The Backlog Check-in Vol. 277: 4/22/23: Fairy Fencer F: Refrain Chord, Star Wars Jedi Survivor, Trinity Trigger Edition
Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 12:52 pm
Played: BloodRayne ReVamped, BloodRayne ReVamped 2
Finished: Nothing
Playing: BloodRayne ReVamped, BloodRayne ReVamped 2
Added: Nothing
I’m still playing BloodRayne ReVamped and enjoying it despite it lacking level checkpoints, and having some difficult and frustrating levels. It also doesn’t help that my Dual Shock 4 controller has left stick drift so Rayne likes to constantly walk backwards which sucks for precise platforming parts. I ordered another like new Dual Shock 4 controller from Amazon, and it cost me $42 which was the cheapest like new one that there was.
I also started playing BloodRayne ReVamped 2, and it’s improved over the original in every way offering bigger production values, better graphics that look almost like PS3/Xbox 360, better controls, combat and gameplay. However, I still kind of like the first game a little more. It’s a fast paced run ‘n gun/hack ‘n slash action game with open-ish/maze-like levels fighting demons and nazis. I like its story, characters and overall premise more. The second game is a more linear slower paced beat ‘em up/hack ‘n slash platformer with a somewhat generic hunt and kill vampires story. So far I’ve been mainly fighting street thugs, vampires and the camera. The camera in the first game is tight and responsive, the camera in the second is chaotic constantly spinning around erratically. Combine this with my Dual Shock 4 controller left stick drift with Rayne constantly walking backwards and playing is more frustrating than it should be. And it’s a challenging game, there’s mobs of enemies and tough bosses. There’s level checkpoints unlike the first game has, but they’re still not all that helpful since they’re spaced far apart. I could see myself quitting the game due to its difficulty, with so many games to play I just don’t have the patience for difficult games these days that require me to keep redoing challenging sections and bosses over and over again.
My two pet peeves with games these days are difficulty spikes that halt my progress, and needing to look online to figure out what to do/where to go/solve puzzles. I will quit playing games if I find them too hard, or have me constantly looking online to figure out how to progress in them. I have too many games to play and don’t feel well enough these days to deal with this kind of crap in the games that I play for entertainment and fun.
Games releasing this week
Afterimage
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Ampersat
Animal Shelter Simulator
ArcRunner
Ash of Gods: The Way
Bramble: The Mountain King
Cassette Beasts
Catacomb Master
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story
The Creepy Syndrome
Crystarise
Desta: The Memories Between
DoraKone
Drago Noka
Dungeon Drafters
Fairy Fencer F: Refrain Chord
Fantavision 202X
Honkai: Star Rail
The Last Case of Benedict Fox
Light of Life
Live A Live HD-2D Remake
Magical Drop VI
Mangavania
Mistrogue: Mist and the Living Dungeons
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
Moto Rush GT
Mugen Souls
Mail Time
Minabo: A Walk Through Life
Nuclear Blaze
Odyssey: Your Space, Your Way
Omega Strikers
Picross S9
Protodroid Delta
Roots of Pacha
R-Type Final 3 Evolved
Shadows of Doubt
Smile for Me
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Stranded: Alien Dawn
Strayed Lights
Sweet Bakery Tycoon
The Swordsman X: Survival
Tin Can
TramSim: Console Edition
Treachery in Beatdown City
Trinity Trigger
Varney Lake
Velocity Noodle
Welcome to Goodland
Wuthering Waves
Zoria: Age of Shattering
Finished: Nothing
Playing: BloodRayne ReVamped, BloodRayne ReVamped 2
Added: Nothing
I’m still playing BloodRayne ReVamped and enjoying it despite it lacking level checkpoints, and having some difficult and frustrating levels. It also doesn’t help that my Dual Shock 4 controller has left stick drift so Rayne likes to constantly walk backwards which sucks for precise platforming parts. I ordered another like new Dual Shock 4 controller from Amazon, and it cost me $42 which was the cheapest like new one that there was.
I also started playing BloodRayne ReVamped 2, and it’s improved over the original in every way offering bigger production values, better graphics that look almost like PS3/Xbox 360, better controls, combat and gameplay. However, I still kind of like the first game a little more. It’s a fast paced run ‘n gun/hack ‘n slash action game with open-ish/maze-like levels fighting demons and nazis. I like its story, characters and overall premise more. The second game is a more linear slower paced beat ‘em up/hack ‘n slash platformer with a somewhat generic hunt and kill vampires story. So far I’ve been mainly fighting street thugs, vampires and the camera. The camera in the first game is tight and responsive, the camera in the second is chaotic constantly spinning around erratically. Combine this with my Dual Shock 4 controller left stick drift with Rayne constantly walking backwards and playing is more frustrating than it should be. And it’s a challenging game, there’s mobs of enemies and tough bosses. There’s level checkpoints unlike the first game has, but they’re still not all that helpful since they’re spaced far apart. I could see myself quitting the game due to its difficulty, with so many games to play I just don’t have the patience for difficult games these days that require me to keep redoing challenging sections and bosses over and over again.
My two pet peeves with games these days are difficulty spikes that halt my progress, and needing to look online to figure out what to do/where to go/solve puzzles. I will quit playing games if I find them too hard, or have me constantly looking online to figure out how to progress in them. I have too many games to play and don’t feel well enough these days to deal with this kind of crap in the games that I play for entertainment and fun.
Games releasing this week
Afterimage
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Ampersat
Animal Shelter Simulator
ArcRunner
Ash of Gods: The Way
Bramble: The Mountain King
Cassette Beasts
Catacomb Master
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story
The Creepy Syndrome
Crystarise
Desta: The Memories Between
DoraKone
Drago Noka
Dungeon Drafters
Fairy Fencer F: Refrain Chord
Fantavision 202X
Honkai: Star Rail
The Last Case of Benedict Fox
Light of Life
Live A Live HD-2D Remake
Magical Drop VI
Mangavania
Mistrogue: Mist and the Living Dungeons
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
Moto Rush GT
Mugen Souls
Mail Time
Minabo: A Walk Through Life
Nuclear Blaze
Odyssey: Your Space, Your Way
Omega Strikers
Picross S9
Protodroid Delta
Roots of Pacha
R-Type Final 3 Evolved
Shadows of Doubt
Smile for Me
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Stranded: Alien Dawn
Strayed Lights
Sweet Bakery Tycoon
The Swordsman X: Survival
Tin Can
TramSim: Console Edition
Treachery in Beatdown City
Trinity Trigger
Varney Lake
Velocity Noodle
Welcome to Goodland
Wuthering Waves
Zoria: Age of Shattering