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Emeritus
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Last Active 01-08-23 6:33 pm
Joined 06-25-10
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| Year of Video Games: Month 7
One game per week for the whole year. | | 1 |  | Dir En Grey
Dum Spiro Spero
Max Payne (PC) - 9/10
I sure did miss out on this one. This game is fucking awesome, like one of the best third person shooters ever. And there’s no RPG elements or crafting or collectables or making markers on a map disappear. All you do is shoot guys pop pills and get sad. They had no money for this fucker so all the cutscenes are comic book panels and the makers of the game had to be the face models. Max Payne’s face is so iconic I made it my desktop wallpaper. | | 2 |  | Oingo Boingo
Only a Lad
The only issue I have is with the PC version and the game’s adaptive difficulty. Every time you die, the game gets easier, and the longer you go without dying the game gets harder to the point that eventually it’s almost impossible. And with the PC version you’re able to reload your game before the death animation finishes, and if you do that the difficulty doesn’t go down. But you have no way of knowing that unless you read about it. So for the first half of my playthrough I had to save scum my way through because I would die in one to two hits to every enemy. So yeah, if you play on PC, let the death animation finish before you load. | | 3 |  | Charli XCX
Charli
Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (switch) - 7/10
In the year of our lord 2021 I found out there is a Mario/Rabbids XCOM clone on the switch, and in the same year I actually enjoyed it. This is XCOM except your party is smaller, there’s a lot more variety in how your characters move, and instead of the phenomenal base management stuff you just walk around the mushroom kingdom and it sucks. This game is also too easy if you’re already familiar with the genre, but I actually had fun becoming a god and blowing through the levels as quickly as possible. The story is trash and I started skipping the cutscenes. The music is done by Grant Kirkhope and is really well done except for this opera song boss battle that sucks ass, but like how many people on earth can write a sick opera tune? Overall, it’s a lot more fun than it ought to be considering it’s a strategy game without much strategy. | | 4 |  | Blink-182
blink-182
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (switch) 7/10
I bought this game purely based on the title. It’s a really funny game and you do indeed commit tax evasion. It’s basically a 2D Zelda clone but with a much larger emphasis on character and dialogue, and the combat is not good. My main issue with this game is that it’s only 3 hours long and has no replay value. I got a lot of laughs out of it though and I’m definitely glad I experienced it. | | 5 |  | Bo Burnham
Inside (The Songs)
Dusk (PC) - 9/10
Dusk is a boomer shooter with retro graphics and gameplay and it is very very fun. It’s like if Quake took place in a haunted small American town, but things quickly evolve into something more sinister and more alien. The sound design, enemy design, gun feel, graphics, everything is top notch. There’s tons and tons of really cool secrets as well. Probably my favorite boomer shooter overall. | | 6 |  | Kanye West
Yeezus
Max Payne 2 (PC) - 8.5/10
Max Payne 2 is more Max Payne. You get to play as Mona a few times which is pretty cool. The story is just as good as the first one, and this one has even more of a downer ending. It’s on the short side, like 5 hours, but if you like the first one this is an essential play. | |
Trebor.
08.02.21 | They were all dead. The final gunshot was an exclamation mark to everything that had led to this point. I released my finger from the trigger. And then it was over | Lord(e)Po)))ts
08.02.21 | I'm just impressed that you can play so many games without just ending up playing dark souls for the 12th time | Trebor.
08.02.21 | It helps that I've already played it 12 times
I've been replaying stuff too, including DS3 lol | Prancer
08.02.21 | Check out Dark Souls: Nightfall if you haven't heard of it yet. It's a DS Remastered mod meant to be a direct DS1 sequel that's coming out in December. | Trebor.
08.02.21 | "Check out Dark Souls: Nightfall"
yeah I'm excited for it | Storm In A Teacup
08.02.21 | happy you did max payne. have you already played max payne 3? first two were iconic parts of video game childhood. game changers. | Trebor.
08.02.21 | I've played an hour of 3 so far. Not digging it nearly as much. Rockstar's writing is so much worse than Remedy's | Storm In A Teacup
08.02.21 | i recently replayed max payne 1 and holy shit there are so many hidden areas/spots with health and guns and ammo =0 | Storm In A Teacup
08.02.21 | ya 3 doesn't have the magic | MO
08.02.21 | Fuck. Yes to Max Payne bro. Especially the first one. Also give 3 a go if you can. Holds up very well to the rest of the series | Storm In A Teacup
08.02.21 | I was so young when i played both 1 and 2 that i had no idea vlad was the bad guy until he shot mona lmaoooo | Storm In A Teacup
08.02.21 | but yeah like mo said it is worth finishing 3 don't abandon it =) | Trebor.
08.02.21 | Yeah I'm digging it, just not as much
1 and 2 are just fucking magical | Storm In A Teacup
08.02.21 | they did a good job of bullet time considering the era and how it hadn't been developed over decades yet | Trebor.
08.03.21 | Any y'all played Dusk? | el_newg
08.03.21 | i really liked Mario + Rabbids because it simplified/streamlined XCOM. like you don't have shots that are 83% chance to hit and still miss and you feel fuckin robbed. but yeah it probably is a little easy until you get to the final bonus mission thingies.
I picked up Turnip Boy but haven't played it yet, looks super cute and funny ^_^ | Storm In A Teacup
08.03.21 | No Treb | Trebor.
08.03.21 | Yeah I liked Mario + Rabbids cuz it made me feel like a god |
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