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Apr 5th, 2021 at 09:19:04 - Yakuza 0 (XBONE) |
I finished chapter 9 and half of 10. Both of these chapters are about Kiryu. Part of chapter ten involves going to the Tojo headquarters to speak to the chairman. This visit concludes with the largest fight in the game up to that point. While is didn't have a boss battle, it does include fighting seemingly endless waves of enemies. This got a little boring near the end, but thankfully it ended before it got too bad.
I also realized while playing as Kiryu this time around that though I like Majima's story better, I think that I like Kiryu's character better.
The game is also starting to cross the stories of the two main characters over. It'll interesting to see how they cross over. With how good the story has been so far, I don't doubt it will be good.
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Apr 3rd, 2021 at 13:55:35 - Yakuza 0 (XBONE) |
Yesterday I finished the 7th and 8th chapters. In both of these chapters the player plays as Majima. In these chapters, Majima is tasked with killing a girl that looks like Makato in order to make it look like he carried his hit out. He doesn't end up doing it, but someone else does, and then Majima's cover is blown. He fights through waves of bad guys while protecting Makato. Just as they are about to escape Osaka, the van they are gonna leave in blows up and Majima's mob boss approaches about to kill him and suddenly he is shot and the man that shot him knocks out Majima. That is where chapter 8 ends.(That was a bad summary)
Its quite interesting how well this game blends the two separate storylines that are going on so far. I find myself wanting to play both, and neither of them drag on for very long. As I progress through the game it seems the chapters are getting shorter and shorter. I've got nine chapters to play through and I've put in around 15 hours so far. I'm definitely gonna finish this one.
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Apr 3rd, 2021 at 13:47:59 - Forza Horizon (360) |
I had fun yesterday in my adventures of the racing paradise of Playground Game's Colorado. I completed a handful of races and playing the game on medium difficulty is proving quite easy. I have set it so shifting in the car is done manually by myself and it makes the gameplay much more engaging. I've used this feature while playing all the other Forza games. It honestly takes racing games to the next level as I, the player, have more control over what my car is doing.
The game features light story telling about beating pro racers in order to qualify for the Forza Horizon championship. Progressing through the races goes pretty quickly. I feel like I'm getting close to the end even though I have probably only played the game for 4ish total hours so far.
The gameplay has a nice balance of simulation and arcade that allow for fun, but without making the game feel ridiculous.
The game looks great for the Xbox 360. I'd go as far to say its the best looking racing game that I have played on the console.
Specifically in my playing yesterday, I beat one of the pros to unlock a cool new car: The Nissan GTR. This is one of my favorite real life cars, so unlocking it in the game was nice.
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Apr 2nd, 2021 at 09:22:54 - Outriders (XBX X/S) |
(Technically I'm playing this on my Xbox Series X) I downloaded the game from gamepass just to try it out. I sat down with my sister at the and of the day yesterday to try it for an hour or so. The first thing she said when we got into the character creator was "these graphics are amazing!"
That made me realize how in modern times graphics are something that we take for granted. Most games just have amazing graphics these days with few exceptions. There are games that stand out, but even cheaper budget games still look remarkable. Anyway, moving on...
The beginning of the game finds the player character a part of an initial scout team of colonists from earth on a new planet. Your team finds a crazy storm that kills everyone, and your character is infected with somethings and is forced to go into cryo sleep. You awake 31 years later to find that the mistakes of earth have been repeated. The land is engulphed by war. The player soon finds that the storm gave their character special powers. They get to choose from one of four classes. They fight their way through some soldiers and are soon brought to one of the leaders of the people. The Main leader turns out to be one of the scientist from the original scouting party. The voice acting so far is pretty bland. Most character performances are pretty flat.
Thats as far as I got in the story. The gameplay is a pretty fun so far. Its like a run and gun Gears of War. The player can take cover, but it almost feels wiser to blend cover shooting with running around the battlefield out of cover. Like Bulletstorm before it, Outriders looks a lot like Gears of War. The art styles are very similar. That makes sense given People Can Fly developed the underrated Gears spin-off Gears of War: Judgment. I haven't played much more than an hour of the game yet, so I don't have a true opinion yet.
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