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Let's have a look at what you could've won

@pushL7 to also quote Mr Burns, "No, I'd still prefer not."

@ShogunRok Thanks, I was curious about this as well — the 32-bit era still had a fair amount of sprites on 3D backgrounds, which did look fine on a 14-inch CRT, but blown up you can REALLY see the pixels, especially when they're sharing screen real estate with super high-res (albeit low-poly) 3D models.

Really looking forward to playing these — I missed the first one on DS and it was going for silly money second hand, so kudos for Capcom for making the whole core series available to play in one place.

Absolutely — I'm just about to wrap up Sea of Stars, just barely hitting the 30 hour mark, and while I did notice that it was too was very linear (minor spoiler: you only get proper fast travel right near the end), I greatly enjoyed the directness and brevity, especially having just come off a 124-hour playthrough of FFVII Rebirth — A game that, while I did enjoy it for the most part, I will happily never revisit ever again.

FFXIII, which I wasn't overly bothered by the linear way the game was designed, what mainly put me off was the story and characters - to my they just weren't up to par with previous FF games I was accustomed to playing.

I don't wanna be a negative Nelly, but I really did try multiple Fromsoft games (both versions of Demons Souls, DS2 and Bloodborne) and they just didn't do anything for me — progress always felt glacial and combat felt repetitive and lacked a satisfying impact; it's like I was cutting through jelly.

@HotGoomba It's kinda like Spacenautica, if you've ever played those

@Czar_Khastik No need for optional manky hair physics on the PS7!

Preposterous — Nintendo would never Share Link

Just seen a few gameplay videos of this — looks a lot of fun. Reminds me of an ancient Amstrad game called Quack a Jack

I do love how the recent Resi games frequently plummet in price during sales — they're well worth a punt

Finally started it the other week after waiting for the physical version (and finishing Rebirth!) — think I'm about a third of the way into it, given the estimate play time. Aside from a few minuscule niggles, it's pretty much everything I hoped it would be and I'm having a blast — hopefully there'll be something a bit more solid on the DLC front by the time I'm done!

@Worlock_ed Isn't it? I'm pretty sick to death of the whole '80s nostalgia circle jerk by now, but in 2012 it was still relatively unique and original to hear such a heartfelt homage to the era, and with such variety too

@PuppetMaster The Street Fighter 6 Story Mode felt like a 3D Final Fight RPG

We've seen a few run-ups at this before — I think Double Dragon Neon was arguably the most successful - although that felt more like a celebration of the whole franchise than an attempt to reboot or reinvent the original — plus the soundtrack by Jake Kaufman is one of the best things I've ever heard, and not just in videogames.

Interested to see where they go with this, though — DD is a series that consistently seems to pop up and surprise us.

with the last mainline entry being the middling Double Dragon 4.

That game felt more like a direct sequel to the NES iterations of the series, and only really served to highlight how glaringly pared down it was compared to that of the arcade.

Ace article, really inspirational (and there are amoeba on Saturn that can boil a better egg than me) — I love when people make things like this.

This game came out?

Goonies Online

@johncalmc @NEStalgia Cheers for clarifying, folks! Yeah I think I'll just get as much as I can out of the free trial — and it's not that I don't necessarily want to/can't afford to pay for a sub, it just feels a bit like I'd only be playing because I'd feel obliged to get my money's worth - kind of like a gym membership, and I've already got dozens of games on my backlog as it is!

@johncalmc Thanks for the very thorough guide — I did dabble with the free version briefly, and I just finished Rebirth, so I would like a bit of a palette cleanser. One question I do have, that I wasn't 100% clear on...

So does that mean I can purchase the Starter Pack (or any of the expansions) for a one-off fee to get the content, and then continue playing for free, or am I then obliged to start paying a sub thereafter?

To quote Magneto...

Shhhhiellllllld.

I wonder how they're gonna work the roman numeral "9" into the title?
Resident Evil IXnay on the Ombizay

@Dudeitsme From what I understand, Sega's Ferrari license is expired, which is why you get a slightly modified car sprite on the current available version on the Sega Ages line, and why OutRun 2 was removed from PSN/XBLA, so a physical version of the original probably won't see the light of day any time soon

@Mostik An all-digital gaming landscape wouldn't exactly keep me up at night, but as long as the option is there I will always go physical.

That's jolly decent of them. And yeah, it'd be nice to have the time between both games to play/absorb/appreciate/digest.

@Critonic @Art_Vandelay right, but whether the servers stay up for ten years, or ten months, it's the principle of being beholden to the fact that it's ultimately temporary — and I'm not completely naive - I will most likely give GT7 a go at some point - nor am I steadfastly against the idea of games as a service, there are plenty of people who enjoy that type of thing. I'm just not personally into online/multiplayer, and the fact that mandatory online seems to have crept into single player games, something I treasure as a private pastime, that I can enjoy without the threat of it being shut down some day, just saddens me a little.

@Art_Vandelay my worry is the idea of them shutting the servers down in years to come when I might actually want to play it

@GeeEssEff Yep, I'm by no means a racing/car aficionado, but I do really enjoy the "caRPG" elements of earlier GTs (i've only really played the very first two on PS1), and would like to check back in with the series after so long

@Kidfunkadelic83 Nice one — will do! One could argue that the new Resi games' MTs are a factor, but they barely even register for me!

@dgmgeneral07 @nitram2k11 Cheers folks — i'll keep 'em peeled for a sale

Every so often I consider picking GT up, but I'm still a bit wary of a) the seeming reliance of MTs and b) the always-online/service aspect. Are these still as prevalent as they were when the game launched?

Is this man even a qualified medical professional?

@get2sammyb I'll see your Sweet Soul Brother and raise you a Super Brother

@Futureshark this is most disturbing.

It's not the difficulty per se — but with the Souls games in particular, it's more about the way they're designed. I tried to get into Demon's Souls on multiple occasions, and for a little while I did get quite into it, but it was fundamentally the having to repeat a level just to get to the boss, then try to ascertain patterns or build up some sort of strategy in what little time I had before I was inevitably slain, added to the seemingly glacial levelling system, and the fact that combat just felt a bit repetitive and unsatisfying, it just didn't feel enjoyable, to me.

@SrpskaArtilerija Yeah, when they announced PDWT, I was like "okay this is getting silly now." They seem to be systematically churning through all the games that AVGN has covered to garner some of that sweet sweet cash from people who grew up watching it and now have disposable income

Man, Limited Run will sell any old garbage won't they?

Oh they did make a third one didn't they? Forgot all about that — yeah I remember playing 1 which I found clunky as hell, but FE2 was noticeably more refined.

Nah, it's something I've tried and enjoyed briefly but never really considered buying one — certainly not gonna drop half a grand on one.

@Keyblade-Dan In an era where people seem to really put a lot of stock in physical media, LRG seem to continue to be a very consumer-unfriendly option (and often the only option)

I've still yet to see the movie, but it all feels a bit redundant — an action adventure film, based on a game, that was heavily inspired by action adventure films. Similar levels of bafflement I have with the idea of making an Until Dawn film.

I really enjoyed DAO and DAII, but I stalled with the third game because I was waiting to get it on PS4. Now that there's finally a new one I'll likely power through it, right after I'm done with Rebirth and Sea of Stars.

@get2sammyb licensing ruins everyone's fun in videogames

@johncalmc As much as I absolutely loved LiS and BtS, I still haven't gotten around to playing LiS2 — the gobby expressions on the faces of the characters I found weirdly offputting.

While you won’t be able to import your progress – a reasonable decision considering some may have lost their save files – an early conversation will allow you to quickly outline your choices from the original, making them canon.

This bodes well — I don't know how else you could feasibly do a sequel, hence why Before the Storm was designed a prequel.

I vote Di-yes to Dino

@BrotherFriede Yeah, same — I'm (mostly) enjoying the FFVII Remake series, but I'm in the back half of Rebirth and I'm really starting to feel the bloat. FFIX was already a pretty packed game as it is, so a like for like remake would be awesome.

@AdamNovice Yeah, I'm really not a fan of subscription services as a rule — what actually tipped me over for NSO is the cloud save/backups; the games are more of a bonus than an active pursuit.

And yeah, Maximo was a series that passed me by, but it really has that "early PS2" vibe about it and I'm sure it'd go down well with early adopters from the time (I was late to the party)

I've still yet to play Inquisition, but I was a big fan of DAO (and 2 was pretty decent as well) — CG trailers usually leave me feeling a bit indifferent, but I got really pumped to get back into Thedas, it's been way too long!

The games can also be purchased standalone if you don’t want to commit to Sony’s membership model

Thanks — all I needed to hear £16 for TR Legend seems a little steep though, definitely gonna wait for a sale, for that one

I will almost certainly buy Astro, but i'm maybe 25/75 on Horizon Lego; I've still not played Forbidden West yet, and a Lego spinoff seems the kind of thing I'd slot in between games rather than a full commitment