by niflhe
The games I played in 2017. Most likely, many of these games will be from last year as I bought a lot that I never had the time to play or finish. I'll usually write a small block of text at a time, separate paragraphs will usually indicate that I've come back to a game after a small break or have recently finished it.
I usually only mention a game if I spent more than a hour playing it. Really all depends.
Showing 1-10 of 73 items
I still haven't touched much of the single-player campaign, which is a shame as I've heard it's phenomenal. The multiplayer has such a hold on me - I don't think I've missed a Giant Bomb Happy Hour since I've started to play. I'm sure that'll change eventually, but I'm having such a blast that I don't see it happening soon. I scored 168 points in a single Attrition game, so maybe I should just quit because I'm never gonna be that good ever again. I started the campaign! Y'all, the campaign is good. Really good.
Still plugging along at the first Steins;Gate. The lab mems have just theorized the "time leap", which should lead to interesting shenanigans. Oh god the interesting shenanigans were characters straight up dying, recursive loops where characters keep dying, and parallel/concurrent worlds where the characters keep dying. Great writing, though. Ended up with the Faris ending my first time through. Went back to get the Suzuha ending, followed by Lukako's ending. Lukako's ending hit me like a ton of bricks - the writing is just incredible. I think I'm on the path for Mayuri's ending, after which I have to replay the entire game (thankfully there's a skip) to see Kurisu and the True Ending. Finished up all of the endings of Steins;Gate and I loved every minute of it. I cried at the true ending.
I FINALLY GOT AN ELUSIVE TARGET. GotY, all year every year.
Basically more Human Revolution, which I absolutely adored. Adam Jensen is sort of a nothing character with a gravely voice and neckbeard, but how everyone else plays off of him and reacts to him is worthwhile. The new augments don't seem all that great to me, but I'll play around with them eventually. Is it just me or does he *really* look like Jeff Goldblum trying to sell me on apartments.com in the thumbnail? I'm currently lost in a sewer and accidentally solved the wrong sidequest. Whooooops.
Olly Olly. I haven't gotten too far into Oxenfree, but so far I am in love with the dialogue system - though I wish there was a little more feedback on if Alex is going to say what you select immediately and interrupt, or if she's going to wait until the end of the next sentence. That minor issue aside, I'm really excited for what Oxenfree is laying out. Does Clarissa ever get any better because she's kind of an asshat. (answer: sorta?)
I'm not sure if there's much I could say about Uncharted 4: A Theif's End without just gushing and gushing. It is absolutely gorgeous in every sense of the word. The vistas and views are breathtaking. I love the subtle facial animations that express real emotions and can carry scenes all on their own. It's hard to not just mention scenes that I was in love with, because honestly? It might just be the whole game. I will point out the scene at the hotel and the car ride with Elena later in the game as high points to me. The only minor complaint I have is that the gunplay is still a giant "whatever", but the addition of stealth makes it so much more bearable. The ending of Uncharted 4 also makes me wonder what direction the series will go in. I would be all the way into a new Uncharted starring Cassie. Or maybe just let the Uncharted series lay low for a while, work on something else.
Basically a less bizarre Pocket Card Jockey. It mainly makes me want to play Pocket Card Jockey. I should play more Pocket Card Jockey.
Shadow of the Colossus is and remains one of my favorite games of all time and I have been following the creation of The Last Guardian ever since it was announced. I love the game so far, but the controls and camera are pretty frustrating so far. Trico is so real and so fantastic, however, that it's a bit of a moot point. I just want to interact and play with Trico more. I know this game ends with either the boy dying or Trico dying, but I'm still pretty invested. While I haven't been quite as frustrated by the process of actually playing a video game in some time, I enjoyed large parts of The Last Guardian. I'm glad I experienced it, but it's something I never want to go through again. I might have had nightmares about trying to get Trico to dive.
I fired up some TMS♯FE mainly because my PS4 controller ran out of battery and I wanted an excuse to turn on my WiiU. But now that I've gotten back in, I've remembered just how good TMS♯FE is. It's fantastic, really. I wish the game gave the Knight class more weapons to start out with, however. I'm also starting to get obsessed with upgrading and maxing out weapons/skills. +4 Ziodyne's? I don't know how much the pluses matter, but I must have them all.
I just found the upgrade that turns Shantae and the Pirate's Curse into Super Metroid and I'm. All. The. Way. In. Final bosses that do half of your health with no invincibility frames are really annoying, just fyi!
