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Most recent purchase was Rise of the Ronin: Digital Deluxe Edition. Worth it purely for the extra items including the much-coveted Japanese Formal Wear.
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Didn't purchase it myself but my sister got me Rise of the Ronin as a birthday gift and in PS Store sale going on I bought Contra: Operation Galuga. Both games I've been wanting to play for a while but waited on while I cleared out some of the backlog.
@colonelkilgore That’s a good catch. I haven’t thought about Indigo Prophecy in a long time, but I really enjoyed it back in the day. It’s likely to show its age at this point, but at the time it was a unique experience.
Out of curiosity and as an extension of our previous discussion, what’s a rough break down of your game collection as far as digital vs. physical. I think I’m about 75% digital/25% physical if take into account the PS+ games I have in my library. But if I’m just counting games I’ve bought outright, it’s probably the opposite, somewhere around 70% physical.
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@colonelkilgore That’s quite a collection — some 1100-1200 games. Nice.
As for Quantic Dream, I think we’ve discussed their library before, but I do think we failed to recognize Indigo Prophecy. I didn’t realize it had a PS4 port. I must have played it on PS2, if I’m remembering correct. But yes, it’s probably a good place to start if you want the full evolution of their output. The only one I skipped is Beyond Two Souls but always have felt the urge to go back to it. But after Detroit Become Human I think their older games will feel inferior. Heavy Rain is the closest to approach Detroit’s greatness.
Sorry to hear you’ll be disabled for a time. I’m sure in that collection of 1100 games that you have others beside the QD stuff that can be played with one hand. Maybe some Telltale, Supermassive, turned-based RPGs, Visual Novels, or deck builders.
@colonelkilgore It ok because I repeat myself all the time. 😅 We have enough fresh blood that cycles through here that sometimes you just have to repeat things. And most of us forget a lot too. Probably because of how we’ve rotted our brains with gaming for so long.
Of that list, I’ve only played FF13 and the first 10-ish hours of ToCS. Either would be fine, although if memory serves, they both have some active components to their battle systems. In the case of FF13 I think there’s an active time bar aspect, but it’s been so long I’ve forgotten how it works. And with Cold Steel, there is some movement around the battle field which plays a small role in the strategy.
Are you going to be able to simultaneously control the R and L analog sticks? These games all have 3D worlds except ToCS has mostly static maps though, if memory serves, but I think inside the dungeons you occasionally have a camera to control. But wow, I’m embarrassed that I can’t remember for sure. What was I saying about forgetting and brain rot?
Anyways, are there any 2D or 2.5D turn based RPGs in your library? Like the old FF1-6, or Sea of Stars, Octopath Traveler II, etc? I’ve never actually thought about playing with one hand and now I’m looking through my games wondering if I have played any which are possible that way. Maybe Disco Elysium, Lara Croft Go, Paper please, Tetris Effect… there’s not a ton of options.
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Not exactly a PS5 purchase, but because I think the Sony gaming headphones are poop (I got them free and barely ever use them anyway) I've got some nice new Bowers & Wilkins headphones to replace my Sennheisers that were just getting a bit old. I can't wait to try them out on a decent cinematic game with plenty of quality sound design though. They are super comfy, and handled a bit of music very well this morning so I have fairly high hopes for them being great for immersive gaming.
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@colonelkilgore I mean, would Baldur's Gate 3 not be the perfect game for you right now? I know, for me, it was the only game that could ever have convinced me turn based combat is actually okay, and I don't remember it ever being too stressful on the controller inputs. No QuickTime events that you get in stuff like Heavy Rain, either. And the fact that it is a unanimous game of the year for a reason 😁
It's also a game you can get completely lost in, which is a big plus for any recovery 💪
I'll just pipe up and say @colonelkilgore that Persona 4 Golden has a good 2-3 hours full of dialogue and cutscenes before you're really given free reign. And even then half the game is a slice of life social sim alongside the dungeon crawling, turn based combat.
Persona 5 does start off a bit quicker before it's long opening/introductory few hours as well.
Not to put you off trying them of course! Just letting you know what you getting into!
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Oops.. I didn’t see those responses from @Ravix and @HallowMoonshadow before I posted over in the other thread, but both bring up some good points. BG3 popped up in my mind too for you but I think there’s an action selection wheel which requires shoulder buttons and simultaneous analog and button presses for combat. It’s turn based so you’ve got time, but there’s a little dexterity involved, I think.
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I renewed my PS Plus Extra subscription for another year. I've been getting monthly subs for the last few months so I could take advantage of the next time they were on sale. Plus I had 70 quid in rewards vouchers from work left over, which I used for it.
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@Jimmer-jammer I’ve actually had the original in my backlog for years and will want to play that one first but the sale price on the sequel made it a no brainer
@Jimmer-jammer sounds great, I might actually play the first one while I’m recovering from shoulder surgery next month (as long as it’s not too demanding), so I’ll be sure to tag you if I do 👍
@colonelkilgore Nice I've yet to pick up TP2 but the first one is one of my favourite games, a real gem and this one looks even better.
I keep hoping that they will announce VR support, I know I sound like a broken record by now but the PC crowd have said it is great in VR but I think it was a mod rather than anything official.
Enjoy both games and they (the first one at least) aren't too demanding on dexterity plus I can't remember any timed bits but I could be wrong and tbh you can just ask the nurse to help with those bits.
@Malaise hey, you’d only be late to this party if I’d had the surgery, recovered and already gone back to work so no worries. And yeah what you’ve pointed out there is exactly what I’m after tbh. Food for thought for sure, cheers buddy
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