Topic: Universal Recommendations Thread

@Xyphon22 I would choose Ocarina of Time or minish cap.

Been playing quite a bit of Dauntless since it arrived on PS4. Here at about ten hours in, I haven't seen an opportunity to trap monsters, just slay them outright. And the progression system has the usual pay-to-win mechanics you see with other F2P games. My only complaint are the servers; sometimes it's impossible simply play because servers are full and often times my progression fails to load between missions (setting me back at the tutorial mission) forcing me to log out and log back in...that is...if I can get back in.

Hmm, as a F2P game it's great, but the offline alternatives are still better. Monster Hunter, God Eater, Soul Sacrifice, Freedom Wars, Toukiden, etc.

I'm looking for PS2 Europe Only games. The PS2 games i have registered yet so far:

1. Dancing Stage Fushion
2. Noddy and the Magic Book
3. ???
4. ???
5. ???
6. ???

Please help me to find the ??? games.
The games i'm looking for should be :
1. PEGI 3+ / 7+. NO 16+ / 18+ Whatsoever
2. NO FIFA / soccer / general realistic racing games / Madden / NFL / Wrestling
3. NO shooting games
4. NO Western superheroes / Marvel / Western Movies
5. NO Guitar Hero / Rock Band
6. Prefered Edutainment games

@Anti-Matter (Not necessarily my taste, but I think they fit your criteria)
Buzz the Music Quiz
Frequency (although that is by Harmonix)
Jak and Daxter etc erm
Who Wants To be a Millionaire
bucket loads of Nickelodeon games.

@GrailUK
Thank you. 😀
Btw, any website that show me Europe ONLY console / handhelds games since i tried to rely from gamefaqs with their complete library from A to Z but i still found some Europe ONLY games that haven't mentioned from gamefaqs ?
Typically games like that are not so popular games / hidden gems.

@Anti-Matter Try cex.co.uk They tend to have every PS2 UK game lol.

Here are some recommendations. I'm in the U.S.A.; I think some of these games may be a bit different in the U.K. This list not in any ranking order.

• 4 Heroes of Light-Final Fantasy-Nintendo DS.
• Xenoblade Chronicles X-Wii U.
• Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed- Various consoles
• Gravity Rush- PlayStation Vita
• The Last Story-Wii.
• Wipeout 2048-Playstation Vita
• Little King's Story-Wii
• de Blob- Various consoles
  Castlevania Curse of Darkness- PlayStation 2 & Original Xbox
• PlayStation All-Stars-PlayStation 3 & PlayStation Vita
  Freedom Wars-PlayStation Vita
  Power Stone 1 & 2- Dreamcast & PlayStation Portable
  Patapon- PlayStation Portable
  Final Fantasy Tactics- Various consoles
  Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift- Nintendo DS
  >I'm Going to stop here

@Anti-Matter There s a couple of dance games like your fav dance dance revolution and some eye toy games and maybe 10 different type of games like anbuis ,ace lighting, and Hugo a sort of strategy game.there's a lot of karting games which you said you don't want also some cricket games

@Anti-Matter you should get on to Amazon big time there selling PS2 dance games used for a penny and 6 pound delivery

@Ninfan
Okay, thanks for the info.
But for Dance Dance Revolution games (PS2 & PS1) my main focus on Japanese version since they are based on Arcade and USA version for mixture of Arcade + Home console version songs. DDR Europe version (called Dancing Stage 🤨) is my least favourite since they are poor in song list amount and lack of based on Arcade licensed songs.
I usually order them from Ebay.

So, I borrowed Donkey Kong Country Returns from a friend years ago and played it as far as world 8, but didn't quite finish it. I definitely want to buy it for myself at some point but not sure which version to get. Is the Wii or 3DS version better?

And I have the same question about Kirby's Epic Yarn actually. I always wanted to get that game but never did, and I've heard mixed things about the 3DS version. Opinions on that would be appreciated too.

The 3DS version had a few really nice extra levels whilst the Wii had the motion controls. If you can't stand the waving arm gameplay of the Wii era go for he 3DS version.

Thanks, I'll probably go with 3DS then. I don't think I was too bothered by the motion controls before but I'd rather have simple button controls for a fast-paced platformer like this, and having the extra levels would be good. I'm leaning towards 3DS for Kirby's Epic Yarn too unless anyone recommends otherwise, as it has extra modes that aren't in the original.

I don't think I've recommended it before but definitely the Yakuza series, on pc and ps4.

I loved RPGs when I was younger (Diablo 1, Heroes of might and magic, swords and sandals, etc) but with time single player games just stopped beign enough to sattisfy me. i need constant fear of dying to another player and losing important items in mmo game

Just a few off the top of my head, in no particular order:

• Killing Floor 2 - PC/PS4
• Xenoblade Chronicles X - Wii U
• Dragon Age Origins - PC/PS3/Xbox 360
• Don't Starve - PC/Switch/Wii U/PS3/PS4
• Dying Light - PC/PS4/Xbox One
• Dawn of War II series - PC

@damien33ad Link’s Awakening, bar none. Adorable, cute, artsy graphic style, with easy controls and a butt-load of replay-value.

On a side note, I think that not accepting Open World Zelda games are the norm now is a bit ignorant. I understand wanting to go back to the original formula, but pretending they don’t exist? BOTW was unique. Not my favorite, but it was unique. It’s a nice little game with its own charm. Just accept, mmkay?

An interesting collection. Thanks for the recommendation!

@damien33ad Ys VIII might be something you like, I've also heard good things about the darksiders series.

Any recommendations for a fairly upbeat, action- and narrative-driven game for someone who's just completed the Uncharted series?

I've moved on to the modern Tomb Raiders but I'm finding them a bit too gloomy in comparison. Great games, but not scratching the same itch. I don't mind some dark and tense elements (Uncharted has its fair share of those), but I don't want them to be central to my experience.

For wider context, other action games that I've enjoyed recently include Spider-Man (PS4) and Control.

I have all major consoles so that's not an issue.