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amigastar

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Had a sort of Disney Marathon a couple of months back where I played through some of the best 8 and 16-bit classics like Aladdin, Lion King, Duck Tales, Darkwing Duck and Jungle Book

I then thought playing through a couple of Disney games classics on PS1. Started with Mickey's Wild Adventures. It's Mickey Mania on SNES and Genesis but was reworked on PS1 with additional levels I think. But it's basically the same game. I love this game. The adventure takes you on through several of Mickey's most famous movies, like Steamboat Willie, The Mad Doctor and the Prince and the Pauper. The animations are great, the platforming is fun but it is pretty difficult and the loading times are long and tedious (Spoiled by the SSDs of late). But overall it's a fun game. I play through it once every year.

After that I played through Hercules. This one I hadn't tried before, it's a brand new experience for me. And unfortunately it was quite disappointing. The animations and graphics are stellar, blending 2D sprite work with 3D polygons. And the side scrolling levels are the ones that are fun but they are only three levels out of ten. The rest is godawful on rail running (like Crash Bandicoot when he's running from boulders) and boring bosses. But the game follows the movie pretty good and the nice graphics really do hold up, so I guess it was worth it at the end.
Is there any other version besides the NES version of Darkwing Duck? Or more Specifically what version did you play?
 
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TintoConCasera

I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Still with Judgment. The plot keeps getting crazier and I love it.

Also, abit tired of DOOM mods, so I decided to give Hexen another go.

Never managed to get too far, but this time I managed to beat the first hub (the seven portals) and without any walkthrough! That felt quite good. So far enjoying my time with the game.

Even if the combat is kinda meh the exploration and "eureka!" moments make up for it.
 

Alexios

Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Continuing Dreamcast kick I tried to play Rayman 2. It seemed solid enough at first but it eventually annoyed me with unpolished bits and pieces here and there (and from what I understand DC is one of the best versions) like not explaining mini game controls at all, or much else, like pressing B to bring up the name of the level in the map to actually know where the f to go when you're supposed to unlock a new area after obtaining the password for it etc. (and it's still a rather obscure way to have you access new levels in anyway). Then the controls also annoyed me in some speed challenge where you have to get an orb with you from one side of the map to the other or whatever. It's doable of course but just not in a fun way. The normal combat doesn't feel too great either, easy as it may be. I doubt I'll keep at it even after beating a boss and several levels and liking some set piece stuff like when you have to ride a rocket creature thing around track-like levels. Shame because it just needed some polish to be a true 3D platforming classic and not a Mario is not available on my platform of choice "classic" as it seems to me now. Heck, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger plays better imo.
 
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Mr Hyde

Gold Member
Been playing a lot of AC Valhalla now. This game has become so good. Ubi has pushed out a ton of content since last I played and there is a good amount of variety now. I also love the setting of the old English and Irish landscapes and settlements. It helps with the immersion and alleviates some of the issues I had with Odyssey with the blatant copy and paste approach the devs had with that game. Valhalla feels way more original.

But it was cool to see a cross over between Valhalla and Odyssey, and despite being a short adventure, it was sweet and to the point. It had some references to Odyssey that I picked up on and even got the spear of Leonidas, which I dual wield with the Gae Bolg for maximum amount of wreckage.

I still have a lot of issues with Ubi and their disgusting use of mtx and boosters they sell at the store. The coolest armor sets and weapons are of course locked behind expensive pay walls. But at least now they have put plenty of good looking weapons and armor in the game as well with all the content they produced for the game.
 
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Orta

Banned
Ghosts n' Goblins Resurrection.

No thanks, not my idea of fun. Maybe 35 years ago on the nes but I like my games a little more relaxed as I fast approach middle-age. Fortunately I was able to blag a refund through Steam.

Super Ghouls n' Ghosts and Ultimate Ghosts n' Goblins are still the best in the series imo. Challenging but not punishing.
 
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TintoConCasera

I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Same here, GTA games were always awesome on weed, K-Jah West on San Andreas rules.
My man! Back then I could go to some friend's place to smoke some weed, and they would have GTA San Andreas on background just for the radio music, so good.
 

Celcius

°Temp. member
I'm just about to hop back into Borderlands 3. When I played it at launch I was gaming on a gtx 1080 ti and was averaging 34fps @ 4K. Now I'm on a rtx 3090 averaging 88 fps @ 4K and it's going to be a far smoother experience.
 

Fart Knight

Al Pachinko, Konami President
Played a lil bit of Sonic Frontiers. Liking it but gonna wait for some patches. Hope the draw distance gets better.
 

hinch7

Member
God of War (1) on PS+ Premium. Horrible image quality aside, the input lag isn't too bad and is fairly good experience. Outside a few stutters here and there.

Not played the origional in years so thought I'd pick it up again starting from the first, and I was craving some more GoW after completing Ragnarok.

But yeah, enjoying it so far. Bar the annoying timed puzzles and some dodgy platforming. The combat while simple, is fun and addictive albiet a little repetitive at times.
 
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Symphony of the Night

Been a gamer since the 80s and ALWAYS heard how revered this game is. All I can say....the MUSIC is incredible! And the difficulty ramped up a bit when you get to the inverted castle/map. I'm having a blast playing this!
 
DMC1: The plan this time, and with RE4 as well, is to replay them both in a Normal mode playthrough, and then their Hard modes. Right now I played a chunk of DMC1, it was nostalgic fun! :] Game still feels so new to me, even though I played the shit out of it...I can still feel the innovation and freshness of this game long after it released
 

RAIDEN1

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Symphony of the Night

Been a gamer since the 80s and ALWAYS heard how revered this game is. All I can say....the MUSIC is incredible! And the difficulty ramped up a bit when you get to the inverted castle/map. I'm having a blast playing this!
Have you played The Huntdown? Similar graphical style, 80s theme, and some good music apparently....I'll be getting it as it is REALLY cheap on the PSN sale..
 
Have you played The Huntdown? Similar graphical style, 80s theme, and some good music apparently....I'll be getting it as it is REALLY cheap on the PSN sale..
Just saw the trailer....holy shit Contra with a cyberpunk aesthetic plus someone with a samurai sword! This is right up my alley RAIDEN1 thanks I'm definitely gonna play this!
 

DaGwaphics

Member
Just finished up Plague Tale Requiem. I'll probably start Somerville next.

Plague Tale Requiem is solid, I'd definitely give it a look if you've been on the fence about it. My only critique would be that the last parts of the game start leaning to heavy on cinematics over gameplay.
 
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Isa

Member
Some CoD 3rd person moshpit, and still making my way through Shining In the Darkness and Shining Force CD book 2. In SitD I made it to the Trial of Truth. It's getting harder in the dungeon with spinning floor tiles and having a very limited inventory. Almost survival horror like. I love the gfx in it, lovely details.
 
I never stop gaming even when I sleep:

I've had repeated dreams about a version of Sonic forces that's about Sonic fighting this round purple creatures with duck bills called Bongos that live underwater. Sonic can fire laser beams and do flying (well,floating) with lockon and circling in each direction plus fast flying when not locked on, and when he finishes half of the enemies in the enemy lair it plays a really upbeat buttrock song with vocals that goes Durrrr dur Dur dur Dur dur Durrrr dur Dur etc

I wrote that on my phone immediately after waking up from a dream last night lol

As for games that really exist, well, lately the monitor I got like five months back up and died on me. I sent it off for repair but decided to take the opportunity for an upgrade so I got a Samsung Odyssey G7. It pwns and I've been replaying a few games:

- FEAR. It's a really good test for contrast and possibly my favourite FPS campaign ever. Playing it at 240FPS (rendered at 4K and downscaled) is sick. It was basically unplayable on the aforementioned busted IPS monitor so I'm really happy to enjoy it again
- Resident Evil 2 Remake. Wanted to try out the ray-tracing and this is one of my fav games as well... the final section of the game is a drag though
- Doom (2016). Probably the smoothest-running game that still looks great. I tried playing some Eternal prior but that game sucks ass whereas this is pretty great.

I also finished some indie horror games I had from Halloween

- Murder House is kind of a half-baked horror game set in a house where it appears the central mechanic is about hiding, except you never really have to do that outside of a couple of scripted sequences. Feels a lot like the creator couldn't actually do the game part.
- Night at the Gates of Hell is a surprisingly decent action horror game. You can't interact with things while your gun is held and, when it is held, you can't hit enemies accurately without aiming down the sight. As a result you have to consider several levels of ability as you move through the levels, and the game isn't afraid to suddenly throw zombies at you. The Coastal Village level is a highlight.
 
Yeah it's surreal...

Nice avatar man. It's from the first volume right? Nice.
Yup! I love the contradiction between the violent action and the clothes they’re wearing. A really subtle way of showing how their normal lives have been interrupted rather than the events being something they sought.
 

Banjo64

cumsessed
Change of plan, was going to start Forbidden West but I’ve let the lad use my PS5 in his room to play through God of War.

I’m going to start tackling my Xbox backlog, starting with Tinykin.
 

TintoConCasera

I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Finished Judgment last night.

Some of it's aspects are worse than the Yakuza games, mainly the minigames and sidecontent. I didn't enjoy either the VR game or the dron racing too much tbh, and the batting center was easy as fuck thanks to the golden bat

Everything else? Fucking great.

Loved the combat, it's harder than the Yakuza games imo, specially thanks to some enemies being able to reduce your maximun health and even some bosses having attacks that felt like a one-hit kill. Being able to step on the walls and climb on enemies was also a cool plus. In the end it felt like they did with Yagami everything they couldn't with Kiryu: lots of fast attacks and nimble movements.

The side stories are also great. I had the feel that this one might be more serious than the Yakuza games, and it is when it comes to it's main story, but the side stories are very fun just like they were in the main series. Loved the ones about those twins and the perverts, and of course the one about Ono Michio. Also enjoyed that thing about making friends in Kamurocho and helping then with their stuff, quite the fun diversion.

Main story is also great, probably among the best in the whole series. Imo it's both written and delivered much better than most Yakuza games.

All in all quite happy with having been able to finally play this on the PC, and here's hoping RGG keeps this saga alive.
 
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Duchess

Member
Finished Resident Evil 8.

So, after very much disliking the initial "survive" bit at the start of the game, I loved the rest of it. Something that was really great was how each part of the game's major sections brought a fresh experience to the table. The doll house was one of my favourite bits. Really creepy, and in parts downright terrifying.

Now playing Stray, but will return to RE8 afterwards to try out New Game+.

Edit: grammar
 
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TintoConCasera

I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Getting close to finishing Hexen, currently at the Necropolis. Things are getting harder and I'm dying quite often because of traps or enemies, but I'm making progress.

Love the sprite work in this game. I think my favorite enemies are those mages in blue robes, love both their attack and death animations.
 
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EDMIX

Member
Pulled the trigger and got PS Extra as I was going to buy Spiderman Miles Morales, Demon Souls remake and Returnal on sale and realized with PS Plus and the cost of all those games, it would be more then extra lol I really wish Target had that sale for a bit longer for the buy 2 get 1 free lol, but everything happens for a reason and I'm sure I saved a lot of money just getting Extra as I don't even know how much of those games I'll even play a second time lol

Played Stray...fucking love it! Feels like an old school 90's PC adventure game, great design, amazing level design and looks amazing. Its HDR is better then RDR2's lol

Was going to start Watchdogs 2, but realized AC Valhalla would be off PS Extra on December 20th, will start that after Stray and do Viking things lol

Also played a bit of Season 3 of BF 2042 and fucking love the new map. This is how the game should have launched, my time will be limited next month, so I hope I can get a few matches in everyday in-between other things.

My December opened up pretty quick once I cancelled that Calisto pre-order lol

TintoConCasera TintoConCasera Judgement was such a hidden gem. I hope they make a 3rd game and continue the series.
 
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Finished Persona 5 Royal on Switch
Got to the new semester and got the best ending. Spent about 110 hours playing the game. Overall great game. I only played the original Persona 5 back than on PS4. Playing it for the second time, I still think the game is great. Plus the added story content was great. It will be interesting if they do a Persona 5 Strikers Royal lol

Next up is

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core Reunion
Tactics Ogre Reborn
 
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amigastar

Member
Finished Persona 5 Royal on Switch
Got to the new semester and got the best ending. Spent about 110 hours playing the game. Overall great game. I only played the original Persona 5 back than on PS4. Playing it for the second time, I still think the game is great. Plus the added story content was great. It will be interesting if they do a Persona 5 Strikers Royal lol

Next up is

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core Reunion
Tactics Ogre Reborn
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope is really a fantastic game. I may be biased because i love turn based games, my favorite genre.
 
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