#games i played

[tawnyfool]

Games I Played | 2023 & some fav quotes Games I Played | 2022

[a-wa-c]

Finished Half Life 2.

10/10 no notes, what the fuck happened to games man?

Like, hey here's an enemy that is annoying, now you get to use them as an army. HAVE FUN.

Hey, here's the Gravity Gun that you've had for basically the entire game, in the final act it can just straight up kill a bitch-ass-Combine soldier for the final chapter of the game. HAVE FUN.

We pit you against a Gunship or a Strider, but please have as many guided missiles as you like to kick the shit out of them. HAVE FUN.

Like seriously, if anyone has a better perspective on this than me, please tell me why I feel that games these days don't have section where you just have fun. The battle is the fun, not worrying about your ammo.

[happymeishappylife]

You can read my reviews of these here.

[ps1snake]

games i played 2024!

[shinysamurott9]

2024 Gametalk: Mega Man X5 Improvement Project

So I want to try making a thread or series of posts talking about all the games I play over this year. I'll start with this one, the Mega Man X5 Improvement Project

So I've played most of the main Megaman platformers via the Legacy Collections, haven't played BN completely, SF or Legends though. As anyone who has played the main platformers can tell you, quality can vary a lot, especially, especially with the X Series. Base X5 is definitely on the weaker end of the spectrum imo. It's not an awful game but it's a major step down from X4 and it has a lot of issues and poor execution. From what I've read a lot of that comes down to a significantly lower budget and little direction from Inafune beyond "Conclude the story".

I was aware of the improvement hack for a long while but I got curious about it a few days back and decided that I'd give it a shot, and frankly, I was extremely impressed. This game fixes, not every issue with X5, but a hell of a lot of them, along with a lot of miscellaneous changes. This includes, letting X use incomplete armours, Heart Tanks sharing between X and Zero, additional ways to get certain items, letting Zero get all Heart Tanks and all parts being obtainable with no worry about rank.

There's plenty of other notable changes like a proper retranslation to be more accurate to the original script and removal of RNG with the Shuttle, but the things mentioned above are the most important to me because let me tell you, they are absolute game changers when playing through. It allows you to be so much more flexible with the order you fight each boss, making the game so much more replayable, an essential element to Megaman games imo.

It really does feel like you can get a lot more out of the characters tool kits. The Gaea Armour is not just viable for X, but actually really good, because of some rebalancing, and the fact you're not locked out of using it until basically the end of the game. Many of the special weapons are given new functions. Like Dark Hold giving you Spike Immunity, F-Laser and Charged Tri Thunder being able to destroy the bomb in Duff Mcwhalen's stage, Zero's F Splasher being able to push Gaea Blocks and you can even re-enable the Fourth Armour’s Nova Strike if you want it.

There are some issues I have with the game though. Some of the original design decisions don't mesh well with the new changes, primarily the timer, which is made basically irrelevant by all the streamlining. It was never that big of a factor in a playthrough unless you wanted parts but now it's just kind of superfluous. A lot of the not great parts of the stages still aren't great. Duff Mcwhalen is still mostly an autoscroller, Volt Kraken still has the Bike Section, Zero Stage 1 is still a replica of Quick Man and the Shadow Devil still exists. The hack does what it can to remedy this like speeding up the autoscrollers, lowering the amount of energy items you need to get from the bike section to get the Falcon Armour Part and making it so you won't get caught on walls in Zero Stage 1. Shadow Devil still kinda suck though, especially as Zero.

I'm not gonna hold these issues against the hack or it's creators though as the ideal solution would be to completely rework or replace these elements with something better, which is definitely beyond the scope of a rom patch like this. What I will say though is while they did a lot to improve the Gaea Armour, in my playthroughs at least, the Falcon Armour felt really underutilised. It's entirely possible to get everything you would otherwise need Falcon for via other methods such as the more accessible parts, the updated Special Weapons, using Zero or some combination of these three factors. I literally never needed to use it on my second playthrough. This could be just down to my playstyle but in almost every situation, the Fourth or Gaea armours were strictly better in my opinion. I feel like if it had the ability to charge special weapons like X6 then it would at least be on par with the Fourth Armour. Maybe it would have more use in an X solo run but idk.

The complaints here are mostly minor. Overall, the hack is a fantastic piece of work, it improves on X5 in almost every aspect it can reasonably be expected to. I honestly think it brings X5 up to the same level as a lot of the better Megaman games. Maybe not as good as X1 , X2 or X4, but probably not far behind them. If you've ever played X5, like it or not, I'd heavily recommend this hack. I'd put it in A Tier easily.

Why did I rank it like it’s a tier list? Cause it is.

For the last year or so I've been progressively ranking all the games I've ever played. I thought it would be a neat way to look at everything. X5 Improvement ranks in A Tier between Pikmin 3 and Megaman ZX. I'll update it with each game i finish. Feel free to roast me for my taste in games.

[niceigloos]

gamez i played and beat this year

redoing this here bc twitter is too yucky now

in order of play :) cyberpunk 2077 (once at tha start of the year and again after the 2.0 update

shadows over loathing (multiple times)

west of loathing (also multiple times)

dragon quest XI

lunacid (pre 1.0)

disco elysium twice because it is the best game ever made

system shock 2 (no pics) (there wont be screenshots for all of these bc some of them i forgot to take any)

lisa the hopeful (no pics)

spider-man: miles morales (no pics)

lisa the painful definitive edition

lisa the joyful definitive edition

crypt underworld (my goty!! everyone should play this game!!!!) extra pictures bc i love it so much

bomb rush cyberfunk

baldurs gate 3

garten of banban 1 and 4

no one lives under the lighthouse

resident evil 2 remake (no pics) shadow of the colossus (2018)

spider-man 2

[amemenadiel]

Here I come back like some stars during Christmas or the New Year

Welcome back, this time I hope for longer in the new year 2024! What has changed during this time? A lot, but with this I want to start being active here for those who might get to know me. But before that, it would be good to show myself even better, so I have prepared small posts about what characterizes me, but not only that - I am going to write a few posts that are important to me and necessary to start that adventure with Tumblr. I hope that whoever comes here will spend a nice time ^^

[spitblaze]

[guy who doesnt watch shows voice] yeah ive been meaning to watch that show

[mysillycomics]

[eridan-ampora]

baby animals move like theyre playing a new video game & havent figured out the controls yet

[tawnyfool]

Games I Played | 2024

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2023 | 2022

[bookpdf]

there should be more hours between 6 and 10pm. like even just two more hours. for my assorted hobbies & activities

[qrowpilled]

hate when you find a character whose so infuriatingly Your Type that its embarrassing like yeahg no one is gonna be surprised when i announce this is my new Guy Of The Month

[oflights]

the main problem with this time of year is the irresistible urge to get fully into bed at like 5:34 pm and outside is like yesss, yesss do it, it's what you deserve yesss. like is it depression or is it just november

[shinysamurott9]

2024 Games: Mega Man X6 Tweaks

After playing X5’s improvement project, I felt it was only fair that I give X6's a go as well. X6 Tweaks is a sort of like a custom tweaks patcher allowing you to alter several elements of the game to your liking, including how the characters play, certain specific elements of level design, elements of the game’s presentation and a lot of stuff being tracked under the hood.

Before going into that though I feel I should talk about my opinion on base X6.

I hate it.

I really do not like base X6. I have played a majority of the side scrolling Megaman games, not all of them but most of what could be considered main series games and I genuinely feel X6 is the worst Megaman game, of the one's I've played at least, I've heard many bad things about BN4. But with X6 itself I feel like there were a lot of good ideas and some genuinely fun things to mess around with, but between the massively inconsistent difficulty, poor executions of it's ideas like the Nightmare Effects, bad design decisions with things like the secret boss areas and all armour pieces being required to use an armour again and of course it's infamously bad level design. Any good or sensible idea X6 had, is ultimately either undermined, falls over itself or is lamented for being stuck in this game.

So what exactly does Tweaks do to fix these issues?

In short, quite a lot while also adding a number of miscellaneous additions for fun and QoL, but at the same time, not doing much to fix arguably X6's biggest issue.

With my playthroughs, for the overall important changes, I opted to disable the Nightmare Blindness, leaving the other nightmare effects on. Aside from that, I activated incomplete armours, made it so the Exit Stage button was always available, unlocked aerial moves like double jumps and dash, fixed the translation, added the custom mugshot graphics, and tweaked the damage tables to make a few things more tolerable, like the donuts.

These changes did do a lot to make X6 more tolerable which did allow it's better qualities to shine through. The game is a lot more open with your routing, probably at least in part because every stage needs to be revisited anyway. The armours are fantastic, I'd argue they're some of the best armours X ever got and with the updated script, I can at least appreciate what the story was attempting. The script does even have some stuff that is genuinely interesting or funny.

Nightmare Zero actually has lines that read like he is Wily, I genuinely did not know that til now.

MF actually pulled the "I got better" card,cannot believe this.

Zero canonically hates puzzle games lol

They even added unique dialogue for Zero in the intro stage and against Nightmare Zero should you use the cheat to unlock him from the start which is a fantastic touch.

Some other fun additions include letting you change the Ultimate Armour’s palette to any of the three from the PS1 Trilogy as well as a fixed version of the X6 colours to match the portrait and a colour palette for the Legacy Collection Ultimate Armour which I think was updated to make it look better.

Unfortunately, at it's core the game us still X6 and it's main issue, the level design is still very much a problem. Scaravich is still a random layout , leaving the armour, boss portal and heart tank up to RNG. Mijinion still has his really annoying secret area, and his main area still throws literally everything at you, and of course, Heatnix is still just donuts. Would you believe me if I said someone actually told me they thought this was not only fun, but better than an actual level? Course the Gate stages are still just as bad too, but hey you can actually beat them without parts now. Bringing Shadow Armour to Gate is actually a reasonable idea now, as one of the few changes the hack does make to level design is adding a platform to the infamous jump. An air dash for No Armour and Shadow Armour is also available.

Sadly, like X5 Improvement, the hack ultimately does very little to fix the overall level design and the more problematic sections. But to be clear, I can't really blame the hack creators for that as the only real solution would be to just completely scrap the existing levels and completely redesign them from scratch, something well beyond the scope of a rom patch. So overall while it is an improvement over X6, I'd really only recommend it to someone who's familiar with X6, the bullshit it throws at you and the ways you can cheese it.

I'd say it helps the stromg qualities of X6 stand out enough to get B tier, but a pretty low B if I'm honest

[happymeishappylife]

Games I Played in 2024

Stray Gods

I absolutely loved this game! And I replayed it in full 3 times to hear the story told through the different song style choices because it was different and surprisingly, you did get different pieces of the story by exploring that. But I love all things about reinventing Greek Mythology into present day and to imagine what the gods are doing, how they are surviving and how they aren't, was really fascinating. Also I loved Grace as the heroine and New Muse, but I was devastated by Freddie's storyline. The only reason I ended up pursuing Persephone the final time was it was too painful to lose Freddie again, lol. And since I didn't romance the others that means there are always stories to go back and explore if I ever want to.

2. Assassins Creed: Black Flag

Its funny, because going into this story I thought I was going to be playing more a goofball based on how the fandom sees Edward. And sure, he is less serious than Connor, and while still an ass, he's not in the same league as Haytham. I really enjoyed Edward's journey from just a lost soul, turned pirate for the actual pillaging aspect, and then to a true Assassin once he realizes what the relics can do and what's at stake. That's true character growth and was great to see. The game was a little glitchy and I hated seafaring at first, but then it became one of my favorite activities, especially to listen to all the sea shanties. And I like seeing more of Edward's story in the webtoon comic which I'm reading right now.

3. Europa

I bought this game, not knowing much about the story, but being intrigued by the gameplay and the style. And the style is absolutely gorgeous! It's heavily inspired by Studio Ghibli and honestly so is the story, set in a future time where we have made it to Europa and tried to colonize it. It goes badly and all that is left is this little robotic-ish boy made from a man grieving the loss of his son. But what that means after the game ends, is left to heavy interpretation. My only complaint is that the gameplay becomes pretty repetitive very quickly and I don't understand how this robot survives with all the machines shooting at him.

4. Assassins Creed: Freedom Cry DLC

Adewale! It was an absolute privelege to play as this legend of a man. I think we all knew he was going to do great once he left Edward's side and the fact that we got to experience that was phenomenal. I loved the new mechanic too that we were freeing slaves throughout the Caribbean and helping them to form the societies to keep each other safe and connected. My only complaint, was that it was a DLC (though a good sized one), but not a full game.

5. Venba

I'll admit, I had been hoping for a little more sustenance with this game, but even though it was short, it told a good story about the lives of immigrants and how that evolves and changes through ones life. I honestly felt for Venba the whole time because it is hard to hang on to one's culture in the strange new world, and even though she tries, it's such a strain to her son that it ruptures that relationship. My only other complaint was that the actual cooking sections of the game, were not intuitive and the lack of directions, while important to the story, made the gameplay so annoying because it was not clear how to make the dishes. I also wish there was a better way to access the recipes then the screen on the game because I would love to try making them.

6. Assassins Creed: Aveline DLC

It was great to have another adventure with Aveline even though this was short lived. And after playing Liberation, I was grateful to get a chance to play a story with smoother controls. Still, I just want more, especially because she is the first playable female assassin. But I know more are coming and I can't wait to see what other tales I get to experience.

7. Assassins Creed: Rogue

I was so disappointed by this game. I think the concept of having a story in the franchise be going from the point of a hero as we come to understand it with the assassins, to becoming a Templar such a fascinating and intriguing way to spend the game that I was excited to see what would unfold. But the game was an absolute mess of glitches and controls and it didn't need to be set in the same period of games 3 and 4 where we we were so connected to the other assassin's characters. Like killing Adewale after playing him was hard and I had to stop playing for a bit because that was cruel. I mean sure, nice to know how Achilles lost everything, but this needed to be its own unique story. I doubt they will try it again, but I kinda hope they do if only to execute it better.

Games I replayed in 2024: 1. Animal Crossing 2. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune 3. Uncharted 2: Honor Among Thieves