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Post by: Borys on January 10, 2019, 04:38:05 AM
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Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Joe Molotov on January 10, 2019, 02:51:42 PM
:bow beatin' vidyas :bow2
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Human Snorenado on January 13, 2019, 01:29:46 AM
Decided to play through Resident Evil 4 to get hype for the RE2 remake. Game still owns, I still suck at the jet ski sequence at the end.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Bebpo on January 17, 2019, 05:00:41 AM
(https://www.destructoid.com//ul/464187-City-Shrouded-in-Shadow_2017_09-28-17_016.jpg)

Beat ex-Irem's City Shrouded in Shadow / Kyoei Toshi import. Was like 2/3rds through in my backlog so finished it up pretty quick.

It's a terrible videogame that's worth playing. Like as a videogame it's like a 3/10 jank, but I'd probably give it 7/10 because it's literally the best so bad it's good game I've ever played. This is like Ed Wood's Planet 9 from Outer Space of videogames. Although I think in this case it was intentional and the developers just know they are terrible at making videogames so they decided to make it hilarious af and it works.

Also you can tell they ran out of money because the first stage is like 30-45 mins long and the back half stages are like 5-15 mins long. All the money went into choose your own adventure dialogue choices. There's like 4-8 choices for every situation and every choice gets a fully voiced and animated cutscene reaction to it. So you can play it as a serious straight forward game, or you can be a complete troll the entire time. My character was a total asshole who only cared about saving himself and would barter with people to save them. Like one of the lines was when your girlfriend is stuck and she wants you to pull her out and if you pick well what will you give me as a reward for it, there'll be a choice for like $50 and then another for $150 and then one that says "$500,000 (although I'm pretty sure she doesn't have $500,000)"

And even the random NPCs are hilarious as fuck. I talked to some guy on the street and he goes "There's aliens everywhere, I gotta get out of here. Hey, wanna buy my French Restaurant down the street. I'll sell it for $50,000" and you get dialogue choices 1) Buy restaurant for $50,000, 2) Haggle, 3) Don't buy restaurant. And I picked haggle and he went down to $10,000 and it gave me an option to buy his great french restaurant for $10,000 but the most money you get in the game is like a few hundred bucks so you can't even buy it and the whole dialogue is just for the fuck of it.

Also every save point is a random object and when you go to save it tells you what that object is. For instance:

"A Fire Hydrant. Save?"
"A Japanese Maple Tree. Save?"
"A Well Maintained AC unit. Save?"

The game is short running away from stuff and there is check pointing every 2 mins because there's tons of instakill moves outta nowhere so you're always dying but it's not that painful thanks to the checkpoints. I mean it does make sense that if Godzilla or Ultraman or whatever steps on you it'd be an Instakill. There are some NPC quests but after doing a couple I generally just avoided them because even if they're funny the gameplay sucks too much so I just stuck to the main scenario.

They should bring this to the US and sell it for like $15-20. It'd be the kind of game that would get 2/10 reviews and 7/10 reviews and user reviews would probably be positive if the price was cheap enough. Imo it's worth a play through if you like stupid stuff (aka most Suda51).
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Mr. Gundam on January 17, 2019, 11:14:35 AM
I beat Spider-Man (PS4) yesterday. Nothing revolutionary but I always loved the Arkham games so it definitely filled that niche. Swinging around the city was a blast and I did way more side stories than I figured I would.

(https://www.destructoid.com//ul/464187-City-Shrouded-in-Shadow_2017_09-28-17_016.jpg)

Beat ex-Irem's City Shrouded in Shadow / Kyoei Toshi import. Was like 2/3rds through in my backlog so finished it up pretty quick.

It's a terrible videogame that's worth playing. Like as a videogame it's like a 3/10 jank, but I'd probably give it 7/10 because it's literally the best so bad it's good game I've ever played. This is like Ed Wood's Planet 9 from Outer Space of videogames. Although I think in this case it was intentional and the developers just know they are terrible at making videogames so they decided to make it hilarious af and it works.

Also you can tell they ran out of money because the first stage is like 30-45 mins long and the back half stages are like 5-15 mins long. All the money went into choose your own adventure dialogue choices. There's like 4-8 choices for every situation and every choice gets a fully voiced and animated cutscene reaction to it. So you can play it as a serious straight forward game, or you can be a complete troll the entire time. My character was a total asshole who only cared about saving himself and would barter with people to save them. Like one of the lines was when your girlfriend is stuck and she wants you to pull her out and if you pick well what will you give me as a reward for it, there'll be a choice for like $50 and then another for $150 and then one that says "$500,000 (although I'm pretty sure she doesn't have $500,000)"

And even the random NPCs are hilarious as fuck. I talked to some guy on the street and he goes "There's aliens everywhere, I gotta get out of here. Hey, wanna buy my French Restaurant down the street. I'll sell it for $50,000" and you get dialogue choices 1) Buy restaurant for $50,000, 2) Haggle, 3) Don't buy restaurant. And I picked haggle and he went down to $10,000 and it gave me an option to buy his great french restaurant for $10,000 but the most money you get in the game is like a few hundred bucks so you can't even buy it and the whole dialogue is just for the fuck of it.

Also every save point is a random object and when you go to save it tells you what that object is. For instance:

"A Fire Hydrant. Save?"
"A Japanese Maple Tree. Save?"
"A Well Maintained AC unit. Save?"

The game is short running away from stuff and there is check pointing every 2 mins because there's tons of instakill moves outta nowhere so you're always dying but it's not that painful thanks to the checkpoints. I mean it does make sense that if Godzilla or Ultraman or whatever steps on you it'd be an Instakill. There are some NPC quests but after doing a couple I generally just avoided them because even if they're funny the gameplay sucks too much so I just stuck to the main scenario.

They should bring this to the US and sell it for like $15-20. It'd be the kind of game that would get 2/10 reviews and 7/10 reviews and user reviews would probably be positive if the price was cheap enough. Imo it's worth a play through if you like stupid stuff (aka most Suda51).

I picked this up in Japan and have played a little bit of the first mission with Ultraman. It is jaaaaanky but still fun, and my daughter loves watching and making up a storyline for it.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: demi on January 22, 2019, 10:20:18 AM
Xbox One:

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Vita:

Iconoclasts
Papers, Please

PS4:

Kingdom Hearts 2.5
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: paprikastaude on February 02, 2019, 04:06:06 AM
january:

Professor Layton 3 - better than the first games that felt too much like brain training with a couple of cutscenes. This game still is that, but at least more creative.
Pokemon Gold DS - why are there new pokemons all over this? disgusting. Either way, it was okay. Even the best pokeyman is a 7/10 at best, battles are just stupidly slow for no reason.
Resident Evil 2 remake - Great level design and balancing make for a good amount of tension, the graphics are amazing (even though they can't beat the art that is REmake1's fixed camera). The biggest gripe I have is too little music in the beginning hours. It's very different from 2, as expected, and I don't think it's a close 10 like the former, but at least a solid 9.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: HardcoreRetro on February 02, 2019, 04:07:27 AM
Did you turn off battle animation in Pokemon?
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: paprikastaude on February 02, 2019, 04:10:06 AM
yes
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Mr. Gundam on February 23, 2019, 04:56:42 PM
Kingdom Hearts III

Super fun and super nonsensical at times. What I expected.

Now on to finishing up Dragon Quest XI from the Fall. Put 9 hours into it around the time you get Sylvando and got distracted.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Human Snorenado on February 23, 2019, 06:47:01 PM
Resident Evil 2 remake

Further proof that when they give a shit, Capcom are still really, really good at making games.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on February 27, 2019, 11:51:09 PM
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey - Well, the main-story. I haven't gotten around to the DLC yet. I feel Greece is WAY TOO HUGE for it's own good. Like, Egypt in Origins felt huge (but really wasn't once you've started to do all the checkpoints for the achievement about that), but this is like 20x the size of that which is just insane. There's way too much to do, IMO.

Metro 2033 - Finished it on Normal. Got the "If it's hostile, you kill it." ending, which apparently is the canon ending. So... :doge It wasn't a bad adventure, but the AI is kinda... dumb. They either see you or don't. The stealth (in the THQ version which I played, apparently Redux fixes this) sucks ass. I got the stealth achievements so if I bother to replay certain levels that want stealth to be done for those, I can at least blast through enemies.

I kinda think having the series be open world (like Exodus apparently does) will be better than a linear shooter since I feel exploring Moscow and going through the Metro tunnels would be better than being lead through the tunnels and only seeing top-side/Moscow like 2-4 times throughout the entire game. :doge
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Svejk on February 28, 2019, 08:18:59 AM
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey - Well, the main-story. I haven't gotten around to the DLC yet. I feel Greece is WAY TOO HUGE for it's own good. Like, Egypt in Origins felt huge (but really wasn't once you've started to do all the checkpoints for the achievement about that), but this is like 20x the size of that which is just insane. There's way too much to do, IMO.
I finished this last weekend myself, and I completely agree.  I never thought I'd ever complain about a game having TOO much content.... But in this case, it was unnecessary to have such girth.  Just glad I can move onto other games finally.  :lol
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: paprikastaude on March 01, 2019, 07:26:06 AM
february:

Zelda: Link's Awakening, replay. I still find it very dumb to design a Zelda overworld like a dungeon, which is exhausting for several reasons - especially on GB. But the setting and story is still good, which is why I always wished for a RE2make-tier remake that uses the story for a bigger game (i.e. redesign the island like a small-scale BotW). Guess that isn't going to happen now. However, similar to Shadow of the Colossus, a bigger field of view for the world map and better controls (no more constant item switching) will improve the game a lot in the remake. I found Zelda 1-3 better than the OG, but I suspect this will change with the remaster.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: CatsCatsCats on March 01, 2019, 04:47:25 PM
DmC (the Xbox one remake version) pretty sweet game
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: demi on March 03, 2019, 11:30:40 PM
Xbox One:

Resident Evil 2
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Vita:

Tokyo Xanadu

PS4:

428: Shibuya Scramble
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Svejk on March 04, 2019, 09:11:42 AM
Also for 100% this game would be banned now on  :reeeee due to sexual innuendos all around and sexualization of females (this is how would they put it when women want to be women).
You should try Policenauts.  It's even worse.  :lol  They got some well written English patches for it.  It's no Snatcher imo, but still has that Kojima vibe throughout.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 04, 2019, 03:52:20 PM
Snatcher is one of those games I always wanted to play

Maybe one day they will release it on something I own
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: The Sceneman on March 06, 2019, 06:30:39 AM
Stuff I've beaten in the past couple months:

Resident Evil 3 (PS1) - Some great locations but it's a reheat of RE2 with less tight design and much less content just having one main campaign. Probably inferior to the first 2 games but still very good.

Red Dead 2: amazing technical achievement bogged down by trying to do too much. Ambient gameplay is superb but mainline missions are repetitive and unmemorable, online has potential but not that good as it is. Needs to focus on much more PvE gameplay (where are the sweet gang hideouts?!)

Never Alone: Poor game but curious cultural artefact. Nice mythology and music. Easy gamerscore which is always welcome.

Celeste: Suberb maingame with frustrating "extra for experts" content. There is so much content for a game made by a tiny team, pretty impressive. Definitely an exemplar of it's genre and deserving of all its praise,
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 12, 2019, 05:43:10 AM
1) Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle

Great turn based strategy game in the vein of Xcom. Pace is a lot higher due to higher mobility. In between the stages you do some exploring and solve some puzzles to change things up. Towards the end its a bit more trial and error then tacticać nous as some have said here but still a great overall experience and one of the gems in the Switch collection. Will probably try the Donkey Kong dlc as well some day.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: chronovore on March 12, 2019, 10:32:45 AM
DONE: Went back to Horizon Zero Dawn; one of you guys convinced me that I was halfway through the game, but there was only an hour or so left. Going back to the combat in the endgame without remembering the controls was difficult, but I'm watching the endless credits now. Srsly, wtf, it's got in-engine credits for 15 minutes and then goes into a long-ass standard scroll? Who has time for this?

…Oh, hey. There's a skip button.

Holy shit, that's some '80s horror film level "to be continued" bullshit in the post-credits scene. Uuuuuurrrrnnnnghh.

Good game. Borders on overstaying its welcome. Don't want to play the DLC. I'm level 48 and have stuff I can still do, but probably will move back to Arkham Knight or one of the PS+ games.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 12, 2019, 11:40:46 AM
Whats up with the adventure games bender Borys?
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Svejk on March 13, 2019, 09:07:51 AM
Easy, short games :bow

Got sick of 100+ hours RPGs.
Maybe a silly question, but are you basically just scooping these up on PC?  On emulators?
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on March 18, 2019, 01:18:11 AM
Grand Theft Auto 4: The Ballad of Gay Tony - Felt shorter than the Lost and Damned (which I finished in 2014 apparently) to me. And really, while the mission variation was nice, I couldn't care about Luis or Tony at all.

Nice to see the "other side" of the diamond heist and all, but ultimately none of that matters since the diamonds go to a hobo. :doge
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: chronovore on March 18, 2019, 02:37:28 AM
Grand Theft Auto 4: The Ballad of Gay Tony - Felt shorter than the Lost and Damned (which I finished in 2014 apparently) to me. And really, while the mission variation was nice, I couldn't care about Luis or Tony at all.

Nice to see the "other side" of the diamond heist and all, but ultimately none of that matters since the diamonds go to a hobo. :doge

As someone who didn't like the main story of GTA IV, I enjoyed that TBOGT trivialized and poked fun of just /how/ cursed those fucking diamonds were. I also wan't thrilled with the Get All Gold on Every Mission achievement, because the last one in the dance club was a steaming pile of horseshit with a bunch of meaningless travel at its outset. Shit, I'm remembering how many times I had to run out of "Central Park" and try to find a car, drive it without damage to the club, and then deal with waves of suicidal enemies rushing up my stairs while trying to defend Tony... Yeah, no thanks. Between that, and the dockside mission where Luis tries to save his idiot cousins from their own stupidity, there was no way for me to get all Gold.

Lost and the Damned, in contrast, brought back the ability to do as many damned side missions as I want, so I could run drugs or turf missions indefinitely.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 23, 2019, 01:37:44 AM
2) Captain Toad: Treasure Trackers

Bit torn on this one. One hand its charming, fun and smart. Not too hard (except some bit irritating bits that the game will offer you an invincibility mushroom for if you die a few times) but not too easy either.  I collected all the diamonds and felt like that was just right the right thing to do.

The thing is the game is mega chill and it will put a smile on your face, but it doesn't have any moments that are omg amazing.

So all in all would definitely recommend for 10 hours of feel good relaxed gaming that will just challenge you enough for it not to get vlring (maybe play 2-3 levels at a time?).
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Bebpo on March 24, 2019, 03:27:06 PM
20 games down so far this year. Mostly just working through my active backlog.

Monster Hunter GU 3.5/4
Xenoblade 2 3/4
Hitman 2 3.5/4
City Shrouded in Darkness 3/4
Monster Hunter World 3.5/4
Hollow Knight 4/4
Chuchel 3/4
Psychonauts: Rhombus of Ruin 2.5/4
Astrobot VR 4/4
Kingdom Hearts 3 3.5/4
Smash Ultimate 3.5/4
Resident Evil 2 Remake 3.5/4
Florence 3/4
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 3.5/4
Zone of the Enders 2 HD PS4 3/4
Into the Breach 2.5/4
Assassin's Creed Origins 3.5/4
Mutant Road Zero 3/4
FF14 Patch 4.4 3.5/4
FF14 Patch 4.5 3/4

Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 25, 2019, 01:00:05 AM
How can you give into the breach such a low score? Also what did you count as beating it?
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 25, 2019, 01:10:27 AM
3) Splatoon 2

This was sitting half beat in my backlog so decided to finish the job as I quite liked it.

Splatoon 2 is a good game that could have been a 9/10 with some improvements. The idea of running around and painting and all its implications is novel and really works well. The graphics are crisp, the music is weird but banging and the art design is fresh. There is a good single player campaign that offers plenty challenge but the main event is the multiplayer here.

Why isn't it a 9/10 game?

My biggest gripe is the unexplainable sin that happens when you want to play, you are made to sit through a 1 minute cutscene you can't skip but have to press A multiple times to advance text. This bit details the maps that are in rotation. Who cares. I fucking hate this and it made me stop playing the multiplayer. Really inexcusable.

Second is the fact the coop horde mode that is a lot of fun with a friend was also on rotation. Only Nintendo could not understand what makes multiplayer games work so much. Like you login to play some coop with a friend? Too bad just wait a few days bro that mode is not available today. Totally bizarro world.

Finally the single player mode could have used some polish in how its presented.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Bebpo on March 25, 2019, 01:34:56 AM
How can you give into the breach such a low score? Also what did you count as beating it?

I didn't like it. Clearing one run was enough for me. I played a few runs and it just felt like the same thing over and over. I don't like how long the runs are (2 hours or so) since a couple minor mistakes kills a run 90 mins in, and all the map tricks like volcanos/tidal waves/etc.. all feel the same. It just feels way more gimmicky than FTL did to me. And fwiw I didn't love FTL either, but I liked it better than this for sure. I like rogue games, like rogue legacy was great and crypt of the necrodancer is great, but this team's games just aren't my thing.

Like the first 30 mins of the game left a great impression, and then realizing that everything after played pretty much the same, the more I played it the less I liked it. I also don't enjoy how little carries over. If more stuff carried over it'd have a better sense of progression imo.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Bebpo on March 25, 2019, 01:31:17 PM

You've beaten 20 games in 2.5 months?

Are you on retirement or something? Sorry, but I thought you had a 8:00-20:00 lawyer job that leaves no time for gaming.

lol, most of that stuff were games I played last year and just finished this year. Been working through my active backlog aka games I started last year or the year before and was pretty far in but never finished, so finishing them up. Plus was sick for most of 2019, so haven't done a lot of social stuff and haven't been dating because of it, so pretty much just working and gaming this year so far.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 27, 2019, 02:47:17 PM
4) Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

Overall I enjoyed this game, but compared to other retro inspired titles like Axiom Verge it felt a bit light and lacking anything special maybe? Granted I never played Castelvanias back in the day so maybe I lack the nostalgia. Played on normal/veteran btw.
Still enjoyable few hours, 6/7 out of 10.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Bebpo on March 29, 2019, 03:00:09 PM
#21 - House in Fata Morgana Gaiden: Requiem for Innocence - Finished reading this last night. It's a gaiden/expansion to House in Fata Morgana that takes one of the backstories that's told in like 2 hours in Fata Morgana and expands it to a 9-10 hour re-telling with much more depth. Gaiden reads well and like House in Fata Morgana that localization is A++++ amazing (who would've thought that porn translators at Mangagamers would be Alexander O. Smith level translators/writers), lots of likeable characters and great music/art.

But at the end of the day it's a re-telling of a story already told so you know how it's going to go/end and it's sorta unnecessary. All it does it take a backstory that is already DEPRESSINGLY BLEAK and make it EVEN MORE DEPRESSING because it fleshes out the characters on their way to their doom.

The Gaiden also has a handful of like 15 min to 1 hour original side-stories. I liked these.

I'm definitely 1000% interested in whatever this dev team writes next and hope mangagamer gets the same localization team on it. But I'd be hesitant to recommend Requiem for Innocence unless you really loved House in Fata Morgana and want 12-13 hours more of good writing/art/music and don't mind it's a retelling of a story you've already read for most of it.

But yeah, read House in Fata Morgana! Probably best VN I've ever read. Really good story and music.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on March 29, 2019, 06:56:06 PM
The Walking Dead: The Final Season (Pirated because fuck Epic's store) -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb0Lj69vJYI

Made me laugh. The season is a massive improvement over Season 2 and 3, IMO.

Spoilers for those that care
I killed Lily, because fuck that bitch. Season 1 terrible character, season 4 ruthless character returning from the dead. Bleh.

Saved like most of the school, outside of 3 kids deaths, which seemed "your choices matter"/railroaded into dying.

James was interesting, but his "I DON'T WANT TO KILL ANYONE TO SAVE MY HUMANITY!" shtick was terrible and him leaving because I turned AJ into a stone-cold killer that is able to survive was dumb. He should know given he was part of the Whisperers.

AJ saved Clem. I was pretty happy about that, but also disappointed that they make you think he killed her for a bit before that. It would've been 1:1 with Lee's journey (but longer since you raise AJ starting with season 2-3) for Clem if she died. But I'm glad she and AJ have a "home."
[close]

Beg's the question if Telltale would've done one more with AJ as the character. On one hand, I don't really want that because the series has worn out it's welcome. But on the other with AJ's thought bubbled, I figured the series would actually be kinda interesting it wasn't on the same engine going forward.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Bebpo on March 29, 2019, 11:52:20 PM
Slight addendum to my Fata Morgana Gaiden review above. Turns out there's a hidden secret ending chapter and then a secret ending ending short story that you have to find fan-translated on a blog. After reading those I like Requiem more. They bookend it nice.

I also discovered when going down that rabbit hole of all the Fata Morgana short stories available on the web and in ports that there is a true true true ending finality path to the story...locked away in the Vita port that's JPN only that's 4 hours+ long and full VA. Definitely one of those times I get to put my JP language skills to use! Picked it up for 40% off on the JP store and re-charging my Vita now. Will see this story through to the very final end.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Svejk on March 31, 2019, 01:41:12 PM
Finished Monster Boy and got the platty.  What a fantastic game!  This was the ultimate love letter to the series as a whole.  It almost felt like this game was made for me.  :D Took about 30 hours to complete.  It's one of the best Metroidvanias I've played in a long time.  I'll admit that the boss battles weren't much of a challenge at all, but like Mario and Zelda bosses, it's more a neat and creative spectacle using your new ability than straight up read animation queues and git gud.  Anyone's whoever played and enjoyed any game in the Wonder Boy series NEEDS to play Monster Boy!
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: paprikastaude on March 31, 2019, 04:04:24 PM
March:

Devil May Cry V - I wish the level design was better, both in gamedesign and artistically (even if the work of the RE engine is astounding nonetheless). Other than that, it's fun to fight things even if you have no idea what you're doing. V is great. I also wish some of the things in the story were different, but overall the story telling was pretty fun too. Great music too. And boss fights.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Bebpo on April 06, 2019, 02:46:51 PM
11-11 Memories Retold - Like Valiant Hearts, a WW1 depressing narrative story with some puzzle/adventure gameplay. Visuals are by Aardman studios from Wallace & Grommit, so the art style is fantastic and the music is fantastic. Pretty good writing and VA. I definitely thought it was very much worth a playthrough and my only negative is the (optional) collectible hunting in the game is out of place, but I guess when you're selling a 5 hour narrative game for $40 you need to but some bs gameplay in to artificially add a couple hours for people going for everything. I missed most of the collectibles which is a bummer because they have good historical info on them that I would have liked to have read throughout. Otherwise though it's quite good.

Also is in a humble bundle now for $10. Fully recommend it at that if you're down with walking sims. I have no idea how Namco Bandai agreed to publish this. It's the kind of art game that's a guaranteed money loser as a medium budget $40 game. But hey, glad they did and it exists!

Very good companion piece to the Peter Jackson They Shall Not Grow Old WW1 documentary.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Bebpo on April 11, 2019, 03:51:05 AM
Congrats on the final boss clear Borys!
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on April 12, 2019, 10:13:12 PM
Devil May Cry 2: HD version - Man... I dunno where to begin with this... It's completely insane how Itsuno turned the series around with 3. 2 is trying to copy 1's horror aesthetic but turns Dante into a completely boring brooding asshole. The main villain isn't explained beyond "uh, he just want to destroy the world, lol!" and then Dante is just stuck in "hell" with no actual ending.

I can't even believe this is part of the canon at this point, especially since 5 basically ignores it in the "timeline of the DMC series." :lol
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Chooky on April 13, 2019, 07:57:06 AM
i'm trying to replay it right now and it's just as bad as i remembered. they took a game that attempted to blend action gaming with fighting game mechanics and followed it up with an ultra-bland action game with with moveset about as deep as double dragon's. it's so fucking boring it hurts.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 14, 2019, 05:50:07 PM
5) South Park: Stick of Truth

100% the most funny and distasteful game I ever played, kudos to the writing. It's one long over the top love letter to South Park and role playing games. Really fun stuff that should put a smile on most peoples faces.

Few small nibbles: no real challenge, absurd qte event near the end, had a few bugs as well.

 8.5/10
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on April 14, 2019, 10:40:38 PM
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (1) - :doge @ ending. (No faction, seeing the bomb I then reload and leave, leaving LaCroix to figure out the bomb in the mummy) The combat is pure ass, IMO. Like... really really ass, even by 2004 standards.

It wasn't bad, but I don't get the "cult classic" status for it. I feel the table-top RPG is better suited than this. :yeshrug
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Rufus on April 15, 2019, 06:32:42 AM
It was the only worthy successor to Deus Ex until Human Revolution came along. Big points for being an RPG set in modern times.

As for combat: Yes. It's something you should obviate or break. Doesn't make it good, but... When it initially come out, the katana from an early Santa Monica quest was completely busted. The thing trivialized combat to such a degree you'd use it till the end of the game, where you could get a straight upgrade to it.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: demi on April 22, 2019, 10:15:30 AM
I finished both The Suffering games on my Xbox.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c6/The_Suffering_coverart.jpg/220px-The_Suffering_coverart.jpg)(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/27/The_Suffering_-_Ties_That_Bind_Coverart.jpg/220px-The_Suffering_-_Ties_That_Bind_Coverart.jpg)

Both are pretty janky third person games (with an optional FPS mode). Neither game really explains why there are monsters everywhere beyond "the horrors of people's hearts" I guess. Throughout the game your dead wife and kids call you a piece of shit, but then 5 minutes later your dead ghost wife is like "oh baby ur a good person" but then shes like "wow ur a piece of shit, fuck you i get nice dick in hell"

Anyway, in a completely unique twist it turns out someone else killed your wife and kids and you escape alcatraz.

In the sequel you wind up in the mean streets of baltimore and fight your way through a crack house, befriend an islamic black man with a shotgun, help a junkie get his fix, and find out the "killer" that you thought wasn't you at the end of the first game was actually you because in a unique twist in storytelling it turns out you have a split personality that wants to take over.

Anyway these games arent that good
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: chronovore on April 22, 2019, 07:08:55 PM
Focus on story in a Midway game, brehs…
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: demi on April 22, 2019, 09:01:59 PM
Focus on story in a Midway game, brehs…

Gameplay was worse.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: chronovore on April 23, 2019, 12:42:36 AM
Focus on story in a Midway game, brehs…

Gameplay was worse.

Expect anything positive or noteworthy from a (non-coin-op) Midway game, brehs...
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: demi on April 23, 2019, 02:19:10 AM
Plenty of good midway games. Sounds like you got a chip on your shoulder, you should get it looked at
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: chronovore on April 23, 2019, 09:21:58 PM
Plenty of good midway games. Sounds like you got a chip on your shoulder, you should get it looked at

Enh, I worked there. Most of the company was being railroaded by a guy who had miserable taste in games.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: demi on April 29, 2019, 01:44:53 PM
Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana (Vita)

Platinum of course. Game is amazing and better than Sekiro

Long wait for Monstrum Nox....


And finished Kingdom Hearts 0.2 cause why not
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 29, 2019, 02:36:43 PM
6 Starlink: Battle for Atlas

This game is everything that is wrong and right with Ubisoft. The game is repetitive and flawed, even at 15 hours you are tired of doing the same thing over and over again (luckily this is enough to complete it with Fox max level and his side mission done).

But the gunplay is ok and I just kept playing for some reason, the sotry is ass and the star fox content is ok. There is a ton of pointless grind and things to do if you want to but its not needed.

If this wasnt made as a toys game it could have been really decent, I think this team could make a proper space opera if Ubisoft let thempr Nintendo gave them their Star Fox license. I know Ubisoft can do it (see Mario Rabbids)

I might try out the future Fox DLC if its some real good content and not just fly to planet X and do X Y Z again.

Tldr: More unique content and battles would have been preferred over 6 planets with the same shit.

5/10
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on May 03, 2019, 12:44:00 AM
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix - Been meaning to, since I purchased it like way back in 2009 or so. So... I did.

...That's about all I can say about it. The game is weaker than Challenge of the Warlords and really annoying to play due to the leapgate hacking mini-game and other mini-games and the AI cheating with the gravity bullshit for the match 3.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Rufus on May 03, 2019, 12:05:49 PM
I gave DS action RPG Fighting Fantasy: Warlock of Firetop Mountain another chance. My first attempt was years back and ended very quickly due to my build not panning out. This time I went full tank. Sword+board, dumped most of my points into HP, chose Regeneration as my starting ability and also pumped Dodge. That worked out very well. Not only did it take the edge off the first few levels, but it allowed me to explore until my inventory was full for the majority of the game. On my earlier attempt I had to constantly beat near-death retreats to safepoints or merchants.

But even this beefy character would have hit a brick wall during the final few encounters, because those are hell for close-range fighters. A bow and very advanced tactics (i.e. hiding behind conveniently placed pillars) turned things from hair-pulling frustration to deflated resignation. The AI was in fact so bad at maintaining line-of-sight I could pelt the side of its sprite from cover. :|

I also ended up moving my save to the PC so I could use an emulator. 360 controller + mouse wasn't ideal, but at least it didn't cramp my hand the way the DS tends to. I keep forgetting how uncomfortable it is to hold.

I also finished point'n'click Gemini Rue after this thread reminded me that I own it. A thoroughly OK (if extremely predictable) sci-fi tale with non-bullshit puzzles. (Safe for that one time I overlooked a smudge on a wall, sending me FAQing in exhasperation. Wouldn't be a point'n'click otherwise, I guess).
I could have done without the awkward shooting mechanic, but thankfully there is a difficulty option for it, which I set to easy right away.
Oh, I also stumbled upon Ed and Ein from Cowboy Bebop. I prefered the subtle references, but it was a nice surprise regardless.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on May 04, 2019, 11:57:18 PM
End of Eternity/Resonance of Fate - Cool Combat system. Japan doesn't know how guns work: the game. Meh story that is bits and pieces until like chapter 7 (of like 16) and even then it's BARELY explained. You get more information from the Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resonance_of_Fate) for fucks sake. :lol

Pretty skippable JRPG, IMO.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: chronovore on May 05, 2019, 02:25:46 AM
End of Eternity/Resonance of Fate - Cool Combat system. Japan doesn't know how guns work: the game. Meh story that is bits and pieces until like chapter 7 (of like 16) and even then it's BARELY explained. You get more information from the Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resonance_of_Fate) for fucks sake. :lol

Pretty skippable JRPG, IMO.

I remember seeing a documentary on SPEED RACER, and the animators talked about how they got such crazy ideas for the Mach V. Like, a homing beacon and buzz saws and jumping struts; the animators said that they didn't know anything about cars, that they didn't even know how to drive, when they made Speed Racer.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: paprikastaude on May 05, 2019, 10:50:57 AM
April:

Sekiro - This is a very good game that nails its dueling feel and has overall been the needed deviation from prior Miyazaki titles. The difficulty is okay. But there's definitely frustrations, because of some moments of bad camera/level design. The atmosphere is great, excluding a few remaining Souls tropes (i.e. AI and enemy placements) that don't make much sense in an actual lived-in world. But the hickups are minor, I played through the game three times.

Dragon Ball Origins 2 - I had the sudden urge to get the first DBO a decade LTTP, but decided on the sequel - since it covers the better story arc. After the first couple of stages I thought this would be a generic brawler. Yet it turned out there's actually lots of fun variety and satisfying combat/level scenarios down the line. I saw that the makers of Genji/Folklore did this - makes sense. I was only disappointed that the touchscreen controls are kind of shit - I was hoping for something that controls as well as Zelda DS or Ninja Gaiden DS. Thankfully there's normal button controls.

Tales of Vesperia - I was hyped up for this game for a decade, so it could only disappoint and at first it did. The first 10 hours were indeed rough. The dungeons are way more braindead than in prior titles, combat felt stiff even for Tales standards and the soundtrack wasn't exactly glowing. The cel shading/diorama look and its decent characters were the saving grace. After the first third of the game though, most things improved a lot. Still, apart from graphics and characters, I feel prior Tales games were superior and Vesperia is already a little too close to lame later Tales games' game design (especially dungeons and music).
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 06, 2019, 12:34:36 AM
I am done with 9) Guacamelee! 2 (28.04.2019)

10) Oxenfree (01.05.2019)

(https://abload.de/img/oxenfree-majordickharw5kg3.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/oxenfree-fortmilner20n0kpi.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/oxenfree-ending052019lujb6.jpg)

Well... it's an indie game alright. Bad graphics but good writing, dialogues and what's surprising voice overs. Very cliched approach to the "horror island" theme, though. Glad it was free on Epic because it is not worth much to be honest. A 3 hour title with all photos, anomalies and letters found. Super short and not fullfilling at all.

Kentucky Route Zero is miles better and advanced even though it feels simplified with limited/ removed controls.

Couldnt get myself to finish this, got sooooo boring towards the end.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: xabaras on May 06, 2019, 07:35:29 AM
Finished Enderal: Forgotten Stories , a Skyrim total conversion/mod that you can get as a standalone download on steam provided you have the vanilla Skyrim version (not SE) in your steam library. I went in totaly blind, just to try it out since it's free and got some praise in an era thread and after finishing it, i have to say it's one of the most impressive games i remember playing. It's a fully fledged, 100+ hour rpg with a huge open world full of hand crafted, high quality content with good writing and excellent character interactions, on top of that it's fully voice acted and honestly, i can hardly tell a difference between these amateur voice actors in a free mod and some professional ones in big budget titles. It just seems like such a huge game, but the credits consist of around 10 people aside from those that did the voice acting and translations, i have no idea how they pulled this off, they must have some next level team managment skills.
The only downside is the outdated Bethesda engine, so i experienced frequent crashes to desktop, but i guess that is to be expected since it really pushes the engine with nice graphics and lots of scripting, also i suspect playing a melee build might not be so fun since they can't do miracles with this old Skyrim combat engine, i played an archer and it was ok. On the other hand, the sense of progression is very well done, every level up until late game feels meaningful, it's a lot like a Gothic game where besides just getting experience to level up you also need to pay for skill learning, so you're basically always short on cash. Really love the game, would be perfectly happy with it as a full price purchase, yet it's totally free. (felt so good about it i had to donate to the developers anyway)
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: shosta on May 07, 2019, 12:44:36 AM
Hollow Knight. Best game I've ever played.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on May 10, 2019, 11:22:45 PM
Sonic Mania - Honestly? It's not that good. There's way too many frustrating platforming sections in the boss areas for my taste (the airplane level and like... the gear level were very annoying for me) and the second half is just pure frustration.

That said? It's a good "return to form" for Sonic, and the team behind it clearly cares about the series a lot more than Sonic Team.

But for me? I dunno if I'd get a Sonic Mania 2 or whatever after this. I think the series has ran it's course for me.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on May 24, 2019, 03:11:57 PM
Final Fantasy 13-2 - PC port is atrocious in regards to hanging and RAM eating. But the game itself is ok. It's not a massive improvement from 13 that people say it is and the story is a complete mess.

I did like the BAD END though.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 28, 2019, 03:56:00 AM
7) Steamworld Dig 2

Just like the first one a charming little game, this one seemed a bit easier. Could have done with a few bosses and a weee bit more challenge.

Looking forward to play Heist and Quest.

7/10
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 28, 2019, 03:58:25 AM
10) Oxenfree (01.05.2019)

11) Axiom Verge (10.05.2019)

(https://abload.de/img/axiomverge-finalstatszzkoy.jpg)

Not bad for a FAQ-less run without blind shooting at walls for secrets. Now I can use the guide and get the secret ending as there are none other optional or secret bosses just drilling walls.

Not a bad game after all but very unfocused. Lower tier Metroidvania IMO when compared to Ori, Guacamelee!, Hollow Knight etc. Why do I need 20 weapons when only 3 are useful (green ball of lightning, green lightning, enemy pass through beam) and weapons are not a part of the locked door/ need a colored beam mechanic.?

I enjoyed this one more then Guacamele which I didnt finish, think the story, setting and music are factors in that as they really stood out for me.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: demi on June 03, 2019, 08:29:38 AM
Some recent stuff:

Xbox One

Metro Exodus

Vita

The Longest Five Minutes
Dying: Reborn
Death Mark
Cosmic Star Heroine
Oceanhorn

PS4

What Remains of Edith Finch

3DS

Persona Q2
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Great Rumbler on June 03, 2019, 09:29:52 AM
To say I *miss* JRPGs with 2D Backgrounds is an understatement... they look & feel so great still. Never thought I'd get the same nostalgia I have for Baldur's Gate type of RPGs for PSX era JRPGs but here I am, lol.

Infinity Engine made a come back at least, so maybe there's hope yet! At the very least, I wish we could get some JRPGs that approximated that style with cinematic camera angles [it wouldn't even be that hard!], instead of the same old over-the-shoulder, lakitu-holding-a-camera-on-a-stick style that every game uses now.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: paprikastaude on June 03, 2019, 09:36:38 AM
tbh all games could portray more interesting/creative art directions with fixed camera angles compared to over the shoulder perspectives. JRPGs, survival horror, even God of War. OTS is limiting more than anything.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Akala on June 03, 2019, 12:28:52 PM
Finally got around to Spec Ops: The Line over the weekend. Probably would have been super cool when it came out, or at least been more impressive, but some of the set pieces are still really neat. I got annoyed with normal difficulty and shamefully put it on easy as I really just wanted a jog through, so it was basically just an edgelord murder simulator.

  :joker

I was kind of disappointed on googling the choices didn't matter much in the overall narrative, but it saved me some youtubing.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 05, 2019, 12:34:24 PM
8 ) Katana Zero

Def scratches that Miami Hotline itch, its basically the same concept. Pixel art, thumping soundtrack and short, insta death levels. Oh yeah you are also an on call assassin.

What's different? It's a side scroller where you will be expected to do some jumping but nothing crazy. You have a sword instead of guns.

The levels get better the further you get, but the game never reaches those Hotline heights. The game is a lot more forgiving and even later on I wasn't pulling my hair out. They can still be challenging and you will die but it's not a spiritual experience, although you will have that "niiiceee i did it" feeling more then once.

Think part of the "problem" is that you only have this one guy with one weapon, whereas in Hotline you were nudged to experiment witg masks and weapons.

The story is also a bit of a let down, the game is shorter then Hotline and my biggest gripe is that it ends on a "to be continued..." Eff off. Kind of made me feel cheated. Indy dev and game and they built in a sequel eventhough the game is short.

Still the gameplay is tight and I had a good time.

8/10
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on June 17, 2019, 05:50:49 PM
Operation Darkness (NA/Atlus) - Assassinate Hitler and his Vampire Cohorts while being a Werewolf: The SRPG. Pretty jank SRPG that cranks up the difficulty continuously to where enemies are getting like 3 turns before yours.

I enjoyed it... for the most part... despite the camera and said difficulty. I liked the idea of procuring weapons and items WAY before they're sold in the supply depot off enemies and liked the idea of keeping your "weight low" to get more turns. But I hated the last few missions (24-26 is done in one go, no resupplies unlike 80% of the game) because of dragons and other bullshit killing two of my party members consistently to where I had to mop up before reviving them.

I dunno if I'll do the "Eagle's Nest"/EX Missions since those are in doors which makes the bombing run attack I abused from the British secret intel bloke useless. :lol
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on June 28, 2019, 08:35:41 PM
Dying Light - Oh boy, if you want a slightly "improved" Dead Island, boy do I have the game for you. :doge

(That's not a glowing endorsement)

Superhot - Super. Hot. Super. Hot. Super. Hot. Pretty short (like 2-3 hours) but the gameplay is interesting enough. I wouldn't recommend it for more than the $10 I paid for it, but it's a good shooter that tries something different from the norm. So I'd recommend it.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: tiesto on June 30, 2019, 03:43:29 PM
Dragon Quest XI (Platinumed)
Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD (beat all of the secret bosses, got the Deeper Dive ending)
Cosmic Star Heroine (Platinumed)
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (100%ed)
Final Fantasy XV (new Royal Edition Content - Episode Gladio/Prompto/Ignis/Ardyn, Chapter 13 verse 2, new Chapter 14, Terra Wars crossover mission, FFXIV crossover mission)
Xenoblade 2: Torna: The Golden Country (did everything except beat the 4 super bosses)
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on July 01, 2019, 04:40:30 PM
Final Fantasy Type-0/Agito XIII: HD - PC port is pretty bad. Like it's "better" than the FF13/13-2 port, but that's not a glowing praise thing.

Story starts off good then kinda crashes in the middle. Then it comes back pretty strong near the end. It's an anime "kids in an academy go to war" story, but it at least has some grit to it compared to other animu stories like it.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Great Rumbler on July 01, 2019, 05:47:49 PM
Dying Light - Oh boy, if you want a slightly "improved" Dead Island, boy do I have the game for you. :doge

I liked it a lot more than Dead Island. :idont
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: tiesto on July 01, 2019, 06:28:17 PM
Final Fantasy Type-0/Agito XIII: HD - PC port is pretty bad. Like it's "better" than the FF13/13-2 port, but that's not a glowing praise thing.

Story starts off good then kinda crashes in the middle. Then it comes back pretty strong near the end. It's an anime "kids in an academy go to war" story, but it at least has some grit to it compared to other animu stories like it.

I thought it had a cool conceit (on how when a person dies, others forget that they really existed) but the game didn't really explore this too much, instead it just went in a million different directions with a totally ridiculous ending. I liked how each character controlled fairly different, and combat (although simplistic and janky) was more enjoyable to me than FFXV's. The repetitive environments really hurt the game's appeal though.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on July 01, 2019, 11:59:22 PM
Dying Light - Oh boy, if you want a slightly "improved" Dead Island, boy do I have the game for you. :doge

I liked it a lot more than Dead Island. :idont

Honestly: I don't like either. I bought it for the Parkour and that was cool. But the zombie combat is ass. Like, as bad as Dead Island 1's. It's really hard for me to stomach the fact that I'm slashing zombies in the face with a knife like 2-5 times and they still aren't dead until I exploit EXP gain max level to make that MUUUUCH faster but still :trash feeling.

Final Fantasy Type-0/Agito XIII: HD - PC port is pretty bad. Like it's "better" than the FF13/13-2 port, but that's not a glowing praise thing.

Story starts off good then kinda crashes in the middle. Then it comes back pretty strong near the end. It's an anime "kids in an academy go to war" story, but it at least has some grit to it compared to other animu stories like it.

I thought it had a cool conceit (on how when a person dies, others forget that they really existed) but the game didn't really explore this too much, instead it just went in a million different directions with a totally ridiculous ending. I liked how each character controlled fairly different, and combat (although simplistic and janky) was more enjoyable to me than FFXV's. The repetitive environments really hurt the game's appeal though.

Supposedly, there's a "hidden ending" that is unlocked once you beat the game (but I had to [as terrible as it is to admit] Youtube the cutscenes for the first playthrough because Windows 10 somehow broke those on the port to where the game will freeze/crash if you don't slam "SKIP DIS SHIT" at it) to where the party is still alive, but I honestly think them sacrificing themselves is nice. I don't like Rem and Machina living though. And I don't like that the secret ending (and the reason the kids die in the first place because of your first bit about how people forget the dead) buries information behind a "lol second playthrough" (on PSP anyway) gimmick.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: paprikastaude on July 05, 2019, 09:46:37 AM
June:

Bloodstained 2 - In the beginning it felt like an okay Igavania, but it really is a game that keeps getting better as its mechanics open up. There's the right amount of customisation, the right way of doing exploration, all around fun boss fights and great music. Two negatives though: A few moments of progression were too cryptic. I had to look up a guide three or four times, which is way more than even prior Igavanias. And I hate looking up guides. Other than that, the game simply doesn't look good and using kickstarter faces are a sin.

Crash Team Racing remake - The novelty of playing something close/partially superior to modern Mario Kart on PS1 was greater than in the remaster, but even on modern consoles the mechanics reign supreme. It's inherently satisfying to master manual boosting and chaining boosts throughout its well paced tracks opportunities. The characters are kind of mediocre in their modern interations, but the gameplay was simply ahead of its time and still is in some aspects.

Catherine Classic
- I'm not great at puzzle games, but easy mode was somewhat managable without resorting to a guide. What hooked me is its great style, not-high school related story and I enjoyed the visual novel parts. The best puzzle sections were the boss fights, they've been well executed all around. I'm not really happy with how the mysteries were resolved though. It felt like Scooby Doo reveals that didn't fit the rest of the story at all.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: demi on July 08, 2019, 09:26:02 AM
Xbox:

Inside
Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchridion
A Plague Tale: Innocence

Vita/PS4:

Fallen Legion: Flames of Rebellion (played one playthrough on Vita and dear god it ran like shit. Tried the other playthroughs on PS4 and way more enjoyable)

PS4:

Days Gone
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: mormapope on July 08, 2019, 05:15:04 PM
Ruiner
Mega Man 11
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
REmake 2
DMC V
Gears of War 2
Gears of War 4
FFXV
Thomas Was Alone
FAR: Lone Sails
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on July 14, 2019, 11:46:05 AM
Yakuza: Kiwami (Translators note: Kiwami means extreme) - What I expected: Japanese GTA. What I got: A beat-em-up with a story about you getting an adoptive daughter, while
spoiler (click to show/hide)
everyone around you dies
[close]
. Combat wasn't that good (IMO) to slog through the story that is barely there for like 80% of it which then picks up into "interesting" right before the end only for the swerve to "wait, what" territory with a politician coming in (of course).

I bought 0 on the Steam sale, but I dunno if I want to go through it after going through Kiwami. Majima everywhere was fucking annoying as hell, and I just wanted to do the story, so the mini-games and shit did nothing for me (especially as there wasn't an arcade Virtua Fighter like the Yakuza 5 PS3 demo had).

I'm lukewarm to it. I can see why folks like it, but it's not necessarily "for me."
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: paprikastaude on July 14, 2019, 11:47:18 AM
0 is the best, Kiwami is eh - more of an obligation than anything. Shouldn't have started with that one tbh. Try 0, but maybe wait a bit, so you don't get burnt out on the recycled map.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Sho Nuff on July 17, 2019, 02:14:09 AM
Raw Danger (PS2)

Why do I do this to myself
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Don Rumata on July 17, 2019, 12:39:09 PM
Raw Danger (PS2)

Why do I do this to myself
That game is absolute magic.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Sho Nuff on July 19, 2019, 08:10:46 PM
Best choices I made:

(After running to my chef boss who's dangling from his fingertips over a chasm)
--> Take his hat

(Looking at a teacher pinned underneath a piano)
--> Tell them they deserve it

(Being held at knifepoint by a crazed killer)
--> Lick the knife
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Trent Dole on July 19, 2019, 08:48:23 PM
Oh hey I've been playing some actual games lately in addition to my usual stupid endless online bullshit so I can actually post here:

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night An actual latter day version of SotN and on modern day hardware instead of fucking handhelds(with the exception of the Switch sort of :teehee ), hallelujah. It's still not really finished finished cause they have to make and release all the stretch goal content as free DLC, and they've recently put out a survey asking what sort of paid cosmetic stuff people would like in order to help finance the other stuff, but I think I'm 'done' for now.

Fate/EXTELLA LINK It's a musou with historical figures turned into waifus and husbandos, cause Japan. After clearing one path I looked at the stages I didn't play and it turned out I did the harder of the two initial runs first. Went through everything in my first run mostly with Nero and have gone through a few other stages with Tamamo.

BotW has been started but that one's gonna be a while before its finished apparently. Good stuff so far.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: The Sceneman on July 19, 2019, 10:50:40 PM
shit I beat recently

Guacamelee 1. Good game. Couple more achievements to get but I've done 100% completion otherwise. Gonna play 2 soon.

What Remains of Edith Finch. Tasteful indie wank I guess. Some of the stories were cute and engaging. Thanks for the easy gamerscore lol

Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on July 20, 2019, 10:32:13 PM
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey: Legacy of the First Blade + Fate of Atlantis: Legacy is "gay conversion therapy, the DLC" which is :trash And the DLC episodes are like 5-10 hours each, if that. You can blow through the main story and do none of the side-quests.

Fate of Atlantis is radically different since it focuses on myths/gods. It makes the "Ones that Came Before" out to be the gods of mythology (Poseidon is apparently one, for instance) which means the meta-plot is all about the gods downfall and the downfall of them completely is due to you/main character being pissed about human experimentation despite being a "hybrid" of the OtCB/"Isu"s and humans.

That said, you have to do the side-quests to finish the later episodes, so YMMV on how much you can stomach that. But it adds about 20-40 hours of Gameplay easily.

I think I'd say Fate of Atlantis kinda redeems Odyssey, but I don't think the entry is a good Assassin's Creed.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on July 25, 2019, 11:52:08 PM
Not a Hero - It's an alright little indie (well before Roll7 blew up with Ollie Ollie, not sure where they stand now). But the side-quest checkmarks can get fuuuuuuuuucked. That shit is annoying. It turns the game into a "twitch shooter" more because some of them are timed and that shit sucks.

If you can get it for cheap, do so. It's a cool little shooter from Devolver. But I dunno if I'd rank it highly with Hotline Miami 1/2.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Bebpo on July 26, 2019, 05:10:44 AM
Operation Darkness (NA/Atlus) - Assassinate Hitler and his Vampire Cohorts while being a Werewolf: The SRPG. Pretty jank SRPG that cranks up the difficulty continuously to where enemies are getting like 3 turns before yours.

I enjoyed it... for the most part... despite the camera and said difficulty. I liked the idea of procuring weapons and items WAY before they're sold in the supply depot off enemies and liked the idea of keeping your "weight low" to get more turns. But I hated the last few missions (24-26 is done in one go, no resupplies unlike 80% of the game) because of dragons and other bullshit killing two of my party members consistently to where I had to mop up before reviving them.

I dunno if I'll do the "Eagle's Nest"/EX Missions since those are in doors which makes the bombing run attack I abused from the British secret intel bloke useless. :lol

What motivated you to play this? I remember playing it way back in the day. Cool concept but was super janky even back then.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on July 27, 2019, 08:16:27 AM
Operation Darkness (NA/Atlus) - Assassinate Hitler and his Vampire Cohorts while being a Werewolf: The SRPG. Pretty jank SRPG that cranks up the difficulty continuously to where enemies are getting like 3 turns before yours.

I enjoyed it... for the most part... despite the camera and said difficulty. I liked the idea of procuring weapons and items WAY before they're sold in the supply depot off enemies and liked the idea of keeping your "weight low" to get more turns. But I hated the last few missions (24-26 is done in one go, no resupplies unlike 80% of the game) because of dragons and other bullshit killing two of my party members consistently to where I had to mop up before reviving them.

I dunno if I'll do the "Eagle's Nest"/EX Missions since those are in doors which makes the bombing run attack I abused from the British secret intel bloke useless. :lol

What motivated you to play this? I remember playing it way back in the day. Cool concept but was super janky even back then.

I already owned it at launch due to someone I know living in Japan playing it at the time so I got the localization when it launched. Just never got around to playing it.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: The Sceneman on July 29, 2019, 07:42:00 PM
Just got 1225/1225G in Sleeping Dogs for the second time. The game so nice, I platinumed it twice!

Game holds up but man the "Year of the Snake" content sucks and was a bit of a grind at the end.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Svejk on July 29, 2019, 09:31:10 PM
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night An actual latter day version of SotN and on modern day hardware instead of fucking handhelds(with the exception of the Switch sort of :teehee ), hallelujah. It's still not really finished finished cause they have to make and release all the stretch goal content as free DLC, and they've recently put out a survey asking what sort of paid cosmetic stuff people would like in order to help finance the other stuff, but I think I'm 'done' for now.
Exactly how I feel about it.  Glad I got to play it.

Dark Souls 3 - I see why the Soulsborne games are held in such high praise.  Flaws and frustrations aside, the game was fantastic.  I'm just glad I pushed myself to beat one of these games finally.  Downloaded BB and will probably give it a try shortly. 

For now though, I need some short, chill games to goon out on for a bit.  Got some PSVR backlog to hit up.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Tasty on July 30, 2019, 09:18:02 AM
I really want to play Super Hot in VR.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on July 31, 2019, 08:00:22 AM
9) Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3

Mediocre.

5.5/10
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on July 31, 2019, 08:01:31 AM
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night An actual latter day version of SotN and on modern day hardware instead of fucking handhelds(with the exception of the Switch sort of :teehee ), hallelujah. It's still not really finished finished cause they have to make and release all the stretch goal content as free DLC, and they've recently put out a survey asking what sort of paid cosmetic stuff people would like in order to help finance the other stuff, but I think I'm 'done' for now.
Exactly how I feel about it.  Glad I got to play it.

Dark Souls 3 - I see why the Soulsborne games are held in such high praise.  Flaws and frustrations aside, the game was fantastic.  I'm just glad I pushed myself to beat one of these games finally.  Downloaded BB and will probably give it a try shortly. 

For now though, I need some short, chill games to goon out on for a bit.  Got some PSVR backlog to hit up.

BB is the best soulsbourne game
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on August 10, 2019, 04:31:47 PM
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales - A Gwent Singleplayer campaign. I enjoyed it, I even bought it at launch... and had it sit around for like 9 months until I got around to saying "ok, I'm going to finish this" and dumped like 4-8 hours into it over this past week due to my vacation. The chapters will be long if you do all the puzzles and battles. But if you like Gwent's (redesigned from the Witcher 3 and closed-beta-alpha/pre-Homecoming) gameplay, it's still here.

Thing is, there's more puzzles than there are "standard" (read: normal Gwent 3-rounds) battles. So if you're not into doing puzzles with a little sprinkling of "vomit points war" gameplay, you might want to skip it. But the lowest difficulty will let you skip battles/puzzles and enjoy the story.

The Steam version has no GoG connectivity and there are golden chests that will give you avatars and borders in the GoG version that you can use the Gwent multiplayer app. So it depends on what you're going for: If you're strictly single-player and about Steam achievements and trading cards: The steam version will do just fine, the GoG version is the one to go for if you play Gwent and want the extras, however.

(But they can both use the same save, so AFAIK if you unlock the cards in the Steam version and then get it off GoG, you should be able to do the unlocks that way... maybe... IDK)

Also:
Book spoilers
This is set during the Second Nilfgaard invasion/war, to where you'll see Geralt's Ciri-hunting party of Milva, Dandelion, Geralt, Regis, and Cahir. But you'll only see Geralt for like a minimum of 5-10 minutes of your "Battle on the Bridge"/which is in the books, and then Geralt leaves/defects after being knighted like in the books. Dandelion is featured in only like 1-3 throwaway lines, and Cahir and him feature into cards during the "Battle on the Bridge" with Geralt, otherwise you don't see Milva (who is giving birth in the books) nor Regis (who is helping her with the birth being a "barber-surgeon.")
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Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Human Snorenado on August 10, 2019, 11:41:23 PM
I suppose that by most people's estimation I beat Fire Emblem Three Houses last Sunday with about 75 hours clocked in (at least 5-10 was idling/noodling around in menus uselessly though, I played at my desk while working a good bit) but since I only completed the Slytherin playthrough and still have Gryffindor and Hufflepuff to go, I'm not counting it done as of yet. I immediately started a new game + rolling with the Blue Lions this time. I shall try to waifu someone other than Dorothea this go around.

Will almost certainly be my game of the year.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: demi on August 11, 2019, 09:36:07 AM
Xbox One:

Cuphead
Celeste
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
The Sinking City

GBA (I got a backlit GBA and was futzing with my flashcart, and one thing led to another)

Castlevania: Curse of the Moon

Switch:

Yoshi's Crafted World
Pokemon Let's Go Eevee
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on August 11, 2019, 04:32:50 PM
Guilty Gear Xrd: -Sign- and Dragonball Z Fighter - A fighting game? Wha?

Story modes. And -Sign-'s is a visual novel movie while Fighter's was a complete snooze fest of "go through these battles for a few little scenes before going through another 10+ battles for another scene.

I think I prefer Guilty Gears over "smash auto-combos for a short 2-5 minutes scene that takes you around 20 minutes to get to through the battles," personally. But both are pretty terrible. At least Fighter's was... competent, I guess? :thinking

Guilty Gear's lore is pretty horrible.

https://youtu.be/q6lXDUj1ilk


Oh well, at least I can get to -Revelator-/2 now.
Literally 3 hours (I think the story mode here is like 2-5 hours?) for that video for the ENTIRE series, and even then they admit :no1curr about the story, kinda like Blazblues.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Svejk on August 17, 2019, 06:07:10 PM
Ghost Giant - Nice little VR interactive story with some deep emotional shit that was kinda unexpected. 

Moss - Extra Content - Really short, but gorgeous new setting.

Short chill games
 :rejoice
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 18, 2019, 01:15:46 PM
10 ) Toad Trackers: Special Episode

DLC for Toad Trackers adds  a whole new chapter to the game which switches up the gameplay a bit by focussing on some time trials and boo fighting.

I guess its kind of cool it switches it up, but not really what made the game good. Still worth checking put due to low price imho when it's on sale.

6.5/10
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on August 18, 2019, 10:22:51 PM
Metal Wolf Chaos: XD - It's jank, but :salute #GodBlessAmerica

I dunno if I'd recommend it for the current price that Devolver wants, but if you can get it on sale for like $10, but's worth giving a try to see if you can stomach some of it's jank.

I didn't like the weapon closet. I dunno if that's the same in Armored Core, but it's weird switching weapons on the fly while getting shot at. Just not my cup of tea.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on August 20, 2019, 09:46:37 PM
Dishonored - I'm torn on it. On one hand it's a Steampunk Assassin's Creed, minus the tailing missions. On the other, the story is BARELY explained if you don't scavenge for the audio/text-logs (the Outsider? What's that supposed to mean? Why is the big-bad assassin hidey-holing around instead of trying to kill me repeatedly? Etc.), and the gameplay's alternate routes don't feel as solid as Splinter Cell: Blacklist (or Chaos Theories) in a way. There's times where I can see a higher ledge, but can't warp to it because of Warp's limited range.

Plus the game practically BEGS you to not kill anyone for the good end, right in the starting tutorial messages, which seems... :doge

I can kinda see why Dishonored 2 was a bit of a sales slump. I don't know if I'd want to play a sequel. It's not bad but it's not worth the Beth hype-train it got.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: chronovore on August 20, 2019, 11:15:53 PM
Dishonored - I'm torn on it. On one hand it's a Steampunk Assassin's Creed, minus the tailing missions. On the other, the story is BARELY explained if you don't scavenge for the audio/text-logs (the Outsider? What's that supposed to mean? Why is the big-bad assassin hidey-holing around instead of trying to kill me repeatedly? Etc.), and the gameplay's alternate routes don't feel as solid as Splinter Cell: Blacklist (or Chaos Theories) in a way. There's times where I can see a higher ledge, but can't warp to it because of Warp's limited range.

Plus the game practically BEGS you to not kill anyone for the good end, right in the starting tutorial messages, which seems... :doge

I can kinda see why Dishonored 2 was a bit of a sales slump. I don't know if I'd want to play a sequel. It's not bad but it's not worth the Beth hype-train it got.

I know the alternate vision mode makes it clear that the main thing is avoiding the vision-cones of the patrols and machines, but I kept thinking I should hide in shadows, which regularly failed. Also seemed like I could clip through geometry when hiding in guard posts/kiosks, which was annoying.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on August 22, 2019, 12:49:24 AM
I dunno about clipping (did you play it on launch?), but I totally get what you mean about patrols. There was times where you could think the floor was empty, only to run into a guard around a corner that didn't start their canned lines until you were in the room. Was really fucking annoying trying to "ghost" levels because of that.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: chronovore on August 22, 2019, 02:42:14 AM
I dunno about clipping (did you play it on launch?), but I totally get what you mean about patrols. There was times where you could think the floor was empty, only to run into a guard around a corner that didn't start their canned lines until you were in the room. Was really fucking annoying trying to "ghost" levels because of that.

I am playing Dishonored on 360, where I suspect they were less inclined to be vigilant on updates than on, say, PC which doesn't require a QA pass at MS. Whatever primitive representing my collision inside a particular common police kiosk, it seemed to be spotted if I was pressing against the wall.

Still: it's a beautiful game with a great sense of atmosphere!
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: paprikastaude on September 03, 2019, 10:43:39 AM
July + August

Dragon Quest Builders 2 - This could've been a legit 10/10, despite some of its bloat and undercooked combat. You've got a ton of great systems that could make it the GOAT life sim RPG. It has Rune Factory, Harvest Moon, Animal Crossing mixed into its crafting foundation alongside a variety of action adventure elements. Yet it is all dragged down by the worst handholding and gating I've ever experienced. There's an illusion of freedom, but you will be punished if you use it - to the point that you can break the story/cutscenes (or just waste your time, because the game wants you badly to stick to its strict "questline", which really is just an endless super-aggressive tutorial). In this form, the gameplay still engages you enough, but the game is ultimately saved by the writing (fantastic German translation) and atmosphere, which is by far the best I've seen in the otherwise generic Dragon Quest series. But despite that, it's not easy to recommend thanks to its ridiculous babysitting.

Mighty Gunvolt – This is the second IntiCreates title I’ve played after Bloodstained 1 and I can see myself becoming a fan. They really capture the NES feel compared to western indie devs and Gunvolt is surprisingly addictive, despite its fairly simple gameplay.

Sonic Rush replay – it held up for me when I had to kill some time traveling. It feels like a frantic racing game with just enough platforming time to cool down. No glitches or shit controls compared to most 'newer' Sonic games either. Maybe I should still get the sequel.

Hollow Knight – I’m kind of shocked at the quality of the presentation and world building that they could get out of their fairly low KS budget, which makes some newer 2D platformers by a certain big publisher even more shameful than they already were. That really elevates this game from being just a basic indie Metroidvania. It would still have had competent level design, despite a bunch of flaws (such as having way too few warp points). Yet its tone is what makes it really stand out quite a bit. The first stages are fairly standard, but the world building gets much stronger down the line. What adds to its atmosphere is the only new (but good) thing it brings to the genre – not giving you a map for granted.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 07, 2019, 11:22:59 PM
Finally finished Red Dead Redemption 2.

I don't really know what to say. Is it a good game? I don't know. In the end I found a lot of the mechanics and game stuff of the game pretty pointless. I never hunted, really built up the camp, or anything and beat the game just fine. I ignored all the stuff except the main story. Which is all I wanted to to do. So maybe that's not good? Good for me as I hate modern open world games because it usually feels like you have to do the side stuff as they use it to pad out the game. Following the story meant I just did missions that felt like they had a purpose and were'nt just copy and pasted. Which is another thing I hate about modern open world games. Most "missions" just feel copy and pasted with no momentum behind them. Not to say they missions in RDR2 are some expertly crafted things and not in the end go here and shoot guys. In fact a case can be made that they are pretty bad as plenty of them seem so limited. If you don't do excactly what we want, it's game over. Still, they felt like someone sat down and said "here is the point of this mission in regards to "story, pacing, and whatever". In the end to me the game was a linear story game with an awesome open environment and I'm a guy who likes Mafia 2 and LA Noire so...

And man is this one of the best games I've ever seen. It always looked so amazing. So much detail in every aspect.

I don't know if it has a good story. Good characters. John Marston is even more human here. His writing in regards to his son is pretty solid. On a whole the game feels less silly and stupid then most Rockstar games. Arthur is a good protag as well. It's just the plot in the end is a slow burn and a pretty obvious descent into chaos. I'm not sure anything really eventful happens plot wise. The storytelling and character writing is very good. The story is pretty meh.

All and all. I really liked it.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: The Sceneman on September 12, 2019, 04:47:29 AM
recently got 1000/1000 in Resident Evil 4 on Xbone. Game still rules
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 14, 2019, 08:16:41 PM
I think one of the problems with the "story" is that Micha is a pretty awful villain. You don't really know his motivations and he dosen't really have any deep connections with Dutch. Like, yeah he keeps praising Dutch and blindly following him. But you don't know why. You don't know if it's because he's really manipulating him. The later revelation dosen't even suggest that so it's like what is his motivation? Would have made more sense had he also been a "son" of Dutch. Like Arthur, but not the golden boy. So he's a bit jealous of that and with the fracture coming is really taking a chance to one up Arthur. As he is, he's just a villian and honestly the story dosen't feel like it has a conflict beyond the slow burn of this group falling out with each other.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 14, 2019, 08:51:46 PM
Well you’re in luck, they have a game for that.

But yeah I think it has some good writing and character stuff. I just don’t think the story is particularly interesting.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on September 15, 2019, 04:03:02 PM
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator - I liked it, but at the same time, the last ending (the "cult" ending) was pretty sparse. It seems like the developers decided at the last minute to drop the ending because it would go against the other ones (where you may find love) but didn't remove the references to that ending ("this guy probably isn't a good dude, dude") to where the ending seems really rushed together to be released (even with a "this wasn't really intended for you to find!") with like the entire ending seemingly cut-hacked apart to not make sense. :lol

Knife Dad is best dad, however.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: D3RANG3D on September 18, 2019, 05:07:23 PM
Trojan (NES) Tried to beat it yesterday, and got my ass handed to me by the final boss, just barely got him today with my last life. :rejoice

spoiler (click to show/hide)
That feel when I was a kid this shit was cake, getting old brehs. :fbm
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Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: demi on September 23, 2019, 12:19:49 AM
Xbox One:

Control
Borderlands 3
Kingdom Hearts 3

Switch:

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3
Fire Emblem Three Houses
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on September 27, 2019, 10:42:02 PM
Tactical Geese Howard: Metal Gear HONK (aka: Untitled Goose Game) - Pirated the PC version #ThanksEpic and went through it. So with that said: For $15... I can't recommend it. HOWEVER: I do find it to be charming, and the game can be completed anywhere from like 5 minutes (if you speedrun, I guess and abuse glitches) to like 2-4 hours.

Being an asshole of a goose is pretty fun, however. So if you can get it when it's on sale for like $5 or so on Steam eventually or on consoles, I'd recommend checking it out just because it's a very charming "stealth"/sandbox game.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Dragging the bell home only to find you have like 7 of the golden bells already, thereby it's a known fact the goose is a complete asshole to the entire town made me laugh hard.
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Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 04, 2019, 04:11:42 PM
11 ) Links Awakening

First game I ever finished twice in all my gaming years. GB in the 90s and now Switch in 2019.

Yeah its still good 20 years on, crazy really. Great remake except for the framerate issues. Some silly hard to see bits imho (like two bits where I just didn't see cracks where to put bombs)

Not the hardest Zelda but it just plays so well and smooth.

8/10
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: paprikastaude on October 04, 2019, 09:27:25 PM
September:

Soma - Mixed bag. There's moments of very strong atmosphere, which are thrown out the window when the game relies on sassy banter and not delivering too greatly in the story department. Enemies also get less intimidating for some reason. The gameplay is too simple, although you can't quite call it a walking simulator. There's some real puzzles and exploration, especially later on, but too much of it is nothing but braindead lever pulling. I remember Amnesia being more involving than this.

Downwell - It hooked me enough to finish it, but overall it's another randomly generated indie platformer that often feels more like a chore than fun.

Monster Hunter: Iceborne - It introduces lots of good content, but it's much less singleplayer friendly than the base game. Monsters take really long to take down, so any kind of grind is definitely more tedious when played alone.

Renegade Ops - fun enough coop twin stick shooter with a hammy presentation and slightly too little variety, despite decent mechanics.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on October 06, 2019, 07:20:20 PM
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition + Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear: I've forgotten how sparse the maps in BG1 was/is. SoD was... alright. There's barely any exploration in it and you're basically on a railroad (so you have to make plenty of saves to make sure you do the side-quests in case you trigger a chapter forward. :doge ) but that's nothing too bad. I didn't mind it, and honestly the Transgender Character is BARELY in the game, so I have no clue why the playerbase shit their diapers about it. :doge
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on October 17, 2019, 08:05:36 AM
Dust: An Elysian Tail - A furry Metroidvania. Not too bad, but now that Bloodstained and other Metroidvania's have come out since it released, I don't think folks need to play this.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: paprikastaude on November 05, 2019, 10:45:11 PM
October:

Castlevania: Bloodlines - Absolutely amazing game. The graphics are insane for their time. Yet they don't just serve stilistic purposes, but tons of new ideas in level design. Some could've been explored a bit further, but that would be nitpicking. Rondo of Blood got me hooked on Classicvania, but I think this might be my favorite now. Amazing pacing, all the QOL from Rondo, fair difficulty balancing, great gameplay ideas and setpieces.

Ghouls'n'Ghosts (Megadrive) - Compared to the later SNES game, this is much easier to pick up and get into. Doesn't mean that it's free of typical bullshit though. On the other hand, it doesn't look as good and simply feels smaller in scale.

Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair - A good mixture of Banjo Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country, for whoever likes those two things. Even though I think the new characters/art direction can't compete with either of the two - excluding the excellent music. Yet the level design is strong. And the game design is refreshing, because this game doesn't have to follow the typical Nintendo 2D formula that completely lacks surprises these days.

Shadow Dancer - This hooked me through an entire evening, during which I finished it on easy and normal after, I believe, I never beat it completely prior. Either way, this is a great culmination of the original Shinobi style of level design and gameplay. Which is why it's my favorite after Shinobi 3.

Shinobi 3, replay - First thing I finished on my Megadrive Mini iirc, because what can you say against a round of Shinobi 3? I thought these days I'd prefer a more lenient double jump, but it really doesn't take that long to get used to it again and then it feels even more rewarding to play.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Svejk on November 06, 2019, 03:38:05 PM
Bloodlines is the bee's knees.  One of the best CV OST's too. 
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on November 19, 2019, 10:09:19 PM
StarHawk - Eh, this isn't terrible but I'm not sure we really needed a sequel to WarHawk to be... this... A real-time strategy/building mix with a ho-hum singleplayer campaign.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Sho Nuff on November 28, 2019, 09:22:20 PM
Resident Evil Revelations 2 on Switch. Barry. Fucking Barry!!! He's the best. It's no RE4 but it feels good enough.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: tiesto on December 09, 2019, 11:13:33 PM
Dragon Quest XI (Platinumed)
Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD (beat all of the secret bosses, got the Deeper Dive ending)
Cosmic Star Heroine (Platinumed)
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (100%ed)
Final Fantasy XV (new Royal Edition Content - Episode Gladio/Prompto/Ignis/Ardyn, Chapter 13 verse 2, new Chapter 14, Terra Wars crossover mission, FFXIV crossover mission)
Xenoblade 2: Torna: The Golden Country (did everything except beat the 4 super bosses)

Trails of Cold Steel 2
Untitled Goose Game (did all optional objectives)
Zelda: Link's Awakening Switch (100% item completion, beat all of Danpe's dungeons)
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (100% map completion)
The Ninja Saviors (beat on normal mode)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (normal mode but set the lives counter to 6)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back From the Sewers (easy mode)
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (got all the gems/captured all the Boos/beat all the ghost hunts)
Super Smash Bros Ultimate (beat the World of Light, every DLC character's spirit board, every character's classic mode, 1120+ spirits)
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on December 21, 2019, 10:08:30 PM
Disgaea D2 and Biohazard/Resident Evil: Code Veronica X/HD.

Might finish Darkside Chronicles tomorrow, if I finish the Witcher/Season of Storms earlier in the day. Who knows.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: RyoonZ on December 28, 2019, 04:14:30 PM
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Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: demi on December 28, 2019, 04:49:19 PM
You have nice handwriting
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Tasty on December 28, 2019, 06:08:56 PM
Literally nothing. According to Nintendo I only played 68 hours for the entire year. Most of that Mario Kart with my niece and an unbeaten MHGU save file.

Not a good year for me by any means it seems.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Svejk on December 28, 2019, 07:48:44 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/1SR0dQ3_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium)(https://i.imgur.com/SCWSWRs_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium)
At this rate, you should have all of videogames complete by February next year.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Don Rumata on December 28, 2019, 08:00:24 PM
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Goddamn.
I finished, like, 5 games. :goty2
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Tasty on December 28, 2019, 08:04:07 PM
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:goty2

Christ this year sucked.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: paprikastaude on December 28, 2019, 09:06:23 PM
I started way too much stuff in the last two months that I won't be able to beat this year (or abandoned altogether). :thinking Still

Professor Layton 3
Pokemon Gold DS
Zelda: Link's Awakening, replay
Resident Evil 2 remake
Devil May Cry V
Sekiro
Dragon Ball Origins 2
Tales of Vesperia
Bloodstained 2
Crash Team Racing remake
Catherine Classic
Dragon Quest Builders 2
Mighty Gunvolt
Sonic Rush, replay
Hollow Knight
Soma
Downwell
Renegade Ops
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Ghouls'n'Ghosts (Megadrive)
Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Shadow Dancer
Shinobi 3
Plants vs. Zombies, replay
Sid Meier's Pirates, replay
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Great Rumbler on December 28, 2019, 09:56:01 PM
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:goty2

Christ this year sucked.

You have a Switch yet you didn't play Astral Chain?  :curious
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Don Rumata on December 28, 2019, 10:07:17 PM
That i can remember (more or less in the order i beat them in):
Ace Combat 7
RE2 remake
Division 2 (got to the credits, anyway)
Sniper Elite 4
Paratopic
Control
Jedi Fallen Order
Samorost 3


Sekiro i didn't really finish, so i won't count it, but i've played dozens of hours myself, and seen my brother beat the final guy, so i got the jist of it.


All in all, actually a pretty good haul, for my standards.  :thinking

Also, all on PC this year, i don't think i've even turned on my PS4, if not to watch blurays.

Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Tasty on December 28, 2019, 10:43:31 PM
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:goty2

Christ this year sucked.

You have a Switch yet you didn't play Astral Chain?  :curious

Demo installed, unplayed.

Just like DQ11. :goty2
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: TVC15 on December 28, 2019, 10:44:34 PM
I almost finished Divinity Original Sin 2 but I did that thing with long RPGs where I got to the last area and lost interest in the game.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: archnemesis on December 29, 2019, 07:27:03 AM
Having young kids meant being stuck with iOS and Switch this year. Maybe I'll have time for PC and console gaming again when the next generation arrives.

Jan 17 - Ninja Gaiden (NES)
Mar 10 - Wargroove (NSW)
May 30 - Picross S3 (NSW)
Jul 28 - Kingdom Rush: Vengeance (iOS)
Sep 8 - Picross Lord of the Nazarick (NSW)
Sep 15 - PictoQuest (NSW)
Sep 20 - Assemble with Care (iOS)
Sep 21 - Florence (iOS)
Oct 2 - Mini motorways (iOS)
Oct 10 - Pilgrims (iOS)
Oct 12 - What the Golf? (iOS)
Oct 12 - The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (NSW)
Oct 27 - Surviving Mars (PC)
Nov 25 - What Remains of Edith Finch (PC)
Dec 2 - Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (NSW)
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: demi on December 30, 2019, 11:43:47 AM
I think this is my last post of 2019. Don't really have anything I could hammer out in the next 24-48 hours.

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Xbox One:

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Resident Evil 2
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Metro Exodus
Inside
Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchridion
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Cuphead
Celeste
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
The Sinking City
Control
Borderlands 3
Kingdom Hearts 3
Blair Witch
Thimbleweed Park
Gears 5
Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Guacamelee 2
Hollow Knight
Timespinner
Voodoo Vince: Remastered
Fear Effect Sedna

Vita:

Iconoclasts
Papers, Please
Tokyo Xanadu
Ys 8: Lacrimosa of Dana
The Longest Five Minutes
Dying: Reborn
Death Mark
Cosmic Star Heroine
Oceanhorn
Fallen Legion: Flames of Rebellion

PS4:

Kingdom Hearts 2.5
428: Shibuya Scramble
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
Kingdom Hearts: 0.2
What Remains of Edith Finch
Days Gone

Xbox (Original):

The Suffering
The Suffering: Ties that Bind

3DS

Persona Q2

GBA:

Castlevania: Curse of the Moon

Switch:

Yoshi's Crafted World
Pokemon Let's Go Eevee
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3
Fire Emblem Three Houses
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Little Town Hero
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: tiesto on December 30, 2019, 01:28:07 PM
demi, how did you like Tokyo Xanadu? I haven't played that one yet...
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: demi on December 30, 2019, 02:39:41 PM
I thought it was fun. It's pretty much Ys combat with Falcom music and wrappings. The PS4 version has extra content but like Ys, it's not really substantial enough to care where you play it.
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: HardcoreRetro on December 31, 2019, 02:08:11 PM
Here it is.

1. Resident Evil 7
2. Resident Evil Revelations 2
3. What Remains of Edith Finch
4. Resident Evil 2
5. The 25th Ward: The Silver Case
6. Onimusha: Warlords
7. GTA: Vice City
8. The Longest Journey
9. Dark Souls 3: Ashes of Ariandel
10. Dark Souls 3: The Ringed City
11. Castlevania: The Adventure
12. Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth
13. Castlevania 2: Belmont's Revenge
14. Castlevania: Legends
15. Bloodborne: The Old Hunters
16. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
17. The Witness
18. Project Zero
19. Project Zero 2: Crimson Butterfly
20. Infamous: Second Son
21. Contra 3: The Alien Wars
22. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
23. Pikmin
24. Spyro The Dragon Remaster
25. Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes
26. Super Mario Odyssey
27. The Messenger
28. Katana Zero
29. Project Zero 3: The Tormented
30. Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
31. Mario Tennis Aces
32. MDK
33. Condemned 2: Bloodshot
34. Project Zero 4: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
35. Clocktower 3
36. Haunting Grounds
37. Blair Witch
38. Tacoma
39. Observer
40. Ryse: Son of Rome
41. Gears of War 4
42. Gears 5
43. Final Fantasy XIII
44. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
45. Shadow of the Tomb Raider
46. Minit
47. Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus
48. Afterparty
49. Quantum Break
50. The Turing Test
51. Death Stranding
52. Old Man's Journey
53. Celeste
54. Ashen
55. Ape Out
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: thisismyusername on December 31, 2019, 11:24:43 PM
CoD: WW2 Multiplayer and Nazi Zombies - I know this isn't technically a "beat," but I hit max rank in both of those, so I can now uninstall them being content that I finished the grind treadmill. Unless I prestige, but that's for suckers so fuck that. :doge
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: Great Rumbler on December 31, 2019, 11:31:25 PM
Disco Elysium  (PC)
Subnautica  (PC)
Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout  (Switch)
The Outer Worlds  (PC)
Code Vein  (PC)
Untitled Goose Game  (Switch)
Astral Chain  (Switch)
Streets of Rogue  (PC)
Fire Emblem: Three Houses  (Switch)
Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland  (Switch)
Rage 2  (PC)
Slime Rancher  (PC)
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden  (PC)
Eastshade  (PC)
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: shosta on January 01, 2020, 12:16:01 AM
just hollow knight and hypnospace outlaw
Title: Re: What did you finish in 2019?
Post by: chronovore on January 17, 2020, 05:34:17 AM
I think I didn't finish a single damned game in 2019.

Gonna try for at least 1 in 2020.