Last Game You Beat?
15-Sep-05 1:55pm
#1 DCGX
#1 DCGX
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23-Sep-23 6:16pm
#82 TalonJedi87
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
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8.5/10
So I’ve been on a nostalgic kick lately, polishing off some older games in my digital library, and I came across Chaos Theory in my Xbox library and I never managed to finish it back in 2005 for some reason but I’m glad I got around to it 18 years later. Some parts were a little rough around the edges and dated, sure but the old school stealth like gameplay remains constantly strong throughout. Minus some uneven gameplay pacing in the last couple of missions, where the flip the switch from stealth to full blown action that leaves you somewhat unprepared and being a heavily focused stealth game a full on assault is not recommended with some of the more wonky aiming and weapon controls, the game was highly immersive as you strategically plotted on how to coordinate your cunning stealth patterns to navigate each level. Most missions were pretty linear and that’s just fine by me with today’s sandbox open world standard. It was quite rejuvenating to play an older title where there was just a straight line path for the most part from a point A to B to C and D. Also bless Michael Ironside for doing such a great job voicing Sam Fisher. He brought such a dry, menacing tone with black humor to the role. I lived for his interrogations of enemies as you grabbed them and put that knife to their throats. And even though the game gives you a decent amount of weapons and gadgets to play with, from silenced pistols and assault rifles to sticky cameras and shockers and stun grenades mostly I just had a blast sneaking around grabbing fools, questioning them and making them go night night. Overall it was a great game and probably one of the best Splinter Cell titles to date minus some unsteady difficulty spikes here and there but thank the maker for a quick save option. A save scummer I became by the 2nd to last mission and have no shame in using it as some of the level design in those last couple of missions were a bit questionable and left a bit to be desired.
#82 TalonJedi87
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
via 8.5/10
So I’ve been on a nostalgic kick lately, polishing off some older games in my digital library, and I came across Chaos Theory in my Xbox library and I never managed to finish it back in 2005 for some reason but I’m glad I got around to it 18 years later. Some parts were a little rough around the edges and dated, sure but the old school stealth like gameplay remains constantly strong throughout. Minus some uneven gameplay pacing in the last couple of missions, where the flip the switch from stealth to full blown action that leaves you somewhat unprepared and being a heavily focused stealth game a full on assault is not recommended with some of the more wonky aiming and weapon controls, the game was highly immersive as you strategically plotted on how to coordinate your cunning stealth patterns to navigate each level. Most missions were pretty linear and that’s just fine by me with today’s sandbox open world standard. It was quite rejuvenating to play an older title where there was just a straight line path for the most part from a point A to B to C and D. Also bless Michael Ironside for doing such a great job voicing Sam Fisher. He brought such a dry, menacing tone with black humor to the role. I lived for his interrogations of enemies as you grabbed them and put that knife to their throats. And even though the game gives you a decent amount of weapons and gadgets to play with, from silenced pistols and assault rifles to sticky cameras and shockers and stun grenades mostly I just had a blast sneaking around grabbing fools, questioning them and making them go night night. Overall it was a great game and probably one of the best Splinter Cell titles to date minus some unsteady difficulty spikes here and there but thank the maker for a quick save option. A save scummer I became by the 2nd to last mission and have no shame in using it as some of the level design in those last couple of missions were a bit questionable and left a bit to be desired.
23-Sep-23 7:46pm
#83 Kommie
Feeb wrote:
Kommie wrote:> Sea of Stars How is this?
It was... Fine, good I guess. I think I'm just burnt out again for JRPGs for now. I did the same I did for FFXVI and went to easy mode to just rush through and beat it.
Gonna maybe do more Lies of P next and get a better feel for it. Still not crazy about it from what I played
#83 Kommie
Feeb wrote:
Kommie wrote:> Sea of Stars How is this?
It was... Fine, good I guess. I think I'm just burnt out again for JRPGs for now. I did the same I did for FFXVI and went to easy mode to just rush through and beat it.
Gonna maybe do more Lies of P next and get a better feel for it. Still not crazy about it from what I played
26-Sep-23 11:16pm
#84 justin_credible
Tomb Raider Underworld PC 8/10 - The last Tomb Raider that focused on challenging puzzles. I've now beaten Tomb Raider 1, 2, 4, Legend, Underworld, reboot, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Haven't beaten 3 (I have progress on a PS1 emulator, stage 8) or 5. Curious about the future of the series as it was bought out by a company from Square Enix.
I remember when the series first came out on PS1 as a teenager before there was Gamefaqs I'd get stuck on a puzzle on 1 or 2 and go to Wal-mart to look at a guide lol. Then I'd get stuck again, damn.
Another game I might be making a post soon about is Primal on PS2 I am about 3/4ths the way through, it's sort of similar to Tomb Raider and there's one part in a cemetery it has a tombstone that says Lara Croft died in 2003 lol.
#84 justin_credible
Tomb Raider Underworld PC 8/10 - The last Tomb Raider that focused on challenging puzzles. I've now beaten Tomb Raider 1, 2, 4, Legend, Underworld, reboot, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Haven't beaten 3 (I have progress on a PS1 emulator, stage 8) or 5. Curious about the future of the series as it was bought out by a company from Square Enix.
I remember when the series first came out on PS1 as a teenager before there was Gamefaqs I'd get stuck on a puzzle on 1 or 2 and go to Wal-mart to look at a guide lol. Then I'd get stuck again, damn.
Another game I might be making a post soon about is Primal on PS2 I am about 3/4ths the way through, it's sort of similar to Tomb Raider and there's one part in a cemetery it has a tombstone that says Lara Croft died in 2003 lol.
27-Sep-23 7:45am
#85 Simon_Belmont
Primal was a $5 dollar general purchase back in the day. Very enjoyable.
#85 Simon_Belmont
Primal was a $5 dollar general purchase back in the day. Very enjoyable.
27-Sep-23 11:46am
#86 justin_credible
Simon_Belmont wrote:
Primal was a $5 dollar general purchase back in the day. Very enjoyable.
It's one of the best games on PS2 not to get a reboot or at least a remaster. I don't think it sold very well unfortunately.
#86 justin_credible
Simon_Belmont wrote:
Primal was a $5 dollar general purchase back in the day. Very enjoyable.
It's one of the best games on PS2 not to get a reboot or at least a remaster. I don't think it sold very well unfortunately.
28-Sep-23 5:57pm
#87 Alaisiagae
justin_credible wrote:
Simon_Belmont wrote:> Primal was a $5 dollar general purchase back in the day. Very enjoyable. It's one of the best games on PS2 not to get a reboot or at least a remaster. I don't think it sold very well unfortunately. It was my 1st PS2 game - they netted really top notch talent for Jen and Scree. I, too, wish it'd get a remaster! Like, Shadow of the Colossus style: remade from the ground up. But keep the existing voice acting (RIP Andreas Katsulas).
#87 Alaisiagae
justin_credible wrote:
Simon_Belmont wrote:> Primal was a $5 dollar general purchase back in the day. Very enjoyable. It's one of the best games on PS2 not to get a reboot or at least a remaster. I don't think it sold very well unfortunately. It was my 1st PS2 game - they netted really top notch talent for Jen and Scree. I, too, wish it'd get a remaster! Like, Shadow of the Colossus style: remade from the ground up. But keep the existing voice acting (RIP Andreas Katsulas).
28-Sep-23 8:50pm
#88 PizzaTheHutt
Golf Club Nostalgia on
It looks like beating all 35 holes unlocked an additional story with 35 more holes. But I didn't like the original story enough to want to play more, and the golf aspect is pretty basic, so I'm not going to play through this second half. I saw the credits roll after the first 35 holes, that's good enough for me.
#88 PizzaTheHutt
Golf Club Nostalgia on
It looks like beating all 35 holes unlocked an additional story with 35 more holes. But I didn't like the original story enough to want to play more, and the golf aspect is pretty basic, so I'm not going to play through this second half. I saw the credits roll after the first 35 holes, that's good enough for me.
30-Sep-23 12:51am
#89 justin_credible
Just finished Primal.
And finally beat Kingdom Hearts 2.5 (PS3) after all these years a few days ago. I've only beaten KH 1 and 2 I'd like to beat 3 and the other games in the series one day.
#89 justin_credible
Just finished Primal.
And finally beat Kingdom Hearts 2.5 (PS3) after all these years a few days ago. I've only beaten KH 1 and 2 I'd like to beat 3 and the other games in the series one day.
30-Sep-23 6:36am
#90 benstylus
justin_credible wrote:
Just finished Primal. And finally beat Kingdom Hearts 2.5 (PS3) after all these years a few days ago. I've only beaten KH 1 and 2 I'd like to beat 3 and the other games in the series one day.I have 358/2 Days
and Dream Drop Distance 
if you are interested
#90 benstylus
justin_credible wrote:
Just finished Primal. And finally beat Kingdom Hearts 2.5 (PS3) after all these years a few days ago. I've only beaten KH 1 and 2 I'd like to beat 3 and the other games in the series one day.I have 358/2 Days
and Dream Drop Distance if you are interested 1-Oct-23 5:03pm
#91 PizzaTheHutt
I just finished up Devil May Cry 5 on
. I should have had this done at least a week ago, but really this genre of games, while I enjoy them, I also get burnt out easily with them due to the repetitiveness of them and will play through a few levels and then take a break for a few days before continuing.
#91 PizzaTheHutt
I just finished up Devil May Cry 5 on
. I should have had this done at least a week ago, but really this genre of games, while I enjoy them, I also get burnt out easily with them due to the repetitiveness of them and will play through a few levels and then take a break for a few days before continuing.2-Oct-23 1:16am
#93 sdwyer138
Sonic CD - First time playing, and I breezed through it in three evenings. Seemed easier than Sonics on Genesis, but also I didn't bother trying to win any of the bonus stages or get any good futures.
#93 sdwyer138
Sonic CD - First time playing, and I breezed through it in three evenings. Seemed easier than Sonics on Genesis, but also I didn't bother trying to win any of the bonus stages or get any good futures.
2-Oct-23 11:31am
#94 DCGX
Trials Fusion
Continuing with PS+ titles, this was one of the first games I downloaded when I got my PS4. I played it for a little bit, then stopped. I needed a change of pace, so I gave it another go. I cruised to gold in every event until the Hard levels were introduced. Then, not so much (though still some golds). There's definitely a "get good" aspect to these levels, but the problem I have with them is, unlike the "easier" levels, there isn't much flow to them. So much starting and stopping, especially if you reset to a checkpoint. Often times there's a ridiculously hard gap in the middle of a track, when the rest of the track is just fine. The other problem I have is with the trick system. The right analog stick is used to engage a trick, and it has to be held for a couple of seconds to fully register the trick, but I found the game was having trouble registering which trick I wanted. That made getting high scores harder than it should've been. I rolled credits on the game, so I consider it beat, but there's obviously so much more to go.
However, that includes the DLC which is longer than the base game. Not to mention Ubisoft's obsession with other currencies at the time. Unlocking stuff doesn't really matter since it has to be purchased with points, but mostly golden acorns. As far as I can tell, the latter are mostly obtained through microtransactions. And the menus are a mess because of it. They're organized well enough, but it's menus within menus, and despite there only being a small handful of rides, they take way too long to load.
I enjoyed this game to a point, and having reached that point, I'm fine with deleting it from my PS+ library.
That opening song, though, hot damn!
#94 DCGX
Trials Fusion
Continuing with PS+ titles, this was one of the first games I downloaded when I got my PS4. I played it for a little bit, then stopped. I needed a change of pace, so I gave it another go. I cruised to gold in every event until the Hard levels were introduced. Then, not so much (though still some golds). There's definitely a "get good" aspect to these levels, but the problem I have with them is, unlike the "easier" levels, there isn't much flow to them. So much starting and stopping, especially if you reset to a checkpoint. Often times there's a ridiculously hard gap in the middle of a track, when the rest of the track is just fine. The other problem I have is with the trick system. The right analog stick is used to engage a trick, and it has to be held for a couple of seconds to fully register the trick, but I found the game was having trouble registering which trick I wanted. That made getting high scores harder than it should've been. I rolled credits on the game, so I consider it beat, but there's obviously so much more to go.
However, that includes the DLC which is longer than the base game. Not to mention Ubisoft's obsession with other currencies at the time. Unlocking stuff doesn't really matter since it has to be purchased with points, but mostly golden acorns. As far as I can tell, the latter are mostly obtained through microtransactions. And the menus are a mess because of it. They're organized well enough, but it's menus within menus, and despite there only being a small handful of rides, they take way too long to load.
I enjoyed this game to a point, and having reached that point, I'm fine with deleting it from my PS+ library.
That opening song, though, hot damn!
2-Oct-23 11:35pm
#96 justin_credible
I beat 007 Everything or Nothing (Gamecube) last night, 2nd best Bond game I think.
#96 justin_credible
I beat 007 Everything or Nothing (Gamecube) last night, 2nd best Bond game I think.
3-Oct-23 1:02pm
#97 Sun
I'm playing Dead Space right now and it feels so much better than The Callisto Protocol. Such a shame the latter game wasn't as good as it should've been. Hopefully they remake Dead Space 2 and 3 as well.
#97 Sun
I'm playing Dead Space
right now and it feels so much better than The Callisto Protocol. Such a shame the latter game wasn't as good as it should've been. Hopefully they remake Dead Space 2 and 3 as well.3-Oct-23 1:49pm
#98 Simon_Belmont
justin_credible wrote:
I beat 007 Everything or Nothing (Gamecube) last night, 2nd best Bond game I think.
Love it, have beaten it on PS2 many times.
It's THE ONLY Bond game (except for maybe Russia With Love) that makes you FEEL like James Bond.
That free fall in the opening is great, the motorcycle chase on the rooftops is one of my favorite set pieces ever, plus they created a new Bond story and used professional actors and a real recording artist for the theme song.
Willem Dafoe shouldve been a Bond villain ages ago.
#98 Simon_Belmont
justin_credible wrote:
I beat 007 Everything or Nothing (Gamecube) last night, 2nd best Bond game I think.
Love it, have beaten it on PS2 many times.
It's THE ONLY Bond game (except for maybe Russia With Love) that makes you FEEL like James Bond.
That free fall in the opening is great, the motorcycle chase on the rooftops is one of my favorite set pieces ever, plus they created a new Bond story and used professional actors and a real recording artist for the theme song.
Willem Dafoe shouldve been a Bond villain ages ago.
3-Oct-23 3:46pm
#99 DCGX
Simon_Belmont wrote:
justin_credible wrote:> I beat 007 Everything or Nothing (Gamecube) last night, 2nd best Bond game I think.> Love it, have beaten it on PS2 many times. It's THE ONLY Bond game (except for maybe Russia With Love) that makes you FEEL like James Bond. That free fall in the opening is great, the motorcycle chase on the rooftops is one of my favorite set pieces ever, plus they created a new Bond story and used professional actors and a real recording artist for the theme song. Willem Dafoe shouldve been a Bond villain ages ago.
I don't know. I played 'Everything or Nothing' a couple of years ago on Xbox for the first time, and I thought it was okay but spliced up weird since after every mission it went back to the mission select screen. Driving in some of those levels is pretty janky.
#99 DCGX
Simon_Belmont wrote:
justin_credible wrote:> I beat 007 Everything or Nothing (Gamecube) last night, 2nd best Bond game I think.> Love it, have beaten it on PS2 many times. It's THE ONLY Bond game (except for maybe Russia With Love) that makes you FEEL like James Bond. That free fall in the opening is great, the motorcycle chase on the rooftops is one of my favorite set pieces ever, plus they created a new Bond story and used professional actors and a real recording artist for the theme song. Willem Dafoe shouldve been a Bond villain ages ago.
I don't know. I played 'Everything or Nothing' a couple of years ago on Xbox for the first time, and I thought it was okay but spliced up weird since after every mission it went back to the mission select screen. Driving in some of those levels is pretty janky.
3-Oct-23 6:18pm
#100 justin_credible
DCGX wrote:
Simon_Belmont wrote:> justin_credible wrote: |>> I beat 007 Everything or Nothing (Gamecube) last night, 2nd best Bond game I think. |>> > > Love it, have beaten it on PS2 many times.> It's THE ONLY Bond game (except for maybe Russia With Love) that makes you FEEL like> James Bond.> That free fall in the opening is great, the motorcycle chase on the rooftops is one> of my favorite set pieces ever, plus they created a new Bond story and used professional> actors and a real recording artist for the theme song.> Willem Dafoe shouldve been a Bond villain ages ago. I don't know. I played 'Everything or Nothing' a couple of years ago on Xbox for the first time, and I thought it was okay but spliced up weird since after every mission it went back to the mission select screen. Driving in some of those levels is pretty janky.
It's far from perfect but saying it's the 2nd best Bond game isn't really saying much. Mostly it's Goldeneye and then a bunch of mediocre to average games.
Metacritic agrees https://www.metacrit...
#100 justin_credible
DCGX wrote:
Simon_Belmont wrote:> justin_credible wrote: |>> I beat 007 Everything or Nothing (Gamecube) last night, 2nd best Bond game I think. |>> > > Love it, have beaten it on PS2 many times.> It's THE ONLY Bond game (except for maybe Russia With Love) that makes you FEEL like> James Bond.> That free fall in the opening is great, the motorcycle chase on the rooftops is one> of my favorite set pieces ever, plus they created a new Bond story and used professional> actors and a real recording artist for the theme song.> Willem Dafoe shouldve been a Bond villain ages ago. I don't know. I played 'Everything or Nothing' a couple of years ago on Xbox for the first time, and I thought it was okay but spliced up weird since after every mission it went back to the mission select screen. Driving in some of those levels is pretty janky.
It's far from perfect but saying it's the 2nd best Bond game isn't really saying much. Mostly it's Goldeneye and then a bunch of mediocre to average games.
Metacritic agrees https://www.metacrit...
4-Oct-23 9:27am
#101 BJB
Beat Lies of P last night. I really enjoyed this one. One of the best Souls-likes I've played so far and I really appreciated how linear this game was compared to the actual Souls series. Unlocking shortcuts was frequent, plenty of Stargazers that felt perfectly distanced, and diversions off the beaten path felt concise, fun and rewarding, typically with a quick shortcut or back-track to return you onto the main story avenue.
The final boss is really the only boss that gave me real problems and I probably died 25 times on him, but other than that, most bosses weren't too big of a deal. I even managed to beat a few of them first try which was refreshing for a Souls-like game.
All in all, I really liked this game and I had a long decision making process on whether or not I wanted to run a NG+ and go for the platinum, but ultimately decided that my backlog is too friggen big right now and I should move on. Currently going back to finish Final Fantasy XVI which I'm about 65% done with. I know everyone was raving about this game and loves it, but I really cant seem to get into it. It doesn't grab me nearly as much as XV did (Which I basically was unable to put down until I plat'd it), but I'm too far into it to just drop it. I'll see it through
#101 BJB
Beat Lies of P last night. I really enjoyed this one. One of the best Souls-likes I've played so far and I really appreciated how linear this game was compared to the actual Souls series. Unlocking shortcuts was frequent, plenty of Stargazers that felt perfectly distanced, and diversions off the beaten path felt concise, fun and rewarding, typically with a quick shortcut or back-track to return you onto the main story avenue.
The final boss is really the only boss that gave me real problems and I probably died 25 times on him, but other than that, most bosses weren't too big of a deal. I even managed to beat a few of them first try which was refreshing for a Souls-like game.
All in all, I really liked this game and I had a long decision making process on whether or not I wanted to run a NG+ and go for the platinum, but ultimately decided that my backlog is too friggen big right now and I should move on. Currently going back to finish Final Fantasy XVI which I'm about 65% done with. I know everyone was raving about this game and loves it, but I really cant seem to get into it. It doesn't grab me nearly as much as XV did (Which I basically was unable to put down until I plat'd it), but I'm too far into it to just drop it. I'll see it through
Last Game You Beat?