Topic: Recent Retro/Misc Gaming Purchases? (Not PS4/PS5)

@LN78 sensible buddy… you can always pick up a cheap PS2 for that if you need to. I’m actually thinking of picking up an extra PS3 (& PS4) just to keep myself right in case of… well issues that tend to arise. I know I can play PS4 games on my PS5 but I like to use it frugally as I know I’ll still be clearing my PS5 backlog by the PS7 😅

@colonelkilgore In all fairness, I've never had a Sony console brick on me but better safe than sorry.

Just ordered Bayonetta Origins and Pikmin 4 for €20 and €45 respectively. Finally found Origins for a good price and I also saw that the retailer had discounted Pikmin 4 a bit. I don't think I'll find the games for much cheaper than this, especially Pikmin 4 since first-party titles rarely get below €40. Anyway, looking forward to playing both. I've heard that Origins is criminally underrated and went under a lot of people's radar last year. So it'll be interesting to see what I'll think of it.

I don't really play poker but I picked up that Balatro game for the steam deck. Seems to be getting glowing praise all round. Only cost 12 euro so can't go wrong really...it's on you PushSquare if I end up addicted to this game

So I have once again, not followed my own advice… and added yet another game to my ps3 backlog. Been loving the look of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 and heard really good things about the original… so just saw it in CeX for a fiver and nabbed it.

Really happy with this total bargain - £3.00!!!

Just pre-ordered Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on Switch. Super stoked for this game!

Just bought The Crew 2 on Series X for €1. I thought about buying this game last year, but €20 for a physical copy of an online-only game made it less tempting. €1 for a digital copy as well as a future update of making the game playable offline made it much more tempting, so I had to get it now.

@LtSarge damn same here. That 1.00 price tag was impossible to ignore

Snagged Hi-Fi Rush and Anno: Mutationem on PC for $15.

Seemed like a good deal, considering neither game tends to go very cheap in sales. Both also apparently run well on the Deck.

Tales of Arise, Tormented Souls, and Fields of Mistria on Steam.

The latter surprised me. I NEVER buy Early Access games, generally. But I took one look at the screenshots and fell in love. The game launched with a bunch of content to start, is Steam Deck Verified, has a gorgeous GBA-esque aesthetic with character portraits that look like they belong to Japanese games from the 90s, there's a year-long roadmap for updates and support, and I love the commitment to embracing diversity (can romance everyone as either gender; ton of pronoun options; your character customization isn't gender-locked, so I'm playing as a femboy lol).

Farm sims tend to be hit or miss for me, so I hope I like the gameplay.

Just got Oxenfree II on Switch. The game is on sale for €2 and I had 200 gold points, so I basically got the game for free, which is really cool. I really enjoyed the first game so hopefully the second one will be enjoyable as well.

I got Transformers Animated NDS and Danball Senki 3DS this afternoon.