Well now the new year is well and truly upon us and the 2024 Christmas festivities have firmly finished. It’s now unfortunately time to crack on and get back to the normality of life. I was well and truly spoilt with many a good new game. And I can only hope to that you my fellow and dear readers were also spoilt. After all tis the season, if nothing else it’s to get lots of new goodies, along with some socks and deodorants. The way God intended it to be.
Well this will be a just a quick update as it’s just a showcase of my newest acquisitions. The are predominantly on the PS5.
So i’ll get stuck in. First up we have Dragons Dogma 2. This for me was definitely a long awaited sequel. I was a big fan of the original completing it twice on the Xbox 360 and once more for the remastered version on PS4. For a long while a just assumed it’d never happen.
Next up we have a remake in Persona 3, Persona 3 reload. This is a mega helpful as finding the older Persona games is rare at the best of times. Finding an old game in good nick is even harder. Add that together you get some wildly over inflated prices. As with any collecting hobby you’re beholden to the whims of the seller and the greed of chain stores. It’s a real shit show on occasion.
For number 3, Sonic Frontiers. Sonic finally stepping back into the limelight wit the first feature length film. Luckily we dodged the un-godly abomination that was the first CGI attempt. And we were given a new trilogy and spin-off series. Sonic games were always a main stay but the popularity had dwindled over the years. Stepping into it’s first foray of an open world title I was highly interested in this. I always enjoyed the older titles and spent many an hour on my gamecube playing Sonic adventure 2 Battle when I was a wee whipper snapper. Now I’m an ageing meat sack covered in hair languishing in work with back pain setting in. But that misery is another issue entirely and most definitely not for here.
Up comes number 4. Insomniacs Marvels Spider-Man 2. With number 1 being a certifiably banger. I naturally got Miles Morales. Both of which I got the platinum for. So, 2 was a no brainer. The unbelievably slick web slinging combined with the freedom from wall running, bouncing and whatever else a spider does, Altogether they alone are worth hours of gameplay. I may be abit behind on some of these titles but if you’ve read anything i’ve posted before then you’d know I love a bargain. I really fucking live a bargain, especially when it’s game or console related. Plus £70 a game is a tad steep I find. Not many games feel worht that price tag on release. Now, i’m not gonna get into developer time,crunch or engine costs blah blah blah. Some of these things really need fixing along with these bigger companies cutting studios and peoples livelihoods. I just think 10 hours or so of game ain’t worth that cost regardless of what happened during the development time.
Lastly I have Nintendo Switch title. Just to change it up a tad. This is the remake of Super Mario RPG. Originally on the SNES but it never came to Europe so we never had the pleasure of it. That is until this remake. I have nearly completed this game already and that’ll be the first review of the year and will be coming very soon. As for what’s next I’m not too sure. I flitter between games along with this new stack of backlog to keep me going. My wayward gaming pattern only worsens. Luckily for me it’s the best past time and not much else comes close to it for me.
As always my fellow gaming friends. Stay well, stay happy and stay heavily pre-occupied with the many gaming delights out there. Regardless of whatever genre or game tickles your pickle. But the most important part of all. Stay tasty. Until next time.
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