What I've Been Playing The Last Few Months Part 1

On 08/12/2017 at 07:14 AM by Halochief90

Hello everyone, I'm back again. I've played a lot of games since I last blogged, so I'll try and keep my impressions as short as possible. I also decided to split it into two blogs.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

The single-player of this one was pretty similar to that of Human Revolution, with a much worse story. Ironically though, it was the much derided Breach mode that I loved the most about this game. It was a really arcadey, fun take on the Deus Ex formula. Managed to beat almost all the levels without ever touching the micro-transaction portion of it.

Titanfall 2

The single-player of this game was surprisingly memorable. It felt like a mix between Half-Life and Mirror's Edge, instead of the typical Call of Duty campaign I was expecting. The multiplayer of this was mostly pretty similar to Titanfall 1, so I didn't play that much.

Phantom Dust

Love this game. Put over 70 hours into the single-player and multiplayer. I also got all the achievements. Really addicting arena combat. Amazing for a free game. It's too bad the multiplayer community has died as of recently.

Momodora: Revierie Under the Moonlight

Finished this one in a day, but it was a very memorable day. I love Metroidvania's, and this game scratched that itch very well.

Halo Wars 2

I'm loving the consistent monthly DLC coming out for this game (which included two new missions and a Leader last month). Definitely makes the season pass worth the price.

Refunct

I think I bought this game for $1.50. It was worth that price at least. A fun, 3D puzzle platformer... it just only gave me a few hours of enjoyment.

Final Fantasy XV: Episode Prompto

Though much better than the last piece of DLC, thanks to having some open-world elements, it still amplifies the biggest problems of the main game. Namely, the combat, linearity, and janky setpieces. Kind of wish I didn't buy the Season Pass, as these DLCs are lowering my opinion of the main game.

Mighty No. 9

I was desperate for something like Mega Man, so I caved and bought this much maligned game. Though it's not quite as bad as the mediocre review aggregate would have me believe, it's still not very good. It takes a lot of risks with the Mega Man formula and pretty much fails at all of them. Though it can be quite fun in certain sections of the game.

See you in Part 2.

Blake Turner Staff Writer

08/12/2017 at 10:37 AM

Momodora is amazing! Try Hollow Knight, you'll love it!

I also like refunct. It's a relaxing game.

Titanfall 2 was surprisingly enjoyable.

Halochief90

08/13/2017 at 12:56 AM

I checked it out, and yeah, Hollow Knight looks great. I may try that someday.

Super Step Contributing Writer

08/12/2017 at 12:56 PM

Titanfall 2 is the only FPS game I've beaten without cheating (I put Wolfenstein New Order on very easy to get it over with, cause I lost interest in everything but the story about midway through it). That one was really fun to me. I still feel the mech fights were based partly on luck, though. Some of it was learning patterns, but I definitely think there were times I won or lost based more on the luck of the draw.

08/13/2017 at 12:59 AM

You probably don't play many FPS games right? Titanfall 2, I thought, was one of the harder ones on Normal. But yeah, the game is fun enough that it's worth being up for the challenge.

08/13/2017 at 01:10 AM

Really? Cause frustrations with titan battles aside, I breezed through it in a day or two via GameFly rental. Maybe that's because some of its conventions had more to do with platforming.

08/13/2017 at 01:44 AM

Most modern day FPS' can be finished in about 4-6 hours and yeah, the platforming could be kind of tough for me in Titanfall 2.

mothman

08/12/2017 at 06:33 PM

Loved Phantom Dust back on the original Xbox. I just picked it up again for PC since it's free.

08/13/2017 at 01:02 AM

I played a weird Japanese demo of Phantom Dust way back when. Instantly fell in love with the game. I didn't have the cash (nor Xbox Live) back then to buy the game, but I'm glad I got to fully experience the single-player and multiplayer today. It holds up very well, I think.

KnightDriver

08/12/2017 at 11:51 PM

I played some Phantom Dust and liked it. Maybe I'll get back to it.

Did you have any problems with achievements dropping in Halo 2. I couldn't get the last four story mission achievements to unlock even though I finished them.

08/13/2017 at 01:05 AM

Definitely give Phantom Dust a fair shot. It gets better when you get used to the battle system.

And no, I didn't have problems with the achievements for Halo Wars 2.

08/13/2017 at 11:59 PM

I got several hours into it and got a handle on the basics. I will go back to it.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

08/14/2017 at 11:08 PM

I didn't play Titanfall 2 but I watched my brother play it, and I was pretty impressed with it too. Cool game. I should play some of the multipayer but just don't have the time.

08/15/2017 at 01:48 AM

Yeah, the multiplayer will probably be a blast if you didn't play Titanfall 1. I put lots of hours into the multiplayer of Titanfall 1. I will be playing Titanfall 2 multiplayer soon, as a friend asked me to order Titanfall 2 for him.

goaztecs

08/16/2017 at 11:39 AM

I keep saying that I need to get into Titanfall 2 but I just haven't got around to picking up a copy. Eventually I'll get to it.

I've been playing a little bit of Mighty No. 9, it's not bad but a lot of it feels like its the same old stuff of get to section, beat bad guy, do it all over again until you hit the boss.

08/16/2017 at 10:53 PM

Titanfall 2 is worth waiting for. Its price is dropping like a rock.

My problem with Mighty No. 9 isn't that its more of the same (afterall, that's what I was looking for), but the things it tries to do differently fail completely. The bosses for instance are completely different from Mega Man; they rely more on trying to beat the boss as fast as possible than memorizing patterns. And they just weren't fun that way.

PixlBit

What I've Been Playing The Last Few Months Part 1

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