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- March 27th, 2024, 11:21 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Games Completed 2024
- Replies: 144
- Views: 82416
Re: Games Completed 2024
Games Beaten 2024 1. Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (3DS) 2. The House of the Dead Remake (Switch) 3. Dragon Quest VIII (3DS) 4. Dragon Quest V (DS) 5. Paratopic (Switch) 6. Sonic Advance 3 (GBA) Yeah, I think I'm going to have to accept Sonic isn't really my jam at some stage and...
- January 30th, 2024, 8:05 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Bad game openings
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2273
Re: Bad game openings
All Pokemon games from the 3DS era right up to roughly Sword and Shield had an awful habit of railroading the first 5 hours of the game, with Gen 6 & 7 constantly ripping control from the user to show mechanics the player would've probably long since figured out. The Meowth cry from Gen 7 still ...
- December 16th, 2023, 9:44 am
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: All things Yakuza (Ryū ga Gotoku)
- Replies: 122
- Views: 110644
Re: All things Yakuza (Ryū ga Gotoku)
Mainlined the story in 5 as just wanted to move onto 6 and drop the multi-character game. Was grateful to get back to the Kiwami engine in 5, but hitting it beat-to-beat has to be up there as one of the more exhausting gaming experiences I've ever put myself through. Granted, I totally played it the...
- June 1st, 2023, 11:37 am
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Replies: 364
- Views: 393784
Re: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
it's great to see a game's systems being exploited, and my policy with single player games is play it however you want to play it, but damn, it's strange seeing people take such a stately and beloved franchise and make it feel a Reddit thread. Funny thing is, as entertaining as it's been to see ran...
- May 29th, 2023, 9:22 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Games Completed 2023
- Replies: 399
- Views: 2695098
Re: Games Completed 2023
Fell in love with the GBA Klonoa games last year, the 2nd one ramps up the challenge a bit. The Wonderswan one is a banger too.
- May 22nd, 2023, 12:20 am
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Whatcha Been Playing?
- Replies: 11720
- Views: 7358114
Re: Whatcha Been Playing?
Guessing I'll try something like Horizon Chase Turbo to scratch the same itch. Have you tried Hotshots Racing? It's pretty decent if you are after an arcade racer. Currently an absurd £2.39 on Switch. I paid about a tenner a while back and had fun with it. https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-...
- May 21st, 2023, 12:43 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Replies: 364
- Views: 393784
Re: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Hated it, felt railroaded from the start. Did buy the HD version last week so hoping I gel with it a bit more this time.
- May 20th, 2023, 2:27 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Whatcha Been Playing?
- Replies: 11720
- Views: 7358114
Re: Whatcha Been Playing?
Uninstalled 80's Overdrive from my Switch as it just got too frustrating for what it was, it expects a bit too much grinding for something that works best when you're dipping in and out. Guessing I'll try something like Horizon Chase Turbo to scratch the same itch. Well, that, or just go back to Out...
- May 20th, 2023, 2:23 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Replies: 364
- Views: 393784
Re: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
It got a 10 in this month's Edge, which is out this week. It's only the 6th game in 30 years that received maximum scores from both Famitsu and Edge. The others are: Ocarina of Time Bayonetta Skyward Sword GTAV Breath of the Wild. The presence of Skyward Sword on that list serves only to undermine ...
- May 20th, 2023, 2:22 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Evercade
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7395
Re: Handheld emulation devices?
Too late to the party, but big fan of my Anbernic RG351MP, but it caps out at PS1-era stuff into GBA with a touch of PSP. Believe the latest Retroid Pocket (3+, I think?) does a respectable showing for itself up to DC with some GCN and PS2 support. I find Taki Udon and Retro Game Corps to be invalua...
- May 19th, 2023, 9:11 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Replies: 364
- Views: 393784
Re: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Just curious, did anybody switch the voice acting to Japanese? I don't love Zelda's English voice, but I haven't heard her speak since I switched to Japanese. I know I could look it up online but I'm looking forward to naturally hearing her and Ganondorf speak for the first time (again). Yeah I swi...
- May 18th, 2023, 7:31 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: A thread of the greatest game mechanics of all time...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3950
Re: A thread of the greatest game mechanics of all time...
The parry in the Street Fighter 3 series adds a level of depth to the game that fundamentally has you second guessing every Street Fighter instinct you've ever had.
- March 17th, 2023, 7:17 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Whatcha Been Playing?
- Replies: 11720
- Views: 7358114
Re: Whatcha Been Playing?
Ended up getting sucked into Animal Crossing: New Leaf of all things despite having the, I'm told, superior New Horizons to hand. Incredibly absorbing game for something so ostensibly simply, it's not often you find a game where the hours kind of melt away like this. Also balancing Yakuza 6 which I'...
- March 17th, 2023, 7:12 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Resident Evil 4 (2023)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 23530
Re: Resident Evil 4 (2023)
Is it petty to dislike this game on the principle they skipped out on a Code Veronica remake? :P I like RE4 well enough, but I have ZERO enthusiasm for this game. The original still exists, and still holds up pretty well... And this remake doesn't seem to really be changing things up at all. It's n...
- March 8th, 2023, 9:46 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Whatcha Been Playing?
- Replies: 11720
- Views: 7358114
Re: Whatcha Been Playing?
Not to sidestep the narrative issues around TLOU2 but I daresay they would be a lot more palatable if they weren't bolted onto a game that's, at least, 10ish hours too long. The final product really could've done with an editor that had at least heard the expression "kill your darlings."
- January 7th, 2023, 4:39 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Whatcha Been Playing?
- Replies: 11720
- Views: 7358114
Re: Whatcha Been Playing?
Also playing Yakuza 5 having tapped out twice on it. Have only just made it to the last character. It's usual Kiwami-era quality. It's pretty much 4 games in 1 and that's not necessarily a bad thing, but sometimes you're just not in the mood of that craic.
- December 29th, 2022, 1:36 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: PS2 recommendations
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13858
Re: PS2 recommendations
Preach. I often make the argument that if you are set up with a PS2 and a 3DS (with the DS library, obvs) then you're pretty much set for life. Both of them have stupidly deep libraries.
- December 26th, 2022, 10:15 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Videogame Deals
- Replies: 2047
- Views: 1283171
Re: Videogame Deals
Whack of exclusives to hoover up in the interim. Got my eyes on Level 5's Guild releases and probably Denpa-Men as well, if anyone has any recommendations for either 3DS/Wii U shops.
- December 26th, 2022, 8:35 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Whatcha Been Playing?
- Replies: 11720
- Views: 7358114
Re: Whatcha Been Playing?
After finishing Sonic Frontiers, I gave Sonic Adventure 2 a shot... I know this game is beloved by a lot of folks, so I won't be too rough on it, but this has absolutely not aged well. Steam version looks and runs great, but yeah. Between the goofy music choices, the lousy controls, the awful, awfu...
- December 26th, 2022, 8:32 pm
- Forum: Videogame Discussion
- Topic: Videogame Deals
- Replies: 2047
- Views: 1283171
Re: Videogame Deals
Few Atlus RPGs going for absolute pennies on the PAL 3DS eShop. Persona Q and whatnot for 4 euro kind of cheap.