Last Week of Aug Over

On 08/30/2024 at 12:55 PM by KnightDriver

Well, I finished Gears of War 3 and played several others partially. I'm happy with my new plan which seems to push me to finish some games. I managed to finish the Mass Effect Trilogy finally.

Bought

Heavenly Sword, Ratchet & Clank Future Tools of Destruction, Resistance 3, all PS3 games and exclusive to the system. I'm glad to have them again as I feel they are essential for my PS3 collection.

Played

I finished my replay of Gears of War 3.

I played a whole lotta Halo Reach doing playlists within Master Chief Collection. These are 3-5 levels strung together that have a similar theme. I ended up replaying a lot of levels but that's okay. I played on Normal without much difficulty which sort of suprised me. I usually get in trouble somewhere in Halo games on the default setting.

Played a few hours of Bayonetta remastered. I got stuck at a wall that wanted a certain move out of me to pass and I couldn't figure it out. Boy this game is silly and fun. I can see the God Hand DNA in this too.

Tchia was played for a while. This is set on a real collection of islands off the coast of Australia. You sail from island to island and explore, collect and complete tasks to eventually rescue your father. The game in embedded with tons of local culture via music mini-games and other gameplay mechanics like embodying animals and fish (I liked being a shark for a while). I really enjoyed it even though I got my catamaran incredibly stuck on a post. It's kind of similar to Creatures of Ava in a lot of ways, another one I tried out on Game Pass.

On PS3

A hour or so in God of War III. Man, the set pieces in this game are so epic. Graphics are off the charts and the cinematic presentation is hard to compete with. You're fighting on the arms of Titans the screen can't even contain. Wonderful experience. I just wasn't in the chain-swinging mood to replay the whole game this time.

I played through to chapter 9 in Uncharted 3. It's really an amazing looking game even for being almost 15 years old now.

Touched on MLB 10 The Show but didn't like it much. Baseball is slow in a sim game like this. I much prefer cartoony Super Mega Baseball.

Onto 2013-2015 starting this Labor Day weekend. I can't wait.

Cary Woodham

09/03/2024 at 08:18 AM

I had the opportunity to review Tchia when it came out. But it either didn't grab me as much or I had too much on my plate at the time.

KnightDriver

09/06/2024 at 12:14 PM

I like it and may go back to it, but I'm trying to stick to my list right now.

daftman

09/06/2024 at 01:20 PM

My PS3 came with Uncharted 3 packed in but OF COURSE I had to play the first two games first, which I did, but I never did get around to actually playing Uncharted 3.

That's impressive that you finished all three Mass Effect games!

09/13/2024 at 12:37 PM

Just like ME2, Uncharted 2 is considered the best of the series. I think all three are excellent. I'll likely tackle them again next year and try not to get too annoyed at the sneakin'.

I actually finished ME2 and 3 this month. The first game I finished years ago. After 3 though, I was very tempted to replay ME1. You can't transfer your character backwards in the series though, and so I'd have to start all over again to get some achievements you can only get by using the same character for all 3.

PixlBit