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I only got around to playing Resi 9 after all the DLSS5 furore, but after having spent the majority of the game's length with Grace, I can attest that seeing that image again is monumentally jarring.

I'm basically brand new to Trails having just played FC, but I finished it a few months ago and really enjoyed it so I'm keen to see where the story goes given how the first game ended.

@Leinad7 This is kind of my worry — after playing (and very much enjoying) three Spidey games, I feel like I'm pretty much sated — I don't want to burn out on the formula

@Markatron84 The collective vocal internet is not known for its calmness nor its patience

Will they every release a movie adaptation of this game, and then, Street Fighter style, release a game based off that, so you'll have:

MLB: The Show: The Movie: The Game

I kinda gave up trying to ascertain what bits of which Pinball game I'd purchased and which ones had carried over to PS5 — none, apparently.

Ooo and Shatter Remastered is only £4 at the moment as well — Yoink, and double-yoink.

@Dragoon1994 an M2-led native port of Dynamite Headdy would be awesome — the one that was on that last MegaDrive collection suffers from pretty noticeable input lag

Seems like an odd omission — having just finished First Chapter I'd quite like to give the original version a whirl.

@Slideaway1983 PS5 is an ex-Xbox box.

I'd strongly recommend that you don't, though - the input lag (a crucial factor in games such as Metal Slug) is horrendous. The Hamster ACA NEOGEO ports are far superior.

In today's episode, we learned that we can't always get things as soon as we want. Patience is typically rewarded with excellence. So don't rush things; work hard and take your time, and you'll find that all that effort will be worth it in the end.

Until next time!

Yeah, no thanks — I don't even like having my picture taken when playing the Mario Kart Arcade

Presumably on Steam.

@get2sammyb Ah, good to know - thanks. Also, is there a fair amount of dialogue to skim through? I don't necessarily mind the YA style of it, but when games basically become visual novels but claim to be a different genre, that's when my patience starts to wane.

Yeah this looks right up my alley as well — and ten hours seems like a nice short jaunt - I'll likely fire this up once I'm done with RE9

@RBMango in my mind I'll always associate them with the Crash Bandicoot games (as Warped was the first thing I fired up on PS1, and that intro "NAUGHTY DAWWWWG" always stuck with me), but it's kinda wild to think that the only series they've worked on between that and TLoU are Jak & Daxter and Uncharted

@GeminiX53 It's something I've definitely considered, although given the backlog (and just having time to play games in general) I sometimes wonder if it'd be an exercise in futility. I've got my PS2/PS3 still hooked up and I dabble with them occasionally, but enough to warrant a whole extra couple of shelves/units to accomodate the consoles and games?

And OutRun 2/2006

@GeminiX53 Yeah I think becuase there are usually more moving parts with videogames it's harder to pin down all the various rights holders for what could feasibly be a small return on investment/effort. I'm by no means defending it btw, I think it's criminal that so many games have been denied official releases because of some decades-old licensing deal, or that they include a chunk of audio that was filched from a movie from 40+ years ago (looking at you, Golden Axe)

Tomb Sprainer.

Looks okay — style feels a bit late '00s/early '10s (I guess that's retro now?) like it's trying just a little bit too hard, but it seems like good harmless fun. I would hope it doesn't outstay its welcome; that relentless musou gameplay can get a bit monotonous

Because I've got dozens of games in my backlog as it is — I'll definitely get around to Shinobi sooner or later but I'll likely buy it when it goes on sale

I almost never buy physical games full price on launch — I'd certainly never pay full RRP on a digital AAA game I can't at least trade in when I'm finished with it.

I can tell the difference when Digital Foundry flick the switch on and off, but Ray Tracing is one of those things I would never miss for a nanosecond if it suddenly disappeared from gaming.

I didn't realise until less than a year ago that there was a whole middle section to the theme tune

Didn't we wrap things up narratively with Uncharted 4? Let's let Nathan enjoy a well earned respite

I very much welcome this collection.

To die.

@Atariboy Yeah Sonic 3 is one of the most infamous ones, but off the top of my head, GTA, Tony Hawks, Lollipop Chainsaw, No More Heroes all have had licensed music removed; Golden Axe has audio samples nicked from movies which apparently mean they can't rerelease them intact, X-Men Arcade had to have all the voice samples re-recorded because of some rights issue (although that did sound fantastic, almost indistinguishable from the original)

Same — i've become a bit numb to it now, but I've seen SO many really interesting and lavishly-designed trailers (gameplay and CG) and when it dawns on me that it's online/MP-only my interest instantly evaporates.

I'd be genuinely curious to know what percentage of people would choose to pay the full £70 RRP on a digital AAA game over a physical/resellable copy (which usually go about £5-10 off in yer Currys and Argoses), or just hang around for a sale

@LowDefAl I say "radical"! That's my thing that I say!

@Scottyy Yeah, I fear nostalgia is doing a lot of heavy lifting with these games; they're little more than just Crazy Taxi / GTA reskins

@Veritas7Ax Yeah I picked it up for a fiver on sale — it did feel awfully shallow; after I'd finished every level I felt I'd seen everything I needed to see, but i'll dive back in to see the new content.

Oh Ultimate Destruction? Yeah that game was awesome wasn't it? Very ahead of its time

That's what I'm curious to know as well — I'd imagine everything is owned by Disney now but as you say I'm sure there's way more to it.

I'd really love to see whatever powers that be pull their finger out and make the Simpsons Arcade available for modern consoles again

Spare a thought for the unfortunate mutated monsters Bimmy and Jammy from Double Dragon Neon

They really need to sort out the laws on music licensing for videogames, or at least be brave enough to pay the original composer their dues — so many retro releases seem to have some sort of wrinkle in the audio department

@SodaPop6548 Yeah, same — from the initial announcement trailer it looked right up my alley, a lot of cute/silly/breezy fun.

Versonica Mars

Wait, is it Atari who owns the rights for those two games?

Yeah the Sega Ages line has been pretty solid, I just wish they could sort out all the licensing issues for games like Afterburner, Out Run 2 and Golden Axe and make them available.

But because the leaps in generational fidelity become less and less discernible, It's less of a "horse -> car" difference, more a "horse -> horse with a marginally glossier coat"

@SpringDivorce Yeah, gyro controls are fine for like, a minute tops but your aim starts to drift and has to be reset constantly, it absolutely breaks the immersion

I figured they'd just be ports of the PS3 HD collection

What a terrible state for the industry to be in, this can't keep happening

I was following the dev team on IG for a fair while (I never played LoL but I was a bit fan of Arcane) and I was never 100% clear on how the game tied in to LoL, if at all!

@Ernimus_Prime they'll eventually run out of the limited amount of games that AVGN covered

rayman_yeah.mp3

Yeah, same — it was late in the day and I was half asleep, but it was a very surprising thing to see! And I know the models probably aren't that complex in the grand scheme of things, but they have absolutely nailed that model train look from the original show.

@Oram77 If entertainment exists in some form, chances are high that some CEO is shoehorning it into a longform TV show format, and trying to sell you a subscription service to watch it on.

I've noticed that a lot of the artists I follow are now frequently showing time lapse videos of their art, presumably because they now feel pressure to legitimise their talents. Thanks, AI (and the people who seem hell bent on pushing it), as well from the myriad of trash you've inflicted on the world you've put even more pressure on hard working illustrators to vindicate themselves.

@somnambulance yeah, it's snow joke