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Continuing my mission to finish games, yesterday I completed Bit Trip Runner 2 on the WIi U; absolutely fantastic game. I love rhythm platformers anyway and this is one of the best; loads of levels, amazing retro levels, shit loads of secrets, online leaderboards! Awesome!

 

I also completed Turbo Acorn 3D I downloaded it when it was stupidly cheap and really liked it at first, but the game is the same level after level after level... it's not inventively designed, it doesn't throw new stuff at you. Became really dull really quickly!!!

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So, recently I played a couple of old-school RPGs:

 

Dragon Quest I (GBC version)

 

This was the first DQ game I've played, actually. It was fascinating doing so, as the game has its own mind of what an RPG/Adventure game should be and just runs with it, no preconceptions whatsoever. Just, "you must save the princess from the Dragonlord!" and on you go, exploring on your own like the first Zelda (it's pretty much a jRPG version of that game, really). It manages to make every level, monster and piece of equipment count, and that really makes each cave you visit a peril in itself. I also like that, despite the rudimentary design of everything, it still manages to include neat stuff like letting you carry the rescued princess in your arms, sleeping with the local village girl, and even a few alternate endings (you can defeat the Dragonlord without saving the princess, for example).

 

 

Final Fantasy VI (SNES version)

 

This was one that I had played a while back, but dropped once I noticed I let one of my party members die permanently. I restarted it fairly recently, and managed to take it to the end this time.

It's still incredible, with the way it first splits its plot across several main characters, each with their own story arcs, with its mid-game twist that dramatically changes the tone and the pace of the plot, with its amazing music, with its quirky sense of humour... I could go on. Really, if it wasn't for its clunky menu interface, it would be the perfect RPG.

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Recently finished

 

Tomb Raider

 

Exactly the same game as in 2013, just with more polished graphics and some minor additions to the game play

 

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Rock of Ages

 

 

This game is just... hard to describe. You control a spherical boulder, you need to traverse a course and obstacles in order to ram a gate at the end of the path. You have an opponent who's doing the same thing in a symmetrical course, so at times, you need to set obstacles in this course to slow/stop/damage the opponent (you don't need to do this at the same time, you take turns attacking and defending).

 

Meanwhile, there's a silly plot with a very Python-esque presentation: Sisyphus gets fed up of rolling a boulder uphill and decides to take revenge on everyone throughout history (Leonidas, Vlad Tepes, Napoleon, etc.) and we get treated with a Terry Gilliam-style cutscene before each level.

 

So yeah, original, fun, quirky, pushes boundaries of genre, and is probably easy to find cheap on every store it's available in. Highly recommended.

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Metroid Zero Mission

 

Probably the greatest remake of a game ever. In fact, I can't think of any flaws. Perfection on a cart.

 

Why are Space Pirates so obsessed with self destruct devices? ;)

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  Jonnas said:
Rock of Ages

 

 

This game is just... hard to describe. You control a spherical boulder, you need to traverse a course and obstacles in order to ram a gate at the end of the path. You have an opponent who's doing the same thing in a symmetrical course, so at times, you need to set obstacles in this course to slow/stop/damage the opponent (you don't need to do this at the same time, you take turns attacking and defending).

 

Meanwhile, there's a silly plot with a very Python-esque presentation: Sisyphus gets fed up of rolling a boulder uphill and decides to take revenge on everyone throughout history (Leonidas, Vlad Tepes, Napoleon, etc.) and we get treated with a Terry Gilliam-style cutscene before each level.

 

So yeah, original, fun, quirky, pushes boundaries of genre, and is probably easy to find cheap on every store it's available in. Highly recommended.

That looks/sounds awesome! :grin:

Will definitely be checking it out at some point. :)

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40 hours, saved the entire universe, but ended in my own death. An awesome ride, only marred by a collectathon of relics at the last 5 hours of gameplay (traversing the Universe for all the bits and pieces). The Gamepad integration was OK, but there were so many times when I thought, why don't they implement this mechanic on the Gamepad. The use of the Gamepad in Deus Ex, NintendoLand, Batman:AC and ZombiU are far better handled, but the ability to see a full map of the battlefield at all times was pivotal in its use.

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Metroid Zero Mission

 

Wait didn't I do this one already? Hard mode, 100% completion rate (first time). Took me an hour longer than a normal run. I think the final boss heard me say it was a bit easy on normal mode, because it was a pain in hard mode.

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Took me long enough, but i can now add Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D to my list of completed titles as of today. Now, some parts of that game made me swear a little (especially some of the boss's). But overall, a fine game indeed. And one that i may replay at a later date.

 

Now then, onto the next one. Not sure what to play next, either a Virtual Console title in the form of Super Mario Bros 3/Oracle of Ages or finish off A Link Between Worlds.

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So, polished off Gears of War 3 earlier today. Not much more to add to what I'd said in the other thread but yeah, I did really enjoy it. While it's certainly no narrative masterpiece and I didn't really feel much affinity towards the characters, Dom's parting was well done I thought, and it was good having a Carmine survive the fight :D

 

Did feel the ending was a little hollow and not quite as big as I thought it was going to be. But yeah, rather enjoyed it. Probably my favourite of the 3 games, with 1 being my least favourite (was it Ramm or whoever you had to fight on the train at the end of that? Whatever it was, I couldn't be bothered to finished that one).

 

Shame I can't touch the multiplayer because of Microsoft screwing up my Live account as I'd have loved to have gotten in some Horde mode.

 

Now on to play Far Cry 3. Was considering picking up Judgment and continuing the Gears but I'll leave that for another time when I've done a bit more of a read up on reviews/impressions of the campaign there as the Declassified stuff sounds interesting and appears to add a bit more challenge but seems a bit vanilla if you don't do those. I'll see.

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System Shock 2

 

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So, I played this on Steam recently and holy cow. I knew this was the highly-recommended predecessor of Bioshock, but it's uncanny how well it passed the test of time. It uses so many tropes we now take for granted, and it's incredible to see them in an old-school shooter. And the amazing this is, even though this game broke new ground on so much new stuff, everything in the game still feels well thought-out and designed (other than a few underpowered weapons).

This game should be in every "must-play" list. It is a reference in the genre.

 

 

(And I also played Fez. It was okay, I guess, but I can't agree with all the praise it got.)

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Have been slowly working through this game over the last 4 months, 2 players with my son. I found some sections of puzzling a little too tricky for one player, and the 2nd player made all the difference. The 2nd player also made the whole game very much more enjoyable. Even when shouting at each others incompetencies, the game has a one more try, hard to put down feel.

Anyway it's over, and as I got it when it was on sale this was well worth it's asking price.

 

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Is there anything else that can be said about this sublime game???

Overall though, and after playing A Link Between Worlds, this didn't feel as awe inspiring as I remember it. Don't get wrong it's brilliant, it's just the sequel takes everything that made the original brilliant and polishes it to near perfection. I played this, again, straight after the sequel and the controls of ALBW are perfect, this then took a little time to get used to as the controls are a little clunky in comparison.

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Reposting my thoughts from the eShop thread.

 

Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd you Steal our Garbage? - 3DS

 

I wanted to play a short filler game, but I expected it to last more than 4 hours. Could have beaten it in one sitting if I wanted to. Gameplay is very simple Zelda II clone without the challenge and a lot more fetch quests. The game generally feels lazy all round. Some of the sprite animations are nice but most things are just static images when it feels like it shouldn't. It fails to capture the shows humour and reuses a lot of jokes that fall flat. There's some voice work but it sounds like they recorded it off the television. The music is forgettable apart from the title screen music.

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Finished up playing Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag over the weekend (story-mode and 3/4 of the extra stuff)

 

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The vast majority of this game was much easier than I remember, and I blasted through it no problem. The last 2 bosses, the Grim Reaper and Drac himself were a massive hike in difficulty and took me by surprise. I thought I completed this game back in the day, but just couldn't remember the last encounter going down like that.

Cool memories of playing this with my 2 brothers ensued.

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I've played a duo of "artistic" games recently:

 

I like how Braid connects the plot's themes into gameplay mechanics, even if tangentially. The puzzles are genuinely engaging and well designed, and the plot sets out to subvert the whole concept of "Distressed Damsel"* while using Super Mario Bros. as a base (because seriously, it does).

*I wonder if that Feminist Frequency from a while back played this game.

 

Meanwhile, Limbo appeals to your senses and emotions. It's creepy, gruesome, and reels you in to a raw experience. The clunky controls help this. In fact, the game is a lot like Shadow of the Colossus in that respect.

 

Interesting that the first game is better when you think about it, while the second one is better when you don't.

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Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Played through it twice (Sonic & Tails then Knuckles). Forgot how good the music is. Even started to appreciate some tracks I didn't particular notice before.

 

Child of Light - Finally finished it off today, I seem to be in the minority of people who disliked it. It has some good stuff, some odd oversights (can't manage team outside of battle?) but as a game I didn't find it particularly fun.

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Finished Pikmin 3 earlier. A fine reason, in my opinion, to own a WiiU. Not solely for the game, but it's a reason to own it.

 

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Finished Pikmin 3 earlier. A fine reason, in my opinion, to own a WiiU. Not solely for the game, but it's a reason to own it.

 

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9 Persons, 9 Hours, 9 Doors is bloody and bloody brilliant! :D

 

Can't really say much without spoiling stuff, but it's a brilliant experience and a great story that is only really marred by the tedious process of backtracking through dialogue you've already read to get to the other endings...

 

It's totally worth it though...

 

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