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Finally finished the main story of Borderlands the Pre Sequel on Sunday, on coop with my mate. It was pretty good, but the story fell a bit flat. Still, it felt good to complete a game!

 

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  Glen-i said:
Now, I'm sure those of you who frequent this topic know how I tend to write entries, I name a game I recently played through, write up my thoughts of said game, provide probably too many pictures for the sake of hopefully making you smirk at your screen a little.

Sometimes I do a general rounding-up or I might follow some kind of theme. Depends on the game, really.

 

But today, I have to talk about the latest game I've finished... And that might be problematic...

 

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Looking at the "Other Consoles" section of this forum, it's safe to assume that the majority of you have no clue what this game is.

 

Undertale is a game that is available on Steam (PC), almost entirely developed by a bloke called Toby Fox. On the surface, it is a traditional Turn-based RPG.

 

Which leads me to the problematic issue, I refuse to say any more on what this game is.

 

If I were to say anything else, I'd know I would be ruining it for anyone who hasn't played it. And quite frankly, this game deserves to be played with as little prior knowledge as possible. So no, I won't explain my thoughts on it, I won't even hide my thoughts behind a spoiler tag.

 

I want you to listen very carefully, because I am being deadly serious now.

 

Undertale is a masterpiece.

If you don't play it, you are only cheating yourself.

Do not look up gameplay on Youtube.

Do not dismiss it because you don't like Turn-based RPG's.

Do not do any research on it's plot or gameplay mechanics.

Just play it.

 

Got that?

 

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Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

 

I've never played an Uncharted game in my liiiife and think I might have spoiled this experience ever so slightly by playing the fantastic-fuckingawesome-Tomb Raider Definitive Edition. However, I did really enjoy this game still.

 

There were only a few bits that annoyed me or that I felt slightly meh about, which I've talked about in the Uncharted thread. Aside from that, I liked the humour in this, the gunplay, the puzzle solving (best bit) and the environment/s. Great game. Worth the wait.

 

Games of 2015

 

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor - Finished and Platinumed

Transistor - Finished

The Walking Dead Season One - Finished and Platinumed

inFAMOUS Second Son - good ending completed

Watchdogs - started in 2014, finally finished main story

The Walking Dead Season Two - Finished

The Order 1886 - Finished

BLOODBORNE - Finished

Never Alone - Finished

Hohokum - Finished

The Witcher 3 - Story (and many other quests!) completed

Journey - Finished

FlOw - Finished

Batman: Arkham Knight - Main story completed. Can't be arsed collecting all of the Riddler trophies

Everybody's Gone To The Rapture - Finished

Entwined - Finished

Uncharted - Finish

Jimbob Apprentice

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Just finished Uncharted: Drakes Fortune. As this was only my second Uncharted game, first being Golden Abyss, i kind of understood the mechanics of the game. Loved the island setting, the shooting was ok and the characters were great. Seeing how i missed out on the PS3, this was worth playing.

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The Beginner's Guide

 

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Oh yeah! DUH! Forgot to mention this one. I played it before Undertale.

DCubed has pretty much said everything that needed to be said about it already.

 

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Sonic The Hedgehog 2 3D

 

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It's the classic fan favourite, now in THREEEEEE DEEEEEE!!!!

 

Most of you are probably familiar with this one, so all that's really worth mentioning is that the S3D effect is expertly handled as to be expected from M2. The Special Stages are a particular highlight! :D

 

I have always felt that Sonic 2 is a game of highs and lows though. It's a game that is definitely far better in its first half than its second. The first half is amazing, near flawless, but then you get to Hill Top Zone and things start to go downhill somewhat, with confusing and messy level layouts, some poor enemy placement, glitches and mediocre music in levels like Mystic Cave Zone. It is a game that went through a tumultuous development cycle , being the one and only game co-developed by both Japanese and American SEGA staff at STI and it shows (the developers constantly butted heads and ended up largely splitting into separate groups afterwards as a result). It's very uneven and that's a shame, because when it gets things right, it gets things RIGHT!

 

Because of that, it's probably my least favourite of the classic MD trilogy as a result. It's still a great game, but I always think it's a shame because it could've been so much more.

 

Very interesting. I've always felt like I was one of the few who didn't get on with Sonic 2 (despite very much wanting to), but now I'm hearing a few more viewpoints that are similar to my own.

 

Seems Sega of America had a more unforgiving attitude than Sega of Japan towards difficulty levels. As I understand it, they were responsible for making the (supposedly unwelcome) changes from Bare Knuckle III to Streets of Rage 3.

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I've done enough (re)playing of Binding of Isaac. I've beaten Sheol with most characters and I feel burned out. I'll let it rest again.

 

Anyway, since I entered October playing a gory game, I'll try to keep to Halloween-themed games for the rest of the month. And it works well with the game I just bought:

 

Puzzle Agent 2

 

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At least they changed the logo

Back in February, I played Puzzle Agent 1, and liked it, had a very eerie atmosphere about it.

 

The sequel is... more of the same. The exact same. Slightly worse, even, since the plot actually moved forward this time around, instead of basking on the weird atmosphere like the first entry. The puzzles are slightly trickier, though, a few of them involving knowledge of binaries and integrals, stuff that I appreciate.

 

It should be said, though: Telltale seems incapable of making a non-linear game. I mean, this is the story of an outsider exploring a town, but the game is written to have you meet specific people in a pre-determined order. So much for talking with the people we actually want to talk to.

 

This should've been included with the first game, I feel.

 

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  Jonnas said:
Mystic Cave music is great, it's the good kind of weird..

 

The music in the multiplayer is so much better and filled with awesome memories.. even the dreaded inescapable pit of spikes :love:

 

While I love the Sonic games from the Mega Drive, I actually feel like they all suffer from less appealing levels the further you progress!

Dcubed Mentor

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The music in the multiplayer is so much better and filled with awesome memories.. even the dreaded inescapable pit of spikes :love:

 

While I love the Sonic games from the Mega Drive, I actually feel like they all suffer from less appealing levels the further you progress!

 

Yup. The multiplayer music is way better!

 

But I'd say that Sonic 3 & Knuckles is pretty much perfect. About the only things I can say that are bad about it is the fact that the VS multiplayer is a bit dumbed down in comparison to Sonic 2's and that it has this little bastard standing in your way...

 

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Other than that, it's more or less a perfect game :D

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Jimbob Apprentice

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Finished the main and the Delta stories to Pokemon: Omega Ruby earlier. As a first time playing this game (have not played Ruby or Sapphire before), i thought the story was pretty good. I made sure to transfer 1 Pokemon from X over in the form of Riolu, but other than that, i used the in-game Pokemon. Wasn't too shabby, but it has encouraged me to finish off Soul Silver (which has been sitting in the box for some time now)

Grazza Newbie

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  Dcubed said:
Yup. The multiplayer music is way better!

 

But I'd say that Sonic 3 & Knuckles is pretty much perfect. About the only things I can say that are bad about it is the fact that the VS multiplayer is a bit dumbed down in comparison to Sonic 2's and that it has this little bastard standing in your way...

 

Sonic 3 is great, with a much fairer mini-game than the 2nd entry too. I never had any problems with it, even playing it on the GameCube without save states.

 

I'd put them in this order:

 

1. Sonic the Hedgehog

2. Sonic 3 (with or without Knuckles)

3. Sonic 2

Glen-i Mentor

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Finished the main and the Delta stories to Pokemon: Omega Ruby earlier. As a first time playing this game (have not played Ruby or Sapphire before), i thought the story was pretty good.

 

Fun little tidbit, Delta Episode in ORAS is a complete rip-off of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team's finale.

Obvious spoilers here, but it's an 8 year old DS game.

 

Except PMD did it way, way better.

Not just an excuse to show off Mega Ray.

 

It even had Deoxys being in that meteor, which you could find out through a post-story arc.

 

Anyway, if you enjoyed ORAS' story and haven't played B/W, you really should.

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Fun little tidbit, Delta Episode in ORAS is a complete rip-off of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team's finale.

Obvious spoilers here, but it's an 8 year old DS game.

 

Except PMD did it way, way better.

Not just an excuse to show off Mega Ray.

 

It even had Deoxys being in that meteor, which you could find out through a post-story arc.

 

Anyway, if you enjoyed ORAS' story and haven't played B/W, you really should.

 

B/W (and B2/W2) are already done, both were great games. Playing White, it was recommended by @Serebii of all people as a game to get back into Pokemon with.

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Fun little tidbit, Delta Episode in ORAS is a complete rip-off of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team's finale.

Obvious spoilers here, but it's an 8 year old DS game.

 

Except PMD did it way, way better.

Not just an excuse to show off Mega Ray.

 

It even had Deoxys being in that meteor, which you could find out through a post-story arc.

 

Anyway, if you enjoyed ORAS' story and haven't played B/W, you really should.

To be fair, Deoxys and Meteors have been together since 2004, as has a relationship between Deoxys and Rayquaza :p

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To be fair, Deoxys and Meteors have been together since 2004, as has a relationship between Deoxys and Rayquaza :p

 

And I still maintain that PMD represents it in a better way than most of the other games.

And not just Ray-Ray, but a lot of other Pokemon.

PMD Kyurem is best Kyurem.

Also, I still find the naming of Primal Groudon/Kyogre incredibly suspect when Primal Dialga has been around for a while.

I wouldn't be surprised if the eventual 4th Gen remakes borrow some more ideas from PMD.

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And I still maintain that PMD represents it in a better way than most of the other games.

And not just Ray-Ray, but a lot of other Pokemon.

PMD Kyurem is best Kyurem.

Also, I still find the naming of Primal Groudon/Kyogre incredibly suspect when Primal Dialga has been around for a while.

I wouldn't be surprised if the eventual 4th Gen remakes borrow some more ideas from PMD.

To be fair, that's because the west screwed it up.

 

Primal Dialga is actually meant to be Dark Dialga (やみのディアルガ)

 

Whereas the primals are Genshi Groudon/Kyogre (ゲンシグラードン/ゲンシカイオーガ). Genshi meaning Primal, Primeval, Ancient etc. and Primal is the most logical translation of Genshi.

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To be fair, that's because the west screwed it up.

 

Primal Dialga is actually meant to be Dark Dialga (やみのディアルガ)

 

Whereas the primals are Genshi Groudon/Kyogre (ゲンシグラードン/ゲンシカイオーガ). Genshi meaning Primal, Primeval, Ancient etc. and Primal is the most logical translation of Genshi.

 

Oh! Well, I learned something new today.

 

You say screwed up, but I personally think Primal sounds better than Dark.

Especially when Ninty games have a lot of "Dark" characters already.

 

Super Paper Mario has a "Dark Dark Boo" and that's hilarious!

Jimbob Apprentice

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Adding 3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2 to my list of games completed. Great game, bought back some memories. Did it in one sitting on my commute to work (kind of helped with a delayed train).

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During my time away from this place I've finished a few games.

 

I picked up Klonoa (Vita) on the PS store for the Vita. It was only a couple of quid and figured it was worth a punt at the price. It's a great little title and while playing it I couldn't help but think that a 3DS version would look great, especially given how the stages rotatge and move in and out of the background.

 

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I had Shantae & The Pirates Curse (Wii U) sitting on the backlog for a while, so decided to take on that next.

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Finished another couple of games over the weekend.

 

First up is Dragon Quest Heroes (PS4) . Most of my thoughts are in the thread, over in the other console section, but I will say here that it's a brilliant game, that has been a joy to play. Soooooooooooo much better than Hyrule Warriors and I hope that if a sequel to that is ever green lit that they use DQH as a template, rather than using the original.

 

I'll still plugging away at it, despite finishing the story, as i'm gonna see if I can nab the platinum trophy.

 

Next up is Sonic 2 3D (3DS). Seemed rude not to play it after everyone else on here was. :D

 

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Also adding to my list of games completed. 3D Streets of Rage 1 and 2. Played the 1st in co-op mode, got to the final boss then we got shipped back to the 6th stage. But managed to do it solo later over the weekend. 2nd was done in solo, always loved that game.

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