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Platinum #278 Cthulhu Saves Christmas
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The dialog in this game was great but man the battles started to become such a painful slog I put off platinuming this for a week. Not even a difficulty thing, just too much HP on enemies.

This songs amazing
https://youtu.be/bI2yc1o3DzA?si=i10Gk2GoHFUTvzpF

bump

its a tie and im breaking it, going with cthulu

Ok Proper update time!

Tekken 8
As seen above Tekken 8 was finished. I think the story was really good after the confusing train wreck of 7 (Featuring Akuma randomly). 8 felt very much like it was back on the path previous entries held and although some moments and aspects were of course predictable many were unexpected. Putting the focus back on Jin as the central protag felt good, and splitting time between him and other characters really gave it the feeling of a crazy anime film in the best way. As much as I despise 7s overbloated last fight this one in 8 was expected but felt great to play. Jin literally transitioning between the fighting styles hes used in the series was beautiful.

So what didn't I like? The ending stingers both suck. Reina is a character introduced to replace Heihachi as one of his 5,000 random secret children he had. The game felt like it was in a rush to put her into focus as the next big bad setup but it should have slowed the paces. Having her feign longer with some secret power she wants to come out but failed to would have been better. Having her just attain this power fast as Jin and Kazuya lose it is exhausting but also ...a plot hole.

So Jin and Kazuya essentially killed Azazeal and with it his power is well gone. Its why when they return to earth they are cleansed of the power, its burnt out and the source is gone. Having her just have it makes very little sense, the source is gone. That was the entire point of Tekken 6, Jin wanted to bait Azazel out to kill him and end the devil shit knowing it'd extinguish the power since its all borrowed from Azazel. Why it still works in 7 and 8 is Azazel was sealed in Zafina until she was killed. So yeah this setup is bad.

The other bad setup is bringing Jun back as she randomly appears standing next to Kazuya. Unless this is a clone (considering kazuya himself is technically a clone) then I cant see this really working out.

Either way itll be like next gen before we see tekken again.

Cthulu Saves Xmas
Nearing the end of this, realistically could finish this if I just sat down to. Its still charming but I'm ready for it to end

Yakuza Kiwami
Well still on chapter 5 but im about 10 hrs deeper into side content. Thats the pitfall of these kinda games and me.

**Platinum #277: Tekken 8**
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bump update tonight

Platinum #276 Party Golf
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A nightmare of save corruption, glitchy achievements and multiple controller juggling. Happy this is done

Didn't game yesterday spent time helping my friend

River City Girls
Beaten PS4 game #214

I dont have the energy right now to deep review this but I think the game was a big miss until after boss 2 of 6. The game tries to really limit you from breaking your character which is kinda the fun part of river city ransom. Money is already hard to get but then they lock moves behind levels, ok fine. But locking me to 1 meal only for stat increases is a bummer. The school has no way to improve, the initial outdoor shopping area grants you some boost but it really isn't until you hit the mall does the game start to let your character fight. Its a shame as the writing is fantastic as is the soundtrack. The gameplay shouldn't be the thing holding back the good time. Eventually the game finds its footing but then you start to wish it had more to do as the slog of enemies takes forever still to get thru. Anytime a lock appears on screen it means you are fighting upto 12 people that take increasingly longer and longer to kill. Its a drag.

Gonna add one, that my streamer friend is doing

https://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/mens-basketball-bracket/group/42856

3/19
Did some Arduboy on RA

3/20
Ufouria 2
Grinded some of this a little today

Have been down

Ping Redux Platinum #275
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Thanks Wigs

Gotham Knights
Started this with a friend and we did the entire first case Saturday night. This is so much better with a friend but man I really need to appreciate the detail to little things and the amazing focus on character detail to the point of doing 4 versions of every cutscene just to make those connections where characters have strong past relationships with each other. It's so well done then you think about this years Suicide Squad game and people trashed this game? Dumb

Ping Redux
Wigs said this game was free and it was and I thought it might be a quick easy plat, it is not. I mean it is easyish but man is it quite long. I did smile at some of the throwbacks to classic gaming in this breakoutish pong puzzler. That being said Its the only gaming I did Sunday. Whomp whomp

River City Girls
Writings fun but the games kinda meh so far? Hoping it picks up. Just hit the mall

**Platinum #274 Tchia**
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Made it before the ps prem removal woo

Tchia
Home stretch now 84% to 97%

Left to do
-Treasure hunting
-Perfect a rhythm segment
-Wear a crab suit

Cthulu Saves Christmas
After a long work day was just too burned out to look at Tchia so I looked at my library and decided to play an hour of this. I now get the pattern of chapter setup > dungeon > fight 10 battles > collect chests > fight boss > social link time > repeat. The writing is why you come to this game and its genuinely very funny. I have a few of these mini chapters left. One session that isn't an hour likely finishes it

Tchia
Spent the day mostly with this game and went from 59% to 84%. Not a ton to say as I push for 100%. I looked on youtube how to do the diving game and that worked. I have cleared the entire sea of treasures, the upper left giant island, the small islands just have the massive bottom right half of the map to clear. I'm getting there and should get it this week even with small sessions due to work

NEO World Ends With You
Putting this on hold. I like it but nope no way to do this in 9 days when 5 are gonna be mostly working with only an hour free to game IF that. I may try to play a little more but likely I'll have to wait on this.

andylt posted...

Wow I've only heard praise for Neo TWEWY so I'm surprised to hear that. Though I didn't really care for the original game lol

Its super fun to play but i think hijacking the player about 6 hrs in for a mostly on rails wild goose chase that advances nothing is bad. This is after chapter 4 gave you so much freedom.

Neo World Ends With You
I may have played the worst rpg chapter I've seen in years. Chapter 5 of this game consists of 3-4 hours of filler, like anime filler. You go on this wild goose chase where all you do is undo and redo events you did. None of it makes a lick of sense then you beat up what the game tells you is a super nerd and despite telling you all chapter beating them would eliminate them you then dont eliminate them and find out nobody loses as long as they dont die to the monsters. Why? Cause the winner who gets their twisted metal wish keeps wishing for another round. So after 4 hours in this chapter nothing moved forward

Neo World Ends With You
If I wasn't invested in this franchise already I'd have likely bailed until a much later date. The battles are fun, the systems are intriguing, the music is decent but the story and characters are just so freaking vague. Its an entire cast of vague characters and its pretty frustrating. In the first game Nekus biggest mystery was involving stuff about him out of knowledge or control Shiki had a big lie but otherwise she was very open about who she was. Beat and Rhyme were also pretty forthcoming on who they were. Yet in this game the most not vague character is one of the bad guys from the first game hanging around. Thats....really bad writing lol.

Nick All Star Brawl 2
Platinum #273
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I finished my remaining 13 runs ending with Garfield. Wasn't aware the plat was named after him and even funnier the game froze here. Nick All Star Brawl 2 is a pretty good game but boy that campaign sucks.

Not a big gaming day yesterday

Nick All Star Brawl 2
Finished Aangs arcade run, 13 left

Tchia
Cleared out starting area of the map, gonna focus on the left island now

Was more an achievement hunter branch viewer

LOVED minecraft lp in its first few years and Go!

fell off of it mostly when Ray left

NBIceman posted...

Dodgeball Academia gets a little overly repetitive and padded by the end but doesn't overstay its welcome to the point that it's a real problem IMO.

I can def see that, which was a big theme of the Mario Golf and Tennis GBC/GBA games

3/5 Progress
Nick All Star Brawl 2: Only 14 nick arcade brawl 2 endings left for the plat. I got thru Jimmy Neutron barely. Holy pizza this guy sucks. He has a bat swing smash that barely ever connects, you basically have to up and down smash and pray to get enough damage to launch your opponent. Lucy Loud and Angry Beavers were so much easier. Both characters have a lot of attack power, recovery, and are not stuck in long windups

Dodgeball Academia: Installed this again and started the first episode. I really like the game it feels like a love letter to Camelots mario sports and Super Dodge Ball games in a nice blend. I hope it stays good?

Dragonball Xenoverse: With owning both these games and knowing I need to essentially replay 1 inside 2 I told myself maybe its time to start chipping away at this slowly. Boy is it dumb but its fine.

This is my last work day for the week so I'll either rev up more nick all star brawl 2 today, start neo world ends with you, or attack tchias 100% push.

Installed NEO World Ends with you, would like to trophy hunt Marsupulami and Nick All Star brawl tomorrow night after work though

Tchia (Beaten)
213th PS4 game beaten
Timer: 11:12:03
Everyone came into this stream and pointed "Wind Waker?!" and yeah I get it. It has the tropical island setting combined with literal wind waker sailing but that's where everything stops. This game feels more like a calmer Just Cause with a giant map filled with activities, collectibles, minigames, and bases to take. The catch and difference is Tchia really lacks combat, instead its more about chucking flammable objects at cloth men and cloth bundles to clear the menaces and get the booty. Tchia is absolutely gorgeous, the soundtrack is fantastic and I really don't have many complaints. Maybe the rhythm minigame that I feel like I'll never perfect.

TomNook7 posted...

i say you just cancel the entire backlog and play road rash 1-3

I did Road Rash ps1 in 2016, 3D in 2017, and Jailbreak in 2020. All 3 were terrible but I know what I'm getting into. I just need to have the time and headspace for it

I forgot my queue atmhttps://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/7abe8af9.jpg

Some of them even double as knocking out incentives

Just distracted by these premium removals *shakes fist*

What I'm playing?
Although leap frog is over for me (rip Shine and his jumping addiction), but I'm still picking at games a little here and there its been motivating on some things like Chroma Squad which I hadn't touched since June last year

Tchia is my main focus, its one of the games gone onthe 19th. I'm now 45% done, did a big jump on sunday from 25% to 45%. I'm doing some more tonight to make some push

Secondary atm is Nick All Star Brawl 2, I need 16 characters beaten to get the plat. Its easy but dull it'll be done this week.

Third is Marsupalami Hoobventure, just gotta clean the dlc up. I've been busy with a new albeit temp job which is fine! But it is the reason this has been backburnered slightly.

Incentives Left to tackle
.hack Series
18 Hrs of Horror
Breath of the Wild 100% Shrines
Deathloop
Deltarune
Demon Souls
Destroy All Humans PS2
Dragon Quest 7
Elden Ring
Final Fantasy 13 Trilogy
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Fire Emblem Warriors
Guardians of the Galaxy
Hyrule Warriors
Monster Hunter Ultimate
Mother 3
Need For Speed PS5
Ninja Gaiden Trilogy
One Piece Mansion
Phoenix Wright 5+6
Pokemon Violett
Ratchet and Clank Series
Returnal
Road Rash 1-3
Sly Cooper Series
Tokyo Mirage Sessions
Twilight Princess
Wind Waker
Witcher 2 + 3
Xenoblade Chronicles

Premium Removals as of 3/4-3/19
Tchia
Haven
NEO: World Ends With You

Other Things I Owe
Brian Lara Cricket
Floating Runner
Driver ps1
Final Fantasy VII PS1
X-Com: UFO Defense
Tail Concerto
Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 Arcade Game Series
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
Need for Speed: Rivals
Real Farm
World of Xeen

Hi there I figured writing some stuff down may keep my mind off my soul crushing state of living. I have a bunch on my plate to get thru and honestly likely won't so this is more of a what can I get done before I'm done.

Feel free to ask questions or post

In my head it can be broken into a few categories
-Games I have queued up
-Games leaving PS Plus premium
-Games I owe playthroughs of (Requests, incentives, etc)
-Games I still want to trophy hunt (Someday Shadows of the Tomb Raiders 500000 dlc packs)
-Retroachievements (event games, pushing towards top 25 on each system for Beaten Games)
-PS3/Vita, really want to clear these
-X1 and Switch, two other backlog libraries I want to clear

Anyway I'll dedicate post #2 to whats on the plate

IT WAS THANKS TO LORD ARTI, the voice of cards that we now can talk during card games. if it wasn't for him there would be no chit chat during poker. thank you lord arti

I'll always remember Wigs before his skin fell off