Saturnalian wrote:
1. The Evil Within (PS4).
2. Rogue Legacy (PS Vita & PS4).
3. Far Cry 4 (PS4)
4. Transistor (PS4)
5. Valiant Hearts (PS4).
6. Heir (Browser?)
7. COUNTER Spy (PS4).
8. Apothena (PS4)
9. Oddworld: New & Tasty (PS4).
10. Bloodborne (PS4).
11. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number (PS4).
12. Burn it Down (iOS).
13. The Evil Within: The Assignment DLC (PS4)
14. The Evil Within: The Consequence DLC (PS4).
15. Bayonetta 2 (WiiU).
16. The Tender Cut (PC).
17. Monsterbag (Vita).
18. Murasaki Baby (Vita).
19. Super Mario 3D World (WiiU)
20. Resident Evil: Revelations (WiiU)
21. Infamous: First Light (PS4).
22. Towerfall: Ascension (PS4).
23. Betrayer (PC).
24. Thirty Flights of Loving (PC)
25. Aliens: Colonial Marines (PC)
26. The Walking Dead (eps 1-5) (PC).
27. Ori & The Blind Forest (PC)
28. Dead Rising 3 (PC).
29. Entwined (PS4).
30. S.T.A.L.K.E.R (PC).
31. The Fall (PC)
32. Dragon Age: Inquisition (PS4).
33. LIMBO (PS4).
34. Not A Hero (PC).
35. Super Exploding Zoo (PS4).
36. Her Story (PC).
37. Donkey Kong Tropical Frozen Bloody Long Subtitle I Can't Remember (WiiU).
38. Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin (PS4).
39. Xeodrifter (PS Vita).
40. Grow Home (PS4)
41. Teslagrad (PS4).
What a shit name for a brilliant game. Metroidvania with fewer "upgrades" as you go along but it has plenty of ideas even if they do all revolve around blue and red lights. Blue attracts red and visa versa; red repels red and blue repels blue and that's about it. There's your puzzles - go finish me you little dick.
It has a great hand drawn look about it. The animations are nice. The puzzles aren't too taxing but sometimes they can be fiddly as fuck. Moreover the boss fights, and some areas too unfortunately, are just memory tests and this is where the game is at its absolute worse. Your little character is one-hit killed and so entire sequences have to be repeated in one perfect go. This is easier said than done especially where something will pop out or a boss will do a move that you couldn't possibly anticipate which kills you instantly and you have to go back and do the whole thing again and try and remember what it was that deadid you.
Persistence pays off however as the story, characters and art are all fantastic. There is not a single character that make a word other than the odd grunt. This is brill because it allows the background artwork, occasional collectible and intermittent puppet show to advance the story. I approve of this no end.
No stupid voice recording on a tape.
No rooting around in bins for no reason.
No cut scenes.
The story is there to be seen and acted out by you as the character. Wordlessly. It's absolute bliss.
The campaign is fairly short about 4-5 hours maybe? I lost track of time. But that's a perfect length for it. Once complete you can, if you are so inclined, to seek out the 34 collectible scrolls that tell the full story and leads to the secret ending. I got 16. And you need 15 to get to the final boss. Ah well, I wasn't try that hard then. The main problem with the collectible scrolls is that unlike most Metroid games the map screen doesn't show the location of these things. Most of these types of games show the collectibles when you've seen them on screen or, like Ori & The Blind Forest, shows them up as areas are unlocked usually in tricky places to get that force you to use your abilities to get to them. There's none of this 'ere. They don't show up on the map and whilst you could probably pound your way around the map once you've got the full set of skillz, I couldn't be bothered because that would require essentially going through the entire map for a second time and I'd only just cleared it for the first time. So they can get fucked. It's a shocking oversight really and doesn't encourage continued play without the aid of an internet map or guide which, frankly, is a bit cheap. Had they shown be the ones I'd spotted but forgot about then I'd have gone back to mop them all up just like I did on Ori & The Blind Forest.
Anyway, I watched the secret ending on Youtube. It was pretty cool, but some twat thought that when I wanted to watch a secret ending that I couldn't be bothered to do myself that I would be interested in seeing his face in the corner of the screen. Worse than that, the pillock is commenting over the top of the secret ending. "Oh my god. Will he see his mom? That cat is so random." Seriously, is this what a youtuber is? These people who get tons of followers for some unknown reason. God I hate some fads online.
Oh, Teslagrad! Play it. Real fucking good. PS+ was awesome this month dontchaknow.