I've had a lot of time this year. First time in ages I've been virtually up to date with new releases.hylian_elf wrote:You’re an inspiration, Jon, playing a game or two at a time and not spending tonnes of money either. Wish I was like you. But I suspect you have a lot more time than me too.
25. LocoCycle - COMPLETED
17th November - 18th November
Well somebody had to, might as well be me. This game is so bad it's good whilst also managing to be so bad it really is bad in equal measures. To be fair to Twisted Pixel they weren't setting the bar high and they know it, it looked like fun was had in making this game. Low on concept; AI superbike gets fried by lightning and drags its hapless Mexican mechanic by his ankle on a cross country sprint to reach a biker freedom rally, all the while being pursued by the private army of its maker. It manages to riff off several games in its five hour run time; Road Rash, 1942, Mortal Combat, Afterburner, and its live action scenes are strangely enjoyable in their shitness... and Sex Machine from From Dusk Till Dawn is in it, it gets an extra point just for that. I will play worse games than this (6).
26. World of Tanks: War Stories - COMPLETED
23rd August - 19th November
War Stories are four short episodic story campaigns featuring graphic novel intros and outros and familiar WoT battle scenarios. I'm not sure who these are aimed at, new players possibly, there isn't enough new or challenging to entice and hold existing players. They cannot be called tutorials as they don't fully explain the mechanics of the game and a tutorial already exists that does this better. Not sure if there was any clamour for story content on the WoT forum either. But it is inoffensive and free and a slight distraction to the MP and done (6.5).
Moot_Geeza wrote:Updated with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan. God I hated being a turtle.
I don’t think I should touch Another World again. I replayed Flashback a few years ago. The aesthetics hold up beautifully but the gameplay isn’t really up to snuff and I think it’s tarnished it a bit for me.Diluted Dante wrote:10. Another World 20th Anniversary Edition (PS4)
This game. This fucking game. So I knew it was supposed to be hard. I heard the horror stories back in the early 90's of people never getting off the first level. But Christ. If you've played it before, it's probably fine, but as it's trial and error gameplay, if you don't know what you have to do... Man. It is however absolutely fucking beautiful, and you can switch between original and new at will. It's all absolutely bang on. They haven't updated the way it plays though. It's an early 90's game with all that entails, so if that puts you off steer clear. I really enjoyed it despite the frustration at times. I love how much it gets over with so little. There's no HUD, and aside from the computer in the opening cutscene, no text. In a world inundated with shite games, it's a crying shame that we've only had 2 games from Éric Chahi in the 26 years since.
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