Games Beaten 2017

HLTB · Post by **Xeogred** » Sat Sep 30, 2017 4:32 pm

pierrot wrote:
Xeogred wrote:Do you guys count Freeplay arcade ports as "beaten" when you've cleared them? I've beaten a bunch on Steam the past few months but haven't been counting them.

Just beat Metal Slug 3 at 32 continues. How many quarters did this game take?

This series is cool but I like the more methodical Contra games way more.

I tend to, yeah. I usually like to have my credits used be under $5, or so (at $0.25 per credit) for games that I feel like aren't meant to be beaten with only one.

In terms of Metal Slug, though, have you played the first two? I find them to be the most fun, because they're actually reasonable to beat in one to four credits. By Metal Slug X, things get a little out of control. Part of that is potentially the lack of slowdown, compared to Metal Slug 2, but I just don't prefer the Metal Slug games, from X on, trying to fill a sack with my quarters to beat me over the head with.

Maybe I'll add them to my list, might get close to hitting that 100 this year haha.

I did run through Metal Slug 1 earlier this week. But I was seeing that X is a remake of 2 of sorts that came out later, so I went for 3 next. I definitely like 1 more. 3 is cool technically and all, but it was way too ridiculous and an obvious quarter eater. I guess I'll expect X to be like that too.

Post by **ElkinFencer10** » Sat Sep 30, 2017 9:12 pm

Xeogred wrote:Do you guys count Freeplay arcade ports as "beaten" when you've cleared them?

I do, but I'm also the guy who's legit dropped $25 on an arcade game in one sitting before because I'm stubborn af.

PartridgeSenpai wrote:Surely you still gotta beat most of the story mode to unlock normal Mewtwo, though, right? You've still got that to look forward to in terms of a goal for the story mode. You probably need to finish what you had to for old Shadow Mewtwo to get all the supports anyways, yes? Just curious. No unlockable fighters would make that game FAR better to me (I've wailed on about that plenty on here before though, so I'm not gonna go into it again)

Then this is the game for you; EVERYTHING except trainer titles and costume options is unlocked from the get-go.

Games Beaten in 2017 So Far - 104
* denotes a replay

January (10 Games Beaten)

February (12 Games Beaten)

March (6 Games Beaten)

April (9 Games Beaten)

May (14 Games Beaten)

June (10 Games Beaten)

July (20 Games Beaten)

August (9 Games Beaten)

September (14 Games Beaten)

104. White Day: A Labyrinth Called School - PlayStation 4 - September 30

Back in 2001, there was a PC horror game released exclusively in South Korea called White Day: A Labyrinth Named School, and while being released exclusively in Korean and in South Korea kept it from attaining worldwide fame, it did garner somewhat of a cult following. In 2015, the game was remade for mobile phones and released originally exclusively in South Korea before getting a worldwide release a few months later. In August of 2017, it was ported to Windows and PlayStation 4 with a worldwide release.

When I first read that White Day was not only getting released in North America but a physical release as well (though the physical release came out a month after the digital release), I was extremely excited. I'd not heard of the original game before reading about this remake, but I'm a big fan of East Asian horror. Western horror so often relies on serial killers or natural monsters (zombies, werewolves, etc), but Eastern horror is far more likely to be rooted in religious mythology and the supernatural, and I find stories with those themes to be FAR more interesting and frightening.

A little history lesson (since I am, after all, a history teacher) for those who aren't familiar with the holiday White Day (I wasn't before I googled it for the game) - White Day is a companion holiday to Valentine's Day celebrated primarily in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam. Valentine's Day, like in the West, is February 14, but it's traditionally just for girls to give chocolates to guys either out of romantic interest, friendly courtesy, or social obligation. White Day, on the other hand, is always one month later - March 14 - and when guys are expected to "return the favor" so to speak. They give chocolate and gifts to girls they fancy, but there's also a social expectation that they give gifts to any girls who gave them something on Valentine's Day regardless of their personal feelings for her. Also, as a bit of fun trivia, there's a social rule of thumb that a guy's White Day gift needs to be two to three times the approximate value of the Valentine's Day gift he was given. Anyway, the premise of the game White Day is that you're this high school student in South Korea who recently transferred to a new school. You notice that this girl you have a crush on left her diary at the school, so you go to the school at night to give her the diary and the White Day gift you got for her (I assume by putting them in her desk or something; that's never made clear). I'm just kind of assuming that showing up at your high school at 9 pm isn't nearly as weird in Japan and South Korea as it would be in the United States because it seems not to be an uncommon setting for Eastern horror games.

To avoid big spoilers, I'll keep the conflict explanation brief, but basically the high school's main building was used as a hospital during the Korean War, and a lot of wounded soldiers and civilians are thought to have died there. There was also a "cursed" pond on the property that trapped the soul of anyone who died in it. The school eventually needed to expand and erected a new building on top of the pond after filling it - the Korean equivalent of building a house on a Native American burial ground, I presume - and eternally screwing up the building's feng shui and basically turning it into the Bobby Mackey's Korean Music World. At 10 pm, the school's doors automatically lock or something, so you and these three other dumb chicks are trapped in this hella haunted school that's patrolled at night by a couple of legitimately psychopathic janitors with baseball bats. Between the pissed off ghosts, insane custodians, and typical high school drama when you've got three chicks and dude trapped in the same building under stress, you have to find a way to escape the school without getting possessed, mutilated, or bludgeoned to death. Unfortunately, the story is only a little more clearly told by than the game than it was in these past two paragraphs.

If I didn't know that it's the remake of a 16 year old game, I'd say that it was inspired by Outlast and Amnesia because the complete lack of combat ability is very reminiscent of those games especially Outlast. Throughout most of the game, you're by yourself as you try to solve the mysteries of the school's dark history, find out what's going on with your classmates, and find a way out of the school. The choices you make along the way determine your ending, and there are 12 possible endings, giving the game a lot of replay value. Fortunately each playthrough only takes between six and seven hours on average, so it's not a particularly daunting game to play through multiple times. Some of the puzzles do bring to mind puzzles in the older Resident Evil games albeit simpler puzzles, and that's absolutely a good thing. The various puzzles and riddles aren't terribly difficult to figure out, but most of them do require you to stop and think for a minute or two. In that regard, the gameplay and overall game design are both extremely well done.

Graphically, the game looks very good when you consider its origins; it is, after all, a port of an Android and iOS game. The sound design, unfortunately, leaves a lot to be desired; the game may look very nice, but it sounds terrible. The voice acting, while not nearly as bad as Pokken Tournament's, is very hit or miss. One of the characters sounds fine - not great, but not awful - but the others all sound like actual high school students recorded the dialogue for a class project. It's not just the voice acting, either; the sound effects and enemy sounds are horrible. The janitors will whistle this same tune that doesn't even flow particularly well over and over again, and while it's great for giving you a rough idea of where they are in relation to you, it gets annoying quickly. Most the ghosts' sound effects feel rather bland, but the biggest offender is the final "boss." You know those cheap Halloween decorations at Walmart and Dollar General that just go "OoOoOoOoOoOoO" when you press a button, and you're about ready to kill your kid if he pushes again after the second time? That's the boss - completely uninterrupted - over and over again for the entire fight. It's unbearable, and it legitimately put a big ol' mark in the game's "minus" column for me.

One thing that the game does get very VERY right, however, is the atmosphere, and that creepy atmosphere makes up for its serious sound sins. White Day isn't scary because there are hoards of zombies chasing you while you have precious few bullets, and it's not scary because there's a giant mutated behemoth after your blood; it's scary because it establishes the feeling of alienation and isolation extremely well. It's really not even the janitors that are scary although being chased by them isn't pleasant by any means; they're more of an annoyance than anything else. The general feel and mood of the game is what makes it so damn creepy, and that's EXACTLY the kind of feeling that I want from a horror game. The little touches are also done better than just about any game I've ever played. Unexplained footsteps can be heard above you, a knock on the window will jar you from your puzzle solving, and random rattling glass will startle you when the suspense winds you up too tightly. Almost absent are jump scares, and "almost" is the operative word there; there are really only two or three jump scares in the game, and because they're so scarce, the very few that are in the game are used to great effect.

I feel very conflicted about White Day, truthfully. It looks nice, the school's backstory is really interesting, and the atmosphere is almost flawlessly executed; but the storytelling leaves some to be desired, the voice acting is bad, and the general sound effect design is just terrible. All things considered, however, I still think that this is worth playing for horror fans and especially fans of Eastern horror. Preferably borrow it from a friend or wait for a good Steam sale, but despite the game's flaws, it's still a good time. I thoroughly enjoyed my six hours with it, and I fully intend to come back to it later to see some of the other endings.

Post by **Segata** » Sat Sep 30, 2017 9:24 pm

I have been very interested in White Day. I think I will still get it when it's a little cheaper.

Post by **Sarge** » Sat Sep 30, 2017 9:45 pm

January:

February:

March:

April:

May:

June:

July:

August:

September:
75) The Mafat Conspiracy (NES) (5.0) (9/1) (~1.5 hours)
76) Snake's Revenge (NES) (8.0) (9/4) (~4 hours)
77) Ys: Memories of Celceta (VITA) (7.5) (9/4) (~25 hours?)
78) Skate or Die 2: The Search for Double Trouble (NES) (5.0) (9/7) (~2 hours)
79) 1943: The Battle for Midway (NES) (7.0) (9/9) (~2.5 hours)
80) Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom (ARC/360) (5.0) (9/9) (~1 hour)
81) Arkista's Ring (NES) (6.0) (9/9) (~1 hour)
82) Bad Dudes (NES) (4.0) (9/9) (~45 minutes)
83) G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor (NES) (7.0) (9/10) (~2 hours)
84) Target: Renegade (NES) (2.0) (9/10) (~1 hour)
85) Gyruss (NES) (8.5) (9/11) (~1 hour)
86) Renegade (NES) (3.5) (9/12) (~30 minutes)
87) Metroid: Samus Returns (3DS) (9.0) (9/18) (11h35m) (16h total time)
88) Rambo (NES) (4.5) (9/19) (~3 hours)
89) Return of Double Dragon (SFC) (8.0) (9/20) (~1 hour)
90) Wizards & Warriors (NES) (6.5) (9/21) (~1.5 hours)
91) Wizards & Warriors III - Kuros: Visions of Power (NES) (6.5) (9/23) (~4 hours)
92) Wolverine (NES) (3.0) (9/23) (~1 hour)
93) The Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper (NES) (6.0) (9/23) (~1 hour)
94) Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II (NES) (6.5) (9/24) (~2 hours)
95) The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino and Hoppy (NES) (6.0) (9/24) (~1 hour)
96) RodLand (NES) (7.0) (9/30) (~1 hour)
97) Gradius (NES) (7.0) (9/30) (~30 minutes)
98) Life Force (NES) (8.0) (9/30) (~1 hour)
99) Gradius II (NES) (8.0) (9/30) (~1 hour)

Before anyone gets amazed or something, this were not "legit" wins. I did use save states. I think I could make it without it, but it would take some practice.

RodLand is a neat, Bubble Bobble-style arcade port. It plays quite well, and does enough to differentiate itself from others of its ilk. I think this came out in Europe as well, but I played the Japanese version.

Gradius, for its vintage, is a remarkable piece of programming. It's pretty easy if you can stay powered up, but that's a big if! All of them are pretty much the same in that regard...

...although Life Force is probably the most lenient of the three, simply because you can continue in-place after dying. The biological motif works well as a change of pace, and would also be seen...

...in Gradius II, which feels like a mashup of the original game and elements from Life Force. You can also become an outright ball of doom, since the available options has been bumped up from two to four. And knowing which weapon to use is very important; while you can do a lot with the laser in all of the games, there are segments where having the Double is far more helpful for its defensive properties. Also, if possible, hang on to the right number of powerups to re-enable your shield.

I'm not a big shooter fan, overall, but I can see the quality here. Gradius II in particular oozes polish, but I also love the vertically-scrolling stages from Life Force. I think that's my biggest hangup with the series as a whole, I prefer vertical scrollers to horizontal ones. It shouldn't make that much of a difference, but it does to me!

Post by **BoneSnapDeez** » Sat Sep 30, 2017 9:57 pm

Xeogred wrote:Do you guys count Freeplay arcade ports as "beaten" when you've cleared them? I've beaten a bunch on Steam the past few months but haven't been counting them.

Yes.

Once I see an end screen or the game loops = beaten.

Post by **dsheinem** » Sun Oct 01, 2017 7:01 am

Games Beaten 2017
Inside - PS4
Street Fighter V - PS4
TIMEframe - PC
Rituals - PC
Mother Russia Bleeds - PC
Horizon: Zero Dawn - PS4
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Switch
Here They Lie - PSVR
Dexed - PSVR
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - PSVR
Last Voyage - iOS
Ghost Blade HD - PS4
What Happened to Edith Finch - PS4
Fast RMX - Switch
Puyo Puyo Tetris - Switch
Garou: Mark of the Wolf - Vita
Star Wars: Republic Commando - PC
Battlefield 1 - PS4
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Switch
Shock Troopers - PC (Arcade)
Shock Troopers 2nd Squad - PC (Arcade)
Gravity Bone -PC
A Thousand Flights of Loving - PC
Forza Horizon 3: Hot Wheels - PC/X1
Eve: Valkyrie- PSVR
Farpoint - PSVR
Painkiller: Battle Out of Hell - PC
Ghost Squad - Wii
Monument Valley 2 - iOS
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare - PS4
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 - 360
Tekken Advance - GBA
100ft Robot Golf - - PSVR
Final Fantasy XV: A King's Tale - X1
Star Wars Racer Revenge - PS2
Just Cause 3 - PS4
Toadled - PC
Gulity Gear Xrd -Revelator- PS4
Mortal Kombat XL - PC
Destiny 2 - PS4
Dishonored - PS4 *new*
Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition - PS4 *new*
Nex Machina - PS4 *new*

Total: 43

Previously: 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010

I have been mostly just playing Destiny 2 the past few weeks, but I did finally get around to playing Dishonored for the first time (good, but not as good as the original Thief) and I have been sinking some time into a few of the Housemarque games I'd never played. Dead Nation is a bit too long but pretty enjoyable, and Nex Machina is arguably the best thing they've done since Super Stardust HD.

I have a bunch of horror games on tap to play in October and, additionally, have started in on Cuphead and on Sonic Mania...so I hope to knock those out, too. If I get bored with those and tired of Destiny 2, I may try tackling Dishonored 2.

HLTB · Post by **Xeogred** » Sun Oct 01, 2017 9:55 am

1. Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour (PC)
2. Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter* (PC)
3. Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter (PC)
4. D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die (PC)
5. Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight (PC)
6. Deadcore (PC)
7. Yakuza 4 (PS3)
8. Hyper Light Drifter (PC)
9. Doom 2: Valiant (PC)
10. Resident Evil 7 (PS4)
10. Doom 2: Ancient Aliens (PC)
11. Doom 2: Vanguard (PC)
12. Doom 2: Doom 2 The Way id Did (PC)
13. Doom 2: Community Chest Pack 4 (PC)
14. Doom: Doom The Way id Did (PC)
15. Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 (PC)
16. Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 (PC)
17. Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (WiiU)
18. Dishonored 2 (PC)
19. Kirby's Dream Land (GB)
20. Kirby's Dream Land 2 (GB)
21. Super Mario Land (GB)
22. Super Mario Land 2 (GB)
23. Mighty Final Fight (NES)
24. Kirby's Dream Land 3 (SNES)
25. Trip World (GB)
26. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (Genesis)
27. Aladdin (Genesis)
28. Streets of Rage (SMS)
29. Bare Knuckle (Genesis)
30. Bare Knuckle 2* (Genesis)
31. Bare Knuckle 3* (Genesis)
32. Marchen Adventure Cotton 100% (SNES)
33. Earthworm Jim* (Sega CD)
34. Ghouls'n Ghosts (Genesis)
35. Contra (NES)
36. Super C (NES)
37. Final Fight 2* (SNES)
38. Contra III: The Alien Wars (SNES)
39. Final Fight 3* (SNES)
40. Operation C (GB)
41. Contra Hard Corps [End B] (Genesis)
42. Mega Turrican (Genesis)
43. Prey (PC)
44. Dark Souls 3 DLC: Ashes of Ariandel & The Ringed City (PS4)
45. Spec Ops: The Line (PC)
46. System Shock Enhanced Edition (PC)
47. Tekken 7 (PS4)
48. Nier Automata [Platinum] (PS4)
49. Nier (B) (PS3)
50. Drakengard 3 (A-C) (PS3)
51. FEAR Extraction Point* (PC)
52. FEAR Perseus Mandate* (PC)
53. Transmissions: Element 120 (PC)
54. Ratchet & Clank (PS4)
55. Rise of the Tomb Raider (PS4)
56. Sonic CD* (PC)
57. Alan Wake* (PC)
58. Deus Ex* (PC)
59. Momodora III (PC)
60. Mega Man 7* (PS4, MMLC2)
61. Mega Man 8* (PS4, MMLC2)
62. Mega Man 9* (PS4, MMLC2)
63. Mega Man 10* (PS4, MMLC2)
64. Rockman & Forte* (SNES)
65. Mega Man Legends (PSX)
66. Sonic Mania (PC)
67. Mega Man Legends 2 (PSX)
68. Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (PC)
69. Yakuza 0 (PS4)

Yakuza 0 is another good reminder for why I love games and play them. This was an experience and adventure that no other medium can deliver. One of the best stories and cast of characters I've ever seen in anything. I got completely sucked into this one and put about 72 hours in it, still might play more with adventure mode unlocked now. I jumped into the series at Yakuza 3 (yes, a very weird and tough starting point) which I liked a fair bit, and then played Yakuza 4 earlier this year which I liked even more. But Yakuza 0 blows them both out of the water. It features the best level up system, the best combat options, the coolest side content with the deep business modes, it's everything I loved about 3-4 refined to perfection. Even long time fans that have run through the whole series are claiming this is the best one. There's nothing I love more when a good Japanese series can change its tone at the flip of a dime, very similar to Metal Gear Solid's 4th wall breaking or jokey humor at times, Yakuza 0 is both one of the funniest games I have ever played and one of the most emotionally dramatic and intense. It's amazing to see a young brash Kiryu here and he's still my favorite character, but I think I'm walking away believing that Majima Goro was the main star of this installment. I cannot wait to venture through the rest of the series and see how their history intertwines and everything develops. Yakuza 6 is one of my most anticipated releases of 2018 and thanks to Yakuza 0 striking gold this year even with the mainstream and new fans, I hope this makes Sega give us Kiwami 2 and potentially HD releases or remasters of the other games. For now, I feel like I can jump into Kiwami right away. This has become another new favorite series of mine.

On a random note, I love how similar these games are to Mega Man Legends and I just played both of those. Really cool action/adventure/RPG hybrids with awesome hub worlds that become your second home.

2017 New Release Champions so far:
1. Nier Automata
2. Breath of the Wild
3. Yakuza 0
4. Sonic Mania

Post by **Sano** » Sun Oct 01, 2017 12:21 pm

I can add: Deus Ex: Human Revolution and FEAR2 to my completed list! YAY!

Post by **Sarge** » Sun Oct 01, 2017 11:35 pm

Previous games:

October:
100) Guerilla War (NES) (6.0) (10/1) (~1 hour)
101) Gun-Nac (NES) (7.5) (10/2) (~1.5 hours)

Want to get your inner Commie revolutionist on? Well, SNK has the game for you! Well, in other territories, at the very least. Yes, Guerilla War in other territories has you playing as Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. Lovely.

How's the game itself? It's a'ight. It's a Commando clone with more weapons (the flamethrower is really good!), although they seem to dry up completely in the last two stages. You've also got infinite grenades, and you'll need 'em. The catch here is that there are lots of POWs to rescue along the way, but you can also shoot them accidentally, which dings your score. That the repercussions aren't more severe perhaps reflects your protagonists' bloodthirsty nature? Probably a stretch. Anyway, -500 if you shoot one, and +1000 if you save them. That can be tricky, but I'd say that's probably the most fun part of this game; figuring out how to take out the enemies around them without killing your own.

Technically, there's a ton of screen flicker, and the engine never feels all that smooth. It doesn't feel like the programming is as tight as it is in something like Crystalis; it's probably closer to SNK's efforts like P.O.W.. That, by the way, is one of my favorite SNK games, despite it not being the greatest beat'-em-up in an objective sense.

Story bits aside, this stands as a mildly inoffensive and sometimes enjoyable run-and-gun that won't take too long for anyone to beat, what with the infinite continues.

EDIT: Gun-Nac comes by way of Compile, the master of NES shoot-'em-ups. It definitely reminds me a lot of The Guardian Legend, minus the adventure bits of course. It also reminds me quite a lot of Space Megaforce, a later shooter from the same dev. Things are pretty easy right up until Stage 7/8, where if you lose your weapons, it gets pretty brutal. I slid through without save states until the end, where the last boss took me out. Didn't feel like restarting, so I went from there and finished it. I think with a touch more practice (and better weapon selection at points), I'd have this one down. It's not impossible at all.

(And no, I'm not playing this from work. Albuquerque (or the Atlanta airport) gave me a cold, so I'm at home. Will be going in tomorrow, though, so lots of catching up to do.)

Post by **ElkinFencer10** » Mon Oct 02, 2017 8:15 pm

Games Beaten in 2017 So Far - 105
* denotes a replay

January (10 Games Beaten)

February (12 Games Beaten)

March (6 Games Beaten)

April (9 Games Beaten)

May (14 Games Beaten)

June (10 Games Beaten)

July (20 Games Beaten)

August (9 Games Beaten)

September (14 Games Beaten)

October (1 Game Beaten)

105. Monster High: New Ghoul in School - Wii U - October 2

Ladies and gentlemen, I have played a lot of shitty games in my day, and I expect licensed games to be the shittiest of the lot. Having played through this entire game...for some reason...I'm actually surprised to say that this isn't one of the worst games I've ever played. Don't get me wrong - it's FAR from being good - but it's really not as bad as I expected when I started playing it. Speaking of starting this game, that needs a story to explain. I asked some of my BronyCon friends what game I should play next, and a handful said (paraphrasing here) "Play that Monster High game! And make your character a whore!" So I started playing the Monster High game, and I tried (and failed) to make my character a whore. With that said, this review's dedicated to Robyn, or as we call her Party Gypsy.

Okay, so let's start with the premise of the game. You're a new student at Monster High, and in what is probably the most unrealistic thing about this game (including having zombies, skeletons, and plant monsters as classmates), everyone in your new school is super nice and welcoming to you. You're more or less pressed into the joining the Student Council and the Fearleading Team, your first indication that this game is going to be full of puns so bad even my mother would groan. From there, you go through your day to day life, starting every day with a student council meeting, then class, then fearleading practice, then more class, and then you usually have to help one of the clubs of which you're not a member do something. You help the comic book club make a new superhero, you help the robotics club build a robot, you help the enviro club do plant...stuff....you help the fashion club settle the age old question of blue vs green, and you help the cooking club fail miserably at cooking. I guess part of being a zombie is having dead taste buds.

The main "story" objectives all revolve around the student council and the fearleading team and really-not-particularly-mysterious curse that starts to take hold of people in the school. Honestly, that was my biggest frustration; this curse is so damn obvious, and everyone in this school is completely brain dead (even the ones who aren't some kind of undead monster). Like, all of a sudden your friends start having glowing purple eyes and start spewing nonsense about pyramids, a king, and tribute? Yeah, something's not right there, and the proper course of action is not "Ignore it and assume it's a character quirk that somehow never manifested before now." This game could have been cut in half if my actions weren't limited to "Talk" and "Jump." Seriously, give me a "Choke a bitch" action button, please.

Graphically, the game is what you should expect from licensed shovelware based on a kid's show - only slightly better than most 3D indie games. The emphasis is very much on the word "slightly." The voice acting is passable for the most part. The sound effects are obnoxious as shit, but they almost got the music right. While it drove me insane at first, the little theme song they have is actually really catchy. I wouldn't describe it as "good," per se, but it's definitely easy to get it stuck in your head. Unfortunately, that only plays when you're doing the REALLY easy and repetitive fearleading minigame; even more unfortunately, that plays EVERY SINGLE TIME you have to do that minigame (which is pretty much every "day" in the game). The rest of the background music is fine in short bursts, but there are like two or three background tracks that play CONSTANTLY with very little variation. The result is that you quickly get sick of all of it even though it's actually not that bad.

The biggest problem I had with the game, as one might expect, is that it just feels pointless. Why do I care about the student council bake sale to raise money for the "creepeteria" renovations? And what the hell kind of cookies are you selling to be able to afford two 4K televisions mounted to the wall and all new seating after one day? Those cookies better be made from black truffle and topped with gold leaf to be able to raise that kind of cash that quickly. Another thing I kept wondering is why everything's a damn fetch quest? What do I look like? Some errand girl? Bitch, I'm a dragon chick; I can roast you with a sneeze. Why am I the one running all over the school looking for plant food, robot cores, and places to hang posters? That really describes the game - 90% fetch quest and 10% rhythm game so easy that someone paralyzed from the neck down could manage it.

Overall, Monster High: New Ghoul in School truly did impress me. Whether you want to read that as a credit to the game or a testament to just how little I expect from licensed games these days is up to you, but I really expected to hate it a lot more than I do. Don't misunderstand; it's still a bad game, and I definitely don't recommend anyone bother playing unless you just REALLY love Monster High. I expected it to be five or six hours of agony, though. What I got instead of ten or eleven hours of mediocrity. If you've got a kid who likes Monster High, sure, pick it up for the youngun; copies aren't that expensive. If you're going for a full system set like I am with Wii U, you can't really get around it. Other than those two reasons, though I really don't see any reason to bother with this game. It's not HORRIBLE, but it's definitely not good, and it gets pretty boring pretty quickly.

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