Michiel K wrote: ↑February 23rd, 2022, 2:11 pm Thankfully, you can see a fair bit of the game on 1 credit if you set all the stages to level 1 difficulty.

I don't want to set it quite down to 1. I feel like that's kind of admitting defeat. I'd like to practice and try and get a bit better at it.

Either an RPG I can blast through (FFX or Suikoden for example), or a driving game where I can zone out and just play. Both are great and relaxing.

I'm looking forward to it, but probably going to wait for the eventual GOTY edition that all the other games got.

The concepts of "overrated" and "underrated" are fundamentally flawed in that they only reflect the perception of the person who uses the word(s). Exactly how a piece of art or entertainment should be 'rated' (whatever that even means) is entirely unquantifiable, nebulous and su...

In terms of stating half-life, ocarina of time and Chrono trigger are overrated is a factually incorrect statement. Lol, no it isn't, not in the slightest. Also you may get your wish for Chrono Trigger after all. https://nintendosoup.com/square-enix-considering-more-snes-remakes-in-hd-2d-style/

Yep. I'd argue that Chrono Trigger has never been widely available in the UK outside of the inferior mobile port a (now rare) DS port and a PS1 port cursed with slow loading times. And to add to that - retro RPGs are the exact kind of game that I'd only ever want to play on a portable, and are a pe...

I picked up the Deathsmiles collection. I really, really like the aesthetics and music. But, as always, I suck at it.

I guess this counts?

#3 - Death Smiles. I finished a playthrough of Death Smiles over the weekend, as I just picked up the collection. I used continues, because I suck at shmups(!), but I do feel like I got better by the end. Going to try different characters to see what they're like.

I picked up a few rpgs last week and I've been getting into Romancing Saga 2. It's hard, and a bit obtuse, but I've been wanting to play it for a long time, so I'm making a real effort to learn the ropes, as it were.

Chrono Trigger isn't available on Switch Online. I'd say the only version readily available now is the one for mobile, although DS and PS1 ports also exist, but no idea how easy they are to get hold of now. There aren't many options for playing it on contemporary devices. Emulation is the only viab...

Define 'easily accessible'. I remember a few months back Square were teasing new versions of the classic 8/16bit Final Fantasy games (presumably using the original graphics and fonts rather than the 'enhanced' versions commonly available) but only on Steam and mobile(?). Well it's available on the ...

Suikoden 1 and 2 - preferably with a new localisation. At this point it feels like Square are trolling Switch owners by porting and remaking every RPG in their library except Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy 1-6. Baffling. Having said that, I will absolutely take those Front Mission remakes though. ...

#2 - Ghost of Tsushima

I didn't play much in January because I moved house and then moved halfway around the world for a job.

But then I had to quarantine, and I had time to sit down and finish this. Out of quarantine tomorrow!

As someone who is an RPG fan but not a Disney fan at all, I remember openly groaning when the announcement of Kingdom Hearts was made. I groaned again when I heard the words "action RPG". And despite being a massive fan of Square during the PS1 era, I stayed away from the series completely...

I recently started Yakuza 3 after receiving the remastered collection for Christmas. After playing Kiwami 1 and 2, I was a bit shocked at how primitive Y3 felt in some respects, especially in combat. Though from memory, the combat improved from the original PS2 games. That being said, I was pleasant...

Finish #2 - Grandia.

Have to play this about once a year and it was time. Love the earnestness of this game, its amazing battle system and gorgeous soundtrack.

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/01/18/welcoming-activision-blizzard-to-microsoft-gaming/ Microsoft buying Activision/Blizzard. Although great as a GamePass subscriber I really don't like this Disney-style monopoly Microsoft seem to be building. Plus Kotick is apparently staying on, baffling. I can...

#1 - Star Wars Republic Commando.

Fun, intense and brutally difficult in a few places. A weak ending though that could have been fleshed out a bit, too abrupt for my taste.

My last two finishes of 2021, #s 33 and 34 - The Darkness and Way of the Samurai 4. #20 - The Alliance Alive HD (2019, PS4) Wow. What a game this wound up being. Not counting replays, this is the best game I played in 2021, no doubt about it. Rest assured, this is not some Kemco shovelware. This is ...

For anyone in Canada, both PNP games and videogamesplus are having Boxing Day sales.