Topic: Push Square Game Club Spooktacular: Resident Evil 4

For me I'd play along for
Shadow of the colossus (don't know why I haven't played this yet, this game looks so up my street)
Streets of rage 4

Games I'd join in the chat about as I've played already
Uncharted lost legacy
Bioshock 2 (bioshock family dark sheep but I really enjoyed it)
Until dawn

Sonic Mania or Streets of Rage.

That credits music definitely feels out of place, but I've now finished Mafia 1's story on Classic. Not sure if I'll go for the Platinum trophy or not, probably if it's not too tedious to do everything.

@nessisonett Sonic Mania and Bioshock 2 are the ones I'd likely play. There's a couple others I'm less sure about but might join in with.

Shadow of the Colossus and Until Dawn are great. I won't replay them anytime soon, but it would be fun to hear people's thoughts on them.

Just Shadow of the Colossus for me. Everything else there I either have played or don't own.

I'm probably not going to take part in game club for the foreseeable future so could you remove me from the list please @nessisonett?

I'll be sure to keep up with the topic though

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy No problem!

@Keith_Zissou Oh absolutely, anybody who wants to join in then just tag me and I’ll add you to future messages!

I got Darksiders and Streets of Rage 4 in the backlog so if it does end up being either of them I might well join in. Depends on whether I can quickly mop up on Just Cause 3 which is probably easier said than done.

@colonelkilgore just cause 3 was a surprise hit for me. Played it as part of PS Plus and absolutely loved it considering I wasn't expecting much!!

I was a bit gutted I couldn't compel myself to buy the DLC for it since I didn't actually own the main game. Maybe there will be time for it in future, maybe

@ralphdibny yeah it’s blown me away tbh… I remember enjoying it when I tried it a few years back but on returning to it I’ve enjoyed it even more. This might well be recently-bias (actually it almost definitely is) but right now it’s up there in my top 10 games of the generation.

@nessisonett It’s Ghostrunner, Star Wars Squadrons, Mad Max or Rime for me. Can you add Days Gone and Control for the next round of votes?

@Mr_B021 Days Gone is way too long for this semi-monthly format but Control’s a good suggestion! Depending on how long we take to play the next game, we might have a little time before Halloween that I can add it in to the voting. Resident Evil 3 probably won’t take too long but it’s set for Halloween.

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By my count, Streets of Rage 4 has the lead by a couple of votes and so no need for tiebreakers, that will be our game for the foreseeable. I honestly doubt it’ll take us a whole month so since Bioshock 2, Sonic Mania and Rime were joint runners up, we could probably get through one of those as well!

Probably best just to get underway, if you at least boot the game and try a little by the weekend then we can find our bearings!

I gotta say Adam and Blaze are probably my favorite characters to play as, and Cherry having more mobility really makes her feel unique. Any of you get the DLC? Is it any good?

I’ve beaten the first level as Axel, forgot how fun these games were. I love the special move system of it draining health but you can earn it back if you don’t get hit. Proper good fun.

I’ve now played like more than half the game, it’s very addictive! Onto Y Tower, where I got yeeted out a window approximately 30 times and lost all my lives. Quit there instead of trying again so I’ll go back to it tomorrow 😂

And…. I’ve beaten the game with Axel on normal. That final level is borderline unfair but somehow got there. It’s a really good game, just with a couple annoying things like trying to line yourself up with enemies and them hitting you on the first frame etc. Took me long enough to figure out you can do an uppercut if you double tap left/right and punch. Which is insanely useful in combos etc. Think I’ll play as Cherry next!

@nessisonett blimmin' hell that was quick!! I wonder what constitutes the replay value in this game. I heard there are retro levels you can unlock or something.

I beat the first 3 games earlier this year and I can't say I have any desire to go back to play them again. Especially 3. That was my first time actually playing the third one too.

I'm probably going to play as Blaze in this one again, she's been my go to character in the other games

@ralphdibny You have a lifetime score thing that unlocks more and more characters and stuff. You can also unlock alternate moves for each character. There’s boss rush, arcade mode and higher difficulties. So I’ll probably play the other characters on different difficulties and maybe in arcade mode.

@Keith_Zissou The dojo stage is a good one, the different weapons scattered mean you can line up a load of enemies at once. That boss is probably one of the best ones too. I managed to beat the first two levels on Mania difficulty for the trophy and it really is very very hard. The increased number of enemies mean that it’s actually really fun though. There’s less downtime between fights and your combo increases way quicker.