Topic: Last Game You Beat

@Nintendobynature Taken most or just some of the achievements? If I remember the Call of Duty games useally have quite many and quite good achievements.

Finished the main kampaign in Mortal Kombat 1. I actually enjoyed it and it was a nice continuation to Mortal Kombat 11. I enjoyed my time with this one. Next up is the DLC kampaign.

Finished Grid 2 on Series X today. The career mode is much better than the first Grid's as it's nowhere near as brutally challenging. However, it gets rather repetitive towards the end due to lack of different tracks and race types. It definitely could've been shorter and therefore more enjoyable. But I still enjoyed it overall.

And that's a wrap on MK1. I finished off the Khoas Reigns DLC. Basically a continuation of the story of MK1, this time revolving more around the Lin Kuei and Scorpion. It was a bit shorter then the main story but that's to be expected since its DLC.

As of the game itself another enjoyable Mortal Kombat game. Had fun with this one and the story as always was interesting. Not sure where the series will go from here but for now this was a nice ending to it.

Mafia 2 Definitive Edition - Xbox Series X

Right so the latest game I beat was actually Mafia 2 Definitive Edition..
Needless to say I had a (very) good time with the game. It was one *** of a ride.

I would say that the game was not least very good on a technical level. I would also state that the game had some very, very impressive game mechanics. Which is also I think a reason why I think that I had such a good time with the game.

*It's interesting because it was a kind of a coincidence that I picked up and begun to play Mafia 2 to begin *with. Also I can note that while it was not a long game by any means I guess most people standards it still took me some time for me to *beat it. And like I did not play that fast.

*Until a a few months ago had not even planned to try out the franchise.

• Completed the story mode like 10 days ago.

While you guys might think otherwise I have not taken a break from gaming but if anything feel more passionate then *before. Totally honest!! That said I try not to stress to much with gaming.

After Doom The Dark Ages, that I didn't like very much because of the gameplay, in spite of considering Doom Eternal one of the best shooters ever, I'm playing my Assassin's Creed backlog. The last one I beat was Syndicate (you might have this one because it was a Game with Gold) and I loved it. It has become my favourite along the first one. I played all the optional content, skipping finding every collectible. The next one should be Origins, but I might take a break now. I skipped Black Flag because those remake rumours I have mentioned before are too big now.

Ninja Gaiden Ragebound. Definitely tough but fair. Lots of difficult platforming, tough boss fights, odd enemy placement or too many enemies on the screen at once. However, the game benefits tremendously from having multiple checkpoints in each stage making it manageable. The best part were the boss fights, with some taking me 20 tries. But, that feeling when you finally beat them is such a relief, in a good way. Again, there's always a checkpoint before a boss fight, so its never an issue. It looked, and sounded amazing too with super tight controls. Overall, solid 8/10 for me.

Gears of War 5 - Explosive Action - Explosive things - Xbox Series X ..

I would like also state that I think the game is fun and features some to say the least explosive action.

Not speaking about Jack and the upgrade abilities in the game which I also think contribute to make Gears into what the game is about basically. Because it actually forces you to think a little bit about the choices you make in the game and well maybe not just run around and shoot things. At least if you like to play the game on one of the higher difficulty levels.

In addition to the cool gameplay I also think that it's also at least partly true that Gears 5 features some of the better audio and visuals in the business which is like one factor which I guess contributes to make Gears of War into what it is.

*now that I have beaten Gears of War 5 I guess you can say that I at least should have a decent understanding of the Gears of War franchise.

Thanks @-banjo.

*Do not longer play the game btw. Feel finshed with it .

Gears of War is a brilliant series, although 5 disappointed me in terms of story and characters (Kait). I'm looking forward to E-Day that sounds like a reboot.

I played GTA San Andreas for the first time and it was a lot of fun in spite of the crude controls. I completed the optional missions. The "Definitive" collection is my first time with the series.

I can't wait for Sonic Racing Cross Worlds next month.

And so Suikoden has come to an end for me. It was great playing this game again and remembering why it was one of my favorite RPGs on the PS One and probably of all time. The pace wasn't bad and I never felt bored with a particular arc. Recruiting all the characters was a blast and some of the QoL improvements they made in this version were nice however there sone minor annoyances I had.

The first was as with all old school RPGs there was a bit grinding I had to do and it wasn't so many grinding for levels as it was grinding for gold. Yeah they had the gambling games that you could make alot of money on and very fast but again it was grinding and depending on if the RNG gods were with you it could take time to get enough gold for stuff. The problem wasnt so much was that you had to grind but the fact that the max gold you could ever carry was 999,999 and the fact that getting people's weapons up to level 16, which was the max level took so much money that you had to grind for gold alot. I understand that the max gold being 999,999 was carried over from the original PS version so more then likely was due to memory space on the original PS version but this is a remaster version for modern consoles. One of the QoL feature they could have added was a unlimited gold counter like current games.

The other thing that annoyed me but I had to get use too was the limited inventory space. I have gotten use to modern RPGs where you have alot more inventory space or stuff would stack to bigger numbers for example being able to carry 99 Health Potions. With Suikoden it also didnt help that your armor that you had to equip took up space in your inventory so automatically your were down 4 inventory spaces, 5 if that character used a shield to begin with. So inventory space is quite limited.

And now the positives. The graphics and music was terrific in this game. Each bit of music fit the part and in many ways it felt like the score to a great movie. I particularly loved the haunting remix of the Gregminster theme that plays while you storm the capital at the end. The big sprites where great and the touch ups they made to the original PS One graphics where nice and were not that much different. Granted a few of the characters portraits I preferred the originals over the new ones but still they weren't that much different where it was like my god what did they do.

Story wise great as always and its a nice change of pace from other RPGs. Your not take on a some sort of God, or Demon or trying to stop some meglomaniac from taking over the world or evil alien from exterminating all life, you are just trying to defeat a tyrannical Empore to form a new republic and bring just to it.

Overall this remaster is great and any JRPG fan should play it. Even if you played it on PS One its a nice trip on memory lane. Definitely in my top 5 for GotY this year.

@RogueCooper Honestly it didnt bug me at all, as I said I just had to get use to having such a limited space for inventory. I guess modern games with bigger inventory spaces spoiled me lol. Games like Diablo III or even Assassin's Creed Valhalla or Breath of the Wild obviously have more memory now you can literally carry a good amount of items before running out of room unlike games back in the PS One era. I just had to remind myself to check my bags more often in Suikoden to make sure I had room before tackling a dungeon, and to stop by the shops and sell off old gear. Just had to retrain that's all.

@RogueCooper Now see Fallout and Elder Scrolls drive me nuts with how limited the inventory is, but I am the type of player that picks up everything, part of it is my own dumb brain thinking I might need that later lol. I guess with older RPGs like Suikoden it doesnt bother me because you can only pick up stuff you need, health items, armor, weapons etc. Where as Fallout and Elder Scrolls can literally pick up everything. I often dont make it too far in those games cause I get my bags full after taking 20 steps out of town and then its back to town to either sell or store the items aways.

As for Suikoden 2, I haven't started it yet, had somethings come up but hopefully this weekend I can but we will see, I got a pretty packed weekend with a convention so I might not start it till next week. As I said before, I never played it but everyone tells me that its like the first one only better.

@AgentCooper Oh big congrats man. Nice that you finshed the game off!

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle -Xbox Series X

First I had some problems even getting into the game to be honest.. Then what a surprise … The graphics, the sounds. the environment.

They did not even use the Unreal engine to build this which I guess would have been easy route but instead used the Id tech engine which is like to my understanding one the most difficult engines to use for game development if I understand things correctly...

@Angetcooper Thanks I think Indy might be at least one of the best movie based licensed titles around. And one many would like to experiance if given a chance . The stealth aspect game was not least cool imo.

Finally finished Borderlands 3 main story, and so here is my thoughts on the game in general.

Overall it was a good game and a decent entry into the franchise. Gameplay is nothing new, its a Borderlands game its loot and shoot loot and shoot. Yeah they added some new mechanics like the slide and butt slam and of course the vault hunters have unique abilities but over all nothing too different from 2 game play wise.

Story wise this is a tough one to judge. Overall I did enjoy the main story The Calypso Twins were good adversaries and once you finally got to their story I did like them and their reasoning for doing what they did. Thats where the problem was with this game compared to 2 was the pacing of the story. There was just so much unnecessary padding in the story that it just made the game a slog at times. I get it they had big shoes to fill after Borderlands 2 and they were trying to make the game bigger and longer then 2 but really it was unnecessary. Going to the different planets was neat and the fact that each planet felt unique and different was great but that's were the slog of the story would happen. There was was the main story of going to other planets to get vault keys from them which was a race against the Twins but the fact that they side quests wrapped up into the main story the just lagged. It wasn't just go to the planet and get the key it was no go to the planet do a bunch of favors for whoever had the key and then get the key. Again I get it the wanted to show off each planet but I didnt need to know each keyholders problems and their story had nothing to do with the Twins so it felt like padding to make the game longer.

As for the Twins, their story was great. It was another tragic story like Handsome Jack's but a different kind of tragic. It made it quite satisfying when you finally beat them and it wrapped up Pandora's story nicely too. It manged to flesh out alot of things from Borderlands 1 and 2 and explained alot in a good way and not just rewriting something from the past. If anything it expanded it. This game is great lore wise for the entire series, more so then any other.

At.the end of the day I'd give the game a 6/10 but that's due to the pacing of the game. The characters were great, the lore was great and it wraps up the trilogy up perfectly just a shame they couldnt get to the point quicker.

Final Fantasy XIII Lightning Returns. I played the first two parts last year. It looks incredibly well in 4K and (almost) 60fps on Series X. The initial hours are confusing, but I managed to complete all the side quests and Prayers except What Rough Beast Slouches (Aeronite) and Last One Standing, having a look at several guides, mind you. It's an atypical Final Fantasy game, but the quests are manageable, the exploration is rewarding and the combat and customisation are cool, once you get the hang of it. It was a 60h playthrough. I didn't need the last three days, unexpectedly. Of course, I completed The Final Day. I almost beat the Ultimate Lair, I reached the last floor skipping 3, but didn't beat Ereshkigal (only tried once).

@oliverp Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is wonderful and I'm happy you enjoyed it. A must-play, no doubt.

@Banjo. Was it hard? Iam like always get impressed when I read about someone who manage to beat a big, epic RPG game (not read to many stories of as of late btw) because I think it often takes more efforts to do that then beating other or ”normal *games. At least I think not so common to beat the story mode of RPGs (because I think its common to kind of give up). The Narrative of reading about RPGs or the experience of them is so nice to! Any chance that you will play more FF now? Of course (big) congrats btw.

*even if it feels like many games today are Rpgs in some aspects..

As stated I think again many would have enjoyed the indy game if given a chance to play it. That said I am not are how many would have liked stealth as aspect of the Indy game (some would might have given up because of that).

@oliverp Thanks! Final Fantasy XIII Lightning Returns is difficult in two ways. Firstly, the time limit to complete the game is scary, but once you start stopping time with Chronostasis and you know what you're doing, you can have a couple of in-game days off at the end of the playthrough. Secondly, battles are in real time, but you need to find the treasures to equip the abilities and build decent battle schemes to survive. Until then, you are likely to lose them. No big deal because there are no penalties. The quests is what you do to level up, which is interesting. Battles are basically for EP that is used for essential things like stopping time when needed and for boosting your battle skills. It's a very unique game.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle excels at what it does, but we've seen impatient players not giving it a chance. Its change of pace is refreshing and I enjoyed every minute of it, and that's unusual. The quality of the visuals, sound, gameplay and immersion is what I enjoyed the most.

So as part of my annual spooky Halloween game session I finished Castlevania Symphony of the Night once again. Still a great game and one of the GOAT. Still a ton of fun to play it. Next up for Halloween Resident Evil 4 Wii edition.