Topic: Games You Recently Beat?

I finished Steamworld Dig on Wii U in two days every evening yesterday. Downloaded it a few years ago but never got round to it. I didn't mine every single gem but I got enough to get all the upgrades and thus made the final (and only, I think) boss a pretty straightforward clash. It's a really good mix of pick up and play for short bursts and wanting to spend an hour or so rinsing out every last corner of the mines. The fact that the rooms are randomly generated each seperate file, or so I'm led to believe, makes it ripe for definite replayability. And even though there isn't really any penalty for dying, aside from going back to the hub, whether you have loot on you or not, I was still spitting feathers when a block fell on me haha. I'm finally getting through a rather extensive backlog spread across about 7 systems from various gens.

Other recents include BOTW, South Park Stick of Truth, Bayonetta 2 before Xmas.

@Hikingguy My last eBay hurrah was to buy Golden Sun, Golden Sun: The Lost Age (got the two for £25 total, very good condition, manuals, though no box for Lost Age, which is reasonable for the condition in the UK), and Fire Emblem Echoes last week. So I hadn't started my ban then, but they only got delivered yesterday and today. I'm 24 hours clean, I promise

@gcunit: My in-game file shows that I've logged approximately 27 hours, but the time logged on my Wii U is at 34 hours (over the last three weeks). Discounting some of that time where I played through the ending again as well as messed around with the game a few months ago, and the more accurate time would probably be 30-32 hours or so. I did a lot of the optional stuff, so if you're just powering through the game, then your playtime might be shorter.

I'm also notorious for talking to just about everyone in an RPG, so there's that too.

Did you play through it a second time?

@CanisWolfred Of course, finished through the solstice ending. Still sad though, but... yeah, that's what's supposed to happen nonetheless.

I was actually asking because I never did. I opted to just...stick with the happy ending. Was it worth it, though?

@CanisWolfred Very, it explained a lot of the things that happened compared to the first run (and it really differs! Like almost immediately differs). The happy ending is very worth it in my view to get :")

Will miss Niko.

I had finished Portal Knights Nintendo Switch.
Had defeated Hollow King, unlocked almost all island (47 from 48, but still hasn't unlocked the last one. Maybe that's Rainbow Island by DLC item)
Great !
I finished the game even faster than PS4 version (yeah... i could only play ps4 games by borrowing every weekend)

I reached the credits in Super Mario Odyssey last night.

I get that the 'post-game' adds a lot of content, but the campaign was particularly short. I was done in around 20 hours, and that was with a fair amount of arsing around in the mini-games and looking for more moons than I needed etc. And I'm nothing more than an intermediate Mario player.

The game is great, obvs, but in spite of the 'Odyssey' theme, it lacks the epicness I guess I was expecting, and some of the levels were fairly 'ok'. The levels I had the most fun with were Metro and whatever the beach one is called.

I did really enjoy the hour or two I've already put into the post game though, so I will get more out of it, but currently it only occupies about an 87/100 in my head. Not on the same level as BotW, maybe not even the one below either, but let's see how much more I get out of post.

@gcunit That sounds about right.

It's a fun, solid Nintendo game, but it can't compare to a masterpiece level game like BotW, and I'd argue it might not even be the best exclusive on the system. But keep playing. Despite the feelings of disappointment I was left with by the end, my opinion of the game improved significantly as I explored a lot of the post-game content.

Actually, my favorite part of the game was unlocked right after the credits rolled.

I finished Sonic Mania recently using Knuckels, and I have to say the game does get a bit harder when you use him. Honestly, Oil Ocean is a PAIN to pass with Knuckels, but when you pass that level the game becomes a breeze to beat.

Finished Super Metroid last weekend on my SNES mini. It's truly an outstanding game and it still looks and feels well. It ended a bit abruptly, but it is imo opinions one of the best SNES game I've played.

Just finished Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Damn... this game is really... really good. I enjoyed it from the start until the end :')

The music, the atmosphere, the gameplay... I really love it all... This is one of the top JRPG I ever played, and loved hard. I hope that the next works by Monolith Soft will be following in the steps of this! It's just so goooooooood.

Finally finished Pokemon Ultra Sun after my friend kept bothering me about it.
Also finished Wolfenstein: The New Order on PS4 today.

Now on to Assassin's Creed Origins.

I finally got to the end credits of The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes last night. I'll be honest...Overall, I didn't enjoy the game very much. I played in the single player mode since I didn't know anyone who would be interested in local multiplayer and didn't really have the time to lobby for randoms who may or may not stab me in the back and waste my limited gaming time. I knew the single player wasn't as highly recommended, but since I went in pseudo-blind, I didn't think it would be such a pain.

To keep this post from turning into a long praise/rant-fest, I'll just shortlist the pros and cons.

Positives

• I initially wasn't too fond of the game's plot and found the folks of Hytopia to be a bit vain, but then I realized it wasn't bad for the sort of game it was (as TFH isn't a normal Zelda game by definition). In fact, I found the ending quite enjoyable.
• Not all the characters were bland. In fact, I would almost like to see Sir Combsly return at some point.
• The game uses ALBW's engine, so some of the environments look really nice in 3D.
• There were some fun items.
• While some of the bosses were recycled in some manner from ALBW, I liked the mechanics and challenge of them (overall).

Cons

• I felt that the single player was poorly conceived (In fact, I've read that it wasn't added until later). While it's passable and even fun in some parts to use the Doppels, any fun that I was having with the game (minus the bosses) fell by the wayside a little over halfway through.
  (Note: Many of my other cons are related to single player woes)
• Some puzzles and fights are difficult to borderline impossible in single player. It's hectic and frustrating to constantly shift between all three Links to beat a timer or pull off some crazy moves in a timely manner. As much as I hated it, there was more than one stage where I had to skip it in order to progress.
• Drablands challenges (barring the normal stage completion ones), even with practice, are almost impossible in single player.
• The need to have THREE local players instead of (at least) two; I did have someone interested in playing with me at one point, but we couldn't find a third person. Seriously, was it so hard to set up some of the mechanics for this game to be more like how Four Swords Anniversary Edition was handled?
• This is more of an observation than a true con, to be honest. While I wouldn't exactly call this game lazy since some (key word) work was clearly put into it, even with the DLC I felt that it didn't justify its launch price. I'm really glad that I received this as a gift instead of shelling out for it myself.

Taking the compliments that I've seen about the multiplayer and online co-op into account, Tri Force Heroes isn't what I would call a bad game. I just don't believe it's a good Zelda game and feel like a lot of the concepts should have been better fleshed out or redrawn entirely. Honestly, I feel like it would have been better suited as a multiplayer-only spinoff eshop title. I may pick it up again eventually if I ever find enough people for local multiplayer or desire to try playing the game with online randoms, but I really have no desire to play it any longer at the present time. Quite frankly, this game is currently sitting near the bottom of my "favorite Zelda games" list.

Just finished Resident Evil Revelations for the first time on the PS3 last night since owning it since dec 2015 at least that is when I got my first trophy for the game. Trying to get rid of some backlog games right now since there isn't really anything I want to buy on the Switch right now. Next up will be either Red Dead Redemption or Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, alone with finishing up Super Mario Odyssey.

I'm agreeing with this. I thought even the gameplay was really clumsy, and I played the game at the time it was new.

Finally managed to finish the last 2 chapters of Kid Icarus: Uprising. I enjoyed the game a lot, especially the constant banter between all the characters. The parts I most liked about the banter is when the fourth wall is broken, and it gets broken so much it may as well not exist. I would have to say Hewdraw is one of my favorite bosses, as its banter changes depending on the order in which you defeat its heads. The control method worked well for the game, but unfortunately not for my wrist. Most of the time I ended up resting the 3DS on my knee or on the edge of a table.

I hope Nintendo will decide to make a follow up to this game, but let's hope it won't be another 20 years between releases (NES 1987, Gameboy 1992, 3DS 2012). I can live with a 3DS or Switch sequel, but I would love to see what Pit would look like on a home console.

Rayman Legends (2013)

I feel about this game the same way I feel about Mario Galaxy 2. It's a great sequel but to me doesn't have quite the same impact/novelty factor as playing the first game for the first time.

The game looks just as sharp and smooth as the original, with each world having a certain theme. I found it to be easier than Origins overall, with less trial and error. Speaking of Origins, they added 40 levels from that game, which is a welcome extra.

The weakest point of the game IMO were the Murfy levels. In the Vita version, the character walks automatically and you control Murfy via touchscreen. Murfy helps by raising platforms, paralizing enemies and such. I find not having direct control of you character pretty annoying, since they're constantly doing something you don't want they doing.
They're not completely awful or game ruining, but I really wish there were less of them.

I had heard it to be a difficult game, but I finished Shovel Knight & Plague of Shadows. I did have some difficulty in some spots, but never to a point where I felt I couldn't do it, which makes me wonder about what I heard about its difficulty.

That said, I feel like hearing that a game is difficult has kept me from trying out other games of similar difficulty. Has anyone else finished games like this that had that reputation?