Topic: What (Non-PS4) game are you playing??

My Sims Kingdom Wii.

@kyleforrester87 Yeah, I hope so too or at least to Switch since it's such a fitting game for a Nintendo system.

I've been playing it more throughout the week and I keep getting surprised at how enchanted I get by this game. The combination of the music, the lovely art style and the sense of wonder as you explore just meshes together wonderfully. I haven't experienced an indie game like this since Hollow Knight, it truly is a special experience.

@RogerRoger I think I might have Elite Squadron in a cardboard box somewhere! I didn’t realise it came after Battlefront 2 actually. For some reason I thought that those two games were before Battlefront 2. One thing I’ll say about the PSP port of Battlefront 2 is that Droidekas can capture the flag while rolled into a ball which absolutely ruins the entire mode 😂

Go Vacation Switch

Just started Kirby and the Forgotten Land. It's a delight. Not as good as the best 3D Marios, but a top-shelf Nintendo exclusive nonetheless. And it has enough optional objectives in each level to make them worth replaying, along with a ton of unlockable challenge levels.

Between it and Triangle Strategy, I've been spending a lot of time on my Switch as of late.

@Ralizah Kirby is probably a good palate cleanser after Elden Ring, if nothing else. I was gonna download the demo when I was over my parents at the weekend, but alas it totally escaped my mind.

Since last year I've noticed I've started to get a bit fickle in regards to games and typically keep changing it up on a whim.

I really should've been playing FF IX on my PS4 for example (which I really am enjoying) ... But I ended up booting my PS3 up to play The Legend Of Dragoon after waking up yesterday morning with the battle music rattling round my head for some reason...

I've been meaning to re-play it for a good three years now so... I guess it's fine lol

I've been really enjoying it too. Just got to the cave with the snake monster in having saved Shana from Hellana prison with best boi Lavitz Slambert (What a name lol).

I've been a lot better at the additions this time around too surprisingly with Dart already getting up to level three in Volcano which I'm rather proud of.

Pretty sure I only used Double slash and all the other 1 hit additions til I got the accessory that automatically did it last so I'm quite chuffed 😄

Music's wonderful too. Not a bad track so far with all of 'em being rather easy on the ears.

And I forgot how TLOD easily has the best defend function in an rpg ever. Half damage (which can mean some attacks do 0 damage), protection from status effect attacks AND 10% healing?

I love this game 😘

Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix PS1

@RogerRoger Well that’s great timing, I installed Tomb Raider II on my Vita last night, so that I can start it tonight! I did enjoy the first one even with the weird controls and rather irritating final level so hoping the second game’s as good.

Halo 3. Since Spyro the Dragon has been a disappointment for me, I dropped that for the time being and switched to Halo 3 on my Series X. I don't remember playing much of the campaign, if any at all, when it was first released on the Xbox 360. My slow road to going through the Halo series so I can finally play Halo Infinite's campaign continues though, and so far I'm enjoying it.

@RogerRoger I usually love a sunken wreck location, but it drags on for too long and outstays its welcome in Tomb Raider II. It didn't help that the levels just before it were also dreary, modern, man-made areas.

The Last Revelation is my favourite of the classic Core Design Tomb Raiders. It can get tricky, but it's fairer and has a much better difficulty curve than TR III.

I've been having a go at "Die Hard Arcade" on the Sega Saturn. It's extremely strange - kind of a "Streets of Rage" or "Final Fight" style brawler but on a one stage at a time basis with quick time events in between each level to disguise the loading. It's also pretty obvious that the game has been hastily repurposed from something else entirely to cash in on the popularity of the "Die Hard" franchise by throwing in a Nakatomi logo here and a wife beater vest there. It's strangely compulsive - I'm really enjoying it but admittedly that might just be down to the novelty of playing a new (old) game on a new (old) system.

@RogerRoger I think that's probably quite fitting as a couple of the "Die Hard" movie sequels started out as stand alone films or entries into other action franchises. As far as the Saturn goes, I absolutely love the out of the box six button controller - the D-Pad is superb. On the negative side, words cannot express how much I hate the standard issue game cases. They're unbelievably awful.

@RogerRoger Insofar as I can tell this machine has been undisturbed in its box for quite a while. I couldn't understand why I had to reset the date, time and language every time I switched it on so I assumed it was a fault caused by a melted capacitor or something. A little research revealed that there is a port on the back of the console housing a coin battery slot for powering the memory and the internal clock. I popped a new one in and Bob's your uncle - good as new. But yeah I can completely understand why this system is so beloved of tournament fighting fans - and why so many of that type of game are available for it.

@LN78 I’ve heard seriously fantastic things about the Saturn’s D-Pad. Tempted to pick up a repro of one, the best I’ve tried is the Vita’s with how clicky it is.

@nessisonett It's definitely one of the best I've ever used. I'll give it some serious welly when my brother and I get into some "Street Fighter" sessions on Monday and report back.

Jeez, Tomb Raider II really throws you in at the deep end doesn’t it? The Great Wall was a bloody nightmare especially considering I didn’t find any save crystals and kept dying to a never-ending wave of traps. Can’t tell if the traps were great level design or not because I was too busy having to restart the level over and over.

Oh for f**k sake, only found out there I could save anywhere. You’d think such a massive improvement for the sequel would be explained.

@nessisonett lol at your saving issue. Yes, you can save anywhere 😂 did you find the T-Rex(or two?)

It’s really not a hard level at all, once you know you can save!

@nessisonett honestly I've been laughing at the thought of you playing the first level in one hit all morning. "I cant find any save crystals!!"

Kills me :')

@kyleforrester87 It wasn’t explained anywhere! Took me way longer than it should have 😂

@RogerRoger Thanks for the reference, I’ll definitely need that!