Haven't beaten as much this year as i usually do, due to -
PS4/PC - Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward. MMO, time-devouring and all that. Still the best representation of FF in the last generation.
Before that came out tho, I managed to beat:
PS4 - Grim Fandango Remastered. I'd wanted to play this for a long time cause of all the hispanic elements involved, but wasn't able to due to computer hardware incompatibilities in stuff. Was stoked to hear about this remastering and blew threw it shortly when it came out. One of the better point and clicks I've ever played.
PS4 - Akiba's Trip: Undead and Undressed: I was told before playing (by an XSEED employee no less) that I should play the game on Easy the first time through cause the combat mechanics on higher difficulties could be a load of doodoo, and they were right. The game is short enough (and designed around multiple runs) that I learned how to play on Easy, then used that to tackle the game on Normal and Hard mode. Not without its issues, such as being an obviously prettied up PS3 game with tons of loading zones, rather stiff animations and no cutscene skip (
) even if you can speed past them at like 3x the speed. Was fun to beat up zombies with a max level god destroying body pillow.
PS4 - Valiant Hearts: The Great War: Recommended by Speedstats and not at all what I expected based on previews. Learned a lot of stuff about WW1 from it and made me cri at the end. :'(
PS4/Vita - Binding of Isaac Rebirth: Went out of my way to get Real Platinum God, which involves doing all the shit the game asks you do as The Lost, which is such a terrible character that goes against what makes Isaac fun. That dude aside, Rebirth blows the original out of the water and I'm really looking forward to Underbirth.
PS4 - FF Type-0 HD - Took long enough for us to get this! HD remaster of a PSP game, so the cracks at the seams are really blatant, but I enjoyed my time with even if the plot is kinda nonsense.
PS4 - Bloodborne: Tied for favorite Souls game alongside the first one. I really really like the focus on faster paced combat and getting rid of the defense focus from the earlier games. Excited to play the DLC and the eventual sequel.
PS1 - Final Fantasy II: Speedstats taught me how to play this game right and it rocketed through my own rankings for which FF games I like best. A shame that we'll never get a game like this again.
NES - Final Fantasy III: Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than the atrocity that is FF3 DS.
PS4 - Dragonball Xenoverse: I won the world tournament announcer shades really early on and never took them off. Gud game, want the eventual sequel to improve stuff.
PS4 - J-STARS Victory VS+: Didn't actually beat it, but I unlocked all the characters and played it a lot with local friends. It's kind of a shame that there's no way to do the full 2 vs 2 battles outside of the Vita version, cause even 1 v 1 its pretty fun, if a bit unbalanced.
Vita - Persona 4 Dancing All Night: Prob the Persona 4 spin off I've had the most fun with. Great tunes, top notch story presentation, tons of song modifiers and lots of difficulty settings. Really solid as far as rhythm games go.
