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52 Games Challenge 2025!!!
kashell:
38. Guilty Gear Strive - Ky Kiske
I might have been spoiled by Slayer's absolute brutality. Ky is fun, and has a good projectile game, but his attacks don't have that oomph of the vampire dandy. On the other hand, I keep seeing chatter about Slayer being "broken" so maybe that's something to consider. Anyways! Another playthrough down. It was fun. I've always liked Ky and his arsenal of lightning abilities.
bizzgeburt:
--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on May 28, 2025, 01:38:32 am ---I'm still marching forward towards 100 games beat by the end of the year. With summer around the corner, I have several games in mind that I really want to try and play before the fall. Some of these games are more summery in nature (I guess), but overall I just want to make sure I play and beat the following games before the beginning of September. Here is my current list of summer time games I plan on beating.
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Donkey Kong 64
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Halo 2
I definitely plan on playing more than just those four games, but those are the ones that if nothing else, I definitely want to make sure I've beat them before summer's end.
--- End quote ---
Enjoy the 2 N64-titles, they're absolutely awesome, Zelda in particular. 8)
marvelvscapcom2:
37. Until Dawn [PS4] - Finished May 28th, 2025
Until dawn is a 2014 Psychological horror sorta interactive (choices define your story) game by supermassive games. And it's iconic. Iconic enough for bad movie spinoffs. Thats when you know you're big league kid lol.
I enjoyed my time with Until Dawn heavily.
MANY WAYS TO PLAY
My favorite part about Until Dawn is that the game 100 percent hits a home run in the choices actually effecting the plot. In most games of this format. It only gives the illusion of choices mattering. Like no matter what you do the same endings happen. Well not until dawn. If you mess up. And offend someone. Kill something. Hit the wrong button. Heck even if you move your ps4 controller the wrong way. Ya get humbled lol. And its not always etched out when and how plot will bend or alter. You just done goofed which led to consequences and the game forces you into tight situations. At first I disliked this games relying so heavily on QTE (quick time events) but I now love it. Because as you play. The QTEs begin to make you feel panicked. Overwhelmed. Annoyed. Not knowing where to go. Or what to do. As a timer ticks down. And it wasnt until I got half way or so. I realized. That is making me feel very immersed and helpless. It all makes you feel in control and out of control at the same time.
My favorite characters are Emily and Mike. In fairness the 4 girls are all for whatever reason brave and epic in this game. While the guys suffer outside of Mike who is our lone badass amongst the guys lol. But boy he makes up for it. The characters are believable. One of my favorite trophy titles come from this game. Called "the 4 daughters of darkness" super sick. The atmosphere is rad. We also got some heavy hitters in our plot casting.
Rami Malek who is the star of bohemian rhapsody plays Josh. In VA and looks. Hayden Panitierre who is known from a lot but mostly Scream movies is in this. Shes an exceptional actress who plays Sam. And the VAs as far as I can tell just crush it. Its an oscar worthy line up.
The game feels soaked in dread and claustophobia. And the story is full of twists and turns.
My only gripes of the game are sometimes it feels like the fate of characters or plot is out of the players hands. Like if you move left something major happens. Imagine if you open a jar of mayo in your fridge and a neighbor dies 2 weeks later becase you did. How were you supposed to know? Lol. I also find the games darkness to be awesome for the scares. But not so well for exploring or finding your way. I got lost a few times and thats in a fairly linear game.
SCARED ME
While Resident Evil 2 is the scariest game ive played off sheer fear of being watched and pursued. This game is close. Because its a master at its shock and horror. It got me a few times. Spooked me. Made me unsettled. Its definitely caught me and made me let out an audible "oh my god [explitive]* a few times at night. 2am with the lights off. Its calm and unassuming until it isnt.
Overall I loved Until Dawn. Its mechanics arent as clean ss life is strange. But it has like 100 possible endings. The dualshock 4 is used motion wise sometimes. QTE is golden and its graphics are ridiculously aging well. It looks like a 2023 game. It's so varied that its engaging.
Rating - 90/100
bikingjahuty:
--- Quote from: bizzgeburt on May 28, 2025, 09:22:19 am ---
--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on May 28, 2025, 01:38:32 am ---I'm still marching forward towards 100 games beat by the end of the year. With summer around the corner, I have several games in mind that I really want to try and play before the fall. Some of these games are more summery in nature (I guess), but overall I just want to make sure I play and beat the following games before the beginning of September. Here is my current list of summer time games I plan on beating.
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Donkey Kong 64
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Halo 2
I definitely plan on playing more than just those four games, but those are the ones that if nothing else, I definitely want to make sure I've beat them before summer's end.
--- End quote ---
Enjoy the 2 N64-titles, they're absolutely awesome, Zelda in particular. 8)
--- End quote ---
Thanks, but I've actually beat OoT from start to finish probably a dozen times already, and I've played through most of DK64, albeit that was nearly 25 years ago. OoT is one of my favorite games of all time, but sadly I haven't beat it since 2018. I decided this summer was a good time to do something about that and beat it again. I'm really looking forward to replying DK64 as well.
telly:
Game 10 - Pokémon Legends: Arceus (Switch) - 22 Hours
As far as Pokémon games go on the Switch, I think this one is easily hands down the best version available. And to be honest, there are many reasons why this might be one of the best Pokémon games ever. I haven’t had this much fun with Pokémon for a long time. Even in the wake of Scarlet and Violet I feel like legends does the open world design better because the visuals are more stylized and interesting, and the gameplay better suits the open world design not only with exploration but also using the environment to help you catch Pokémon through crafting and hunting. I really liked Jubilife village as a hub world just a nice main area with tons of atmosphere and things to do - really liked that part.
I was also shocked to see that this game probably has one of the best stories in the series (even though it still isn't anything special). You at least have some really interesting political relationships between three different groups of people who are trying to survive on a new island and because it's a brand new world the main goal is to complete the first Pokédex which really makes you motivated to actually catch Pokémon. Not only that each Pokémon have unique challenges that encourage you to play in different ways to fill in their respective slots in the Pokédex. The game isn't as focused on trainer battles but it's because Pokémon as a concept hasn't really been taken on by the general public so it fits the theme of the story which I really liked. Throw in other activities like mini games side quests and a nice soundtrack make this game just overall a solid experience.
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