Five Good and Bad Feelings About Games in 2017

I, alone, will likely never play enough games released in one year to do any sort of Game of the Year list. I’m spread pretty thin across a variety of generations. Nothing I have to say about 2017 is all encompassing.

However, I do have a mix of thoughts from throughout the year that might be nice to sort of bundle into a weird list thing.

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Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash – Hot, Wet and Lonely

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Over the course of my 27 years, I’ve put a lot of time into competitive shooters with probably over 200 hours each in Quake 2, Tribes, Battlefield 1942, the original Call of Duty, S4 League, Splatoon and Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds. Whenever I stumble across something that feels new and fresh is generally when I’ll invest at least a couple of months of time into it.

So I am a little disappointed that it seems like even if I wanted to dump loads of time into Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash, it seems the playerbase won’t be around long enough to do so. It’s a game that surprisingly has great mechanics and pacing that I haven’t seen in other shooters, but, even a month after launch, it can be difficult to find a match.

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One Controller Port Podcast: Episode 24 – Benjamin in PRGE Land

This week I talk about Mario Odyssey, More Peach Beach Splash and Breath of Fire II, as well as my time and pick ups at Portland Retro Game Expo.

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One Controller Port Podcast: Episode 22 – Peachy Beachy

This week I talk about Senran Kagura: Peach Beach Splash, Dragon Quest X on PS4, some adventure game fun as well as a the Castlevania Soul System.

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TSG Video Review – No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

Aha! It’s been awhile since I’ve done a video review, but now my voice is back! The prey of my voice? The Wii exclusive No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle. Published by Ubisoft, this title is the follow up to the 2008 Wii classic No More Heores. And while No More Heroes 2 improves on many aspects of the original, it falls a bit short. Why?

Find out in my video review on TheSpeedGamers!