Topic: Games you've recently beat

Mr G? isn't it Mr. X @JohnnyShoulder if you're talking about ol' trenchcoat? He only appeared in the B-side of the original RE2... Didn't matter if you played as Leon or Claire

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy He is never referenced as Mr X in the REmake. I thought the Tyrant was what people were referencing when they mentioned Mr X? But yeah it is William Berkin, Sherry's Dad. Think he is just called G in the game.

I like all the character models you unlock, which have different animations which you can play.

EDIT: Just figured out that is who you were on about! Whoops! 😶

@mookysam yes i did, i even uploaded the ending to YouTube

Well it's my mistake too @JohnnyShoulder! Should've realised you were being coy about a certain someone infected with the "G" virus

Haven't played the remake yet... So couldn't tell you if he was called G in that but he's mostly called by his name in the original from what I remember.

It was also dependant on who you chose to play as first in the ps1 version (You dealt with William in the A Scenario, whilst route B had you dealing with Mr. X.)

... To be honest for a second though I thought you were referencing House Of The Dead with long standing protagonist Agent "G" for some reason.

Man zombie games and their singular letter naming systems huh? 😂

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Mr X is called The Tyrant in my play through of the REmake. You don't find out who 'G' is until a bit later in the game, he is just called 'G' when you unlock his character model. I think that is correct, I will double check when I'm on my PS4 later.

I finally finished Kiwami 2 the other day. Another great game in the series but the story felt like it fell a little flat at the end. The Majima storyline was a neat addition to the overall story but a bit boring to play which is a shame seeing as the character is so great.

Bad boys, bad boys
Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha gonna do when Majima comes for you?

@KratosMD @RogerRoger @Ralizah @Thrillho Yeah, I never completed Yakuza Zero, but I played it through about halfway (maybe I’ll get back to it one day) and one of the highlights are the characters. The protagonists are very endearing and relatable, despite being gangsters who beat people up and engage in illegal ventures.
I heard that Majima has a major change in personality from Zero to Kiwami, but I really liked him in Zero. Almost as much as Kiryu.

“Nani?”

You've witnessed but a glimpse of the batsh*t bonkers... -ness that is the Yakuza Series.

At least... I think. I haven't played any either @RogerRoger 😂

@RogerRoger I never finished Yakuza Zero (it just sorta fell by the wayside), but I loved Majima's introductory scene so much. It's amazing.

The game itself was absurd and entertaining, especially in terms of the side-quest writing. One moment, I was helping a kid recover his stolen video game. The next, I was helping a young lady to find the confidence to excel at her job... as a dominatrix. Meanwhile, the main plot was like a sort of well-written 80s crime drama, complete with unrealistic battle sequences where I used my sick martial arts skills to utterly destroy giant groups of goons.

@RogerRoger He is probably the most over the top character in the series and that says a lot in the Yakuza games! He is batshit crazy but still an in depth character and an important part of the main Tojo clan as a patriarch of his own family.

His role changes game to game. In Kiwami 1 he is a polarising figure because of the "Majima Everywhere" system where he spends the entire game trying to fight you which involves jumping from buildings, appearing from manholes, dressing up as a zombie, and this abomination..

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D13YubqWsAE4gWe?format=jpg

The "Mad Dog" is a fan favourite though and definitely one of the best characters in the game. I started with Yakuza 0 so the change to the rest of the games is a bit jarring but it must have been even weirder for people who'd played the older games first!

Essentially, Majima is the best!

@Thrillho Majima is clearly best waifu.

I finished Guacamelee 2 last night with everything other than the trophy for replaying in hard.

A good fun game with a (purposefully) silly story but Hollow Knight has massively upped the bar for these sorts of games now, even if it isn’t quite trying to be the same thing.

Finished off the story in Spider-Man last night. What a great ending which are sometimes difficult to land. On a technical level I thought it was really impressive, I don't recall any frame rate dips or anything like that during any of the action.

I did have few issues with some of the side activities, but this did not effect my overall enjoyment of the game too much.

I will continue playing the game and mop the rest of the stuff on the map. I won't be trying to get gold medals on the challenges, as I when I tried I found myself getting frustrated with the game. I may even get the dlc at some point the next time it on sale.

@JohnnyShoulder Good to hear the story finally resonated with you. It is much more compelling toward the end.
Regarding the technical performance, I agree that the game ran really well and despite the speed of the action and the multiple effects that there was nary a hiccup ... but I did have a really bad section of frame rate drop that nearly made the game unplayable at one point. There is a side activity (I believe it’s one of the lab stations) where you have to swing from tower to tower to reboot some kind of system, I forget the details, but the catch is that there are electrical fields that ascend and descend randomly while your swinging around and if you’re caught in the field you lose health quickly and lose power too I think. Anyways, there a lot of lightning type electrical effects during the mission and it became so stuttering for me that I was almost watching a slide show and I kept dying. I finally had to search a YouTube video on how exactly to jump and where to go because I was moving around blindly due to the technical performance not keeping up. It was really weird how the whole game was fine except this one mission. I wonder if anyone else encounter that or if it’s just my system or something. I’m using a vanilla PS4 so maybe the Pro handled that section better.

@Th3solution I remember that side activity and didn't have any performance issues when playing that section. I'm using a bog standard ps4 too. I have upgraded the internal hdd to a combi ssd/sata drive, which does improve load times and stuff so that could be why.

Glad to hear you enjoyed Spider-Man @JohnnyShoulder ... I think the game takes a while to build up but it does stick the landing quite well. I know it's basically a rehash of Spidey 2 but Otto's arc was still pretty good even if most know the outcome. I really liked Mr Negative too as a villian

I think I played most of the sciencey stations @Th3solution and I don't recall any problems either on my PS4 slim.

Though it was a while back!

Yes! Nail on the head there@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy, was gonna mention that but ran out of time at work earlier. Thought the arc between those two was spot on.

Ha ha thanks @JohnnyShoulder!

I had no idea whom Mr Negative was before this as he's a recent comic creation but I'd happily take more of him in a film or the eventual sequel which'll probably include Venom

Only thing that annoyed me in Spidey was MJ really. Said it before when mookysam posted his thoughts on this a while back but she just really got on my nerves with her almost deathseeker like stubborness of "But I'm a journalist!" to run into trouble 😅

Miles also felt a bit... there. I don't think he was distinguished enough from Peter really in terms of personality.

But otherwise yeah... I really enjoyed it. Doesn't break the open world mould but it does everything rather well otherwise