Topic: What (Non-PS4) game are you playing??

@Yousef- You can play 1-6 with modern controls and it plays pretty well. The tank controls are best for certain jumps but I was surprised how well the level design holds up with 360 degree movement.

Started playing Forza Horizon 4 on Series X today. It's been such a long time since I played a Forza Horizon game. I think my last one was FH5, which I played around five years ago.

Absolutely loving the game so far, which doesn't surprise me as Playground has nailed every FH they've released so far. Great music, fun racing, it's just a pure delight. The concept of changing seasons is interesting on paper, but I feel like it's completely unnecessary. Moreover, having Britain as the setting is such a boring choice. There are so many interesting locations to choose from. I'm at least glad to see that FH6 takes place in Japan, so I have that to look forward to.

Today I decided to play Sonic 06.

@LtSarge is Forza an Xbox only series? I loved Test Drive: Unlimited (& 2) and thoroughly enjoyed the open world exploration and car customisation - have played Gran Turismo since the first as well - always jealous of how Forza looked as especially in the early titles looked a generation ahead.

Wii is now on RetroAchievements. I spent the last hour playing Wii Sports like it was the Christmas of 2006 again. Still a brilliant tech demo, felt like magic back then. Realising that was 20 years ago makes even me feel old so I definitely feel bad for you lot who are all collecting your pensions soon 😉

@nessisonett on the topic of oldie-old olds, I’ve been part of the handled-emulation craze. Not sure what it says about me, but I got an RG slide which can emulate Wii games quite well and I’m pretty happy about it, haven’t tried ps2 cuz I primarily play gta which already has really good ports on android.

@Yousef- PS2 games on the go is pretty cool, I just use my Switch for anything PS1 and earlier that I want to emulate on a handheld but it struggles a bit with DS and N64 games.

@DemonStar89 Well not anymore, as FH5 is on PS5 and FH6 comes out later this year on PS5.

Forza Motorsport is like Gran Turismo, i.e. it's a racing sim, while Forza Horizon is open world semi-arcade racing. I love racing games and Forza Horizon is the best racing series I've played. Every entry is simply phenomenal, so definitely check out FH5 on PS5.

The problem is, just like with other racing series, that the games get delisted over time due to the licensing of cars. Forza Horizon 1-4 are not available for purchase digitally on Xbox and probably won't be coming to PS5 either. So grab FH5 while you can.

@Yousef- That's awesome. I've got my OLED Vita playing some old SNES / PS1 games but am tempted to get something much newer. PS3 emulation is getting to a point where it's somewhat feasible to get something that can handle those games now.

I'm back to the Ace Attorney series with Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor's Gambit and once again enjoying its ability to instantly make me vehemently loathe a new character with nothing more than a text box and a couple frames of animation. I'm a little disheartened by how long its second case dragged on for, though. Felt a little too self-indulgent. I'm hoping that it was just necessary set-up for the evolution of Miles' arc, and that the rest of the game picks up the pace. We'll see!

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Ah, I see you're a person of culture, as well.