The 30 Days of Gaming Challenge, v2.0!

[JJ Styles]

Day 9: Sad Scene in a video game that would make me play the sad violin music in a non sarcastic manner


Borderlands 2: Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep DLC's Finale.
Spoiler alert btw:

Spoiler:

While this ever beloved DLC Campaign for Borderlands 2 may come off as another meme and pop culture referece filled humor fiesta that totally matches the tone of Borderlands 2 as a whole, one cannot forget that the whole story itself is Tina Tina coping and eventually coming into terms with the harsh reality of Roland's death.

I chose this one as my entry since its one of the few moments in the game where we see the soft side of Tiny Tina. Also, the symbolism in this entire campaign in regards to the whole situation is admittedly well written for me. Its one of the few things in the game's writing that brilliantly works.

 

[EC]

Day 9 - Saddest Game Scene
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Spoiler:

Cortana leaving Master Chief at the end of Halo 4. Didn't pick up a controller for about a week after that.

 

[Arsenic]

^Not to be rude or anything but I felt that the entire relationship thing was so tacky and unneeded. Annoying even.

Day 9 - Saddest scene blah blah blah

My saddest scene is tied between Mass Effect 3 and Gears of War 3. Spoilers below obviously

ME3 - Mordin's sacrafice



GOW3 - Dom's Sacrafice




Characters I like sacrificing themselves always gets me...

 

[machomuu]

Day 10 - A game that is overrated

How can a game called Undertale be so highly rated?

Spoiler:

 

[JJ Styles]

Day 10: Overrated?

I wasn't exactly sure what to say with most games considering that I consider most games to be well deserving of their review scores, some games not even deserving of their review scores (in this context, REALLY GOOD GAMES not getting enough justice from reviewers), and some games just plainly sucking so much that they don't deserve anything else. However, one game that still kinda bothers me is this one:

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Wait wut how?

Spoiler:

Pretty simple. Universally speaking, this game is well loved by fans and critics alike for what it is in both the single player and multiplayer components of the game. But what a lot of these people tend to forget was how utterly broken and unbalanced the Multiplayer was. Modern Warfare 2 featured some of the most devastating kill streak rewards in the series that utterly melted face when abused by the players. Considering that this game was obviously before the Black Ops sub series, Kills made by the kill streak rewards still counted towards the kill count, which is why it was so easy to rack up double digit kill streaks and kill counts. Utterly busted.

Lets not also forget that this is the game that had the Commando Perk, also known as blink slash. Being able to one hit kill people from across the screen with the game's infamous knife attack? Totally balanced.

This is also the game that the developers decided to nerf the crap out of a gun that was pretty cool and fun to use because of reasons. I'm talking about the Model 1887. That gun was one of the coolest guns to be put in any shooter for it being a reference to Terminator 2, which that alone sold me. And yes, I'm guilty of using Dual Wield 1887's to abuse people with but i never found it that broken compared to the many other glaring issues the game had. But nope. Rather than nerf things such as Commando Pro (Broken ass perk), or how kill streaks rewards affecting kill streaks, they nerf a gun that people liked using. Nerfing things that people like IS NOT A SOLUTION TO GAME BALANCE!

Perhaps the reason why MW2 still remains to this day as a loved game is that... while its multiplayer has its fair share of problems, the same thing can be said with some of the games after this one. Ghosts, MW3, and Advanced Warfare to be mentioned.. but really Modern Warfare 2 was the CoD game that somehow in someway paved way for a darker times in the First Person shooting genre as a whole. It being a commercial and critical masterpiece somehow paved way into this fad where every first person shooter being released just tried to outdo or at least be "like Call of Duty" to appeal to the mass market.

 

[EC]

Day 10 - A Game That Is Overrated

Skyrim. I can't wait to get flak for this opinion.

 

[Arsenic]

Day 10: Overrated

Spoiler:

Please.

Stop

Making

Games

My answer? All the stupid 10 year old games. Why? I'm sure that can be figured out without me saying...

 

[EC]

Day 11 - Gaming System Of Choice

XBOX 360. So many good hits. So much time played on it.

 

[JJ Styles]

Day 11: Gaming System of Choice

Disclaimer: Not my own images but still representative of my choice

Spoiler:

PC.

Why? Pretty simple. You can go swing either way. Retro or Current gen, while still having something that's essential in these times for basically whatever. Sure it can cost a fortune, but its a worthy investment. And a well built one can last several years before gaming tech decides to level up again thus encouraging updates and upgrades, which usually does take time and mroe often than not, is not a massive spike increase.

Having a great PC is like having a nice car. Its something that one can be proud off. Its something one can take care with all their heart. Its something that I can tune up to my own personal liking, at my own expense and disposition.

Also, having one makes all the jealous cucks, less than 18 year old kids who try to act like f**1ng hipsters, and even feminist nazis question why you go that far? Your answer? because YOU ARE A MANN. A REAL MANN

 

[Arsenic]

Day 11: Gaming System of Choice

PC Obviously. I rarely ever touch anything else. Selected and assembled every part myself. Drove 3 hours to get the case I wanted.

Did I mention the HTC Vive we have here? That's a whole reason on it's own (Nintendo's got nothing on HTC)

PC does and plays just about everything I need (excluding a couple console exclusives(becoming less of a problem with that new Msoft initiative though))

 

[EC]

Day 12 - A Game Everyone Should Play

Hmm...

Spoiler:

Forza Horizon 3. This game is sooooooooooooooo good. Best in the series, and best open world racing game in a long ass time.

 

[JJ Styles]

Day 12: A game every sane individual with at least normal level of IQ and even emotional q or EQ should play

If i earned a dollar AND a euro for everytime i tell people to play the Doom (Classic Doom and all of the delicious Doom mods and wads, Doom 64, Doom 3, Doom 2016) games, I should be a quadrillionare by now. But I'll be original. Obviously I've already done my previous statement already A LONG TIME AGO but for the sake of this challenge:

This is a rather challenging thing for me to say but the PSX had so many great and even underappreciated games that it would take me a LITERAL 30 Days to mention them all so I'll just stick with my guns in...

Parasite Eve

Parastie Eve has always struck me as a game series that I should have played years ago but I couldn't. Playing it right now, I could easily recommend a couple of people to try the games out if they can get over the rather shoddy battle system the game has. But of course for what the games are worth, despite the shoddy battle system, the games have always had a rather interesting and intriguing story.

I'm sharing this today because if there's something that I would like to boldly declare in the era of HD Remasters and even Reboots, I think Parasite Eve deserves a shot at it, which is why I'm recommending others to play the Parasite Eve games to see if the games should definitely be rebooted or at least Remastered for the new generation.

 

[machomuu]

Day 12 - A Game Everyone Should Play

Bioshock Infinite.

Why? Because I think it's a wonderful example of a game that has an idea and even a solid heritage and manages to present itself as a solid game when it's really just a nice narrative wrapped in design that completely misses the point (the point set by its predecessors). It's a good learning experience for as a standalone experience, better if you've played either of the previous games for the sake of comparison.

Considering the game went through development hell, though, I don't think the fault can really be put in one place. But either way, that's my pick.

 

[Arsenic]

Day 12 - A Game Everyone Should Play

Easy, Half-Life/Black Mesa Source

The game reinvented environmental story telling as well as shooting gameplay. It's also a big reason we have WASD for buttons. My words cannot do this game the justice it deserves for being such an influential character in not only shooters but video games in general.

It's sequel is almost as ground breaking but the original edges it out just a bit, not to mention the story isn't forever stuck on a cliffhanger.

Spoiler:

 

[EC]

Day 13 - A Game You've Played More Than Five Times

Pretty much the entire Pokemon series, but I'll just pick X/Y. Played so many times to experience all of the new Pokemon.

 

[JJ Styles]

Day 13: Game played more than 5 times

Not counting any purely competitive multiplayer games...

Time Crisis 2:
Time Crisis 2 is known to be the easiest of the Time Crisis series to play. Anyone who has a basic modicum of playing the Time Crisis series could easily do at worst, drop a few credits, and at best, do the whole thing deathless + No miss + and at 1 Credit Clear, which the latter is actually quite possible. I've played Time Crisis 2 more than 5 times in order to perfect it and the last time I did play such before any of the TC2 arcade cabinets got replaced by the newer games in the series, i was able to clear the game with only a few hits taken, due to me playing poorly in the last few levels.

 

[Arsenic]

Day 13: Game you've played more than 5 times

Arma 3. I've played way more than 5 times. Heck I'm playing right now as I type this! Nothing like scratching that tactical military itch, especially like cool mods like the RHS series which adds a whole bunch of Russia and US factions and weapons that are in use and deployed right now today.

 

[EC]

Day 14 - Current Gaming Wallpaper

I have this little number from Battlefield 1.

https://static4.gamespot.com/uploads/original/536/5360430/3058962-battlefield1_reveal_06.jpg

 

[machomuu]

Day 14 - Current Gaming Wallpaper

My wallpaper's slideshow and not all of them are game related but of them this one's probably my favorite. From Dragon's Crown,

Spoiler:

Though really, that game was absolutely filled with amazing wallpaper material.

 

[JJ Styles]

Day 14: Wallpaper i use because I'm such a playah

Because I'm definitely not a Reaper main in Overwatch

Spoiler:

I often select a few depending on my current mood. I decided to have a Reaper wallpaper and that particular image as well since its different from the typical Black/Dark Grey color scheme'd Reaper wallpapers out there.