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

« on: December 28, 2024, 06:17:35 pm »

I was trying to post a list of all the things I've finished and dropped but it wouldn't let me. Oh well. Great year for gaming!

Heck yeah it was! And next year will be even better, at least for me. I had a ton of stuff (mostly good) going on in 2024 and it really got in the way of me engaging more with video gaming and beating more games than I did. I'm actually going to go for triple digit games beat next year, which would be a personal record for me. I'd have to go back and look, but a few years ago I think I got up into the 80s, so 100 isn't too much of a stretch.

Triple digits...dang. That would be awesome.

I have a few days left in the year. Maybe I can knock out some smaller titles. We'll see!

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

« on: December 28, 2024, 03:11:06 pm »

I was trying to post a list of all the things I've finished and dropped but it wouldn't let me. Oh well. Great year for gaming!

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2025!!!

« on: December 26, 2024, 07:02:01 pm »

Yay! I can already tell it'll be a slower year. My brother lent me Elden Ring and I'm really excited to dive in. That's a huge game, I've heard.

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

« on: December 25, 2024, 09:34:25 am »

92. Rockman X 4 - X

The Mega Man X Legacy Collection allows you to switch between the English and Japanese versions. For fun, I switched to Japanese. It helped remind me how much I've been slacking with my studies. Ugh. Otherwise, super fun as always. I like how all of the Maverick bosses have little quips they say before the fights begin. I tried a new boss order, too. Frost Walrus ended up being the final one I went after despite him being one of the easiest.

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

« on: December 21, 2024, 07:58:28 pm »

90. Mega Man X

91. Mega Man X4 - Zero

Two plane rides. Two games done during both of them. Not much to say about these classics. I played them both on the Switch. I may go through X4 again with X, but we'll see.

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

« on: December 16, 2024, 07:39:26 am »

89. Metaphor: ReFantazio - Platinum

After nearly 90 hours of dialogue, combat, and menus, Metaphor is fully finished. What a game. Longtime RPG fan or not, I think most folks will find something to enjoy here.

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Modern Video Games / Re: The Game Awards 2024

« on: December 14, 2024, 10:37:01 pm »

Excited for another Onimusha. The rest of the stuff is fine; nothing I can't live without but I know they have their fans.

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General / Re: Playstation 30th Anniversary

« on: December 11, 2024, 03:45:42 pm »

The only reason why I wanted a PlayStation was for FFVII. Everything else I played prior to that point weren't my vibe or very fun: some sports game, Jump Flash (?), Twisted Metal...

And then, it gets announced that FFVII is going to the PlayStation and that was all the convincing I needed that I had to get one. It took a while, and in that time, A LOT of other RPGs headed to the console. Four of my top ten games of all time are on the PlayStation. I guess the rest is history because I've been a fan ever since. I'd rank the consoles like this:

1. PlayStation 2
2. PlayStation
3. PlayStation 5
4. PlayStation 4
5. PlayStation 3
6. PS Vita
7. PSP

Note that I really enjoyed my PSP. It just hasn't aged well and stood zero chance against Nintendo's handheld market.

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

« on: December 09, 2024, 05:13:02 pm »

88. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

I'm horrible at this game. At least, that's what I thought until I played a TON of it over the weekend and had a blast. Will I purchase it? No. But, I won't be using the qualifier "Yeah, I'll play but you'll kick my ass because I'm horrible at it." It was a lot of fun. More fun than I remember, which I think was during the 3DS era. I never played it on Wii or Wii U. So, it's nice to see that this classic series is still going strong.

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General / Re: Playstation 30th Anniversary

« on: December 04, 2024, 08:57:39 am »

Fun note for PS5 folks that haven't found out already, but there's a limited time option that they just added that lets you tweak the theme abit so you can have a kinda goofy banner, but also audio from all era's of Playstation as your startup and menu.  Might just stick with PS1, but PS2 is also a possibility for me.  I really hope they change their mind on it being limited, it should be a permanent option.

Thanks for the tip! I'm using the PS2 option since it's my favorite console of all time.

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

« on: December 02, 2024, 09:43:04 pm »

87. Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven

This year has been a disaster politically but incredible for gamers. Especially RPG fans. This revamped version of what is considered the best in the series is another notch on that bedpost. To start, the new look and enhanced soundtrack fit perfectly. I think for the first time since the series began, Tomomi Kobayashi's artwork is actually used for the in game graphics. Or at least, it's inspired by it. There's no sketch animation or deformed figures. Avalon looks how it should on a modern console. Speaking of modern, the new additions make this one of the more user friendly entries. It's still challenging as hell, but at least there's not as much "Where the heck do I go now?" happening. I think my biggest complaint is with the combat. It's a blast, but enemies are EVERYWHERE. Sometimes, you just want a break. Having an option to turn off encounters just to explore in peace would have been nice. But, otherwise, solid game. I can't wait to get a review up for it!

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

« on: November 30, 2024, 06:21:36 pm »

Thanks to the Marvel vs. Capcom Collection on Switch, I was able to complete some fighters for the first time.

85. X-Men Children of the Atom - Silver Samurai

He's always been my favorite character in this game because he looked cool and because I had his trading card. That's it. I know next to nothing about this guy. The game hasn't aged too well but it's still playable. It showed what was coming up in future installments. Speaking of...

86. X-Men vs. Street Fighter - Ken/Sabretooth

Why did I pair these two together? I have no clue. Ken has always been my favorite SF character. Sabretooth has always been...there? I remember him being a total dirtbag with way too much power and time in the 90's cartoon. Maybe the combination of the two was to show that opposites can attract and work together? Either way, fun times finishing this for the first time ever.

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

« on: November 23, 2024, 09:39:37 am »

84. Divine Dynamo Flamefrit

I said I wanted to polish off something light, and this was certainly that. Less than two hours. It's a top-down, 2D action inspired both by 90s anime (which I adore) and classic Zelda. I guess Inti Creates had a video of it for an April Fool's joke, but the fans were curious and they ended up making an actual game. That's pretty cool. I only paid a couple of bucks for it so I don't feel totally robbed but maybe one or two more areas would have been fine. Oh well, I had a lot of fun with it.

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

« on: November 22, 2024, 01:42:57 pm »

83. Metaphor: ReFantazio

What. A. Game. It's crazy that I didn't pay this game much attention until after it was released. It's hard for me to think of a negative critique. Maybe some of the dialogue being too wordy? Even that's a stretch. The game really was just that good. Trying to summarize it all here is an undertaking because the game itself is an undertaking. Maybe it'd be more accurate to call it a "fundertaking" because the game never stopped being fun. I'll do a replay at some point due to a trophy but for now I'm going to focus on getting a review going and playing something else that's lighter.

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

« on: November 22, 2024, 12:09:22 pm »

(Also one final thing: yes, it's apparently part of a series, but that's not indicated anywhere in the game and I didn't even know that until I already started playing. You don't need to play the other games at all to understand this game though: it works perfectly on its own.)

Waffle from Tail Concerto (and maybe some of the characters) make cameos, but you're correct. There's no need to play other games in the series to enjoy Red the Hunter. I enjoyed reading your thoughts on it. It was a fun game.