Yeah, Kameo is a flawed gem. Better than most reviews let on, but definitely not the best platformer out there. Have you played Super Lucky's Tale? It's a nice, solid platformer. I think you'd like it.

I also find Nier Automata to be a tad overrated. Which is funny because I find all of Yoko Taro's other games to be severely underrated (at least in terms of review scores).

I put a ton of time into Ys Origin recently. I absolutely love the game. I beat the game like 8 times! It's a bit sad to hear Ys VIII is overlong. One of the main things I loved about Origin was how short and replayable it was.

I love Phantasy Star I and IV, liked II, never played the third (that one doesn't count). I actually prefer the original Phantasy Star series to pre-VII Final Fantasy. With II, even with saving everywhere on modern versions, the game is nearly impossible without a guide, so I never finished it either. I'm looking forward to playing II and IV again with the Sega Classics Collection, but I doubt I'll have the patience to make it far in II.

I assume you are not using the save states, which let you save anywhere, in Mega Man? You really should unless you have gamer pride against using them. I personally prefer what they did with MMLC2 which gave you checkpoints, so it made it easier but preserved some of the challenge.

At least you didn't make it all the way to the end of Okami, only to get stuck on a frustrating puzzle like I did.

I thought the HD really made the cartoon graphics pop a lot more in Okami HD, but maybe that's just me with a bad memory of that game on PS2.

BoTW and Nier Automata I believe are the last remaining games I still want to play from 2017.

I can't recommend either Cuphead or Okami HD, as both are really frustrating. Well, Okami isn't nearly as frustrating as Cuphead, but I made it almost to the end of Okami only to get stuck on a stupid-mini game that I forgot about on the PS2. I'm sure I could beat it if I put enough time into it, but the minigame is so unfun I couldn't bear anymore. Other than that, great game, almost as good as Zelda if it weren't for that.

Really liked Momodora, even though I beat it in a day. I also played and beat Darksiders 1 last year and really enjoyed it. Can't say the same about Darksiders 2 though, I made it half-way through that one and gave up on it.

Have you tried Yiazmat yet? From what I remember, he's really not that hard, just time consuming. You can even go back and save in the middle of the fight.

Mega Man 3 has always been my favorite, but Mega Man 2 and 10 have become strong contenders after finally beating them last year.

I don't think I've put 425 hours in to a single game total, let alone in a single year.

Dunkirk is my second favorite Nolan movie, after The Dark Knight.

You don't need skills for these Mega Man collections. I'm not incredibly good at Mega Man either, but I breezed through these games.

I felt similar with Blade Runner 2049. I was surprised that I liked it more than the original, which is also one of my favorite movies. The only reason I didn't put it higher than Dunkirk was because it doesn't have as much rewatch value, being a little on the long side.

I've seen Dunkirk four times now. One of my new favorite movies.

I had Halo Wars 2 installed for a long time, but yeah, now that its uninstalled I probably will never play it again, much like Halo 5 (which had a ridiculously large install file).

I only made a top 5 because I couldn't decide on the next 5. Most of my honorable mentions are extremely close.

Looking forward to it.

I usually ask for things that I don't feel like buying myself or don't really need to get anytime soon. This year, I asked for a new pillow and some new clothes. Honestly, this pillow is so comfortable that I should have bought one like it ages ago, but that's me for you.

I had to search this game because I've never heard of it before. It looks nice, but I rarely play on my PS4.

I already got Sea of Thieves pre-ordered. It was half price for a long time at Amazon Canada.

Other games I'm looking forward to next year include VC4, Monster Hunter World, Metal Gear Survive (yes, even without Kojima), and Kingdom Hearts 3.

I hope you like Atari Flashback Classics more than I did. 100 games on each and I played all of them for less than 10 hours, I think.

I recently picked up the entire Mass Effect trilogy for about $30. Hoping I enjoy them a lot. I love sci-fi, but western RPGs historically haven't been my thing and that includes older Bioware games like Knights of the Old Republic.

I'm in agreement that with almost everyone else here that The Last Jedi was a good film. I haven't seen any other movies recently since Blade Runner 2049. All in all, it was a good year for blockbusters though. I will have to wait for the Oscars to see if other movies this year catch my interest.

I haven't gotten any games for Christmas almost since I started working. It's okay though, since I can afford any game I want now.

I don't get The Last Jedi hate either. We finally got something different, and it was certainly much better than the prequel movies. Even those didn't get as low as the 52% audience score Last Jedi has on rottentomatoes though.

You go into the select menu while you play the game. Save the game and you can load it exactly where you left Mega Man: mid-boss, mid-jump, you name it!

I thought this Star Wars was much better than the last one. Pretty boring for the first half, but almost amazing in the second half. I hope the next film is something completely  different, the worst parts of these new movies is how much they've been copying the original trilogy.

Have you used the save states on Mega Man Legacy Collection? That pretty much takes all the frustration away.

I also hated the controls in the Last Guardian and the frustrating puzzles, but I still wound up loving upon finishing the game.

Good to hear from you!