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Only just finished the first mission in Dishonored Definitive Edition. I love stealth games so this is perfect for me. :D

 

Not worrying about trophies in my first run. I just want to play through the game my own way (which currently involves trying to kill every enemy without being seen; haven't been as successful as I wanted to be, though :laughing: set of alarms quite a lot...). But I'm already looking forward to the low chaos, no upgrades run. : peace:

 

The open ended approach to each mission gives you so much freedom. It's awesome. And the sequel appears to be even better. :yay:

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  Jimbob said:
Finished Kirby Planet Robobot. What a marvellous game, loved it. Nice improvements over Triple Deluxe, but not as good as it.

 

I can understand people feeling like it's too similar to Triple Deluxe (it is after all, an asset reuse sequel on the same console), but I feel that it is just such an improvement in the aspects that Triple Deluxe gets wrong that it makes up for it.

 

Taken on their own, out of context of their release dates, Robobot is the better game for me for sure. The pacing alone is just so much better! It's so much faster! None of the nonsense with waiting around for the game to catch up to you!

 

I also think that Robobot has the best take on the whole Super Ability idea that Kirby's Adventure Wii started. I was a bit skeptical of it at first, but it works extremely well and feels like they finally got the animal buddy concept right that they tried to pull off, but never quite got right, in Kirby's Dreamland 2 and 3. It adds tons of variety and player choice in how to tackle a level, instead of taking it away like the animals did and doesn't feel one note like how Hypernova and (to a much lesser extent), the Super Abilities do.

 

And I don't take that to mean that Triple Deluxe is bad either, on the contrary it's spectacular! Out of the modern Kirby trilogy (Kirby's Adventure Wii/TD/Robobot), it's my least favourite, but it's still great (In particular, TD is the best when it comes to boss battles - the ones in Kirby's Adventure Wii are a bit limp, while Robobot's reuses too many past ideas for my liking).

 

For me, I'd rank the modern Kirby trilogy as follows.

 

Kirby's Adventure Wii>Robobot>>Triple Deluxe (bear in mind that I think they're all brilliant).

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I actually tried to buy My Name is Mayo when I saw you playing it the other day. But I couldn't figure out how to pay the 1 dollar only, best I could find was to buy a 5 dollar gift card. Was hoping if I waited instead it would eventually release in Europe as well.

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  Hero-of-Time said:

 

Everybody's Gone To The Rapture (PS4)"

 

Another game from this months PS+ and one I didn't really enjoy...

 

...this game didn't grab me at all...

 

...story is weird...

 

...performance issues...

 

... frustrating affair...

 

After 3 times through the game I nabbed the platinum.

 

"Horrible game. So bad I only played it through three times."

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  bob said:
"Horrible game. So bad I only played it through three times."

 

First time through is the longest. Next play sessions are only about 20 mins each, if that.

 

  Tales said:
I actually tried to buy My Name is Mayo when I saw you playing it the other day. But I couldn't figure out how to pay the 1 dollar only, best I could find was to buy a 5 dollar gift card. Was hoping if I waited instead it would eventually release in Europe as well.

 

Apparently there are no plans for it. Same as Taco Master, which Greg from PS I Love You loved.

 

I just bought a $15 card from eBay. I use it for buying cheap PSOone games that we don't have like Parasite Eve, Legend of Mana etc. and just happened to have a couple of dollars left for Mayo. It's easy switch regions and buy from the store on the PS4 but it's a right faff on when it comes to the PS Vita.

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  Dcubed said:
I can understand people feeling like it's too similar to Triple Deluxe (it is after all, an asset reuse sequel on the same console), but I feel that it is just such an improvement in the aspects that Triple Deluxe gets wrong that it makes up for it.

 

Taken on their own, out of context of their release dates, Robobot is the better game for me for sure. The pacing alone is just so much better! It's so much faster! None of the nonsense with waiting around for the game to catch up to you!

 

I also think that Robobot has the best take on the whole Super Ability idea that Kirby's Adventure Wii started. I was a bit skeptical of it at first, but it works extremely well and feels like they finally got the animal buddy concept right that they tried to pull off, but never quite got right, in Kirby's Dreamland 2 and 3. It adds tons of variety and player choice in how to tackle a level, instead of taking it away like the animals did and doesn't feel one note like how Hypernova and (to a much lesser extent), the Super Abilities do.

 

And I don't take that to mean that Triple Deluxe is bad either, on the contrary it's spectacular! Out of the modern Kirby trilogy (Kirby's Adventure Wii/TD/Robobot), it's my least favourite, but it's still great (In particular, TD is the best when it comes to boss battles - the ones in Kirby's Adventure Wii are a bit limp, while Robobot's reuses too many past ideas for my liking).

 

For me, I'd rank the modern Kirby trilogy as follows.

 

Kirby's Adventure Wii>Robobot>>Triple Deluxe (bear in mind that I think they're all brilliant).

 

I loved Kirby's Adventure Wii (expensive game to purchase even today). In a way, i prefer it over both 3DS Kirby games (even though all 3 are fantastic games). I enjoyed being able to use my Kirby Amiibo's in Robobot, made the final boss a bit more enjoyable.

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  RedShell said:

I don't actually have anything new to add to my gaming diary at the moment, as I've recently been replaying a lot of older games. Mainly Animal Crossing New Leaf and Happy Home Designer, thanks to the update and having picked up a bunch of the amiibo/cards. :hehe:

 

Yeah, I also got sucked back into it thanks to the update. I restarted my town and have slowly been building everything back up again. I can't wait until the snow appears in the game. It's such a relaxing and magical thing when that happens.

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  Hero-of-Time said:
Yeah, I also got sucked back into it thanks to the update. I restarted my town and have slowly been building everything back up again. I can't wait until the snow appears in the game. It's such a relaxing and magical thing when that happens.
I was very tempted to restart my town, but in the end just couldn't do it. :grin:

Got quite hooked on the little mini-games, especially the desert island one, but the super slow pace has put me off a bit now. :hmm:

 

Also looking forward to the snow! :santa:

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@Hero\-of\-Time I wish I had as much time to play video games as you do :laughing:

 

I think I'll buy $20 for my US PSN account and get My Name is Mayo. Sounds weird and I like weird stuff :D

There's also a 10 year PSN anniversary sale on the US store...not sure if we'll get one over here, too, so I'll buy Psychonauts (PS4) for $3.99 : peace:

 

Still playing Dishonored Definitive Edition on PS4. My goal was to get the Platinum by the end of November but I'll be happy to just finish my first playthrough by then...:D

 

I'll have to think about what games I will play during the Christmas Holidays...

 

There will be Final Fantasy XV of course. This will be the game I'll play. CoD Infinite Warfare Multiplayer is an obvious choice for quick matches. But I need one or two "smaller" games. Will check my PS4 library and decide in the coming weeks.

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  drahkon said:
@Hero\-of\-Time I wish I had as much time to play video games as you do :laughing:

 

It's not that I have a stupid amount of free time ( work 10 hours a day, 5 days a week ) it's that i'm methodical in my execution. :D

 

Imagine how many I would get through if I wasn't chasing trophies! :grin:

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  Hero-of-Time said:
It's not that I have a stupid amount of free time ( work 10 hours a day, 5 days a week ) it's that i'm methodical in my execution. :D

 

How many hours a day do you play then?

 

I basically have the same amount of free time (8-10 per day of work and university combined). It's just that the past few weeks/months my free time has been taken up by everything besides video gaming :laughing: Most of the days I can only fit in 1-2 hours of gaming :( I blame my girlfriend and friends...damn this real life...

This will change mid-December, though (hopefully). : peace: (no I will not break up with my girlfriend :D won't have to work this much close to Christmas and I will reduce the time I spend with university stuff)

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  drahkon said:
How many hours a day do you play then?

 

I basically have the same amount of free time (8-10 per day of work and university combined). It's just that the past few weeks/months my free time has been taken up by everything besides video gaming :laughing: Most of the days I can only fit in 1-2 hours of gaming :(

This will change mid-December, though (hopefully). : peace:

 

Probably a couple hours a night, maybe 3-4 if i'm really hooked on something. I haven't been feeling it this past week and have just been getting in from work and watching some TV/movies instead. A lot of the games I finished recently were done during weekend binges.

 

I'll be having some great sessions soon. I only have 2 more weeks left at work before breaking up for Christmas. I have a week off for Final Fantasy, go back to work for a week and then i'm done until New Year. No doubt I will get burnt out at some point during that time off. :D

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Finished Dishonored - Definitive Edition (PS4). The game holds up really well. It's a masterpiece in every way. :)

Not sure whether I'll go for the Platinum right away. With the little time I'll have to play in the next two weeks I doubt I'll be able to get it in time for FFXV.

 

@Hero\-of\-Time any recommendations for a game that can be completed in 5-10 hours (maybe even including a Platinum). How long did it take you to get the Platinum in The Deadly Towers of Monsters?

 

I already bought My Name is Mayo, so that will be something to blast through tomorrow :D

 

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@drahkon

 

Mayo will take you 30 mins. :D

 

Yeah, Deadly Tower is about a 10 hour platinum and a very fun game. You bought Virginia, right? That will take about 5-6 hours. Rapture is about a 10 hour platinum but is a bit of a pain in the butt.

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  Hero-of-Time said:
Mayo will take you 30 mins. :D

 

Indeed. Just completed it and nabbed the Platinum :D It's actually quite funny...I must admid I laughed several times :laughing:

 

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You bought Virginia, right? That will take about 5-6 hours. Rapture is about a 10 hour platinum but is a bit of a pain in the butt.

 

I will eventually get the Platinum for Virginia but I can only play so much of games like this. That's why I'm holding off on playing Everybody's Gone To The Rapture, too

 

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Yeah, Deadly Tower is about a 10 hour platinum and a very fun game

 

I think I'll give it a go then :) Cheers. : peace:

 

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Finished The Deadly Tower of Monsters last night.

 

 

Took about 5 hours to beat, only had 2 trophies left for the platinum, but they're annoying find stuff challenges so can't really be bothered. :hehe:

 

Game was pretty fun anyway, and I loved the retro sci-fi/B movie presentation. They did a great job at recreating that classic vibe, and it also helps to mask some of the general glitchyness of the game at the same time. :laughing:

 

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  RedShell said:
Finished The Deadly Tower of Monsters last night.

 

Took about 5 hours to beat, only had 2 trophies left for the platinum, but they're annoying find stuff challenges so can't really be bothered. :hehe:

 

Game was pretty fun anyway, and I loved the retro sci-fi/B movie presentation. They did a great job at recreating that classic vibe, and it also helps to mask some of the general glitchyness of the game at the same time. :laughing:

 

Which trophies were they? I assume the shooting all the targets was one of them.

 

Good to see you have some fun with it. It's certainly a game I would never have played had it not been for PS+ but it's one that I enjoyed very much. I love it when you get surprises like this from the + program.

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Managed to finish up the main story on Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition late last week. I'd played the game through before on the 360 and I was a big fan of it back then and I still am now. Little has changed really in terms of the actual game with this remaster, some slight bumping up of the visuals to PC level (at the time of release from what I gather) and the inclusion of all the DLC for the game but other than that, it's a faithful remaster that doesn't mess with what worked back then.

 

That's not to say that there aren't elements which don't quite click and in some cases, there are a few bits that feel a bit dated now. The driving in particular just didn't feel right to me especially after playing more recently released games like Watch Dogs and GTA 5. The movement in the game felt sluggish and to be honest, I wasn't a big fan of the "Hold X to run, jump and vault over things" mechanic. I liked it when I originally played it but it lacks finesse nowadays. Obviously, it's a last-gen title so it's not going to compare to more recent ones but it still felt a bit clumsy to control. Shooting also feels the same and although the combat is straight up Arkham series Batman, it again feels a bit sluggish. Though it is still very satisfying dispatching of enemies in the context sensitive ways (throwing them on the box of swordfish heads is still a favourite).

 

Despite these issues, it's still a pretty decent game and a solid GTA clone, probably much more than the original Watch Dogs ever was (and that's coming from someone who was a fan of that game). There's a few frame rate hitches here and there and some outdated visuals but it's still very much worth a play through. I've still plenty to do in terms of the side missions and such to grab the platinum but that can wait till the new year as there are other things I'm interested in playing currently.

 

What makes it more sad finishing this up is that with United Front Games shutting up shop, it's unlikely that we'll see a sequel which is a crying shame as I'd love to see what they could do with the IP when making the game from the ground up for the PS4/Xbone hardware. Square Enix still hold the rights to the IP but I think unless they're going to put up a new studio for ex-UFG employees or hand it over to the likes of Eidos Montreal, it's unlikely to see the light of day again. Shame really as the basis of what's here is a solid start point and is a good homage to the likes of Vice City (especially with the radio adverts they've got in the game and the way the city is presented) so I'd have liked to see more.

 

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  Hero-of-Time said:
Which trophies were they? I assume the shooting all the targets was one of them.
Yeah, the shoot all targets and find 5 missing film reels.

I did spend a while yesterday just diving from the highest point of the tower (love the music that plays when you're falling :awesome:) and managed to find a few targets I was missing in the process, but the last few must be very well hidden. :grin:

 

  Hero-of-Time said:
Good to see you have some fun with it. It's certainly a game I would never have played had it not been for PS+ but it's one that I enjoyed very much. I love it when you get surprises like this from the + program.
Doubt I'd have played this otherwise either. :)

Here's hoping for some more good PS+ stuff in December!

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Started The Deadly Tower of Monsters (PS4) just now.

 

While the gameplay so far is nothing to write home about the humour is exceptional. Dick...malfunction...Dick...malfunction :laughing:

 

Looking forward to spending more time with it :)

 

 

Played through Virginia (PS4) again this morning. Nabbed the Platinum. : peace:

My Name is Mayo...it was actually quite funny :D

 

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I bought Bioshock Collection (PS4) last month after some people on here recommended it to me. I've been playing through the first game a bit and just found the research camera.

 

Despite the praise of this game I don't know whether I like it. Its very weird. I am liking the gameplay mechanics but the atmosphere and the setting is just strange. I'm also having difficulty following the story.

 

I an unsure whether the game is for me and tempted to just pack it in. I feel like I would be wasting my money though.

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  Blade said:
I bought Bioshock Collection (PS4) last month after some people on here recommended it to me. I've been playing through the first game a bit and just found the research camera.

 

Despite the praise of this game I don't know whether I like it. Its very weird. I am liking the gameplay mechanics but the atmosphere and the setting is just strange. I'm also having difficulty following the story.

 

I an unsure whether the game is for me and tempted to just pack it in. I feel like I would be wasting my money though.

 

Shame. There's a part in the game that usually blows people's minds and then everything falls into place. If you aren't enjoying, and if you have other games you want to play, then its probably best to shelve it.

 

I think its far better to trade it in and lose some money, than to keep trying to enjoy it and potentially waste your time. Money comes and goes but you can never get your time back.


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