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Games Completed: 2019 Edition

Same as it ever was.

Except I'm gonna add [start/finish dates] [hours taken] this time

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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana

1. Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana

PS4 Version. 2018/11/15 - 2019/01/21, 52 hours Not a bad game, but not a great game either. Too damn long for an Ys game

Grand Theft Auto V

2. Grand Theft Auto V

PS4 Version. Jan 23-31, 55 hours Great game. Really refreshing playing an open world game after a lot of "do everything before the next main thing or miss out" JRPGs

Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram

3. Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram

PS4 Version. Feb 19 - March 2, 33 hours Came bundled with Steins;Gate Elite so I figured I would play this first seeing as it's kinda old. 11 short stories, starting off really strong, ending strong, and having some really good stuff in the middle. Though it's kinda weird that the weakest parts are the stories that are meant to fit in the canon instead of the more detached, fanservicey ones (I thought the Faris and Mr Braun stories would be complete throwaways but they were my favourite). It was also interesting to see how many plot points were taken from this and expanded on for Steins;Gate 0 (along with how they literally copy-paste the best El Psy Kongroo line lol) Also lots of Suzuha screen time, which made it all worth it

Devil May Cry 5

4. Devil May Cry 5

PS4 Version. Mar 8-10, ?? hours Hella good game. Will write the rest of this after I beat more difficulties

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

5. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

PS4 Version. Mar 22-29, 36 hours Very well made game, but my opinion on the gameplay itself throughout my playthrough (to Return end) was like that Frogurt scene from the Simpsons. Had more to say about this but I keep forgetting to write these as soon as I beat the game lmao tl;dr Bloodborne was better UPDATED - April 2, 49 hours Platinumed the game. Best part: Owl (Father) fight. Worst part: stabbing the same 5 guys in the back for 3 hours to grind the last 31 skill levels I needed to buy everything

Borderlands

6. Borderlands

PS4 Version. Apr 21 - May 2, ?? hours Already beat this game once, about 10 years ago. Used to call the game Boredomlands because I played as Soldier with 4 different people as coop. Soloed as Siren this time - what an OP character by comparison lol Main reason I replayed this was to go through the DLC. It's aight.

Steins;Gate Elite

7. Steins;Gate Elite

PS4 Version. Mar 3 - May 14, 40 hours Might elaborate later, but my basic opinion on this version of the game is "if you've watched the anime at any point in your life, play the original instead" but also "playing this and then watching 0 is the optimal path for first-timers"

Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland

8. Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland

PS4 DX Version. May 15-24, ?? hours Bought DX in order to prep for Lulua. Rorona Plus uses the Meruru engine so it's a much more solid game, even if some of the mechanics don't quite mesh with the systems in this 100%. Also Plus features an extra year of post-game content which is cool but pretty much just super hard dungeon/boss stuff which I'm not the biggest fan of. But most importantly there's more English Totori which is great. Lulua up next!

Dauntless

9. Dauntless

PS4/PC Version. May 27 - Jun 9, ?? hours Short Review: Beat Shrowd & Rezakiri. It's a free-to-play Monster Hunter that is nowhere near as good and runs like shit on consoles.

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!

10. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!

PS4 Version. Jun 8-13, 30 hours Never got around to playing this when it was new; so figured I had to in prep for BL3. Picked Athena for MC status. Heard a lot of shittalk about this game, but found the base game to be ok. Claptrap DLC is actually pretty good, up until the last boss - fuck that guy.

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