Games NOT Beaten 2017

[BoneSnapDeez]

The artwork in Supipara Chapter 1 is enough to make me want to purchase it. But yeah, the reviews I have read are mixed, to say the least.

The next VNs I hit up will likely be Harmonia and the second Higurashi.

[Xeogred]

Jak 2 HD

Played about 20 minutes, witnessed how unforgiving the checkpoints were as I've heard, and I think that's enough of this one for me! The GTA elements and driving look terrible from things I've seen. Clunky controls. The first game was a slog itself, so I think I'm done with this series and okay with that.


How to hate Jak & Daxter...

Play Ratchet & Clank and Sly Cooper first.

[Sarge]

How to hate Jak & Daxter...

Play Ratchet & Clank and Sly Cooper first.

Nailed it. I tried, I tried to like the games. Seriously. But they're not a patch on Sly or R&C.

[Xeogred]

Yup. It's funny because even back in the day I heard a few friends say the same thing when all this stuff was first on the PS2. My friends biggest argument was that R&C has side strafing (admittedly comes in at the second one), and the Jak games never do even though there's more focus on combat in 2-3 supposedly.

My roommate claims 3 is his favorite, but two strikes in a row for me. I probably won't even bother. I beat 1, so I'm fine with putting the whole collection on my beaten shelf anyways.

Plus I have the new PS4 Ratchet & Clank and Sly 3 sitting around waiting to be played instead.

[Ack]

#GooGone

Funny enough, this is a nickname I have for our current president. It's bright orange, slimy, and associated with shit.

[TSTR]

Well, let's just hope he smells remotely as nice as Goo Gone...

[Juan Aguacate]

Jak 2 HD

Played about 20 minutes, witnessed how unforgiving the checkpoints were as I've heard, and I think that's enough of this one for me! The GTA elements and driving look terrible from things I've seen. Clunky controls. The first game was a slog itself, so I think I'm done with this series and okay with that.


How to hate Jak & Daxter...

Play Ratchet & Clank and Sly Cooper first.

In light of how ridiculously good the R&C and Sly Cooper series are, I'm amazed that the Jak & Daxter series was so successful. Jak II is garbage. and I gave up on Jak III after about 15 minutes of play time.

Pretty disappointing follow up to Naughty Dog's great Crash Bandicoot series.

EDIT: Sanzaru Games did a pretty great job picking up the torch after Sucker Punch. I wish the Sly series could be resurrected again. The guy who voiced Sly seemed to genuinely love the series.

[Sarge]

Yeah, Thieves in Time was really good. The mascot platformer isn't in the best of shape right now (overexposure, to say the least). Still, there might be a chance that Yooka-Laylee changes that and we see a surge of those styles of games again as the N64 crowd gets all nostalgic, those wee precious little children.

[Xeogred]

Yooka-Laylee looks AHmazing. I'm really hopeful of that one.

Great to hear Sly 4 delivers. 3 sounds great too so I'll hit it up soon. It's pretty cool how similar Infamous feels, you can see the Sucker Punch touch.

@Juan: In ways it just makes me laugh about Uncharted as well... when it comes to the combat and gameplay, I find Uncharted to be totally average at best and not great at all. So many other games do it better. I guess you can say the same about Jak vs other mascot platformers of that time. But yeah, as a Crash fan I was really disappointed. To me Jak 1 felt like N64 Rare leftovers, there was some nice Banjo Kazooie vibes at times, but it wasn't nearly as good and absolutely none of the characters/humor did anything for me, when I usually love this kind of stuff. Oh well.

[PartridgeSenpai]

Great to hear Sly 4 delivers. 3 sounds great too so I'll hit it up soon. It's pretty cool how similar Infamous feels, you can see the Sucker Punch touch.

Man, I think you finally sold me on the Sly games past 1 the way it needed to be sold to me. I've never gotten into 2 because I really enjoyed the stage-based way that Sly 1 played, and I was just so uncomfortable with the change. I'd NEVER thought of looking at it like proto-Infamous! I'm totally putting the Sly trilogy on PS3 on my radar now (there's one of those, right?). Thanks!