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7-Dec-03 9:25am
#1

Guru

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9-Jan-23 4:07pm
#61

nonamesleft


Sun wrote:
Borrowed TMNT: ShredderÂ's Revenge from the library and played through the first 4 stages with my 4-year old. HeÂ's having a blast. Raph is his favorite.Every once in awhile someone mentions taking video games out from the library. Pretty cool that some libraries offer this.

9-Jan-23 5:58pm
#62

Sun


nonamesleft wrote:
Every once in awhile someone mentions taking video games out from the library. Pretty cool that some libraries offer this.
Probably just me! I've played through a number of single-player games this way:

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
Horizon Forbidden West (didn't even install it)
The Last of Us: Part II
Life is Strange: True Colors
The Quarry
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (I only played Bowser's Fury since I beat 3D World on Wii U)
Tactics Ogre Reborn (didn't even get a chance to play it)
Tiny Tina's Wonderland (didn't play it very much)
TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection
TMNT: Shredder's Revenge
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

I don't check out longer games since I know I won't finish them.

I put Marvel's Midnight Suns, Hogwarts Legacy and God of War: Ragnarok on hold request as well. Maybe I'll finish God of War (2018) by the time it's my turn for Ragnarok.

9-Jan-23 7:51pm
#63

nonamesleft


Sun wrote:
nonamesleft wrote:> Every once in awhile someone mentions taking video games out from the library. Pretty> cool that some libraries offer this. Probably just me! I've played through a number of single-player games this way: The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope Horizon Forbidden West (didn't even install it) The Last of Us: Part II Life is Strange: True Colors The Quarry Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (I only played Bowser's Fury since I beat 3D World on Wii U) Tactics Ogre Reborn (didn't even get a chance to play it) Tiny Tina's Wonderland (didn't play it very much) TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection TMNT: Shredder's Revenge Uncharted: The Lost Legacy I don't check out longer games since I know I won't finish them. I put Marvel's Midnight Suns, Hogwarts Legacy and God of War: Ragnarok on hold request as well. Maybe I'll finish God of War (2018) by the time it's my turn for Ragnarok.Wow. Some great games on there. And they have Switch games? Your library is

I'm not going to even bother checking my local library to see if they carry games. They almost certainly don't... okay, fine, I'll check, but only because you insisted

9-Jan-23 9:25pm
#64

Anxiouz


Somebody didn't like my R&C Rift Apart 7/10. Would love to hear from folks that would rate this higher in 2023.

9-Jan-23 10:01pm
#65

Dasgessabel


Anxiouz wrote:
Somebody didn't like my R&C Rift Apart 7/10. Would love to hear from folks that would rate this higher in 2023.
I didn’t neg you but I loved R&C A Rift Apart. Easy 8-9/10 for me.

9-Jan-23 11:36pm
#66

sa330206


Finally finished Yakuza 0. I'd give it a 8.5/10. Great game but got a bit repetitive.

I started Yakuza 1 (remake) the other day. Very similar to 0 except a little more lifeless? Hope I can make it through, it's OK so far.

10-Jan-23 3:48am
#67

Sun


sa330206 wrote:
Finally finished Yakuza 0. I'd give it a 8.5/10. Great game but got a bit repetitive. I started Yakuza 1 (remake) the other day. Very similar to 0 except a little more lifeless? Hope I can make it through, it's OK so far.
I played 0 last year and enjoyed the story, but the gameplay does get repetitive. That’s why I haven’t finished Kiwami yet. It’s good in small spurts and will take a long time to finish as a result. I have all the games on PS4 but it’s gonna take a long time to get thru them all.

10-Jan-23 9:05am
#68

nonamesleft


@Sun

I checked and, from what I can tell, only books and some movies. No video games. I didn't think they'd have any. Checked on the very slight chance that they would.

10-Jan-23 10:45am
#69

Dasgessabel


Frank wrote:
Dasgessabel wrote:> Callisto Protocol 7/10- Took me a little over 12 hours, playing on Max Security> (hardest setting). Honestly, save for one part a decent ways into the game, this> was an overall fairly easy game. The way the core combat mechanics of the melee works,> you just hold a direction and dodge or block, then strike back with counter/melee> combos. You eventually get guns and they work about like you think, so nothing too> out of the ordinary there. Had some choppiness in random sections, but runs pretty> decently now with a couple of patches under its belt at mostly highest settings at> 1440p - ray tracing definitely had to be turned off, but the game is gorgeous for> the most part even without it, so not worth the performance hit in my opinion. Overall,> I enjoyed it for what it was but Dead Space is still king of this hill. If you need> something to play, pick it up in a few months when it goes on sale and maybe by then> some story DLC will be out as well since the ending is a dangling carrot. ... I've been playing Arcade Paradise on PS5. I've got 20-something of the 35 games, and am really enjoying my time with it. I'd probably give it a solid 7-7/5/10. Some of the "arcade" games are actually really fun, albeit knockoffs of preexisting games that I like
(Spoilers for Callisto Protocol in the spoiler tag for those who haven't played, don't click it)

I concur on a Dani DLC, that would be neat. As odd as it is, I feel like Jacob's story should be done. The revelation towards the end where he KNEW they were transporting something potentially bad, but did it anyway, kinda ties in with his idea of staying behind. I feel like they shouldn't have added that bit with the doctor potentially finding a way out, because now they have to add more with him. Either way, I enjoyed the game enough I'll play the DLC as long as its story stuff.

Kommie wrote:
Dasgessabel wrote:> Callisto Protocol 7/10- Took me a little over 12 hours, playing on Max Security> (hardest setting). Honestly, save for one part a decent ways into the game, this> was an overall fairly easy game. The way the core combat mechanics of the melee works,> you just hold a direction and dodge or block, then strike back with counter/melee> combos. You eventually get guns and they work about like you think, so nothing too> out of the ordinary there. Had some choppiness in random sections, but runs pretty> decently now with a couple of patches under its belt at mostly highest settings at> 1440p - ray tracing definitely had to be turned off, but the game is gorgeous for> the most part even without it, so not worth the performance hit in my opinion. Overall,> I enjoyed it for what it was but Dead Space is still king of this hill. If you need> something to play, pick it up in a few months when it goes on sale and maybe by then> some story DLC will be out as well since the ending is a dangling carrot. I liked this too, nothing special but not as bad as reviews showed. I just wish I had known to not even bother with the Tactical Pistol. Was absolutely worthless and I just sold all the amm I got.
Yeah the tactical pistol was given way too late. Should have been the first gun, honestly. The five round burst is fun but overall, a worthless gun because you get the last gun not too long after.

10-Jan-23 9:24pm
#70

benstylus


As a normal adult man doing normal adult things, I tried out Teddy Together on 3DS today. It's basically like Nintendogs but with a talking teddy bear.

I got to Level 2 friendship and he went outside to see if he could make friends. Lots of kids around but he lamented there were no other bears so he couldn't make friends.

The dialog choice was between "I'm sure you'll make friends soon" (or something similar) and "Yep! No friends for you!" (That exact wording).

This game is simultaneously charming, a bit creepy, and hilarious at the same time.

10-Jan-23 9:39pm
#71

Orlandu


@sa330206 Definitely don't try to play the Yakuza series back to back. They will feel insanely repetitive if you don't put some other games in between them. I try to play one per year. Out of the five I've played, I still like 0 the best.

11-Jan-23 12:36pm
#72

thenadz


Also beat the Callisto Protocol - 8/10 for me

Visually, one of the most impressive games I’ve seen this generation. It’s not exactly scary but I do like the atmospheric dread and melee heavy combat. I liked it more than most people because I felt like the length was just right for a single player game. Once I upgraded my grip gun, combat became a lot more fun. Not replayable but DLC would intrigue me to jump back in

14-Jan-23 4:35pm
#73

PizzaTheHutt


Stray {} 7/10
I had heard the usual complaints about this game, such as the final game being different than what people were expecting from the initial announcement trailer. I guess you can put me in that category too. What's the deal with all this robot stuff? I just wanted to play as a cat, but they felt the need to complicate things with this super uninteresting story about robots.

I've heard it's a short game, but at one point I didn't even know if I wanted to finish it. There's even a trophy for beating the game in 2 hours, but I spent that much time alone just getting lost in the slums and not being able to find my away around because so much of the area just looked the same. Really, that is pretty early on into the game and it had me wanting to quit. I haven't finished the game yet, but once you get out of the slums/rooftops section the game gets slightly better.

I do want to give some kudos to whoever was responsible for the game's music. The bass sounds so good with the Pulse 3D headset, in the rare times you actually hear any music. As for the rest of the audio, it is just environmental effects and those sound alright too. I feel like there's nothing special about the graphics. The environments look nice at times, but overall I was expecting this to look better than it does. I know it's from a small studio so I guess they can be forgiven, but early on I had to double check and make sure I hadn't downloaded the PlayStation 4 version by mistake.

I think the game is just barely above average, but I'll add a +1 to the score because once in a while I catch my cat staring at the TV when I'm playing this and he doesn't usually do that for too many other games (Animal Crossing is another one he seems to like).

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KeyWe {} 8/10
This is a pretty fun co-op game. You can play it solo, but it's clearly meant for two players, and you're playing as little kiwi birds working in a post office, sorting mail and stuff.
It sounds simple, but things can get pretty hectic in the later levels. This is definitely something where you can enjoy it with a friend that is as much into gaming as you, or a spouse that is more of a casual gamer.

14-Jan-23 6:37pm
#74

Kommie


there was nothing really going for Stray other than "cat game" and even then it doesn't save it from below mediocrity.

15-Jan-23 9:06am
#75

DCGX


And yet 'Stray' keeps getting Game of the Year nods...somehow.

15-Jan-23 9:10am
#76

Kommie


I love cats but that game had nothing interesting going on. If it were more in line with a typical puzzle game like Limbo, Another World, Heart of Darkness, or Little Nightmares and removed the force story nonsense it may have been better. The whole robot part/story crap was so bad.

15-Jan-23 9:17am
#77

Bleed_DukeBlue


The beginning where you just run and jump on stuff and be a cat was kinda cool, but the game lost me immediately after that.

Kommie wrote:
I love cats but that game had nothing interesting going on. If it were more in line with a typical puzzle game like Limbo, Another World, Heart of Darkness, or Little Nightmares and removed the force story nonsense it may have been better. The whole robot part/story crap was so bad.

15-Jan-23 9:19am
#78

benstylus


Been playing a lot of Fantasy Life for 3DS lately.

It reminds me of how much I miss Level 5 in the US market.

Not saying we need more Layton games after 5 and 6 though.

But their creativity when they aren't shackled to a single series/concept is pretty great.

15-Jan-23 10:41am
#79

Gypsy


benstylus wrote:
Been playing a lot of Fantasy Life for 3DS lately. It reminds me of how much I miss Level 5 in the US market. Not saying we need more Layton games after 5 and 6 though. But their creativity when they aren't shackled to a single series/concept is pretty great.
Looks like I got this one at some point but haven't played it yet.

15-Jan-23 6:01pm
#80

Anxiouz


I've had The Last of Us Part 2 on the shelf for awhile now, and just never felt in the mood to start it. But it fit the bill perfectly last night and I'm enjoying the story beats and the quality is as impressive as I was expecting. Naughty Dog really is something special. I do think that they introduce far too many characters too early, and jumping between them works as a narrative for a film but it makes it tough to connect with who I'm supposed to care about. I'm excited to see where this goes though.

PizzaTheHutt wrote:
Stray {} 7/10 ... but I spent that much time alone just getting lost in the slums and not being able to find my away around because so much of the area just looked the same.
I'm actually stuck here now. I felt like I mostly did everything in that area before stopping for the night. But then a week or so later when I resumed, I couldn't figure out where to go/what to do. I think I need to get 3 more soda cans for the merchant?, and then there is a clue about rooftops? (but I thought I did that already). But after running around the same area for 10-15 minutes I keep turning this off.

15-Jan-23 8:52pm
#81

PizzaTheHutt


Anxiouz wrote:
PizzaTheHutt wrote:> Stray {} 7/10> ... but I spent that> much time alone just getting lost in the slums and not being able to find my away> around because so much of the area just looked the same. I'm actually stuck here now. I felt like I mostly did everything in that area before stopping for the night. But then a week or so later when I resumed, I couldn't figure out where to go/what to do. I think I need to get 3 more soda cans for the merchant?, and then there is a clue about rooftops? (but I thought I did that already). But after running around the same area for 10-15 minutes I keep turning this off.

Yeah you need to get up to the rooftops to advance (I think it was having to track down 4 books) and then briefly you will return to the slums area again before eventually moving on and not being able to return. Buying the last item from the merchant with 3 cans was optional, because I was only able to find two of the cans before I just gave up and left.