In an attempt to lessen my overall backlog and to spend less money and more time on games I've decided to list off stuff I've finished. New Years resolution 4 - Don't buy a game until you've finished at least one.
I'm going to cheat to get the list started but it's always difficult to start a list. Will hopefully update as the year progresses..
A finished game = credit roll. Post game stuff would take forever....
I will occasionally post games of note that I gave up on as well, but will mark them as such to differentiate.
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Finished story mode, 4 hours I reckon.
Replay - 5 hours or so, mostly just enjoying the ride.
I'm guessing around 14 hours. If it wasn't for problems with the graphics engine and a hard crash point at the start of year 3 (if you go to the festival) I would have nothing but good things to say about this game. If I didn't have a massive backlog I would still be playing it..I want to still be playing it. The gameplay loop of get quest to make something - go find items to make something/battle through small dungeons/make something/hand it in/spend rest of the time doing whatever you want for that quest period is just..awesome. The lack of a 'world ending' story and sweet character vignettes just make it even better. Goes into my GOAT list.
11:49 I'm split on this. It's beautifully made, the music is divine, graphically it's wonderful and yet...and yet I swung between enjoying it and wanting it to finish as soon as possible. It's short for a Zelda game and even then I went through it as quickly as possible. I don't think the Zelda 'Dungeon - item - Dungeon etc' is for me. Being able to rent items and tackle the most of the dungeons as you wish is cool..Some of the bosses are great - Knight and Ganon especially. Not for me, but nevertheless a great game.
11:46 Vita remake Though I'd finished Momo's path this time last year, I'd left Kisuke until last night because..reasons. I decided to pick up the DLC so I'll get into that but I count finishing the main game as finishing so..yeah. As to the game itself..probably the most artistically beautiful game I have ever had the pleasure of playing. A Japanese watercolour come to life, and it makes Dragon's Crown look like the boring blergh that it is. The combat in the game is simple yet has a depth that can be missed if you just button mash (or use tempest to cheese bosses..don't judge me). The RPG lite mechanics with sword forging and food are fun distractions. My only complaint is the enemies themselves. If I have to fight any more dumbass ninjas with their bombs and fire breathing I may scream.
21:39 With the restored content mod, but not the droid planet. Quite simply the best RPG that I have had the pleasure to play. It takes what was good about the original and refines it. Sure there's no 'twist' in the story like the original but...it's the only game I've ever really sat there and thought 'You know..they're not wrong.' It even stands up graphically, looking like a more basic version of The Old Republic. It's just such a shame, that like Bloodlines, it was released in such a state originally..though it does rather seem the norm today. I finished this originally on the Xbox when it was first released, and now I have done so again. Straight into the GOAT list it goes.
11 hours or so Modded and played using the FSO engine. My first true experience of playing a game with my hotas and it's up there as one of the best gaming experiences I have ever had..comparable to the beginning of MGS in my eyes. With the graphical updates it looks good even today and the story is good enough to get you involved without overwhelming you with giant bipedal lions..but that's a story for another day.
Vita 9? Hours to credit roll An interesting experiment in quasi action RPG multiplayer brawls that ultimately fails due to poor controls, boring combat system, levelling tied to RNG and grinding..many of the same problems faced by Destiny in fact.
63 hours till credit roll As anyone who plays these games, to a coin a phrase 'The Real Monster Hunter Starts Here'. I have yet to go beyond HR3 on the Guild Quests and have done zero online..so I expect I'll be playing this for months to come. Edit: April - now at 150 hours
13 hours or so. After the mess that was Resi 6 I think we were all hoping for them to return to what made Resi fun. In my mind those are a) great locations, b) decent gunplay and c) batshit insane stories. I didn't find any of those in this instalment. The gunplay was the worst offender as I didn't feel that any of my shots had any weight to them. The story was terrible with only the vaguest understanding of Kafka wafted around it and the locals were uninspired. I accept that I'm probably in the minority here but Evil Within far..far..FAR eclipses this even at the reduced price point.