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wallmasterz posted...

Those difficulty ones sound like a doozy, but I could see myself playing on normal to get the remaining chests and complete the portals.

Also, I just bought VVVVVV.

Yeah, given how much I struggled on Normal I imagine the higher difficulties would be a challenge. Given the game's generous continue system, I guess it might be possible to crawl through with a ton of deaths, which would still yield the trophy.

Have fun with VVVVVV! It's a nice, short and sweet game.
ZenOfThunder posted...

Once you do the Reaper IFF mission and get Legion you can only do 1 mission before the suicide mission or the non-essential crew dies when you find them

Yeah, that's weird. I wanted to pick up Legion sooner because he's one of the more intriguing characters. RIP. That isn't very intuitive, so I don't imagine I would've figured it out on my own.

Gall posted...
I should replay the Bayonettas. That first playthrough is pretty frustrating but I'm sure it's more fun once you know what you're doing.

Now that I think of it, there are parallels between Thane and Samara too. Both of them are mercenaries with a moral code, but Thane uses a religious code to absolve himself from his murders while Samara uses a militaristic code to justify her brutal methods.

I considered replaying the first Bayonetta on Normal to get higher ranks, before even going onto hard. I think that would've been fun, if I hadn't been busy with this project. I will say that the number of cutscenes can become a little annoying when you've already played it and want to skip them, though. It kind of interrupts the sense of flow.

Yeah, I can see that comparison between Thane and Samara. I'm curious to know how you felt about those two characters. I kind of like Thane's attitude because it shows a degree of repentance for what he's done, but in Samara's case her self-righteousness isn't as interesting to me.

BetrayedTangy posted...
Finally made some progress on ME2. I made it all the way through the Horizon Colony. I'm really enjoying the more straightforward missions. Which gives me more time to focus on the cool stuff like finding Anomalies and talking to my crew members.

I really don't want to mention any criticisms yet, because I think I need to play more first.

The second game is very streamlined compared to the first. I do have some issues with that, but I think it's a positive change overall. I think I mentioned before how I almost miss the Mako, just because it was nice to have something to break up all the shooting, but maybe that's just because I'm not too interested in shooters personally.

I'd say you're a little under halfway through the game now, depending on how many loyalty missions you've done.

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As promised, I completed Miranda's loyalty mission today. The objective this time around was to help relocate Miranda's younger sister. Miranda herself is a genetically-altered human designed to be intelligent and powerful, a decision she tells us was driven by her father's megalomania. Her sister is apparently the same, but Miranda kidnapped her at birth to give her a normal life, since her father was abusive to her. Now her dad knows where the sister is and Miranda wants her out of there before he drops by.

When we meet her contact on Illium, she tells us that an old friend of Miranda's, who is helping us with this task, has sent a message which amounts to the following: "pls let me escort ur sister myself so I can double-cross you xoxo." Miranda and her enhanced intelligence fall for this trick because she can't accept the possibility of this particular guy betraying her, but we still catch up in time to confront him and take the sister for ourselves. Miranda is so shocked by this betrayal that she kills the guy unless Shepard picks a Paragon option, but there's no way to actually save him, because the Asari merc boss just caps him in the back anyway. Afterward Shepard convinces Miranda to go talk to her sis for the first time, so that is kind of cute.

Thane solicited me for his loyalty mission, which also concerns family matters. He has an estranged son who he recently learned is following in his footsteps - something Thane understandably does not want for him. Sounds pretty interesting. I might do that one next. In any case, I have complete freedom over what order to tackle the remaining missions in now.

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