Since my last post I have managed to finish two games.

Silent Hill 2 remake - Exceptional, I think it lives up to the hype. Super scary atmosphere, excellent enemy design, good puzzles, great level design, outstanding storytelling, solid combat. It might be a little too long, some of the areas were a little drawn out, and maybe there were a few too many encounters. But these were minor problems. I have unfortunately never played the original, so cannot say how much of what the remake does well is because the foundation was good and how much it does well because it is a bloody good remake. Expecially the storytelling is levels over most video games I have played, I can count on one hand how many games handle this aspect as well, but for sure it must be because the original did it well, don't know how much changed. In any case, I give the remake a 9/10 for now.

Dead Space remake (2023) - Continuing on my survival horror marathon, I played this acclaimed remake from 2023. I have played some of the original, but never completed it. I think overall it's a pretty cool game with an awesome setting, great weapons, fun combat. The remake definitely improves on some aspects, such as visuals and gore. It is hard to put a finger on anything, however I think it is a bit too action heavy for my taste, it is certainly more action-horror than survival horror, and while the combat is great, it does become a little repetetive eventually. I also wasn't so invested in the story. I give it a small 8/10.

I've beaten my 17th game of 2025 today as of September 30th 2025.

Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition for Playstation 5 

Game: Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition
Genre: Action
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
System: Playstation 5 (PS5)
Year of Release: 2020
Date of Completion: September 30th 2025
Length of Playthrough: 45 Hours

+Great cast of characters, story, music and gameplay with 20 missions, multiple difficulty modes and Bloody Palace mode 
+Up to 120 FPS and 4K
-One instance of audio glitching out during the end of a mission (did not repeat thankfully so it wont affect the score)

Score wise comparison...

Devil May Cry (PS2): 81
Devil May Cry HD (PS3): 81
Devil May Cry HD (PS4): 82
Devil May Cry (NS): 80
Devil May Cry 2 (PS2): 60
Devil May Cry 2 HD (PS3): 60
Devil May Cry 2 HD (PS4): 60
Devil May Cry 3 Dante's Awakening (PS2): 95
Devil May Cry 3 Dante's Awakening Special Edition HD (PS3): 98
Devil May Cry 3 Dante's Awakening Special Edition (PS4): 99
Devil May Cry 4 (PS3): 87
Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition (PS4): 89
Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition (PS5) 100
DmC Devil May Cry (PC): 88

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Beaten so far in 2025
-Grand Theft Auto V (PS5) - January 2025
-Shin Megami Tensei V (NS) - February 2025
-Doom (Classic) (NS) - February 2025
-Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle (NS) - February 2025
-Yooka-Laylee (NS) - February 2025
-Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection (NS) - February 2025
-One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 (NS) - February 2025
-Capcom Fighting Collection (NS) - February 2025
-Kirby's Dream Land (NSO) - March 2025
-Dead or Alive 2 Ultimate (Xbox) - April 2025
-Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (PC) - May 2025
-Assassin's Creed Rogue (PC) - July 2025
-Super Mario Sunshine (NS) - July 2025
-Sonic the Fighters (X360) - Aug 2025
-Dragon Ball Z Kakarot (NS) - Aug 2025
-Shantae (NS) - Aug 2025
-Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition (PS5) - Sep 2025

Beaten in Hours
-Dragon Ball Z Kakarot (NS) - 113 hours
-Shin Megami Tensei V (NS) - 62 hours
-Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (PC) - 56 hours
-Grand Theft Auto V (PS5) - 50 Hours
-Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition (PS5) - 45 hours
-Assassin's Creed Rogue (PC) - 21 hours
-Yooka-Laylee (NS) - 20 hours
-One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 (NS) - 15 hours
-Capcom Fighting Collection (NS) - 15 hours
-Shantae (NS) - 11 hours
-Super Mario Sunshine (NS) - 10 hours
-Doom (Classic) (NS) - 10 hours
-Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection (NS) - 10 hours
-Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle (NS) - 7 hours
-Dead or Alive 2 Ultimate (Xbox) - 3 hours
-Kirby's Dream Land (NSO) - 2 hours
-Sonic the Fighters (X360) - 2 hours

Beaten Games Scores
-Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (PC) - 100
-Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition (PS5) - 100
-Grand Theft Auto V (PS5) - 97
-Capcom Fighting Collection (NS) - 95
-Dragon Ball Z Kakarot (NS) - 94
-Shin Megami Tensei V (NS) - 89
-One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 (NS) - 89
-Assassin's Creed Rogue (PC) - 85
-Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle (NS) - 85
-Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection (NS) - 85
-Super Mario Sunshine (NS) - 83
-Yooka-Laylee (NS) - 82
-Dead or Alive 2 Ultimate (Xbox) - 78
-Shantae (NS) - 76
-Doom (Classic) (NS) - 74
-Kirby's Dream Land (NSO) - 70
-Sonic the Fighters (X360) - 51

Total Number of Hours Played on Platforms - 452 Hours
NS: 275 hours
PS5: 95 Hours
PC: 77 hours
Xbox: 3 hours
Xbox 360: 2 hours

Total number of Games played on Platform Ecosystems - 17 Games
Nintendo: 11
Playstation: 2
Xbox: 2
PC: 2

Next to Start (In no particular order and Subject to Change)
-Final Fantasy Tactics Ivalice Chronicles (PC)
-The Witcher 1 (PC)
-Donkey Kong Bananza (NS2)
-Uncharted 1 (PS4)
-Gears of War 3 (Xbox)
-Ninja Gaiden Black (Xbox)
-Tales of Phantasia (GBA)
-Tekken Advance (GBA)
-The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time (NSO)
-The Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening DX (NSO)
-Metal Gear Solid V (PS4)
-Sonic Colors Ultimate (Xbox)
-Super Mario Galaxy (NS)
-Assassin's Creed Unity (PC)

Currently Playing

What were you doing in DMC5 for 45 hours? I remember I done everything three times on higher difficulties after finishing the game as I was disappointed the game was so short at like a few hours short of an even dozen. Can't have spent more than 25 hours getting three difficulties up. 

I did Human, Devil Hunter and Legendary Dark Knight mode across Nero, V and Dante's story mode (even played as the different characters for the same stages where they had 2-3 characters at the select screen) and also did Human, Devil Hunter and Legendary Dark Knight mode for Vergil as well.

I also did Bloody Palace for a bit.

Oh, it's the Special Edition. 

Yeah...I mentioned that in my post lol.

Been a bit since last post. Lets see, so after MK1, finishing the story and doing some trophies I first went on to Final Fantasy 9. Mainly as got an itch. Rumours of course of FF9 remake makes me worried though, can't fathom how SquEnix will do a remake of a masterpiece and turn it into drivel somehow. Anyway, played the story, got to disc 4, wanted to do trophies, realised loads of them are missable, did some but enjoyed my time with it. 

Honestly, it made me realise something very important. I miss Final Fantasy. Man they were so good.

Right then, in conversations with KratosLive, I gave Returnal another shot. I got stuck, a "crux" so to speak. I pushed through and realised I was barely even like a 3rd of the way through it. I played it for like 20 hours before, now on 55 and done everything but the last collecting trophies. I'm still not sure I got the story but getting to true grips with the progress, especially in areas 4-6 made it far more enjoyable. I did say it was excellent and I still think they need a little more accessibility but that looks like it was going to come in the form of the "shield" in Saros.

After Returnal, thought I'd have something a bit more relaxing, so played original God Of War on my PS2, on easy. 

Nr 27 espagula a fun ps2 shmup.
Nr28 Ty the tasmanian tiger, really impresses how simple yet fun this game is,this game made me more interested in platform games.

^ Why would the user two comments up use chat GPT to write that comment. Are there automated GPT bots that can sign up for sites now?