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[BusierDonkey]

Game 31

Scott Pilgrim EX
Completed co-op playthrough

I have fond memories of the original and this game was good, but I don't think I'll look back at this one the way I do the original. The music is great, but not as memorable as the original, the same goes for the characters and story which despite just finishing the game, I don't completely remember. It's definitely worth playing through but if I had to pick between the two games, I'd play Scott Pilgrim VS. The World again. The game does have plenty of great boss fights, it controls very well and you'll have fun so again, it's definitely worth a shot.

 

[Jack Videogames]

Seems I'm consistently a couple months behind target. It's looking grim for now - but I can't help myself. There's just so many JRPGs to play.

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15h.

Beat it in 2 days, 7h per day. Best 6€ I ever spent. Careful if you are ADHD.

My Score: ★★★★☆

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12.1h. Normal difficulty. Beat all sidecases except for one (No backtracking is a very, very bad idea, devs).

7.5, too much cheese.

Alright, fine. Mouse P.I is a mighty fine game. Tight shooting, original graphics, fantastic voice acting, and the cheese puns are really not that annoying. Also, the story is not as dumb as IGN seems to think - I found it very period-appropriate, and pretty engaging from beginning to end. The final levels are this Indiana Jones-esque spectacle setups that make for a very satisfying conclusion.

The caveats: most weapons are useless (The Tommy and the thinner gun will carry you through the game: you won't use anything else unless you're starved for ammo), enemy variety is so-so, and the "mysteries" peter off near the end of the storyline. Very much worth your money, though.

My Score: ★★★★☆

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37:15h. Game + Postgame. Winning team: Venusaur, Jolteon, Dragonite, Snorlax, Nidoking, Lapras (Adventurous, I know)

Pokémon! It's Pokémon. Anything I could say would be superfluous. I found it interesting to see that the game isn't as hard as I remembered - the difficulty is just very frontloaded. Once your heavy hitters have gotten a couple evolutions, the game is easy as pie. Not even the Elite 4 required more than one try. So yeah, when people tell you LGFR is a super hard game, tell them that's bullshit.

My Score: ★★★★★

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20:30h. Normal difficulty. Game + Hidden Signal completed for the Secret Ending.

This game was the pleasant surprise of the year for me. It's not (only) because of the Dad Space setting - the story is a bit too short for the intended emotional link between Diana and Hugh to really solidify. But the combination of their pleasant relationship, the basic if intriguing story, the spectacular setting and boss battles (The final boss battle is the kind of boss battle every action game needs - and so is the second boss, the Creator), the Vanquish-style shooting and the hacking mechanics makes it a game you have to see through.

Some simulations are bitches though. The hardest simulations are like 10x harder than any of the Hidden Signal levels.

My Score:

 

[Cert.in.Death]

Review: 2/10

Spoiler: Final Thoughts

A platinum journey over 11 years in the making. I don't recall the specifics any longer, but this was a PS+ offering in 2015 or thereabouts, I popped two trophies in Feb., and it sat on my PSN list for over a decade at 2%. I couldn't take it anymore, I had to right this wrong.

The critical gist is thus: the entire game is a rip off of God Of War and worse in every way. After an hour or so, I was struck with the memory of why I noped out of this game previously, and the emotion was both swift and sudden...

THE SATYRS ARE WALKING AROUND WITH THEIR FULLY ERECT DICKS OUT.
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I don't know why I do this to myself. /s