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

@nessisonett I'm not sure I'd say Three Houses is more approachable than Awakening. Awakening is about as casual-friendly as Fire Emblem gets. There's a reason the series exploded in popularity after it released.

@KilloWertz You've got fantastic taste. That's a great list of games you have queued up.

@nessisonett @Ralizah Well it's not like I'm completely new to the franchise. I think you guys might remember when I reviewed The Sacred Stones last year, which became my favourite FE game because of how accessible it was. Before that game I played through The Blazing Blade (the game that came before TSS on GBA) and Shadows of Valentia on 3DS. I have dabbled quite a bit with this series, so I'm at a point where I don't really mind if my next game is challenging or not.

I'm also the type who likes to play things in order. So while it sounds appealing that Three Houses is more accessible, I think I'd regret playing it first and then going backwards through the series. It's kinda like how I'm playing Persona 3 Portable now after having played through P4G and P5R first. Because now I'm finding P3P to be quite disappointing compared to those games. I don't want to do the same mistake by playing Three Houses first and then be disappointed by Awakening/Birthright. So I think my next FE game will either be Awakening or maybe even Shadow Dragon if I want to keep going in order.

@KilloWertz For sure. It's also the perfect game to play that'll hold you over until BotW 2 comes out.

Also, I'm finally playing something new on the Switch! Hurray! I'm really glad you reinvigorated the Switch discussion because that encouraged me to play Immortals. And I've honestly not played a game that's grabbed me for quite some time now. Most of the titles I've been playing like Lego Batman or Team Sonic Racing are fun to play from time to time, but they aren't like games like Immortals where you can get lost playing the game for hours upon hours. So thank you for the encouragement!

@Ralizah I know, but gracias anyways.

I plan on playing Luigi's Mansion 3, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Super Mario Odyssey, and Astral Chain at some point as well. I'm sure I'm missing something too. Yikes...

@LtSarge I don't have to worry about that in a way as I doubt I'll be ready to play BoTW 2 when it comes out. I'm ok with that even though I'll miss out on all the discussions. Even if I do play the first one before it releases, I doubt I'll want to play the sequel right after it.

You're accidentally welcome. I'm glad you've managed to get such an enjoyable gaming experience out of it. Hopefully Ubisoft makes a sequel for it someday.

Saw that a store got copies of The Amazing Spider-Man and LEGO Lord of the Rings on PS3 in stock so I decided to order them for €35 in total. I've always wanted to give The Amazing Spider-Man a go since it came out roughly ten years ago. And I've heard LEGO Lord of the Rings is one of the best LEGO games. This purchase might also encourage me to watch the movies so that I can play it later on. Anyway, really looking forward to playing these games!

@RogerRoger I had forgotten that they made a Vita version of the game. That's really cool! I'm actually really interested in checking out older Spider-Man games. You tend to forget that there were actually good ones before the 2018 PS4 game. A lot of them are fairly expensive though, but at least Amazing Spider-Man was only €25. Who knows how much more expensive it could get in the future.

Have you by any chance played The Amazing Spider-Man 2?

@RogerRoger I just read your review and it doesn't sound good at all. Will just have to skip that one, which is too bad since people seemed to like the first Amazing Spider-Man. Thanks for the warning!

I'm actually really interested in the PS3/360 Spider-Man games, like Shattered Dimensions and Edge of Time. So hopefully I'll be able to find them at a decent price because I really want to give them a go.

@RogerRoger I can’t remember if you’ve played the PS2 version of Spider-Man 3 or not but I remember it being genuinely quite good despite having nothing to do with the movie. Might just be nostalgia talking though!

@RogerRoger Hahaha, memory’s a fickle thing! I really should play that game again but I’m worried it might taint some of my memories of a janky but impressively free roaming game from my childhood. I never had GTA or anything during the PS2 era so I think it might have actually been my first open world experience. Although Need for Speed Underground 2 was a sort of open world that you drive around!

@RogerRoger Of course Hit & Run, I totally forgot about that! I do wonder if it really is as much of a modern open world though, with it being split into separate maps and only really having the main missions along with a bonus one. It’s probably more similar to games like Super Mario Sunshine or the collectathons like Banjo or the first Jak and Daxter and such, with how it approaches explorable levels rather than one whole map. I guess it’s probably a precursor to open worlds, that style of open 3D levels with multiple objectives that Super Mario 64 pioneered. And then you can trace that back to the old 2D Zelda games or even something like how explorable Doom is!

@RogerRoger I’ve seen a bit of footage from Batman & Robin and it looked strangely impressive in its own way. Sometimes these devs tasked with movie tie-ins were pretty ambitious!

Just ordered Triangle Strategy (Switch) and LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (Series X) for €60 in total. Saw that a store had put Skywalker Saga on sale for only €20 and on top of that, it also had Triangle Strategy for €40, which is usually the sweet spot for Switch exclusives. So I just had to order both of these games now.

What a weekend. I feel like I've cut my watchlist in half as most of the games on it have been bought now, lol.

Pre-loaded Splatoon 3. Now I just need to finish up Xenoblade Chronicles 3 by the time it drops on the 9th. Which would be a simple thing were I not committed to clearing up all (or almost all) of the side-content in that game.

@LN78 I’ve honestly never heard of that one! The only Batman games from that era I’ve played are the brilliant Return of the Joker and the rather less brilliant Batman Forever on the Mega Drive.

Hooray...!!!
I have successfully purchased these two rare Gamecube games this evening ! 😃
And I got these games from my hometown Surabaya.
Woohoo...!!! 😄😄😄
The games are.... 😁

Bomberman Generation
Starfox Assault

Also some other games like PS2 & NDS 🙂

K-1 Premium 2004: Dynamite!!
Hello Kitty: Big City Dream

And some PS3 games.

Ben 10 Omniverse 2
Kung Fu Rider

@RogerRoger
I found a lot of cheaper game choices from my local online shopping website so I could get better deals without importing from Ebay with inflated price. I haven't realized if there was a seller in my hometown who have a lot of rare games with fairly cheaper price than on Ebay (but still not a cheap price to buy an used game).

Just ordered Elden Ring for €37 on Series X. I actually wanted to buy this game at launch but I didn't have time for it back then. And I'm glad I didn't since I got it much cheaper now, my excitement for the game has gone up significantly since then and I get to play it on a next-gen system instead of my base PS4. I'm so looking forward to playing this game!

Just ordered Soul Hackers 2 for €50 on Series X. There are two reasons for why I bought the game now. First reason is that there aren't many stores that are selling the game and one of the stores I follow just raised the price for the game, which made me concerned in terms of its availability. Secondly, the game didn't appeal to me initially as it didn't look like anything special. However, now that I've been getting engrossed in the dungeon crawling side of Persona 3 Portable, I want to play more games like it. There aren't many SMT/Persona titles and they rarely come out with a new entry, so I figured it would be a good idea to get Soul Hackers 2 as well.

I used to not care about dungeon crawling in Persona in the past. But for some reason it's clicked with me in P3P. It's just so much fun that I don't care if Soul Hackers 2 doesn't offer much in terms of story or a social aspect. I've also heard complaints about the dungeons in SH2 being samey. Considering I'm playing P3P, which only has one dungeon that you constantly revisit, I'm perfectly fine with multiple dungeons looking the same lol.

@Bentleyma Today I learned Half-Life 2 was on the OG Xbox. Always assumed The Orange Box on 360 and PS3 was the console debut.

Just pre-ordered The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero on Switch. It's always a great feeling to buy a game of one of my favourite franchises. It's been quite some time since Trails of Cold Steel IV came out so I'm looking forward to delving into this series once more. Not to mention that I'll be playing the game on a handheld, which I haven't done with the series since Trails of Cold Steel II on Vita! Really excited for that.

I'm still unsure though if I'll play through it on launch day since I still haven't finished Persona 3 Portable yet and I'm also playing Immortals on Switch. I might play it initially but then focus on finishing these other games before continuing with it.

@LtSarge Did you end up playing the Sky games? IIRC the PSP games are on Vita, I imported physical copies of the native Vita versions instead.