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

Oh man, Mount and Blade 2 is finally here. I've been waiting literally 8 years for this moment, it's downloading now!

@KratosMD Mirror's Edge - such a great choice. Not too heavy, but also stylistically pleasing.

So I've started collecting for the Saturn and this week completed my Panzer Dragoon collection for it. That's just one copy of Saga (and its demo) with a spare repro slip case but yeah that is by far the most expensive game I own and really good fun from the first couple of hours

@RogerRoger @KratosMD If you have a PS2 or Cube, Nightfire is the best Bond game other than Goldeneye. Actually, there’s a Goldeneye remake I played to death on last-gen consoles too.

@KratosMD Yep it’s on Xbox too. I just haven’t ever seen anyone with an original Xbox, they weren’t popular at all when I was younger!

@carlos82 Very cool grab! I shudder to think about how much you paid for it, though.

Always wanted to play this. I kind of wish this had been remastered on Switch as opposed to the hour-long rail shooter.

@Ralizah there's no easy way to say this, Saga cost me £350. Working from home is saving me quite a bit from fuel costs and childcare so I thought I'd get it when I had the chance. Gonna focus on cheaper games now though.

Game is great so far, all characters have fully voiced dialogue and the battle system is a cross between Final Fantasy's ATB system and Panzer Dragoon rail shooting where instead of rotating the camera you circle the enemy between 4 quadrants to expose weaknesses and avoid attacks

Not a game but picked up this wireless controller from Retro Bit. I've tested it on my Saturn and Switch playing various games from Street Fighter Alpha 2 to Mario Kart 8 and it's been fantastic, the dpad in particular is better than anything I've tried on the Switch and I even played Doom 64 with L and R strafing. Great pad and it works on the Megadrive mini and PS3 as well

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@RogerRoger Shame you managed to miss out on Spider-Man 2 for the PS2 which is about the only good one!

@RogerRoger I should probably read posts in their entirety really..

@RogerRoger What was that about waffles?

Zero Mission is easily my favorite of the Metroid games. Tighter controls than SM, yet still maintains the series' non-linear gameplay (which was abandoned in Fusion), some really awesome boss fights, and the best final chapter in series history.

Your talk reminded me I still have a WiiU.
I checked the online store and when I saw that Project Zero is € 50 I sighed and turned it off...

@KratosMD I still have the Wii version of PZ2 on disc!
In 2015 I looked for the retail version of Maiden of Black Water at its launch, but I never found a copy...
2015 games for PS4 cost max € 20 and € 5 when on sale... Meh.

@KratosMD Honestly, the GBA had a number of great games on it. The Castlevania GBA games are mostly worth playing as well. Especially, from what I hear, Aria of Sorrow. And the Advance Wars games. Metroid Fusion. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap. Both translated Fire Emblem games. etc.

@andreoni79 At least y'all had the option of a limited physical copy. Us North Americans only ever had a digital version, and it has NEVER dropped in price. Nintendo also never brought over that Wii port of Fatal Frame 2.

Not sure why Nintendo is so keen on abusing this classic franchise.

@Ralizah Ironically, the WiiU gamepad was perfect for that specific kind of gameplay and instead of creating 2/3 Project Zero games, they just made one and they did everything to make it hard to play it.

@KratosMD The Professor Layton games are rather good. Hope you enjoy Curious Village.

The game does explain the basics quite well, so the lack of a manual shouldn't be a problem.

There was a physical sale on the Gamestop website, so I got Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack, Owlboy, and Wargroove for $10 a pop. All on Switch. Now I'm just curious how many of them come in their original cases, as, from what I understand, it's pure chance, on your part, whether you get them or not.

@KratosMD Older Layton games have a bad puzzle here or there. But considering the hundreds of puzzles on offer, it's not a big deal.

Layton's Mystery Journey is like if the bad puzzles from previous games were all the puzzles.

And it has the worst story in the series by a country mile.

But... I hope you enjoy it anyway. It's a soft reboot, so it doesn't really matter when you play it.

@KratosMD I’m sure @kyleforrester87 will be chuffed you’ve picked up HLD, I’ve seen him mention it more than a fair few times!

Of course I am 😂 No but really, HLD is amazing. Hope you enjoy it.

And you should have played it BEFORE Hollow Knight. Like, the day it came out! I do prefer the atmosphere in HLD and the combat is more engaging, in my opinion. Top tip - go north first.