PS2 Backlog Committee

Played: Gravity Rush

Finished: Nothing

Playing: Gravity Rush

Added: Nothing

Games releasing this week
Back 4 Blood
Catty & Batty: The Spirit Guide
Chasing Static
Critadel
Crysis Remastered Trilogy
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles
Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality
Dungeon Encounters
Gleylancer
The Good Life
The Lightbringer
A Memoire Blue
Monster Crown
Murder House
NHL 22
The Riftbreaker
Slumber Party Massacre

I’m still playing Gravity Rush, and enjoying it. It’s an entertaining action traversal game with an appealing Japanese quirkiness to it. It’s not something that I tend to play for long stretches of time due to its design structure, but it’s fun to play in somewhat shorter sessions.

My only real complaint with it so far is how dark that it is which I assume has something to do with the story. But regardless of the reason, the dark and dreary atmosphere is a bit unappealing. I prefer brighter and more colorful atmospheres and environments in non horror games especially in anime style ones such as this.

Finished: Psychonauts 2 (platinum)

Now Playing: Final Fantasy VII Remake, Lost Judgment PS5

Added to Backlog: Nothing

Current Backlog: 40 games

Wasn't too bad to find the rest of the collectibles in Psychonauts 2, so I got the platinum last week. Back to FF VII Remake and time to start Lost Judgment!

Games added: Metroid Dread & Far Cry 6

Last week: Finished nothing, played Circle of the Moon, Diablo III, & Stick of Truth

This week: ...whatever

There was a GS trade-in promo, if you traded in 5 you got a 50% boost. Found some that I didn't want & that I couldn't sell for more than they would give me after the promo, so I went ahead & picked up FC6. Still have a chunk left over too.

Been a busy weekend so I haven't gotten to play much, but hopefully I will next week.

argyle wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 7:52 pmThere was a GS trade-in promo, if you traded in 5 you got a 50% boost.

Is that GameStop trade-in promo over? I have a good amount of PS4 games that I want to get rid of. If it’s over can you please let me know when there’s another one? Thanks.

Played recently: Diablo II

Finished: nothing

Added to backlog: nothing

Current backlog: 17 (13 PS4, 1 Vita, 3 Switch)


I'm having fun with Diablo II. I just go to the part where I met a key figure from Diablo III. (That voice. ). Good times.

Phaseknox wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 9:04 pm

argyle wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 7:52 pmThere was a GS trade-in promo, if you traded in 5 you got a 50% boost.

Is that GameStop trade-in promo over? I have a good amount of PS4 games that I want to get rid of. If it’s over can you please let me know when there’s another one? Thanks.

Honestly, I'm not sure - Gamestop doesn't make it easy to check their current trade-in promos anymore.

I've finally gotten some serious power in ELEX and am having a great time wrecking all those mobs that one-shotted me early on. Such a great (and beautiful - to me) game, despite its quirks and a bit of jank. Oh and phase, you were right about the romance options - at least one anyway. That scenario played out via a companion (one of several - although all the others are male.) Anyone who loves Fallout (3D) or TES or any other open world rpgs ought to at least give it a shot. It's not easy - especially early on, and does have some unpolished elements (small studio, relatively speaking), but it does so much right that it's easy to overlook its problems.

Thanks for the word. I will give it a look the next time it goes on sale. (Ha, I mean, it's $11.99 now, but I need it to get in $4.99 territory. )

Haha, I get it. I paid $1 for it. (Well, 12 games for $12 in a humble bundle, so I guess it depends on how you want to allocate the monies. ) I rarely ever - really never these days - pay full price for any game, but ELEX is worth it imho.

Just beware though that the game neither holds your hand in terms of difficulty or in the way of explaining everything. You've got to put in the "work" to mine its gems. But things become clear with time and the game get much easier. It's not necessarily mechanically challenging - just patience testing. From what I understand, it's very much in the vein of Piranha Bytes other works. It's a real "hero's journey" in that you will struggle and toil for your eventual and inevitable (if you don't put the controller down ) victory. (PB games are apparently very much love it or hate it.)