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bold games are games that have been beaten, previously beaten, or are unbeatable.
47.
3D Dot Game Heroes (PS3)
Decided to start playing this game. So far, seems very Legend of Zelda (NES), which is pretty good. It even has some of the annoying "Oh you hit a wall instead of just hitting straight, which isn't pretty good. I've gotten through 2 dungeons already and I'm on my way to the third. I'm not feeling particularly patient in general as of late, which isn't a good thing for RPGs because I just don't feel like doing any quests or anything, I just want challenging gameplay. This game is actually burning me out quite fast with the backtracking constantly and basically having to redo all 6 dungeons over again to get to the final boss. Not looking forward to having to fight the Kraken and Dragon again, that might be what makes me abandon this game. We'll see. Kraken and the Dragon were actually quite easy with the Hero Sword, but battling the final boss I realized that I really need the Hero Shield so I went and did that quest line or what have you and then I destroyed the final boss. I did like 0 side quests and missed tons of trophies and such, but I think this game would've been abandoned had I tried to do all of that, but the game would've lasted much longer.
Rating: Very reminiscent of LTTP, but the graphics in this game are almost annoying. The fact that the game tells you that a level editor was planned and later scrapped is kind of a let down. Recommended if you like LTTP and can get past the graphics.
48.
Dukes of Hazzard, The: Return of the General Lee (PS2)
Weekend before E3 and for some damned reason I have been spending it in my game room playing PS2 games. Took a break from Tokyo Jungle to play some other stuff. Decided to play this. Overall, pretty weak game, not sure why it commands even the price it does. Controls really kind of suck, the cars don't handle well, and the other drivers, like most old games, have cars the weight of tanks and your car just get man handled like a little smart car. Most timed missions are fairly unforgiving, and have no checkpoints so if you fuck up late in the race, you have to do the entire race over. No HUD based map, so you have to pull up the full map overlayed on the screen anytime you want to look at the map, can't pause and look at the map, it's during gameplay. Gotta say though, I don't remember Daisy Duke being that attractive.
Rating: Weak as crap, easy pass.
49.
Red Faction II (PS2)
This game feels like an entirely different game from the previous game, sure it has the same mechanics and such, but the story, style, and setting, all feel entirely different from the previous title. Honestly don't even know if I was on Mars. A lot of the fights were cheap as shit and the game doesn't save like Red Faction on PS4 did, so I don't know if RF on PS2 did the same, but no matter where you save, it loads the last autosave. So certain boss fights can be painful as fuck. I fought Repta, I think, and that was just the worst. He was near invulnerable, fight was broken into 2 sections, and then after the fight, a pipe falls, which the first time I finally beat him, it fucking landed on me immediately afterward, so I had to start over. I nearly cried.
Rating: Easy pass, adds nothing to the franchise as far as I can tell.
50.
Under the Skin (PS2)
I had been eyeing this game for a long time because it's moderately rare, not many copies out there complete for sale, but it's still cheap. I'm gonna say now, this game is going to spike at some point. This game aged EXTREMELY well, it looks beautiful. Honestly, I felt like I was playing an indie game on PS4 or something. Gameplay is pretty damned fun, but weird. You prank humans and collect coins dropped by the pranked humans. There are enemies and such to look out for or compete against. I'd like to play multiplayer to see how fun it can get, or maybe do co-op story mode. Overall a really great game. Very short, but very fun.
Rating: Highly recommended. Really fun, bet it would make for a good party game.
51.
Puzzler World 2012 3D (3DS)
So I got summoned for jury duty and figured my only real option was bringing my 3DS and playing something. I wanted to bring something that I knew could keep me occupied all day, so I brought Chibi-Robo Zip-Lash and this because I love me some puzzles and I've been wanting to play Chibi-robo zip-lash. I immediately popped in the Puzzle game and played that for a bit. Then some dude came across the waiting room to compliment me on my 3DS (Majora's Mask new 3DS XL) and then proceed to talk to me about Pokemon and Zelda... and all I wanted to do was sit there and listen to music and play puzzles nice and quiet like. Well my prayers were answered and I was called to serve in the first batch of people. I suppose I'm an extrovert at heart. I've played previous entries in the series and I like the game and the puzzles provided. I've never been a fan of crosswords, those I mostly use up my hint coins. I may not have thought out starting this game very thoroughly. I kind of want to start Fire Emblem Echoes, but I feel like I need to finish this game first. And I am knocking out puzzles like crazy.
Rating:Easy Pass, but it lasted a good long while, 560ish puzzles + Master mode puzzles, it is definitely a good puzzler.
52.
Pokemon Puzzle League (N64)
Wedding anniversary and my wife wanted to play a game together, this year, she chose Pokemon Puzzle League. So we spent most of the day playing this. As always I continuously destroyed her, but we play on different difficulties so it isn't SUPER one sided. At some point I left the room to go grab a package that was delivered and when I came back she had picked my pokemon for me and started the next match and she won right when I picked up my controller. Cheap move.
Rating: Personal favorite. I obviously recommend it.
53.
Puyo Puyo Tetris (NS)
I absolutely hate Puyo Puyo. I like Tetris. This is definitely not the game for me. I expect to abandon it, strictly because of the Puyo sections. My wife has been stuck at Act 5-9 for days, which is a Tetris battle. I started adventure mode a day or two ago and I passed her last night, but the next fight is a Puyo battle. I get destroyed in 10-30 seconds. Just completely buried. I just really don't get Puyo. I had the same issue growing up trying to play Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine. I think it is essentially the same game. I just don't fucking get it. I look at the other screen and the bot's screen just looks like trash and he turns it into this massive combo that buries me. At this point, I have decided to abandon it, but I'll probably give it another go sooner or later. I'm at 50% completion in adventure mode, so I'm expecting it to get even harder... which makes me want to give up right now, because I just don't fucking get Puyo. I still don't get Puyo, like really, I don't, but I guess it's possible to beat the game without really understanding it... so that's something.
Rating: Solid pass.
54.
Mister Mosquito (PS2)
It's so hard to keep up with this when I play through games over weekends and such when I'm not on here writing stuff up. I'm planning on playing through a lot of the weirder lesser known PS2 games this year and this is one of them. You play a mosquito reeking havoc on the Yamada household. The dialogue of the Yamada family and even their actions are pretty funny, especially the battle mode where you hit their "relax" points to cause bliss. Game is pretty simple and pretty short. I got about halfway through before realizing that the heart rate meter is what lets you know that you are about to get swatted. After I figured that out, the game was much easier and was quite pleasant. I can't say this is a game that deserves a sequel or anything, and while playing the game I noticed I was getting bitten by mosquitoes at work, so I don't know why I continued playing the game. Damned mosquitoes. Anyway, pretty fun and interesting experience. It's unique enough that I wouldn't be surprised if it jumps in value when (if) PS2 spikes.
Rating: Pretty fun, pretty unique, but fairly short for the price. I recommend it for the unique experience and silly dialogue.
55.
Italian Job, The (PS2)
This is honestly one of my favorite movies, just a plain good nonsense movie, it just appeals to me. I figured the game probably sucks hard, and I wasn't wrong. Story mode is like 15 levels long, each level takes between 2-5 minutes. So the game can be pretty short. There is no map, just the little HUD map in the corner that shows exactly your location and you get a little red dot on the edge of the "map" that shows the direction to go, so sometimes you'll be in a situation to pick left or right and one way is the right way and one is the wrong way, you just have to start over. Also, sometimes your way point is up on the highway or down in the subway or down in the tunnels, so you just have to guess until you start figuring out the small world and where they want you to go. It is a bit annoying, but it almost forces you to put more into the game, which isn't good or bad, I don't applaud them for it, but it kind of works. Story plays out the basic actions of the movie. 3 or 4 missions are exactly the same doing the heist and the training for the heist... with minor differences.
Rating: Easy Pass.
56.
Gravity Rush Remastered (PS4)
So I was sitting around not knowing what to play and it hit me that I've been wanting to play this for a long time and I kind of want to buy GR2 before it possibly becomes hard to find like the original plus GR2 rarely goes on sale or anything, so I might as well pick it up... but I don't want to buy it before I've even started playing the first. A little surprised this one has never hit PS+ to be honest... especially with the Amazon exclusivity of this one. Anyway, I'm rather enjoying it, it was a little slow to start, but most games are. The story is really dragging me in, makes me a little sad that I've missed stuff already, I'm hoping there is a way to go back and hit the convos I missed with the strangers because that very much seems to explain a good chunk of the story if not spoiling a bit of it. I'm actually really impressed with the story. I was expecting a kind of bland story about shifting gravity, but there is more to it. Trying to keep it spoiler free like always, but I highly recommend this game so far. Story aside though, the gravity combat mechanics are fairly frustrating. I've not really got down the evading... well fuck, it just occurred to me that the one "battle" I had trouble with, dodging attacks wise, I should have been using the gravity evasion move or what it is... anyway back to my original point... there has only been really one battle that was just absolutely infuriating, the boss kind of flails and such and you have to attack him in his arm tentacle face thing. I don't know, I got really angry and had to take a few minutes away from the game because it was just so damned hard to actually hit the guy.
Rating: Recommended. Rather good game despite some of the janky mechanics.
57.
Oni (PS2)
After rearranging the house and shifting rooms around, I decided to finally get back into playing games and decided to play a PS2 game. I have been mildly interested in this game for quite a long time. Sounded like a good game. Boy was I mistaken. The intro clued me in, looks like an American take on a Japanese Anime. Like it totally looks like it should be asian characters in Japan, but it looks like Ah! Real Monsters or Angry Beavers in the animation department. Like Jackie Chan Adventures, Men In Black, etc shit animation. Gameplay is pretty horrible. It is entirely possible that I wasn't understanding the combat mechanics, but it was pretty unforgiving and too many artificial difficult. Jumps that if missed will kill you, enemies that have one shot kill weapons, enemies that explode on death. Twice I had to use the level skip cheat because the game wound up unbeatable. Don't misunderstand me. I had 2 situations where I was stuck in front of a locked door and every video I watched online showed the door as NEVER being locked in the first place.
Rating: Solid Pass, don't waste your time. It's really bad, not even laughably bad.
58.
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (3DS)
So far, this game looks much prettier, UI wise, than the previous installments. I'm not very far at all, but I'm seeing a lot of differences from previous titles. I've seen some stuff that reminds me of the Ace Attorney titles, you can investigate "scenes" and talk to people present in the area and such. I don't care for it, but we'll see how it turns out. The Dungeon and Interior stuff isn't too bad, it's okay and makes a bit of sense I guess. I'm finding this game is much harder than previous modern FE games (The ones with the casual mode added), there are very few opportunities to grind if characters are under-leveled and a lot of the battles have you out-manned and out-gunned. I don't recall if other games had conjurers but those fucks piss me the fuck off. I'm in a battle where I'm already pretty tit-for-tat with the fucks, and then the conjurer spawns 4 new witches every turn, whilst also being guarded by a shit ton of Knights. I guess I need to just truck it for the conjurer, but god damn if it isn't annoying. After Act 1 I think, maybe Act 2, you split into 2 controllable parties with 2 separate goals and separate paths to go. Kind of like 2 games in one in that sense, but the paths seem to be intertwined so it makes sense... Though I'm surprised they didn't go the Pokemon route again releasing Alm's and Celica's stories separately. I kind of figured that since they took away the support S marriage stuff that characters would have predetermined relationships, and I correctly guessed who would wind up with whom. All relatively obvious.
Rating: Really good Fire Emblem side story. Harder than recent Fire Emblem games, but not by much. Recommended.
59.
Red Ninja: End of Honor (PS2)
Despite hearing over and over from folks how horrible this game is, I finally decided to play it. I was first turned on to this game when Microsoft announced backwards compatibility on the 360 with original xbox games. We did no research and didn't know that the game wasn't available for BC, despite the insistence of the GA. We wound up returning the game, and a few others. But both my wife and I kept the game in mind knowing we would want to play it eventually. Eventually we bought an original xbox when the system was being phased out and decided to keep an eye out for the game. Around that same time I found out that the game was not in fact an xbox exclusive and scrapped the idea of getting it for the xbox and just decided to keep an eye out for the PS2 version. Eventually I bought it. /story tiem. So anyway after the shit show that was Oni, I decided to go ahead and play another shitty PS2 game. Now going into the game with REALLY low expectations really helped. The combat, tutorials, and everything isn't well explained, in my opinion. So I went and read a walkthrough that explained things pretty well. The game was touted as a stealth game, but the stealth mechanics are pretty broken, but the combat is pretty forgiving and not too difficult if you can handle it. So if you can get over the fact that it isn't a stealth game but an action game, it isn't too bad. I'm rather enjoying it so far, but I've read that later in the game it gets sloppier and horrible... so we'll see. The camera mechanics had me spending a lot of time on certain platforming sections, those sections would be massively easier had they implemented something like Tomb Raider would do where part way through the platforming section you would knock something over to make a shortcut, but with this you have to start over every time you drop, spent a good hour on one section alone. I got massively angry at the final fight. I had been doing the tetsugen the entire game and flawlessly using it, but magically at the last fight, I would use it flawlessly, died, reload, and now I can't do it for the life of me, had to do the entire fight without the tetsugen... very painful. I relatively enjoyed the game. Camera controls are absolutely horrible. Just absolutely terrible. If the camera mechanics were better this game would just be massively better. It is poor design to have the jump and drop actions mapped to the same button... too often I was wall jumping or grabbing a ledge and I instinctively press the jump button to climb and I drop down. The only other complaints I have might have to do with my controller and not the game, but the sensitivity on the sticks are out there. It's hard to walk instead of run and it's hard to aim when doing first person aiming.
Rating: As much as I want to recommend it because I enjoyed it, I'm aware that this game is very poorly made. Soft Pass, but if you're brave, I recommend giving it a go. Better than Oni IMO.
60.
Total Overdose (PS2)
I'm really having a terrible time keeping up with updating these notes/review. I started this almost immediately after Red Ninja. This is 3 3rd person action games in a row, all with very very different control schemes and action styles. The game plays pretty much like Saints Row and stuff, my wife saw me playing it and was certain I must be playing the first Saints Row game, and honestly, this game very much fits the Saints Row style of game. I'm kind of honestly surprised this game wasn't a bigger deal, it's actually quite good after a while. The game starts off pretty bland and doesn't quite explain itself very well. The goal of the game isn't to just kill things and such, it's basically BulletStorm... kill with skill. Skill kills give you points, points give you rewards, rewards level up your character... they also unlock extra ammo and missions. The game even encourages exploration with little pickups and collectibles to gather, which again, upgrade your character. The characters are pretty bland and forgettable, the story is mildly interesting, the gameplay is pretty fun. I suppose that's its problem, the characters just aren't very interesting.
Rating: Highly recommended if you like Saints Row, otherwise just regular old recommended.
61.
Punisher, The (Gen)
I bought this CIB a year or so back after my company gave me a bonus for some reason, really, I have no clue why. It's just been sitting on the shelf since, and I was trying to get my wife to help me pick a game to play and somehow it came up to play Punisher on the Genesis. So we played and beat it on Easy... which I wasn't aware would only give you half the game, so we went and played it on Normal. We actually did a hell of a lot better on Normal than on Easy, it was weird, maybe we were just playing better, we both got to like Level 3 without even losing a single life. Honestly though, one of the better beat'em up games I've ever played, but it is only 6 levels long and the flamethrower enemies are cheap as fuck. Gameplay wise, I don't think this game deserves the price it commands, but it is definitely a fun game to play.
Rating: Honestly, for the price, solid pass, unless you REALLY like Arcade style beat'em ups and don't mind how short this one is.
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