Mad Max

I’ve played it before and own it on a few platforms but it is £2.99 on Xbox at the moment so thought why not. It looks and plays great with the auto HDR and FPS boost and is kind of the perfect game to jump in/out of using quick resume. Started a new save this afternoon and will probably try and get some of the achievements I missed first time round.

Also been playing some demos on Steam and looking forward to a few of them. Tavern Keeper is my favourite so far.

Good for them. I can think of a few games that would have benefited from this mindset instead of hanging on too long now with the “games as a service” stuff.

Star Wars Squadrons is pretty good fun.

Steep has an Olympics dlc but I’ve not played it so can’t say for sure if it’s what you’re after. The main game is amazing though.

• The Mark of Kri
• Maximo
• Jake and Daxter
• Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3
• Timesplitters
• The Warriors
• Tourist Trophy

I’m playing through Yakuza at the moment and never bothered with HD textures before so will have a look at that myself.

Oh ok. Your comment sounded like the standard “I won’t play because it’s not on Steam” that people say but I hope you enjoy it.

I have a great love for games that have a snow/winter themed and ROTTR is no exception as it’s a beautiful game.

This is the best way. Give your time and money to something you believe in instead of wasting a moment on something you don’t.

If you won’t play it because of Epic(?) then it’s your loss I guess as it’s a great game.

Rise of the Tomb Raider is only £2.50 on GOG which is a great deal. In my opinion it’s by far the best in the newest trilogy.

It started off very good actually with the £1 upgrades and converting existing subs (so 3 years of Game Pass for £70!) but it’s time has come to an end.

No thanks. It’s been a great 3 years though but £22.99 a month is too hard to justify.

I’ve been in the mood for some arcade racing this week:

Wreckfest but it seems like the multiplayer has mostly died off which is sad as C class racing was a blast.

Split/Second, racing and explosions so always a good time.

Same. Never played the full game but the demo was great fun.

The Division is almost 10 years old and the environment is one of the best ever created.

I’ve been looking forward to this the most after playing the demo many many times.

Nowadays I can understand not releasing physical versions but Xbox has done so well with backwards compatibility it would be a shame if the next consoles didnt support discs and undo what they built.

I like my Series S but I’m not using it to play new games. It’s either my existing library or I’ll buy cheap backwards compatible games but anything newish I don’t even consider buying on Xbox anymore.

TWV is great. I’d recommend turning the difficulty right up as that’s when I had the most fun with it.

I recently discovered what this is on my handheld and there are come really fun games. I’ve been playing Celeste Classic today and another that was an Outrun-esque that I forget the name of.

Thomas Was Alone

It’s not at all like the examples you give but it is such a good game that I think fits nicely here.

I’ve actually not skipped many battles so lvl wise it’s all good. I remember playing on the Dreamcast originally and when a battle was about to trigger the console would make a noise so I would pause the game to try an skip it.

Thanks for this. Recently picked up a PS5 and was kinda disappointed with the controls compared to Microsoft so this is useful.

Still making my way through Skies of Arcadia Legends. Just arrived at Yafutoma but the game is such a slog sometimes with the random encounters :(

Also chilled out and played a little bit of Beat Hazard.

No it’s on the GN page again as of 2/3 days ago.

edit: just seen the edit :)

Psycho Mantis as they can read my mind!

Horizon Zero Dawn and Astro’s Playroom

Traded in a bunch of stuff on Monday and picked up a PS5. So far really enjoying it and especially the controller, that thing is amazing. Next payday I’m definitely buying the newer Astro Bot game.

Probably 90% of games that are 10+ years old will be playable.

For example search for “metacritic pc games 2013” etc and change the year.

https://www.co-optimus.com/

Castle Crashers It Takes Two Contra Gears of War Halo Untitled Goose Game

If you are going to emulate then go for the Sega Dreamcast!

Virtua Tennis Power Stone 1&2 Toy Commander Quake Gauntlet Legends San Francisco Rush 2049 ChuChu Rocket Soul Calibur

It seems like this month is not for you.

I know that my wife really likes My Time in Sandrock and my kids enjoyed Lil Gator so it’s not all bad though.

Skies of Arcadia Legends

I’ve barely played this version and it really makes it less of a chore compared to the Dreamcast version.

Squad

It’s hard to recommend to new players because of some big issues the game has but it’s the only game that I play 90% for the social interaction it brings.

Looking forward to this as it should be a great quick resume game. Nice and chill just jumping in/out for long deliveries :)

It took me a few tries back in the day but ME1 is my favourite of the 3. It has the best storyline and the other 2 games were more action/adventure.

• Kingdom New Lands
• Rush Rally 3
• Pocket City
• Traffix
• Bad North
• Chuchel

Pikmin 2

I’ve mostly played on the Switch this past 2 weeks as my kids have taken over everything else…

Also a bit of Outrun, Circuit Superstars and Absolute Drift.

It’s good but I didn’t really get on with it after a couple chapters. It constantly goes through highs and lows, and although I can be fun I found the lows to be absolute boredom.

I wouldn’t go as far as ruined but Halo 4/5/Infinite all suck.

• Thomas Was Alone

https://david-housden.bandcamp.com/album/thomas-was-alone-original-soundtrack-deluxe-edition

• Art of Rally
• Circuit Superstars
• BallisticNG
• GRIP: Combat Racing
• Ride 3

It sucks that they are being singled out but when you publicise links to copyrighted material you are asking for trouble.

I’m expecting a complete shit show of disappointment but will happily be proved wrong by EA and Battlefield Studios.