Recently purchased, played & beaten

[Kalahari Inkantation]

witcher 3:

THE GOOD:
-good graphics, highly detailed world
-compelling story, interesting characters, good dialogue and voice acting
-some side quests are actually interesting

THE MIDDLE:
-combat is okay, not really that exciting, it's like arkham but doesn't flow quite as well
-the various monsters you face all have specific weaknesses that are kept track of in your bestiary, which makes you feel like a real monster hunter, although you'll mostly be fighting drowners and bandits

THE BAD:
-first two zones are so realistic and highly detailed that they're kind of boring; there's nothing to really look at until novigrad/skellige
-awful inventory system + barrels of useless loot will cause hours of tedium (plus annoying weapon durability and weight burden mechanics)
-most sidequests are "follow footprints and kill monster"
-all your typical open world trappings apply, like the initial overwhelming feeling you get in the beginning, the inevitable fatigue that sets in near the end, and the feeling that you're just checking off a bunch of map icons for no reason. however, all of these will vary based on the amount of the game you actually want to see

i pretty much played the game just for the story. but that's not really a bad thing for an rpg. overall, the good outweighs the bad by a huge amount. just make sure you play for the narrative rather than for an open-ended experience like you'd get in skyrim or breath of the wild. it's probably my favorite open world rpg out of the ones i played this year (ffxv, botw). why did i write all of this

thx for the review, you addressed basically all my concerns about that game lol

if ever i get over my bout of open-world fatigue, i'll give wither 3 a try

[Nyerp]

beat mega man powered up. difficulty was mostly made easier, except for some parts where it's suddenly twice as hard. it's for that reason that i just gave up and switched to easy for the boss rush, which has 8 bosses this time but no chance to heal between fights like in every other fucking mega man game. wily machine was changed to RNG-based garbage. graphics were cutesified to the point that it looks like a kirby game, and there's now bad voice acting on top of unnecessary cutscenes that add nothing. music was absolutely ruined. the only genuine improvement this game brought was fixing mega man's weird slippery footing. other than that, it was a waste of time!

[TooB]

beat mega man powered up. difficulty was mostly made easier, except for some parts where it's suddenly twice as hard. it's for that reason that i just gave up and switched to easy for the boss rush, which has 8 bosses this time but no chance to heal between fights like in every other fucking mega man game. wily machine was changed to RNG-based garbage. graphics were cutesified to the point that it looks like a kirby game, and there's now bad voice acting on top of unnecessary cutscenes that add nothing. music was absolutely ruined. the only genuine improvement this game brought was fixing mega man's weird slippery footing. other than that, it was a waste of time!

disagreed but, y'know... opinions

[Commander Fuckass]

bought Battlefront 2 and it's pretty fun 

[Joice]

haven't played warframe recently, but i beat mario odyssey and started playing pokken tournament then i got bored of those and bought okami for the ps4 cuz that's one of my fave games ever. i never collected all of the stray beads in the ps2 version but i did on the ps4. this game brings back nostalgia feels, i forgot how much i loved okami

[strongbad]

Spelunky 2 announced (a month ago lol how did I miss this)

Legit the only game I'm hyped for right now let's goooo

[Thyme]

going back to horizon for the frozen wilds after beating dark souls 3 feels so weird lol

[Samus Aran]

so today i acquired a sega master system. and two days ago, i acquired an atari 2600 which also came with some games, like pac man, ms. pac man, donkey kong, breakout, and a few others i can't recall atm

[TooB]

Hmm...

[Thyme]

Hmm...

[Samus Aran]

I'm not a huge fan of the 2600 but I've had fun playing a few master system games. How much were both systems?

he just gave them to me for free

[TooB]

Hmm...

nice. I actually really love that

[TooB]

Finished Yakuza 4. Next is Yakuza 5!
But can I finish it before 6 comes out in March?
Find out, next time!

[TooB]

Dragon Ball FighterZ kicks ASS

[Samus Aran]

finished Yakuza 0