Topic: Recent Retro/Misc Gaming Purchases? (Not PS4/PS5)

@JohnnyShoulder hopefully will get a port, if not to playstation then maybe to iphone/Android. Looks like it would run nicely with a touchscreen device (from what I've seen so far).

Just bought Gears Tactics on Xbox One for €9. It's also on Game Pass but I figured I might as well buy it since it's a long game and I'd rather spend my time with newer/shorter titles on GP. Definitely looking forward to playing this one since it looks like a fairly interesting adaption of the series to the tactics genre.

Mass Effect Legendary Edition collection on Steam for $9.99. Couldn't really resist at that price.

Also bought a pretty blue Xbox Series controller for my PC for $39.99. An ugly yellow one is also on the way, but now that I've secured a color I actually want, I'll be returning that one.

I bought the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection recently , and it makes me wish i could've experienced a resound era . i'll never know how it feels to go to a local arcade and compete with a bunch of people all the while anticipating the next Street Fighter to hit the arcade . i know it was a hell of an experience for people who got to enjoy fighters in arcades back in the day ; i know i'd have stories to tell and a lot of heated moments , lol .

with that being said though , it really helped me understand the franchise even more since my first SF game was (super) Street-Fighter 4 , and I despised SFV . But now i see SFV's gameplay & mechanics are more reminiscent of SF2 with V-skills/triggers aspired from SFA3's mechanics . Basically , i learned that SFV's gameplay was always a thing within the street fighter franchise & how it initially started.

But- i still hate SFV regardless and rank it bottom 3 of all the SF games , & still think 4 is the best . ALTHOUGH the collection also made me notice SF4's flaws - the worst newcomers ever , bad stages & a mediocre weak soundtrack .

overall - (U)SF4 > SFA3/SFA2 > SF2 TURBO > SF3THRD STIKE > SFV > SF 1

I'm enlightned now . btw honorable mention - i freaking love the alpha series , i've always heard good things about the games & i finally got to play them and alpha 3 and 2 is so good . it has its flaws that irritates me as well but damn i can't get enough of street fighter alpha 2 & 3 .

@nomither6 3rd Strike is still my favourite one. I know some people don’t like the largely unique cast but I think it gave them more freedom instead of having to recreate loads of iconic characters. The soundtrack’s brilliant too. More than anything though, playing local multiplayer in it is absolutely a mental game as much as a physical one, the parry mechanic means you have to hard read a lot of what your opponent will do.

@nessisonett the parry & bizarre roster are the main reasons i don't like 3rd strike . i've played third strike before years ago with the online edition back in the day & could never get into it and never knew why - at first i just chalked it up to me being so used to SF4 and 3D fighters over the 32-bit or whatever 2D games , but the Collection made me realize that it was the fact that SF3 is just such an oddball & jarring compared to the rest of street fighter .

without a doubt the soundtrack in 3rd strike is dope , i love the urban style & vibe of the game , and the character portraits are the best . but the roster just sucks so much to me , & the parry is just annoying to me - i think the alpha games have some sort of parrying as well , or atleast i've seen something like it , but 3rd strike is on another level. and lastly , the gameplay imo , is worse than the alpha games . it feels slower and less combo-y .

edit : maybe im sleeping on the parrying of 3 , i know about the ''diago comeback moment' but again , the mechanic doesn't intrigue me . Maybe it needs to grow on me , but im honestly not interested to play it as much as is .

Just ordered No More Heroes 3 on Switch for €27. I've been wanting to get this game since Black Friday but considering I bought so many games then, I decided to hold off on doing it. During this week though, I feel like I kept getting tempted to buy it multiple times. I first got an email from the online store that had the game and it contained a 10% discount code on everything in their store. Then today, I got a notification that the game had been reduced from €33 to €30. At that point I was like alright, I'll just buy it now lol. I managed to save €6 though by waiting an additional month and at €27, I think the game seems worth the money. I've heard a lot of great things about it, not to mention that I highly enjoyed No More Heroes 2 on Wii back in the day. I haven't played through the first NMH though for some reason, so maybe this will encourage me to finally do it.

After having played Hotline Miami 2 for the past couple of days, I've become interested in playing more indie games and since the January sale is going on now, I figured I'd get some games to play on my Vita. So I bought SteamWorld Heist + The Outsider DLC, Ultratron and Stealth Inc 1 and 2 + all DLC.

I loved both SteamWorld Dig 1 and 2 but considering Heist is a tactical game, I never got it. Looked up some gameplay and it looks pretty fun though, so hopefully it will be a good time. Got Ultratron since it's only €1 and it looks like some great twin-stick shooting fun. Finally, I saw that the Stealth Inc 1 and 2 bundle is only €2 so I got it. I've played a bit of the first game and it's pretty fun, so I figured I'd get the bundle which comes with the second game and all the DLC for both titles as well.

I've also downloaded a bunch of indie titles that have been in my backlog for years now, such as OlliOlli, Spelunky and Retro City Rampage. Couple that with PS4 Remote Play and all the JRPGs, PS1 and PSP titles on Vita, the system is still going strong for me!

I've been in a buying mood lately after having played through Hotline Miami 2 and wanting to play more downloadable games, so I bought these ones today on Switch:

Cuphead
SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech
Cat Quest II
CrossCode
Shakedown Hawaii
Moonlighter
Sonic Mania

Got Cuphead primarily because I want to play more challenging games like Hotline Miami 2. SteamWorld Quest looks like a fun game and I love Image & Form, Cat Quest II looks like a chill RPG, CrossCode is heavily reminiscent of a classic Sega Mega Drive JRPG, Shakedown Hawaii looks like a fun 16-bit GTA game, Moonlighter apparently is Zelda meets Animal Crossing and Sonic Mania has just been on my watchlist for a long time now.

I think that's enough purchases for now, lol.

@LtSarge Cuphead is a masterpiece. Genuinely one of the funnest games I've ever played (and re-played, and re-played, and re-played, which is rare for me).

Heard really good things about CrossCode, but never played it myself.

@Ralizah Good stuff, looking forward to playing it!

I actually played CrossCode for a couple of hours through Game Pass and found it to be so good that I'd rather just buy and play it on Switch since it's a fairly lengthy game. It truly captures the feel of an old school RPG from the 90s, even down to the music:

I think you'd like it if you're into old school RPGs.

Welp, that didn't last long. I was just randomly browsing the usual online retailers and found one that had received copies of Robotics;Notes - Double Pack on Switch today. I've been wanting to buy this game ever since I played through Steins;Gate (since they belong to the same universe, Science Adventure) and so I decided to order a copy for €18. It's usually priced at €45, the retailer had it for €25 and I had a €7 discount code so overall, I think this was a great purchase since it's two visual novels in one. I'm very happy to have more games from this universe to play now!

@LtSarge Interesting. I'm not sure I have any particular hankering for 16-bit JRPGs, but, at the same time, I can enjoy a good game no matter how "old-fashioned" it is (within reason; pre-NES stuff tends to be a little too archaic for my liking). The way it attempts to mimic the aesthetics of games from that generation reminds me of Pier Solar, which released in 2010 as a new Sega Genesis game before being ported to modern consoles. I always thought it was cool how the creators actually went out of their way to make it a genuine Genesis game.

@Ralizah Oh right, I've completely forgotten about Pier Solar! That was one of the games I really wanted to get on PS4 back when I bought it in 2014. Can't believe I haven't thought of it until now, will have to add it to my watchlist.

Just bought Blue Dragon on Xbox 360 for €5. Been wanting to buy this game for quite some time since it's one of the few JRPGs that's exclusive to the 360 from the early days of the console. A used copy of the game goes for €30, so being able to buy it now on sale for only €5 is an absolute steal. Will have to start up either this or Lost Odyssey on Xbox one of these days.

@LtSarge Blue Dragon is on my to-play list this year. I bought it on disc for £10 in 2009, but only ever played a little at the time. Lost Odyssey is excellent from what I remember. The 360 was actually pretty good for Japanese RPGs in the early days of the console. It's easy to forget how much effort Microsoft put into acquiring exclusives across a broad range of genres.

@mookysam Oh nice, would love to read your thoughts of it whenever you get around to playing it! And man, that's a really long time ago since you bought it. If you manage to finish it, then that would be such a huge accomplishment.

I agree, hopefully Microsoft will do the same this generation in terms of bringing over more Japanese games to Xbox. Maybe even fund some exclusives of their own. Would be cool to see a revival of that Scalebound game that was cancelled on Xbox One.

@LtSarge Will definitely share my thoughts and tag you in. And yeah, this year I'm hoping to play some of the oldest things in my backlog, some of which I'd written off a long time ago. To that end I've just started Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask on the 3DS, which I bought in early 2013. Getting a Series X has really motivated me to go back to the 360 and replay some of my old favourites, as well as play things I hardly touched.

@mookysam Oh wow, you pretty much have the same idea as me for this year, I've also set up a goal to play titles that have been in my backlog the longest. I have so many games that have been in my backlog for over a decade now, most of which are on Wii, PS3 and 360, so I'm hoping to to get through them in the foreseeable future.

@LtSarge Good luck! How many are you aiming to play? I've come to really dislike the PS3 for multiplats as I didn't realise at the time just how bad the performance was on so many games. Most of my backlog is on handhelds, but there's still a fair few Wii games that I'd like to play.