Topic: Games You Recently Beat?

Finished FEW the other day. It unlocked Lunatic difficulty but im gonna wait before attempting that.

Owlboy

This is one of the greatest games I played and especially of the indies.
The game has an amazing drive to it. Gameplay mechanics change up all the time and in many surprising ways. That and the continuous development of the story keep you on your toes all the time. The difficulty was perfect in my eyes. I hardly play shooters and I suck at platformers, but somehow even those passages that frustrated me never last too long and there are not many of them at all anyways (though in the end you cannot fly for some time and you really have to hop from platform to platform, which infuriated me quite a bit ).
Also I found myself having constant heart-beating in the "levels" (it is open world, but the areas where the action takes place is usually in some sort of enclosed location).
This also goes for boss fights, which usually happen suddenly and are pretty varied.
The story is interesting and the ending is satisfying. It manages to surprise you a couple of times (generally this game surprised me all the time regarding gameplay or story).
It is not overly deep, but it strikes the right chords and has some relatable philosophy underlying. Same goes for the characters.
Graphics were pretty to me. I generally do not love retro graphics particularly, but this is more a SNES- or GBA-style of graphics and I think it has some beautiful sceneries and great atmosphere.
The music is also amazing and apparently fully orchestrated and contributes in a big way to the atmosphere and the heart-beating. Often times it is completely quiet, but then it blows you away, always adapting the momentum of gameplay.

I must say: After I finished "A Night in the Woods" I thought "Wow, this is one of the greatest games I played for some time!". Now I have to say the same thing about this one, though for completely different reasons. Play those games!

The original Yoshi's Island at 100 percent with all the bonus levels. For a mediocre gamer like me, that wasn't an easy task.

Yeah that game got a little bit of an unfair shake because of its price and because it was part of a launch lineup that lacked a triple-A franchise. I thought it was a lot of fun and spent a lot of time trying to get the perfect scores for each level.

I think there was just a mission I didn't complete. I love the game's music and feel, it's so relaxing and unique. I never used the 3D feature much on my 3DS but in Resort it fits the game very well, the scenery just pops out.
I think it's one of those overlooked games people should definitely check out

I beat Pokemon Leafgreen for the gba couple of days ago. Now I'm going after a complete pokedex in emerald to get one of the johto starters.

I too was playing PWR this week. It's been ages since I first tried it so I'd forgotten the finer details of how to land the hanglider. 3 starring levels is enough for me, chasing a perfect score would drive me nuts for now.

I finally got around to 100%ing Odyssey. It's a nice game, with a lot of great ideas. Compared to some of the other 'Ultimate' levels in last 3D Marios, I can't say I was a huge fan on the final challenge. After completing Celeste, it felt like it could have taken a few lessons in how to ramp up difficulty without ramping up irritation levels. A couple of things Celeste does really well is putting you immediately back into the action and making the challenges sharp and lean enough that you can quickly put what you learned from your last death into practice; there's very little fat to trim.

Long Journey's End on the other hand features several sections where the maximum speed is dictated by the level, meaning you have to wait a decent chunk of time to get back to your last point and try again. It also features a number of quite irritating enemy types such as the colourful spikey things which behave in an awkward manner. The later levels of Celeste are a lot more brutal in terms sheer challenge, yet feel less 'punishing' because they phrase death as a stepping stone to success, rather than pushing you straight into the river and asking you to spend 15 minutes swimming back to the same point.

Anyway, it's still a great game and I generally enjoyed polishing off the final moons, even if it was only made possible by a bunch of amiibo festival cards I bought to use Uncle amiibo. And Jump Up Superstar is still a great track.

Same here ! Resort was one of my favourite games on 3DS, along with Mario Golf.

Pilotwings is a sadly forgotten franchise.

I got Golf Story around the launch date, but I just beat it fairly recently. It was a great time, I had a lot of fun. One of my top games of 2017 for sure.

M&L Superstar Saga + Bowser Minions
Monster Hunter Story
Both very great RPG's.

Tokyo Xanadu on true ending in this Monday. Good game from Falcom, but Ys VIII is much better as action RPG.

I finished Super Mario 64 a couple of nights ago. It was definitely a fun game once I adapted to the controls (the camera was still a bit weird at times though); I still found it better than any control scheme for the DS remake. Most of the levels were neat and innovative, Peach's castle was fun to explore, and the power-ups were definitely fun and useful. Besides the controls, my only other complaint is that the floors/ground in this game must have been coated in butter, but maybe I just need to "get gud".

MGS2 HD Edition (PS Vita).

I'm not good at stealth games, but I love the boss fights and the story in this series. MGS2 has some of the best themes in the series, and it feels very relevant for the age we live in.

The Vita port runs very smoothly, though there are some areas where the FPS drops, mainly in the bridges connecting the nodes of the Big Shell.
You can change itens using the touchscreen, which is really handy. You can also zoom anywhere in the cutscenes by holding the screen in the area you want to zoom in which is a very amusing feature.
There are some extras like Snake Tales and VR Missions but I haven't tried those yet.

Also, "Can't say goodbye to yesterday" is an amazing song.

@Tyranexx Oh god, Mario feels like he's slathered in vaseline. It's miserable.

I will acknowledge its historical significance, but I'll never enjoy it. The N64 version, at least. I'd like to try out the DS remake someday.

I was never a big fan of 64 DS. I'd even say I prefer the blurriness of the original rather than the blockiness of DS

@Ralizah: So it wasn't my imagination then. XD It's definitely one of the better games I've played, and likewise I do acknowledge its historical significance, but at the end of the day I don't think it has aged too well. To be fair, part of the problem is the odd controller that it was originally designed for.

@Tyranexx It's definitely not just you. I've found Mario easy to control in every subsequent 3D game, but for some reason, I feel like I'm never in full control of his movements in 64. Oh, and I realize it's one of the earliest examples of a 3D camera, but it's still miserable to control today. SO unresponsive.

I imagine I'd have more love for the game had I played it when it first came out, but I was almost exclusively on the Playstation that gen. I was "ooo"ing and "aaa"ing at the breathtaking beauty of FFVII (which is funny today, because, if you go back and play it, the in-game character models were super-primitive and looked like horrifying lego people; only the FMV's and pre-rendered backgrounds still hold up in any way). Even seeing its limitations today, I can't help but feel a sense of warm familiarity when I play it, and I imagine that's how it feels for an entire generation of Nintendo gamers who grew up with Mario 64.

I just recently got to the end of Super Mario Odyssey More specifically, the Darker Side. After finishing that, I’m not sure if I want to complete this game. I still need over 300 Power Moons, plus the grind to 999 Moons. At the very least, I think I’m taking a break from Mario for a while. I’ve had a blast the last two weeks getting to this point, but I don’t want to get burnt out on such an amazing game.

Same here, along with Squeak Squad and Mass Attack. I agree with all your points here, but I'm surprised you didn't add the fact that the AI Kirbies are dumber than half a brick combined. I just cheated in all the maps.