Iāve been delving further into MGS V. Could have discussed this on its own thread, but figured Iād keep the gaming updates here for now. Iāve been stuck on the third mission for a bit now, and finally completed it this evening. In the last mission, I found I was getting penalised for killing people, or at least not gettng a no kill bonus.
Managed to complete this mission without killing anyone. The game has itās usual mechanic of just being about to tranq dart or use close quarters combat, but a new dynamic is the ability to attach a balloon to fallen foes, whisking them back to your base. Another new mechanic is time slowing down when discovered by an enemy; this makes the game tons more forgiving as long as you can tranq dart someone in the noodle.
Eventually plotted a course through the camp, using non-lethal means for every opponent,. although I did blow some shit up to prevent any reinforcements from being radioed in. Very emergent, and coupled with systems that really help. The game wants you to do well, emphasises stealth and most of all, makes it a lot of fun.
In more āwhat Ant did on holidayā news, I picked up a cheap Vita game on a punt just before I left - the rather ridiculously-named Lego Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin.
And itās fantastic.
Iāve played quite a few of the Lego games before (the first couple of Star Wars/Batman ones being stand-outs) but this is probably the best of the bunch. Humour, variety and polish in abundance. Why it was only released for handheld consoles Iāll never know.
Lot of time for these āGoā re-imagining of franchises. They bring an interesting take on existing titles, and give them a unique puzzle twist to the originals. The Hitman version got a fair bit of love, but I far prefer the Lara Croft game. Works really well on mobile I think.
I really like the Lego games, they always seem to be great fun. Really like the look of the latest, Lego Dimensions. Though, some of the add-ons do make it look pretty expensive!
i used to play these games all the time when younger.
Dice football, I used to get all the league ladders from shoot mag and do the draw out my saints hat, then you just need a dice for half time and full time score.
I got some stuff in the Steam Sale that Iāve been taking a look at. Assassinās Creed: Black Flag, finally running at 60fps, is a thing of beauty and was a real bargain for 6 quid. If youāre in any way OCD about games, youāll love it. I just hung around in Havana doing side missions for ages. There isnāt really a bit of this game I donāt like. Traversal & movement is a lot of fun. Ship combat rocks too.
Iām on the move at the moment so I am trying to get through Xenoblade Chronicles 3D on the āNewā 3DS (FFS, Nintendo!). It is a great game, but has lost the Japanese voiceover in translation to its new form. The Brit voice acting aināt great, and the same end of battle announcements, badly acted, are now really getting on my tits. Canāt really play it with the sound off either - the music is very decent and there are a lot of audio cues that complement the real time battle system.
I missed the sales, but then again I still havenāt even downloaded the majority of the games I got in the last sale and Iām still to play Fallout 4 yet. So probably not the worst idea ever.
Got a few games on Steam Iāve got my eye on though.
Look, itās research, all right? I donāt have a problem.
Had heard good things about the Vita visual novel Steins;Gate and it recently got an English translation/EU release so I picked it up for Ā£15. Thought it was worth a punt for that much.
Iām not sold on this sort of āgameā though, despite liking graphic novels. If this is one of the best-written examples then Iād hate to see the worst.
Also recently picked up Until Dawn (interactive horror) for the PS4, and thatās meant to unfold and branch pretty nicely. Looks like a decent-quality first party title. Will report back once Iāve actually started it.
Level 34 in Fallout 4 and loving it, not too sure whether to get Star Wars or the Witcher next, heard brilliant things about the Witcher but not so about Star Wars.
