I remember reading the reviews when this came to playstation and being curious enough about it for it to stay on my radar but never bothered enough to want to purchase it so when it joined the PS+ catalogue I thought I'd find out what the fuss was all about...
Now I'm not one who has much experience with visual novels or has any real affinity for this style of animation so I'll start off by saying that I'm probably not the target audience for this "game". After maybe 2-3 hours I was decidedly bored by the experience. Visual novels = just a whole load of subtitles and pressing the X button. At least it had an auto mode so I could just watch a half hour while having a cup of tea without having to hold the joypad. The only interactive element was where I had to choose words from a list in order to compose a poem in order to impress whichever anime girl I was trying to get closer to... Yeah.
Anyway, after four or five hours it ends and... Wow. So that's what the spoilers and content warnings are about. OK so that was kind of what I expected and then... It wasn't. The hour or two after it ends or at least after act 1 ends is easily the best bit. Though it is just more reading really, it does get impressively weird. Then I get to see the proper end and I kind of appreciate it a bit more and, to be fair, understand what the creator was going for. So kind of glad I stuck with it just so I'm now in the know but probably wouldn't want to see a sequel.
Then I checked a trophy guide and was how easy it would be to obtain the platinum and even though it was only a couple more hours of mostly skipping the game and making different choices or whatever it still felt pretty tedious.
So overall, didn't enjoy the game for about 5 hours, kind of liked the reveal for an hour or two then was bored by a couple of hours of trophy clean-up. Certainly wouldn't recommend it but don't entirely regret it either. I'll give it a meh out of ten.
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@sorteddan I added the game to my library thanks to Plus however I have never done a visual novel such as yourself so I'm on the fence on it because just like your review, the consensus seems to be just that.
I played and completed Resident Evil Zero(PS4 Remaster) for the first time and it was overall a 7 out of 10 for me. It's definitely a Resident Evil game with beautiful visuals and audio when it picks up, however the tank controls after while got annoying as well as the many back-and-forth sections. Add that if the annoying puzzles that aren't difficult but instead are just time-consuming and tedious. I've been noticing that games with crappy puzzles really break the overall immersion of the gaming experience and this game had a plenty.
Will be playing the PS4 Remaster of Resident Evil, so hoping it's a little better in some aspects.
Just finished off the main story on Brutal Legend and… I loved it fair play. So much originality and creativity in all of its aspects. Art design akin to Tim Burton at his best, sound track included so many awesome tracks (and I ain’t even into metal!), incredible cast of voice talent and the RTS battle gameplay was such a nice change from the usual hack-and-slash combat that would usually be part of a game like this (although I do like that too).
I’ve heard rumblings of a potential Brutal Legend sequel recently and I’d be so down 🤘
Anything that has Tim Curry in is usually quite the treat just for him alone @colonelkilgore (And he's actually done quite a few video games) nevermind legends like Ozzy, Lemmy (RIP) and the bunch of other metal artists.
Always liked it myself so good to hear you had a good time with it as well!
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@colonelkilgore Is Brutal Legend available on PS4/5 or will I have to look elsewhere for it? Been wanting to play it for a long time, but something's always managed to cut in front of it
@FuriousMachine I played it on ps3 but it’s on 360 (so maybe series x/s through back-compat) and pc. I have a feeling that if these sequel rumours are true that we may get a remaster if the original for current gen though.
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Little Nightmares 2. I really enjoyed this. It has a creepy, unsettling vibe to it which is boosted by an awesome understated soundtrack and disturbing designs of the setting and enemies. Puzzles were not too taxing, and can usually be solved with some logic or paying attention to visual clues. At about 10 hours long it did not outstay its welcome either.
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Just finished Fire Emblem Awakening on 3DS after 37 hours of playtime. Absolutely phenomenal game! It's easily my favourite one in the series so far. As I've mentioned before, this is the first time a Fire Emblem game was fully enjoyable for me from beginning to end thanks to the option of turning off perma-death and playing on Normal difficulty. You could even save at any time during a battle, but I rarely needed to use that feature. Being able to grind in the overworld as well as buy weapons and items at any time was really useful. Also, the pairing up mechanic made the battles more dynamic and interesting.
The story was also fairly interesting and it was cool to see actual cutscenes. Crazy to see this level of production value with a 3DS game. There were also a lot of iconic characters in this game, i.e. Chrom, Robin and Lucina. It was fun getting to know them more as I only knew them from Smash Bros. Speaking of getting to know, the support interactions made you care more about the characters and it even affected the gameplay as the closer you were to a character, the more they would help you out in a battle.
All in all, I absolutely loved this game and I'm glad to have finally gotten to the modern Fire Emblem games now. I'm really looking forward to playing Birthright in the future.
I decided to power through and finish Nobody Wants to Die to free up space on the PS5. Didn't get the good ending but can't be bothered playing through it again for it. It was a very moody atmospheric game. The gameplay was pretty basic, it reminded me a bit of the braindance editor in Cyberpunk. The story reminded me of Altered Carbon although found it a little hard to follow at times. I'd probably give it a 7/10.
Rolled credits on Silent Hill 2 Remake and Neva. Both were deeply emotional affairs that I won’t soon forget. Just incredible experiences. Back to Final Fantasy VII Remake.
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Wrapped The Lake House DLC, thus concluding my time with Alan Wake II. The Night Springs round of DLC was a real highlight for me. Outside of that, my overall feelings remain pretty mixed. Still, I’m quite curious to see what exactly Remedy cooks up next.
“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” C.S. Lewis
Just finished Firewatch on PS5. It was rather good! I thought the pacing and the story were great as the game became more engrossing the further in you got. Although I didn't like the ending. I thought it was all building up to something big but nothing major happened. Maybe there are multiple endings and I got one of the bad ones. Either way, I enjoyed this game and it was a nice short experience after having played a lot of long games lately.
Just finished The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap on Switch. I'm really glad that I chose to play through the game on Switch and not 3DS because of how difficult the final boss was. The save states were really helpful there. The game was overall rather challenging, more so than the typical Zelda game. But it was fun to play through, not to mention it's been a long time since I played a Zelda game, much less a traditional one.
@LtSarge I never did finish Firewatch as my save got corrupted reight near the end. I did really enjoy it up until then though. I had similar feeling with Gone Home and was left totally under whelmed by the outcome.
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