Tranformers Devastation
So, Platinum games and a license is a warning sign before you even start, and I wasn't really a big fan of the cartoon as a kid (which this is based on with the art direction, story and all the voice actors (though unfortunately no wildly varying changing of character sizes)), it always seemed pretty boring. Also, this is one of those fighting games like Devil May Cry or Bayonetta, which I'm neither a big fan of nor particularly good at, yet here was me playing it.
So, the graphics are disappointing, the story is instantly forgettable and there are sections of awful platforming and yet still I enjoyed the game as a whole. It was a very simple example of a combo fighting game, but due to its simplicity it makes it way more fun (to me at least) than any of the games of this type I've ever played before (pretty much all named earlier). As I'm getting older I'm becoming a lazier gamer (and just lazier in general) and I'm not going to be learning massive button combos, but when there are about 3 combos to learn, of 3 buttons or so then great, I can cope with that (I think). The main issue it the very slow start to the game, it's a short game anyway (like, 5 hours or so) but the second half of the game is far better than the first, and sure, I know that goes for most games that the second half of games is better as you get more used to the systems and so on, but this game is definitely a game of two halves (and no, I'm not talking about every Villa match this last couple of months (as for some reason we don't start trying until the second half)).
It's cheap anyway but give it a chance and some time and you'll enjoy it, trust me
Unmechanical
And so on to the masses of free games I've got sitting around, this one was a PS Plus game from some point last year and is a 2D puzzle game, although not a platformer. You play a little floating dude with a tractor beam with some pretty standard puzzles to solve. It's nothing new and only a couple of hours long and forgettable, but as it was free I enjoyed it enough for its brief length. The main issue that I have is that at times it can be a bit too much style over substance and it's hard to tell what's background and what's part of the game, and once made me look around for 5 minutes for a vital puzzle piece only to realise I kept passing it thinking it wasn't involved. As I said, it's all been done before, but it got me some easy trophies (though I'm more of an achievements guy) and passed a couple of hours. It's fine for what it is (provided what it is, is that you got it free).
Xeodrfiter
Like Megaman? great, play this. I, however have never played a single Megaman game and was thusly terrible at this. I know in the past I've talked of my love of 2D platformers but I'm not a big fan of guns in them, like Megaman (sorry I keep talking about Megaman but it seems like the most obvious comparison). So, it's a simple platformer with 4 slightly different planets that you have to travel between (which you can do at will (sort of)) to unlock different abilities to advance in the game. It's only a couple of hours long (or so everyone else seems to think, after 3 hours I wasn't even half way though due to many, many deaths)for experienced players. Yes, I haven't finished this game so it will go on to the 'underway' list although the chances of me finishing are very low as I got very stuck on the fourth boss, and I'd have to do it many more times as the same boss is repeated every time but with a different move added and more health, and I can't get past the current iteration.
Pneuma
From 2 PS Plus games on to a Game with gold. This is a first person puzzle game that has some good ideas but is unfortunately not executed very well. It's all about the eyes that look at you and figuring out how that effects the world around you. In theory it's a good, and fresh idea, but some poor controls, unclear puzzles and repetition leaves it somewhat disappointing. It's a shame too as it looks really good and I'm a big fan of fresh ideas, but between these issues, and the annoying voice over that, yet again, discovers he's a fictional character in a game, which seems to happen all the time these days and I'm sick of it. Anyway, point is, of all the games I've mentioned here, I would definitely say this is the one you can leave off from playing, even though it gave me some easy Acheivment points.
I also played about half of Killzone: Shadowfall that week, but finished in the second week, so I'll write about it then. Hopefully by the time week 4 is out I'll be back up to date as at the moment Week 3 is nearly over and I've forgotten half the stuff from the games and, as usual, can't read my own hand written notes because I write like a 5 year old.
Completed
Transformers: Devastation
Unmechanical
Pneuma
Underway
Xeodrifter
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