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From all of the hype around this gandondorf you'd

Multiplayer is 10/10 but, even in its day, the back half of the campaign is garbage - escorting Natalya is a special kind of hell.

@KingMike nobody steals our [hobbits] and lives

Whatever happens with their new Lord of the Rings project, let's agree that they are absolute cowards if they don't make Duke Nukem the star

Neon White is phenomenal but I'm glad I got it on PC in the end. This kind of shooter needs more precise movement and aiming than I can manage with a controller

@Takoda it's not just the animations for me but the whole look of the game that's jank. My hope for the sequel is that it uses fully 2d sprites.

Ayami Kojima's brilliant art and character designs were not intended to be rendered in 3d, and I wasn't surprised by IGA's development diaries about struggling with different shaders and filters to try and make the game look alright.

@clianvXAi it still feels slow and sluggish compared to other versions, and will chug to single-digit fps in the largest areas.

Like with the new Mortal Kombat games: I'm glad that they're adding characters so long after release, but I wish they were actually characters from the universe rather than guests / crossovers. What about Alfred, Dominique, or Robert?

This doesn't bother me nearly as much as whether or not Origins will remaster or even include MJ's contributions to the Sonic 3 soundtrack. That game just isn't the same without bangers like 'Carnival Night Zone' or 'IceCap Zone'

I know that there was a dispute for some years over the rights and royalties to that music. Origins's trailer not even acknowledging its soundtrack has me thinking it's still trapped in courtroom hell (which come to think of it would be a fantastic classic Sonic stage) but is there any hope?

I'd love to see Sonic Adventure 1 + 2 on the switch, or any dreamcast game really

This sounds incredible until you remember what Megaman Legends actually played like with the n64 claw!

In all seriousness I'd be down for playing this but, as with every fangame that gets shown off so early before release, it'll probably get C&D'd into the ground.

I feel like anybody who picks up Xenogears expecting a ps1 precursor to Xenoblade is going to have a bad time.

@blindsquarel From someone who grew up with the originals, Sonic Mania is the ultimate 2d sonic experience. It takes what worked from each of those games, learns from what didn't work, and has some of the best level design in the series.

It's also unclear whether players will be able to combine S&K with the compatible games, which hasn't always been the case in these collections.

I hope those 'enhancements' boil down to more than just wide-screen emulation.

M2 have already released the definitive versions of Sonic 1 and 2 for the Switch eshop. Unless this collection includes those versions, and makes similar refinements to Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles and Sonic CD, then I don't see the value in it.

@russell-marlow those games wouldn't translate to a gamepad, especially the first one.

I lived with someone who worked for TT on this game and I can confirm that it seemed like absolute hell.

Although I will say that WWHD did a better job of keeping to the original aesthetic than OoTHD. That Dark Link fight in particular did not translate well.

OoT or MM for me. I loved the originals but they've aged like milk.

I appreciate them calling it a Memorial rather than an Anniversary / Celebration - at least they're acknowledging that the series is as dead as a doornail.

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Banjo is too high and Sin and Punishment is WAY too low

Disturbing lack of Later Alligator

"Sin and Punishment was the best game for the n64" is the hill that I'll die on

The Killer Instinct port is surprisingly good

@Tinglemies S&P is the best game on the n64, and I will die on that hill.

I legit thought that this was that cursed steam game about jacking off in the back of people's cars while they're not looking

@Realness that would mess up the balance. Adam and Cherry's compensation for putting out less dps is their unique dash

I don't believe for a second that they've lost the source code. The bloodless, easier version of the games - even though they're worse to play by all accounts (including my own) - are more accessible and therefore more likely to shift copies

@rushiosan that's not necessarily true. Based on the demo alone: Link and Co could conceivably stop the calamity and BOTW from happening altogether

@Azuris it's not. The PS2 version controlled like ass.

It's an interesting proof of concept, but I don't want to encourage Nintendo to invest more into cloud-based gaming. Google expecting you to pay full-price to play games without actually owning them is what killed the Stadia.

It's disappointing but not a dealbreaker, unlike Wonderful101 where a stable framerate is vital to the gameplay

I'm enjoying it but I feel like the enemy placement can be quite cheap. Quite frequently, enemies appear on ledges just enough below and to the side of you that you can't shoot them using the 8-directional aiming. It feels like they're from an earlier version of the game that still had the axe thar you'd use in similar situations in Castlevania.

Not a Fire Emblem character or anybody with a sword.

The 2d games aren't perfect either. I have a lot of nostalgia for the first 3 games and I love Mania, but that's mostly for the music and the art. The speed and slippy momentum of those games has always held them back imo

Shadow the Hedgehog was about when Sonic fandom departed from what the rest of us consider reality

Colors and Adventure 2 are the only decent 3d sonic games. Adventure 1 had its moments, but the rest of just varying degrees of terrible.

£50 for 3 old games, one of which cost just over 1/10th of that on the virtual console nearly 15 years ago...

It's weird that the infamous babes barely factor into the first three games. The creators in each case made something genuinely innovative and polished. It wasn't until Time To Kill and Planet of the Babes that the series became Leisure Suit Larry with crap shooting.

My favourite game and engine of all BUT there's no way in Hell that I'm giving a creep like Randy my money. Google 'Randy Pitchford Peacock Theatre'.

And that's not even getting to how he misrepresented Aliens Colonial Marines and Duke Nukem Forever to the press and the fans while draining those projects dry to fund Borderlands 1.

Cuphead and Mega Man are classics and some of my all time favourites, but imo Huntdown is the top choice. With its difficulty options, it's a bit more accessible to new players and those anxious of paying for something that's too hard.

This is an 8/10 game for me. The combat system is fast, fluid, and unlike anything I've played before.

There's another important reason why you should support this developer. They made a labour of love in Skullgirls and supported the hell out of it for years after release, engaging with the fans for feedback and for ideas on what additional content they wanted. In spite of all that, the publisher still hasn't paid them years worth of owed royalties: these guys deserve to succeed.

Skull girls 2nd Encore definitely should’ve made the list

It's exactly how I felt about River City Girls: I love old-school beatemups, but that asking price is crazy.

This is the best version of the original Panzer Dragoon. With the other ports: the ps2 isn't faithful, the xbox is faithful and higher res and runs at a higher framerate BUT postprocessed into a dark and blurry mess, and each pc release has its own quirks.

As for the remake: the game runs at a stable framerate, no bugs that I can find, a reticule that's more useful than the one in the original and more in line with modern shooters (although I wish the original one was there simply as a nostalgia option). My only quibbles are the price and that it doesn't include a faithful port of the original.

The controls are 1:1 to the feel of the original, which I've played the hell out of since the Saturn's UK launch.

As for the short length: it's a 90s on-rails shooter. The replayability in these games comes from chasing higher scores on different difficulties. The only exception I can think of that was packed with extra content was the House of the Dead Dreamcast port - and that was full-priced.

@Anri02 There's a misconception that Devil May Cry 3 was the result of Capcom bringing back developers from the original game. The truth is that the people behind 2 simply went back to the drawing board, studied what made the first game successful, and leaned more towards its design philosophies.

Side note: it's still bananas to me that Capcom didn't even ask Kamiya to return for the sequels.

As an Englishman, this thread has been hilarious.

Get a grip, people - a frigging Pokemon game can hardly be expected to engage complex issues like Britain's ugly colonial history.

@MaxlRoseGNR Google 'Grimoire of Souls'