Picked up Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for PS2 the other day for the PS side of things. Game seems good so far, although different than the PC version that I'm used to. I did like that they made the Whomping Willow an actual boss fight, rather than just an obstacle like in the PC version. And that you can explore Diagon Alley in the beginning instead of it being cutscenes.
Just ordered Chorus and House of Ashes on Series X for €40 in total. Also bought Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water on Series X in the summer sale for €30.
Chorus has gone completely under my radar. It's a spaceship shooter with an arcade-y feel, just like Star Fox. I gave it a try briefly on Game Pass and it's so much fun. I looked up a couple of reviews and most people seem to love the game. Unlike the Star Fox games though, it has tons of content. The story is around 10 hours long but there are side quests as well so all in all it can take upwards of 30 hours to 100% the game, which is very promising. There aren't a lot of spaceship shooters these days and it was only €20, so I just had to buy it. Since it has potentially 30 hours of content, I decided to just buy it instead of spending an entire month of Game Pass on this game and just take my time playing through it. So if you've been craving for more Star Fox, Chorus seems to scratch that itch.
I also got House of Ashes and Project Zero because I need more horror games to play on Xbox since I own most of my horror titles on PS4. House of Ashes seems to be the best game in The Dark Pictures anthology so far, and I've never played Project Zero before so I'm very excited to give Maiden of Black Water a shot.
Just ordered Greedfall: Gold Edition, Grand Theft Auto The Trilogy: The Definitive Edition and Project Cars: Game of the Year Edition on Xbox for €60 in total.
Greedfall has been on my watchlist for a while now actually, so I'm looking forward to giving it a go. In terms of the GTA trilogy, I bought it since it was only €25 and because I really want to give Vice City a proper go this time around. Playing the game on 360 made it feel extremely outdated and unimpressive with its poor controls, the frame rate drops and being forced to drive all the way back when you fail missions. The definitive edition has so many improvements that hopefully it will make me like Vice City a lot more. The same goes for when I play San Andreas in the future. And I'm really hoping most of the collection's technical issues have been fixed now.
I've also become interested in checking out other racing games besides Forza, and Project Cars managed to catch my eyes. I might buy more racing titles soon, such as Project Cars 2, Need for Speed Heat and Hot Pursuit, Burnout Paradise, Dirt, Grid and so on.
Bought some more games on Xbox, mostly racing titles. This time I ordered Dirt 4, Project Cars 2, Need for Speed Heat and Star Wars: Squadrons. Really thrilled to be expanding my collection of racing games and I've got another batch that I'm planning on buying soon. Can't wait to delve into all these franchises that are new to me!
I also got Squadrons because my recent purchase of Chorus has made me more interested in space shooters and since it's Star Wars, I have fairly high hopes for it. Looking forward to playing it as well!
@LN78 The GameCube version is one of those Dreamcast ports which is better in some aspects and worse in others. The soundtrack is heavily compressed but there’s various improvements elsewhere. It’s still a great game regardless! I think Dreamcast discs are supposed to deteriorate badly though so hopefully it’s alright.
@Ralizah Nice little bargains you got there. TWoM is a good game but I found it incredibly difficult to play for more than a few hours. I might have made some bad decisions in the game, but there are some things you can do in the game which made me feel really uncomfortable. Not a game to play if you need cheering up.
Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.
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@JohnnyShoulder I'm not generally a huge fan of 2D puzzle-platformery games, but I recall Sammy raving about the game and am extra interested in games that'll show off the capabilities of my new OLED Switch, so for $2, I thought: "Why not?"
Yeah, I'm not sure how I'll feel about TWoM. I don't really think my view of humanity or expectations for the future of our species can go much lower at this point, so I doubt it'll bother me, but I'm not the sort who takes immense joy in emotional torture porn, either. It also seems like the sort of game that might not control well on a console. I assume you played on a PS4/5. Did you have any control issues with the game?
@Ralizah Yeah I played it on PS4 and I don't recall any control issues, but it was a number of years ago. I think you directly control the player character. A quick Google and some people have reported that aiming and goining in/out of buildings can be a bit fiddly on consoles.
Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
Just ordered Dirt 5, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered and Burnout Paradise Remastered on Xbox. Been playing a lot of NFS: Payback and I'm loving the sections where you wreck other cars, so I just had to get Hot Pursuit and Burnout Paradise since those games are all about that. I also had a good time trying out Dirt 5 so I'm looking forward to playing the full game.
Didn't purchase these games now, but I "rediscovered" DriveClub on PS4, Need for Speed Most Wanted on Vita and Ridge Racer Unbounded on PS3 (funny enough, one racing game for every PlayStation console I have lol). Got all these games a long time ago but deleted them since I wasn't into racing games back then. I'm now very excited to give these a go, especially DriveClub since I've heard great things about it and Most Wanted since it's a handheld open world racer.
@LN78 Interesting, didn't know the game was rare. I remember Microsoft giving away the digital version on Xbox Live Gold some time ago and so I've had it in my backlog all this time. I just thought it was another one of those arcade titles from Japan, lol.
I just looked it up and apparently, it's only available on Xbox 360 in the West, which is super weird! Makes me glad then that I managed to snag it for free. I also saw that it's made by Treasure, who also made the Sin & Punishment games on N64/Wii. I've played the Wii game, which was phenomenal, so I might just have to give Radiant Silvergun a go as well.
Just bought Valiant Hearts: The Great War, Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, Grow Up and I Am Alive in the Ubisoft sale on Xbox for a total of €15. Looking forward to playing these games!
@LtSarge Valiant Hearts is a great little game. I really liked the art style, the puzzles were interesting but never frustrating, and it combined the WWI history into the game really well.
While making some PS4 purchases, I decided to order some Xbox 360 games as well. I saw that Shift 2: Unleashed, Hitman: Absolution and Army of Two: The 40th Day were €10 each so I grabbed all three of them. Shouldn't be a surprise that I got Shift 2 as I'm continuously looking for more racing games to buy and this one seemed pretty good. Also recalled discussing with @RogerRoger a while ago about which Hitman game I should start out with and I decided to go with Absolution due to its linearity. Perhaps now's finally the time to delve into this beloved franchise!
Finally, I just had to get The 40th Day as well. I've been eyeing this game since I got my 360 back in 2010. For some reason I never got around to buying it, until now that is. So I'm very excited to finally give this game a go after all these years.
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