Topic: Universal (gaming) recommendations thread.

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@KALofKRYPTON ha, annoying civilian completely made me think of the Die Hard game too! Such a weird 3 in 1 game but good fun.

A following comment also reminded me of the awesomeness of the SOCOM series from the PS2 era. The first game was really tough, especially with the lack of any checkpoints but it felt so cool using the headset to lay an ambush or to get your team to kick open a door, throw in a flashbang, and then clear the room.

Admittedly, the latter was more likely to see them open the door, drop the flashbang and blind you, and allow the enemy to kill you but still...

@Thrillho The Socom games totally passed me by. I very briefly played a PSP one - but my only real experience of Zipper Interactive's games was M.A.G - which was great.

Makes me recall that I never really did give Unit 13 a fair shake... that could be my next Vita play.

@RogerRoger I played it on release, but really didn't take to it. I'd bought about half of the launch lineup but spent most of my time with Uncharted, WipEout and MotorStorm RC.

As I recall, it felt really hard. I don't have the cart anymore, but think it was on plus so should be able to download it.

@RogerRoger
It could be that I just never really gave it the time required. It was certainly more tactical than 'run & gun'.

I never actually finished Mercenary. I had a repeated glitch at the end of one of the levels in SP so stuck with multiplayer for the most part. It's another game I always mean to re-visit too.

@RogerRoger The multiplayer was excellent! Really satisfying and nicely featured.

The glitch was an end of (or mid, it's been ages) level cut-scene not triggering something.

@RogerRoger Honestly - I reckon there'd still be people playing.

I'm tempted to have a look.

How is the difficulty in Onimusha & Darksiders? For more action oriented games within recent memory I've beaten the main quests/stories in BotW, Fire Emblem Warriors, God of War (2018), Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition, Okami HD, Shining Resonance Refrain, Yakuza Kiwami, and YS VIII, all on "Normal" for games with difficulty settings.

Think I'd be able to handle either of those two games, or are they more Dark Souls, Nioh, or Ninja Gaiden kinda difficulty, of which I'm not really into (especially curious about Onimusha in that regard)?

Asking for my Switch, BTW (doesn't seem to be much in the way of first party releases in between Boxboy, which I'm currently playing, and Mario Maker 2 at the end of June, so I figured I'd tackle a few of the 6th and 7th gen ports on the system in the meantime, especially since I haven't played most of them before).

Out of the games you’ve listed Darksiders is probably closest to God of War in terms of difficulty. @RR529

@Ryall, yeah, based on what I've heard people saying on NL (about Darksiders), that sounds about right. I'm more curious about the difficulty of Onimusha though, as I haven't heard much discussion about it.

I've been playing Code Veronica X myself on and off @KratosMD after playing REmake and it's tank controls like all the original games. I honestly don't have a problem with it at all (I think it adds to be honest that the controls aren't exactly perfect) but you might.

It's also a touch more action oriented then I remember as there's quite a number of bullets being thrown at me AND being used.

It IS kinda important as it carries on more or less directly from the end of Resident Evil 2

I also did reviews of Zero and REmake in the games you've beat a few pages back if you're interested. You can hit me up with any questions you have if ya like

Haven't played any Silent Hills though sadly!

Ahh I see!

There's more open areas @KratosMD in Code Veronica but there's more enemies too I'd say.

I wouldn't say Resi 2 (original) has that many wide spaces barring the beginning area when you're heading to the police station (I replayed it in March). I think 3 has more open spaces out the original 1-3.

Whereas In Code Veronica you're on a island which houses a private prison facility at the start and there's a decent amount of manvourability. There's corridors for sure but I don't think you'd be too overwhelmed?

Might be best to look at a playthrough on youtube for like the first half an hour or so, see what you think as again the tank controls never bothered me in the slightest but ya know it could be too claustrophobic and tight for your liking.

Sorry I can't be that much help but different strokes and all that!

One of my nephews is 5 just after christmas and my bro has just got a Switch. So I will be getting him his first video game. As far as I know he has only played games on an Android tablet previously. He did have a go on Zelda BOTW a few weeks back at my place and he did struggle with trying to control the camera with the right stick, and just kept going in a straight line every where. He also got a little upset with the enemies attacking him after a bit. He seemed to like the colourful graphics though.

He likes Batman and Cars and I see that there is the DC Villians and a Cars 3 game for the Switch. My only concern is that the DC game might be a bit too advanced for him which might frustrate him and is rated as 7 so might not be suitable for him. The Cars game might be a safer bet as it is rated E and might be more easy going for him. I was thinking of a 2D game but the ones that spring to mind will probably be too hard for him like Cuphead (if I was really evil that would be top of my list), Sonic Mania or the countless Metroidvania games available.

Has anyone got any other suggestions please? I'm not too worried about the overall quality of the game as long as it's not flat out broken to play. He will most likely just muck around in the game and not playing to complete it

@JohnnyShoulder I agree with @KratosMD, the accessiblity options in Mario Kart 8 are very good. You can calibrate it so that basically the user only has to worry about basic steering etc. My daughter used to play it with me when she was 6 and she struggles to control two sticks but you don't need to with this game.

I struggled with BOTW at first because there are a lot of systems in it and combat is very hard at the start - plus minimal hand holding. Also, oddly another good option might be a Switch online membership as there are lots of good NES and SNES games to try as well for platformers.

@JohnnyShoulder % might be a bit young for a lot of Switch stuff, but agree with Rudy and Krat - MK8 it a winner. It's flashy and very accessible.

The Cars game form the looks of it is based on the Disney Infinity racing stuff - OK, but I reckon MK8 will be a lot more forgiving.

@KALofKRYPTON @Rudy_Manchego @KratosMD Cheers guys I will check out MK8 and Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee and compare them with some others to see if I can them at a decent price as I'm not looking to spend loads if possible.

And yeah he likes both the Pixar Cars films and cars in general. Not sure if he's into actual racing enough for MK8 to hold his interest enough but we shall see.

@KratosMD Ok cheers for the heads up, I'll check it out.

@JohnnyShoulder Maybe try the Spyro Collection. It's colorful controls are pretty much simple enough and really it's a good game to just "muck around in". I am sure a 5 year old will have fun just running around breathing fire and headbutting Gnorcs and collecting gems.

@Tasuki Good shout. The story for the first game is pretty minimal too so it’s all about flaming bad guys and gliding around.

@Tasuki That's a good shout, another one to add to the list.