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What’s going on everyone? Chappie here with another Gamer’s Log. This week I added a new page to the blog titled “Playlist”. It will act as a roadmap of what content will be coming to the blog. You can check it out here for more specifics. Over the next couple days, I will be adding around eight more quests for Dragon Quest XI and working on some additional guides to go along with them. Now let’s talk about some games.
GAMES
With work being crazy this week and me being out of town this weekend, I didn’t get much game time. I was able to grind up most of my party in Octopath Traveler to level 45 with only H’aanit and Ophilia left. Once they both hit 45, I plan to start chapter 3 for each character and then make my way to chapter 4. I also was able to add another 10 hours to my Dragon Quest XI playthrough. This allowed me to get two more party members and progress a bit further in the story. The last thing for game news I had was that I decided to add my Spider-man opinion in this Gamer’s Log. I tried to write a full review, but when I got around to do it, I just couldn’t. Writing reviews formally like that is just something I don’t enjoy. Hence I decided to follow my original plans.
Marvel’s Spider-Man
So as of right now, Spider-man is currently my game of the year. It’s got everything I love in a game including a big open world to explore, plenty of bad guys to beat up, and a captivating story to follow. Combat is very smooth and fluid. It’s setup in a way to make it easy to chain a variety of attacks together. This includes punching, sliding, air attacks, web throws, and an assortment of tools fit for virtually any situation. When your done beating up baddies with your sick moves, you’ll probably find yourself getting lost in web-slinging from place to place. The game does a good job at making web-slinging feel natural. The way Spider-man moves while traveling around accurately depicts on how it would be in real life. I found myself missing locations often because I was so enthralled with web-slinging. Getting to the story, the game follows Peter Parker who’s been Spider-man for a number of years already. He’s working on juggling his life of crime-fighting with menial tasks such as paying bills and working a regular job. Over the course of the game, he finds himself face to face with the sinister six. I can’t really go into much more than that without spoiling the story, but I will say that the boss fights are really cool and something to look forward to.
When it comes to things I didn’t like, there wasn’t really too much that I had a problem with. Occasionally when trying to walk up walls, I just couldn’t get Spider-man to move where I wanted him. I had to stop moving and completely redirect the character to keep going on my way. The other minor thing that I got over was the token system. You get tokens by completing things in the world like stopping bad guys or taking pictures of famous landmarks. These tokens are required to upgrade tools and unlock suits. I felt that it was annoying that you had to do the challenge missions practically perfectly to fully unlock everything.
Putting everything together, Spider-man is definitely a game worth playing if you’re a Spider-man fan or just enjoy action adventure games. I was able to complete the game and get the platinum trophy in around 25 hours, meaning even those who have limited time can experience almost everything the game has to offer.
With that, this Gamer’s Log comes to a close. Catch you next time. Chappie signing off!