Doesn’t even have the usual “we value your privacy” lie.

Shortly after we introduce monetisation so terrible, everyone hates it - just to test your pain threshold

Jazz Jackrabbit.

Boggy B.

Leisure Suit Larry.

The little purple dude from the Dynamix logo.

Skunny (begrudgingly).

Oh no, someone misspelt a brand name, whatever shall we do

As someone who loves the collectathon-style platformer… yeah, YL’s graphics should be the least of their concerns. I’ve been playing through Banjo-Kazooie recently and it’s SO much better.

But this is the third Garfield Kart…

Something something lucky 10,000

Since when do supermen get ostracised from society?

Ever seen The Incredibles?

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Then why do you need a new one?

Rogue

You forgot SteamOS: Blue Shift and SteamOS: Opposing Force. (The latter of which has a Windows theme)

I’d sooner spend it on a “AA” game than an AAA game, frankly

Once you get coffee beans and a greenhouse, you’re basically set

Dungeons of Dredmor! Just a really solid, straightforward roguelike with a ton of stuff and a cheeky sense of humour.

It’s a bad game for sure, but it is far from the worst game in history

So are the vastly more affordable 8BitDo controllers!

Kinda want to say Nitronic Rush, but there weren’t any other cars in that.

Oh man, I hate that ““review”” format

I have had many thoughts along the lines of “how can I fully optimise my cellar” and “dino eggs are worth more money than dino mayo” and it just sucks all the wonder out of the game

You mean Mars Effect?

Blacklight Retribution was pretty great. I played quite early in its lifespan, during an event which gave me a special nameplate - nothing more than a participation trophy, and at the time, loads of people used it.

Signed in a few years later to.play a few rounds, and some guy begged me to let them use my account because of that now-rare nameplate.

(I also had an extremely cool helmet and some seriously powerful guns I got for free in that game’s equivalent of a lootbox)

Civ 4 at least has an “Aggressive AI” setting, where all rival nations will be a bit more… well, aggressive and warmonger-y.

I like Anno 2070, a game which takes place in a world where the sea levels have risen to a barely-sustainable level. But it’s okay, because you can repopulate with the power of solarpunk machinery!

X-COM 2 is fully playable with just the mouse.

If you’re looking for something a bit lighter, there’s The Enchanted Cave 2, a nice little roguelite with an interesting loot system.

From memory, Fallout and Fallout 2 are fully mouse-playable too.

They’re actually really nice, well-made X-COM lites. Great if you don’t want to immediately throw your kids to the Chryssalids.

Rabbids still kinda suck as a concept, but the games are good enough that I can look past it

As someone who was around when it was current, yes, everyone called it PSX.

Nah, we’re all actually talking about the PSX.

The 8bitdo Ultimate 2C is very cheap as controllers go, and is also one of my favourites. Certainly my go-to for general purpose

In that case, I expect him to drink more booze

Think the oldest game I own that I haven’t yet played is Tomb Raider. Got it with my original PlayStation.

Hi there

DAYTONAAAAAA… Let’s go away!

Mekanism, hands down.

Followed VERY closely by Fallout 2 Restoration Project.

MPP is glorious

Gonna be controversial and say Metroid Prime Hunters… mainly because that’s the one I’ve spent the most time with.

Zero Mission takes a close second, though.

When I did a legendary Combat Evolved solo run, there were one or two speedrunning strats I borrowed. Probably could do the same for H2 - one of the later levels, you can skip entirely if you do it right.

https://gamehistory.org/87percent/

Halo 3 is a lot of fun, and it’s got some brilliant setpieces, but in terms of plot it’s always felt a bit of a rush job.

Even so, I love it to bits and it occupied many memorable evenings between 2008-2010. Definitely a much easier Legendary experience than Halo 2.

Or maybe they wrote ‘darn’ but with dodgy keming?