Topic: Games you've recently beat

@JudgeDredd Closer to 900.

I just finished Terminator Resistance the other day. I liked it about as much as I expected which is to say it was fun enough without being anything special. It did manage to surprise me a little though. I wasn't aware there were choices to make in this game and that you can get different endings (or at the very least different fates for main characters). I think I got the optimal outcome for everyone, I'll look up the alternatives as I'm not fussed to replay for the different outcomes.
I sent away Ryan, Erin, Jennifer and the kid so they were at least alive. Not sure about Baron but it said her body wasn't there so maybe she got away? (I did kill all the terminators on my way out). Plus I didn't kill Mack and sent myself back in time.

I also thought the additional 'Infiltrator' mode (Be a Terminator and find a target) was a decent change up of pace and a neat extra mode for the game. It's also a very straightforward Platinum. I got all the main game trophies just by being thorough playing and didn't have to go back for anything. It was only for one of the 2 Infiltrator mode trophies I had to look up a couple of secrets before I took out the target.

Overall I'm glad I played it, I may get the DLC if it goes cheap and I'm a little more excited to see what they do for Robocop.

Well, I finished the storyline of Horse Club Adventures PS4 just now. 🙂
It was very peaceful game, with girlie horse riding in open world yet it was very tedious to ride from certain point to other point with very far distance. I really wish I can have Petit Pegasus Poney to fly over distances. 😆

I gave it score 6/10 for relaxing gameplay but tedious missions.

Just finished God of War 3: Remastered and it was a great capstone to the Greek saga fair play. Was paranoid as all hell that I’d accidentally lowered the difficulty from Titan all playthrough… and as a result would have to playthrough the whole thing again… but thankfully I hadn’t 😃. Just the Challenge of Olympus left now 😅

@ThereThere by Grabthar’s hammer, what gif work! 😉

@colonelkilgore kronos was a cool fight right?

@jdv95 yeah anything involving the titans was a treat, with the Kronos fight being the pinnacle.

Most of the boss fights were cool though. I thought the Hades fight early on was class… obviously the Zeus fight(s) was/were ‘interesting’ too. My favourite fight though… and the one that gave me the most problems was the giant frost scorpion.

@colonelkilgore it's for the sure the goriest entry imo.

cutting off legs to smashing a guy's face in with his own weapons to stabbing out eyes with your thumbs in first person...

@jdv95 for sure… I kept thinking, dayum Kratos keeps going full-on Big Chris from Lock, Stock…! 🤣

Just finished Castlevania: Circle of the Moon on Wii U. It's a decent Metroidvania but man is it tough, especially the boss fights. I just can't imagine playing it without save states. The final boss in particular is an absolute pain in the butt.

I started playing it over a year ago but I dropped it like 80% into my playthrough since I lost interest. Today I decided to resume it and I had no idea that I was so close to the end of the game before I stopped playing it. I'm really glad that I finished it though after putting down so many hours into it. I wouldn't recommend the game though. It's too challenging and not in a good way.

Now that I'm done with it, I'm looking forward to playing Harmony of Dissonance and later on Aria of Sorrow. From what I've heard, those games shouldn't be as challenging as Circle of the Moon.

@Kairu I played the game two years ago when it was on Game Pass and it's so good! If you liked this one, then I highly recommend checking out Observation. Another interesting game set in space, but it's in my opinion more intriguing than Deliver Us The Moon.

Finished up the DLC for Lego Avengers. Each of the 5 levels were easily better than basically any of the levels in this one and Lego Marvel 1. I love their open worlds but the levels are a big step down from the older games. But these were great fun, especially the Classic Black Panther level and the Masters of Evil one. They brought gameplay twists which was pretty welcome after binging so many games in a row, such as Ant-Man going inside machines to destroy them.

I finished the storyline of Kirby Star Allies just now. 🙂
I unlocked the other challenging mode after that, but I know I'm not masochist so I will not torture myself in very hard challenge.
So far I could finish the stages pretty easy, rarely lost my life due to pretty easy gameplay.
I enjoyed this Kirby game than Mario game despite I still have very low hype with Kirby franchise.
I gave it 7/10 for Kirby Star Allies.

Beat Sniper Elite V2 Remastered. Really quite good game but massively let down by some absolutely dreadfully strict checkpointing. Other than that, the setting was great and the gameplay was fluid once I changed the setting to favour performance.

I finally finished Assassin’s Creed Origins. It’s the first AC I’ve played since dipping in and out of 3 at launch. I thought Ptolemaic Egypt was fairly well realized, achieving an effective balance between historical authenticity and modern entertainment. The ability to either quietly visit Sneferu’s bent and red pyramids or freely trek from Alexandria to Memphis, dodging hippos, crocs and flaming arrows while sailing along the Nile against a Hellenistic backdrop is compelling.

Unfortunately, due in part to a hectic personal schedule as of late, I wrapped up the last quarter of the game rather hastily, leaving a healthy number of side quests on the table. It’s a shame, as historically speaking, things were really getting interesting. With Rome on the doorstep, I could feel Bayek’s inner pain as I crested a hill to see crucifixions lining the horizon, the advent of an ideology and force both foreign and frightening. I could really feel Bayek’s world caving in around him and by extension the entire collapse of the Hellenistic period.

I’m not going to take the time to critique all of the issues I had suffice it to say that overall it was a mixed bag experience for me. I’m glad I took the plunge and had the experience but am equally excited to be moving on to the next thing. I’ll probably start Odyssey sometime next year. Hopefully it’s a little less clunky and leans harder into its historical setting.

@Jimmer-jammer I think I had a similar experience with AC Origins. I left a lot of side content and parts of the map untouched; not that I wasn’t enjoying the game, but it didn’t seem different enough to compel me to spend another 20-40 hours clearing everything. I hear they Odyssey is even worse about the filler content and having a lot of bloat. And then Valhalla even takes the overkill to another level. I have Odyssey in the backlog and just need to try it. Instead I decided to play Immortals and it has a fresh take thematically to the mythological Ubi-open world.

@Th3solution That ultimately became my problem as well. I reached a point where the combat and quest design completely plateaued and the overarching lore/narrative hadn’t gripped me enough to persevere. Again, the world itself was awesome but couldn’t carry another 20 hours for me. I also had some consistent bad luck with design elements, such as the wretched “get out of conflict” message I fought with the entire game…Not a bad game, just a lot of ups and downs. I may have to check out Immortals sometime. It sounds a little more creatively unshackled.

I see you recently finished Little Nightmares. I thought it was great as well, though I share your frustrations with some of its trial and error elements. The sequel was a mixed bag for me as well, as the environmental design and overall presentation is a clear step up from the first but it unfortunately leaned even harder into that trial and error scenario design, leaving me a little baffled as to how to feel about it. I’ll be curious to see what you make of it when you get around to it.

@Jimmer-jammer Fair warning — Immortals: FR doesn’t take itself very seriously and it leans heavy into satire. For me it works though and I laugh out loud from time to time. But sense-of-humor is very individual.

If Little Nightmares II drops on PS+ then I’ll probably play it. I actually saw a hard copy of it at the game shop yesterday and thought momentarily about getting it.

@Jimmer-jammer @Th3solution Same here with AC Origins. After I finished the story I had all intentions in clearing up the map, but after awhile I could feel the gameplay getting stale, so stopped playing before my overall experience soured too much.

@Jimmer-jammer @Th3solution @JohnnyShoulder I cleared up the map in AC Origins after having finished the game and there's really not much else to discover after exploring the main areas. Most of the other regions are just empty deserts. I have no idea why they included these areas because there's literally nothing to do in them. So you guys didn't miss anything by skipping the rest of the map.