— 09/02/2024 9:07 PM
Did errands for the kitchen lady and hide booze for the english teacher. MAde it into town and won the boxing championship. Preps tried t get out of paying me 1000 bucks so they gave me a coselation prize... a lighthouse. Feel I did alot better with that

Game crashed on me and there some wonky controls for the skateboarding. Also finding that the music overlaps with the audio and really like the some subtitles. With these issues still enjoyng the game and getting some laughs out of it
— 09/03/2024 7:47 PM
Not much today just did some jobs around the area
— 09/04/2024 9:47 PM
took pinky on a date, started the bike races and egged tads house
— 09/08/2024 9:27 PM
okay had one more session:

Defeated the preppies and reached the third chapter

So enjoying bully for what it is however there are some annoying outdated design choices which hampering the game for me. The big one is a lack of either an autosave or a universal save (i.e. save anywhere). My game has since crashed a extra two more times (in the last session). Luckily the first I had early on so didn't lose too much but the second I lost the last of the bike races and kart race so will have to repeat. Not sure the cause but it's putting a damper on the games fun.

The good however is I think this showed that it was possible to change the settings of the GTA games and it still worked. It's got the same style of humour as the old GTA games. Bit hit and miss some parts feel outdated but unlike Sunset overdrive I feel the humour can stand on it's own. Missions are short and work itself into the time frame between classes. The time functionality works well and punishes in a non determinant way for truancy (still possible to do things without the people getting in the way). I hope I can get through the game without losing too much progrss cause I am enjoying the game and looks I've made decent progress already in the game

Wow, very first nomination for GotM and bam! It wins. And I have no idea why since I know almost nothing about the game except it's been on my backlog for a while. Hope this wasn't a terrible choice. Have fun everyone!

[EDIT : shouldn't it be listed under my post or is it because the thread is linked to 'Bully' and not to 'Scholarship Edition'?]

FYI for people I link to the first game if there are remasters so things like the scholarship edition will not be displayed in your post but the original Bully will be. I can change this in the future if people would be prefer to invert it (i.e. link to the latest)

Okay had my first session of bully:

Reached the 2nd chapter.

Yeah so this def feels like a PS2 era GTA game. Different setting but it works. Feels a bit outdated these days. Two things though annoying me. No save in any location functionality you have to save at specific points and you can't get subtitles at least on the PC version. Feels like the first game by rockstar to utilize the time mechanics in the game with specific quests not available until different times of the day. Early days but will see where the game goes

No completions fir me this month. Happens when you play a huge ass RPG (Baldurs gate 3 in this case)

Bully


For far too long, the bullies of Bullworth Academy have been stealing lunch money and making life miserable for students. For far too long, you've taken a back seat as nerds were taunted and put on display. And for far too long nobody has put the bullies in their place. Finally, the time for sweet revenge is here! The Rockstar tradition of groundbreaking, original gameplay and humorous tongue-in-cheek storytelling invades an entirely new setting: the schoolyard. As a mischievous schoolboy, you'll stand up to bullies, get picked on by teachers, play pranks, win or lose the girl, and ultimately learn to navigate the obstacles of the worst school around, Bullworth Academy - a corrupt and crumbling prep school with an uptight facade.
How long is Bully?
When focusing on the main objectives, Bully is about 15 Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 30½ Hours to obtain 100% completion.
Platforms: Mobile, PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii, Xbox 360
Genres: Third-Person, Action, Adventure, Sandbox
Developer: Rockstar Vancouver
Publisher: Rockstar Games
NA: October 17, 2006
EU: October 25, 2006
Alias: Canis Canem Edit

Bully: Scholarship Edition


Bully: Scholarship Edition takes place at the fictional New England boarding school, Bullworth Academy and tells the story of mischievous 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he goes through the hilarity and awkwardness of adolescence. Beat the jocks at dodge ball, play pranks on the preppies, save the nerds, kiss the girl and ultimately navigate the social hierarchy in the worst school around.
How long is Bully: Scholarship Edition?
When focusing on the main objectives, Bully: Scholarship Edition is about 14½ Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 27 Hours to obtain 100% completion.
Platforms: Mobile, PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4, Wii, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Genres: Third-Person, Action, Adventure, Sandbox
Developers: Rockstar New England (Xbox 360, PC), Rockstar Toronto (Wii)
Publishers: Rockstar Games, Bethesda Softworks (Japan)
NA: March 04, 2008
EU: March 07, 2008
Alias: Bully: Anniversary Edition

The Ongoing List
Abatage Collection
01. 02/15 - Beneath a Steel Sky
02. 03/15 - Parasite Eve
03. 04/15 - Deus Ex
04. 05/15 - Deadly Premonition
05. 06/15 - Cthulhu Saves the World
06. 07/15 - Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
07. 08/15 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
08. 09/15 - Maldita Castilla
09. 10/15 - Halloween Triple Creature Feature: Saya No Uta, Silent Hill & The Cat Lady
10. 11/15 - Fallout 4
11. 12/15 - Bayonetta
12. 01/16 - Mega Man 1 - 6
13. 02/16 - Omikron: The Nomad Soul
14. 03/16 - Binary Domain
15. 04/16 - Earthbound
16. 05/16 - Okami
17. 06/16 - The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
18. 07/16 - Valkyria Chronicles
19. 08/16 - The Secret of Monkey Island
20. 09/16 - Borderlands Series
21. 10/16 - Creature Triple Feature 2: Resident Evil, Clock Tower, & Corpse Party
22. 11/16 - MediEvil
23. 12/16 - Transistor
24. 01/17 - Lost Odyssey
25. 02/17 - Nier
26. 03/17 - Horizon Zero Dawn
27. 04/17 - Dragon Age Origins
28. 05/17 - The Witcher
29. 06/17 - Beyond Good & Evil
30. 07/17 - Rayman Legends
31. 08/17 - Bit. Trip series
32. 09/17 - Bayonetta 2
33. 10/17 - Creature Triple Feature 3: Resident Evil 4, The Evil Within and Dead Space
34. 11/17 - God of War
35. 12/17 - Minesweeper
36. 01/18 - Prince of Persia 2008
37. 02/18 - Odin Sphere
38. 03/18 – Project Zero / Fatal Frame
39. 04/18 - 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
40. 05/18 - The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
41. 06/18 - Unreal Gold
42. 07/18 - Chrono Trigger
43. 08/18 – Stories: The Path of Destinies
44. 09/18 - Child of Light
45. 10/18 - Creature Triple Feature 4: Doom (1993), Doom 3, Outlast
46. 11/18 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time
47. 12/18 - Shadow of the Colossus
48. 01/19 - LEGO The Lord of the Rings: The Video Game
49. 02/19 - Hollow Knight
50. 03/19 - Thimbleweed Park
51. 04/19 - Yakuza 0
52. 05/19 - Final Fantasy
53. 06/19 - Darksiders
54. 07/19 - Banjo Kazooie
55. 08/19 - Fallout
56. 09/19 - Alan Wake
57. 10/19 - Triple Creature Feature 5: Prey (2017), Soma, Bioshock
58. 11/19 - The Outer Worlds
59. 12/19 - Yakuza Kiwami
60. 01/20 - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
61. 02/20 - Kentucky Route Zero
62. 03/20 - Celeste
63. 04/20 - Final Fantasy VII
64. 05/20 - A Plague tale: Innocence
65. 06/20 - Observer
66. 07/20 - Pyre
67. 08/20 - Oxenfree
68. 09/20 - Gris
69. 10/20 - Triple Creature Feature 6: Doki Doki Literature Club, Blasphemous, DOOM II: Hell On Earth
70. 11/20 - Super Mario World
71. 12/20 - Night in the Woods
72. 01/21 - Hades
73. 02/21 - Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
74. 03/21 - Journey
75. 04/21 - Hyper Light Drifter
76. 05/21 - Ori and the Blind Forest
77. 06/21 - Super Metroid
78. 07/21 - Wargroove
79. 08/21 - A Short Hike
80. 09/21 - The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
81. 10/21 - Triple Creature Feature 7: Little Nightmares, Alien: Isolation, Bioshock 2
82. 11/21 - The Messenger
83. 12/21 - Disco Elysium
84. 01/22 - Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak
85. 02/22 - Hitman (2016)
86. 03/22 - Elden Ring
87. 04/22 - Tunic / Fools Choice #1 - Untitled Goose Game
88. 05/22 - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
89. 06/22 - Super Mario Galaxy
90. 07/22 - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
91. 08/22 - OMORI
92. 09/22 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
93. 10/22 - Triple Creature Feature 8: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Castlevania, Doom(2016)
94. 11/22 - Donkey Kong Country
95. 12/22 - Persona 5 Royal
96. 01/23 - Live A Live
97. 02/23 - Crypt of the NecroDancer
98. 03/23 - Metroid Prime
99. 04/23 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / Fool's Choice #2 - Conker's Bad Fur Day
100. 05/23 - Spiritfarer / The 100th Game of the Month Ranking Spectacular
101. 06/23 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
102. 07/23 - Baba is You
103. 08/23 - Guacamelee!
104. 09/23 - Murder by Numbers
105. 10/23 - Triple Creature Feature 9: Luigi's Mansion, F.E.A.R., Grim Fandango
106. 11/23 - Undertale
107. 12/23 - Half-Life
108. 01/24 - Pony Island
109. 02/24 - Final Fantasy XII
110. 03/24 - Return of the Obra Dinn
111. 04/24 - Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Fools Choice #3 - Hatoful Boyfriend
112. 05/24 - Ori and the Will of the Wisps
113. 06/24 - The World Ends with You
114. 07/24 - Sunset Overdrive
115. 08/24 - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

I'll Nominate Baldur's Gate 3

Big pull for me this month due to Itchmas:

1st July - Folder Dungeon - 28m 32s
11th July - Oceanwork - 29m 37s
13th July - Mr. Platformer - 1h 10m 38s
14th July - Pretty coo' - 29m 12s
17th July - Sunset Overdrive - 23h 57m 18s
17th July - Day of the Hamster - 1h 1m 15s
18th July - The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight - 1h 18m 28s
20th July - Red Snow - 9m 57s
22nd July - Mobius - 55m 8s

Retired
15th July - Yurivania 1: Uhaul of the Night - 52m 21s - Got stuck in the cave at the bottom as the items refused to work within the cave

Ranking:
9th Pretty coo' - Basically an undercooked take on pikmin. Needs more work to make enjoyable. Alot of waiting around in that game
8th The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight - Standard visual novel with no interaction. Good visuals but the story didn't compel me and was bored throughout
7th Mobius - Interesting concept using a mobius loop as it's level but it just doesn't work well as a platformer and needed to be a different style of game
6th Red Snow - a Fun concept that could work in a bigger game however it quickly get repetitive
5th Sunset Overdrive - A great base game with fun traversal built into it and used extremely well in combat however it is surrounded by vapid characters, boring quests and outdated humour
4th Oceanwork - A rather decent but shallow mining game
3rd Folder Dungeon - A short but fun rogue like doesn't do anything new but great visuals and design
2nd Mr. Platformer - A great tribute to atari platforms with 40 levels.
1st Day of the Hamster - Loving tribute to old style point n clicks with a helpful hint system attached although still has a few moon logic puzzles

Link is trapped on Koholint Island, and to escape he must wake the Wind Fish by finding eight instruments.
Platforms:Game Boy, Game Boy Color
Genres:Action, Adventure
Developer:Nintendo EAD
Publisher:Nintendo
NA:August 1993
EU:December 1993
JP:June 06, 1993
Alias:Zelda no Densetsu: Yume o Miru Shima


After being attacked at sea, Link's ship sinks, and he finds himself stranded on Koholint Island. He awakens to see a beautiful woman looking down at him. He soon learns the island has a giant egg on top of a mountain that the Wind Fish inhabits deep inside. Link is told to "awaken the wind fish and all will be answered," so Link sets out on another quest.
Platform:Game Boy Color
Genres:Action, Adventure
Developer:Nintendo EAD
Publisher:Nintendo
NA:December 01, 1998
EU:January 01, 1999
JP:December 12, 1998


26 years after its original release on Game Boy, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening will be reborn as a new experience on Nintendo Switch. Buffeted by a storm, Link washes ashore on the mysterious Koholint Island. In order to return home, Link must overcome challenging dungeons and battle against fearsome monsters. This new version of the classic adventure includes many unique elements that appeared in the original Game Boy release, such as 2D platformer-style rooms and appearances from characters outside of The Legend of Zelda series.
How long is The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening?
When focusing on the main objectives, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is about 14 Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 20½ Hours to obtain 100% completion.
Platform:Nintendo Switch
Genres:Top-Down, Action, Adventure
Developer:Grezzo
Publisher:Nintendo
NA:September 20, 2019
EU:September 20, 2019
JP:September 20, 2019

Okay my ranking but first the only retired game of the month:

Yurivania 1: Uhaul of the Night - Got stuck in the cave at the bottom as the items refused to work within the cave

8th - Pretty coo'
Completion July 14, 2024
Main+Extras 29m 12s
Notes 17 pigeons
Review
An undercooked take on pikmin. The game does a poor job explaining itself and does explain well how to get pigeons to help. Once you do get help though it takes ages for the pigeons to finish a taks and you ultimately have nothing to do. It ends up a long game of waiting.
3/10

7th - The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight
Completion July 18, 2024
Main+Extras 1h 18m 28s
Review
A standard visual novel which did not pique my interest. There was no interaction in the game and was a straight line throughout. It had good graphics but I was uninterested in the story completely
5/10

6th - Mobius
Completion July 22, 2024
Main+Extras 55m 8s
Notes Not all coins
Review
An interesting concept that doesn’t work for the style of game chosen. The mobius style could work for a puzzler especially with the ability to shrink and expand the mobius to create different routes but as a platformer it ultimately just becomes a fight with the camera. This is not helped with the floaty controllers and delayed responses when running.
5/10

5th - Red Snow
Completion July 20, 2024
Main Story 9m 57s
Notes Wave 6: About 500,000 points
Review
A fun concept that needs more fleshing out. It repeated itself a bit too much but the concept would work quite well with more levels and perhaps a time constraint added onto it
6/10

4th - Oceanwork
Completion July 11, 2024
Main+Extras 29m 37s
Notes 1 of 2 endings
Review
A rather decent mining game made quickly as a ludum game. Fun but rather shallow overall
7/10

3rd - Folder Dungeon
Completion July 01, 2024
Main+Extras 28m 32s
Notes 3 playthroughs
Review
A short but fun little rogue like. It doesn’t do anything special with the format and there's a limit on interaction but it is well designed and is a fun and easy play.
7/10

2nd - Mr. Platformer
Completion July 13, 2024
Main+Extras 1h 10m 38s
Notes All levels, High Score: 1380
Review
A great tribute to atari platform games with 40 levels. Some duds but a lot very well made and a great and fun game
8/10

1st - Day of the Hamster
Completion July 17, 2024
Main+Extras 1h 1m 15s
Review
A loving tribute to old stylee point n clicks. It still has the moon logic of the old games but offers a hint system. Some nice and interesting little puzzles are included and it’s a bit picky in where you stand for the metal detector but overall a rather fun little game.
8/10

Overall a decent itchmas. No big stand outs or low downs. I think the only consistent thought really is that most people didn't enjoy Pretty coo' which I agree but it's not the worst itchmas game. Nothing there was a huge standout to me but very few bad games this time

The Ongoing List
Abatage Collection
01. 02/15 - Beneath a Steel Sky
02. 03/15 - Parasite Eve
03. 04/15 - Deus Ex
04. 05/15 - Deadly Premonition
05. 06/15 - Cthulhu Saves the World
06. 07/15 - Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
07. 08/15 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
08. 09/15 - Maldita Castilla
09. 10/15 - Halloween Triple Creature Feature: Saya No Uta, Silent Hill & The Cat Lady
10. 11/15 - Fallout 4
11. 12/15 - Bayonetta
12. 01/16 - Mega Man 1 - 6
13. 02/16 - Omikron: The Nomad Soul
14. 03/16 - Binary Domain
15. 04/16 - Earthbound
16. 05/16 - Okami
17. 06/16 - The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
18. 07/16 - Valkyria Chronicles
19. 08/16 - The Secret of Monkey Island
20. 09/16 - Borderlands Series
21. 10/16 - Creature Triple Feature 2: Resident Evil, Clock Tower, & Corpse Party
22. 11/16 - MediEvil
23. 12/16 - Transistor
24. 01/17 - Lost Odyssey
25. 02/17 - Nier
26. 03/17 - Horizon Zero Dawn
27. 04/17 - Dragon Age Origins
28. 05/17 - The Witcher
29. 06/17 - Beyond Good & Evil
30. 07/17 - Rayman Legends
31. 08/17 - Bit. Trip series
32. 09/17 - Bayonetta 2
33. 10/17 - Creature Triple Feature 3: Resident Evil 4, The Evil Within and Dead Space
34. 11/17 - God of War
35. 12/17 - Minesweeper
36. 01/18 - Prince of Persia 2008
37. 02/18 - Odin Sphere
38. 03/18 – Project Zero / Fatal Frame
39. 04/18 - 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
40. 05/18 - The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
41. 06/18 - Unreal Gold
42. 07/18 - Chrono Trigger
43. 08/18 – Stories: The Path of Destinies
44. 09/18 - Child of Light
45. 10/18 - Creature Triple Feature 4: Doom (1993), Doom 3, Outlast
46. 11/18 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time
47. 12/18 - Shadow of the Colossus
48. 01/19 - LEGO The Lord of the Rings: The Video Game
49. 02/19 - Hollow Knight
50. 03/19 - Thimbleweed Park
51. 04/19 - Yakuza 0
52. 05/19 - Final Fantasy
53. 06/19 - Darksiders
54. 07/19 - Banjo Kazooie
55. 08/19 - Fallout
56. 09/19 - Alan Wake
57. 10/19 - Triple Creature Feature 5: Prey (2017), Soma, Bioshock
58. 11/19 - The Outer Worlds
59. 12/19 - Yakuza Kiwami
60. 01/20 - Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
61. 02/20 - Kentucky Route Zero
62. 03/20 - Celeste
63. 04/20 - Final Fantasy VII
64. 05/20 - A Plague tale: Innocence
65. 06/20 - Observer
66. 07/20 - Pyre
67. 08/20 - Oxenfree
68. 09/20 - Gris
69. 10/20 - Triple Creature Feature 6: Doki Doki Literature Club, Blasphemous, DOOM II: Hell On Earth
70. 11/20 - Super Mario World
71. 12/20 - Night in the Woods
72. 01/21 - Hades
73. 02/21 - Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
74. 03/21 - Journey
75. 04/21 - Hyper Light Drifter
76. 05/21 - Ori and the Blind Forest
77. 06/21 - Super Metroid
78. 07/21 - Wargroove
79. 08/21 - A Short Hike
80. 09/21 - The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
81. 10/21 - Triple Creature Feature 7: Little Nightmares, Alien: Isolation, Bioshock 2
82. 11/21 - The Messenger
83. 12/21 - Disco Elysium
84. 01/22 - Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak
85. 02/22 - Hitman (2016)
86. 03/22 - Elden Ring
87. 04/22 - Tunic / Fools Choice #1 - Untitled Goose Game
88. 05/22 - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
89. 06/22 - Super Mario Galaxy
90. 07/22 - Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
91. 08/22 - OMORI
92. 09/22 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
93. 10/22 - Triple Creature Feature 8: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Castlevania, Doom(2016)
94. 11/22 - Donkey Kong Country
95. 12/22 - Persona 5 Royal
96. 01/23 - Live A Live
97. 02/23 - Crypt of the NecroDancer
98. 03/23 - Metroid Prime
99. 04/23 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / Fool's Choice #2 - Conker's Bad Fur Day
100. 05/23 - Spiritfarer / The 100th Game of the Month Ranking Spectacular
101. 06/23 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
102. 07/23 - Baba is You
103. 08/23 - Guacamelee!
104. 09/23 - Murder by Numbers
105. 10/23 - Triple Creature Feature 9: Luigi's Mansion, F.E.A.R., Grim Fandango
106. 11/23 - Undertale
107. 12/23 - Half-Life
108. 01/24 - Pony Island
109. 02/24 - Final Fantasy XII
110. 03/24 - Return of the Obra Dinn
111. 04/24 - Valiant Hearts: The Great War / Fools Choice #3 - Hatoful Boyfriend
112. 05/24 - Ori and the Will of the Wisps
113. 06/24 - The World Ends with You
114. 07/24 - Sunset Overdrive

I'll Nominate Baldur's Gate 3

So final game done Mobius. Unique idea which I don't think works for a platformer. A mobius strip which can be twisted expanded or shrunk. Using this for a puzzle would be quite cool I feel but as a platformer it just overcomplicated things especially working with the camera to find where you character is. It is not helped with a slow delay and floater controls. I'll get the reviews up at some point and ranked but that itchmas done for me

A good 50% of the flaws you listed sound like you could've just been ignored. People who complain about story, dialogue and tone in games could just skip the cutscenes and mute the audio if they find it *that* bad. Sunset Overdrive is also a game that is barely story driven so I don't see the issues. It's not like 50% of the game is cutscenes and walking sections, if you don't like the story and dialogue, you can choose to ignore it. But it's whatever man, I probably won't change your mind either way.

Story is an important element for me for a game so if the story sucks it's gonna hurt the game in terms of my opinion. I'm glad you liked the game and can switch off the story and just enjoy the loop which I did think was well done I couldn't so that's why the game scored lowish (still positive but not high)

If you hate the story so much you could just mute the dialogue and skip the cutscenes. Also, I don't see how the quest design is a problem when most if not all the game is focused on the combat and traversal which is what you'll be doing for most of the game.

I'm not going to dismiss half the game in my critique because I didn't like it. The flaws still exist whether I ignore them or not

Sunset Overdrive
Completion July 17, 2024
Main+Extras 23h 57m 18s
Notes All side quests, collectibles and challenges
Review
+Fun traversal methods effortlessly merged into the combat
+Great array of wile and wacky weapons
+Bright and colourful world to explore
-Humour is outdated and lacks any big laughs
-Poor quest design hampers a lot of the games fun
-Unlikeable characters throughout the game
Overview:
Sunset Overdrive is a game with a great base but with a poor structure. It has some of the best traversal methods in an open world game I have played. Where you bounce and grind across the world with relative ease. This traversal is then brought into the combat and it rewards you for constantly moving and grinding. Some of the arenas however feel a bit limited but overall the combat is excellent presented and it is fun to play once you get into it. It unfortunately surrounds it’s base with some bad design choices which hampers the game. In the end the game tries to be funny with an indifferent main character but he just comes off as flippant and annoying. The humour is also based on referencing and none these references are out of date so it doesn’t land. It tries a lot of meta humour which feels more like an easy out for certain plot points. It is not helped that the quest design falls into the three annoying types of quests: fetch, escort and tower defence. I wish I liked Sunset overdrive with it’s excellent combat and traversal but found it hampered by it’s poor story and quest designed

6/10

Sunset Overdrive
Completion July 17, 2024
Main+Extras 23h 57m 18s
Notes All side quests, collectibles and challenges
Review
+Fun traversal methods effortlessly merged into the combat
+Great array of wile and wacky weapons
+Bright and colourful world to explore
-Humour is outdated and lacks any big laughs
-Poor quest design hampers a lot of the games fun
-Unlikeable characters throughout the game
Overview:
Sunset Overdrive is a game with a great base but with a poor structure. It has some of the best traversal methods in an open world game I have played. Where you bounce and grind across the world with relative ease. This traversal is then brought into the combat and it rewards you for constantly moving and grinding. Some of the arenas however feel a bit limited but overall the combat is excellent presented and it is fun to play once you get into it. It unfortunately surrounds it’s base with some bad design choices which hampers the game. In the end the game tries to be funny with an indifferent main character but he just comes off as flippant and annoying. The humour is also based on referencing and none these references are out of date so it doesn’t land. It tries a lot of meta humour which feels more like an easy out for certain plot points. It is not helped that the quest design falls into the three annoying types of quests: fetch, escort and tower defence. I wish I liked Sunset overdrive with it’s excellent combat and traversal but found it hampered by it’s poor story and quest designed

6/10

So just played Red Snow thats was a pretty decent proof of concept. It needs a bit further flesgin out as it quickly got reptitive but the concept I though was good. A snowboarding game where you have to kill your way down the mountain. I feel that a time limit on the game would of worked wonders as you just repeat until death. I also at times had performance issues but nothing too serious. Fun concept and nice and short

Okay just played The Moon Looks Beautiful Tonight and maybe i'm not in the right mindset or just not into Visual Novel but I was rather bored of TMLBT. The visuals were great and the geuss the writing was there? But nothing interested me at all about it. There was interaction and the story didn't at all pull me in. In the end I was just going through the motions for that one. It reminded me of Lookouts from last year but I'm going to be a lenient on it this time. If the story didn't pull me in then I not gonna score high

So finished Day of the Hamster and gotta say that was a well made tribute to old style point n clicks. It had it moments of confusment for me but for the most part the hint system helped. A found the Hamster Maze actually rather enjoyable. I did have issues with turning but the input setup worked for me and I enjoyed fixing the path to get to the end. For me it was the metal detector which caused issues as I found it rather picky in where to stand to pick up an item I need

— 07/08/2024 11:05 PM
so not much to add today did play but limited. celebrating my upcoming birthday (tomorrow):

Finished off the side quests for the Fargarthia faction

— 07/11/2024 10:04 PM
Okay got to play more: Helped the LARPers to get bark then cook some pigeons
— 07/12/2024 10:06 PM
reached the fourth area which is downtown. Guess this is the last area. Just doing the collectibles
— 07/13/2024 11:02 PM
I believe i've reached endgame now. feels like it Helped the cheerleaders by putting on a rock concert I should be done by the end of next week. Not sure how much I can play tomorrow with the upcoming Euros final
— 07/14/2024 10:44 PM
Okay so did get time to play sunset overdrive before the match (england will never win a trophy will they?) and was able to beat the game and the oil rig DLC. I'm going to hold off my full opinions until I finish the last DLC is done so hopefully tomorrow but if not at least the end of the week
— 07/15/2024 10:10 PM
So onto the second dlc. Released Lou and Fiona and did the two side quests. Looks like 3 more quests. Also got all the UFOs for both DLCs and just got 4 challenges left to complete (not trying to gold them just get through them)
— 07/17/2024 12:29 AM
...And I'm done with Sunset Overdrive. Honestly I wish I liked this game more. The traversal was excellent and was neatly wrapped into a fluid and fun combat system. It took some time getting used to hit but by the end your bouncing and grinding your way around the map increasing your combo into double if not triple digits. It had a great base and you can tell they took what they learned for traversal from this game and used it for the spider man games. Unfortunately the rest of the game was severly lacking. The humor is that weak style of humor where if you reference something then it must be funny or make a meta jab at the game. It got really grating by the end and dampered the mood for the game. It also had poor mission design relying too much on fetch quests, escort missions and tower defense levels. It a solid base but poor execution I geuss in the end. I will try write up a full review in the coming days

Tried Yurivania 1: Uhaul of the Night but was unable to beat it as there was a bug in the cave where the items wouldn't work so had to give up there. Tbh I wasn't really enjoying the game. Nothing really piqued my interest and it was to me just a fetch quest. It didn't help that the controls felt floaty and had times where I feel off the platform cause my character slipped which just added to frustation. Also maybe it's just my controller but the A and B buttons reversed so A was B and B was A so not sure about the configuration on the controller

So just played Pretty Coo' and wasn't very enthused by the game. It did a poor job explaining what you needed to do and I spent ages just trying to figure out how to get the pigeons to follow me. After that I just spent it waiting while the pigeons destroyed the barriers. It was basically a game of waiting. Maybe it'll been better with more fine tuning but ultimately I just found it boring

Just finished Mr. Platformer yeah that was a well made platformer. A few stinkers but I liked the way that obstacles are removed if you hit them. Good decent challenge and was able to do all the levels

So finally got round to playing again. So Oceanwork (Got the paid off ending) felt like an old popular game on groundworks where you go and dig for ore and upgrade so you can take more damage or go further so the more pricer ore. Yeah this was a good 3D version of it. It doesn't have the same depth but does at least have an end goal. Again the goal seems far but it quickly becomes faster and the loops come easier to do. Have to say i enjoyed it for a Ludum game