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@get2sammyb I hope so — that's basically a dealbreaker, for me

@nessisonett Yeah, I played all three about a year or so ago — DQ1 felt almost like a demo for DQ2 in how short it was. Still a solid little game in its own right though, a very formative and fascinating experience.

Do we know yet if these PS2 games will be available for individual purchase, a la the PS1 Classics selection?

The Tomb Raider Legend/Anniversary/Underworld trilogy are really decent — surprised to see the first entry getting a re-issue of sorts.

Bugs is looking more like a hyperkinetic rabbity thing than his usual self.

@nessisonett Yep — in fact, when you complete DQIII on the Switch, after the credits roll, it says "To be continued in DQI&II" — it'd be ace if they just knock out all three games in one package (DQ1 is incredibly short)

"Alright guys, picture this...
The Last of Us Part 2... Remake!"

@TimeDelayedGamer yeah, AoD would require a fair bit of work — essentially completing a game that was clearly never released in a finished state.

@TimeDelayedGamer yeah, a volume 2 with TLR/C/AoD, and a volume 3 with Legend/Anniversary/Underworld would be just dandy

Colony Wars was ace! I really liked the branching paths that you could immediately go back and replay for different outcomes

Ah, thank christ it's not just Limited Run — I'll definitely be snagging this

@McBurn It was about as faithful as the 1993 Mario Bros movie, in that it was called Street Fighter, and had characters from the game in it.

@Mintie with relish?

Ah the classic Shaggy "It wasn't me" defence.

Forfty percent of all people know that.

@Mikey856 More beer over here!

@SirRealDeal Yeah, why hasn't that been remastered, a la SotC?

Sounds cool, but for the love of dog, let us purchase them individually, like the PS1 games they've been sprinkling on there

@__jamiie He looks like he should be a mascot from a 1990 Amiga game

Not to mention that the only legit way to play it before now would be to spend at least three figures for an old GC copy from eBay.

Wonder if they'll use it to release vital plot points about upcoming movies, as it went down SO well last time.

I guess it's naive to try and suggest that people vote with their wallets and try to not support Take Two? But who am I kidding — GTA will make absolute bank regardless

I think the "in-between" I feel when gazing upon a funko pop is a listless sense of indifference — about the same amount of passion that's etched into their cold, dead eyes.

Fired it up late last night — switched to performance mode just to see how it fared; tbh I never found framerates that much of a dealbreaker, but it's decent. What really felt like a gamechanger though was the loadtimes. While they're not as instantaneous as I'd expected for a game from 2015, they're noticeable enough to make fast travel much less of a slog.

Figured I'd give it another whirl as I never finished it the first time around

@Onearmbandit I was hoping I could feed it and, over time, domesticate it. Dogmeat 2.0

@Onearmbandit my deathclaw got trapped in a small hole in the tarmac, so it didn't pose much of a challenge. Kinda felt sorry for it.

@sorteddan yeah, ditto! The base building always sounded great on paper but I always found it a bit unwieldy and more faff than it was worth. Still, fired it up again the other day to get a head start with a fresh save, and to better appreciate the (hopefully) upgrade in graphics and performance!

@ShogunRok Yeah from what I gleamed, there were individual character-focused DLC episodes, but I believe they were inserted into the flow of the main game's plot, which I found really off-putting, like the base game wasn't completely finished on release, and by the time everything was out (or at least when they announced that there wasn't going to be any more), my enthusiasm to play the thing had all-but fizzled.

@ShogunRok Thanks — I still never got around to playing FFXV because of the frankly ludicrous way that they drip-fed the DLC out — and apparently they never completely finished it, did they?

@ShogunRok Having not played the original yet, it is worth nabbing the DLC and playing it as it becomes available in the flow of the story, or just nail the base game first and play the DLC after?

I really tried to give Fallout 4 a fair go, must have played about 30-40 hours of it, but it just didn't click for me — it just felt very shallow and bland, and the base-building element (which on paper sounded awesome), just had a unsatisfyingly floaty, imprecise feeling to it.

@Czar_Khastik don't forget Brexit

@Terra_Custodes Yeah, I do miss the days of magazines like Games TM who actually went out of their way to address that a "5" meant "average" in their scoring criteria — it's one of the reasons I think aggregate sites like Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes are fundamentally flawed.

I was relatively into this game until I saw who was publishing it, and then this. Unless it's getting unanimous 9s and 10s across the board, I'll probably wait til it's half price and/or a GOTY edition.

@Terra_Custodes yeah, I've definitely listened to the FF soundtracks more than I've actually played the games! Are you talking about Dear Friends from FFV? That tune is an absolute banger — if you can track down the "20020220" album by the Tokyo Philharmonic it's quintessential FF.

Oh and I can attest that DQXI is ace! It's absolutely nothing new, but for pure unfiltered JRPG goodness it's like putting on a comfy oversized hoodie

@Terra_Custodes Yeah for me I think it's the random encounters that are the biggest hurdles — it makes exploration/thoroughness an absolute chore — FF2 was downright sadistic in the amount of dead-end dungeon rooms (the maps are a godsend). I'm working my way through them sequentially, and I'm really looking forward to 4-6 — I loved 4 on PS1 and DS and I never finished 5 or 6! The 7 remakes I'm really enjoying them for what they are (just on chapter 4 of Rebirth), but overall I prefer the brevity/efficiency and just the overall vibe/charm of the original.

@Terra_Custodes yeah, in the past year I've had to drop Mother, Star Ocean 1, and came close to dropping FF2 because they simply haven't aged well at all (I only managed to power through FF2 because of the Boosts) — I know it's sort of a middle ground, but I've just started Mario RPG which has rejuvenated my faith in JRPGs!

As long as they're consistent — a juddery, inconsistent frame rate can be nausea-inducing.

@Terra_Custodes Yeah I tried 2 briefly (on PC of all things — I didn't know it even came to PlayStation 2), but it just didn't grab me the same way that 1 did.

And yeah, thanks for the heads up — it's popped up on sale numerous times, but I've become a bit disenchanted with how badly some of that era's JRPGs have been treated in their rereleases, and/or aged in general.

@AK4tywill yup — I'd much rather spend time on games that I've decided to play rather than being funnelled into a curated selection for a limited rotational period.

@ATaco it's "GTA, plus some other games"

Ah, so that explains the recent drop to £13 on the PSN store.

I did try this briefly after being way out of the loop since the 04-06 "trilogy", where I felt the series really peaked, but it demanded I create an EA account to play the majority of the modes (even the single player/"offline" ones), which put me right off

@Rgeneb1 I was considering that — saw it pop up the other week and thought that it was odd timing, even more so now that they've just released this collection.

Do we know if the Switch version's issues were ever addressed? I've been waiting to pull the trigger on it for a while, but I might just end up getting the digital PS1 version.

Graphically, Grandia is in an awkward place, a product of that strange time when games would use character sprites in a 3D game world.

Which seems to have received a renaissance of sorts with the whole HD-2D aesthetic. Personally I don't really see the appeal, and Grandia 1 (albeit a game I have fond memories of) was always my go-to comparison for the style.

@twitchtvpat Yeah I should definitely give at least the demo a go — it's just that that was like the third JRPG I've dropped in the past year, and I'm trying to be a bit more discerning with them. Apparently Second Story is brimming with QoL improvements that First Departure lacks

Personally I'm fine with my "base" PS5, but if the Pro keeps the frame/pixel-counters happy, then great.

I've got Second Story R sitting on my shelf, still sealed, waiting to be played. I made the mistake of playing First Departure R first, which was a heartbreakingly underwhelming experience, and never did finish, and has now made me question whether or not I even want to play Second Story now.

@NEStalgia Heh, "caRPG" still makes me smile — and yeah, if I wanted "Crrraaazy money" there's a whole separate game I can play for that...

@NEStalgia Thanks — yeah I've zero interest in "collecting" or trophies, but I always enjoyed the RPG-style upgrading of old bangers that they had in the first game.