Anyone #RetroGaming anything good at the moment? I'm still on my PSP kick playing MGS Peace Walker which I think is going to keep me busy for a while. Especially as I'm not great at it 😶.
So happy I picked up a PSP again though. Such a fun console. I maaayyy have also bought Silent Hill Origins. I think that's probably all the games that I definitely want for it, but any suggestions of hidden gems that I should look out for?
@Hundstrasse I am currently playing through Final Fantasy V for the first time, by way of the Pixel Remaster on Switch. I think I'm about a third of the way through and have been thoroughly enjoying it.
@Hundstrasse I have too many games on my backlog that extends over 20 years lol! I've been playing through Resistance Fall of Man on PS3, started that on stream last week and intend to do the whole trilogy. I also want to get through all of Metal Gear Solid, I started MGS 1 on my PSP but I also got the HD Collection on PS3. Interestingly, the timeline starts with MGS 3, and Portable Ops is immediately after. Portable Ops is exclusive to PSP and never got a remaster iirc.
@Hundstrasse You could join me in being awful at Yggdra Union! I picked it up for GBA but I should really get the PSP version since it added voice clips. The recent Switch port seems to have cooled the collector's market for it, but the PSP version's always been a lot cheaper than the GBA one anyway.
I treated myself to a PSP last year and immediately just didn't have time to play much on it. Someday I will finish Final Fantasy Tactics. 😭
@Hundstrasse it's not the kind of game I'd usually pick up but it really got me hooked, I'm already 40+ hours in and I don't even know when it happened.
The gameplay is whatever, your basic move-in-a-grid-and-attack type, but the animated cutscenes and story are top tier 💯.
@maxalmonte14 that's it! I'm sold! 😁. Someone else says "it's not my thing but.... " And I'm gonna have to check it out. Adds it to list of games to look out for
@repeatro it is a cool system! I picked up the metal gear solid graphic novel for it. And that's just a really novel idea. Kind if a shame that the UMD format didn't gain more traction
@repeatro I keep spotting the metal slug collection, and I'm tempted. I know nothing about metal slug, but that SNK style is super appealing. PSP definitely has a good number of ports.
(I mean, I'd like the castlevania game for it, but I'm just gonna assume it's crazy expensive!!)
@Hundstrasse@repeatro oh man, that Castlevania game was amazing. It had Symphony of the Night as a secret. The first and only time I played through SotN. Sadly, I think I don't have my copy of Dracula X anymore. 😢
@Hundstrasse@repeatro I enjoyed it back when I found the secret in Dracula X. I was still a teen and on vacation and I pretty much ran through it in a week or so and did everything. 🤩
I remember that it was hard to put down, but I hadn't played too many Metroidvanias at that point. I think it still holds up, but I haven't played it in a long while.
@Hundstrasse the PSP is a system I have almost zero knowledge of and is easily the biggest gap! I really need to pick one up to play!
Right now I'm juggling two games. Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 2 and the DOS RPG Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager, both I'm really enjoying for very different reasons.
@Bogusmeatfactory pretty different, but good variety! I think I've played a little of the first legacy of Kain, but really not much. Maybe I should look into it. What's making it enjoyable?
@Hundstrasse The dialog and voice acting is top notch. It has a very rich world with a lot of lore that is fun to uncover. It is a big of a tangled mystery but intentionally so and it has been a fun driving force to complete the game and figure it out.
They play very much like a zelda style game, with a heavy emphasis on puzzle solving. Soul reaver 2 is a bit more linear compared to 1 and oddly hasn't had any boss fights, but that hasn't been a detriment honestly.
@Hundstrasse working my way through an Earthbound Zero fan hack which uses a fan translation and makes some other minor improvements. It's called Mother 25th Anniversary.
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