The Persona series is particularly bad for this. I know these games operate as visual novels too, but when I played 4 for the first time I think it was about three or four hours before I was allowed to control a character's movement. Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but it was a frustrating experience....

Don't think I'm going to get far with this one, can't even beat the second level boss

What with Masters Of The Air coming soon I started re-watching Band Of Brothers on Blu-ray. It sounds exceptional with the PS5 3D Pulse headset. I'm not sure there's ever been a better WW2 series or film, it really is an incredible piece of work. Planning on watching The Pacific after as despite own...

JAN - Strider (Arcade on Evercade) JAN - Strider (Megadrive on Switch) JAN - God Of War (PS5) JAN - Universal Paperclips (Android) My children recently discovered clicker games, so I showed them Universal Paperclips and they've been playing that, so of course, I had another playthrough of it. Madde...

I'd never really played a Katamari game until I put a couple of hours in to Reroll on Switch this week. I thought it was fun, but I also felt like I'd really seen all the game had to offer within those first two hours. What comes next? Getting bigger? I'm sure I'll go back to it at some point, but i...

Yeah I read that, I'll give it a go, I think it's probably the only Castlevania game I've never played at all so should be fun. I wish the game was unlocked from a menu though, you have to find some candlestick in the remake to smash and then it unlocks! Same for SOTN.

Well, Prince of Persia The Lost Crown has blown my socks off. It's the best Metroidvania I've played since Metroid Dread and think it's about on par from the hours I've put into it so far. In fact I think it could be better due to the combat being a little more involved. As with Dread, the world is...

Sorry to ask this. I didn't write down when the Yakuza like a dragon episode is due. Want to try and give it a go beforehand for feedback. Is there a written listing somewhere? It's show number 610 so should be due in around six weeks. Full listing is here: https://caneandrinse.com/forum/viewforum....

Hmm, just looked in to it, I think the PSP version on Dracula X Chronicles is my best bet to play Rondo, although that's a remake as well. I guess I could just emulate the original.

Will Dracula X count for this show, too?

This is going to be my first day one since Elden Ring! Does it really count as 'day one'?

Season six of Netflix's Drive To Survive coming out 23rd Feb. Excellent! Despite not actually enjoying F1 I found this series to be really compelling viewing. Netflix do a great job of creating drama and storylines with what happens across the race season. https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/everythin...

ratsoalbion wrote: ↑January 24th, 2024, 9:25 am Arcade Archives release tomorrow - PS4 and Switch!

Came to say the same thing, how exciting! Can't believe after all these years they are finally bringing it out!

Hello, hello, hello! It's time for the results! Firstly, apologies as usual for the tardiness of these answers. The normal combination of life and laziness got in the way. So, before we announce the Cane and Rinse Quiz Champion™ 2023, here are the answers... ROUND 1 - GENERAL GAMING 1. In the Reside...

Yeah I'm hyped for the Indy game. Honestly though I thought the rest of the conference was poor - just from a personal point of view there was nothing I'm interested in. I hated Hellblade, just through it was so tedious and boring, and the other games didn't appeal at all either. I find the showcase...

This is really interesting: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/01/quake-releases-slave-zero-x-prelude-episode-enyo-as-a-free-add-on A new map pack download for Quake released and it's a prelude to a full game coming soon. It looks fantastic, and I'm going to download it later to play. It looks t...

I bought this game for one of my children on Switch one Christmas, and we played through the whole game together. From doing nothing but honking at each other to pulling off elaborate heist style escapades with our geese, he was giggling the whole time. There aren't many games we've been able to enj...

Finally watched Goodfellas. I have finally found a gangster film I enjoyed. I have watched a few classics including The Godfather and The Irishman and they did nothing for me, despite acknowledging why people love them, so with this in mind I wasn't expecting to like Goodfellas as much as other peo...

One that springs to mind for me is Red Dead Redemption 2. I know many will disagree with that but I just found the first two chapters to be a bit of a slog, just lots of walking around listening to characters talk and not much action. It put me off so much that I actually stopped playing the game a...

Each individual component of Hi-Fi Rush suggests this was a game built especially for me. Third person combat, rhythm action, lovely cell-shaded style graphics and a banging soundtrack featuring my favourite band ever, Nine Inch Nails! So why didn't I love it? I honestly don't know. (EDIT: He then g...