@BeerIsAwesome I dunno how anyone can deal with emulating Xbox 360 games, I’ve always found it a massive pain! Perhaps Free Riders is a game that they’ve specifically targeted for optimisation.
@RogerRoger Haha, now that you've put Tkon and Prothean in the same sentence it struck me how similar these two narratives are actually. Two long gone highly advanced civilizations destroyed only for a sole representative of their species to be found ages later when new civilizations stumble upon their old technology... At least the Protheans didn't try to come back in a mass genocide plot!
I'm surprised they didn't give you the choices on PlayStation. On PC, you were able to click on Choices on the main menu and link your playthrough to an online account where you could then view your breakdowns on your preferred web browser. It did annoy me that you couldn't see the percentages of past moodlets though, always only the most recent one except for the big choices which stayed throughout.
Whew. You really had no chill with Miranda, huh? I did initially accept the romance with her, but I totally understand your feelings towards that. For me it's not really about wanting to kiss a girl (for obvious reasons), but I always get a sense of FOMO if I'm not accepting some seemingly big storyline a game is trying to give me. As much as I don't appreciate it clearly being force-fed, I didn't want to risk missing out on any good scenes by denying it! As soon as she came back to the ship and obviously wasn't being herself I turned on her quick too, though. I told her to go to hell when we were on the Alydian ship communicating through the combadge and did also shoot her.
Your reasoning for Urmott makes total sense too. I guess that's the beauty of the game in that everyone had something speaking for them (except Bedrosian which... I don't know why you would choose her). She was not present at my First officer meeting either and I didn't miss her presence in the slightest. Why exactly would you go with Westbrook now that you've finished the game? I remembered your other messages with another forum member and went back to read them and saw you didn't have the scenes where Urmott goes to the lower decks and much of the Resolute's crew gets caught in the bioforming ray, including him. Though unlike this other person (who I would reference if I remembered their name, sorry), I didn't decide to kill Urmott when I had the chance and stunned him instead. What happened to him in your playthrough?
I'm not very interested in checking out the prequel comic considering Solano is the focus and my opinion on him as I said is... very low. Maybe I should anyway though and not let my bias get in the way of a possibly great story. It looks like the reviews are actually quite solid. I'm currently working my way through the Saga series on the comics front, so I'll see if I decide to take a detour at some point and give it a shot.
I finished the game a few days ago, so feel free to respond with anything spoilery!
@RogerRogerI agree. The romantic relationship between a hero and a traitor would certainly make for a more interesting, dramatic storyline. The problem here is that, much like your criticism, it never got to evolve naturally. Even if you do try to go for that storyline, there's just not enough investment from the player to make that fully work. I would be a sucker for something like this if I had felt any attachment to Miranda, but it was very easy for me to turn on her and disregard that storyline as well simply because there was none. I'm not sure how they could've made it more successful though. It's not like I'm advocating for a "bond with Miranda"-prologue or anything! Maybe they thought they could pull it off here, but for me it was a swing and a miss. I don't think you'll feel differently upon replay even if you force yourself to interact with her more positively!
Ah, makes total sense that it's Westbrook who you stun instead then. The good old character switcheroo in choice-based narratives. Sounds like the final climax is largely the same either way! Personally, the only parts I felt like dragged a little bit were those inside the Tkonian ship. An extended stealth section and, like you mentioned, a fair amount of "pew pew pew" didn't really add much to the experience there. The former I just completely rushed through when I realised it takes a character like ten seconds to spot you even if you stand right in front of their face. The Resolute sections commanding the ship were very fun though! A bit of a mixed bag in that front, but I ultimately left with a positive feeling as the Tkonian ship sections also picked up steam towards the end narratively.
For me, Edsilar came back alive. Carter sacrificed himself. I didn't even realise it was possible to have it the other way around. I decided to use the syringe Duvall gave me when Miranda tried to turn Carter instead of attacking her. Is that one of the deciding factors in what happens in the end? What's needed to have Edsilar sacrifice herself instead? Not that I would've preferred that, as I feel like a heroic death is a much better end narratively for Carter than it would be for Edsilar. I don't think I will be playing again. Nothing against this game in particular as I very much enjoyed it, but because I barely replay games in general. There's only a very rare few, but most of the time I'm fine with just knowing what could've happened instead of seeing it for myself. You planning to replay it any time soon?
The Beatles: Rock Band really is absolutely fantastic. Just in awe of how great a package it is, with clear love for the band all throughout the game. Difficulty wise, it’s not too difficult on guitar but wow, it can get pretty hard on vocals! Having a blast playing through the story mode and going through the timeline even if I struggled a bit with their earlier hits on vocals.
@RogerRogerYeah, if I remember correctly, the only time you see Miranda inbetween confirming your romance and her acting suspicious already is when she leaves with the ground team to go to the Hotari Queen. It's the only romantic scene you get with her before you see her again with a clear change in personality.
I can imagine the final Tkonian ship sections weren't anything like your usual Trek. As I've mentioned before, I'm not all that familiar with the shows and have never seen a single episode, but I know that's not the general vibe they tend to go for. Personally, this bothered me less as I'm more used to the action-oriented sci-fi anyway, such as Mass Effect. I do appreciate Star Trek's focus on diplomacy however and wish this was a more common aspect within narrative games. There's nothing I love more than watching a bunch of politicians duke it out over issues of intergalactic importance. This is why Shohreh Aghdashloo's character in The Expanse was my favourite or Mary McDonnell's in Battlestar Galactica.
Ah, makes total sense that you'd get more options with the injection if you didn't immediately use it. I didn't consider killing Miranda in that moment (as much as I wanted to as well) because 1) she had overpowered Carter and I was not convinced he would be able to defeat her there and 2) we needed someone with Tkonian DNA to operate this protection sphere and fast, so it just made sense for me to let Carter be that person. Maybe I wouldn't have made that choice so easily if I knew where it was going to lead, because at that point I was still under the assumption the effects could eventually be reversed or slowed enough that Carter would not actually turn.
Glad to hear that they're bringing it out physically! That does seem promising and I would love to see a sequel with a bit more polish. Definitely let me know if you encounter anything out of the ordinary. Feel free to tag me whenever you might get to it!
Today I beat Super Castlevania 4! As a HUGE Castlevania fan (Castlevania is my favorite franchise) I have trouble beating the Classicvanias as they are really hard for me, but I decided to push it trough! I've beaten Castlevania 1 and now this!
The feeling is the same when I beat the Soulsborne series
I am sure that I will continue with either Castlevania III Dracula's Curse or Castlevania Bloodlines.
Made a start on Splinter Cell: Blacklist on the PS3 today… it’s my first ever Splinter Cell! Absolutely loving it so far… can’t believe this series passed me by.
@colonelkilgore Great stuff, one of my favourite games from the PS3 era and a very enjoyable platinum, well except for the MP stuff.
I can't believe that Ubisoft haven't remastered this or Vegas Rainbow six. My Xbox has a few last gen games on it, Dark Souls (before Bamco announced the remaster) and Vegas rainbow six, can't beat terrorist hunts...every FPS game should have them.
PS. If you like your stealth then I recommend Styx shards of darkness, just over two quid in current sale.
Started playing Tokyo Xanadu eX+ today. After finishing all my ongoing games, I decided to start up a JRPG as I was in the mood for one. And what better one than Falcom's own take on the Persona formula mixed with real-time combat. I only played it for a short while since I wanted to test it on my Vita. I'm actually playing the game through PS4 Remote Play and it works wonderfully, just like when I played through Steins;Gate 0 a while back. Not to mention that this game was originally a Vita title, so the control scheme works great on the Vita. I genuinely cannot wait to sink my teeth into this game!
Lego Rock Band is bizarre. Song list is fairly rubbish, a lot of what was popular in the late 00s aka poppy emo rock. Queen being playable is fairly random and playing We Will Rock You on guitar was basically carpal tunnel simulator.
@BeerIsAwesome Yeah I'm 5 hours in and it's so much fun! The real-time combat is so satisfying, just like with the Ys games, and the world-building/social aspect is fantastic, just like with the Trails of Cold Steel games. Literally the best of both franchises in one!
I hooked up the old Wii tonight and me and the fam played some wii sports. Even all these years later its easy to see why this console sold gangbusters. My daughter thought the tennis doubles was hilarious. I might be heading to a CEX near me for wii sports resort tomorrow 🙈
i recently beat bioshock 1 on PC and thought i’d recommend it to anyone here on pushsquare . it’s gameplay & mechanics aged like crap , but the lore , atmosphere , story , characters, etc basically everything but the gameplay is top tier and knowing how single player narrative driven is the holy grail here i strongly recommend you play it if you haven’t . as far as 2 and infinite, they don’t compare to bioshock 1
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