Re: Games Beaten 2016
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 7:18 pm
First 50:
51. Ori and the Blind Forest - Xbox One
52. AM2R - PC
53. Total Annihilation - PC
54. I Am Setsuna - PS4
55. Planetary Annihilation Titans - PC
56. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - PC
57. Dark Reign - Rise of the Shadowhand - PC
58. Dragon Age Inquisition - Jaws of Hakkon - PC
59. Dragon Age Inquisition - The Descent - PC
60. Dragon Age Inquisition - Trespasser - PC
61. The Witcher 3 - Hearts of Stone - PC
62. The Witcher 3 - Blood & Wine - PC
63. ReCore - Xbox One
64. Final Fantasy Tactics - PS1
65. Resident Evil 6 - PC
66. Knuckles Chaotix - 32X
67. Assault Suit Leynos - PS4
68. Might & Magic 2 - Gate to Another World - PC
69. Might & Magic 4 - Clouds of Xeen - PC
70. Might & Magic 5 - Darkside of Xeen - PC
71. Might & Magic 4&5 - World of Xeen - PC
72. Rise of the Triad - PC
73. Batman Arkham Knight - PC
74. Rise of the Triad (2013) - PC
75. Dishonored 2 - PC
76. TIS-100 - PC
77. Tyranny - PC
78. StarCraft II - Nova Covert Ops - PC
If you're like me you like RTS's but are terrible at them against a real person. Blizzard has heard you and released a new campaign pack for StarCraft II focusing on Nova. It's the closest we're ever going to get to StarCraft Ghost. And it's pretty fun on its own; definitely worth the money I spent.
Nova Covert Ops is set after the events of Legacy of the Void. It's clear from this and the upcoming Timothy Zahn book that Blizzard still enjoys the universe and seems to be settling in to seeing how the races get along now that there's no eldritch abominations forcing them to all out fight. This story follows around Nova; at the start she wakes up with amnesia and an ominous message on her visor; she needs to escape because the people she's currently staying with are terrible. Soon it becomes clear that you were being used by forces attempting to destabilize the Terran Dominion and bring the Korpulu sector back to war. Naturally you need to stop this, uncovering clues as to why you had amnesia and what's going on.
The game takes the most cues from Heart of the Swarm; the focus is on the Nova hero unit and throughout the campaign you unlock various pieces of gear for her. You end up with four gear slots, each of which can be swapped in between missions (and in one case, during a mission). These can give you special abilities, attribute boosts, and even changing your weapons. About half the missions are solo "installation" missions, while the other half are more standard base building missions. For the base building missions you will unlock several upgrades for your units that can be swapped between the various units, but also can only be used on one unit at a time. For example, if you give your Marauders the ability to be built without a tech bay then you can't give that upgrade to your Siege Tanks. This gives you a fair amount of flexibility in where you want to focus your energies during the missions, and it lets you customize your army to suit your playstyle.
The whole thing is 9 missions long and each mission lasts about half an hour. There's a mix of objectives in it as well, so things stay pretty fresh throughout. The campaign doesn't overstay its welcome; it's just about the right size for what they're trying to do with it.
51. Ori and the Blind Forest - Xbox One
52. AM2R - PC
53. Total Annihilation - PC
54. I Am Setsuna - PS4
55. Planetary Annihilation Titans - PC
56. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - PC
57. Dark Reign - Rise of the Shadowhand - PC
58. Dragon Age Inquisition - Jaws of Hakkon - PC
59. Dragon Age Inquisition - The Descent - PC
60. Dragon Age Inquisition - Trespasser - PC
61. The Witcher 3 - Hearts of Stone - PC
62. The Witcher 3 - Blood & Wine - PC
63. ReCore - Xbox One
64. Final Fantasy Tactics - PS1
65. Resident Evil 6 - PC
66. Knuckles Chaotix - 32X
67. Assault Suit Leynos - PS4
68. Might & Magic 2 - Gate to Another World - PC
69. Might & Magic 4 - Clouds of Xeen - PC
70. Might & Magic 5 - Darkside of Xeen - PC
71. Might & Magic 4&5 - World of Xeen - PC
72. Rise of the Triad - PC
73. Batman Arkham Knight - PC
74. Rise of the Triad (2013) - PC
75. Dishonored 2 - PC
76. TIS-100 - PC
77. Tyranny - PC
78. StarCraft II - Nova Covert Ops - PC
If you're like me you like RTS's but are terrible at them against a real person. Blizzard has heard you and released a new campaign pack for StarCraft II focusing on Nova. It's the closest we're ever going to get to StarCraft Ghost. And it's pretty fun on its own; definitely worth the money I spent.
Nova Covert Ops is set after the events of Legacy of the Void. It's clear from this and the upcoming Timothy Zahn book that Blizzard still enjoys the universe and seems to be settling in to seeing how the races get along now that there's no eldritch abominations forcing them to all out fight. This story follows around Nova; at the start she wakes up with amnesia and an ominous message on her visor; she needs to escape because the people she's currently staying with are terrible. Soon it becomes clear that you were being used by forces attempting to destabilize the Terran Dominion and bring the Korpulu sector back to war. Naturally you need to stop this, uncovering clues as to why you had amnesia and what's going on.
The game takes the most cues from Heart of the Swarm; the focus is on the Nova hero unit and throughout the campaign you unlock various pieces of gear for her. You end up with four gear slots, each of which can be swapped in between missions (and in one case, during a mission). These can give you special abilities, attribute boosts, and even changing your weapons. About half the missions are solo "installation" missions, while the other half are more standard base building missions. For the base building missions you will unlock several upgrades for your units that can be swapped between the various units, but also can only be used on one unit at a time. For example, if you give your Marauders the ability to be built without a tech bay then you can't give that upgrade to your Siege Tanks. This gives you a fair amount of flexibility in where you want to focus your energies during the missions, and it lets you customize your army to suit your playstyle.
The whole thing is 9 missions long and each mission lasts about half an hour. There's a mix of objectives in it as well, so things stay pretty fresh throughout. The campaign doesn't overstay its welcome; it's just about the right size for what they're trying to do with it.