Be Excellent To Each Other

1) Xenoblade chronicles x (Wii U)
2) A way out (PC)

Qtes.coop. Chicken. Likes the word shit. Ok, but if it had continued much longer, would've outstayed it's welcome. Shit ending.

1) Xenoblade chronicles x (Wii U)
2) A way out (PC)
3) Super Mario Galaxy (Switch)

Doesn't control well. I'm not sure if this is a switch thing or it was like this on the wii. Having never played it before.

10) Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Xbox)

Star Wars Jedi: Uncharted Shadow of the Fallen Metroid Tomb Raider Vania, more like. It was billed as a Dark Souls SW but it’s only really got bonfires and respawning enemies. Everything else is nu Tomb Raider and Uncharted as you do loads of climbing and farting about but with a Metroid flavour as you gain new powers you can go new places and backtrack if you feel the need.

Just explained my hilarious joke in the first sentence, which was unnecessary.

Anyway, it’s really good.

But it’s too long. The pacing slows to an absolute crawl in the 5th chapter as you visit a shit planet filled with spiky headed dudes that look like that guy with the dual lightsabers from the prequel film. Can’t remember his name. Darth something. Anyway, if they hadn’t included that planet this would be top absolutely recommend to everyone tier because I was having loads of fun.

Well, the combat isn’t as good as Dark Souls which is a bit shit for a game about flashy laser blades, but it’s got some good fights that require reasonably precise timing to dodge, parry and all that. On the harder difficulty anyway.

But I was so fed up with Darth Rinkus world that I knocked it down to easy mode and just smashed through to the end as it was wasting my time. Which is a real shame, cause I was enjoying the boss fights. It’s just the normal enemies are mainly boring and dry. Stormtroopers are brilliant fun to fight (mainly cause the chat from them is good, but also deflecting a blaster shot back in their faces somehow never got old) but spiked head freaks are just yawn and the endless spiders and crap aren’t fun to fight at all. The bigger enemies were good in a God of War stylee too. But there wasn’t the variety that it desperately needed.

Oh, back to good bits. If you’ve got Game Pass, play the first hour cause it’s fucking ace. Oh and Wookie world where you start and AT-ATs are emerging from the water was just mwaaah! It looks really great. The whole game looked brilliant actually. The end levels aesthetics are great too as you enter an Empire base. Again, mwaaah!

And Darth Vader at the end? He’s a fucking badass. I literally had chills and I’m not that big of a Star Wars fan. But Vader kicking my ass? Mwaaaaaahhhh.

But back to the bad bits, man it’s buggy as shit and it doesn’t look like they’ve bothered to fix it which is amazing given the time it’s been since release. BB-1 bugs out all the fucking time, jumping off and on your shoulder regularly like he’s broken. There’s some platforming issues that sometimes crop up, and too many sodding sliding down stuff sections that often break with stupid bugs. As a supposed AAA game this doesn’t cut the mustard at all.

This is kinda difficult to rate because it’s really good and yet has some really annoying annoyances. I feel that because I dropped the difficulty day to get it over and done with I’d have to give it a solid 6/10 yet to was worth playing and I enjoyed a great deal of it. If they did more of these Star Wars games I’d be into them. Probably the best Star Wars game since... that other one. The Doom clone one.

11) Everhood (Switch)

Looks like Undertale but doesn’t reach Undertale heights.

2. Assassins Creed Unity - Dead Kings DLC

A new sequence of events, more hacky slashy fun .

12) Panza Dragoon (Switch)

It’s the remaster of the Saturn original. It took 42 minutes to clear it and I only died once. Don’t play this, play Panza Dragoon Octa cause that’s fucking ace and this isn’t.

13) Oddworld: Soulstorm (PS5)

I was enjoying it right up until I fucking hated it.

14) Zombie Army 4 (PS5)

The best Zombie Army ever.

Is it actually worth playing? My pal has been asking me to try it but it's always updating when I bother to turn it on.

On your own? Probably not much fun.

Co-op? Abso-fucking-lutely!

Brill, cheers!

100%

Shoot Zombies in the nards with your mates. 10/10

I'm playing through it at the moment with 3 friends. There's a lot of 'Go there, get this, press that' but if that wasn't there, it would just be endless shooting so I guess they've got to break it up somehow? Anyway, yes. I'm enjoying it.

4 players is probably one player too many. The best challenge is hard mode with zombies for one player above your count (so 3 players with 4 player zombies - the customisable difficulty is pretty great) otherwise it gets boring if you steamroll through the game (assuming you’re going for completion rather than dipping in; although you’re more likely to stick around if there’s a decent challenge).

There's a new "nightmare" setting which is one above 4 player now.

15) Resident Evil 8: VII_I_AGE (PS5)

It’s Resident Evil 4 but 7 kinda but not really.

1) Xenoblade chronicles x (Wii U)
2) A way out (PC)
3) Super Mario Galaxy (Switch)
4) Vision Soft Reset (PC)

A metroidvania where you only have 20 minutes to complete it. Fortunately you're some kind of time travelling thing so you can return to points in the past with abilities you've learned. (every save point is a branch that you can return to) Clever, and would be highly recommended were it not for the huge amount of jank in the controls (Dpad only, on a xbox controller... ) and some level design horrors.

I feared that the end of the game would devolve into some speed run bullshit, but fortunately the final run through having learned everything there were no problems. and the final boss isn't subject to a time limit. Which is just as well, as I doubt it'd be making it on this list otherwise.

16) Nier: Replicant (PS5)

Saw endings A, B, D & E and watched C on YouTube.

Good game.

1) Xenoblade chronicles x (Wii U)
2) A way out (PC)
3) Super Mario Galaxy (Switch)
4) Vision Soft Reset (PC)
5) Draugen (PC)

Bad.

1) Xenoblade chronicles x (Wii U)
2) A way out (PC)
3) Super Mario Galaxy (Switch)
4) Vision Soft Reset (PC)
5) Draugen (PC)
6) Quern - Undying thought (PC)

Very reminiscent of Riven (and to a lesser degree Myst)
But easier (Or I'm better st this kind of thing than 17 year old me was)

I've been looking for a meat free alternative to our favourite Oxford don for some time.

4) Doki Doki Literature Club - Boy, was that a journey. Not at all what it seems at first glance, and a bit of a slog to get to the real meat of the game. Enjoyed it though. Very good for a freebie

17) Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturn (PS4)

Persona without the social aspects and all the dungeon crawling. Not as good as Persona but still a good time. 5 is coming out soon and I’m ready for it!

18) Planet Alpha (Xbox)

It’s a LIMBO/INSIDE clone. I enjoyed it but it’s a bit too long and sags in the middle. Still, it’s FREE* on Game Pass so well worth a go to look at the pretty graphics.

That looks like the sort of thing that I like since I like this sort of thing

19) Super Animal Royale (PS5)

Won it solo. Weirdly addictive this game is.

2. Assassins Creed Odyssey. (PS4)

It is the same kind of stealthy stabby, game like the others games in the franchise.

This time we battle the evil cult trying to control Ancient Greece.

I enjoyed this a lot, but I do have a soft spot for the AC games.

3. Spiderman (PS4)


This has to be one of my fave campaign stories. The side mission can be a bit repetitive (Thugs, Sable, Prisoners etc). I loved web moving round the city and the scenery was lovely.

I like how most of the Spiderman villains are included and that it has been left open for a sequal (there could be one, I just don't know about it)

a solid 9/10

Now to tackle the rest of my back log

4. Spiderman DLC (all 3) (PS4)

Completed the 3 DLCs, they were short and quite fun, the Black Cat working together missions were fantastic. Just got to do a few side missions in the last DLC and I have finished it all 100%


I am slowly eating through my backlog of games.

20) The Ascent (Xbox)

Very pretty but has some issues with pacing between missions. Fun coop shooter though.

21) Aliens: Fire-team (PS5)

You don’t get to fight the Queen. Fucking bullshit.

4) Deathloop

If this isn't the best game of the year, I'll be fucking surprised.

5. Batman - Arkham Knight (PS4)

I am still working through my back log. Completed all the quests and major villains, other than the Riddler quests (there are over 200).

I really enjoyed this game, being a big Batman fan. It was dark in places very dark. The Joker was my fav character in the game.

My only frustration was the Riddler quests, trying to get the timing right on the race track ones was a steep learning curve.

22) Persona 5: Strikers (PS)

Dynasty Warriors x Persona. Pretty decent but surprisingly difficult, like, really difficult in places. And they removed the social aspects. Boo! Still, a good continuation of the Phantom Thieves story.

23) Superliminal (Xbox): yeah, very nice. I enjoyed that for what it is. I swear though, the FPS is a bit shit on the worlds most powerful console because it’s developed on fucking Unity and the controls for a first person game are either twitchy or heavy no matter what sensitivity you pick with massive dead zones and horrible aiming acceleration. Ignore that though, cause it’s a fun couple of hours. Literally 2 hours. Maybe quicker.

5) Oh wait, I finished some horizontal shmup too - a real tongue-in-cheek one where you are a flying robot that can shoot at things or whap them with a sword. One of the bosses was a rock. Actually, two of them were. And oh shit!
6) 12 mins - really liked this, it's been ages since I played a time-loop puzzler (I finished this quite a while back) and while it's a little slow when you start repeating stuff it's still a proper rush as you start to put things together.

7) WarioWare: Get It Together

Eh, it was okay. You have to do an awful lot before you unlock Vs mode, which is all I wanted.

And where the fuck is Waluigi?

Still, it came with some stickers.

Fuck me, that isn't a Vs mode

Got a bit behind on this...

1) Xenoblade chronicles x (Wii U)
2) A way out (PC)
3) Super Mario Galaxy (Switch)
4) Vision Soft Reset (PC)
5) Draugen (PC)
6) Quern - Undying thought (PC)

7)Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE (Switch)
Like a persona game, but much rubbisher.
Escape from Skull Dungeon (PC)
A (short) coop escape game. with a terrible final boss.
9) Understand (PC)
A puzzle game wherein the point is trying to understand the rules of the puzzles. Somewhat outstayed its welcome
10) Forgotten City (PC)
A timelooping story featuring some romans.
11) Hexcells (PC)
Like minesweeper, but with 6 sides
12) Hexcells Plus (PC)
Like Hexcells. But Plusier.
13) Hexcells Infinite (PC)
Like Hexcells Plus. But infinite.
14) Keywe (PC)
Cute Kiwi based co-op. A bit like overcooked, but in a post office. With Kiwis. And an octopus.
15) Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening (Switch)
Its an old zelda game. but newer
16) Outer wilds Echos of the eye (PC)
An expansion to my favouritest single player game ever. Very good. Avoid spoilers.
17) Inscryption (PC)
Might be a bit like a horror themed slay the spire. Maybe. I liked it, then I hated it, then I liked it again.

So how’d you finish it?

Because it has a fixed set of levels, and then a generate a random level mode.

I've completed the former.

5. Assassins Creed Origins (PS4)

Finished the main story, still got a few other quests to do.

The story is about how the main character, who has been wronged by an evil cult. Sets off on a journey to track and kill them all.

Slowly he becomes and assassin, and sets up the creed. I di a little squeal when a skull is picked up, and the assassins logo is in the sand.

8/10, as it is the same kinda game in a different setting.

I haven't played an AC since 2. If I ever do pick it up again I might try playing them in chronological order.

https://www.cbr.com/assassins-creed-chronological-order/

Wow. I did not realise there was that many games.

I have a few of them.

1) (apparently) Legend of Zelda - Link's Awakening (Switch)
I might have played this a bit on the Gameboy originally, but not very much. I enjoyed it, but there were moments where it (possibly justifiably) made me feel stupid, and I had to resort to a walkthrough to show me where to go, or how to kill something.

Anyway, I probably played it more than breath of the wild, so I guess it was better than that.

I enjoyed Link's Awakening but not enough to restart after my Switch ate my save about five hours in.

1) Xenoblade chronicles x (Wii U)
2) A way out (PC)
3) Super Mario Galaxy (Switch)
4) Vision Soft Reset (PC)
5) Draugen (PC)
6) Quern - Undying thought (PC)
7)Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE (Switch)
Escape from Skull Dungeon (PC)
9) Understand (PC)
10) Forgotten City (PC)
11) Hexcells (PC)
12) Hexcells Plus (PC)
13) Hexcells Infinite (PC)
14) Keywe (PC)
15) Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening (Switch)
16) Outer wilds Echos of the eye (PC)
17) Inscryption (PC)
18) Resident Evil 5 (PC)

Better then Resident Evil 6.