July 2018 Recap

On 08/06/2018 at 01:14 PM by daftman

Games Beaten

-F-Zero (SNES Classic)

I've never been a fan of 2D racing games but F-Zero is pretty fun. It's a great technical showcase for the SNES and manages an impressive sense of speed for the time. The number and diversity of courses is a little lacking but it's not that big a deal. What I hated was the occasional pinball physics after getting bumped. And what the heck is up with all the extra cars clogging up the track? Plus the game is very stingy with shield recharge energy. Fun but frustrating at higher difficulties.

-Alien Soldier (PS4)

Though not Treasure's final Genesis game (that honor goes to the odd Light Crusader), Alien Soldier makes a fine bookend to Treasure's Genesis output. The music is merely good enough but the sprite work is gorgeous and the variety of the myriad bosses always keeps you on your toes. Between your move set and the different guns, Treasure provided everything you would need to tackle this challenging game. Alien Soldier is a fine counterpart to Gunstar Heroes and certainly should not be missed.

Games Bought

I took advantage of several sales in July. I finally bought Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice (3DS) when it suddenly dropped to $12 on the eShop instead of its usual $30. I also bought Darksiders: Warmastered Edition (PS4) and Sine Mora EX (PS4) during a PSN flash sale. We got Star Wars Battlefront II (PS4) in the same sale because my oldest son has recently gotten into Star Wars but we haven't dropped it on him yet. We also downloaded Super Mario 64 (Wii U VC) for him and he did quite well with that. My wife picked up Pokémon Ultra Sun (3DS) because it was on sale and she can't say no to those mainline Pokémon games lol. Rayman 3 HD (PS3) and Absolver (PS4) from PS+ rounded out the month.

Now Playing

-The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch)

I finally started this monstrous adventure and it has really sucked me in. I'm going to go take on the Divine Beast in Zora's Domain...if I can ever pull myself away from exploring and completing shrines!

-Destiny 2 (PS4)

The year's big expansion is just a month away but Destiny is eating up my time with the new Solstice of Heroes event that started this week. It's pretty cool.

-Earth Defense Force 2025 (PS3)

Still working on my Ranger.

Homelessrook

08/06/2018 at 07:19 PM

I’m getting Sonic Mania plus this week, ugh! I said I wasn’t going to buy anymore games until September. The game looks so good and I love that art book.

daftman

08/08/2018 at 10:29 AM

My son just got Sonic Mania Plus for his birthday, but that will be in the August recap ;) It does look really good.

Super Step Contributing Writer

08/06/2018 at 07:24 PM

F-Zero GX is fun, but it almost made me kill a man, so I guess the progression of that series makes sense difficulty-wise.

08/08/2018 at 10:32 AM

GX was super hard but it was a good, fair challenge. I don't feel that way about the original.

08/08/2018 at 12:39 PM

"A good, fair chllenge" Ok, so you did NOT play Story mode then. Good information to have.

08/09/2018 at 08:08 PM

Perhaps my glasses are rosy lol but no, I played everything in that game, including the story mode. It was brutal but doable.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

08/07/2018 at 02:21 PM

Games beat down!!!

Alien Soldier is cool. Never beat it though. Love the music.

Breath of the Wild is an impressive game. I need to get back to it.

08/08/2018 at 10:39 AM

I had the hardest time with Alien Soldier until I looked up some tips online and read an in-depth explanation of the controls and abilities. Then everything clicked. It's still really hard but tons of fun too.

KnightDriver

08/10/2018 at 12:16 AM

I don't think I'm going to beat a game ever again. So much stuff at my fingertips now with digital downloads and free games. I get distracted quickly.

I remember Sine Mora. I love the graphics in that game. I played a demo of it and it was hard.

08/15/2018 at 07:37 PM

I kind of wish I could just dabble in games and move on but my personality won’t let me. I’ll put a game down sometimes but there’s gotta be a reason or it bugs me.

08/16/2018 at 12:34 AM

Once I start something on a particular day, I may get hooked on it for that day, but the next day, I'll be doing something else. I just like trying a lot of stuff now that I have Game Pass. It's sort of like when I first had Netflix. My movie list was so darn long. I finally got frustrated I didn't have the time to finish it, so I eventually lost interest all together. I hope that doesn't happen to me with games.

PixlBit

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