BigBlueWolf
120 hours, 9.5/10
1/1 1/1 7/7 50/50 achievements
22.5 hours, 8.5/10
37 of 58 achievements
Batch 36
I originally started this batch at the beginning of the 2022, finished around early summer then forgot to post it. I haven’t been working on any games since that time. I kind of got burned out playing one in particular. (Check the hours.) I’m only now starting to dip my toe back into some spooky games for the seasonal fun.
Anyway, I hope to polish off at least one or two games for Spooktober. Though I haven’t decided which ones I’ll start first.
Beaten: 25-May-2022
Check out my review on Steam by clicking the tag!
Check out my review on Steam by clicking the tag!
Horizon: Forbidden West
PS5
Completed
120 hours, 9.5/10
1/1 1/1 7/7 50/50 achievements
Mega-machine rally!
Beaten: 30-Mar-2022
I was a massive fan of the first Horizon game, so this was a no-brainer to pre-purchase. I started playing on Day 1.
Nearly everything is an improvement over the first. There's lots of familiar things to see and do, but so much more. Combat is fluid and easy to pick up. Machines are fearsome, tough and resilient foes, but you learn very quickly how to master fighting ones at your level and with careful planning you can sometimes beat much tougher enemies, giving a great sense of accomplishment.
In the first title we learn why the machines came into existence and what had happened to humanity in the interim. In this one the Earth's ecosystem seems to be going haywire and machines are affected as well. In order to learn more about what it will take to stop the erosion, you need to travel west into unfriendly lands with even more deadly machines... and something far worse. Along the way you make allies, friends and enemies. There's a massive map to cover, more amazing sights and a tons of side quests and things to do.
I would rate the Horizon series as one of the best out there. If you haven't begun playing them, start with the first one as it is still a great play even thought it's 5 years old. It'll set you up for this one and still leave you wanting more.
I was a massive fan of the first Horizon game, so this was a no-brainer to pre-purchase. I started playing on Day 1.
Nearly everything is an improvement over the first. There's lots of familiar things to see and do, but so much more. Combat is fluid and easy to pick up. Machines are fearsome, tough and resilient foes, but you learn very quickly how to master fighting ones at your level and with careful planning you can sometimes beat much tougher enemies, giving a great sense of accomplishment.
In the first title we learn why the machines came into existence and what had happened to humanity in the interim. In this one the Earth's ecosystem seems to be going haywire and machines are affected as well. In order to learn more about what it will take to stop the erosion, you need to travel west into unfriendly lands with even more deadly machines... and something far worse. Along the way you make allies, friends and enemies. There's a massive map to cover, more amazing sights and a tons of side quests and things to do.
I would rate the Horizon series as one of the best out there. If you haven't begun playing them, start with the first one as it is still a great play even thought it's 5 years old. It'll set you up for this one and still leave you wanting more.
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Beaten
22.5 hours, 8.5/10
37 of 58 achievements
They really are a scree-um, the Baker family
Beaten: 13-Feb-2022
I finally wanted to see what all the fuss was about and bought RE7 during the last Steam Winter Sale. What a trip! Scary in all the right places, at least for the first 2/3rds. I'm not super-familiar with the lore for this game, but I found it entertaining enough without it. I got the complete edition with all the extra content but haven't played through any DLC so far.
I don't know that I can add a whole lot to what's already been said about it by many other people. It was my second favorite title in this batch.
Edit: It was recently suggested to me I should try this game in VR since I have a headset. Umm... maybe. Even though I know the story now I think there are parts that would still make me shit my pants in that setting.
I finally wanted to see what all the fuss was about and bought RE7 during the last Steam Winter Sale. What a trip! Scary in all the right places, at least for the first 2/3rds. I'm not super-familiar with the lore for this game, but I found it entertaining enough without it. I got the complete edition with all the extra content but haven't played through any DLC so far.
I don't know that I can add a whole lot to what's already been said about it by many other people. It was my second favorite title in this batch.
Edit: It was recently suggested to me I should try this game in VR since I have a headset. Umm... maybe. Even though I know the story now I think there are parts that would still make me shit my pants in that setting.
Beaten: 30-Jan-2022
Seven is interesting from a story perspective. This is post-apocalypse Earth long after it reached a level of tech similar to or even beyond Cyberpunk 2077. The world has been piecing itself back together and is now a mix of cobbled together cyber-tech and magic with societal structure more like a cross between the 18th-century and Borderlands. You are thrown into this world as a thief who gets hustled into tracking down the Emperor's chief assassin who has gone missing looking for an extremely valuable piece of ancient tech.
With this setup and the open world to explore (you are sent to an island named Peh) it's hard to not admire the world-building being done here. The setting has an original feel to it and the art style builds a unique-looking world to run around in. I keep wondering what this game would feel like if it was brought up to the level of Pillars of Eternity or Divinity Original Sin II. Probably amazing.
But where the game fails to deliver is on the actual gameplay mechanics. Everything is clunky in some regard.
Seven is interesting from a story perspective. This is post-apocalypse Earth long after it reached a level of tech similar to or even beyond Cyberpunk 2077. The world has been piecing itself back together and is now a mix of cobbled together cyber-tech and magic with societal structure more like a cross between the 18th-century and Borderlands. You are thrown into this world as a thief who gets hustled into tracking down the Emperor's chief assassin who has gone missing looking for an extremely valuable piece of ancient tech.
With this setup and the open world to explore (you are sent to an island named Peh) it's hard to not admire the world-building being done here. The setting has an original feel to it and the art style builds a unique-looking world to run around in. I keep wondering what this game would feel like if it was brought up to the level of Pillars of Eternity or Divinity Original Sin II. Probably amazing.
But where the game fails to deliver is on the actual gameplay mechanics. Everything is clunky in some regard.
stef
Nice picks of games! I also really enjoyed RE7 and I was very hesitant to play it at first since I love the series. I would not be able to play in VR! Also I’ve never played Horizon but nice review. It looks like fun!
BigBlueWolf
I highly recommend getting Horizon: Zero Dawn on Steam if you don’t have a PS console. You won’t regret it!
0/1/7/46 of 59 achievements
Not sure what it means? Do you have achievements on PS5 separated by categories? I never owned console, so sorry for my “ignorance” here :D
Yeah, Playstation achievements are broken up into platinum, gold, silver and bronze in order of rarest/hardest to common/easiest. Platinum is always a single trophy given for 100-percenting all the other trophies. I have four bronzes left that are a bit of a challenge or time-consuming but easy to find on the map.
It’s not the greatest system because silver and gold are often subjective as to how they are classified by the game developer. Almost all “reach the end of the game” achievements are rated gold while some of the most difficult individual tasks will be rated silver. Other times the devs really do put all the difficult stuff in the gold rating.