Topic: Games you've recently beat

Ryse Son of Rome on PC. I think reviews are way to harsh with this game. It isn't perfect but I enjoyed it. It helps that I got it for $5 on Steam.

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter. Beat it in one sitting yesterday, really enjoyed it, it's such a beautiful looking game, I went on the screenshots!

Fallout: New Vegas on Hardcore Mode (got the Mr. House ending). I still want to go through and get all the trophies though.

My Nintendo® Picross: the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (3DS eShop).

This was quite an enjoyable time (Zelda fits Picross perfectly), and I hope we get more exclusive rewards like it.

Completed the storyline of The Division. I just need to now complete all of the Encounters and Side Missions.

Last game I beat was Batman on the NES. It's one of the all time NES classic games and one that I was never able to finish as a kid. Well finally after 20+ years I finally did. Still holds up pretty well to, to this day.

Recently finished Gravity Rush Remastered. The story is nuts and raises as many questions as it answers, but it's nonetheless a fantastic game. The gravity abilities are unique and great fun to use, Kat is a great character, and the city of Hekseville is a varied, interesting setting.

The combat is a little flat, and there's not a great amount of stuff to interact with outside of missions, but fortunately, it looks like both of these aspects are being addressed in the sequel. Can't wait!

@Bad-MuthaAdebisi: You knew the killer was that person? How? I was completely shocked and totally blown away.

Tonight I finished One Piece Warriors Dream mode, and a nightmare dream mode has popped up. I have had enough of the game now, I'm just going to attempt the main missions to 100% legend points and see how many coins are left, I'm not surprised there's such a low platinum rate the game is sucking my life away.

I beat Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky last night on Vita, that game has one of the best endings I've ever seen, it ends on an incredible cliff-hanger! Very good game, would highly recommend it to anyone JRPG fans out their

Nioh demo. It's not a full game but I quite enjoyed it. Had to summon for help to get pass the second boss, though. I can see this game being quite fun if it allows us to co-op through the entire story.

Just beat Ratchet and Clank on PS4 for the third time in a week.

Nice. I still need to give it another go around myself. Great game...

I've played all five episodes of Life Is Strange, and I can now see why there is so much love for it. I'm sort of glad I waited to play it - I don't know if I could've handled the wait between episodes 3 & 4, and 4 & 5. I won't post any spoilers, but I thought the climactic moment of episode 2 was amazing. From there, it goes from strength to strength, with the third and fourth episodes being the highlights, for sure.

Very glad I picked this up in the sale. I'm not sure if it's still discounted, but even if it's not, anyone still unsure should definitely give this a shot.

I felt like they dropped the ball in Episode 5 but all and all I enjoyed it.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, depending on how you define general completion in a game like this.

I've completed Classic & All-Star (and finished 1st place in Smash Run) with every character (barring DLC characters), so I'm counting it.

Tales of Vesparia (360). I'll just copy what I said over at PureXbox.

Well, it took awhile, but I finally beat it!

Characters - Over the course of the game, I've really come to like them. None of them had the immense character growth that Luke did inAbyss, but they had great chemistry together, and I didn't even find the "tagalong kid" in Karol to be annoying (which I did think about Anise inAbyss). I'd say my favorites were Raven, Judith, Yuri, and even Rita.

Story - It's pretty standard JRPG fair, but it was enjoyable nonetheless, and I could esily follow it, which is something I will give it over Abyss(which had a lot of techno-babble which I never fully grasped).

Gameplay - It based on the same real time battle system that all Talesgames use, so if you've played one before, you'll know what to expect. I will say I thought it was a slight step back from Abyss, though. I missed the Field of Fonon system Abyss had, which allowed you to power up your special attacks if you used one in the same area an ally had just cast a magic attack. Also, in Abyss, all party members could use Mystic Artes in battle, while in Vesperia only the character you're controlling can, which I felt was a step back. Vesperia added Fatal Strikes (which allowed you to kill basic enemies in one hit occasionally), and Link Encounters (where if you came into contact with one enemy on the world map, if another was close enough, you'd face off against both groups of monsters they represent at the same time), but I don't feel they added much to the gameplay, personally. The one thing I really liked was the special hidden weaknesses bosses had that you could exploit, as it was fun discovering it. Oh, I found Vesperia's difficulty to be higher (though I played Abyss on Easy, while Vesperia didn't have any difficulty settings), which I ended up liking.

World - The HD visuals mean that it not only looks better than Abyss, but any other JRPG I've ever played as well (it truly is gorgeous). There are lots of side things to do (I didn't do everything), and I don't think there's much that's locked away if you don't do it at a certain time, which I liked (that was something I didn't care for in Abyss, where there were sidequests that got blocked off if you didn't do them at a certain time, losing you special items, and even a couple hidden locations). InAbyss you had to revisit many dungeons a second time (going deeper to new parts, but still), while here they are one time only visits (except for hidden extras), which was nice. However, I thought the cities/towns were smaller in general. In Abyss, there were many non-essential buildings/residences you could visit, while in Vesperia, it was mostly just practical buildings (like inns), and story relevant locations (all other doors were locked off).

Overall, there were things I liked more about Abyss, and things I liked more about Vesperia, but they're both fantastic JRPGs. Oh, and it took me around 60 hours to complete it, which I think was about the same for Abyss, lol.

Uncharted 4

Shantae & the Pirate's Curse (3DS)

Just completed it a few hours ago, and I have to say it's one of my favorite "Metroidvania's", right up there with Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion, & Cave Story.

While it doesn't do anything particularly new, the gameplay is refined & fun, and it has a good challenge that can be tough without feeling cheap (the final dungeon can be pretty brutal). By far what makes it standout is the world & art design, however. The characters are charming & likeable, and even the standard desert & ice areas felt fresh due to the quality of the art (Mud Bog Island in particular was beautiful, in a twisted way). It's also the first game that had me utilizing the 3D in a long time as well (the weather effects in particular looked neat, such as the rain on Spiderweb Island or the snow on Frostbite Island).

Beat Dark Souls III last night although I did miss out on one optional boss who has been destroying me. I don't have a hope against him

i actually got round to finishing Pirates of the Caribbean At Worlds End (i don't like to leave games unfinished)