Just finished up Crash Bandicoot 2 on the N-Sane Trilogy. Enjoyed it way more than the first one. The new jumping physics still take some getting used to and some of the later levels were real tough to nail down but still more manageable than Crash 1 overall. Onto Crash 3 now. This was my favourite ...

Some ideas I have had brewing in my head for the longest time include: - A 3D platformer with a claymation aesthetic. With modern technology, something like this could look amazing. Maybe the protagonist can be someone like Morph from those old shorts in the seventies and you can change both the env...

After being on my "must get around to that someday" list for years, I have finally started the Crash Bandicoot N-Sane Trilogy . The last time I played these games were in the 90s so it was interesting to go back to these games with a shiny coat of paint. Crash 1 is one of the few games tha...

Being a big fan of the original, I was happy to come back to another Insomniac title starring the wall crawler. This game is really the epitome of the adage “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. Moving around and fighting feels just as good as it did before and there is just enough new additions that m...

Jan 23: Yakuza 3 Feb 12: Wonderful 101 Remastered Mar 25: Freedom Planet May 22: Psychonauts 2 July 24: Yakuza 4 Aug 13: A Hat in Time Aug 14: Dragon Quest VIII Sep 24: Moon RPG Remix Adventure Oct 8: Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Finished the main game and did nearly all the side content. Goi...

Oh nice one, thanks! Not surprised if you had not added it. It is one of those games that is a massive cult classic to those who know and played it but very obscure to the vast majority of gamers.

A game that I think would make for a really fascinating C&R episode is the "anti-RPG" Moon RPG Remix Adventure . This was a japan only title for the PS1 until some members of the original developers who now work at Onion Games decided to release it in English for the first time back in...

Yeah, remember playing Miracle World on the Master System back in the day and even then never really had much time for it. It is easy to see why Sega decided to focus on Sonic instead of Alex Kidd when that became big. The boss where you had to play Rock Paper Scissors against to beat was what would...

I have now started my final game that I will be playing along with for the podcast: Marvel Spiderman Miles Morales. Mostly seems to be more of the same but since I really enjoyed what came before, I am pretty okay with that. It felt good to be out swinging through New York again and combat is still ...

Jan 23: Yakuza 3 Feb 12: Wonderful 101 Remastered Mar 25: Freedom Planet May 22: Psychonauts 2 July 24: Yakuza 4 Aug 13: A Hat in Time Aug 14: Dragon Quest VIII Sep 24: moon RPG remix adventure This game was on my wishlist ever since I heard of it all those years ago when it was originally a japan ...

I have just started a real odd duck of a game called moon: RPG remix adventure . This was originally released only in Japan for the PS1 way back in 1997 and was such a cult classic that Toby Fox claimed it as one of the major influences on Undertale. It has been officially translated since 2020 and ...

Jan 23: Yakuza 3 Feb 12: Wonderful 101 Remastered Mar 25: Freedom Planet May 22: Psychonauts 2 July 24: Yakuza 4 August 13: A Hat in Time August 14: Dragon Quest VIII My third Dragon Quest and I can see why this one gets a lot of love. Small but memorable party of characters, big world to discover,...

Good to know, thanks! Darren will probably get along with A Hat in Time as well. Humour is very similar to what you find in Rare games.

I have two suggestions, both indie titles which are influenced by classic titles but which build on and improve what made said titles great. The first one being Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling , a cute 2.5D RPG in the vein of the early Paper Mario titles. Captures everything that made those game...

Jan 23: Yakuza 3 Feb 12: Wonderful 101 Remastered Mar 25: Freedom Planet May 22: Psychonauts 2 July 24: Yakuza 4 August 13: A Hat in Time This was an absolute joy from start to finish. Taking elements from various 3D platformers and mixing them all together to create its own unique little flavour, ...

Judging by your avatar and mine I'm guessing we're both Banjo fans! How does it compare to something like the original Banjo-Kazooi? I've had this game on my watchlist for years but never taken the plunge for some reason. Yeah, you have guessed correctly! Banjo-Kazooie is an all time great to me, i...

After being out for a couple of years being out, I finally tried out A Hat in Time. I had heard good things about it but I am honestly blown away by how enjoyable this is. Presentation is top tier with one of the most charming protagonists I have seen in a long time with Hat Kid. She is incredibly f...

This was a big improvement on Yakuza 3 in my opinion. The graphics are nicer on the eyes, adding access to sewers, rooftops and Little Asia really expanded Kamurocho and made it new and exciting again and playing multiple characters also mixed up the formula nicely with their various fighting styles...

Jan 23: Yakuza 3 Feb 12: Wonderful 101 Remastered Mar 25: Freedom Planet May 22: Psychonauts 2 July 24: Yakuza 4 Will say more on the episode coming up. Enjoyed this a lot more than 3 and it was good playing as characters other than Kiryu. Still saddened by the minimal Nani in this game, 5 and 6 re...

Just started up Yakuza 4 a few days ago. Still far too early to have anything concrete to say about it but it is incredible how much better this looks than 3, like the faces are nowhere near as goofy as they were in that game. Also, interesting that we start out with a brand new character never seen...