So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

Been playing my annual runs of RE2 & 3 on gamecube
Will start into Killer 7 & Def Jam Fight for New York once I'm done with them!

Star Lord

Loved Killer 7, though going back to it found the control mechanism tricky to get back to grips with. Played the life out of that game, along with P.N.03

Resi 2 & 3 but no REmake or 0?

Star Lord

Star Lord wrote: »

Loved Killer 7, though going back to it found the control mechanism tricky to get back to grips with. Played the life out of that game, along with P.N.03

Resi 2 & 3 but no REmake or 0?

I recently picked up both again on next gen so didn't feel the need to play them on original hardware.
I'm actually half way through Res Eveil 0 on X1 and is the only game I have not yet completed. I'm finding it less engaging as I have spent half the game dropping items and picking them back up. I prefer the item box system.

I think 2 & 3 & 4 are the best anyway and easily the most re-playable.

CiDeRmAn

Inviere wrote: »

We'll know if he sells the game first, then re-buys it to finish it later on...

Quiet n00b!!

Star Lord

M!Ck^ wrote: »

I recently picked up both again on next gen so didn't feel the need to play them on original hardware.
I'm actually half way through Res Eveil 0 on X1 and is the only game I have not yet completed. I'm finding it less engaging as I have spent half the game dropping items and picking them back up. I prefer the item box system.

I think 2 & 3 & 4 are the best anyway and easily the most re-playable.

2 and 4 for sure, never really got into 3 as much, though I don't know why.
I did many, many runs through 4 on the GC, as I did with Killer 7 and P.N.03, to get all the goodies available! Though P.N.07 did that ridiculous thing where they offer a skimpy costume, but at least avoided the stupid typical thing where the skimpier costumes have higher protection, and the 'Papillion' costume had 0 protection, but good stats in the other ways.

Star Lord

Star Lord wrote: »

2 and 4 for sure, never really got into 3 as much, though I don't know why.
I did many, many runs through 4 on the GC, as I did with Killer 7 and P.N.03, to get all the goodies available! Though P.N.07 did that ridiculous thing where they offer a skimpy costume, but at least avoided the stupid typical thing where the skimpier costumes have higher protection, and the 'Papillion' costume had 0 protection, but good stats in the other ways.

On the goodies, I never managed to grind for the Tommy gun in RE4 but it looks class.
Is there a new game plus on Killer 7? Happy days if so. Although, I have not completed that game yet, but rather than resume form the save I have I was thinking of restarting from scratch.

o1s1n

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Quiet n00b!!

The cheek of the new lads around here lately, no respect for long standing members :pac:

A question:
I'm heading to New York soon for a couple of days.
Are there any retro game stores I should be on the look out for while I'm over there?
I have planned to head to the Nintendo Store in Time Square.

sweetie

M!Ck^ wrote: »

A question:
I'm heading to New York soon for a couple of days.
Are there any retro game stores I should be on the look out for while I'm over there?
I have planned to head to the Nintendo Store in Time Square.

Think that's beside the Rockafeller centre, about ten blocks from times square.
Was a bit disappointed in it personally.

Star Lord

M!Ck^ wrote: »

On the goodies, I never managed to grind for the Tommy gun in RE4 but it looks class.
Is there a new game plus on Killer 7? Happy days if so. Although, I have not completed that game yet, but rather than resume form the save I have I was thinking of restarting from scratch.

The Tommy gun was only added with the PS2 and subsequent versions, if I remember rightly, along with the Ada mission.

I honestly don't remember well enough if there's a NG+ on Killer 7 or not!

o1s1n

M!Ck^ wrote: »

A question:
I'm heading to New York soon for a couple of days.
Are there any retro game stores I should be on the look out for while I'm over there?
I have planned to head to the Nintendo Store in Time Square.

Videogames New York is good for a browse but very expensive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqa9Mnkgvo8

CiDeRmAn

He's just about to finish Blight town...
I sure hope he lets me play the Switch in 8 days time....

o1s1n

Xenoblade X is turning out to be incredibly enjoyable apart from one major thing, the bloody music in NLA!

You can't turn the background music down in the settings like most games, it's like they've done it on purpose to annoy me.

Just listen to this ****. 30 minutes of a guy grunting and going 'yeah yeah yeah' I kid you not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZxLijQvEa4

If I hear this song again with those drums that sound like dustbin lids smashing together I may have to give up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB6XKsE43KQ

I've been playing for 5 hours today and hate to even try to guess how many times I've heard the two above pieces of garbage on loop.

Retr0gamer

I finished it recently it's got by far the best open world of any game I've played. So much to see and do and it feels really alive. It's a very long game and there's loads of post game content.

That music though... I liked it at first but hated it by the end. Not sure what Sawano was thinking there

CiDeRmAn

That game sits on my shelf, barely played....
Probably never to be played now...
Bugger...

sweetie

CiDeRmAn wrote:

That game sits on my shelf, barely played.... Probably never to be played now... Bugger...

Never say never...

Tchoin

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I finished it recently it's got by far the best open world of any game I've played. So much to see and do and it feels really alive. It's a very long game and there's loads of post game content.

That music though... I liked it at first but hated it by the end. Not sure what Sawano was thinking there

I started playing it the second week of January as I had the whole week off, cool game I must say, had it sitting there for ages until I finally gave it a go. The open world is just massive, I think I read somewhere it was like the size of TES: Oblivion + Fallout 3 + Witcher 3 combined.

The music is indeed a pain in the ass after the first 30 min of playing... and at one point or the other I found myself a bit lost in terms of what to do / where to go, and also with the many options (but that may just be me as I haven't played many RPGs lately).

I was overly ambitious thinking I'd beat it in less than a week... now it has been sitting there since, waiting for my next vacation :rolleyes:

Can't stop playing the witcher 3,
Its so good.
Raging I didn't start it before but was afraid of jumping into a series I had never played.

The Last Bandit

The previous 2 games were very good as well (although the first one probably feels a bit clunky nowadays), usually dirt cheap on GOG.

Retr0gamer

Tchoin wrote: »

I started playing it the second week of January as I had the whole week off, cool game I must say, had it sitting there for ages until I finally gave it a go. The open world is just massive, I think I read somewhere it was like the size of TES: Oblivion + Fallout 3 + Witcher 3 combined.

The music is indeed a pain in the ass after the first 30 min of playing... and at one point or the other I found myself a bit lost in terms of what to do / where to go, and also with the many options (but that may just be me as I haven't played many RPGs lately).

I was overly ambitious thinking I'd beat it in less than a week... now it has been sitting there since, waiting for my next vacation :rolleyes:

I finished it a month ago and been playing off and on since it launched. Still have a load of post game content to chip away at!

eddhorse

Any cidonalad updates on Dark souls?

CiDeRmAn

eddhorse wrote: »

Any cidonalad updates on Dark souls?

He's beaten Gyndolin, has Havel's armour, beating things to a pulp with a Dragon's Tooth club thingy.
All good.
Better than me anyways....
Bugger....

CiDeRmAn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I finished it a month ago and been playing off and on since it launched. Still have a load of post game content to chip away at!

I haven't a flipping clue what's going on.
The battle system is another esoteric Jap effort, no chance of course of a real time battle like in Skyrim...
Oh no, that'd be too simple.
@rse!
It's is gorgeous but is it just a pretty landscape or are there the equivalent of dungeons and structures to explore?

Retr0gamer

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I haven't a flipping clue what's going on.
The battle system is another esoteric Jap effort, no chance of course of a real time battle like in Skyrim...
Oh no, that'd be too simple.
@rse!
It's is gorgeous but is it just a pretty landscape or are there the equivalent of dungeons and structures to explore?

There's some caves to explore but really the overworld is where it's at. You probably haven't made it off the first continent. There's 5 continents as big as if not bigger than the first all with Their own unique look and eco systems (and sometimes eco systems within eco systems). Right when you leave NLA and get to explore there's nothing stopping you going to any of the continents. It's totally open... well maybe the 30 minute swim to the second land mass might put you off!

Just when you think you've seen enough you unlock the flight module and the whole world opens up again.

As for the combat, it's pretty much a MMO. It is complex but it's all about landing moves that compliment each other. Stagger an enemy to make it easier to topple with a topple move and then unleash attacks that do increased damage to toppled enemies. Stat buffs are essential and knowing what body parts to remove from enemies helps. you do get used to it but it is complex and nuanced, more so than any hack and slash skyrim muck.

The only real bad thing is the story is kind of awful but it's the exploration that matters. Still a bit miffed at the story being bad, the first Xenoblade was amazing in that regard with bring a really excellent piece of hard sci-fi once you get to the end and one of the bravest and more realistic/mature takes on a love relationship between characters I've seen since Lufia 2.

smurf492

The first castlevania on the gameboy... i also find the music quite soothing..great game

Retr0gamer

smurf492 wrote: »

The first castlevania on the gameboy... i also find the music quite soothing..great game

Most people hate it. It's not a great castlevania but I like it anyway. The sequel is way better.

Hank Scorpio

LTTP, although I've finished it before I never found all the items and heart pieces.

It might be slightly overlooked but the level of detail and sharpness when you look at the houses and other objects in the game is incredible for a game released in 1991.

Retr0gamer

Not starting anymore games until Zelda is out so dug out my famicom.

Made another attempt to finally beat Super Mario Bros warpless. failed at 5-3, it was a disaster. Played Contra next and beat it. Not sure where that game got its reputation but it's not that bad, SMB is way more difficult. Played a few others, sucked at Ninja Gaiden, got murdered by the turbo tunnel in Battletoads and had a go of the port of bubble bobble which is no where near as good as the C64 port.

I gave Knights of Round on the SNES a fair go at the weekend. Got to late stages but ran out of continues.
I'm still not sure how the leveling actually works in it.

Also tipping away at Killer 7. That game gets weirder as it progresses, great stuff however.

Retr0gamer

Super Mario Bros is a piece of ****. Only got to 6-4 this time. Bowser and his hammers can feck right off.