Board 8 > Which of these games is the most shameful to never have played to completion?

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Now that I have given up on Octopath, I return to my enormous backlog and look for certified classics that I've yet to put significant time into. Winner gets my precious attention.
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None, really
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none really, but I voted for dkr just to see if you'd be able to beat it.

also which bionic commando are you talking about?
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I assume you mean NES Bionic Commando
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The two I want to beat most are winning!

Some background:

Jak 2 & 3: played the original Jak and Daxter about 17 years ago, really enjoyed the aesthetic
No More Heroes: never played... just realized it wasn't an RPG tonight (I think I had it mixed up with TWEWY)
Batman: Arkham City: loved Arkham Asylum way wayyy more than I thought I would (game of the generation contender imo); haven't played the sequel at all
Bionic Commando: played some of it on emulators when I was a lad, but never really tried to get too far into it
Diddy Kong Racing: played this the most... but could only get so far before it started kicking my ass. I will unlock everything eventually
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Jakyl25 posted...

I assume you mean NES Bionic Commando

Yes, NES
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If the aesthetic is what you remember about J&D, 2 and 3 are nothing like that.

The crew time travels to a grimdark future and it turns into a GTA style hub world with Ratchet & Clank style weapon platforming levels
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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

None, really

If you fancy yourself an NES connoisseur Bionic Commando is one of the greats on the system.

Otherwise I agree
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Jakyl25 posted...

If the aesthetic is what you remember about J&D, 2 and 3 are nothing like that.

The crew time travels to a grimdark future and it turns into a GTA style hub world with Ratchet & Clank style weapon platforming levels

Yeah I think that's what stopped me from ever playing them. The original J&D had that amazing Pacific island look right around when i was also playing FFX, so I have a fondness for it.

Kind of funny that the trilogy mimics the Crash Bandicoot PSX trilogy though, based on that description.
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haha why is Diddy Kong Racing winning

I voted for it and I still don't understand why it's winning

The levels in that game are dope, definitely finish it
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Anyway I voted for Arkham City even though I havent played it myself.

Its probably the most significant game on the list
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Nelson_Mandela posted...

Jakyl25 posted...

If the aesthetic is what you remember about J&D, 2 and 3 are nothing like that.

The crew time travels to a grimdark future and it turns into a GTA style hub world with Ratchet & Clank style weapon platforming levels

Yeah I think that's what stopped me from ever playing them. The original J&D had that amazing Pacific island look right around when i was also playing FFX, so I have a fondness for it.

Kind of funny that the trilogy mimics the Crash Bandicoot PSX trilogy though, based on that description.

And then they even followed up the trilogy with a Kart racer just like Crash

Sadly there was no Uncharted Kart (Unkarted?) after that trilogy.

Still hope for The Last of Us Kart (The Fast of Us?)
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Yeah, none of these are shameful.
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I picked the NES game because go NES!
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Solioxrz362 posted...

haha why is Diddy Kong Racing winning

I voted for it and I still don't understand why it's winning

The levels in that game are dope, definitely finish it

For one thing, completion means unlocking a character, T.T.

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Arkham City I guess. It's not as good as asylum but still a really solid game
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Loved the first Jak & Daxter, couldn't even get through Jak 2

The first No More Heroes is pretty weak tbh, that said it's worth getting through to play the second

Arkham City has one of my favorite plots in a video game. So that's what I voted for

DKR is a lot of fun, but it gets pretty damn hard after a bit
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I really liked Arkham Asylum but I really wasn't feeling the open world of City. Didn't get very far in the game.
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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

None, really

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Yeah Asylum vs. City is really tough. I always flop between the two

Asylum is really balanced in all the aspects but is still an amazing experience.

City on the other hand is a lot more skewed. The open world and riddler trophies took a bit of a step backwards, but the story, level/boss design and combat improvements all go above and beyond. Granted it does take a while to get to those which can understandably be off putting to a lot of people.
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Definitely Bionic Commando. It's one of the most iconic NES games, and yet there are still people who fancy themselves as gamers who only have played Marios, Zeldas, a few other Nintendo brand games on it.
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I did not realize how much shit is needed to unlock the drivers in DKR.

This should be fun.
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I've only ever even played one. I didn't even hear of Jak until long after the series had run its course.
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Uhh you should play Arkham City asap, especially if you liked Asylum. It's different with the open world but still a pretty great experience.
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Can only speak for Jak and Arkham from this list, and Bionic Commando maybe if it's the NES version but I assume it isn't, so Arkham.

Arkham City was good fun, but as someone else said, I like Asylum more.

I also loved the first Jak game, nice classic platforming, but the second, ugh! I've tried multiple times to get into it, but in the end I just said screw it. It's bleak and frustrating. Maaaaybe I'll try Jak 3 at some point even if I don't finish 2, but in any case, playing Jak 2 at this point is probably not going to be much fun, so I'd go with Arkham City.
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as someone who never beat any of these except DKR, the only one i feel slightly ashamed about is Bionic Commando.
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