Topic: Games You Recently Beat?

I beat Severed Steel's campaign mode. Pretty fun, fast paced shooter, though some levels and certain enemy types (the flamethrower guys are the actual worst, especially in tight spaces) were rather frustrating. Other than that though, it was pretty enjoyable.

Also beat Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land. It was alright. Kinda meh tbh. Didn't hate it but it ranks rather low on the Kirby totem pole for me personally

Just finished Breath of the Wild last night! I'm pretty much all ready for Tears of the Kingdom now. TotK won't be out until next month, so I may as well try to do more of the DLC stuff before I get it. They seem to be pretty hard, though.

Whew. I finally finished Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. Overall, my thoughts on this game aren't too strong one way or another. As a whole, I think the game's... alright. And that's fine. However, I can't really say I particularly enjoyed my time with it. Honestly, the only standout for me was the music, and even that tended to get pretty repetitive, especially toward the end of the game. Other than that, I also thought the combat system was pretty interesting. It was unique, held a good amount of strategy, and kept my interest a lot better than most turn-based RPG combat systems do. However, I thought the story was mostly uninteresting and confusing. And some of the English VA was really bad, too. Some of the villains especially felt like there was very little effort put into their performances. The overworld exploration was an absolute drag for the most part; you're basically just walking in a straight line with enemies and items thrown about. And it doesn't help that a lot of the area designs are really bland. I get that it's originally a Wii game, but so many of the worlds were either brown rocks or metal factories, and it got boring pretty quickly.

I guess it says something that I at least felt motivated enough to finish this game, but I just felt a huge sense of relief once it was over, which isn't a great testament to the game overall. I'm sort of left questioning if the Xenoblade series as a whole is really for me. I might try out 2 or 3 at some point, but that is probably going to be quite a ways down the road, as I do definitely need to take a break from the series as a whole for now.

I definitely didn't dislike this game. I think it has some good things going for it, and if you're a fan of the RPG genre you'll probably enjoy it a lot more than I did. But overall, I just don't think JRPGs are really my thing. I can get through them, but it just mostly tends to feel like a chore after a while, which this game did as well for me. I can see this is a well-made game though and I definitely understand why so many people love it. It just didn't click for me.

6/10 Not bad (very subjective, if you love this game please don't hate me)

Finally jumped into New Super Luigi U which I put off since buying the game. It was quite challenging which I expected. But I just finished it tonight. Nice little shake up from the traditional formula.

Elden ring!

Well I have been on the last boss battle in metroid prime remaster for the last 2 months 👎😵‍💫

@Ninfan two months?! Do you need any help? I know it’s a nuisance of a boss fight

@TheBigBlue I know the routine of how to do the 2 bosses, just a mater of time. I did have to find all missile and energy tank upgrades, as I could not beat the boos without them, so I'm waiting a while to have another go, just giving it a break for a minute.. why is there something I'm missing

@Ninfan no you aren’t, two months is just a long time for two bosses and wanted to know if I could provide some tips for them if you so need

@TheBigBlue why, what tips have you for the last boss, 👍😁

@ninfan Not sure how many E-Tanks you have gotten, but getting more may help with it. Also, what helped me was to anticipate switching visors on his 2nd phase. Hope you conquer it soon!

I finished the storyline of Nexomon PS4 just now. 😄
I really enjoy the game as it offered something different than Pokemon games in a good way.
Currently I am in Netherland... I mean Netherworld (Sorry, wrong spelling 😅) to get the Legendaries and all my Nexomon team get Rebirth (Revert back to level 5 in their first form but they will getting stronger as you leveling them up).
Well, I still have a lot of works to do after post game.

I beat Kirby's Blowout Blast. I guess. There's more than double the content beyond just beating the game, and I beat the game in probably 40 minutes, if that.

Expanded from Robobot, this is still the best of the 4 minigames from the 3DS Kirby games. Easily. I did like it and its a neat enough idea for a game, but there's not much to say about it.

Metroid Prime Remastered (Switch)

Mission Accepted

• My first time playing a Prime game, it successfully transitions the formula into the 3rd dimension. The biggest difference between it and the 2D entries is that while those have been evolving to be more quick & action-y, this has a more deliberate, almost puzzle like feel (heck, there's a big plant boss early on that feels very much "traditional 3D Zelda" in it's approach).
• One of these changes is that instead of beam upgrades "stacking" on top of each other making you progressively more powerful, here they are separate equips. While newer beams are generally more efficient at taking out early/mid game enemies than what came before (helping with backtracking), late game areas tend to be populated with foes weak to a specific one, requiring you to switch things up encounter to encounter.
• Another addition that's possible due to the first person perspective is the addition of visor upgrades. While you start out with the standard "battle visor" (your basic view) & "scan visor" (lets you collect data on enemy types & the environment), as you get further in you'll obtain the "thermal visor" (see in the dark & more easily track cloaked enemies) & "x-ray visor" (lets you see what can't otherwise be seen, usually environmental elements like secret paths). These really play into the more deliberate pace of the game.
  
  
• One area where the game really uses the extra dimension to it's advantage is the morph ball sections. These are much more involved than anything you'll see in the 2D games, and I'll admit my jaw kinda dropped a few times, like the section that opens up right before a late game beam upgrade.
  
• I also liked the fact that most of the upgrades seemed to be behind puzzles that were more deliberately built into the environment, rather than just behind a random destructible wall (even though there is some of that). Usually you can tantalizingly see an upgrade, or at least tell there's an environmental puzzle that's clearly hiding something, and it's just up to you to figure out how to obtain it.
• If I had to nitpick, there would be a few changes I'd make to the map. Firstly, I'd have any upgrades that you've scanned be marked on the map until you collect them. Secondly, have some sort of general indicator if a room has an upgrade you haven't collected, even if you haven't scanned it (this can be more vague, not giving away precise location). The 2D games already do the latter, marking the map with a dot if there's an upgrade in the general area.
• Pretty gorgeous game too, I think I'm just going to let these following screenshots do the talking.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Overall, I really enjoyed my time with it, even if I got lost a time or two. I think I prefer the more action-y direction the 2D games are starting to take, but I can only imagine how seminal this must have felt back in the day, given that they nailed the 3D transition the first time out, & with really only Super Metroid beforehand being a good example of the franchise. Glad I finally got to experience it.

Mission Complete.

Got to finish Minish Cap just now. A couple of the bosses were a little too frustrating, but it is a pretty good Zelda game overall. The exploration aspect is awesome, just as I expected, and I did get quite a lot of items from the overworld as I progressed.

High on Life on xbox. What a fun and quirky FPS. Highly recommend it to anyone who can get thier hands on it.

Just beat Advance Wars (the first one) via the Advance Wars 1 + 2: Re-Boot Camp remake last night. I say "beat" and not "complete" because there's a bunch of stuff left to do just in that campaign, let alone the sequel, or all the war room stuff.

For the most part, I'm pretty happy with WayForward's update of this game. It's snappy, the writing (while similar) is even funnier in spots, it looks beautiful on the OLED (especially CO power activation animations and cutscenes), and they made a few smart QoL changes that make the game that much easier to play.

Zero Wing on NSO. ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US.
I was surprised by the ending, let's say that. Most of the deaths I had were due to the very sensitive controls, but thank goodness for rewind.

Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past (3DS) - This one certainly earns the moniker of "one of the longest single player games ever" lol. I finally cleared the main story after 99 hours, though a bit of that was side content and grinding. This amazing, fully 3D remake (And, arguably, the definitive version) almost feels too good for the humble 3DS family; I did encounter some frame slowdown on busier screens in the overworld on my N3DS XL. Typical Dragon Quest fare is present - very little of the normal gameplay loop is changed from other series titles and will feel familiar to fans. Most areas don't have random encounters and instead show enemies on the world map; however, this doesn't always mean much in dungeons with narrow passages. The real addition is the vocation system, basically this game's class system. These are quite fun to experiment with, plus some mastered spells and abilities, depending on class, stick with the characters after they switch vocations.

Plot-wise, VII is decent; it tells its story in vignettes, unlocked by finding fragments and unlocking an island's past, solving a problem, and revisiting it in the present. This is, however, a basic gameplay loop for much of the game and does get a bit same-y after a bit. It fits the pick up and play nature of the 3DS well, and many of the vignettes are entertaining, emotional, and/or unique.

Dragon Quest VII definitely isn't one that I'd recommend as a "first" Dragon Quest title - that honor goes to either V or VIII as of this writing (haven't played XI S yet, which many do recommend) - but it's easily recommended for series fans and those who enjoy experimenting with class/job systems. Even when focusing on the main quest, skipping a lot of text, and ignoring a lot of side content, this one can get long in the tooth. I would call this the definitive version of the game.

@RR529 holy heck that’s the remaster? It looks so clean? What the heck!