Topic: Games You Recently Beat?

Welcome to Nintendo Hard.

Just finished Donkey Kong Country 2. Awesome game for sure, and oh man, does it put up a good fight. One of the hardest games I've ever beaten, honestly! It's a game from my childhood since my dad had it for the SNES back when I was 3, but I didn't finish it until now. I previously left off on one of the last levels which gave me so much trouble back then. I wanna try to finish DKC3 next, I haven't played a whole lot of it.

@MarioLover92 Welcome to Nintendo Hard, apparently. I’d like to give it a go soon!

@Maxz Oh, it's Nintendo hard for sure. Be prepared for a challenge when you play it, especially in the last half of the game.

Just beat Metroid Prime Remastered. Nothing more needs to be said about how good of a game and remaster this is at this point. It’s an absolute must-play on the Switch and, in my opinion, is now the best-looking game on the system, at least in terms of fidelity. BOTW probably still wins overall thanks to its art design, but my goodness, this game looks so good. Retro Studios definitely haven’t lost their touch and I really look forward to seeing what their next project is. 10/10

I've beaten Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, the one Castlevania in this style I hadn't played before. My opinion of the game has not changed. While finally beating Circle of the Moon a few months ago was a fun throwback to this series that I've not played in a long time, and I really missed it. But I immediately see why Symphony of the Night is far more acclaimed. Obviously...it was the first one and I think even now is likely the most popular Castlevania (or at least the most popular in this style), so that helps it. But there's something to playing it that feels far more solid and fun and interesting by comparison to their first GBA attempt.

And that's impressive, considering at times, its has its issues. Like item management...is not a thing. It's as bad, maybe worse in some ways, as like classic Final Fantasy. It's much more worth it to git gud then boringly find healing items or the like in that menu. But the main issue is mostly just the difficulty curve. It feels like half the bosses have enough HP to take like 7 attacks and they're done, and then occasionally a boss is either a reasonable challenge or just obnoxious (I gave up on the giant armor with the thunder attacks late in the game, which was thankfully optional). And as the game goes on, the more likely the enemies are so much tougher than nearby enemies or even nearby bosses. It's beyond ridiculous, to the point that I wonder if something went wrong.

But aside from that, this was just wonderful. Not the best game I've ever played, but their first attempt at this was pretty awesome. Nostalgia makes me prefer Dissonance and the two Sorrow games I suppose, but in all liklihood, objectively this is probably better than the former and on par with the latter.

The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild

Beat xenoblade 2 last week!

I finally beat Goldeneye.

Something I still think is that despite the absurd acclaim, having finally gone back to this game, it definitely feels like a first attempt at making a 007 game. The next few FPS Bond games feel like real attempts to expand and refine this type of game. I dunno if they're "better", especially since I've never gotten even halfway through the other N64 one and the next two games I can't even remember when I last played, but they're definitely based on having learned on how to make a James Bond FPS game after Rare's first attempt.

I can't say, at least right now, that I have any comprehension of this game being an all time great. Is it, is it not? No idea. But it is another example of my increasing fondness(?), amusement (???) towards the "how do we 3D?!?!?!" era of gaming. It's such a wild era of gaming, regardless of what has or hasn't aged well.

...I will say for some of these levels, thank god for save states. Did people actually play that jungle level as a kid near the end? And why was the next level practically a joke by comparison despite being near the end of the game? Even as someone who really gets into Jet Force Gemini, I look at this game in sheer confusion. If it wasn't for the backlog I'd be into playing the higher difficulties, which apparent add mission objectives too. That's neat, and I can tell at points what they would be based on that I'm fairly certain they're still in the Agent difficulty, they just don't anything for you.

Beat a bunch of games across the NSO apps over the past while and thought I'd share some of them here!

1. Mappy Land: A surprisingly fun action-platformer that loses a lot of steam near the end (particularly in how you essentially have to play through the same campaign 4 times). Despite that though, I enjoyed the level designs themselves and the absolutely bonkers moments of unexplainability throughout. 7/10

2. Warioware Inc: Mega Microgames: My first proper Warioware game (not counting stuff like Get It Together's demo) and it's....ok? The games themselves are very fun and addictive but it's one of very few games for me that I genuinely think looks kind of ugly. The Warioware style would eventually be perfected in entries like Gold and Get It Together (at least in my humble opinion) but the first entry, much like Wario himself, isn't much of a looker.

Despite that though, the gameplay, humour and characters are still exceptionally fun and I will absolutely be trying out the rest of the series in due time. Overall, a bit disappointed but excited for later entries. 7/10

3. Golden Axe: Finally got around to beating this one for the first time in a single 40 minute sitting while chilling at work and yep: this sure is a video game. Nothing particularly wrong with it mind you (though those skeletons in the final boss can go to hell for all I care) but it's probably one of the most generic fantasy games I've ever played. I'll get around to it's sequel in due time (maybe it'll sway me to the series) but the first hasn't really left more than a light shrug in terms of impressions. 6/10

4. Kirby's Adventure: Replayed this one for the second time there a few days ago and, while I'd definitely say it suffers from 'early in the series-itis' in some aspects, it's still an incredible action platformer that I'd recommend to anyone and everyone (especially now that the original Dream Land AND Super Star are available on base NSO!).

Planning on starting Metroid Fusion, MK8 DLC and probably something else come the end of the week but yeah: NSO is the gift that keeps on giving for me

@Fizza Metroid Fusion is an awesome game, I'm really looking forward to seeing what you think of it! Have you played other games in the series before? If not, I think Fusion is a great one to start out with, as it's relatively more newcomer-friendly than a lot of the other games.

@StarPoint I've played the original and Super but never really got more than a few hours into either due to getting lost constantly and the controls just not meshing with me personally (I have tried so many times to wall jump and it never f***** WORKS). If Fusion goes well though (since I've heard it's a lot friendlier to newcomers), then I'm definitely going to revisit them and try them out again since I REALLY want to like 2D Metroid; I just haven't had the best experience with it as of now.

@Fizza Super's controls are REALLY annoying when you first start out. I remember initially playing it a few years ago and just finding the wall jumping and shine sparking to be impossible. But it's definitely something you get better at over time. But I'm glad you're trying out Fusion because, yeah, that one is definitely a lot friendlier, especially control-wise.

I beat Kid Icarus: Uprising's story.

Yet another playthrough of Ocarina of Time complete. While it’s not my favorite Zelda game, there is no other game in the series that is as replayable.

@Fizza Kirby's Adventure is a pretty enjoyable Kirby game, though I agree with you that it was definitely an early take; it's the second oldest game in the series after all. Nightmare In Dream Land (originally on GBA) gives the game a nice new coat of paint.

As for Metroid, I hope you enjoy your time with Fusion. It's definitely more beginner friendly than earlier entries. While Super Metroid is still my favorite 2D game - though Dread would've beaten this if the E.M.M.I. units hadn't overstayed their welcome IMO - I do agree that trying to pull off wall jumps and shine sparks are both difficult. If you do like Fusion, I recommend looking up the objective best versions of each main series entry. In chronological order, these would be Metroid: Zero Mission > Metroid: Samus Returns > Super Metroid > Metroid: Zero Mission > Metroid Dread. The Prime games are worth looking up too if you haven't already.

Took me a great while( 35hrs), but I finally beat Chained Echoes. Super fun little jrpg that could easily pass for a snes title. Fun combat, decent characters and writing,and the game looks great. The last 4-5 hrs did feel like a slog though and somewhat overstayed its welcome. All and all, definitely a top tier indie game and well worth your time.

I beat Splatoon 3's story mode. Now that I have the badge, I'm going back into the turf wars.

@JadeKitsune Nice!! The final boss was so unexpected and cool. XD I loved it.

Now you can unlock the secret kettle hard level in Alterna. If you beat it, you get the Grizz badge - which has some street cred. It was a bit brutal for me. I think it took me 3-4 hours to beat it.