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Wonderful 101

Wow. Just wow. I have a lot I could say, but I'll just say I loved it and leave it at that.

Other news, I was playing Kingdom Hearts, but I'll probably drop it. I'm around 12 hours in it and not having a good time at all.

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KCF, you're on a roll.

I really liked Odyssey, probably my favorite Mario game.

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metaIslug posted...

The Talos Principle (PS4)

I loved that game! Though didn't realize you could Skip things like that! Did have one complaint that pulled at me throughout, though

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KCF0107 posted...

Mystery solved!

Pretty much! After I beat Wonderful 101 it'll be on to Killer7!

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Killer is Dead (PC)

Overall was decent. The story felt confusing to me. Died a fair bit in the beginning, but by the end never really had trouble. Ended with 7 deaths total. Was pretty cool. Could tell it was a Suda51 game easily.

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Sine Mora Ex (PC)

I only paid like $2 for this game, so can't be too harsh against it. Overall the art direction was great - the backgrounds, planes, and bosses were all delightful to look at. The time mechanic was pretty cool - rather than a set amount of hits you had a countdown to beat the level in X amount of time, and if you killed an enemy you would get more time, but if you got hit you would lose time. One annoying thing was that you lose your powers on hit, which was kind of a pain - especially on bosses. The bosses themselves were hit or miss. There was one towards the end I absolutely hated.

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Control (PS4)

This title was great! The powers that you get are quite fun to use, and they feel natural and fluid to use. A few I'm really going to miss. I enjoyed how movement was a big part of the combat, how you never really wanted to sit still - and how you could almost always hip fire. I don't think I aimed in the last half of the game at all. The areas were all pretty neat, and the enemies are cool. The bosses were done weird, with almost none of them tied to the main questline. I was lost with what was actually happening story wise, though didn't really impact my enjoyment. Overall I'd recommend this game!

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Kenri posted...

Nier (360)

Endings A and B. I really really liked the first half of this game, but the second half was uhhhh not as good, to say the least.

I'd recommend getting at least ending C, as well. You should be able to get it in like 2-3 hours.


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Half-Life: Alyx

This was the game that got me to replay my favorite series this year. Overall it was a fun title to play. The gunplay was a really fun mechanic in this game, the reloading felt natural and gave a sense of urgency. It was fairly easy to panic and screw up your reloading. It was also fun to actually use cover effectively, being able to peek over exactly how you wanted. There were a few chapters that were really neat and atmospheric, and one level was genuinely intense to me. Overall though, it was towards the bottom of the HL games to me. The puzzles were pretty much the same thing over and over. The weapon variety was pretty slim. I prefer the faster pace of Gordon. The chapters also felt kind of samey, whereas in the other Half-Life games it felt like set pieces changed a lot.

Now that I replayed the series:
Half-Life > Half-Life 2: Episode 2 > Black Mesa > Half-Life 2 > Half-Life: Alyx > Half-Life 2: Episode 1

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Baba is You

Beat 49 levels. Didn't know I was at the "end" of the game, just wanted to see what the rule did. Still have a fair amount to go so will play it off and on for a while. Overall I have enjoyed this title, I've liked how simple it seems but how difficult it actually is. Puzzles now take me a good 15+ minutes on even the easier puzzles. Can definitely see me playing it for a few months easily.

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Resident Evil 3: Remake

I really enjoyed this. Jill looked a lot more normal than Leon and Claire from the previous game. I really liked the addition of the dodge button, and the knife not being breakable. Nemesis felt a ton more threatening than Tyrant as well. The set pieces were really cool and had a fair amount of variety. The boss fights were neat, and felt tough. Had to take two tries on most.

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Assassin's Creed: Rogue
Overall I preferred Black Flag. This one was a lot shorter, and the story wasn't as interesting in my opinion. It was neat to see things from templars point of view and there were a lot of QoL things. The economy thing was a cool addition, and I liked the added weapons. Ship Combat seemed more difficult since there were more tight spaces. Seemed to be less sneak and follow missions, which I appreciated.

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KCF0107 posted...

Gravity Rush Remastered (PS4)

What a weird game. On one hand, there's half-baked combat, jankiness all around, and poor world-building that leads into a nonsensical story with uninteresting filler. On the other, I loved just fucking around using gravity powers outside of the missions, and despite the minimal variety, I enjoyed the challenges.

I've always wanted to try the Gravity Rush games.

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Half-Life (PC)

With this I've now beaten all versions of Half-Life (Souce, Black Mesa, and the original). I played source years and years and years ago and was my favorite game for a long while, and my favorite game in the HL series still. Anyway, with the release of Black Mesa I decided to replay to original to see the differences and re-experience it. Still a fantastic gaming experience, and I think I still prefer it more than Black Mesa. It wasn't as showy, but the game felt a lot quicker paced (to me). Xen is extremely short in this game, but on the flip side in Black Mesa it was way too long (in my opinion). Still didn't like On a Rail...

May try to beat the side/spin-offs that take place at the same time.

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Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes

Overall was an okay game. The writing was great and the gameplay was pretty fun, though it got pretty repetitive by the end. I wish the games you went into were more like their minigame aspects rather than playing those for about 30 seconds at a time then going back to the hack and slash. The final level was really, really long - but it was also far more difficult which made up for that. The story was... Bizarre, and I didn't care much for that aspect. Never played as Badman, pretty much always stuck with Travis.

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No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

Overall I think I preferred the first game, though still really liked this one. I liked the quality of life changes, with the ability to quick travel and being able to go straight into ranking fights without grinding money. The four different beam katana's were a nice inclusion, and there was a reason to go back to the older beam katanas (well, outside of the original one). I usually used the Peony or the dual-katana. The bosses seemed a fair bit more difficult in this one - I think there were more memorable ones in the first game. I didn't like the 2 bit minigames at all, and could never get passed 5 stars in the muscle training (may explain the difficulty on bosses). This is going to sound really dumb considering the first game, but the story and such was a LOT less grounded, which I didn't find appealing. Anyway, on to Travis Strikes Again!

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MetalmindStats posted...

Portal 2 (PC - Steam)

I'll post my thoughts in some detail in the Game of the Month topic, since said topic is the reason I finally cleared Portal 2 from my backlog. TL;DR: I (of course) liked it.

Portal 2 was my favorite game for a long time.

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I can't edit it anymore, but I want everyone to know it only took me 10 hours to realize my mistake. It is supposed to be Combat Evolved.

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Halo: Collectors Edition (XGP)

Overall it was decent, though not a fan of shooters (outside of HL). I thought it felt extremely dated. The story was decent. I liked the difficulty curve, and really enjoyed the last escape mission.

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The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Switch)

Overall it was decent. Enjoyed the dungeons and the style. Didn't like how some of the stuff had no indication of it needing to be done or where to go to.

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ertyu0078 posted...

I beat kingdom hearts 3

Now it's time for Kirby Dreamland

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No More Heroes (Wii)

I loved it. All the boss fights felt really unique, and it never really did the same thing twice. They also all varied in difficulty and threw some unexpected things at you. The #2 and #1 ranked fights were probably the hardest for me. I got the true ending, and felt fairly satisfied. No real complaints with this title.

Probably will be posting infrequently until around April, going to try to play less games until Animal Crossing comes out and get back into reading... We'll see how that goes though, since gaming is pretty much my only hobby until it warms up.

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Shadow of the Tomb Raider (PC)

Overall I think I liked it better than Rise, but Tomb Raider (2013) is definitely my favorite in the trilogy. The gameplay was fun, and really liked the more stealth focus on it. The puzzles were fairly easy, but I liked them. The story was pretty meh though, and I had a very big issue in this one where Lara wouldn't jump/grab hold of things when she was supposed to.

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Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (Xbox Gamepass)

Back to playing older games I never got around to/were on different consoles. First up was Gears of War. I tend to not play a lot of plain shooter games. I get bored of them pretty quick as they feel samey. And I am not too proud to admit, I am god awful at them.

But played this one with a buddy co-op and the co-op worked really nice. The guns felt fairly unique, and the story was kind of cool. I really liked the enemy designs. The ending through me through a loop. My biggest complaint was that the game felt way too dark.

Next co-op shooter is going to be Halo.

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Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (Android)

Overall I enjoyed this title more than the curious village, the puzzles felt more story related and more diverse. I was terrible at the spatial related ones... Not sure about the story, the end seemed pretty peculiar. Finished around 98 puzzles when I finished, so have 30 more to do.

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KCF0107 posted...

Old Man's Journey (XB1)

It was okay.

Pretty much my thoughts on it.

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Monument Valley 2

A puzzle game that deals with optical illusions. The puzzles generally aren't too challenging, but was a neat game. Played the first one a year or two ago.

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GOGZero posted...

Goblin Sword (Switch)

This game is REALLY good and very fun!
I'm even more impressed that this was a mobile phone game.

You play as a hero that has to stop an evil wizard that has found the Goblin Sword from taking over the land.

It's a retro inspired action/platformer. You can use many different Weapons each with their own Magic Power. Each Weapon also has their own Power, Speed and Range. You can also wear different Armors (Armors are just for aesthetics but for fun) and many different Relics you can use that give you various functions. In each level there are 2 Treasure Chests to find that holds Gems/Weapons/Armors/Relics and 3 Crystals for you to find in each level to unlock a secret level in each world. The boss fights are pretty fun.

I highly recommend this game!

I've actually heard a fair about Goblin Sword. I've been thinking about getting it, but for whatever reason I have a hard time getting into games with pixel art.

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Bioshock (PC)

First time playing through, was fairly enjoyable. I did not care much for the hacking though, it was way too often and took me out of the game.

Starting up No More Heroes for the first time now.

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Assassin's Creed: Black Flag (Switch)

Beat this, was a really good pirate game. Enjoyed the naval combat a lot - though hated the following missions, especially the naval ones. Will play through Rogue soon.

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Half-Life 2: Episode 2

Beat for the second time, with a friend playing for the first time. Got the "Little Rocket Man" Achievement this time.

Kenri posted...

Yeah, I took one look at that achievement and forgot about ever doing it. My apologies for the inspiration!

I would not wish it upon anyone! I nearly gave up during the car segment, it took forever and died a ton.

Took a screenshot to commemorate the occasion

https://i.imgur.com/I6YiK4k.png

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Gris (PC)
Overall felt it was just okay. The art was great, but really thought you were supposed to feel something while playing and I just don't do that.

Kenri posted...

Obviously you've gotta go for the gnome rocket man achievement!

You've inspired me, I'm doing it! We've made half through the car segment. Been pretty annoying so far!


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Half-Life 2: Episode 1

Replayed this one with a friend as well. Went for the One Free Bullet achievement, and it was kind of difficult. We're moving on to Ep 2 soon, but don't know what challenge/achievements I'm going to work towards on that one now. usually don't care about them, but figured since I was replaying them it'd change the experience somewhat.

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I relayed/beat HL 2 and beat Old Man's Journey.

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Black Mesa

Overall a great remake; however, there were a few places in Xen and the subsequent chapters where it felt as though it dragged a bit.

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I'm way late, technically beat it on the first, but

Sayonara Wild Hearts

Was pretty fun, really liked the music. I was pretty terrible at it, though.

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Sabrina

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+20 NieR: Automata
+19 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
+18 Portal 2
+17 Resident Evil 4
+16 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
+15 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
+14 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
+13 Metal Gear Solid
+12 God of War (2018)
+11 EarthBound
+10 A Hat in Time
+9 Batman: Arkham City
+8 Final Fantasy VI
+7 Mario Kart 8
+6 Portal
+5 Stardew Valley
+4 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
+3 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
+2 Shadow of the Colossus
+1 Animal Crossing: New Leaf

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+20
+19
+18 Portal 2
+17
+16 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
+15
+14 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
+13 Metal Gear Solid
+12 God of War (2018)
+11 EarthBound
+10 A Hat in Time
+9 Batman: Arkham City
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+7 Mario Kart 8
+6 Portal
+5 Stardew Valley
+4
+3 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
+2 Shadow of the Colossus
+1 Animal Crossing: New Leaf

My list isn't doing too hot... Don't think I have a huge amount in common with this board!

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It bothers me that the overwhelming majority aren't bobble-heads even though they look like they would be (to me), so none.
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That'll be mine in 3 years, at which point it'll also be half my age.

I'm a good boy who only made an account when I was 13!
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I actually expected Spongebob to win. Also, I know I voted for the Simpsons, but was hoping that TPB would take it.
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TomNook posted...

ViolentAbacus posted...

TomNook posted...

Full Throttle posted...

The Japanese-American pro made her name when she beat Serena Williams at the US Open which was much criticized and made headlines after the calls against Serena of which she blasted the judge in that match for his sexist bias against female tennis players compared to male ones.

This doesn't make sense.

She kept getting challenged and was breaking down essentially during that match. I think she got a warning for something (on-court coaching?), and then smashed a racquet which she got a point violation for. She then argued with the official, saying a bunch of things.

I meant, how was a ref being sexist in a female vs. female match?

Oh, sorry. I think it was because that she claimed that the official was being harsher on her than they would be on the males. The official in question is known for being fairly strict.
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I thought she was too, at least the flag is always a japanese flag.
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TomNook posted...

Full Throttle posted...

The Japanese-American pro made her name when she beat Serena Williams at the US Open which was much criticized and made headlines after the calls against Serena of which she blasted the judge in that match for his sexist bias against female tennis players compared to male ones.

This doesn't make sense.

She kept getting challenged and was breaking down essentially during that match. I think she got a warning for something (on-court coaching?), and then smashed a racquet which she got a point violation for. She then argued with the official, saying a bunch of things.
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I just want to know how the hell the Wii U is still on this list.
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I liked Spider-Man 2 the best, I think. Though, FFH has my favorite villain.

I think I liked Toby's peter the best and Andrew's Spidey the best. Haven't cared a huge amount for Holland thus far.
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The Simpsons

@ZenOfThunder for TPB, "You seem a decent fellow, I hate to kill you" and "Life is pain, highness"
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Simpsons
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Princess Bride
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