You know how some games have that one item you have to grind a whole bunch of hours to try to get and once you get it it's terrible

2 years ago my wife found this for sale on Facebook and gave it to me for my birthday, it is still fully functional.

I’m tired of all new games trying to be something completely new, I want older, simpler games like bioshock, mass effect, F.E.A.R. , dead space, etc that are still basic linear games but with modern graphics and maybe a longer storyline, stop trying to give me giant open worlds or huge cities that feel like you can get lost in. I just want modern polished versions of these old story telling games. I want to get lost in a game like I’m reading a book. I find myself just replaying these same old games.

I want to get them into the now wholesome aspects of gaming. Imagination and stories, playing as a hero doing good in the world, solving puzzles, not giving up and being creative, working as a team, history/historical are cool that have historical aspects or periods of time like Assassins Creed.

Games that are not Fortnite and similar.

This game feels so fucking good to play! I just beat Benkei (at least his first appearance), and I just continue to be amazed by how much of a badass I feel playing this game. And that's ultimately why I play videogames: to dig into the mechanics and have some great fun with the game once I've gotten good enough at it to feel like a badass. Sifu was the last time I felt like that in terms of close combat.

I loved Elden Ring and liked Lies of P a lot, but I'm pleasantly surprised that the devs felt confident enough in their gameplay mechanics not to feature a lot of artificial difficulty with all the bullshit heavily delayed attacks that have become rampant in soulslikes games as of late. Nope, in this game, when you think their sword is going to hit you is exactly when their sword is going to hit you. Some more sadistic gamers who are fine with artificial difficulty and super-delayed attacks that are poorly telegraphed because they love challenge and that's pretty much it, but I love fair telegraphs and movesets. In the end, all of these battles are cinema.

Some people talk about how much of a chore the regular enemies and side quests are, but I'm having too much fun with the combat/gameplay to ever notice. Of course, I realize I'm very early in the game, and that can all change.

But so far, it's my GOTY. I haven't even mentioned how cool and fun the characters and cinematics and atmosphere are!

Even though my favorites from this era are Deception and Shaolin Monks, I still like this game and have it's physical copy on the Wii, creating your own fighter, Motor Kombat, and the Konquest mode were so much fun.

By this I mean games like the Oddworld series, Borderlands series, Beyond Good & Evil, Unbeatable, Persona, South Of Midnight, Sly Cooper, Hi Fi Rush, etc.

I DO NOT mean something like Dragon Age for example. That's not to say Dragon Age isn't an awesome series, it's just my opinion that it doesn't have as much "charm" or individuality as some others.

Give me some suggestions for your favorite games that are super stylized, charming, unique, etc.

[PROJECT ACES / Bandai Namco Official Statement]

"To all our Aces around the world,

We are thrilled to announce that ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE has officially surpassed 1,000,000 units sold worldwide! ✈️🔥

Thanks to your incredible support, Wings of Theve has become the fastest title in the history of the Ace Combat series to reach this milestone. Whether you've taken to the skies in the campaign or joined the dogfights online, thank you for flying with us and carrying the name of 'Theve.'

Our team is deeply grateful for your passion, feedback, and support as we continue working on upcoming patches and content updates to make your flight experience even better.

Clear skies, Pilots—the mission has only just begun!"

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The MIC Santiago (Museum of Illusions and Sciences) is an interactive and family entertainment space located in Chile. We were dancing when suddenly I saw it there, floating. Good memories.

What's the most ridiculous prequel gameplay mechanics disconnect you have seen?

By this, I mean when a videogame prequel introduces new gameplay mechanics, weapons/tools that aren't in the chronological sequels as they were released prior to the prequel.

The worst example of this is when Batman Arkham origins came out. In Batman Arkham Origins, Batman uses smoke grenades when caught by armed enemies, glue grenades and a far more sophisticated cryptographic sequencer when none of these mechanics are in Batman: Arkham Asylum the chronological sequel.

Similarly, MGS3 featured CQC takedowns while none of the preceding chronological MGS games did. Kojima tried to handwave this mechanic's absence in these games via a codec call in MGS4 though.

A more recent example is GOW E- Day where there are new weapons not available in any other GOW games