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Worst designed final boss fight in a video game I have experienced in a long long time. I'm talking about the final final fight with Munakata and his bajillion dodge and block machine bodyguards. Holy fuck was it obnoxious.

Been playing the entire Yakuza series recently. I already beat 0 a few years ago and loved it and decided to play all the games in the series this year before I play the much anticipated Yakuza: Like a Dragon.

While the story in these games have always been entertaining in an over the top way, the gameplay has been subpar to ok at best in all the games I've played so far. (Which is Kiwami 1, Kiwami 2 (the best one), 3 and 4 which I just beat). Even 0, by far the best one had just a serviceable gameplay overshadowed by its amazing plot.

So what can I hope from 5 and 6 in terms of gameplay? Does it still harbor jank and clunkiness?

Suikoden II

Unmatched to this day

Have the best library in a console ever

After 7 playthroughs O'rin is the only mini-boss that I still don't have the timing completely down. Like Seven Spears kept wrecking me in my first run but now I can confidently beat him without taking a hit whereas O'rin always gets me several times before I beat her. I'd say her and that Ninja in the well are the hardest mini-bosses but the latter for bad design and terrible camera than actual difficulty.

Yes

It is also by far the easiest Souls game melee or sorcery.

Yeah I beat it in 2 days as well. I remember the original taking about 25-30 hours for me the first time but I have played the game many times after that so knowing the ins and outs really does make DeS a very short game.

Way better than Alan Wake gameplay-wise but I prefer the overall story of Alan Wake more. Good fun. Nothing special.

Paratroopa1 posted...

roll my fucking eyes. now I KNOW hades is good

It's good. Just not GotY. Not even close.

Hades while a very good game with pretty addictive gameplay is overrated to the skies like most good indie games. Everybody keeps talking about the how awesome the combat is (it is very fluid and tight but nothing deep) but nobody mentions the overly repetitive nature of the game. Beating the game for the first time was very satisfying but then having to beat it 9 more times to see the true ending exposed how small the game actually was.

Typical indie over exaggerated fanfare because it seems to be the cool thing to do in this generation of games. Same with Disco Elysium. My fucking God was that game overrated. Good but nowhere close to the best high budget games Jesus christ. And for reference, I beat both games in its entirety.

Hades is a very good game in its own right and definitely worth playing but nowhere is it even close to being GotY. One of the best indie games made? Maybe.

Ranking the games I finished this year
01. Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition (Not sure if this counts as this year but it is more a remake than your normal DE)
02. Final Fantasy VII Remake
03. The Last of Us Part II (yeah screw the haters I loved it more than the first)
04. Demon's Souls (Pretty much the same game as the PS3 original but the only game that is a must-buy on the PS5 at the moment)
05. Ghost of Tsushima
06. DOOM Eternal
07. Hades
08. Nioh 2
09. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV
10. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (technically finished)
11. Ori and the Will of the Wisps
12. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
13. Resident Evil 3
14. Streets of Rage 4
15. Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2

All the games from 1-2 are my GotYs. 3-5 IMO are must-buys. 5-12 are also all very good games. 13-15 are entertaining games worth your time but not necessary by any means.

I only finished the games that I enjoyed this year and didn't bother with the ones that didn't click hence why the positive reviews.

Finished it last night.

Well what can I say. It is Demon's Souls with really pretty graphics but more or less the same game as the PS3 original with slight tweaks.

I've replayed the original so many times that it was nice to stop and appreciate the upgraded aesthetics while progressing the game.

Other than that I really wish the 6th archstone was a thing because that was the one thing that I always wished for if Demon's Souls were to be remade so that was a huge disappointment even though I heard about the news before I bought my PS5 and the game.

Worst: The World Ends With You

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Chrono Trigger
Persona 5

Love it.

No

Achievement-wise (not trophies), I'd give myself a 10 for having completed over a 1000 games and having cleared my backlog entirely.

Skill-wise, probably a 7.

Sekiro has the best Final Boss in a video game without question. It is the reason why I replayed the game 7 times in a row. I haven't even done that for Dark Souls and Bloodborne which I consider the pinnacle of the Souls games.

So burnt out on Assassin's Creed after playing Brotherhood, Revelations, III, IV, Origins and Odyssey this year.

While Odyssey gripped me initially, it was a slogfest in the middle and it was exactly the same with Origins (which I played after Odyssey strangely). I agree with everyone who says those two games are a poor man's Witcher 3.

I'm so done with the series at the moment so unless Valhalla is absolutely amazing and different I don't see myself playing it anytime soon maybe even ever.

Good game but

No

Demon's Souls baby. Can't wait for my PS5

Covid-19

Congrats Squall Leonhart. My favorite video game character finally wins his first SMFFFC. What a long wait that was.

Silent Hill 1

Colossi 16

Squall 10

Squall 9

Squall 8

Squall 7

Squall 6

Squall 5

Squall 4

Squall 3

RikkuAlmighty posted...

and did you buy sword or shield

Yes and beat it.

Ok game but very clearly a low effort from Nintendo on this one

Mass Effect: Andromeda from the ones I've actually played

Squall 2

Squall 1

Yes

Metro Kingdom - New Donk City
Bowser's Kingdom - Bowser's Castle
Luncheon Kingdom - Mount Volbono

Bionis' Leg
Valak Mountain
Fallen Arm

Bad game

Tanner

Trails of ColdSteel IV

Street Fighter, Tekken, SoulCalibur

Vaan

PS5

My actual answer would be Conker's Bad Fur Day even though Drakengard came to mind first.

I bought this kiddy looking game being a kid myself at the time because I loved 3D platformers and boy what a surprise that was.

Drakengard

According to the fans maybe not but I fail to see Rock Band or any rhythm game have any sort of decent showing in future contests. Deus Ex 1 at least has its diehard fanbase for better or worse.