Blogging the experience of gameplayhttps://www.gamelog.cl/gamers/GamerPage.php?idgamer=2095https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=7427Just finished today. The story and characters are amazing. The gameplay isn't anything too special, but it is competent enough to remain fun through the 15 hours or so the game will take to complete. The character and environmental art are also very good.Wed, 30 Mar 2022 08:18:08 CSThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=7427&iddiary=12924https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=7284Forza 7 is great. Its a top tier racing game. The controls are tight and the frame rate is solid. Unfortunately I won't be completing the game all the way. The gameplay just gets too grindy to get to the super fast cars. I just don't have the time to focus on only that game.Mon, 02 Aug 2021 16:23:21 CSThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=7284&iddiary=12840https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=7290Remedy Entertainment is one of my favorite game developers in the world. From Allen Wake, to Quantum Break (unintentional rhyme) their games are always unique and fun. They stand out a lot among other big budget single player games. They hay have a style that they put into every game they make. Sam Lake writes complex and interesting narratives for all of their games. I'd say he's basically the Christopher Nolan of the video games industry. Control has all of these things. One could even say they are all at their best in the game. There are so many things that I like about Control. The graphics and art style are top notch, the gameplay/combat is endlessly fun, and the story had me locked in. There are a number of fun, likable, diverse characters. The puzzles are simple, but engaging. There really isn't much negative I can say about the game. The side quest design is great. I never really found myself doing the same thing twice. The world is semi-open and feels like a 3D metroid-vania. There are all kinds of areas to explore and secrets to find. My biggest gripe with Control is some of the enemy design isn't very strong. There are a couple of enemies that just aren't as fun to fight. Specifically the suicide enemies who explode when the get close to the player, and the rocket troopers who don't have a lot of health, but always seem to sneak up in the middle of big battles to launch heavy damage dealing rockets at the player. I found myself more frustrated than enjoying fighting them. However, this frustration did fade as the game went on and I got stronger. Everyone should play this game. It's the best game that Remedy has made. It's on gamepass, so anyone with an Xbox or gaming PC has not excuse for not playing it!Fri, 30 Jul 2021 07:41:44 CSThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=7290&iddiary=12837https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=7246I want to finish Greedfall. I want to complete it. It has so many good ideas and I've enjoyed my time with it! Unfortunately it just keeps going. I've put just over 30 hours in and I feel like at this point the game isn't giving me anything new. I just have too many games to play to keep grinding through the game's uninteresting story and basic gameplay. Its the perfect game to show off everything that 2000s western RPGs had. They had a diverse group of companions, action packed combat, and a new world to explore. If this game had come out in 2008 and you told me Bioware had made it I would fully believe you. It does all of that very well. Unfortunately the game doesn't really add anything new to that. I would say the most unique aspect is the customization that is available to the player. Everything is cosmetic too which really makes the player character feel unique. The graphics are pretty good. Considering the game had a budget of a few million dollars and it was made by 40-60 people is incredible. It feels like a AAA and a AA experience at the same time. A AA.5 if you will... Maybe I'll come back to it and finish it someday, but at this point I'm done.Thu, 22 Jul 2021 14:40:02 CSThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=7246&iddiary=12828https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=7276There are only a handful of games that have actually brought tears to my eyes while I was playing them. It Takes Two has just been added to that list. Only an incredible came can do that, and It Takes Two is an incredible game. Hazelight is as bold as ever with ITT. The game is co-op only. It can only be played with two people. It's not single player, or more than two players. ITT is just two players. This follows Hazelight's trend that started with their previous game A Way Out (2018). The game is a great step up from A Way Out in just about every way. The game's story is by far the highlight. We follow two soon divorcing parents as they work to escape a magical world that their daughter wished them into. Their journey is fun, and entertaining the whole way through. The game does an excellent job of talking the romance theme, which is something that not many (if any) modern big budget games do. Gameplay is another high point for the game. At it's core the game is a 3D platformer. Throughout the game, countless other game genres are layered on top. None of these bonus genres last longer than a level in the game. This ensures the game never gets old and feels fresh through its entirety. The game was about 12 hours long through my playthrough. It's impressive that the game stayed as exciting for the whole playthrough. The game is also very pretty. Its a pristine UE4 game. On the Series X, the game runs at a locked 60 fps, with only a couple minor stutters during cutscenes. The character models look great, but the real highlight is the various environments that players will come across. I played the game with my wife, and it was an incredible way for us to spend time together. My wife isn't much of a game player at this point, but she said that It Takes Two may have changed her view on video games a bit. I recommend this game to anyone. It's well worth any price one can get it for at this point.Sat, 10 Jul 2021 19:55:33 CSThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=7276&iddiary=12823https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=7258I just finished Yakuza Kiwami 2 Let me start off by just saying dang. This game was a good one. I would say it is on pretty much the same level as Yakuza Kiwami. The only major difference in terms of quality is the graphics. Yakuza Kiwami 2 runs on a newer game engine, so it has better physics, a more open world, and more modern (as of 2021) graphics. Like any good Yakuza game, Kiwami 2's story has all kinds of twists and turns. There are a number of great characters new and familiar. The star and favorite of course is the protagonist and player character Kazuma Kiryu. He is still the moral compass and straight man of the goofy and dangerous Japan players explore and he is still extremely likable. With the improved physics, the game's combat is much smoother. It does however feel much looser as more of the environments (actually anywhere) is accessible during the fights. The heat combat moves are unfortunately less exciting in Kiwami 2 than the previous two games for some reason. They are still good, but not as satisfying. Another shining point in Kiwami 2 is its main "villain" Ryuji Goda. Like the baddies in Yakuza 0 he is very likeable. Unlike the baddies in Yakuza 0, he doesn't keep doing things to annoy the player. In fact, as the game went on I found myself respecting him more and more. Kiwami 2 is an excellent game, anyone who is subscribed to GamePass needs to give this series a serious try. I don't think they will regret it.Wed, 07 Jul 2021 19:45:50 CSThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=7258&iddiary=12821https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=7268I sat down with one of my friends and beat A Way Out in one sitting. Its not a long game as we beat it in just over 5 hours. The game is paced in a way that all 5 of those hours were well spent. The game goes quick and doesn't dwell on any location, or gameplay system for long. The game starts as a prison break adventure, and ends as an action heavy game. There are driving sequences, there are sports gameplay sequences. It's truly remarkable everything Hazelight was able to fit into this game. None of it is truly great on it's own but together it's amazing. The story is pretty good as well. There are plenty of twists and turns to keep players engaged on their journey. Surprising enough, the game also looks good. There are moments that the characters suffer from wax figure syndrome, but it's never too bad. Where the graphics really shine is in the game's environments. There is so much variety in the places players go and all of them look great. My last note, there is a sequence in the game that takes place in a hospital. It is the best co-op sequence ever and is more cinematic and exciting than any I have ever seen before it. It is definitely my favorite part of the game.Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:07:43 CSThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=7268&iddiary=12803https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=7242Well Psychonauts has been 95% finished. I'm gonna call it good. I've played 95% of the game and decided to watch the ending in a YT video rather than finish the game. I found myself getting little frustrated, so I decided to just move on. Psychonauts is great. This is the best 3D platformer I have ever played. The game has some 6th gen quirks and small annoyances, but they don't detract from the game much. Combat is very basic, but it works well. The story of Psychonauts is top notch. Its fun, and engaging. The main cast of characters is excellent and I found myself loving just about everyone who's brain I entered as Raz. The game is also hilarious. Tim Schafer is a genius and Psychonauts is some of his best work. The style of this game is also fantastic and unique. No two characters look the same. This really does a great job of showing how every character/person is different. I'm really looking forward to the sequel of Psychonauts. Hopefully it comes out soon!Thu, 03 Jun 2021 14:00:40 CSThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=7242&iddiary=12792https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=7233Agents of Mayhem has a lot of good. But is it enough good to overcome it's brother Saint Row's shadow? AoM has a of style and a lot to like, but unfortunately, there isn't really much that sticks out to make it a remarkable game. It's Volition's take on GI Joe, and overall they did a good enough job. As I said the game has a lot of style. It's very colorful and nice too look at. It's got a lot a humor, but sometimes this comes off as forced rather than charming. The story is bare bones. The villains are nothing special. The gameplay itself is consistently good enough. I wanted to stop playing AoM, but the gameplay was what got me to the finish line. There are 12 playable characters in AoM and the player can take any three of them out at a time. The player then switches through them whenever they need to. Each character actually feels very unique. They all use different weapons and have different special attacks. Unfortunately, this mechanic feels kind of superficial as the game goes on. Once the player has all of the playable characters, they don't really experience anything new. That brings me to the mission variety and ludonarrative harmony. All of the missions in this game are the exact same. Go to a spot, hack a thing, enter secret lair, and kill all bad guys. This is all done while voices are played in the background to provide story and context to what is going on. This didn't get insanely old, but it would've been nice to see more variety, and better story telling methods. When I say Volition did a good enough job with this one I mean, everything in this game is good enough. There isn't anything that is bad about this game, but there isn't really anything that is great. During all of my time playing AoM I was thinking to myself that I wanted to play Saints Row again rather that AoM. That's probably not the best sign.Fri, 14 May 2021 09:35:06 CSThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=7233&iddiary=12771https://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=7231Well, the game has been completed! As with Yakuza 0 I really liked this one! It's basically the same as yakuza 0 in terms of graphics and gameplay, but the game was almost 1/3 the length. The graphics are nice. They feel like the graphics a remastered Xbox 360 game would have on modern consoles. They are good enough for sure. The environments especially look great. The 3D brawler combat is almost 100% copied and pasted from the previous game. This isn't such a bad thing. It holds up well, and because of the upgrade system, there is more and more variety as the game goes on. Unlike Yakuza 0, the player upgraded their overall fighting skills rather than individual fighting styles. This allows switching between fighting styles based on where the fight is taking place, how many enemies there are, and what objects can be used in the fight. The story is great. As I mentioned, its a lot shorter than Yakuza 0. I beat the main story in about 10hrs. Where as is took me 27hrs to beat Yakuza 0. Kazuma Kiryu stands tall as a fantastic protagonist. He's a forever good guy in a criminal world. There is also a nice cast of other characters in Yakuza Kiwami, but I would say that's the biggest area that Yakuza 0 has the edge. The characters in that game were just so much stronger and likable, especially the villains. I'm excited to play the next game in the series. Yakuza Kiwami is a fun game! Honestly at this point, the Yakuza series is justifying my GamePass subscription. I would recommend anyone with an Xbox or a decent PC subscribe and play these games!Tue, 04 May 2021 10:19:46 CSThttps://www.gamelog.cl/logs/LogPage.php?Log_Id=7231&iddiary=12770