Honestly thought it had been longer since I posted. Feels like it.

So, after the Death Stranding 2 10 min trailer, thought it might be good to actually play Death Stranding. PS+ DC edition.

So, honestly, not sure what I expected. I've watched like Dunkey's videos on them but apparently had forgotten most of that. Let's start with the gameplay., the core of any game. It's good but unexpected, a delivery sim with some stealth and combat mechanics? Weird. The first map, I didn't quite get it but on the second larger one I became obsessed with an area, getting roads built, delivering stuff before moving on and if anything spent more time than I needed to delivering. It really does have a nice progression where you struggle to reach an area, then before you know it have setup a massive network of ziplines going from one location to the next in minutes.

Yet in a sense that also made it kinda weird, by the time I "got" things, as in how to fight BTs, how to deal with MULEs (or just go around them) and how to traverse the world, there wasn't much struggle in the game. I was playing on medium and only died twice, both to second to last boss.

This isn't to say it wasn't fun, I enjoyed the idea of looking for routes around things and the puzzle the after to make the route basically nothing, or the stealth in those missions were it felt like you had to stealth it, not just tie everyone up.

Then there is the story, it's weird how the game uses the same words we already know for certain things and the "co-incidence" of the names of things. But overall it's the classic Kojima, I think. Pretentious beyond words but unique.

The art style and looks are amazing though. Considering he reformed his studio and created this in 4 years is impressive, some established studios take longer between each game.

My only real issue is the end game, the trophies were all "do all these things", not many unique ones, and some of the roads needed so many resources or places so far afield it got tiresome in that aspect. I think if they could have done anything, I would have split the main map in half and have the mountain area as part of the 3rd map, or prehaps after Mountain City. The last area felt, lacking.

Eitherway, added to the collection (PS4 disc) and look forward to playing DS2 in 4 years before DS3. :P

Path of Exile 2 Early Access
Persona 3 Reload
Dynasty Warriors Origin (Sun, Liu, Cao)
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (Platinum)
Monster Hunter Wilds

I beat Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, as well as got the platinum. The platinum was only a few hours extra of game time, and in total I only played for 43 hours. Basically a short and sweet game, probably wasn't worth the $70 though. It is fun and entertaining, it is just that these games often get a price cut soon after. The story kind of continues on from where you left off with the last game in the series but it is clearly a side story focused on Majime this time. He is very different due to his amnesia and of course the pirate theme comes into play, which is a lot of fun. This game made me smile more than anything in recent memory, with some genuinely hilarious moments. The ability to play your CDs while sailing is great, I just played Atlus songs all the time and made me want to play yet another Atlus game. Overall another great experience, but I will have to think twice about paying full price for the spinoffs.

I beat Monster Hunter Wilds. Now this game was also $70 for only 30 hours of content. Why? Because I skipped all of the pointless cutscenes and rushed through monsters like crazy. The story has you move to a new camp almost instantly after every monster if you skip the cutscenes. I am glad Capcom gave me the ability to skip cutscenes unlike Monster Hunter World, but it definitely made the experience a lot shorter. As for the important parts of the game, ie the monsters, I really enjoyed them, and although singleplayer was quite easy, I had a lot of fun playing most of the hunts with my friend in multiplayer. We carted a few times and even failed a hunt, so it isn't exactly the easiest game in the world, but I can see why people think it is easier than all the recent MH games. But to be honest the old MH games were quite difficult due to lack of fluid movement with your characters and lots of tedium. I prefer less tediousness and the more fluid character movement. One thing that is still tedious, is eating. Eating only lasts a certain amount of time and then you have to eat again, rather than it being per hunt, and in order to eat, you have to eat inside of your tent which is annoying. I preferred the cafe/restaurant eating in the previous games. The endgame grind at launch just wasn't there so I decided to give it a break until more major content comes out. Overall a fun game well worth the buy, but lacking content at present.

Wow, glad I skipped Wilds, usually one of those games has a significant end game but Pirate Yakuza is an easy first sale buy for me, Gaiden was so fun and at 40+ hours Pirate Yakuza is beefier but I understand why it doesn't feel worth full price even though it is only 59,99 here which is 63 dollars if I have the rough maths on that right, those games feel very AA and rarely innovate so they seem to stagnate to a dated feel even when a new entry had wild shit in it like 18th century Pirate crews headed by an absolute nut bag of a Yakuza. 

Beaten:
Dragon Quest 3 Remake
God of War Ragnarok
Age of Mythology Retold - Immortal Pillars
Donkey Kong Countr Returns HD
Zelda Echoes of Wisdom (SOOO Good but pretty easy)

Playing:
Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition

I played it years ago. It was fine. Much better than this crap excuse for a Resistance game.

Games I've beaten (in order) March Update

• 1. Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled 805/1,000GS
• 2. Final Fantasy (From the Pixel Remaster) 1,000/1,000GS
• 3. Lightyear Frontier 1,000/1,000GS
• 4. Death's Door 1,000/1,000GS
• 5. Final Fantasy II 1,000/1,000GS
• 6. Stray 1,000/1,000GS
• 7. Gris 1,000/1,000GS
• 8. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle 1,000/1,000GS
• 9. Split Fiction 1,000/1,000GS *NEW
• 10. Final Fantasy III 1,000/1,000GS *NEW
• 11. Life is Strange: Double Exposure 1,000/1,000GS *NEW
• 12. Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake 1,000/1,000GS *NEW

DLC I've completed

• Lightyear Frontier: Neighbors and Animals Update 750/750GS

Currently Working on

• Final Fantasy IV

On going games that I'm playing

• Halo Infinite
• Fall Guys (Thanks Spade)

Beat KARMA: The Dark World. 8 hours. 7/10. Platinum. 

Fantastic horror, stunning visuals and incredible HDR, Stellar 3d audio and sound design, unbelievably creative, decent game, flimsy but interesting story. 

The story has no clear beginning, lacks context and never ties up many threads leading to an unsatisfactory ending however it was all worth it cause the whole thing is a treat. It goes from some of the best horror in any media one moment to feeling like Journey or Flower the next. Just amazing what they do with the visuals throughout the game and the 3d audio is next level. It's just a pity that the game and story felt rushed, like they didn't get to finish what they had story boarded and polished what they had. Still pretty damn good. 

Remnant 2 is on PS extra. It's a much better game. Grab a month of that. There are some cool other titles on there too to justify the 13 euro while you're trying out Remnant 2. Generally the rating system on games is accurate. If it's above a 4 and o. Ps Extra for longer than a month it'll be something worth playing, if it's below a 4 it's likely trash. 

I thought I did an update with my finished game in March but I guess I didnt (Kirby's Dream Course (NSO)).

Anyways, finished another game along with it (for April).

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 Course (NSO) - March 2025
-Dead or Alive 2 Ultimate (Xbox) - April 2025

Beaten in Hours
-Shin Megami Tensei V (NS) - 62 hours
-Grand Theft Auto V (PS5) - 50 Hours
-Yooka-Laylee (NS) - 20 hours
-One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 (NS) - 15 hours
-Capcom Fighting Collection (NS) - 15 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 Course (NSO) - 2 hours

Beaten Games Scores
-Grand Theft Auto V (PS5) - 97
-Capcom Fighting Collection (NS) - 95
-Shin Megami Tensei V (NS) - 89
-One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 (NS) - 89
-Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle (NS) - 85
-Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection (NS) - 85
-Yooka-Laylee (NS) - 82
-Dead or Alive 2 Ultimate (Xbox) - 78
-Doom (Classic) (NS) - 74
-Kirby's Dream Course (NSO) - 70

Total Number of Hours Played on Platforms
NS: 141 hours
PS5: 50 Hours
Xbox: 3 hours

Currently Playing

Next to Play (In no particular order and Subject to Change)

-Uncharted 1 (PS4)
-Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition (PS5)
-Ultra Street Fighter II (NS)
-Super Mario Sunshine (NS)
-Gears of War 3 (X360)
-Dead or Alive 3 (X360)
-The King of Fighters XIV (PC)
-Mass Effect Legendary Edition (PC)
-The Witcher 1 (PC)
-Disgaea 2 (PC)
-Donkey Kong Country 2 (GBA)
-Tekken 3 (PS1)
-The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time (NSO)
-The Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening (NSO)
-Devil May Cry 2 (NS)
-Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout (NS)
-Assassin's Creed Rogue (PC)
-Tales of Zestiria (PS4)