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Completed Games of 2025: Here We Go Again!
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Tue, 15 Apr 2025 22:28:32
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Super Mario Galaxy is complete. I love this game so, so much. I remember, back in 2007, scouring flea markets the week before release in hopes that someone was able to get an early copy of this game. I was not that lucky, but was still in heaven when I finally got ahold of the game on release day.

SMG perfected the 3D Mario platforming style. The camera was fixed, tricky jumping fixed, just perfection. Then they threw us a curveball by changing how we platform by making Mario run upside down and sideways, jumping with little gravity and flying through space. So good.

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Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:50:20
I finished Astros playground the same day I brought it home. Aside from the segments that required you to use the six-axis tilt controls, it was absolutely wonderful. Those six-axis sections however can absolutely suck a dick. I was impressed enough with this. That astrobot is now bumped up very high on my games to get list.
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Tue, 29 Apr 2025 21:23:22

I feel like those games are now my only reason for wanting a PS5.

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Tue, 29 Apr 2025 21:59:25
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travo said:

I feel like those games are now my only reason for wanting a PS5.


I'll say this as another Plus for the PS5. The dual sense controller is maybe the best game controller I've ever used. It's stupidly comfortable.
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Tue, 29 Apr 2025 23:29:40
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Astro Bot is a fantastic game. If you enjoyed Astro’s Playroom then you’ll definitely love it. The DualSense is easily my favourite Sony controller.

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Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:16:41
travo said:

I feel like those games are now my only reason for wanting a PS5.

That and the Ratchet game for me. And Gran Turismo, but seriously where I am at in terms of available gaming time GT would be wasted on me Hrm

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Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:49:41
Dualsense controller is one of the most comfortable controllers I've ever held. It's even become popular enough that Steam supports it in a lot of games now too.

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That and the Ratchet game for me. And Gran Turismo, but seriously where I am at in terms of available gaming time GT would be wasted on me Hrm

GT7 is a large game but it's mostly broken down into 5-10 minute races and licenses. Even the longer multi-track race events can be paused after each race; resume whenever you want.

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Tue, 27 May 2025 21:35:05
I finished Ghostwire Tokyo earlier this afternoon. It's a beautiful and bizarre game. Kind of a cyberpunk look at Japanese folklore and the afterlife. Good game, but I think the battle system keeps it from being great. Fighting requires you use a charging mechanic for virtually anything if you want it to be effective. Once you level up the right skills, it's not so bad, but until then you're just holding on a button and dodging until you can attack. Kind of gets old. But good looking open world game, and quite happy to have played it.
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Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:35:32
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Breath of the Wild is complete. Its just as fun and addictive as it was eight years ago. It may not have the perfect dungeon formula bought I found myself returning to this game over and over again. Just fantastic.

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Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:11:57
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Finished up Astro Bot and that was a lot of fun. The game is the ultimate celebration of Sony and their most recognized games, and it is the most Nintendo game they've ever made. But it's definitely a good thing.
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Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:28:11

It is the only reason that I would pick up a PS5 at the moment.

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Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:44:55
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I didn't have regret after buying the PS5, but I definitely wondered if I really needed it. But Astro's Playroom and Astro Bot have both been experiences that have made me feel good for picking it up.
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Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:10:16
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Advance Wars Reboot /First game- 04/06 - Switch - 9/10

I'm counting the original and sequel that are included in this remake as seperate games.  I bought this game so that my kids would have easy access to it and to hopefully rejuvenate my gaming joy, which had been burning very low since the begining of this year.  It didn't disappoint.  Blazed through the first campaign myself, enjoying the great gameplay and saturday morning like story and characters, now even enhanced by limited voice overs by actual saturday morning cartoon voice actors.  Can't say that was 100% my cup of tea, but it definitely matches the overall vibe.  The youngest is also digging it and still regularly plays it, now on Switch2.

Still a great game, a true classic.  Bit of a shame that the makeovers of the actual troops look so generic.  Oh, and you can't skip the battle animations anymore.  You can only speed them up, but doing so overlays the proceedings with an annoying humming sound and in one turn you'll have to depress and press the shoulder button a couple of times as some actions don't register if the button is already pressed down before the animation starts.  Hrm

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