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Re: Games Beaten 2016
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2016 10:20 pm
by PartridgeSenpai
ElkinFencer10 wrote:Xeogred wrote:I thought the ending was god tier. It was believable and different.
The gameplay is 10x better than Uncharted haha. But yeah, I pretty much played TLoU back to back with Evil Within, which has much better combat and gameplay to me (as expected from a Shinji Mikami game).
Next time I replay TLoU will be without that lame zombie/hearing aid vision thing.
Honestly (and this might ought to go in the Unpopular Gaming Opinions thread), I HATED The Evil Within. It just felt kind of generic with the atmosphere, and neither the characters nor the story interested me. Idk what it was, but it just didn't do it for me.
Also, for games beaten, I just finished Corpse Party: Book of Shadows. That's one hell of a cliffhanger. Good thing I have Blood Drive sitting on my shelf.
The Evil Within is just such a mess on a narrative level, it just ruined any entertainment I got out of the action bits. It came off as Resident Evil trying really hard to be Silent Hill, and just not doing it well.
Re: Games Beaten 2016
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 6:10 am
by alienjesus
TSTR wrote:BoneSnapDeez wrote:I tried The Last of Us at my brother's house once. I lasted (haha) about ten minutes then asked if we could switch to Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection.
o dat crazy bone
Re: Games Beaten 2016
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 10:10 am
by ElkinFencer10
PartridgeSenpai wrote:ElkinFencer10 wrote:Xeogred wrote:I thought the ending was god tier. It was believable and different.
The gameplay is 10x better than Uncharted haha. But yeah, I pretty much played TLoU back to back with Evil Within, which has much better combat and gameplay to me (as expected from a Shinji Mikami game).
Next time I replay TLoU will be without that lame zombie/hearing aid vision thing.
Honestly (and this might ought to go in the Unpopular Gaming Opinions thread), I HATED The Evil Within. It just felt kind of generic with the atmosphere, and neither the characters nor the story interested me. Idk what it was, but it just didn't do it for me.
Also, for games beaten, I just finished Corpse Party: Book of Shadows. That's one hell of a cliffhanger. Good thing I have Blood Drive sitting on my shelf.
The Evil Within is just such a mess on a narrative level, it just ruined any entertainment I got out of the action bits. It came off as Resident Evil trying really hard to be Silent Hill, and just not doing it well.
That's a fantastic analogy, actually. I'm glad I'm not the only one who was super disappointed in that game.
Re: Games Beaten 2016
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 11:06 am
by prfsnl_gmr
1. Ultimate NES Remix (3DS)
2. Space Invaders Infinity Gene (iOS)
3. World of Goo (iOS)
4. A Dark Room (iOS)
5. Shovel Knight (WII U)
6. The Room (iOS)
7. Mega Man 10 (PS3)
8. The Room Two (iOS)
9. Braid (PS3)
10. Kung Fu Fight! (WII U)
11. Kung Fu Rabbit (WII U)
12. Escape Goat (360)
Escape Goat is a pretty killer indie game. It is a single-screen puzzle platformer with a fantastic soundtrack. The puzzles are perfectly challenging, and the game never wears out its welcome. For $1, it is an absolute steal, and I highly recommend it.
Re: Games Beaten 2016
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 3:02 pm
by Exhuminator
Ex's 2016 beat list:
34. Gradius Galaxies|GBA|2001|shmup|1hr 24m|8/10
Gradius fans would do well to check out Gradius Galaxies. It's got classic shmup style gameplay, nice graphics, and a very decent OST. Gradius Galaxies is also fairly long, with plenty of stages and bosses to survive. The difficulty level is fairly low, until the final two stages, in which cheap deaths become the norm. There are some creative stage hazards implemented via the GBA's sprite scaling and rotation effects, making the action feel at home on the system. For handheld shmup aficionados, grab yourself a copy of Gradius Galaxies and destroy the core!
Re: Games Beaten 2016
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 3:04 pm
by TSTR
^ooh that looks good
Re: Games Beaten 2016
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:20 pm
by Xeogred
Oh I love when Gradius/Salamnder goes full on organic-sci-fi weirdness.
I still can't beat Gradius V. Have you conquered that one Exhuminator? I always get to the green blob level, the level/camera itself is moving around and as if that wasn't enough there's a bunch of weird ass green blob stuff everywhere. I've beaten III (SNES), IV, and Gaiden though.
Re: Games Beaten 2016
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 10:48 pm
by Exhuminator
Xeogred wrote:I still can't beat Gradius V
I have not played it yet. I have a copy of it though, so I will try it someday. I have found a new appreciation for shmups lately, that I didn't have before, and I plan to give many more a shot. I've been messing with handheld ones lately because they are generally shorter and easier than console shmups. I'm not terribly great at these things. There were two parts in Gradius Galaxies that had me raging and damn near made me quit. When I finished the game I was on my last life. The concept of 1CC'ing something like that is way beyond my current skillset.
Re: Games Beaten 2016
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 11:25 pm
by Xeogred
Exhuminator wrote:Xeogred wrote:I still can't beat Gradius V
I have not played it yet. I have a copy of it though, so I will try it someday. I have found a new appreciation for shmups lately, that I didn't have before, and I plan to give many more a shot. I've been messing with handheld ones lately because they are generally shorter and easier than console shmups. I'm not terribly great at these things. There were two parts in Gradius Galaxies that had me raging and damn near made me quit. When I finished the game I was on my last life. The concept of 1CC'ing something like that is way beyond my current skillset.
Have you played the Thunder Force series? Thunder Force IV is my favorite shmup ever. II is weird because it has free roaming overhead stages that are awkward, then some of the sidescrolling levels. It's hard as balls and I can't beat that one. III is very doable though.
What I love about this series though, is that it's not a checkpoint set back like the Gradius and R-Type styled shmups. Dying makes you lose whatever power up you have selected, but you instantly respawn right back in the middle of the action. That said Thunder Force IV can get so intense, it's difficult in a different way. But I felt like a monster when I conquered this one and it was so satisfying. Musically it's the best soundtrack on the Genesis next to Shinobi III for me and graphically outstanding. Technosoft were incredible. Elemental Master is awesome as well.
I love Gradius and R-Type, but there's a lot of points where if you die just once and lose your power ups, you may as well quit entirely.
I'd like to think I'm good at shmups (not the bullet hell types though), so that said... good luck on Gradius V haha. R-Type Final is awesome though and I've finished that one.
Re: Games Beaten 2016
Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 2:36 am
by touchofkiel
Exhuminator wrote:Xeogred wrote:I still can't beat Gradius V
I have not played it yet. I have a copy of it though, so I will try it someday. I have found a new appreciation for shmups lately, that I didn't have before, and I plan to give many more a shot. I've been messing with handheld ones lately because they are generally shorter and easier than console shmups. I'm not terribly great at these things. There were two parts in Gradius Galaxies that had me raging and damn near made me quit. When I finished the game I was on my last life. The concept of 1CC'ing something like that is way beyond my current skillset.
I'm also just jumping in to the genre. I'm pretty sure my experience is limited to like... Silver Surfer and that lone copy of Astro Warrior I used to play at my aunt's (the only person I knew who owned a Master System).
I exaggerate, of course, but really, I'm a total shmup noob, and right now I'm enjoying the Gradius Collection on PSP. The PSPGo is definitely not the way to play... well, anything except RPGs, really, but it's not so bad. Really looking forward to exploring the other classics of the genre... always liked the robot fish of Darius.