Games completed this month
Managed to clear a couple more games this month, thought it might be worth an update.
Spec Ops: The Line (PC)
As suggested in my January post, I finished this at the start of February. Another one to tick off the 2017 list, I was pleasantly surprised by this. It is perhaps a bit less polished than some comparable military shooters, but the story was ambitious and had something to say. In places it was clunky, and some of the bigger twists were sort of spoiled for me by being late playing it, but if you’re a fan of this style of shooter and haven’t played this yet (or just bored of Call of Duty) it’s definitely worth a play.
Game of Thrones – Telltale Adventure (PS4)
I managed to stick with this much better following Batman. It’s the worst of the Telltale games I’ve played, but still engaging enough. Part of the problem with it is just how well it does “Game of Thrones”, it’s just so bleak! Easier to recommend if you’re a fan of the show more than a fan of Telltale games, it comes with the same warning you’d give to someone just starting to read the books or watch the TV series. Don’t get too attached to anyone!
Also played in January
Rise of the Tomb Raider (Xbox One)
A decent promotion in Game, combined with my remaining store credit saw me picking both this and Shadow of Mordor on Xbox One. I had intended to play Tomb Raider on either PC or PS4, but couldn’t argue with the price. I’ve put 20ish hours in so far, and am about 70% through apparently. Really enjoying it, have noticed a few bits of slowdown but nothing has really damaged the experience. Looks likely that I’ll finish it in March and be able to move on to something else. Feeling good about continued progress towards that 2017 target!
Assault Android Cactus (PC)
Really good twin-stick shmup that deserves more attention than it received. I have been dropping in and out of this for a while, but over the last few weeks I have focused a bit more on the story mode. I’d hoped to clear it during Feb but finding the last boss to be tricky! I have limited patience to just keep retrying though so I’ll be lucky if I even manage to clear it during March. We’ll see.
Overcooked (Xbox One)
Finally got a couple of friends together for a decent session on this, made some good progress and we’re starting to gel a bit as a team. Well we were, until the alcohol being consumed hit Peak levels, and our skills went into decline. Hopefully we can get another go at this in soon.
Mega Drive & Saturn stuff
I’ve now got a new (to me), modded Japanese SEGA Saturn, so have been dabbling quite a bit with that. Planning on picking a Saturn game to settle into when I’m done with Tomb Raider. I’ve got a few ideas so optimistic that’ll turn out well for a future update.
I’ve also been spending a bit of time with the Mega Drive again, mostly just playing a few shmups. I’d quite like to get a 1cc on Super Fantasy Zone on my actual hardware, as I’ve only previously managed to do it under emulation. If I’m successful I might see if I’m capable of any others…