, but okay.. And this led to him being expelled, and having to attend school somewhere else. For a year, which is when his probation ends and he can go back, I guess? But for now, he's living with some friend of the family, and will live in the upstairs portion of the restaurant he runs. Everyone treats him like shit in this new town, assuming he is some kind of delinquent. If he causes any trouble, it's immediate expulsion and getting kicked out by the guy he's staying with. 

 

So, isn't it just grand, that upon walking to school for the first day, he meets up with another "bad egg" and they somehow get transported to another dimension? There they meet a talking cat, and the "shadow" version of the volleyball coach. They also learn he's a real bad dude, and probably physically abusing his students. He also is wearing a king's crown, king's coat, and... no pants. Yep, you will see some pink underwear anytime his coat opens. 

 

So yeah, we learn he really is hurting his students in the real world, but the parents and rest of the faculty don't seem to care.. All they care about is that he can help them possibly win a championship, and turn a blind eye to his misdeeds. Then something... really bad happens, and Ren and company decide the only way to make him confess to his crimes, will be to go into the shadow world and defeat him there. So, umm, yeah, that's pretty much the gist of the first few hours.

 

Gameplay is that of a turn-based RPG. You'll wander through dungeons, fighting enemies along the way, until you reach your destination. You have to try and sneak up on them, though, as every time they spot and attack you, a meter will rise. It will also lower with successful surprise attacks. But if it hits 100%, you'll be booted from the dungeon and have to start over. I think. 

 

Besides your standard attack, skill, guard, and use an item, you also have a gun which has limited ammo per dungeon visit. But you can hit enemies a number of times with it, and it's really powerful. There's also a bunch of things you can do, by targeting an enemy's weakness. When they are hit by their weakness, they end up in a "downed" state. If all of them are like this, you'll be able to perform different actions. There's an all out attack, which has every party member attack them for massive damage. You can hold them up for extra money or items. Or you can try to capture them.

 

Kind of like Pokémon or something, enemies can be added to the Persona Ren carries. You have to answer a couple of questions correctly, and they'll join you. Which kind of makes Ren the most useful person in battle, since he can adapt to any situation once you capture enough types of Persona. Meanwhile, everyone else is stuck with just the one. Unless that changes later on.

 

Then there are the parts where you're not in a dungeon, and basically just go places and talk to people. Or hit up shops for supplies. There is probably more to do there, but I just haven't gotten far enough. 

 

So, that's basically it for now. It seems like a game I will enjoy playing for the next few days. 

 

Time played: ~5 hours

Trophy progress: 2/49 for 2% and an E rank. 

[Gretchen27]

Game 3: First Impressions

Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate

Trophies: 11/31
Play time: 5 hours
Percent change: -1.64%

This Batman game with an unnecessary long title is a 2.5D Metroidvania. Mechanics wise the gameplay is much the same as Arkham Knight (probably the others to but that's the only one I've played).

The story follows Batman having to investigate Blackgate prison after an uprising leads to Joker, Black Mask, & Penguin (because it's such a good idea to put those three in the same place) getting territorial & taking over sections of the prison. Joker is just being Joker, causing his usual mayhem by holding the warden & prison guards hostage. Black Mask wants to blow up the prison? I think. There's gotta be more to that, he must want information or something. Haven't seen Penguin yet so no idea what his reason for hanging around is. Maybe he's got a nice Capone style cell & is just waiting on a Slurpee delivery. Various other villains see fit to try a second go at the man who put them behind bars. Oh, & I forgot to mention Catwoman is helping Batman. For the moment at least. The voice cast has some of the normal powerhouses Nolan  North & Troy Baker (his Joker is good, but Mark Hamill can't ever be replaced).

I'm really liking the cutscenes for this one. They're sort of like an animated storyboard with these little pop up texts like a comic. Graphic wise I think the models look fine, environments are clear to make out. So much so I probably wouldn't realize certain things were interactable without detective vision. 2 (& some change) platformers aren't my normal go to so I'm not a good judge if the elements really blend in or I just don't know what to look for without a highlighter.

Most of the puzzles are intuitive, if not doable with trial & error. Batman has a handful of gadgets with special upgrades. & for the most part the detective mode analysis gives you a hint at what gadget is needed. The map areas are small but concise & tiered. Once a new gadget is located, retracing the maps is a must to get to new areas or find other items. The menu map sucks, big time. It's very confusing to retrace areas to locate a question mark that needs investigating. I'm not saying I need a tiered map that highlights access to higher or lower areas, but a little arrow on a question mark could go a long way. At least give me an idea if the damn the thing is above or below, because some of those items are cleverly hidden. Take one high up a shaft over a pit of poisonous gas; I knew it wasn't under the floor (after spending a ton of time trying to shut off the vents to reach a door) & I'd have to use the tightrope to get there. But I couldn't just walk across the tightrope due to these hanging chandeliers on both sides of the shaft. I had to trigger the tightrope just right to work my way up. But I spent more time looking for it below the floor.

Combat: On the one hand I like the combat system; being able to fluidly toggle between enemies, fly over them, counter, & use their own weapons against them. But on the other hand I hate the combat system; you lose your combos easily when going for a counter from an enemy behind you. It's like the game tries to accommodate for a counter you shouldn't even be able to make by slowing down everyone else while Batman rushes over to them. If anyone else has played a Batman game you'll know what I'm talking about. But you don't wanna get hit so either way you'll lose out. Or when you try to focus attacks on a regular enemy only to switch to one with an electric baton that you can't counter for.

I get a little frustrated trying to figure out where I'm going with the map, but overall I'm liking the game so far. I'd say I was about halfway through my first playthrough. Joker has been captured & I'm close to finding Black Mask, so nearly 2/3 bosses down. Hey, might actually earn a Batman plat (excluding the LEGO & Telltale ones), so glad not having to see The Riddler.

[PerryToxteth]

KYC 9

Game No. 4

 

 

The Golf Club 2019

 

Playing Time: 5 hours

Trophies Earned: 12/30 (27%  C ranking)

 

Final Thoughts: For a gaming genre, there probably hasn't been one I've logged more hours in than golf games, specifically EA Sports' Tiger Woods franchise that lasted around 15 years. I have played thousands of rounds of video game gold over the decades and was sad to lose the Woods franchise after he cheated on his Swedish model trophy wife with half of Florida.  Seriously Tiger, you have filet mignon at home and you go to Perkins for some nookie???  I've always been a Phil fan so it was fun to see Tiger's shining armor get dented, but sad to have him lose his video game brand.  EA attempted a Rory McIlory-sponsored game a few years ago, it bombed, and they pulled out of the golf game market.

  So enter in 2K Sports with The Golf Club franchise. The 2019 version is their third game in the series, and first to feature a PGA license. Well, sorta. More on that later.  I have been missing a golf game in my life and finally decided to grab this title, once I saw they had some authentic PGA Tour courses featured in it.  The prior games in the series only had fantasy courses, as well as player-constructed courses.  As I follow the PGA Tour, I am most interested in playing the real courses, and it's funny how video golf game playing changes your TV viewing when you watch a golf pro play a hole and know from the game whether it's a great shot or terrible blunder.

  So let's get to game play.  As I have 15 years experience playing the EA games, it was only natural to compare the two. To sum it up, The Golf Club is alright, but far from polished, and compared to the EA games, it's going to take years to reach EA's heights. It's like comparing a factory model family sedan with a custom-ordered sports car. 

  For starters, the golf guy you play with is at his peak level right out of the box.  In EA, you would earn attribute points and decide whether to go for longer drives, or precision with the irons. Golf Club guy will always be Golf Club guy. The only way he gains length (get your mind out of the gutter!) is by changing clubs from beginner's to pro level or master.  Which I found disastrous. By going with better clubs, your margin of error in your swing drops to an almost unachievable level. If you barely hit it wrong, your ball is going to be a good 20 yards off your intended target.  I quickly switched back to beginner clubs and was vindicated in my decision by going for one of two MP trophies. My opponent had master level clubs and although he outdrove me, he couldn't keep his drives on the fairway and I waxed him in just six holes of play. 

  The main crux of the game is in the PGA season. You take Golf Guy and play a few rounds on the Web.com tour before qualifying for the Tour. Once on the Tour, disappointment sets in. There's only 6-7 actual PGA courses, and most aren't anything special.  TPC Sawgrass is the lone exception. And those real golf course interpretations are pretty bland in comparison to the same courses in the TW 2014 game on PS3.  Yep, graphics are better on a previous console on a five-year-old game.

  Also, other than a few TPC courses and the FedEx championship, that's it for the PGA license.  No actual Tour players are in the game, no real golf sponsors, no genuine tournaments. Oof. To advertise that you have the pro license, and then not really have anything is disingenuous at best, blatant rip-off at worst.

My other gripe is the putting. Golf games have always had trouble correlating putting into games, even EA got ripped for changing the putting mechanics every couple of years.  The Golf Club's putting problem is there's no way to dial down your power, and there's no meter to gauge your putting strength. The only way to get any idea how hard you are going to hit it, is to watch how far the putter head comes back from your leg. Very imprecise and very frustrating. Countless times I have had the putt lined up correctly, only to miss because my guy overpowered the shot and it sailed over the cup.  Other shots, especially chip shots, are erratic. Golfing is all about repetition and this game will occasionally have your ball take off and do crazy things, even though you have hit the same shot dozens of previous times. 

  Sorry, this has gone on too long.  I have many more things to say about it, but I don't think anyone in this KYC has even played a golf game.   In conclusion, if there's a Golf Club 2020, I highly doubt I'd pick it up.  I guess I'll just keep praying EA charges more micro transactions so they can earn enough money for a reboot of their golf franchise.  Just don't put Jordan Spieth's name on the cover - he has Golfing Tourette's Syndrome!!

Final Grade: 

 

Next Up: Batman (Telltales) Sitting around waiting for people to return my calls allowed me to get a tiny bit into this game. I forgot with Telltale games, you need to download each episode. Argh! 

[dizzyshadow]

Game 4 : Bridge Constructor Portal

Portal is one of my favourite gaming franchises, i still remember going into the first game not really knowing what to expect and being blown away, and the 2nd game expanded on that and took it to a completely different level, and they also feature the best gaming songs ever (I still have both Still alive and Want you gone on favourites playlist now even years later) personally i thought that was it, is till hope for a portal 3 but i don't really think we'll ever see it. So i was surprised to see this game come out and i heard good things so i had to give it a go. 

 

The game is actually a mash up of bridge constructor and portal, you are recruited to run the Apeture science testing facility, you job is to build constructions (bridges) that will safely get the test vehicles to the exit. I've never actually played a bridge constructor game but i assume this is fairly common mechanics for these types of games the difference here is that it comes with the portal charm and humour. On that front it really does feel like a member of the portal series, you'll be chuckling along to the things GLaDOS says, the key elements of the series are all there portals, the gels which all have the same effects as in the game.

 

But and this is a big but, for me the core mechanics of the game just aren't fun, the bridge constructing is essentially a puzzle of how you can build a strong enough structure to get you where you need to go using the available anchor points and test chamber set up, and i'm sure there are multiple solutions to the puzzles, the trouble is that once you have worked out the solution it can still take a LOT of goes to actually implement in correctly, as you need to be very precise and that is really quite difficult using a controller, it may be much better with a mouse or using a touch screen, but i don't have that luxury on the PS4 so to be honest it just gets frustrating and that is disappointing as i think i could enjoy this game if it worked better.

 

I may still force myself to complete the game because who wouldn't want a platinum called "The Cake is Lie", but i really wish I could have enjoyed it more.

 

if you've never played the original Portal games, what are you waiting for go and pick them up now and get started, but this is one to avoid.

 

Playtime: 4 Hours

Trophies: 6/17

Rating: 

Completion: 56.91% (+0.14%)

 

Next up: Snake pass

 

 

 

[dizzyshadow]

Game 5 : Snake Pass

 

So a couple of days late with my game 4 review, i'm actually a day early with this one, as i'm done with it. first night i only managed an hour before i rage quit, tonight it was better but again the game is just too frustrating.

 

You can sum the game up as a platform game where you can't jump, you are Noodle the snake and you have to explore the worlds to reopen gates that are being closed for some reason (i didn't get far enough into the story to find out why). You have to explore each level to find the 3 keys that will open the gate and then bring them to the gate in order to progress to the next level, these are inevitably high up and since Noodle can't jump you have to find ways to reach them, most of the levels are spent climbing conveniently placed bamboo structure to reach higher levels.

 

Its very different from a normal platform game as you have to think like snake to get around, even just moving means slithering from side to side to pick up speed, and to climb you have to wind your way round things and grab onto them, this is so unusual its actually quite a steep learning curve to get used to how to do it. and this brings me the the first problem its just too unforgiving when you are trying to learn, having spent 45 minutes trying to climb a simple structure required to finish world 4 and getting nowhere made me quit on day , and tonight it was similar on the level 7, and what really did it for me was there just aren't enough checkpoints, so when you die you end up replaying lots of the level again. That for me has taken all the fun out of it, and so i'll move onto game 6 tomorrow.

 

I actually feel like there is a good game here which is quite unique as well and i'm sure plenty will enjoy it, but its not for me.

 

 

Playtime: 3 hours

Trophies: 6/34

Rating:

Completion 56.78% (+0.01%)

 

Next Up: Chroma Squad

[voodoo_eyes]

3 hours ago, PerryToxteth said:

KYC 9

Game No. 4

 

  Sorry, this has gone on too long.  I have many more things to say about it, but I don't think anyone in this KYC has even played a golf game.   In conclusion, if there's a Golf Club 2020, I highly doubt I'd pick it up.  I guess I'll just keep praying EA charges more micro transactions so they can earn enough money for a reboot of their golf franchise.  Just don't put Jordan Spieth's name on the cover - he has Golfing Tourette's Syndrome!!

Final Grade: 

 

I played one of the PGA Tour games from the 90s on PC, not my cup of tea. I think the sport would be more entertaining, if the golfers had to play the ball from where it landed, no exceptions. Even if that ment putting on a diving suit and try to knock the ball back out of the pond. 

[DamagingRob]

@PerryToxteth I played Hot Shots. Does that count? There was also golf in GTA V and probably some other games I don't recall. 

 

 @dizzyshadow That game caught my eye, but I hadn't heard good things about Bridge Constructor.. Wish a Portal 3 would be made.

 

[PerryToxteth]

3 hours ago, voodoo_eyes said:

 

I played one of the PGA Tour games from the 90s on PC, not my cup of tea. I think the sport would be more entertaining, if the golfers had to play the ball from where it landed, no exceptions. Even if that ment putting on a diving suit and try to knock the ball back out of the pond. 

 

1 hour ago, DamagingRob said:

@PerryToxteth I played Hot Shots. Does that count? There was also golf in GTA V and probably some other games I don't recall. 

 

 @dizzyshadow That game caught my eye, but I hadn't heard good things about Bridge Constructor.. Wish a Portal 3 would be made.

 

 

   Sorry! Wasn't trying to be flippant in my conclusion statement . I just realized I could go on and write 5 or 6 more paragraphs about this game, but I'm pretty sure the KYC audience never had this game on their radar in the first place. Because I get it. Golf can be boring. But it can also be one of the most stressful and exhilarating sporting events to watch. 

How do I mention someone in a PSNP topic? Because Melanogaster1987 was my golf pal a few KYC's ago. 

  And Rob, Hot Shots counts! My first-ever golf game was Mario Golf on Gameboy and arcade golf is quite fun. I have Everybody's Golf purchased, maybe it'll be in KYC 10. 

Edited March 15, 2019 by PerryToxteth

[MidnightDragon]

My niece and nephews are going to be here tomorrow and Saturday. So probably won't start AC2 until Saturday evening after they go home or maybe Sunday. They're too little to watch me play it.

Edited March 15, 2019 by MidnightDragon

[voodoo_eyes]

6 hours ago, PerryToxteth said:

 

 

   Sorry! Wasn't trying to be flippant in my conclusion statement . I just realized I could go on and write 5 or 6 more paragraphs about this game, but I'm pretty sure the KYC audience never had this game on their radar in the first place. Because I get it. Golf can be boring. But it can also be one of the most stressful and exhilarating sporting events to watch. 

How do I mention someone in a PSNP topic? Because Melanogaster1987 was my golf pal a few KYC's ago. 

  And Rob, Hot Shots counts! My first-ever golf game was Mario Golf on Gameboy and arcade golf is quite fun. I have Everybody's Golf purchased, maybe it'll be in KYC 10. 

 

You'll have to [at] them. Once you use the symbol for it, a drop-down box shows up and auto-completes the names you start writing in it.

[voodoo_eyes]

Game #5 - Saw 2 - Final Impressions

 

Time played: just over 3 hours

Trophies eaarned: 14/51

 

 

Well... shit.

 

I'm not having the best of luck with my games. It seems like I literally can't continue this game, because the controller I have isn't an official PS3 one (the three I had, ended up having phantom button inputs, or the thumbstick had calibration issues).

 

 

The game is pretty much as expected a puzzle game with a fair amount of gore. It has floor tile puzzles, searching for password codes using light from the flashlight,  those flow of elecriticy ones, light on/off ones. Essentially some trivial to some really annoying puzzles that you'll come across on a regular basis. There are also quick time events ad nauseam. Every other door you want to open is likely to have you press a couple of buttons to avoid dying in some horrible way. Walkking through corridors may collapse the ground or ceiling, so obviouslly there is going to be another quick time event for that. Fighting is no different, and dumbed down to insignificance.

 

Then tehre's the weirdest lockpicking minigame ever. It's you falling in first-person perspective through the keyhole and have to dodge 3 gears with opening while doing so in order to unlock a door. There is also beams to traverse, which brings me to the part where the game refuses to cooperate. As you might have guessed by now, getting from one side of the beam to the other, requires you to do a balancing act. While there were a few earlier in the game that presented no issue to cross (as balancing didn't come in to play really), now it seems to refuse to recognize the movement of the thumbstick as a direction. The game itself tells you that you can use tthem to balance left and right, however on screen prompt is exclusively the sixaxis movement nonsense. So I'm guessing I need to have a DS3, for it to recognize the movement of the thumbsticks.

 

 

So yeah, looks like it's another game for the garbage pile. It already is a worse and dumbed-down version of it's predecessor. As such it's a .

 

 

PS: I've also been going back to Syndrome, trying to push through bit by bit. I've been making decent progress there. Game is still shit though.

Edited March 15, 2019 by voodoo_eyes