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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2024!!!!!

« on: March 24, 2024, 10:49:30 am »

5. Dabman: When Haters Dab Back Remastered (PS4)- Curiosity got the best of me on this game. It is a Meme-type game and is a game from 2018. It is a very simple choose-your-path FMV game. I didn't enjoy it at all, but is incredibly short so I got through it. I do not recommend it.

6. The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan (PS5)- Not much to say as I did this on PS4, but I was kind of surprised there were as many loading screens as the PS4 version.

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2024!!!!!

« on: March 03, 2024, 06:53:11 pm »

4. Waku Waku Sweets (Switch) - Game #4 of 2024 is done! I finished Waku Waku Sweets for the Switch. A very cutesy cooking game similar to the Cooking Mama series except this deals with sweets and pastries instead of various recipes. I wanted to try a cooking game after the disappointment of Cooking Mama: Cookstar. Your goal is simple...to be the best pastry chef and bring happiness to people. The game is divided into three actions which are morning, afternoon, and night actions (night actions are just the main character saying it is time to go to bed. You can do various things such as shopping, working at the shop, cooking at home, completing quests, etc. To rank up, you will need to complete quests to fill the happiness meter. Once filled, you can then compete in a contest to go up a rank. It is not a bad game, but very very repetitive. The recipes are also very repetitive (you will get several kinds of tarts for example and the minigames for tarts are all the same except for the fruit involved). Also, the quests and how the quests work are annoying. There is no set time or day they pop up and there are chances no quests pop up at all. If this happens on Monday, you can do nothing because work is closed on Mondays. So all you can do is go to bed and wake up on Tuesday. That is such a waste. One thing this game does do is that if you talk to a person and you do not have what they want, it will not waste your action. You can go home, cook it, and bring it to the person. The quests vary from the people telling you what they want, to what category they want, to only giving you clues to what they want. It is not a bad game and it could be considered a game you can just relax with. Also, this game can be played either in dock mode or portable mode, so that is a plus for me. Completing this game......was really annoying. I am kind of glad I am done with this one. This one is a meh for me. Not bad, but not good either.

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2024!!!!!

« on: February 17, 2024, 02:52:28 pm »

2. The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope (Xbox One)- Nothing new to say about this one as I have finished it on other consoles.

3. The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan (PS4)- I decided to go back to this one to complete my goal of completing the entire Anthology this year! This is the first game in the anthology and also the shortest game. You can finish a playthrough in one sitting pretty easily if you are not worried about the collectibles. The story revolves around a group of vacationers stumbling upon a discovery of something called Manchurian Gold. In a twist of fate, they are kidnapped by a group of pirates and are led to the gold's location. It turns out the location is on an abandoned World War II ship anchored in the middle of nowhere and the crew is nowhere to be found. The group must find a way to escape while discovering the events of the ghost ship.

Of course, like all the anthology games, you will make choices that will determine their fate. I have to say I do love the game's setting. The ship does have a creepiness to it. However, when the plot twist is revealed...I am not a fan. I was kinda like, "Are you serious?" I can tell you this game is greatly improved with the Devil in Me update. It also has great replayability. There are multiple ways certain scenes can go. I also think it is great that they have both offline and online co-op options. To get 100%, you had to complete an online playthrough. Instead of a game lobby, you can only play with people on your friends list. My best friend joined me on the online playthrough and we were both baffled as we could not talk to each other during the playthrough. (In hindsight I understand why, but I kind of wish they handled it by only cutting off chat during certain parts of the game). I also found it a little weird that the game ultimately decides which character you and your partner are. Luckily the game tells you who your partner plays as. Overall the setting is great and like I said before it has great replayability. However, the game kinda falls apart with the big plot reveal. I also have to say the bonus features are great.

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2024!!!!!

« on: January 14, 2024, 07:36:40 pm »

1. The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope (PS5)- I have to say that The Devil in Me update they gave to this game doesn't fit well. I still recommend at least a playthrough of this one! I am hoping to finish the Anthology this year!

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2024!!!!!

« on: December 26, 2023, 03:30:33 pm »

I am in! I love this challenge, though I have yet to reach the 52 mark. I think 2024 might be the year for me!

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2023!!!

« on: October 14, 2023, 07:17:58 pm »

11. Swordbreaker: Origins  (PS5)- This is a Choose Your Own Adventure Text Game with pictures. This is a prequel of Swordbreaker which I intend to go back to someday. Overall, it's not a bad game if you are into Choose Your Own Path type of games. The overall story was a lot more involved than Swordbreaker, which was nice. However, it suffers from the same user interface issues. I also was kinda annoyed that I could not use the map (yes...this game has a map that shows the scenes and deaths you've unlocked) to just fast travel to that particular scene to make a choice. I had to use the good old pen and paper to make notes on how and where to go. I do have to say though, that I really enjoyed the music. Also...believe it or not there are over 200+ ways to die. At first, this is annoying because you only have 3 lives to work with (yes this game has lives and it's back to the very beginning you go when you die 3 times). However, after unlocking 3 endings you unlock New Game +, which gives you unlimited lives (to unlock the deaths, because I do believe the Steam version requires you to unlock ALL of them...it's not required for the Platinum trophy, but you know me...I did this anyway). There are also minigames that happen throughout the story that kinda break up the action and in my opinion shouldn't really be there.
Overall, I did like the game, but there are a lot of things that need to be fixed for the next version of the game.

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2023!!!

« on: October 08, 2023, 08:55:09 pm »

10.) The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me (Xbox Series X)- I have to say it suffers from the same issues as the PS4 version. I still enjoyed it as a start for my spooky game month!

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2023!!!

« on: September 10, 2023, 03:12:42 pm »

9.) Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (PS5)--Why would I not do this version as well? This run went a lot smoother than the last run.

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2023!!!

« on: August 07, 2023, 09:12:07 pm »

8. Bad End Theater - Steam- This is a short and sweet visual novel game with a puzzle element. It was also pretty short compared to other visual novels I have completed. This took me about 3 hours. I really liked going through the different options and finding all the endings.

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2023!!!

« on: May 28, 2023, 07:36:02 pm »

7. Miitopia (Switch)- This is now 100% complete and all the medals have been earned. I loved this game, but the end game was a very long haul. Two boss monsters took forever to finally appear. It also took quite a long time to level all the classes to 50. Though I have to say making Mii's and going on an adventure, it was quite entertaining.

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2023!!!

« on: May 15, 2023, 10:11:49 pm »

6. The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me (PS4)- This version of the game is very buggy and glitchy. There are even very strange audio glitches I ran into. I still like the game, but this version is not a good version to play.

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2023!!!

« on: May 14, 2023, 10:19:33 pm »

5. Storyteller (Switch)- I was really intrigued when I first heard of this game. It is a puzzle game where you are also telling a story. It is simple, but complex at the same time. Also, the puzzles will work your brain, but not to the point where you get frustrated. I enjoyed it. My only complaint was that it is a little on the short side.

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2023!!!

« on: April 19, 2023, 10:42:21 pm »

4. Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (PS4)-My favorite game of all time! It is really hard for me to talk about how great this game is from the story to the gameplay. I fell in love with this from the very first few moments when I played it back in the PS1 days. I was so excited to get the Platinum trophy!

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2023!!!

« on: April 02, 2023, 08:45:06 am »

3. Kids on Site: Hard Hat Edition- (PS4)-I decided to take a breather from some of the other longer games I am working on and decided to take a trip to the past with this one. This was an upgraded Remaster of the Sega CD game Kids on Site. It was fun, especially hunting down the trophies. It is not as easy as you think it might be for a kid's game. I really enjoyed the bonus content and the behind-the-scenes footage (I love that stuff as loving FMV games). Not a bad break at all! Onto the next adventure!

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2023!!!

« on: February 26, 2023, 11:43:46 am »

2023 is already turning into a busy year for me! But at least I have an update!

1. Telling Lies (Xbox)- I wanted to give this game another chance as I didn't really like it when I played it on Playstation in 2022. Playing it a second time, actually made me like the game even less. It also made me realize how the ending really ruins the game.

2. The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me (PS5)-I overall enjoyed this game and it was fun tracking down the trophies! Unfortunately, the game does have bugs. I even ran into a major bug and had to completely reset the game, but then it was fine. Out of all the Dark Picture games, I think this one is a major step in the right direction. I actually had a great time actually watching the bonus content videos! I also played through the Curator's Cut version and felt it was a different experience. This game definitely keeps you on your toes.