On the one hand this is a blatant cash grab.

On the other, compared to the $1000 for Jacks Bros this is the deal of the century

I would only consider it like 5 games. Since most of those are just ROMs for Capcom Arcade Stadium and the Street Fighter Collection.

Other than Hollow Knight (thanks Gog sale)

Metroid Fusion and dread. Picked it up and haven’t put it down

Thank you OP. Don’t need anything but appreciate having giveaways

PixelJunk Monsters 2. It was like $3 and a fantastic price for that. Not as good as the first game, but an amazing tower defence game nonetheless

Fantastic game soundtracks are the ones which I actually go out of my way to acquire. Chrono Trigger, PixelJunkMonsters Deluxe, SimCity 3000, and Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair.

In my view Physical games are digital game in containers that we’ve yet to figure out to open. Digital games almost always have a DRM on top of it, and rarely can be used outside of their designated environment. My GameBoy, and PSP games have had a very long shelf life thanks to emulation and the various methods to back them up.

Agreed on the “whole game needs to be on disc”. Was the reason I never bought Reignited Trilogy on Switch physically. No point since it was basically a digital game anyways.

I have a bit more nuances on that. Some games are Steam or console only, so what I do there is get them deeeply discounted so that if I was to loose them the hit isn’t much. Otherwise GOG like digital services, or physical all the way.

The other way I look at it is for systems like the Switch or 3DS, where once it’s cracked open. The game has a very high chance at being emulated easily with wider compatibility than it would otherwise.

Yup, has a grapple point for it

Ditto

First 2 dungeons are a slog. Get a fairy bottle and cream and it’s slow going. But it levels the playing field

Disc rot is a thing, so backing up a bin/cue for CDs or ISO for dvd is always a good idea (if it hasn’t been backed up already)

Monopoly 1998 was what I played last week. Nothing ran it except my XP laptop

I get a lot of old oc games on disc from thrift stores all the time.

However once I confirm they work I back them up and continue to use them in a disc emulator.

Technically last week realistically a very long time ago.

Links Awakening - all time favourite and is fun on switch or gameboy

While it’s easy to be pessimistic about this. This is one of the few options to make actual change. Leaving thing as they are is a worse situation since it means that companies like Ubisoft can and will destroy the games which we own.

Will there be resistance? Yes Ubisoft is already stated their opposition to it.)

But it’s not up to companies like Ubisoft for how the EU makes it’s laws, it’s up to the EU itself. When there is potentially 1.4 million people in Europe telling you to “stop killing games” it’s going to be hard to tell them no.

I don’t know what’s worse. The fact that this will definitely still require a Facebook account to use. Or the fact that it will also require a Microsoft one too

I actually really like the first game. Had a unique aesthetic which is missing from the other games.

Physically, the only game which is missing is Mirage. Shadows is “next gen” only. Freedom Cry is digital only. And while they are not shown I do own Bloodlines and Liberation on my Vita.

Yet, no. I’ve played most of them. AC1 and 2 are so far my fav. Black Flag is in it’s own category. Skipped Brotherhood and Revelations. I tried AC3 but gave up on it. Didn’t play Rouge, Chronicles or Valhalla. Unity sucks. Syndicate is OK, Origins is good so far, Odyssey is fine, but a slog.

Syndicate isn’t that bad… if you ignore Jacob. Odyssey is just beautiful, and the combat isn’t bad if you drop the difficulty down to a reasonable level.

Trying Origins now and I am liking it. Though I understand where you are coming from Odyssey and Origins would be better games if the RPG elements were gone.

There is are 11 other games I’d rather play first before 3

I saw it, I asked why. Then I saw it’s price and compared it to eBay. It was honestly a steal of a deal to get Chronicles.

Good news is that I didn’t buy it. It was a gift. So I don’t have that weight on my conscience.

If you plan on modding the 360 is a good option. But if you not I’d recommend the XBone. Moderns controllers work for it, plus they can be used for PC gaming.

The 360 hasn’t aged well in my opinion and most games you’d want to play will be backwards compatible on the XBone.

I vote for the next game, black is sacked because of this. Or we can sacrifice him to the centaurs for it.

🍿🥤oh this is going to be good

With endless replay. Rollercoaster Tycoon 1&2. Shout out to Open RCT (sim city 3000 is a close second)

Console favourite- The Legend of Zelda Links Awakening

Sound track - Chrono Trigger

That long play (where you forget what you were doing if you put the game down) - Metroid Fusion/Prime

Pokemon - Emerald or Soul Silver depending on my mood.

I can take Youngblood for xbone. Got the system for Conkers but wouldn’t mind a wolf game on there

From a quick search it doesn’t seem too difficult to do… if you have a USB, and a working Xbox 360

They even provide steps to do it

You get 1 ups at the fruit machine at the end of the levels. Otherwise they are very very well hidden in certain levels.

At least on the PS1 game they were a Pac-Man sprite that was slightly transparent

Nope, but if you resub you’ll get the games back.

Honestly I like the convenience and not having to mess around with fan patches and mods to just get the game to run well. Especially on Linux running these versions of the games is painless.

Ummm… no. Outside of the Ikea DLC for Sims 2, they include all the DLC with the price.

One answer is quite simple. Not to sell loot boxes.

I mean counter strike and team fortress 2 worked fine and were extremely fun games before they added a virtual slot machine to their games. “they’re just skins” right? If they were given out for free in game it wouldn’t impact the rest of the games experience.

Valve can also prevent the sale of real world money for these items. Especially if it’s been flagged for Gambling.

Or as another stated disable or moderate the usage of their own API on these gambling sites.

The way I see it, they are the lesser of two evils. Just because someone isn’t as bad a Microsoft, doesn’t mean that they are forgiven for their sins.

Predatory lootboxes, and not cracking down on CSGO Gambling site are the biggest sins which Valve has committed.

Going beyond that, no clear path forward for when the Steam DRM Client goes offline. I personally have games which I bought on legacy hardware, that no longer runs on that hardware since Steam discontinued support for it. I don’t expect Valve to support all hardware indefinitely, however I can buy the same game from GOG, and install it on my XP and Win 7 machines without issue.

I am certain that there are other issues, and compared to MS they look like a saint. But for me I diversify my game library and get as much of my games DRM Free or on a platform which has a proven track record for supporting not just their current purchases but also legacy ones.

Beat Sony with a stick all you want. Despite the PSP being 21 years old this year, if I can connect my PSP to the internet, I can still download my digital PSP PSM and PS1 games.

Works in Safari

BluRay is just a data format. PS3 games are just encrypted, which means with a modded PS3 you can back it up.

Same process in order to play it on RCPS3

PS2/PS1 throw it into a DVD player Ron a PC and rip it.

PS3 you’d need to homebrew it. Same process to get the files ready to play on RCPS3

lol, now that sounds fun.