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78.
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles (PS4)
My wife initially described the game to be like Breath of the Wild, I was sold... but I just never got around to it. I asked for a description again and she described it as Breath of the Wild minus the combat. A little less sold, but I'd give it a try. First off, no gliding and no climbing. Falling is using an umbrella and slowly descending. Climbing is just jumping, but if you try to jump from a surface that isn't flat, you wind up just jumping backwards, so Elder Scrolls style mountain climbing is impossible. The game seems to take a lot of the game play from Breath of the Wild and I guess Harvest moon. Fetch quests galore. Farming aspect exists, but I took no part in it and wasn't really necessary for the platinum aside from adopting some animals. Exploration and crafting are the major part of the game, plus some minor collect-a-thon action. Overall I rather enjoyed the game, enough to spend an additional day playing the game after beating it, just to work on the platinum trophy. Game also doesn't take itself too seriously, has a lot of references to pop culture, tons of puns (LOVE IT), and there is an island in the game called "Troll Island", which appears to be little troll characters, decorative poop, and the characters dialogue seems to come directly from internet message boards. A+.
Rating: Honestly, recommended. Troll Island makes this game worth playing by itself.
79.
Super Mario World (SNES)
Got my SNES Classic in the mail, finally, fucking USPS and UPS Surepost. But mostly USPS for their pretending to attempt delivery but refusing to deliver, and then saying they'll hold it but then they deliver it because I asked for them to hold it. Asshats. Anyway, I decided to play through SMW, did the quick finish and went straight from World 2 to the Final Castle. Whipped Bowser.
Rating: Stupid to ask, Top 5 games of all time, obviously recommended.
80.
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS4)
I was looking through my PS4 library and noticed I had a digital copy of MGSV, so I installed it. Then shortly after I decided to play it. I've been playing it all weekend. Beat all of the side ops, got some trophies for a bunch of different things. As much time as I have invested in this game over the past 2 years, it surprises me that I have no Gold Trophies for this game. Just a ton of bronze and a handful of silver. I have a few more trophies I'm going to work on before I abandon this game again. Next year, maybe I'll go for some of the more involved trophies. I really want to platinum this game some day.
Rating: Still highly recommended.
81.
Super Mario Odyssey (NS)
I haven't quite been hyped about this game, I never get too ahead of myself with Mario games because they are generally hit or miss, no in between. This game is quite fantastic. A throwback to the collect-a-thons of the N64 era. Nice open worlds like the N64 not the small levels or "worlds" of Galaxy or 3D World/Land. Somewhere between Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine. No power ups, but this has been replaced with the capture system, which works quite well and makes for some humorous gameplay. This game has upwards of 800 Power Moons (or as I like to call them, Moon Moons, yes I imagine the mentally challenged wolf). Very easy to enter a world, and within a minute find yourself with 3-5 Power Moons already. Unlike SM64 or Sunshine, the entry to new worlds isn't locked behind a set amount of Moons, but requires you to obtain a set amount of Moons from the previous world. This forces you to at least do some stuff in EVERY world. SM64 and Sunshine, if you were thorough enough on certain worlds, you could completely skip less desirable worlds like water and ice levels. Not this time around. Take that as you want, but every world was enjoyable in Odyssey. The water levels weren't frustrating, and the ice levels weren't too terribly slippery. Collecting costumes and other collectibles is fun and enjoyable. There are a lot of complaints about repeated boss fights, and I have to agree, but at least every fight is slightly different and more difficult as you progress. Most kingdoms do incorporate their own mini-bosses, so there is some variety.
Rating: Absolutely recommended. Definitely a top tier 3D Mario outing, easily better than any previous 3D Mario game.
82.
The Legend of Zelda and the Lampshade of No Real Significance (PC)
I really shouldn't count this one, since it's a relatively short flash game, but I played through it and got to the end... plus it's funny and I like it. Made 12 years ago by the same folks who made Snipperclips for Nintendo. Most of the humor is either inside jokes referring back to other flash videos they've done, other flash animators and contributors (Rubberninja, Tom Fulp, Egoraptor), and some video game based humor.
Rating: Can't honestly recommend this unless you've seen the Decline of Video Gaming flash videos and find them at least slightly worth your time.
83.
Gone Home (X1)
Assassin's Creed Origins had a 2GB title update, so I was like let me play some other games. So I played and beat Gone Home a few times and unlocked a couple of trophies. Basically speed runs.
Rating: Speedrunning aside, the story in this walking simulator is pretty good. Recommended.
84.
Pneuma (X1)
I started playing this game years ago, got to the middle of Chapter 5 and stopped playing. The game gets good in Chapter 6, I totally regret abandoning this game years ago, the ending and dialogue are pretty good. Mildly thought provoking puzzles, but nothing on the level of The Witness I'd venture.
Rating: Worth a play, especially if you got it on GWG, but maybe not worth the $20 price tag.
85.
Turing Test, The (X1)
While waiting for the giant 2GB title update for AC:Origins, I decided to pop this GWG game on and play through it. Shortly I figured out that this is made by the same folks who made Pneuma... COINCIDENCE!!! Story in this is pretty good, the AI has interesting things to say and there are tons of little notes and stuff all over the place. The puzzles are tough enough, but not so hard it is frustrating and not so easy that it's boring. Definitely Portal level puzzles. I've read that this game uses a lot of inspiration from The Talos Principle, specifically in how the puzzles are presented and the theories needed to complete the puzzles. Overall a good game.
Rating: Definitely worth a play if you got it on GWG, better than Pneuma from what I can recall from Pneuma.
86.
Forza Horizon 2 (X1)
After finishing Turing Test, I was constantly thinking about pulling out my steering wheel set up and playing Forza Horizon 2. So I caved and finally pulled it out and completed a handful of championships until I got bored again. I've previously beaten this game, but there is always more to do in this game. The entire reason I haven't even started Forza Horizon 3.
Rating: Fantastic racing game, definitely puts the NFS franchise to shame.
87.
Snipperclips (Switch)
Honestly, this game, imo, is the stand out title for the Switch right now. Snipperclips is what the Switch is all about. The folks who made this game also made some flash videos in the early 2000's, specifically the Decline of Video Gaming series (which was Egoraptor's first foray into voice acting). This is a quaint little puzzle game that requires cooperation, but also allows the users to act competitively. The competitive multiplayer modes are quick and fun. The cooperative elements have tons of different ways of solving a puzzle and can be frustrating or fantastic based on how well you and your friend can work together. There is already many stories on the internet about folks making new friends through this game specifically. It's just plain and simple a rather fantastic game. Well worth the $20 price tag. It's just a shame that isn't wasn't given a physical release. Hopefully that will change down the line. Making slow progress on this, playing about once a week or so knocking out a puzzle or two each time. Finally finished this game, shortly after the release of Snipperclips Plus. Will jump into that shortly.
Rating: Fantastic, must play game. Definitely #3 in the top 3 Switch games worth playing right now. #1 for multiplayer. Highly Recommended.
88.
Blade KittenI was thinking about jumping back into Bourne Conspiracy, but I decided to play Blade Kitten. I had previously left off in the middle of Act 1, so I wasn't super far into the game when I last abandoned it. But I persevered and finished the game. Game isn't difficult, isn't frustrating, and is barely memorable. It's just... kind of bland. The only thing the game has going for it is the fact that Kit is attractive. Even the dialogue is mildly annoying and fairly difficult to follow. The ending is even a total cliffhanger, expecting you to go out and buy episode 2... but WAIT... Episode 2 wasn't released but 5 years later and only on Steam. Moderately unsurprising that this game just kind of faded away.
Rating: Meh, soft pass. Nothing about this game screams "Play me"
89.
Homefront: The Revolution (PS4)
I played through and beat this game last year... but some how at some point, I lost my saved data for it. I read an article that talked about how the Timesplitters 2 easter egg is now 4K enabled or something on X1X, and I didn't even know there was a Timesplitters 2 easter egg... so I started the game over and got all the way to the end basically where you can get to the easter egg, so I could play Timesplitters 2 on my PS4. So worth it. Doesn't hurt that I actually enjoyed Homefront: The Revolution. Don't get me wrong, there is still a lot wrong and bad with this game, audio gets desynced massively, characters/vehicles/items just despawn randomly, and a lot of other minor things... but this game is totally playable and the story is quite good. I mean essentially this game is the same story as Wolfenstein II NC except Norks instead of Nazis. The game does well to present how hard you have it. I recently read about the DLC of this game, and it sounds like it really ties up the story and I may go out and buy them to experience the rest of the story.
Rating: I still highly recommend this game as a sleeper hit. Game would be massively better if a lot of the bugs were fixed, but the game is still totally enjoyable.
90.
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (NDS)
Decided to jump into V now that I'm done with IV. Would really like to play I-III but I only have 1 and I'd rather play the "remakes" than the originals, so I'll wait for the hopeful PS4 releases. With the name of the previous title I expected that every game would play out differently. The previous title being a Chapter-ed game, this one I figured would not be, and it isn't. Like the previous game, I'm finding the early levels to be quite troublesome compared to the later levels. Got my ass handed to me by the Ghost Leader because I ran out of MP in the middle of the fight with him and couldn't do ANY physical damage. Already starting the game off with grinding... not happy with that. Found an area with some Metal slimes and farmed for XP for a while and now I'm doing good. I expect that now that I've progressed a bit that I'm going to be XP farming again not too far from now. Made my way through a good portion of the game, but a large portion of what goes on at some point is a lot of going back and forth between some location and Gotha Kingdom. That's where I'm at right now. I've been slowly playing this, pretty much exclusively during bathroom breaks. What few walkthroughs I've looked at, it looks like I'm right at the end. Crocodilopolis and then on to Nadiria for the end of the game... then there is post game content. Might not bother with the end game stuff this time around. Made my way to Nadiria and Mt. Zugzwang, or as I like to call it Mt. ZigZagpaddywack. I was having a terrible time with just random battles so I took off and did some grinding against some liquid metal slime, my whole team is about lvl 40 now. I'm figuring that's good enough, but I'm having trouble finding the will to proceed. Had no real issue finishing the game with my team so high... but I also gave the wife the staff that heals everyone a little, the legendary hero the staff that heals one person quite a bit, attacked constantly with the hero, and had the daughter cast bounce on everyone so the boss would deal massive damage to himself every few turns. Worked pretty well.
Rating: Fantastic game. Gameplay, story, and mechanics were different enough to feel like a brand new game compared to IV. Well recommended.
91.
Undertale (PS4)
I didn't manage to take notes while playing this or the next few games as I played them all rather quickly without having been at a computer the whole time. Game starts off pretty slow and boring, takes getting out of Toriel's house for the game to really pick up... and it picks up as soon as you meet Sans. What a guy, love him, all of the characters in this game are fantastic. Even the enemies give me a chuckle in how you go about showing mercy. Especially dug the Temmie puns. Puns in general get me. Such good and wholesome humor throughout this game. Not a fan of bullet hell games, so the bullet hell segments were quite painful for me, but for the most part the game was entirely enjoyable and I had trouble putting it down and staying away from it when I needed to. I even managed to get the Platinum trophy for this game before even beating it... which is weird, you'd think there would be trophies for the different endings, but there are not.
Rating: Well recommended. Fantastic game. Great humor. Easy Platinum.
92.
SuperHyperCube (PSVR)
I've been looking forward to this game since I first saw about it and heard it was going to be a PSVR launch title... but it is pricey at $30 for an arcade only game. Still hella fun. Managed to get it for about half price I think, plus I get all my digital money at no cost to me, so it's not a big deal. Though I was very hesitant because I was hoping for a physical copy, perhaps a la Iam8bit, but no dice so far. Game is a fit a block inside of a like hole game, plays well, gets very difficult pretty quickly. No other modes, strictly arcade style.
Rating: Recommended as it's fun, but it is very pricey for what you are getting.
93.
Ittle Dew 2+ (NS)
I don't know for certain what features the Switch "+" version has over the other console versions, but this game is a fully 3D game over the previous iterations 2D implementation. Still has the same humor and jokes, but doesn't appear to reuse any jokes, the game barely has any Jennys as it is, just Safety, Shark, Cyber, and maybe one or two more. Game isn't terribly long, but has quite a bit of optional content in secret dungeons, optional caves, dream world, etc. Game picks up directly after the end of Ittle Dew, and while a lot of stuff references the previous game, the previous game absolutely isn't necessary to enjoy this game. That being said, I highly recommend playing the original game first as it makes a lot of good jokes itself and there are references back to the first game.
Rating: Fantastic, absolutely recommended.
94.
Circuit Scramble (Android)
I don't even know why, I guess I was updating apps and saw this game and decided to give it a try. I do software development for a living, so logic gate puzzles appeal to me. So I sat through and completed the game with 3 Stars across the board. For a software person, this is too easy. For a layman, it might be a decent challenge.
Rating: Soft pass, I suppose, but it's a short, interesting logic puzzle game.
95.
Bourne Conspiracy, The (360)
Started playing this after Bioshock and Quantum Break, played it for a bit at a time for a few days and then started playing other stuff. I will try to come back to it because I want to finish this and then start Nier. I think I was expecting the combat in this to play out like the Batman Arkham games, but it's not quite like that. The combat is actually super simplistic, which is fairly disappointing. Shooting mechanics are fairly frustrating as well because the controls aren't very refined. But I like the Bourne films so I'm going to try and finish this game, especially since I think I'm a decent way into the game at this point. Power went out at some point and I lost my progress in a given level. Went to play again and make up the progress, got further than I ever got, and then the game froze. So I gave up for another week or so. Picked it back up and now I'm on the final level. Didn't take but maybe a half hour to finish the game. An addendum, this game is made by the same folks who made the Deadpool game.
Rating: Fairly short, fairly frustrating mechanics. Soft pass.
96.
Nier (360)
Finally decided to start on this game because I'm wanting to jump into Automata down the line. So far, I vaguely remember everything I'm doing from when my wife started playing this game 6-7 years ago. She's still further than me and a few levels higher, but I'm sure if she played, she would have to start over basically. I'm confident that if my wife continued playing this she wouldn't need to start over, but she assured me that if she does play the game, she wants to play on her own profile so that she can earn achievements. The first half of the game was very slow for me, and it did feel very tutorial like, but once I got into the second half of the game, I was quite enjoying it. Got a lot of good laughs out of the dialogue between the characters and some of the events that transpire. Overall I really enjoyed the game, my only concern about jumping into Nier Automata is that the game might be similarly slow to start. I'm going to either beat some shorter games or finish some of my previously abandoned titles before I decide to jump into Automata.
Rating: If you can get through the first half of the game, you'll enjoy it, but if the first hour or so is a painful experience to you, I'd pass. Soft recommendation.
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