Yar. Adored Tearaway on Vita. The sun camera goes a long way, tbh, but I also think it’s an example where the front and rear touch pads really add to the tactile nature of the game world - something that the PS4 controller, even with the central touchpad, can’t really replicate.

Put off playing it for ages, ended up loving it (Vita). I'm still tempted to play the PS4 version anyway, I have started it.

Just got Resi 2 and done the first 5 minutes. Been looking forward to this for a while and don't have anything else to play right now.

And now I've got an email from a site I'd contacted about reviews a few weeks back - do you want to review Fire Emblem? Yes, I want to review Fire Emblem. So suddenly I have that. Resi 2 will have to wait again.

I'll certainly have to put plenty of hours in over the next week. But I wanted to see what it was like and it's quite a big one to review for me.

Resi 2 is amazing. There’s a rumoured 80-200 hours in Fire Emblem, so good luck with that!

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Really quite fantastic so far, I really didn't know it was going to be this immersive and interesting, and I assumed the jank would be far more significant. Looks astonishing, what a next Elder Scrolls or similar game should be aiming for, and I've got it performing pretty well, though with fairly powerful hardware. Will have more detailed thoughts to share soon.

I love going in blind to games and being very pleasantly surprised, thanks to Face for the gifted code.

Shadow Tactics

It's great

Back to OG Steamworld Dig. At a tough kind of tipping point with regards to progression and upgrades unlocked. Keep on dying and only have one fast travel point unlocked which means each time I'm losing a lot of light to just get to where I died last. Frustrating.

Fist of the North Star, Lost Paradise. Bought in the sale on the strength of a Jim Sterling review and I'm loving the silly ott fun of Yakuza in a Mad Max wasteland. Technically it feels almost last gen in some ways, but good for £20.

acemuzzy wrote:

What am I missing?

Current evidence points to your brain.

I gave it a [7] in the end, so I'm off the hook either way (*)

(*) as if it were ever in doubt.

I'm not finding much doing it for me atm #teamcosby

Had a DQXI sesh last night though so will try and go balls deep in that in case it sorts me out.

I miss the 52 games thread really. Actually striving for that meant I flitted way less and hence saw the best of each game I was playing.

I’m back into Valkyria Chronicles 4 on Switch. It’ll be a push, but I want to break the back of it before Fire Emblem on Friday.

I'll give it a bash soon.

Any thoughts on the Dragon's Lair games, anyone? Afaik they were a big deal at the time, or the first one was at any rate, then became gradually more derided over the years as the interactive FMV thing became undesirable. I like what became known as QTE's, and I'm keen on a couple of Don Bluth films. I've played a couple of the platformers but none of the proper arcade games. Worth playing? The collection is cheap atm.

Dragon's Lair appeared in '83 when I was 17.

I was big into arcade gaming then. It was a heady time when genres were being formed and control schemes experimented with.

There were huge crowds around the machine when I first saw it. There was even a second screen on top of the cabinet for spectators.  (This was not an uncommon thing in early days of arcades - I remember Boot Hill having that).

Even at that age it was obvious to me that it was just bits of video on a laser disc linked together with next to no interaction. I played it once , shrugged, and walked away.  The animation was/is great but that was irrelevant. I really didn't see what all the fuss was about.

You can get Dragon's Lair on DVD - an indication of the richness of the gameplay.