yourfavouriteuncle wrote:

Verecocha wrote:

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Me too please, I'm on the same page.

SOWTED! Anymore that ive missed just say. Still need to get a list sorted of last years numbers. If it’s not too much of an ask, if you took part last year send me a message with your total and I’ll make a list of it and update it as we go forward.

Hello!

First post linked homeboy!

acemuzzy wrote:

Why is @bollockoff not declaring his bossing of it in here?

This rumble just got royaler.

I gotcha Nana baby!!

Verecocha wrote:

yourfavouriteuncle wrote:

Verecocha wrote:

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Me too please, I'm on the same page.

SOWTED! Anymore that ive missed just say. Still need to get a list sorted of last years numbers. If it’s not too much of an ask, if you took part last year send me a message with your total and I’ll make a list of it and update it as we go forward.

Hello!

First post linked homeboy!

Awesome. Updated my post with my current progress.

I'll give this a go but doubt I'll get far with a little man on the way in March.

1. What Remains of Edith Finch - 9/10
Such a good game, very intense and well paced story.

2. Virginia - 6/10
I found the plot tricky to follow at times. It was an interesting take for a first person feeler.

3. Hollow Knight
4. Nioh
5. Dishonoured: Death of the Outsider
6. Hotline Miami 2
7. Doom
8. Ori 2
9. RDR 2
10. Super Mario Galaxy

I cleared Yakuza kiwami. Move over metal gear, there's a new daddy in town

I forgot about Kiwami.  I know we're significantly behind Japan with the Yakuza games, but surely Sega isn't knocking out two a year.  How long is the delay/have they just started to stack up recently?

Ta.  In for 6 anyway, new engine looks lush.

Childintime wrote:

regmcfly wrote:

6 came out last summer in Japan and we are getting it in March. Kiwami 2 is out this year over there and iexpect we will get it early next year. We are basically caught up

Kiwami 2 is a biggie as the PAL Yak 2 was gold dust. I’d also pay good money for a 3-5 collection on PS4. They don’t need to do owt besides push up the resolution - I just wanna be able to play the entire mainline series from 0-6 on one console.

Never knew 2 was a mine (hugs copy). I really really loved 5 and having it only on digital on PS3 feels a shame. Day taxi mode

3. Super Castlevania
Ok in a word. I used saved states frequently. 'Of its time' is the best way to describe this. Lot of frustrating bits in here, you jump on a ledge, a bat comes out of nowhere, knocks you back into a pit of insta-death, and then you restart at some bit that you were at bloody ages ago. The enemies don't really change much or get more challenging, the difficulty comes from avoiding the bloody bats, not making careless mistakes and a trial and error, death and repeat loop. Made for a different time when that was part of the challenge rather than just being annoying. But even within that there are some cheap deaths to be had. That's the bad. 

The slowness of whichever Belmont is featured here wasn't too much of a problem. He's got limited moves but you can pull them off quickly when you need to, the special weapons help and he's pretty nimble at jumping around the place. The bosses are good (as long as you're save stating as soon as they show up). Some are on the easy side, some are on the controller-throwing, tantrum-inducing side. And there's moments when it really comes alive and must have been technically impressive at the time as well. The final run towards Dracula was a good bit. There's a few other moments but they can be a bit few and far between. Most of it is whipping bats and skeletons and plodding around a bit. The soundtrack is great. I didn't think much of it at first but it really grew on me and was a proper ear-wormer by the end.

By save stating it I think I denied myself the best bit. The anxiety of trying to do the whole level with quite precise timing and tricky bits while only taking a few hits and the relief and elation when you finally do it and move onto the next bit. Some of these older games are built around that. But it wasn't entertaining enough for me to play it that way. I'll do it with megaman but those games are fun. This was just fun sometimes. Definitely an easy [8] by early 90s standards, maybe higher. I'd give it a 6 or 7 now.

For that reason alone Civ VI is going to be the last pile of shame game I play.

Updated with the review to Azure Striker Gunvolt, and 7. Stickbold! A Dodgeball Adventure.

Updated with Dear Esther.

3. Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
20th January
It would seem I have a thing for walking simulators, so when the OG came up for a few quid in a sale, I thought I would see how it all started.  First impressions were positive, this is a refreshed version of a relatively old game, but the look of the Hebridean island has a abandoned beauty to it.  The music was excellent too, its minimal, haunting melody adding to the derelict desolation.  Although the underlying story is not spelt out to the player, there is a visual narrative that I picked up which I invested in emotionally and the whole experience was beautiful yet poignant.  I am playing through a second time with the developer commentary on, having also missed certain 'elements' first time round, I am certainly looking out for them now. 8

Is that as it sounds, playing Dear Esther live?

regmcfly wrote:

Then the first question was "not so much a question more an observation"

Man, I fucking hate it when that happens.