Good assessment of ori

You’d be playing a game of memory then, rather than skill

Mostly memory, partly skill. You still need to execute the required movements to succeed but it's unlikely to be bested without prior knowledge of certain sections. I love stuff like that - Shovel Knight challenges do it well, as do certain autorunners/minecart stages etc. Thumper was somewhere in that vicinity on first play too. It could also explain why I've never loathed scripted QTEs.

I mean moot's obviously wrong (no real surprise there), but stuff like trials and meat boy definitely have memory and muscle memory involved too. Ori escape is too far though, the skill aspect not crisp enough.

Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Finally decided to make a run for the middle and do the finale. The actual confrontation is a bit of a letdown in the end, but the castle was good fun. There's still tons more stuff I could do, of course. My profile says I've played over 70 hours. I've done 64 shrines, still got a few memories to find, and many many side quests to do. Overall, it lived up to very high expectations. It absolutely is one of the greatest games ever made, and the sheer scope and quality of it are incredible. Certainly as long as there was more map to uncover I was happy to keep wandering and jumping into whatever came my way. I lost a bit of impetus towards the end, but it's something I could return to some day to mop up various stuff.

There's not much point going on about it all, especially as everyone else finished it 2 years ago, so here's 5 things that really made it for me:

1. Mountains: The combination of my desire to explore and that climbing ability made every mountain and tower irresistible. Get as high as possible, see what I can see, glide down to a point of interest. Repeat. 

2. The camera: I mean the camera in the Sheikah slate. As soon as it was introduced it changed the game for me. Suddenly there's a good reason to wander around observing the wildlife. You're not only an adventurer but also a tourist in the game world.

3. Breaking weapons: It's a brilliant idea to make everything so disposable. It really encourages you to use whatever you find instead of getting all precious about it and hoarding it for later. Hit an enemy until your weapon breaks. Pick up his weapon. Hit the next one. Liberating.

4. Leaving me alone: Who knew Nintendo would ever dare do this after forcing Navi, Fi and Boaty McBoatface on us? Someone's been playing Dark Souls, it seems, and then decided to take the idea even further. 

5. It's still Zelda: And yet despite the fact they've taken such a change of direction and clearly been inspired by other RPGs and open world games, everything in this still feels like Zelda. Most of all it reminded me of A Link to the Past. Just 100 times bigger.

Maybe a strong 6.

It's up there with Dark Souls for best game ever for me. Perhaps just behind, but since nothing else has come close that's still a big deal. It really is very special. It also helped that I was getting sick of the old Zelda formula, so all the changes were welcome.

I'm going all in on Sekiro this week. I assume that will last a while. DMC 5 and Bayo 2 would be great after that. Although it might get confusing playing them back to back.

Well I ain't clicking that

That is the one moment in BotW which stuck with me as special after I gave up on the game.

@JonB ok let me know which games you want me to post and when.

hylian_elf wrote:

@JonB ok let me know which games you want me to post and when.

If you don't mind me taking a while to get to Bayo 2 then I'm happy to take them all. I'll get on DMC 5 within a few weeks, I reckon.

JonB wrote:

hylian_elf wrote:

@JonB ok let me know which games you want me to post and when.

If you don't mind me taking a while to get to Bayo 2 then I'm happy to take them all. I'll get on DMC 5 within a few weeks, I reckon.

That’s fine, I won’t be touching Bayo 2 for a while. Gonna get back to Bayo 1 to go harder mode and try and get better medals etc.

Banner Saga 3. The trilogy is completed. For me probably the weakest of the three games in terms of the story. My squad was overpowered halfway through this game and combat was a breeze,if what somewhat dull. Too many fights for my liking, I just wanted it to end. The ending I wouldn't call satisfactory at all personally.

You can draw parallels with the ending of the mass effect trilogy. When you invest so much in a squad over a course of three games you need a proper ending that ties up all the loose ends (well I do). Anyway i give the trilogy as a whole a 7 out of 10.

Ps. Moot thanks for the lend, will post it back to you soon.

 It's a good one alright.  Believe it or not it just missed my top 10 for 2017, incredibly strong year for me, but it's superb.  As is Celeste (3rd place for 2018 from me).

I'll have to dig out your list Moot. I don't get through many games so it's nice to do one in a sitting.

I thought Gregory's bath time was well done as was Barbara's with its horror stylings!