What game have you recently beaten?

Just finished AC: Revelations. Still a solid game, but this was probably my least favorite game in the Ezio trilogy. I enjoyed Brotherhood and AC2 much more.

A couple of weeks ago me and a mate finished Ninja Gaiden 1-3 (on NES of course) and we also beat Contra III playing two guys with one controller (WHICH WAS AWESOME!), although we only did it on easy.

Wanted to see if I could beat Ninja Gaiden 1 on my own. Did so in a bit over an hour. It... really isn't that hard. People suck etc.

Beat Uncharted on Hard.

I've managed to beat 3 games in a week (my personal record) X3.

- Amnesia: The Dark Descent ("Demo version")
- Slender (managed to get all 8 pages just in time) X3
- Megaman X4 (recently)

Jak & Daxter HD :platinum:

Very easy game. It's also aged graciously, although the controls have definitely taken a hit. The camera gets hung up on the environment more often than I'd care to admit, and the action buttons feel extremely stiff -- there were quite a few times that I didn't double jump or attack, even though I explicitly told the game that's what I was doing. Having to press hard on each button at certain points got rather frustrating. The movement controls were pretty good for the most part, but Jak kind of... slides... at times, which makes some of the platforming sections unnecessarily difficult. Couple that with a shoddy camera and stiff controls, and there were definitely times that I wanted to throw my controller against the wall.

But the story is light hearted and fun, the game looked great, and it's a solid first entry in a series. I'm really liking these HD collections, since most of them are for games that came out during the PS2 era that I never got a chance to play when they were first released, on account of not owning a PS2 until recently.

recently i have beaten.
Dishonored, on ps3 (its a fun game but a little short for my liking, people argue that its a long game if you count in all the searching for runes and doing sidequests and reading notes and books etc. but i still find it a bit short it only had like 9 stages, it is fun though)

Dragons Dogma, on ps3 ( excellent game the gameplay is so much fun probably the best medievil fantasy rpg game i have ever played. don't get me wrong oblivion and skyrim were fun but the battling and gameplay on this game is just so fun like a devil may cry + shadow of the collusus combo but with rpg elements.)

Sleeping Dogs, on ps3 (a fun GTA type game set in china where your an asian guy and you know kung fu its a fun game i love it)

Just beat Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Impact. I'd have to say it's the best game out of the series so far. They just get better and better. Super hard more was a bit harder than I was expecting but still satisfying xD

Can't wait for the next one

Final Fantasy 8. Took over a decade but I finally got around to it.

Just finished Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier a few days ago. The story's nothing special, but mother of god, the battle system is so over-the-top and awesome. Music's also pretty good, especially Haken's theme :D

Also beat Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. I like the battle system in this one as well. It's cool to have to learn the attack patterns of all enemies in order to dodge and counter their attacks.

Frobot 100% XD yeah i'd play anything Wiiware on my hacked wii. Also Donkey Kong Country in less than 2 hours with about 70% not to shabby eh.

Contra: The Hard Corps

Thanks goodness for a lifebar patch!

Assassins creed 3
Skyrim main story 5th time lol
Legend of Zelda Skyward sword (wii)Portal 2
Game of Thrones (calling it challenging is a understatement xD)
Limbo
Slender
Erie
SCP containment breach
If you havent played skyrim it will be $10 on black friday and AC3 will be $40(?)

Rayman 3 was quite fun.

Moving onto The Suffering, gonna put more time in the Kirby collection and might wrap up NMH2.

Jak II :platinum:

General impressions of the game: storyline was awesome, controls were shit, difficulty spikes were bullshit, someone needs to fix that camera, mandatory minigames are stupid.

I don't feel like writing up a full review. :lol

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Jak II :platinum:

General impressions of the game: storyline was awesome, controls were shit, difficulty spikes were bullshit, someone needs to fix that camera, mandatory minigames are stupid.

I don't feel like writing up a full review. :lol

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Man, I need to get round to playing Jak III before you do :lol

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Originally Posted by Stark

Man, I need to get round to playing Jak III before you do :lol

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I'll probably be starting it either tonight or tomorrow evening. So get on it. :P

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I'll probably be starting it either tonight or tomorrow evening. So get on it. :P

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lol, I might do. My Keyboard and Mouse batteries are about to crap out (already had to swap them 5 minutes ago) so I'll have to charge them in a while. :S

Yakuza

It was better than I thought it would be. 8.5/10

Onto Yakuza 2.

Fallout New Vegas :platinum:

After 170 hours and more than a hundred of missions completed, I think I can bring my adventures in the Mojave wasteland to a close. Can't really say that I liked any of the endings :/

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Fallout New Vegas :platinum:

After 170 hours and more than a hundred of missions completed, I think I can bring my adventures in the Mojave wasteland to a close. Can't really say that I liked any of the endings :/

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I agree that the endings weren't the best - I was sad when my poor robotic dog bit the dust. He survived the whole journey with me and got put down during the assault on the Dam. It did have a nice montage of him during the ending though, I thought that was really nice.

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Fallout New Vegas :platinum:

After 170 hours and more than a hundred of missions completed, I think I can bring my adventures in the Mojave wasteland to a close. Can't really say that I liked any of the endings :/

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Yeah the endings are pretty crap. And I don't like how your associations don't really matter once you've done a couple of things on the strip. Still one of my faves though

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I agree that the endings weren't the best - I was sad when my poor robotic dog bit the dust. He survived the whole journey with me and got put down during the assault on the Dam. It did have a nice montage of him during the ending though, I thought that was really nice.

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I didn't use companions except for their side missions for that reason, I was playing on hardcore and didn't want to risk losing them.

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Yeah the endings are pretty crap. And I don't like how your associations don't really matter once you've done a couple of things on the strip. Still one of my faves though

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Yeah, parts of the endings were scripted and no matter what you did, that couldn't be changed.
Still enjoyable despite the glitches and the multiple freezes.

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I didn't use companions except for their side missions for that reason, I was playing on hardcore and didn't want to risk losing them.



Yeah, parts of the endings were scripted and no matter what you did, that couldn't be changed.
Still enjoyable despite the glitches and the multiple freezes.

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I found using companions could glitch up the game even more and never really used them except for that one trophy/achivement as well. I remember Ed-E simply dissapearing on my first playthrough, it eventually showed up much much later.

Having Cassidy killed in that one mission where you have to was neat though :wacko:

I really have to get it again someday to try the DLC.

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Fallout New Vegas :platinum:

After 170 hours and more than a hundred of missions completed, I think I can bring my adventures in the Mojave wasteland to a close. Can't really say that I liked any of the endings :/

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Man, that's a huge time sink. Don't think I'd have the patience the plat that one.

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Man, that's a huge time sink. Don't think I'd have the patience the plat that one.

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If you keep a couple of things in mind through/via a walkthrough (I don't want to give too much away) and without DLC it's nowhere near that long. Play on Hardcore right from the beginning and keep a couple of choice saves and you can do it rather fast. I once went through the game normally and only hit level 9 and beat it in less than 12 hours (not getting all trophys/achievements which I had already done of course) It is my only Plat, yet I had played it a few times beforehand on the 360. Out of the few PS3 games I've played it's a fairly easy plat.

Jackal on Nes

Can't believe i'm still good at it after so many years:cool:

Asphalt 6

the last games i beat was in this order
dragonquest 8 / pcsx2 PS: runs great on pcsx2
actraiser/Zsnes PS:this game never gets old
metal gear peace walker/ps3 PS:i like this better than snake eater
final fantasy 13-2/ps3 PS:great job squarenix you gave the fans a decent rpg for once

Xenosaga Episode 1 Japanese finished! ^_^ I know I'm a shameless fangirl, but I still love it, even after all these years, and honestly it was the most fun I've had with a game in god only knows how long, as well as one of the only games I've actually finished this year. ^^;;; I still can't believe how well directed the cutscenes are for its age, and since the game is mostly cutscenes anyway, it's actually aged strangely well. It hadn't been all that long since I played it last, though, and I remembered it well enough that I wound up basically killing the game at a really low level with a game timer of about twenty hours. I guess next time I should wait a little longer if I actually want it to be challenging. :'D

On to the much maligned second episode! Which I never actually minded that much anyway, as I was quite willing to look past its problems for Yuki Kajiura's music and all the delicious Jr. and Albedo it provided. ^^;;; It'll also be substantially cooler than it was the last time I played it, both because the game finally runs off a PS2 harddisk and you can bypass the crappy loading times and choppy battle transition effects, and because because the awful changes they made to the English voice cast in the second episode aren't mirrored in the Japanese cast, which remains consistent across all three games. Whee~! ^^;;;

Tales of Innocence and The Legend of Kage 2

Resident Evil 6 finally!

You don't even want to know my thoughts. However, not looking forward to professional. Simply because of how long and dull the game is. :dread:

Beat The Last Story. A superb game that any Wii owner should have (granted you like action RPGs).

Just finished the campaign for Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault. As advertised, it was a very short game (the replay value is apparently hinged on the online). Still, what little storyline present was actually interesting. I was skeptical about the tower defense part of the game -- the only reason I bought this game was because it was part of the R&C franchise, and thus far I have not played an R&C game that I haven't enjoyed. However, they managed to pull off something that doesn't require you be a great strategist to complete the main game.

All and all, I'm happy with my purchase thus far. And for $20, can't really go wrong. I'll write up a full "review" once I try the online.

Wrapped up Artorias of the Abyss dlc for Dark Souls, decided to finish off the last few achievements while I was at it. Though that required me to play through the game twice, so I many have gotten a bit carried away in that respect. :wacko:

Not sure if I posted this before, but I recently beat Contra on Famicom. Also beat Renegade too.

Beat Black Ops 2. :nod:

Persona 4 Arena

Finished Xenosaga 1 in Japanese, now playing through Xenosaga 1+2 on DS.

I recently finished Crash Bandicoot 1 on Playstation One. Attachment 35648

Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault :platinum:

Okay, now that I've played the online for a bit, I'm ready to give this game a full review.

Spoiler warning:

In short: it's a lot of fun. If you were looking for a full entry in the R&C universe, you might be disappointed -- this was deliberately made as a cheaper budget title to fill the void between other games from the looks of it and doesn't offer much in the way of a decent story. What's there is cohesive enough to keep the game itself together, but it doesn't move the overall story arc forward at all, and is largely forgettable.

The campaign has a completely different feel than multiplayer does. While the general idea behind the game is a mixture of tower defense and over-the-top weaponry that the Ratchet series is known for, you get get through the majority of the campaign (admittedly only 5 levels plus a boss level) without worrying too much about the defense part. I made it through the vast majority of the game using barriers and Warmonger turrets and fully upgraded weapons. They worked wonders against the vast majority of enemies. By the time I had finished each level a handful of times there were still turrets/defenses that I hadn't bothered using yet, since I didn't see the point because weapons/ammo were almost always readily available.

Also, if you're looking for ways to extend your SP experience, like every Ratchet & Clank game, the campaign comes with a large selection of Skill Points to try and achieve. They range from the simple "finish each level without losing a generator" to "defeat 250 enemies with <insert-weapon-here>" and "finish the level faster than an Insomniac employee" (most of them aren't difficult, but they can be a mad-rush and change your priorities in the game. To get the "Olympian" skill point for the first level you have to beat it in 10 minutes. To get the "Insomniac Challenge" skill point you have to beat it in 7:23. It's not hard, but there's not a lot of room for error). There's plenty there to keep you occupied if you want to prolong the SP experience, but they do get rather repetitive and don't really offer any tangible reward.

Now, just because you think you're good at the single player doesn't mean you'll be good at multiplayer. That's an entirely different game, and actually was a lot of fun -- although being pitted against someone who is strategically superior than you in every way is rather demoralizing. There were a couple of games that I played where I was absolutely crushed, but managed to use some of the techniques used against me in order to destroy other players later. So I suppose it was a win-win situation. :wacko:

The basic setup for multiplayer is this:

• Recon
  • There are seven weapon stations scattered throughout every map. In order to acquire any weapons beyond your standard Combuster, you have to go forth and take over one of these generators. They also act as your means of collecting bolts to purchase defenses and soldiers -- the more you possess, the more bolts you will receive during the defense stage (see below). This part is spent rushing around the map trying to take over as many weapons stations as possible while making sure you don't lose too many at the same time. It's basically a mad dash all around the map, and can be rather exhilarating if both you and your enemy are trying to take over the same station.
• Squad
  • This is where you will spend a bit of time beefing up your defenses, and where the bolts from all the weapons stations you took over start pouring in. Your first priority should be defending your base -- at least some preliminary defenses should always been maintained. This is also where you will purchase troopers to assault their base - you can choose between your basic peons, brawlers, demolition experts, and motherfuckin' tanks. They don't dick around with the last one, although he'll cost you 5000 bolts (which can be a hefty sum if your opponent is good). Spend all of your bolts wisely, and wait for...
• Assault
  • This is where you attack your opponent's base and try and destroy their six generators. The more soldiers you send towards them, the better chances you have of defeating them. Also, the better your defenses are set up, the likelihood of your survival increases. Depending on who you are against, this stage can either be a cakewalk or a living nightmare. I fought one guy who just had the bare minimum of defenses and poured all of his money into brawler troops, which my defenses took out easily while I raped his base. Then there was another guy who annihilated all of my weapons stations so severely that I couldn't keep up with reclaiming them, had no money left to defend with, and was destroyed by 6 tanks stomping in one after another. It can either be a nightmare or a dream, but it's always a blast.

Multiplayer was definitely the main focus behind the game, as it's going to be what determines its longevity. It's definitely a rewarding experience, but I unfortunately can see the community for it dying out fairly quickly. If there are more than a handful of people still playing multiplayer this time next year, I would be amazed. It's unfortunate that such a fun experience is probably going to be ignored by a lot of people. Then again, the EU release hasn't hit yet, so maybe there's still hope for it. :top: I definitely wouldn't mind seeing more of these budget titles from other franchises that don't attempt to be Game of the Year of All Years, and are just about having fun at an affordable price, which Full Frontal Assault nailed perfectly.

The TL;DR: for $20, it's a great budget title that can give you a few months of entertainment if you stick to the multiplayer. It's not perfect, and the community is a little slow getting going, but if you're looking for a new kind of multiplayer environment, this is definitely a great game. You may be in for a steep learning curve in the multiplayer depending how long you wait to pick it up, though.