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Rev

Horizon Zero Dawn PS5 - Platinum

Started this game in 2017 and seven years later managed to drop the platinum.
It remains one of my favourites and mainly because the world building is exquisite, the combat is fun and close to TLOU in terms of crafting and sneaking if you want. At the end of the run I was an absolute badass and able to swat even the biggest Thunderjaw out my way. Moving on to Forbidden West next for another plat.

AndCallMeCharlie

Rev wrote:

Horizon Zero Dawn PS5 - Platinum Started this game in 2017 and seven years later managed to drop the platinum. It remains one of my favourites and mainly because the world building is exquisite, the combat is fun and close to TLOU in terms of crafting and sneaking if you want. At the end of the run I was an absolute badass and able to swat even the biggest Thunderjaw out my way. Moving on to Forbidden West next for another plat.

Cheers, you inspired me to download from my pile of shame on the SteamDeck

Rev

AndCallMeCharlie wrote:

Rev wrote:

Horizon Zero Dawn PS5 - Platinum Started this game in 2017 and seven years later managed to drop the platinum. It remains one of my favourites and mainly because the world building is exquisite, the combat is fun and close to TLOU in terms of crafting and sneaking if you want. At the end of the run I was an absolute badass and able to swat even the biggest Thunderjaw out my way. Moving on to Forbidden West next for another plat.

Cheers, you inspired me to download from my pile of shame on the SteamDeck

Good stuff.

LivDiv

Yakuza Kiwami

Had this two thirds done for ages and got distracted. A big push today saw it off.
Not as good as 0 but still great. Really enjoyed the whole Majima system.

AndCallMeCharlie

LivDiv wrote:

Yakuza Kiwami Had this two thirds done for ages and got distracted. A big push today saw it off. Not as good as 0 but still great. Really enjoyed the whole Majima system.

You have inspired me to go back to it. Also two thirds through, "what are the chances?" (harry hill voice).

LivDiv

Yakuza Kiwami 2

The step up into the new engine is the biggest strength of Kiwami 2 (I think I'm headed for a step back down again for 3) but it's not the only strength. I enjoyed the story of this one more than 1, Ryuji is a good nemesis for Kiryu I like the whole equally matched similar background thing.

The ending had so many spins I was dizzy remembering who was fucking over who and why.

Majima, less fun this time. Good cut scenes but the mini game wasn't great, didn't bother after the first go.
Still got the Majima chapters to play, watched the opening cut scene which was good.

So far
0,K2,K1

regmcfly

Ordering checks out so far

Minnesänger

Agreed.

LivDiv

0 is going to be tough to top.

LivDiv

Majima Chapters done.
A nice little addition.
Didn't realise if I'd played earlier I could have ported stuff to Kiryu's story. Oh well I was drowning in cash and tat anyway.

regmcfly

LivDiv wrote:

0 is going to be tough to top.

I diverge a little in later Kiryu paths from mainstream, but if you wanted me final rankings it's, from best to worst, ignoring OG 1 and 2 -

Spoiler:

regmcfly

Haven't finished 8 yet.

AndCallMeCharlie

Only done 0 and 6 both of which I enjoyed but needed a long break between the two of them.

Syph79

Just rolled the credits on Ghostrunner 2 on the PS5. Was included in this month’s PS+ and as I’d enjoyed the first one, I thought I’d like this too and I really did.

Both GR games are tough tough games, but they also have that Meatboy style one more go about them, and thankfully the game is quick to put you back in when you inevitably die. I think the checkpointing on the sequel was much improved, which helped too.

If you like a challenge, would recommend.

acemuzzy

Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials (PS5)

So moot hated this and only very reluctantly finished it, and Cinty broadly agreed with him, before I got suckered in to a bet to complete it with at most one assist (they'd both basically chucked them all on to get through the thing AIUI).

And, well, I didn't mind it as much as they did. Or at least, the jumping didn't bother me, basic progression seemed fine, combat was simple yes but I felt ok with it given the fairly simplistic vibe to the whole thing. And while they're were the occasional tricky "change bat mid jump" bs it was pretty rare and optional.

I think I may have skipped some bits though, given moot got some lightning power up I had no idea about...

My enjoyment did waver by the end though, it's fair to say. Its victory lap was unduly tedious, it seemed to think people care about the narrative in games like this, and without the damage assist some bosses were pretty spongey so I was glad I turned that on towards the end.

If it had stopped at the 8h mark it might have squeezed a [7], a bit more love in a few places even an [8], but I think I'm giving a slightly harsh [6] in the end. It's fine, but I'm glad it's over, and have zero intention of ever going back.

acemuzzy

Actual one actual annoyance with it: if you die, you can either go back to the last bonfire or a more recent checkpoint. But the former loses all progress since the bonfire, while the latter leaves you with the health you had at that checkpoint. And the checkpoints are arbitrary and not signposted. So you can easily get to one with negligible health left. In which case you're potentially pretty fucked. Not good game design imho.

Moot_Geeza

Top work muzz. I paid up ages ago though so technically you didn't have to bother.

Moot_Geeza

Volgarr the Viking done, again. Top 25 ever, absolutely made for me.

AndCallMeCharlie

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Volgarr the Viking done, again. Top 25 ever, absolutely made for me.

Need to give it a go again, will put it on the steam wishlist

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