May, 2024

15

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47h 0m

Finished

And I’m done! A cool ending. The endgame isn’t as interesting as it should be and the game’s quest design is never good enough. Fun fights though and a really cool map to be in, as well as a cool actual ending sequence.

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Finished

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This save is old.

This game may or be very good.

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04

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It’s good

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April, 2024

25

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Tried picking up a very old save… bad idea.

New playthrough was a great idea.

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23

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Started

Finished

This sucks.

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Started / Finished

22

Finished

Soft locked myself a few times, lots of reloading. But damn is this game awesome. Finished it up and just so satisfied by it.

Finished

06

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Two hours of co-op. Fun boss in a story mission then wrapping stuff up. I hate the interface.

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51h 35m

Picked back up on console.

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05

34h 0m

Finished

Finished it!! What an incredibly cool and interesting game. Just full of delightful oddness

Finished

March, 2024

16

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Combat… not sure. Digging the rest though. I like the world and the presentation a lot. Early, early days

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15

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14h 0m

FIRST WIN.

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Lab lab lab lab

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February, 2024

26

This may be my final vroom vroom. Good game.

16

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Just doing the tower several times. Mei Ling is great, I like her.

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09

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Finished

Finished! Playing as Alan Wake is kind of annoying but the highs of this are so damn high. Satisfyingly pulpy and always ambitious and interesting. Great video game.

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Finished

03

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I literally bought Alan Wake II and played an hour of it. I’m now playing through a remake of a game I’ve already played instead. I like Persona 3…

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02

Finished

Fun rush of bosses. But... How much of this game is pushing boxes? Too much, I say. And the bosses towards the end still don't push things in too creative a way. Combat still shines, even if it could do with another layer of complexity at a point -- perhaps more internal variety.

Finished

January, 2024

24

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Finished

Really satisfying campaign, dabbled more in the systems also and I like how this plays. Great game.

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Finished

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Started

Finished

Gets better as it goes. The stuff where you get to be evil is a blast and it tries some stuff. Laying some foundation for the next game with the tag in stuff, but not done well here. Still a very static campaign but I do like the mad story — character stuff lacking and we are with the B roster to an extent (though the A villains).

The first half is playing as people I don’t enjoy playing as… But the back half is great. Endings are a cool touch if too brief in execution.

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Started / Finished

22

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Played enough to get it. Changed difficulty stuff to make it more fun but it’s just menu menu stuff. I’m good.

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21

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The last thing you have to do is so annoying that…. I think I’m good.

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07

Finished

World 6, unlocked special world and then beat the final Bowser world. That final stage is AWESOME. Amazing game.

Finished

December, 2023

24

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Started

Finished

Really cool! Descends into rote memorisation and more a proof of concept than anything else. Incredibly interesting though, and the central mechanic makes things very tense.

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Started / Finished

22

iOS

Started

Played enough to see how it is on a phone… okay. And enough to remember there are no mud mission checkpoints and that’s very annoying.
iOS

Started

20

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Smartly polished up edges do enough to mask an old feeling game design I never quite loved.

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18

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Finished

Outside of the heat chapter, all really enjoyable. Better when not steaming it… Full review coming soon.

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Finished

17

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Finished

Just awesome. The shooting diamonds in space bits aside.

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Finished

14

Started

Some cool mechanics in here. Some of the legacy Persona elements seem forced and a touch disruptive. It’s cool, though.

Started

13

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10h 0m

Finished

Damn good final sequence... Could have done with some of that gameplay flexibility earlier.

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Finished