Shots fired ds. Lol.

And there's yr Final Fantasy 7 Remake complete.

Felt like I was playing the same game in name and rough beats only. Combat wise, it's Kingdom Hearts , and the game itself is just this propellant force powering you through one ridiculously gorgeous set piece or environment to the other.

It's an absolute hoot, and one that demands loud volume and lights down.
That being said, it's not the game I played 20 odd years ago at all. That's not necessarily a bad thing, it just *shrugs* isn't that.

I'll go back and do another run at some point (cleared with all side quests done at around 30 hours) just to take it all in, but man, what a rush. For those off for the next few days, it's ideal Easter comfort food.

15.Bulletstorm-Full Clip Edition- 10 hours - 7/10 - Xbox One X

Had good memories of playing through this on the 360 so picked it up for a run through and wasn’t at all disappointed. Just a good simple FPS from a time when there seemed to be another released every week. With that same Unreal chunky industrial touch to absofuckingloutely everything, but it always worked for me. Totally nuts in pretty much every department with some of the best one liners I’ve heard. Feels very heavy and a little slow these days but certainly still an enjoyable romp, however whereas last time I played it I instantly wanted to play through the score attack levels, this time I’ve had my fill.

Verecocha wrote:

15.Bulletstorm-Full Clip Edition- 10 hours - 7/10 - Xbox One X

Had good memories of playing through this on the 360 so picked it up for a run through and wasn’t at all disappointed. Just a good simple FPS from a time when there seemed to be another released every week. With that same Unreal chunky industrial touch to absofuckingloutely everything, but it always worked for me. Totally nuts in pretty much every department with some of the best one liners I’ve heard. Feels very heavy and a little slow these days but certainly still an enjoyable romp, however whereas last time I played it I instantly wanted to play through the score attack levels, this time I’ve had my fill.

Reads like a 6.

Plague A Tale of Innocence - 7/10 xBox One X
Started strong, but I felt it dragged its feet towards the end.  IMO I think it could have been about 5 levels shorter and perhaps it would have been all the better for it.

Still, great music, excellent HDR usage and an excellent example of why GamesPass is simply awesome!

Odyssey is like a sequel squared .. in my mind it’s almost Witcher 3 quality. Better combat, bigger scope, the story and the quests possibly aren’t quite up to scratch but the world building is just as good and this has much more to do

They went down a lot of blind alleys.
But it’s like Star Trek movies the even numbers are good

2, black flag, odyssey

CONTROL rambling

Finished this the other day. First thing I need to say is that the menu systems for browsing collectible documents is fucking atrocious to browse considering the sheer amount. I did like it though.

I liked it overall but I think the Ashtray Maze stands tall so much in the memory because it needed more set pieces like that. I was not involved enough in the combat to want to do any of the board tasks for mods or the random FBC encounters and judging by the trophy percentages neither was anyone else. I did all the optional bosses just for story and closure really since that's the meat of the thing to me. I'm hearing the Jukebox Expeditions don't have any story in them and they're basically combat gauntlets so that'll be something I skip.

Ultimately I wish more time was given to fleshing out Trench and the nature of the FBC. I wanted James McCaffrey to go hard on the dolcet Max Payne tones talking about the incident that happened with his predecessor that catapulted him to the Directorship. His thoughts on The Board. What happened to his family to cause his judgement to falter in the first place. 

It's strange but while something like Control is basically selling us on the idea of a magical unknowable land beyond the veil, that thing alone isn't as interesting as it being a catalyst to see real characters in far out situations. The characters in Control are just wallpaper really but I still found myself staring at the walls more than the rooms if that makes sense.

There's always something that amazes me about the way Dubs plays stuff and there it is in the final sentence. There's no way I would've beat the last boss on Hurt Me Plenty without constantly hoovering up those power weapon respawns.

I had the same problem with the gladiator. I wouldn't say it's dumb to not realise something like respawning ammo suddenly being a thing for the final boss, it just baffles me how you managed to succeed without it. I presume you started on Ultra Violence too?

Dubs gonna dubs.

Vanquish again. On easiest while getting all statues (used a guide) and other achievements. But died once so didn’t get the no-death achievement. Fucking instadeath sections, eh? Would’ve done it if I wasn’t too busy looking for a statue while the bridge was collapsing.

Hard mode next.

Except for the last one i'm getting flashbacks now

So last night was very special. I completed Link's Awakening after 7 months!

When I say special... The last game I completed was GTA Chinatown Wars. TWELVE YEARS AGO.

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Yay!