The Gaming Diary: Chapter 3

[Disposed Hero]

@Disposed Hero: Sounds good 

I was playing Prey last night and encountered a door I needed a key card for. Instead of finding the key card I pulled out the glue gun and make stairs up to the second floor. This allowed me to get the drop on the enemies below and bypass the locked door. I also love that you can restore health by drinking from water fountains and coolers.

Persona 5 (PS3) - I'm ready to find out what everyone else has been talking about.

Yeah, the flexibility allowed by this game is really great.  There is also a side quest that makes it so water fountains restore Psi points as well.

Also, Persona 5 is awesome!  I've put about 55 hours into it and am loving it!

[Link41]

Darksiders: Warmastered Edition (Wii U) - Arrived in the mail this morning, so I've been playing this so far today.

[Sirgin]

Yesterday I finished WipEout HD Fury. I got gold medals on all "cells" in each of the events, both for the HD and Fury campaigns. Tried out a few Racebox and online races, but it got a little repetitive towards the end of the campaign, so I'm going to leave it here.

[Disposed Hero]

I just finished Resident Evil 7.  Despite being a huge Resident Evil fan, I'm surprised by how much I enjoyed this game.  The beginning of the game didn't leave me with a very good impression (although I didn't actually dislike it either), but after a while it just clicked and really started to gel with me.  It really is like the classic RE games but in first-person, and I would likely rank it among my favorites in the series.  I'm actually considering doing another playthrough, but I've got so many other games right now that I'm playing that I'll probably just hold off for a while.

[Disposed Hero]

For Honor - I played through this game pretty fast since it was so short.  It's not a bad game, but it is pretty unremarkable.  I feel like the focus is on the multiplayer and the singleplayer campaign was thrown together pretty quick, but having not played the multiplayer myself, I can't say how accurate this is.  Check it out if you're curious, but don't feel bad about passing it by.

Mass Effect: Andromeda - I've been trying to slog my way through this one.  I absolutely loved ME 2 and 3, but Andromeda just feels really dull.  I've heard the game gets better after a certain point, but I'm closing in on the 10 hour mark and haven't seen it yet.

Gravity Rush 2 - I haven't put much time into this one yet, but it seems really good so far.  I enjoyed the original game on the Vita, and so far GR 2 seems to be living up to the first.

Other than that, I'm still playing Persona 5 and Dragon Quest VIII, but my opinions are pretty much the same as the last time I posted about them.

[ReddMcKnight]

Complete:
Resident Evil 7 (Xbox One) - Completed about a week ago. Not a bad game by any means. A-

Puyo Puyo Sun (PC) - Completed on Easy Mode on the Medium Route. I will always love these games, even when they're paired up with crap like Tetris. B+

Puyo Puyo - (GBA via Retron 5) - Completed on Normal Mode. See above. B+

Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 (PS4) - Freemium isn't free. C+

Injustice 2 (Xbox One) - Hardest. Final. Boss. Ever. B-

In-Progress:
Metal Gear Solid 3 HD (PS3) - Just beat The Fear via Stamina Kill.

Rune Factory Tides of Destiny (PS3) - Must...get past...boring...prologue...

Sword Art Online Hollow Realization (PS4) - Technically finished, but post-campaign Season Pass Content has kept me busy.

[Addicted]

I have other games I should be playing but I keep going back to:

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[Addicted]

Tekken 7 (X1) - I really like this game. It brings back memories of playing Tekken 2 on the PS1.

Injustice 2 (X1) - Finished the story. I like this game and the story is good but I'm more investing in Tekken. Also Braniac cheats.

Cars 3 (X1) - It's a fun little game. My son love this.

Vikings Wolves of Midgaurd (X1) - A surprisingly good game. It's not going to blow anyone away but if you see this in the 10-15 range pick it up. I originally compared this to Diablo but I would now say its more like Marvel Ultimate Alliance.

Persona 5 (PS3) - I hit start and named my character. 

[Disposed Hero]

Mass Effect: Andromeda - I finished this game a week or two ago.  Don't feel bad about passing this one up, even if you're a huge ME fan.

Gravity Rush 2 - I'm in a little bit of a rut with this game, but I'm hoping to pick up steam with it again soon.  I think my biggest problem with these types of games is that I tend to spend too much time doing side quests and hunting for gems that I start to get bored with it.  I probably just need to get back on track with the story.

Dragon Quest VIII - It's been a fun ride, but I'm nearing the end of this one now.  I enjoyed VIII so much more than V, and I feel like I'll probably give VII a try some time in the future since its 3DS remake also has many of the same improvements that VIII had (namely no random encounters).  I'm also looking forward to XI whenever that hits.

Horizon Zero Dawn - This game has been a bit of a slow burn for me, but after a fairly uninteresting opening section, I'm really getting into the game now.  I tend to get a little overwhelmed with these types of open-world games because I usually want to do everything the game has to offer, but I seem to be managing this one pretty well.

Yooka-Laylee - Played this for about 30 minutes and promptly uninstalled it.  I never cared for these types of 3D platformers anyway.

Persona 5 - I'm right around the 70 hour mark, but I haven't been making much progress over the last few weeks, mostly because I don't want to get too close to finishing the game yet.  I'm taking a vacation next week, and this seems like the perfect game to lie around and play for hours on end while I have little to no responsibilities to worry about. 

[shaggy]

Just beat Casino Kid on NES!

[Link41]

The Retron has arrived! So just a blur of NES games for the past two days.

[OatBob]

I have been addicted to Crazy Taxi Gazillionaire for 3 days straight.

[Link41]

Donkey Kong (NES) - Been playing 2 player with the kids.

[RobotWillie]

Since I started in January or December I am level 34 in Skyrim although I have not played it everyday. Or close to everyday. Its just one of those that I don't want to rush and enjoy. I have played other games even. And it has nothing to do with being bored, it has everything to do with me wanting to not blow by it super fast and take in everything I can.

Although I will probably need to do another character since I want to do everything and choosing the side in the war is part of that I can't do with one character. Also I discovered I may have screwed up the reward of getting all the Daedric artifacts since I let a priest destroy one of them when I had the choice to stop him. But I am pretty far into the main story and I have done over 100 MISC tasks and have completed the Mage's College questline, almost done with Thieves, and am in the middle of Companions. Still need to do Dawnguard and I only briefly visited the island that the DLC Dragonborn adds. Also need to do Dark Brotherhood. I may not do them all with this guy but I will see.

[Addicted]

Rime (X1) - A good game reminiscent of Journey or ICO. The ending is very sad.

Breath of Fire 3 (PS1) - I will finish this game this year... hopefully.

Valkyria Revolution (X1) - I'll start it this weekend.

Shining Force 2 (GEN) - Getting my bearings again. It's been a while since I've played this game.