What Games Have You Completed? (2024 Edition!)
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I still think Xenoblade got one of the most realistic depictions on a relationship. I was following monolith soft for a long while and was very wary of Xenoblade as they mostly made overwrought sci fi schlock which had great ideas and no substance but Xenoblade really surprised me. It had those sci fi trappings but they were sidelined to tell a very human story and nothing in that game as hard as the love triangle. Honestly was blown away by it. It had everything, love loss, unrequited love the fact that sometimes you aren't brave enough to make that first move and some one else comes along and most of all most love stories aren't like in the movies and don't have a happy ending. But also they aren't the end of the world, you grow from them and learn. The love story really does coalesce until a long time into the game which is whY it isn't talked about as much as schlock like the last of us but it's honestly the most relatable and himan love story in any game since silent hill 2.
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- Megaman V (GB)
- Liberation Maiden (3DS)
- The Starship Damrey (3DS)
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Switch)
- Doom Eternal (PC)
- System Shock (2023)
- Weapon Shop de Omasse (3DS)
- Kirby's Adventure (NES)
- Resident Evil 4: Separate Ways (PC)
- Princess Maker Refine (PC)
- Metal Slug 1st Mission (Neo Geo Pocket Colour)
- Metroid Prime Remaster (Switch)
- Valkyria Chronicles 3 (PSP)
- Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley (PC)
- Elite Beat Agents (DS)
- Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS)
- Yeah! You Want "Those Games," Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them! (PC)
- Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories (PC)
- Tomb Raider 3 (PC)
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (PC)
- Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer (DS)
- Contra 4 (DS)
- Metal Slug: 2nd Mission (Neo Geo Pocket Colour)
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (PC)
Metal Slug: 2nd Mission
This is the kind of game that makes you feel sorry for the poor Neo Geo Pocket Colour. It didn't find the audience it deserved despite the high quality of the software on the system.
While I really enjoyed the first NGPC Metal Slug, 2nd Mission takes that framework and just refines it until it's near perfect. The sound effects and music are better. The animation, spritework and background art is incredible. There's about twice as many stages with more bosses and two (three if you count the unlockable one) playable characters each with their own weapons, unique stages and routes through the game.
The game is a wonderful, almost Nintendo-esque dilution of the Metal Slug arcade game into a portable handheld game. There's a huge amount of variety in stages and there's loads of replay value with hidden routes and stages to find. It's one of the all time great handheld games.
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
Not a whole lot to say. It's more Elden Ring. The smaller area and play time actually suits the game, it's more in line with a Dark Souls game and I never felt like the game was dragging like Elden Ring did in the back half. The quality has been kept high throughout the whole DLC. I did however find it a bit of a cake walk once I found my groove again. No boss posed much of a challenge, and a lot of the challenge came from enemies and obstacles in the field.
On the other hand there's the final boss who is a massive difficulty spike. There's ways to respec or try a different weapon to help but his second phase is just a little bit insane and definitely the toughest boss From have made yet. I can see why there is such a negativity around this boss.
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- Megaman V (GB)
- Liberation Maiden (3DS)
- The Starship Damrey (3DS)
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Switch)
- Doom Eternal (PC)
- System Shock (2023)
- Weapon Shop de Omasse (3DS)
- Kirby's Adventure (NES)
- Resident Evil 4: Separate Ways (PC)
- Princess Maker Refine (PC)
- Metal Slug 1st Mission (Neo Geo Pocket Colour)
- Metroid Prime Remaster (Switch)
- Valkyria Chronicles 3 (PSP)
- Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley (PC)
- Elite Beat Agents (DS)
- Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS)
- Yeah! You Want "Those Games," Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them! (PC)
- Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories (PC)
- Tomb Raider 3 (PC)
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (PC)
- Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer (DS)
- Contra 4 (DS)
- Metal Slug: 2nd Mission (Neo Geo Pocket Colour)
- Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (PC)
- Ys: Memories of Celceta (PC)
Ys: Memories of Celceta
Falcom are the king's of action RPGs, nobody does them better and Memories of Celceta further solidifies this position. However, despite this being a fantastic game in its own right, of the Ys series I've played, this is one of the weaker ones.
Memories of Celceta is a remake/reimagining of Ys 4 which has its own weird history. Demand for a fourth Ys game was huge but Falcon couldn't support the development of a new entry at the time. A they drafted a rough outline of the story and drafted two companies to make Ys 4, one for the PC Engine CD and another for the SNES. Both are excellent but also very different games. With Memories of Celceta, Falcom have made another Ys 4 that's very different from the other 2 but at least this time we have a true canon entry.
The story starts off in the most generic jrpg way with the protagonist Adol waking up in a town with no memories of the last few days. It seems he was exploring the vast forest of Celceta for those days but has no memory of them. He sets out on an adventure with a stranger named Duran to map the forests of Celceta for the new governor and discovers some dark secrets about the forests past.
Celceta takes the combat system of Ys Seven where you have three characters with different affinities and move sets that you can switch between at will. You can attack dodge and block but can also activate abilities by holding the L shoulder button and pressing one of the face buttons to activate the set attack. While this mostly works well it can lead you to accidentally entering the menu or, even worse, activating you special attack that takes a long time to build up.
Defense is also important with dodging and blocking being vital to surviving most boss encounters. The dodge window is quite small so blocking tends to be a better option in most cases. A tell timed dodge will slow the game down for a small period while a well times block will make every attack a critical hit for a short time.
Taken on its own Celceta is a damn fine action rpg that manages to be faster than the majority of action games. I just can't help compare it to the better games in the series like Oath in Felghana. The combat and bosses are just better in Oath as well as having the better story which falls a bit flat here with the stakes never really feeling that high.
Celceta isn't the best looking game. It was meant to be a PSP game before being moved to the vita. For a PSP game it would look amazing and be one of the best looking games on the system, but as a vita game it falls short and looks even. More archaic on the PC. And while technically it's no masterpiece, the world of Celceta is a colourful and vibrant one which makes up for these shortcomings. As usual, Falcom are on point with another great soundtrack.
Overall, it's a great action rpg but there's better games in the US series to start with.
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