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mafia 3.
here is a video i did of a mission.

Lego Jurassic World

SabbraCadabra: I have a very handy Nintendo Power map of the whole game.

Zelda II: Adventure of Link

I probably did get stuck enough to have to check a map/walkthrough, but I generally try to figure stuff out on my own. I kind of ruined EarthBound for myself by relying on the strategy guide too much, and I really regret it.

I honestly have no idea how people figured out all of the sidequests and extra stuff in Tales of the Abyss without a guide. Talking to everyone repeatedly and going back to various cities after every event would get tiring very quickly.

I've now played through a large part of GoldenEye 007. Have completed all the levels except the bonus missions on the 'Agent' (easy) setting, using mouse and keyboard on an emulator, and all but four of the regular levels on 'Secret Agent' (medium difficulty) on the N64 using the standard controller.

My reactions to this game are very mixed indeed. On the one hand it does have a certain 'character' and atmosphere, particularly when played on the console, and it's a good challenge as well. The story is okay and in addition there are some good bits of humour, especially the comments from Moneypenny in the mission briefings.

On the other hand it has many of the faults of 1990s FPS games. No decent saving options, which means restarting every level from the beginning every time one dies - this leaves the player very demoralized and alienated from the game after a time: I took around 50 attempts to beat the St Petersburg 'Train' level, largely because the N64 controller was so awkward to use in a task which had a very tight time limit. The option to save at any time might not have been viable for this sort of game at the time, but surely more use could have been made of things like checkpoints here?

The graphics are a bit on the crude side, and some levels lack variety in their construction or are very maze-like.

Also the game resorts to endlessly respawning enemies at various points, which is another of my pet hates.

And what FPS would be complete without the traditional rubbish, gimmicky final level? GoldenEye 007 is only too happy to oblige on this score as well......

Finished Shantae Half-Genie Hero(Switch) the other day 100% complete.Really enjoyed the game and was the first Shantae game I've ever played through.The transformations were really neat too. Nice music and fun as well ^_^.Hardest level overall was Tassel Town(first time with just the ability to transform to monkey.Getting Harpy later when backtracking there made it a breeze) with timing the jumps to moving platforms and trying to avoid getting hit by the archers.

Currently playing Blaster Master Zero(Switch) really like the game just done Areas 3,4 and 5.

I'm two routes away from Clannad After Story.

Tales of Maj'eyal

Now I just have Nagisa's Route, After Story, and the True Ending left for Clannad.

Still on Blaster Master Zero just finished area 7(Hardest area so far).Jeez the last boss in the Area Skeleton boss is easy enough after you bring SOPHIA III down on the lift and then blast him to death. But jumping on the Ladder was the hardest thing to do it took me a lot of attempts as Jason dies instantly from Fall damage.I finally did it and the satisfaction of beating the boss and completing the Area was worth it in the end .
After that I backtracked all the way back to Area 6(You have to go through earlier areas to get there) and defeated a boss I missed and got the Remote blast ability for SOPHIA.Then went all the way back and now in Area 8. Area 8 is what I'll be doing next.

I've been going through my video games lately, trying to see if I can give any of them away and not regret it later.

Theme hospital.

I played Half Genie Hero not long ago! It was my first Shantae too. It's a shame how much backtracking there is given the lack of content, I was really surprised when I realised the ~spooky castle~ (whatever it was called) was the penultimate area. Backtracking isn't bad in a proper Metroidvania since there's more interconnectivity and fun items to find, but HGH doesn't have much of that and simply forces you to replay bits of levels and find items to advance the game. It just comes across as padding.

After playing I went back and tried Risky's Revenge. It's fun! But I stalled at some point and haven't played much.