¡Recently, Abandoned; Games!

It's bloody huge as well. Each zone has so much going on as well. So many little secret things to find and do. That's before you take into account your playthrough isn't even the saem as my playthrough etc. I really must give it the time it deserves.

maybe you choose a character with more health? I choose Carla. I am blocking but I found it a bit crap

Syphon Filter on ps5. This hurts as I loved the original trilogy on ps1, more than mgs, more than SC. Age has not been kind to this game. I really tried but it is just to frustrating, from the one stick control to the ball ache of switching weapons. I got to the 3rd mission but after spending an hour on it tonight and just continuously failing, that is enough for me. 😥

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (GC/Wii)

About 20 years late but still disappointed - I have to applaud them though for managing to capture some of the worst mechanics of the time in one game.

It does the whole light/dark world thing so you aren't actually exploring anything new just retreading the same path. The game is more linear than I remember the original being and seems to have been put together by people who wanted it to be an absolute chore to traverse: a confusing map, dead ends so you have to trudge the long way back you came, killing the same bullet sponge enemies.

The thing that tops it all is the dark world which constantly eats away at your health if you aren't in a light bubble. It's one of those mechanics that should be nowhere near video games and on everyones hated list. It also looks drab as fuck which doesn't help. 

The Trilogy version might improve on some aspects but my patience was done. 

He has the most health but I found easy way to kill zombies by blocking then spamming attack, you can kill most zombies in a counter which really helps get through the game. Got me playing it again

City Skylines: Remastered Edition (Series X)

After becoming fascinated by all the issues present in the sequel, as explained by fans, I actually became hungry to play the original. I’m a big fan of Sim City (SNES), Sim City 2000 and even Sim City DS, but this is quite a different take on the city builder (at least in terms of execution).

I’ve been playing it in small chunks for the past few weeks, hoping for something to click, but it just isn’t happening. I can’t quite put my finger on it, either. It could be the lacklustre presentation, which is functional and informative, but just lacking any personality. It could be the controls, which actually offer a lot of flexible tools for road building and terrain deforming, but they seem to offer more than my ambition cares for.

I’ve had fun watching a city crumble because of my own errors, which is a nice change of pace. I didn’t realise the sewage I was pumping out would flow downstream and eventually find my water pumps on the other side of the map. Neither did I anticipate building a canal on my second attempt would flood the city so quickly.

But that’s about all the fun I’ve really had. There’s not been any of the satisfaction I used to get from sculpting my city and admiring the layout. No enthusiasm to watch buildings develop or change in appearance. No targets and goals to meet to give any real sense of progression. No awesome soundtrack to stimulate the ears. No end of year reports with amusing animations and criticisms of how your city is run. I’m just killing time and at the end of the day, what I’m doing with that time doesn’t really feel rewarding. And it doesn’t entertain until your hard work is in jeopardy, which is the complete opposite feeling to watching a city being destroyed in other sim builders.

I have given it a shot, I guess. I definitely see an appeal, for the right audience, as there is so much to tinker with and experiment on, but I just do not feel all that motivated to try. It all just fees a little soulless to me.

I should get on with giving Steamworld Build a try instead.

I have left it installed on the Xbox for now, in case the urge to play it returns, but it won’t be this side of Christmas. I think I just need something colourful and more immediately stimulating at the moment.

Tinykin

I hate abandoning games, but I hate collectathons and people who like collectathons more. 

Happy holidays

They just recycle the same old game and add tiny new feature and know its going to sell.  A lot of the publishers games have become like a cheap buffet, lots of food but its not great quality (a lot of it is slop)

Yeah Undertale was hugely overrated. You don't hear much about it these days, I don't think it has stood the test of time.

Heh, I've always kept my dislike for the game quiet. Probably played for less than an hour before deciding it was a bit shit really.

I never played Undertale, even though Moon was one of my favorite games for the PS1. But then, just because it was inspired by it, doesn't mean it has to play anything like it.

It screams Gamepass game.