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@AJB83 I often hope to find another arcade Rally game that plays as perfect as SEGA Rally. At the time I'd played the arcade version quite a lot in the London Trocadero, but the Saturn version was so great, I still think it's one of the best arcade racers ever made (I also have the Japanese Saturn release that supports the analogue controller). Like SEGA's best arcades, the hidden depth appears the more you play, like discovering you can get an instant speed boost or turn almost on the spot in Crazy Taxi.

Will hopefully get some time to play Victory Heat in the next few weeks.

@AJB83 I've gone ahead and bought the game ha. New Star GP is also a good one, I have the Switch and PS4 version, shame the framerate suffers a bit on Switch.

Agree with you on the arcade racing playability, it's like the best SEGA arcades, easy to pick up, difficult to master. You can get through OutRun in less than 10 minutes or so, but I've been playing the game since 1986.

I still might get this one, I know Slipstream also recieved a 7 on Nintendo life, for me its it's one of the best retro racers out there. Im not quite as enthusiastic about the art style here, but it still looks like my type of game so I'll watch some more gameplay. If only Switch had OutRun 2006 or Ridge Racer 7.

Mainly still playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of pripyat. Never having played the series until the Switch port, I see why the games are so regarded. The atmosphere in this game is well realised and engaging, even with dated graphics. Also still playing Dino Crisis on PS4, holds up well for a PS1 game I'd never got around to originally.

As a striking contrast I also bought Need for Speed on PS4, I'd never normally buy an always online game, but was £2 or so on sale and as a long term fan of arcade racing games I thought worth a try. The cutscenes made me cringe, but the actual racing is quite enjoyable.

I really just play this for the original Streets of Rage as it's the only way to play the game on Switch. The lag isn't so bad with that game, but the lack of decent scaling in portable mode is annoying. There is no way to play the games portable without visual shimmering.

So, underground like a wild potato.

Wanko... Well I thought I had a sophisticated level of humour, but it turns out I don't.

I played the first game on PS3, I remember waiting for each new episode and watching some speculation videos online. Didn't go back to the series until I bought True Colours a while back on Switch and to be honest I lost interest in it.

Still playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat and Sonic x Shadow Generations, same as last few weeks. I dont have much gaming time in the week! I also bought Shadow of Chernobyl and I want to pick up PS1 Dino Crisis now you can buy it on PS4.

The first two games I played on Dreamcast and I really enjoyed them. Had the day one PS4 version of Shenmue 3 and I've never completed it. The fighting seemed like a big downgrade, I didn't like that running made you lose energy, and the loss of the SEGA arcades was a shame. Beyond the basic gameplay the story felt really like a sideways step and progress seemed to take forever. I really wanted to like the game as I'd waited years. It also didn't run well on PS4, framrate was inconsistent.

@Zeropulse yes, I felt the same about the end of 2 and the start of 3.

@AJB83 Wow that's great. Game turned out really well and I purchased on PS4 and Switch. I'm a big fan of classic arcade racers, OutRun 1986 is probably my favourite game of all time. I'll certainly check this out when has a Switch release.

@AJB83 Have you tried Slipstream? It's really good, OutRun 2 style drifting with OutRunners style sprite scaling and a great Switch port. I'm certainly interested in this one, hopefully maintains good performance on Switch.

Still playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat on Switch, it's a really engrossing game I am still learning the gameplay and mechanics. Alternating with Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi and Sonic X Shadow Generations. As I was over on my PS4 I also bought the PS1 version of Alone in Dark: the New Nightmare as I'm still in a survival horror mood after completing Fear the Spotlight on Switch.
I never did complete the Alone in the Dark when I had it on Dreamcast.

I now own the PS4 version in addition to the Switch. Sonic Generations is 60fps there and Shadow is 30fps but with better resolution than Switch. The Switch version is still really great in my opinion, it looks really nice on the OLED and the motion blur does help out with the 30fps.

I bought the first silver one with Nintendogs, when the Lite came out I played one in GAME and also bought one straight away as seemed so much better than my launch model. I spent many hours playing the DS though some of my favouite games were imports, like Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! and it's sequel. I also had to import Contra 4 as never saw a PAL release, was really disappointing how the 3DS added a region lock. My first handheld was the Game Boy though I liked how the DS also called back to the Game and Watch duel screen designs.

I recently discovered the zoom feature on Switch, it's hardly ideal while playing a game to have to toggle it on and off, but can help slightly as you can map it to home for quick access.

@Truegamer79 I have those two games and this one is good, it goes for the Super Castlevania IV whip style and the movement is snappy and responsive though the characters are small. Graphics are more 16-bit if a little samey in the early stages, but music is very NES.

I've been playing the game since the weekend, it's good. I like the 8 directional whip and the stages are certainly challenging. Unlocking the skills adds some strategy, certainly a good take on Castlevania and although the graphics and sound can't complete with the recent Haunted Castle remake, I really like the game.

@Grumblevolcano Yes works offline for me too.

Still playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, Sonic X Shadow Generation's and I bought the newly released Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi, so will give that a try. Also completed the main story in Fear the Spotlight and have the bonus chapters to play.

I really like S.T.A.L.K.E.R, it has a great atmosphere.

The first remaster was a step above, I believe the lead developer was the developer of OpenLara so it was a quality release even on Switch. Hope this one matches up.

It's too easy to think Rockstar 'fixed' the games when ultimately they decided to release their flagship games in the state they were in, for the price they did. Who knows what time or financial constraints Grove Street Games had placed on them.

As for the lastest update, it's looks a lot better even on Switch, the Atmosphere is much improved. Vice City sunset looks great and San Andreas even has the little clouds of mist that blow in during a rain storm as they did in the original, plus a better match for the original colour tinting. Still missing ambient occlusion under cars on Switch so they look like they are floating at times, and vehicles weirdly speed around in circles in Vice City airport for some reason. They also fixed the unfinished looking mismatched map screen in Vice City, that previously appeared as if someone had roughly cut and pasted two versions together.

They are certainly a lot better overall now than at launch, but would still have a way to go to be definitive in my opinion.

@the_beaver I hear there are some story spoilers for the plot of the first game if you intend to play that later, but's it's a self contained game.

I bought this at the weekend, first time playing the series. I restarted three times to get a feel for the controls and menus, then the game clicked and it's really engaging. Honestly demonstrates you dont need the latest graphics to create atmosphere and tension. Very glad finally got around to playing on Switch.

Still playing Sonic X Shadow Generations on Switch (the Sonic Generations port mainly), it's fun just to replay stages and do the challenges to unlock music. I've also been playing Fear the Spotlight which I quite like and has some spooky moments. I also found myself playing the Game Gear version of Sonic yesterday so may do some more retro gaming.

This game is one time I'm really not feeling what Digital Foundry were saying. I've played it for going on 20 hours and while it's 30fps, it's nice to play on my OLED and I'm not feeling the frame inconsistency they referred to at all. Maybe its the really well implemented motion blur. Be nice to have a 'performance' mode I guess but honestly I feel it plays fine and it looks sharp, at least the Sonic Generations component.

I was playing on PS4 around launch. Then one day I was walking home from work up a very steep hill with my back pack on, and I just decided I wanted to play something different when I actually got home.

It's not the best emulation, but it's passable for playing the original Streets of Rage for me. When people say bad emulation, I always think 'well it's not SEGA Smash pack on Dreamcast bad'. I have it digitally on Switch and the PS4 disc. What is poor on Switch is the resolution scaling in portable, as you have shimmer no matter what.

That's good, I've bought a lof of digital games on Switch and means the Switch successor will have the instant massive Library of the current console.

I own a Lite (the console that got me into the Switch and back to gaming on Nintendo as my main platform) and an OLED, so at this point unless one breaks I'm waiting for the successor.

Need to get back into this one. Replaying TR1 for the first time since the Saturn was a lot of fun. I never had a PS1 myself, so never completed the sequels. Got quite far into TR2 and put the game down for a bit.

@Truegamer79 I agree, I played Frontiers on PS4 (so not the best version granted), but it just didn't work for me that well as a game. I feel Bowser's Fury did an 'open zone' far better. I also feel Shadow Generations kind of suffers more than Sonic Generations on Switch, I find the lower resolution a bit distracting. I'm really enjoying Sonic Generations on Switch though, those short replayable stages are great to zip through in portable play.

@gojiguy I hear your health recovers quicker on rewind mode. I've not played the original mode to compare, but I got through the game OK. The actual rewind feature isn't much use as it's so short it wont really allow you to correct many errors.

I think the game looks nice personally, it has a sparse and clean look that fits the atmosphere well. The sprite work and animation are nice. Would be good to have some greater differentiation between doors as they do look mostly the same. As some rooms also move around, you need to memorise where particular rooms are each time. It is a small game though, so not such a big deal.

I bought it, I've meant to play the game for years and good to see an official release and translation. I confess I checked a guide online at one sticking point, but once I got past that I got a bad ending and tried again. As the game is so short it encourages multiple play throughs, and the random swapping of rooms, events and items keeps things fresh. The Scissor Man also did succeed in making me jump a few times (with the sudden music too). Very glad I picked this one up.

I played Crow Country and currently playing Fear the Spotlight (plus the new release of Clock Tower, I have three endings so far). Good times for horror games on Switch.

On Switch it's Sonic X Shadow Generations and Clock Tower. I'd never played Clock Tower, so glad it finally got a official release in English. It's puzzling and creates a good sense of tension for a 16-bit era game. Sonic is great, playing this a lot more than I did on PS3, it's so well suited to portable play too.

It's weird I am not feeling this judder they are describing in Sonic Generations at all, maybe its the well implemented motion blur, but I've played about 14 hours and it's not bothered me at all. I trust them that it's there though. Shadow Generations I've not played much as the lower resolution is quite noticeable. I'll probably buy the PS4 version too.

I remember posting on here that I found the demo I played at Hyper Japan back in the day a bit underwhelming and unintuitive, and I think I recall I really upset some Star Fox fans. If I'd had a Wii U I might of played it, I liked the SNES and N64 games.

Zero would be a good fit for Switch I think, plus had some of the funniest missions for me, Miracle Johnson, and the bit with the band asking you to help them act tough which had some really funny lines.

Nice, wanted to try this but never had a Wii U.

@PC2 Trying to get those A ranks with Chao races in Sonic Adventure 2 on Dreamcast was such a pain. I just wanted to play the unlockable Green Hill and got lucky when I bought a 2nd hand memory card that had a save file with Green Hill unlocked. I don't think I'd ever have passed those Chao races otherwise.

I agree it's really good, but worth noting there is a resolution drop in the Shadow game. I find it quite blurry in comparison to the Sonic Generations port and even on the smaller screen, there is a noticable loss of detail. I went with Switch version myself for portable play and the game is still really good overall, but I'm more drawn to replaying Sonic Generations at the moment than the new levels, just as it looks much nicer.

I bought the game on Switch. Was going to go PS4 at least as I hear the Sonic Generations portion is 60fps there, but the portability of the Switch won out. It's still much improved from the PS3 version I had on original release and looks nice on the Switch even at 30fps.
You can tell those Shadow levels are really pushing the hardware though, as seem to run with a lower resolution. Still fun and playable, I may also buy on PS4 in the future.

More spooky games for October. I finished Crow Country which I thought was great, really enjoyed the plot revelations and the story overall. I may now go back to Signalis but I've also downloaded the improved emulation of Siren on my PS4 so I might try progress more in that game. It's challenging to get into as its so unusual in it's design.

Was thinking of playing the original Silent Hill 2 but I can't find my original Xbox copy, seems odd I would have sold it, oh well.

I think I probably skipped the scenes originally on PS3 as I can't really remember the story much. Really just waiting for Switch footage, I'm guessing 30fps so if PS4 manages 60fps I'll get it there.

If it's 30fps on PS4, I'll probably skip it as I don't have a 'current gen' machine and I'd want a real upgrade to the gameplay beyond resolution, from the version I played years back.

My weekend is delayed as working today, but once I have some time am currently playing Crow Country which I am really enjoying, even if getting your health drained by mini monsters you can barely see in portable mode is a bit frustrating.

I still like the NSO, it's relatively cheap and I play the retro games a lot more than I was anything I had acces to when I subscribed to PS Plus, which I dropped when Sony increased the price. Be good if there was an option to buy individual games. Be interested to see what this is.

My next planned Switch purchase, sounds like my type of survival horror, hope it's as good as Alisa which I really enjoyed.

Finally properly got around to playing Signalis, it's a really impressive game. It reminds me why you don't really need to persue cutting edge graphics in computer games to convey horror themes, or movie style acting to make a player feel something about a game and it's characters.

Also Castlevania, I always play Super Castlevania IV in October as it is one of my all time favourites, but I think will finally try finish the third game this month as it's one I've never completed.

Ah Sonic Jam. It was actually possible to Glitch out of the mini 3D world in the Saturn game where you would have an infinite VDP2 plain streched out in front of you to run towards. I still have the PAL and Japanese versions.

Am interested to see how Generations runs on Switch, be a bit disappointing if 30fps as that was what my PS3 managed. Almost certain this will be too though, as Colours was.