Games Beaten 2015Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call -
3DSA Bird Story -
PCQuake -
PCCall of Duty: Advanced Warfare -
PS4Quake: Scourge of Armagon -
PCQuake: Dissolution of Eternity -
PCMario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis -
NDS Painkiller -
PC Gungrave: Overdose -
PS2Adventure -
Atari 2600 (PS2)Auto Racing -
Intellivision (PS2) [1979]Boxing -
Atari 2600 (PS2) [1980]The Count -
TI99/4A (emulated) [1981]Dragonstomper -
Atari 2600/Starpath Supercharger (emulated) [1982]Enduro -
Atari 2600 (PS2) [1983]Diablo III -
PS4Front Line -
Atari 2600 (emulated) [1984] Gertie Goose - The Lost Eggs -
C64 (emulated) [1985]Ocean Commander -
WiiMortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance -
PS2Diablo III: Reaper of Souls -
PS4Mortal Kombat: Deception -
PS2The Order: 1886 -
PS4The Uncle Who Works for Nintendo -
PCGrab Them By The Eyes -
PCGrowl -
PS2/ArcadeHydlide -
NES [1986]Ikari Warriors -
NES [1987]Jonah Barrington's Squash -
C64 (emulated) [1988] Steel Diver -
3DSSuper Mario 3D World - -
Wii UQuake II -
PCHotline Miami 2: Wrong Number - PS4 *new*
Total: 33Previously:
2014 |
The First 400 GamesI think I ultimately liked this sequel as much as the first game. While that one was this wonderful breath of new gameplay and surreal aesthetics, this one saw everything done bigger and...
usually better. The strange/surreal plot of the first is more pulpy this time - which doesn't work as well. The music is, somehow, even better than in the first. There are some very cool ideas and levels in this one unlike anything seen in the first. You can't cheese your way through anything with an overpowered mask like you could at times in the first. There's more focus on forcing you to play certain characters, less focus on the mask/loadout idea from the first game (though some of that persists).
To that end, the game seems harder...but I am not certain it is on the whole. Some levels are certainly large and brutal, requiring you to rack up some crazy combos from the very start just to get to weapons/hiding spots/etc. They are curse-inducing and will drive you mad.
All in all the game took me about 12 hours to play through everything, which is 4 hours longer than it took me to beat the first game. It also has about 50% more levels than the first though, so my time is (for me) pretty much on par. I averaged about 20-30 minutes per stage...some I did in 5-10 minutes and a few of the harder ones took me an hour and a half.
Still, I consider this one of the tougher series out there and also one of the most adrenaline-pumping...I thoroughly enjoyed my time with it and will likely give it a go again at some future point (perhaps on the Vita) to see if I can improve some of my level grades. Highly recommended.