Mostly been playing Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance on Switch, which I’ve just finished at 191%, and had the absolute best time over the course of nearly ten hours! It’s rich, gothic psychedelia made up for the slightly lightweight soundtrack (by GBA Castlevania standards), but its intuitive expl...

That's a shame about the lack of colourblind accessibility. It's not that old a game but these days you see more games having colourblind modes. What do you mean by 'Invisible' deaths? Do you mean with enemies shooting from off screen? If it is what I would do is use the analogue stick to look ahea...

Anyway, if you liked Hotline Miami, I urge you to play this. I completed Katana Zero where I bounced off Hotline Miami. I back up Kurt's recommendation. Good enough for me. I love the original Hotline Miami (and like the 2nd), but that itch hasn't been scratched in a long time. Adding Katana Zero t...

I’ve never played a lot of Darius Gaiden before, even though it’s predecessor, G-Darius, would be a top five all-time shooter for me. I think G-Darius came out a few years after Darius Gaiden. Thanks Alex! You’re absolutely right. It was the other way around. Darius Gaiden 1994, G-Darius 1997.

Finished my first of the proper “Advance” games on the Castlevania Advance Collection on Switch with Circle of the Moon. What a game despite the grind, and what a soundtrack coming out of a lowly Game Boy Advance - love that music player feature in the main menu too! Dived straight into Harmony of D...

My wife bought me a GameCube the Christmas after launch, but as much I appreciated getting it, I’d never really wanted one, and apart from a bit of Wave Race and Resident Evil Zero, I barely touched it, and it was soon lost to a couple of house moves and forgotten. It finally reappeared when we move...

I was surprised at how familiar Castlevania: Circle of the Moon in the new Advance Collection on Switch still felt, and I must be well past half way now, but I had completely forgotten about how much grinding you need to do! It feels great in handheld mode too, which is no surprise, but on a big scr...

1 September: Rogue Trooper (ZX Spectrum) 3 September: Commando (Arcade on Switch) 5 September: Psychonauts 2 (Xbox Series X) 10 September: Art of Rally (Xbox Series X) 11 September: The Artful Escape (Xbox Series X) 12 September: Jason’s Gem (ZX Spectrum) 17 September: Myst (Xbox Series X) 25 Septem...

G-Darius HD is out on PS4 and Switch on Tuesday. I know it’s niche, but I can’t wait!

Obviously, I couldn’t resist a minute-one purchase of the new Switch Castlevania Advance Collection, but have mostly been enjoying the not very “Advance” Dracula X so far. A couple of rough platforming sections and a mundane final boss, but good game! Also picked up Wonder Boy Returns Remix and Bliz...

I’m not big into puzzle games, but I don’t mind them if it’s all logic and I’m in the mood, and I think the new version of Myst on Game Pass must have caught me just right! I only fired it up because I was fed up of seeing the icon, but it’s not bewildering for long then suddenly I couldn’t leave i...

I’m not big into puzzle games, but I don’t mind them if it’s all logic and I’m in the mood, and I think the new version of Myst on Game Pass must have caught me just right! I only fired it up because I was fed up of seeing the icon, but it’s not bewildering for long then suddenly I couldn’t leave it...

For true crime fans, Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami on Netflix is like Miami Vice in reverse, focussing on the villains, and it’s quite the tale - some of it really beggars belief! I don’t watch a lot of TV, but I really enjoyed this!

The Artful Escape, new to Game Pass this week, is absolutely stunning! It’s a brilliantly imaginative narrative musical journey, and I really wasn’t ready for quite how blown away I’d be! The soaring, saturated rock guitar soundtrack that cleverly harmonises your controller inputs, combined with rid...

I’m looking forward to BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites, out on everything this week, and Boulder Dash Deluxe on PS4, Xbox and Steam (I think).

Finally got to the end of Luigi’s Mansion on GameCube. I liked how it looked more than it played, and the rough Bowser fight at the end did tarnish my final impressions a bit, but I’ve had that waiting to play for ages so I’m glad it’s finally done, and overall it was an enjoyable time. Mostly been ...

A few play-throughs of one of your top five games ever is always a good start to a month, followed by more loads more Cotton Reboot, which is also quickly becoming a favourite! Game Pass newbie Twelve Minutes was a star-studded but janky point and click thriller that starts compelling but becomes co...

I noticed that Blair Witch was about to leave Game Pass, which is a strange one because I’m a massive fan of the movies but have never really fancied this game, mainly because I knew there was a dog sidekick! Anyway, I gave it a go, finished it, there’s some nice Blair Witch creepiness, but it’s a b...

Alex79 wrote: ↑August 22nd, 2021, 11:15 am Bet you 'like' your own posts on Facebook too, don't ya

Can you do that? I’ll have to try! No idea what happened there. I’ll edit it down - can’t delete it now you’ve replied!

Sorry, this was created in error and because it got a reply I can’t delete it. It was just a duplicate of the last post!