The Gaming Diary: Chapter 3

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Jet Set Go (WP) - Been tinkering with this in my downtime lately.

[Addicted]

Things have been really busy of late...

Battlefield 1 (X1) - Finished the campaign. I really like this game as it's a good change from all of the modern/near future shooters. Also where else can you play as a pidgeon?

Mafia 3 (X1) - Finished the game. I really liked the main story and main story missions but the missions in between felt monotonous.

Gears of War 4 (X1) - It's a great Gears game.

Dragonball Xenoverse 2 (X1) - Just installed. I hope to start this week.

Titanfall 2 (X1) - Just installed. I hope to start this tonight.

Lunar Eternal Blue (SCD) - My Holiday RPG. So far it's a lot of fun.

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Fat Princess: Piece of Cake (Vita) - Just through a bit of daily play, I'm close to nabbing the final Trophy.

[Ikariniku]

LEARNED: I can no longer play games on an original Game Boy.  Welp, onto the flip pile with this pick up.

[Shadow Kisuragi]

Why's that? No back light?

[Ikariniku]

The backlight was the least of it.  The blurriness and poor contrast just made things impossible to discern.  It makes me wonder how I ever beat Bionic Commando on the thing.

[Addicted]

Gears of War 4 (X1) - Finished. I'm looking forward to playing the next one.

Dragonball Xenoverse 2 (X1) - This is almost identical to the last game. It's not a bad thing but it's getting a bit old.

Titanfall 2 (X1) - Finished the campaign. This was a lot of fun but there are a lot of FPS games this season and I wonder if it will get lost in the shuffle.

Forza 3 (X1) - One of my favorite games this year.

Lunar Eternal Blue (SCD) - Working my way through. Still a fun game.

[Disposed Hero]

I haven't checked in since the beginning of October, so here's what I've played since then:

Alien: Isolation - Really good game, but also really stressful.  It may have just been because I was playing on a higher difficulty, but I swear that damn alien cheats.

Kuon - I've typically only heard bad things about this game, but I quite enjoyed it.  I can't say that it's a great game, but I think it's one for survival horror fans to check out.

Back in 1995 - Quick and dirty indie horror game I picked up cheap on Steam.  It's supposed to be a throwback to survival horror games from the mid-90s.  It felt more like playing an early alpha build of Silent Hill than anything else.  I think it was made by only one guy, and it shows.  It's really not a good game at all, but as a fan of survival horror, I can appreciate what the developer was going for, and I think there's a foundation here for a decent game.

Beyond: Two Souls - I got burned out on my annual survival-horror marathon before the end of October, so I randomly chose this game from my backlog list to play something different, but I suppose it does have an appropriately creepy vibe at times.  I've been meaning to play this ever since it came out, and I'm glad I finally got around to it.  It's pretty typical Quantic Dream fare, but I consider that a good thing, and as such I really enjoyed this one.

World of Final Fantasy - I started playing this right when it came out.  It's obviously full of fan service for fans of the Final Fantasy series, so there's a lot characters and references for me to appreciate.  For some reason, it feels strange to me that this game met my expectations exactly, and by that I mean that it's just a pretty good game.  I don't find it to be GOTY material, but it's definitely worth a playthrough.  I haven't quite finished this one yet, but I think I'm getting fairly close to the end.

[Ikariniku]

Bought an NES game on ebay with a coupon I found on Twitter.  Modern tech is great for retrogaming.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops II (Wii U) - Been rotating through multiplayer and campaign lately.

[Ikariniku]

Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man is a good game that I would have loved to play as a kid.

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My Name is Mayo (Vita) - A jar of Mayonnaise simulator?!? I've seen it all now.

[Duke.Togo]

Lots of Necropolis on X1. Getting better, but some of these lower levels are rough.

[Addicted]

Call of Duty Infinite Warfare (X1) - Finished the campaign and it was a lot of fun. I'm done playing FPS games for at least six months.

Dishonored 2 (X1) - Just installed. I'm looking forward to playing this one.

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Resistance: Retribution (PSP) - This seems like a decent shooter so far. I haven't played an installment in this franchise before, but it seems like an interesting story.