What game have you recently beaten?

[Zaladane]

Never knew there was an addon/expansion or whatever for galactic battlegrounds - just finished up the extra 2 campaigns for it. Not bad at all. Love those old Starwars RTS games

[Pokemongenius]

Just got done with Sonic Colors. "no copyright law in the universe will stop me" And Sonic 4 Episode II!

[Inferno.]

I just finished Bioshock Infinite on normal. Repetitive gameplay, but good story. Will probably never play it again.

[Stark]

I just finished Bioshock Infinite on normal. Repetitive gameplay, but good story. Will probably never play it again.

Oh come on, would you kindly play it on hard?

[Inferno.]

Oh come on, would you kindly play it on hard?

Nope, nor will I ever play it on 1999 mode either.

[Zaladane]

Just beat Ultimate Alliance. Despite the fact that it was the PC (beaten this so many times for 360 and PS2 it's not funny) version I opted to not mod the game (after spending almost as much time exploring options to do so) and used the normal Avengers team of Thor, Cap, Carol and Ironman. I primarily used Thor because well he's Thor Godspeed and his Hammer throw is a real killer, threw in his lightning chain for an elemental power and as a finisher. Next up with hard mode unlocked I'm rather stumped as to a team. Been thinking of the following which of course only maybe Cookie may care - characters don't really matter of course because I can just add them. God bless PC games!!!!

Following team ideas..

#1. X-men Blue team consisting of any four of the following: Cyclops, Jubilee, Rogue, Gambit, Beast, Psylocke(multiple mods for this including Revanche etc..) Wolverine, whoever else.

#2. A space bound team consisting of any of the following: Surfer, Nova, Thanos, Mar-vell, Ms marvel, Super Skrull, etc..

#3. A girl team consisting of any of the following: Jubilee, Rahne, Magma, Betsy, Moonstar etc..

#4. A bruiser team consisting of any of the following: Thing, Hulk, Thor, Juggs, Hercules, Cage, etc..

#5. And finally a DC team of the major DC heroes like - Supes, Batman, Wonderwoman, Lobo, Manhunter, Robin etc..

All are viable and modable I just can't decide.

[Céntimo de Oro]

After a long battle of months, yesterday I finally beat three games in the same night: Wrecking Crew (no quick save), Final Fantasy VI and Castlevania Lamment of Innocence. I had nightmares that night.

[Drageuth]

Dragon Fantasy: Book I - Ogden's Story.

Spoiler warning:

There's still more to the game (this is only Chapter 1 of 3), but what I've played I've really enjoyed. The combat system is very similar to the early Dragon Warrior games, including the way battles start up with the popup appearing on the screen, rather than having to go through a whole transition. It makes what little grinding you have to do feel a lot less tedious. At least, not quite as tedious as it could be.

I found that there wasn't much reason to use any of the magic spells after the first few levels, other than the healing ones. And you're given so much MP that you never really have to worry about running out. It makes it easy to clear the game, as long as you are constantly going back to heal your character. All of the weapons that can be purchased at a store can also be found in the caves that you encounter, which is kind of a kick in the balls when you grind for 30 minutes to save up to buy a weapon, but doesn't really feel that detrimental, since you almost never have to buy anything from the store other than weapons/armour unless you really hate using spells for some reason.

The story is a fairly typical story, and anyone who has played any RPGs in the last 25 years has already played this game at least ten times. What really shines here is the main character's interaction with his aging self -- he's going back into "adventure mode" after being retired for 25 years. He's old, out of shape, balding, and has become the laughing stock of the kingdom as "the adventurer who now rescues the princess's kittens from the trees." You will catch a glimpse of his bitter point of view as you talk with NPCs, and you can read books you find on bookshelves throughout the game and get a bit of insight into how out of touch with the world he's become, which makes him feel like an actual human being rather than just a sprite character that you move around. There were times when it felt like I was playing a game with my father -- the slightly confused, "I'm trying to suspend disbelief but this is just ridiculous" moments were exactly like something that he would say, which made the character feel a lot more endearing.

I would say, though, that the biggest worry I have when recommending this to anyone is going to be the monsters. There are a lot of them in the game. I don't know how many types, but there are at least a dozen different enemies, and they all follow the stereotypical "a different color scheme means a stronger enemy!" trope from the olden days. However, a lot of them make cultural references that can sometimes be hit or miss. I enjoy a game with humour, but I'd like that humour to be contained within itself. I'm just going to give a few examples of some of the enemies that you might encounter, and see if these kinds of jokes work for you:

• One of the first enemies that you encounter is Mr. Rock. He performs attacks on you such as "complains about his marriage." Eventually you'll run into Mrs. Rock, who performs attacks such as "cries into her chardonnay." And even later you'll encounter Son of Rock, who has attacks along the lines of "they don't get my music" and "parents just don't understand."
• You will encounter an enemy called Hunka Burnin' Love. He performs attacks such as "steps on your shoes."
• I can't remember what the skeleton dudes say.
• One of the monster types is a werewolf. The werewolf turns into a scared, naked guy who he dies. Very late in the game, you'll come across a werewolf type named Blitzer. Blitzer performs attacks such as "cold, piercing stare," "asks the hard hitting questions," and when he dies he "gets bad ratings. If you don't get this one, a lot of the humour in this game is going to fly over your head.

The game doesn't take itself seriously, which is a plus, especially for a (very) short indie RPG. It's a good time that pays homage to the RPG genre and is still an entertaining title. I've heard that the creator has plans for a 13 part episodic series, but that was almost a year ago and I don't know where they are going with it right now -- there are currently 3.5 episodes available, the .5 being an Intermision episode that doesn't look like a full episode. However, it's all fairly cheap and can be picked up for iOS, Android, P3/PSV, and PC/Mac. If you like old school RPGs and want something to sink your teeth into, but don't really want to commit to a 20 hour grind fest, this is well worth the purchase. It's $9.99 on PSN right now ($7.99 for Plus) and really is very good.

GO BUY IT, SUPPORT INDIES,

[Gare]

So I beat Kara no Shoujo, true ending and all that. All the feels. T___T

...

Time to read the sequel!

[Cookie Monster]

Dead Island

I went ahead and completed the online portion of the game before there's less people playing it and the solo DLC. As far as the story goes, and without spoiling anything, I found the DLC to be more interesting than the game itself..

[Ace Ventura]

Beat Luigi's Mansion for the first time, ever.

100%'d it too.

[FlavaFlave]

Beat Ratchet and Clank: Crack in Time. Thoroughly enjoyed it!

[Drageuth]

Beat Ratchet and Clank: Crack in Time. Thoroughly enjoyed it!

I love almost everything about that game except for the boss battle. I felt the final fight gave the boss too much health, and it really turned into a bore while you waited for your attacks to hurt him ever so slightly. Him and the other guy (can't remember his name) that you can fight on the ship in the post-game after you collect all of the ______ (God I've forgotten so many of their names ) are absolute bullet sponges, and it ruins the fun. I'd rather have a more frantic fight where I'm being attacked directly, rather than dodging attacks by rote and unloading all of my weapons at him.

Personal opinion. I just hate bullet sponge enemies. It's one of my personal pet peeves in a game.

[FlavaFlave]

I love almost everything about that game except for the boss battle. I felt the final fight gave the boss too much health, and it really turned into a bore while you waited for your attacks to hurt him ever so slightly. Him and the other guy (can't remember his name) that you can fight on the ship in the post-game after you collect all of the ______ (God I've forgotten so many of their names ) are absolute bullet sponges, and it ruins the fun. I'd rather have a more frantic fight where I'm being attacked directly, rather than dodging attacks by rote and unloading all of my weapons at him.

Personal opinion. I just hate bullet sponge enemies. It's one of my personal pet peeves in a game.

Dude, I totally agree - Nefarious was pretty easy, and was just fine as a final boss fight, but the evil Lombax and that asshole post credits were just ignorant. The Lombax took me a few tries, but I actually didn't beat the post credit guy - I got so pissed off that I just gave up. I did play the game on Hard, so that probably made it more annoying, but I could get him down to about 20% health, but never seal the deal. I faced him about 12 times, and that was probably about 11 too many, haha.

I'll tell you another ignorant part, the final Arena challenge on the second championship. 20 waves then 2 nasty bosses?? Ugh.....
I did finish that though, but man, that almost made me want to toss a controller a few times.

I still loved the game though - I had a lot of fun with it!

[Drageuth]

Dude, I totally agree - Nefarious was pretty easy, and was just fine as a final boss fight, but the evil Lombax and that asshole post credits were just ignorant. The Lombax took me a few tries, but I actually didn't beat the post credit guy - I got so pissed off that I just gave up. I did play the game on Hard, so that probably made it more annoying, but I could get him down to about 20% health, but never seal the deal. I faced him about 12 times, and that was probably about 11 too many, haha.

I'll tell you another ignorant part, the final Arena challenge on the second championship. 20 waves then 2 nasty bosses?? Ugh.....
I did finish that though, but man, that almost made me want to toss a controller a few times.

I still loved the game though - I had a lot of fun with it!

Fuck, I had to leave the game for a day during that final Arena challenge. I think I almost punched the screen at some points.

The final final boss took me far too long to beat. I think I finally tackled him after completely upgrading everything, and even that was probably a 30 minute fight. Ah well. Still loved that game. I kind of hope Tools of Destruction gets trophy support some day, but I know it'll ever happen.