Finished final chapter in Yakuza 0 yesterday. Wonderful game, biggest gaming surprise for me in years. Loved the characters, story and the combat. I've done some business stuff, maybe 30 side quests and put 38 hours into it. That's enough for me. Definitely going to try the other games at some point too. Take a chance on Yakuza 0 if you haven't already... dirt cheap as well on PlayStation hits. This game needs to feel more love.

Hah not at the minute. I'm taking a wee Yakuza break. Kiwami will be the next one

Uncharted: Lost Legacy

I (mostly) loved it, but I don’t think I have anything more to say about it that hasn’t been said about Uncharted games already. Love the exploration, love the environments, love some of the thrilling set-pieces, hate most of the gunplay.

One thing I was thinking, towards the end, is that they do a great job of channeling you in apparently open environments. In both 4 and LL there are jeep sections which are wide enough to make you feel like you’re finding your own way, and they design the environment so you can generally pick out your path even at speed. And then, they time trigger events brilliantly to make you feel like you nailed the timing. It’s all a trick, I know, but if you give yourself over to it, it’s very enjoyable.

That didn’t read like a [7].

[3]

That's Ori completed.
A fine little game and very different from something like Hollow Knight.
Ori is far more traditional metroidvania while HK tries to add Souls to the mix. Ori is a good platformer in it's own right, will be looking forward to part 2.

7 bash chains out of 10.

Next up, Dead Cells.

Spider-Man is the one 3rd person action adventure game that makes me want a PS4. Hopefully I can find someone to borrow one off some time just to play through this, and maybe Horizon: ZD.

I bounced off H:ZD when I realised it was basically 3rd person Far Cry.

It's certainly very pretty.

It’s hoping to put Into The Breach here earlier. But then I made a stupid mistake on last level that I was telling myself I wouldn’t do and that ruined me. I was like “remember not to kill that one cos it opens up that other attack” and then started musing about other tactics... and finally started doing stuff and forgot about it and messed up.

Yeah yeah but I desperately need to say I finished a game! Haven’t finished anything since God of War!

I’m sure it’ll be ages before I actually ‘finish’ Into The Breach.

I mean I lost literally on last move of the game. That mistake cost me big. Here I go again gotta decide which pilot to take.

This is definitely one of those where I'm wondering if I played the same game as everyone else.

So, regarding online; I started the seven day free trial. Now, I’m trying not to spend any money on videogames this calendar year, but one allowable exception was if I was going to miss out on anything on the Switch online service. I can live without online play (the ARMS Party Crash is pretty much the only time I play online, and I can easily miss out on that until the start of next year) so I won’t miss out there, but has there been any indication of losing out on the NES stuff, or does it look like the full library will be available to all at any time they’re subscribed?

I’m also a little concerned that the special offers, whatever they are, will just be available to anyone with a current subscription, and that starting your subscription after you hear about it won’t work.

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JonB wrote:

This is definitely one of those where I'm wondering if I played the same game as everyone else.

I hear you.

Tempy wrote:

HLD is a game I wished I loved a lot more than I actually do.

Sorry just seen this - agree

It's still on my list of things to play at some point, I think I'd like it but the price isn't right for a gamble.