So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

It's a 40-50 hour game if you don't go after the two emerald optional bosses. The first few hours in midgar are wonderfully paced and while it kind of dies a bit afterwards and loses pacing it's still a good game.

I hope you got it from the US store because the European version plays significantly slower.

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I had no idea about that It seems to play just fine though, does that appl to all psone titles? Just for future reference. Looking forward to getting home tonight and getting stuck into it properly. I dont know where I got the 120 figure out of, but I thought thats what I clocked it at the first time. I did do a lot of farting around in it though, exploring everthing and doing loads of grinding. Getting lost a few times as well, so maybe it all added up.

I can barely remember the story as well, just some of the key points. So it should be like a new experiance

Yeah it plays fine because you only played the European version originally. Ignorance is bliss However if you play the US one and see how better it plays then you'll never be able to go back.

For future reference nearly all European games on the European store are badly optimised PAL versions, there's a few exceptions, Kula World is well optimised (since it was on release) and there's stuff like he japanese imports which are the japanese versions of the games and Resident Evil 2 and 3 are actually the US versions so run faster. European games until recently when they started to give 60Hz options in games and HD TVs (which run at 60 FPS) all ran in 50 frames per second with only a handful being optimised to bring them in line with the US and Japanese versions.

Really there's no reason not to get the US versions, they are cheaper (playasia sell digital PSN codes at cost now). Just be advised if you plan to play them on a Vita you will need two memory cards, one for your EU account and one for the US one.

Been playing a lot of Castlevania 2: Belmont's Revenge lately. It uses the same engine and even some of the same enemies and sprites as the reviled Castlevania Adventure. It's really amazing what a few improvements and actual level design can do for a game because it's one of the best vania games I've ever played. The soundtrack is so good as well.