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Toy Story 2 (N64)

Beating the original's tie-in and seeing it in the 30th anniversary re-release (...man, we're old) made me decide to go for the sequel. In spite of some problems (occasionally unhelpful camera, the game being undecisive on when/where you can grab a ledge, the first-person aiming being borderline impossible on the emulator) it's fun and in spite of being a collect-a-thon platformer doesn't overstay its welcome.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma (Switch)

All that's been said about this game being hard is no understatement. Very satisfying to slice enemies to bits, do some absurd parkour, and every now and then trade the ninja for a hot blonde.

Where the Streets Have No Name is allowed? So that's it. (Otherwise wouls be The Streets of Philadelphia)

True Lies (SNES)

This got punishing at times, as if to show being a Schwarzenegger hero is not that easy, particularly parts that drift from the movie (a maze-like level in China, another in a refinery that ends throwing lots of enemies, and the final boss not being the main villain, but a guy that takes forever to kill). Still a good time, and these top-view shooters like Smash TV and Hotline Miami are somewhat rare. Now need to think of what games I'll beat in September.

Been trying to beat 2 games every month, so with others already posting their backlogs...
January:
Quake - expansions (PC): Beat the game during the pandemic, discovered last year that Steam had added achievements through the remaster, so returned to it, and once the regular game was done why not go for the included expansions? Will count here for beating the last two in January. Already started Quake II but need to progress.
Ori and the Blind Forest (Switch): More than a great game with some challenging spots, it shows all the art of the medium in its graphics, music and storytelling.

February:
Sam & Max Hit the Road (PC): Really funny!
TMNT: Shredder's Revenge (Android): Got through Netflix, played on and off, and once the month was closing decided to make it my second conclusion. Pulled off really well the revival of old school beat 'em ups!

March:
Donkey Kong Country Returns (Switch): This series is great, worth enduring all the difficulty spikes.
Chicken Assassin Reloaded (PC): GOG gave this for free during the holiday season. A weird, basic, and often repetitive game, that in spite of tough spots doesn't take much effort to finish and get all achievements.

April:
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (Switch): Great, particularly for its comedy. Need to play the original some time.
MDK (PC): Had played the demo back in the 90s and decided to go for the full game. The experience is elevated by how quirky and oft-surreal it is. Would support a remake/remaster.

May:
Alien: Isolation (Switch): Posted on this topic when I beat it. Frightening.
Toy Story (Genesis): As the month was closing, decided to see if I could finish this quickly. Only took me a few hours. Questionable design choices and the usual difficulty of Disney platformers, but a fun take on one of my favorite movies.

June:
Crash Bandicoot 2 (Switch): The first was so hard I kept leaving it to play other games and took me over a year to finish. The sequel still has hair-pulling levels but only took me a month! So it might be an improvement.
MDK 2 (PC): Even if the best levels were those with the same gameplay of the original, another sequel that surpasses the first. Only beat the final boss with the original protagonist. Have tried doing it with the other 2 characters but it's an annoying fight!

July:
Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Switch): As good and emotional as the first.
Mega Man X6 (Switch): Tried my best to not turn on the easier mode, but the already hard game turns abusive in the final levels and I just wanted to finish.

August:
Grim Fandango (PC): Had to even go platinum, a great story with plenty of laughs along the way.

And now I'll seek my second. Maybe even go for a third!

colliding posted...

They really should've just called Thunderbolts "Secret Avengers" instead. It's closer to what it actually is and has Avengers in the title.

Or Dark Avengers, whose similarities include Sentry.

Saw Fantastic Four today. Fun even if far from groundbreaking, with good characters and interesting retro visuals, while also handling a planet-destroying menace with the necessary seriousness. And just as a go-ahead, if you want only extra scenes that further the plot leave after the mid-credits one.

Alien Isolation (Switch)

I'm seriously considering later buying Alien Trilogy and the Alien vs. Predator games, inflict on the Alien all the deaths he caused to me in Isolation. A masterful and very frightening game.

Pink Floyd - The Wall (tough one)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Green Day - American Idiot

Saw it, it's indeed more serious as Thunderbolts* is more character-driven with relatively less action, with many discussions on emotions and worthiness given both the characters having done so many bad things,and Sentry being a very broken man being given godlike powers, and once his self-hatred and isolation come out as the Void it gets worse. The final battle is even inside his mind! Though there are still lots of funny moments between Bob being awkward, Red Guardian being wacky, and the others being bitter and snarky. And as an aside, didn't like brushing off the original Thunderbolts - naming a woman as Mel must be deliberate, why couldn't they just put an off-hand reference to her deciding to be a heroine to set up Songbird?

Super Metroid

That's true. And also shows how it's becoming harder to sell those movies. The ads successfully hide Leader (although people who follow movie news knew Tim Blake Nelson was returning), but the script certainly wanted to make the Red Hulk a surprise - like The Dark Knight, where as much as we know Harvey Dent's fate, we didn't expect him becoming Two-Face in the same movie. But the MCU is not as strong as it was, so put him front and center of the promotion.Still, him finally appearing was certainly the most epic part of the movie. Movie was unimpressive but passable. Bucky's appearance makes me wonder if this or Thunderbolts happens first. And they could've put more effort in the post-credits dialogue than vagueness.

Seeing the third Venom end on a sequel hook was a big case of the hubris that Sony's Spider-Man Universe was built upon. You killed the one character audiences cared about. The only other chance a new movie with Knull would earn attention was introducing actual Spider-People.

And on the actual MCU, impressive how Captain Carter came from a character made for a horribly addictive game I have on my phone (Marvel Puzzle Quest) to all the things in What If...?

Johnbobb posted...

you'll never be him

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/9f0390fc.jpg

That Fantastic Four duology had many cases of actors\characters that deserved a better movie around them.

A video review show I follow did all F4 movies, and ended the Fant4stic review with some advice regarding how the MCU take should go. One was not using Doctor Doom, given it was done four times already and never fully worked. With him being promoted to Avengers villain instead, seems like Marvel listened (though I won't be surprised if his first appearance is in the post-credits of the F4 movie; we already have two Batman movies that end foreshadowing the Joker!).

Sorry for the unmarked spoilers. Yes, Cassandra was a good villain, even if lacking screen time (particularly compared to Paradox, who is the "funny threat" as opposed to Cassandra being the scary one).

And just to repost my opinion: Deadpool & Wolverine is just as guilty of relying on nostalgia, fanservice, and Multiversal shenanigans as the recent MCU, and the humor misses at points (some Deadpool lines, particularly the most vulgar ones, could be cut with no loss, and they run to the ground the "action scene scored to an unfitting song"). But in spite of all that it's very fun. And many posts here make clear it works better when you're being surprised by the returning characters and cameos.