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Spider Man 2 for PS5. Real fun game. A great sequel with some great storytelling, though I’m not sure where we go from here. That is overall a great thing, though. I did think the last boss fight dragged on a bit long but I can also understand why. I may or may not go for all the trophies.

BucketofJustice wrote:

The story was awesome! I kinda wanted to see a couple more of the last bosses. Its a big spoiler so Ill leave it at that, but I was very surprised by the previous to last one, wouldve been cool to see the others. Wouldnt mind more boss fights overall, but that applies to most action games these days.

I also didnt go for the trophies. Barely even did any side stuff (except when on the way to a main) cause I know its where Insomniac always fails to keep things interesting.

kevolones wrote:

More boss fights would’ve been great. I feel like they could’ve put one or two more in and spread out the last third or so a little more. I did all the side stuff I could, like the bases and crystals and stuff.

The only trophies I’m missing are the platinum, the one where I need to use Peter’s robot arms to beat enemies but I think I need to start over since I don’t see an option to go back to them, and the one where I have to glide from one side to the other only using the wings. Even watching the hint video on the gliding, it hasn’t worked out super well thus far.

Oh well, I guess we wait on DLC now.

Beat Undertale Yellow. It is short but enjoyable. It is free fan game and has a few returning characters who are revealed fairly early on but are very few in number. The gameplay is pretty much unchanged and puzzles are present as well. It is a decent experience if you go for a pacifist run. Given the ending though I am guessing nothing is canon. Didn't care for Avatar and will be waiting for Prince of Persia.

I finished the story in Need For Speed: Heat. That was shorter than I had expected, and I'm not going to bother going for collectibles and stuff, I'm done with it.

Cocoon: short and sweet with some fun puzzles dealing with recursion (not nearly to the extent of Patrick's Parabox...an excellent game you should play now) and an interesting atmosphere. Boss fights were a bit of an annoyance, but they went by fast enough. Didn't get the secret ending, but I didn't miss much.

Last game I beat? Wow. It's been awhile since I beat a game.

Theseus on
This could have been such a good game if it had lasted longer and had more to it. I beat it in one sitting at almost exactly 90 minutes. I recall buying this after seeing a preview where someone said it looked like it'd be the closest to a God Of War VR game we'll probably get. Well after playing it myself, that was a terrible way to describe this game.

It does have a few tense moments where you're trying to hide from this Minotaur that is the size of King Kong, and a few sections where you have to fight against these gross spider creatures. But that's it. There's 3 or 4 sections where you fight those spiders, you don't even actually fight the Minotaur, you just pull 3 or 4 levers that lets light shine through and eventually defeats him. Roll credits, because that's all the game offers. It's just way too linear. This could have made a great tech demo if they had something bigger to lead up to, but that isn't the case, this is the finished product. The game wants you to beat it without dying, and I know that's possible because it wasn't too difficult at all, but I don't feel the need to play it again.

Arca's Path on
This is just one of those games that is so unremarkable that you struggle to come up with positive things to say about it. I still wasn't sure what they were going for with the story by the time I had reached the end.

Rogue64 (a C64 game via Evercade)

Not much to this one. It's a randomly generated very basic dungeon crawl. Kinda fun, although I discovered a bug that made the temporary strength potions permanent, and it was fairly easy.

Took maybe 45 minutes to an hour to get through

Sea of stars via Gamepass - 9/10

Sea of stars is a truly delightful game. Filled with delightful characters and an engaging plot line. Sea of stars is an Instant classic for sure. Really had a good time with this one. I think I finished just short of 24 hours. There is a post game… which I understand expands the story (I read about it, no spoilers) to which I think I will, at some point, complete just for the added narrative and “surprise” turn of events.

Great graphics. Great, fleshed out characters. Fun bosses. I should note that I played on easy and felt the pacing was just right. There’s exploration to find different upgrades but it never veers to far from the main quest so it’s fairly easy to clear a dungeon and move on. There are a couple narrative twists that keep things exciting and keep the player engaged. If I had any gripes I would say for me it was bit slow in the beginning and maybe a tad bit long in the tooth at the end but over all a gem of an adventure.

Sea of Stars is so damn good. I’m almost on chapter 3 I think. I don’t want it to end.

TalonJedi87 wrote:

It really is. It’s worth playing the post game from what I understand.

There’s a post game too? Rad

TalonJedi87 wrote:

Yup. It eludes to it after the credits role.

loztdogs wrote:
I really have to make some more progress on the games I'm working on, in order to play Sea of Stars. Been hearing good things about it.

Just dropped the other two games i was trying to finish to start Sea of Stars. Midnight Suns DLC and MWII Campaign can wait!

Alan Wake Remastered - played on

I bought a copy but it's also available on PS+ Plus. Never played the original release. Great presentation, atmosphere, score. Gameplay was okay, but fairly repetitive.

nonamesleft wrote:

What games are you working on?

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan

Free on PS+ Plus. Not much of a game at all. As the first release of the 4 anthologies, it’s definitely the weakest. Also the shortest from what I can tell.

Until Dawn and The Quarry are much more enjoyable. As are Little Hope and House of Ashes. I just have The Devil In Me left to play for what has been released by Supermassive Games so far.

loztdogs wrote:
Inscryption.

Omori.

A Hat in Time.

I'm a good way through Omori, but stopped for some reason. Not sure why. I was enjoying it, and am curious about how the story develops.

I was playing A Hat in Time not too short ago, but then got stuck. Could not figure out what to do next. Haven't continued since. But I don't like to start another game without finishing a game I'm in middle of. That just adds to the backlog. If I'm not enjoying a game, then of course move on to another one. But I was enjoying a Hat in Time. I simply got stuck and couldn't continue. Maybe I'll look that part up.

Inscryption is a rogue style. So, I guess I can play that alongside another longer game. Not that rogues indicate that they won't take up a significant portion of your gaming time :D. When I was playing Slay the Spire, I would sometimes intend on playing a short run and then switching to the main game I was playing at the time. And that short run sometimes ended up turning into several hours. Same was with Hades.

I'd like to finish either Omori or A Hat in Time before taking on Sea of Stars.

Shady Part of Me on

A fun puzzle/platformer that I recommend checking out if it happens to be in the PS+ Extra game catalog or on GamePass.

Witching Tower on
This was good and I'mma say it now, one of PSVR's hidden gems because I don't ever hear anyone talk about this one.

Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire

Super Mario RPG. Another game I’ve owned multiple times in the past and never played more than 10 mins. This version definitely grew on me. By the end I was reflecting on how much more I enjoy 3D Mario games over the 2d variant. I don’t think I would have enjoyed the original as much… janky platforming and all. I’d give it an 8 out if 10 just for fun factor.

I just beat Tears of the Kingdom the other day. Been playing off and on since it came out. Up to ~190 hours now. First Zelda game I actually finished. :)

Duke Nukem 2 Remastered

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I think I like the gameplay in DN1 better, but DN2 has better content after the first episode (DN1 pretty much reuses everything while DN2 brings in new enemy types and bosses).

Street Fighter 6 (World Tour Mode)

8/10

Well I didn’t really care for SF5 due to its constant barrage of microtransactions but I absolutely adored the accessibility controls to modern style here. I haven’t been this into a SF game since SF4 back in the 360 days. The implementation of a story like mode in World Tour made me feel like I was playing a bit of Yakuza with the ability to literally beat the crap out of anyone on the streets, from young dudes to old fools. I also enjoyed leveling up and unlocking new fighter skills and abilities you could add to your avatar as well as learn new techniques from classic SF characters as you enroll as their students. You could even call in some of your masters in battle by using a super meter and they can assist in non rounded fights. Now I absolutely stink for the most part in regards to the competitive aspect of this title and only play casually for the cool tricks and moves to pull off fluently and that’s exactly where SF6 shines. It allows the non-elite fighters like myself to have a chance against either super difficult AI or pro gamers online. And for me I still struggled a bit even with the AI in the late game story where I had to grind a little to match or go above their levels a bit. That would be one of my few gripes with this game. The difficulty spikes and the need to grind in late game areas to stand a chance at progressing. And of course the story mode while neat and all is just there to get you ready and take on multiplayer either online or via couch versus play. Overall whether you’ve been out of the SF game for a while like myself or are curious to start I think SF6 is a great jumping off point. You cannot ask for more accessibility than what is present here I feel and it’s really gnarly for those newcomers and folks like myself who strayed away from the franchise for a while due to not feeling confident enough to be good enough to extract any fun from it.

Played and beat Legendary Wings for the first time in years.

Forgot how trivially easy the game gets when you are fully powered up. There's only basically the final boss and a couple of short segments on the final vertical level that pose any risk at that point.

Dusk HD on 8/10 this is a "boomer shooter", old school style fps like Doom. Really good/fun shooter.

The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets on

This is pretty much a kid's game, which you could probably guess by the title. You're searching for lost pets, which you could also guess by the title. There's other parts to the story involving a sibling rivalry, and your character is jealous because as a child you always thought your grandfather loved your sister more than you, and he spends most of the game trying to convince you he loved you both equally. Whatever.
It's basically a puzzle game, there were 4 or 5 levels and you rotate the world and pick up objects, hunting for these pets and also gold coins in each level. The gold coins have a sparkly indicator thing to show where they're located but I found a bunch just by accidentally moving the PS Move cursor over where they were without even seeing the indicator. I ended up finding them all (42 total) and for the most part the puzzles weren't difficult except two animals in the last level took me a while to find. My total playtime was just under 90 minutes to get 100% (minus one glitched trophy) but if it wasn't for those two animals in the last level I bet it would have taken closer to one hour. Now that I know all the solutions I could easily rush through in probably 35-40 minutes though. There are way better VR puzzle games for adults but for kids I think this would be a fun one. I kinda enjoyed it myself but it was just too easy and over too soon to get much out of it.

Sea of Stars

9.5/10

What an incredible journey. This was Chrono Trigger 2 for me in all but name. I haven’t had this much fun with a 2D RPG in a very long time. It brought me such joy that the ontl downside I could see is it being too familiar and trying to be too much like old 16 bit RPGs but that’s just fine and dandy to me. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! And Sea of Stars to me feels familiar while feeling fresh too with some new gameplay mechanics to improve a lot of the quality of life the older generations of RPGs didn’t such as adding an extra layer to your attacks by timing a button press and utilizing combo attacks with all your party members, etc. I loved all the characters too. They were memorable as they were charismatic and charming. The plot was simple enough too. You’re playing as two children and warriors of solstice. One of the sun and the other of the moon and you have to take down an evil entity known as The Fleshmancer who’s about to bring upon a cataclysmic entity known as The World Eater to destroy all life on the planet and it’s up to you to save the world alongside the rag tag crew you encounter along the way. You also get to utilize a ship to sail across a sea to explore new lands and find new items and gear upgrades along the way. You can also level up traditionally by fighting enemies in the fast paced turn based combat system. And last but certainly not least, the music is purely sensational. A pure delight to the ears. Especially the fight and battle music. It’s just so dang catchy! And there’s a post game story content too by completing the map and side quests you can unlock the final true boss and get the good ending which I think I may do next. Overall, Sea of Stars is an astounding game with an addictive combat system and sense of exploration and wondrous joy to which its only hindrance I can see is it mimicking a little too much from old RPGs of the past like Chrono Trigger but again that’s really its only flaw in my humble opinion.

Blood: Fresh Supply - this is like OG Doom, but better.

Beat two NES games this afternoon

Trojan - the side scrolling action game from Capcom. Much easier than the Arcade, can one-life this one on a good day (lost two lives on the last level because I forgot the patterns since I haven't played it in ages).

Pinball Quest - the Pinball RPG from Jaleco. It's... well I rented it back in the day and remember having fun with it back then. But holy moley the ball physics are awful in it. It's still a cool idea, and there are some non-rpg tables to play as well (though with these ball physics they aren't as good as they could be).

Cocoon
6/10
It wasn't bad by any means, but without a clear-cut purpose like Limbo and Inside had, it got boring completing the puzzles and moving around the orbs. At least it was only 3.5+ hrs long, I was happy to be done with it.

Alan Wake Remaster - 8.5/10 - The game has aged really well, the atmosphere is great, game play is fun but gets repetitive, the story was very well done. I started up Alan Wake 2 right after finishing this and seeing Cauldron Lake, the woods, and then Bright Falls for the first time with modern visuals is amazing.

TMNT via Cowabunga Collection

7/10

Thank goodness for rewind functionality and save states or else I would’ve tossed this one in the trash like I did when I was 5 years old haha. It’s a very tough old school game with constant annoyances such as respawning enemies if you happen to back step then go forward again, inconsistent platforming and knock backs when you get hit. But I oddly enjoyed my few hours trekking thru this game with the quality of life improvements like rewinding up to 10 seconds and save states. Plus the music was pretty catchy and it was cool playing as each ninja turtle although Leo and Donny are by far the best of the 4 since their weapons have severely long range and that is most needed in this game to ease the brutal difficulty it ensues. The boss fights were somewhat annoying in the latter half of the game with the exception of Shredder who can be cheesed with Donny’s staff. Overall it was a classic tough as nails old school action platformer and if anyone hasn’t finished it in the last 34 years thanks to its difficulty the Cowabunga collection can make it possible thankfully.

Postal: Brain Damaged

Started Dead Space Remastered last night, had to turn it off due to getting too scared. I don't think it's possible for that game to get more scary but it did.
Going back and forth between that, Sea of Stars and random bouts of The Finals, which i'm not sure if i like yet, but it sure is a pretty F2P game!

Given what I know about the game, this may be the first rational score I've seen. A lot of folks have been gushing about this but I don't get it.

Slickriven wrote:

Herald of Havoc