haha yeah but I kind of like the story in Fallout new vegas so I can forgive the shit AI 
Yep. I played it on a PS3 too. Skyrim was even more fucked on that platform.
I think itās my favourite. Rolled a melee character for it as well. Fucking insane toward the end of the game. No VATS. Just bash and splat.
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Loaded up with psychojet no doubt, shotguns with VATS straight to the face at close range is my MO.
So the big retro trip carries on regardless. Iāve been playing a couple of games that ladies and gentlemen (ahem) around our particular vintage should remember.
Iāve become a bit obsessed with Green Beret, the classic Konami arcade stab-em-up from the mid 80s, ported to several home systems.
Thanks to āThe Deviceā, I can now play any version. Special mention must go to the Amstrad version. Itās hilarious. I made a small video.
Iām resolved to beat the arcade version. Iāve put it on the easiest setting and given myself the maximum number of lives. I have gotten to the final boss, but I am still having my arse kicked.
Iāve been playing a lot of Ghouls 'n Ghosts. It came out in 1988. Itās still fucking solid. Sort of the gaming equivalent of taking a cold shower.
Streets of Rage 4. It has been 26 years since Streets of Rage 3.
This is a really nice sequel, which actually went back to the Japanese concept art to get its artistic direction. It also sounds wonderful. All the fisticuffs sound suitably weighty and the soundtrack is just perfect for what it is.
What a chump. Sadly I fear there are probably millions of kids worldwide being similarly chumpy.
FIFA aināt a game no more
Itās a storefront making millions out of nothing.
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It blows my mind that people will buy what is essentially the same game every year.
Most people donāt buy it. They usually just get it as part of EA Access.
I think Iāve mentioned this before, but this is Metal Slug X. This is my highest score on PC. I think the people at the top of that leaderboard may have Fiddler installed on their machines.
Not sure the original hardware could even hold that number, and I know that itās impossible to have a score ending in anything other than zero.
I donāt normally buy games on day one, especially as there are so many free games services that they all eventually turn up on for free.
Not today.
Tony Hawkās Pro Skater 1 + 2.
THPS2 was the go-to game during my years off for bad behaviour when I shared a house. At the time, we played it on a Dreacast and bought an adapter to allow us to use a PS2 pad, becuse Dreamcast pads were shite.
They did a poor remake about ten yeas ago. This one, which actually adds a lot of stuff, only seems to remove the cash goals, which werenāt that fun anyway.
The remade levels look glorious and allow you to use control sets from the first four THPS games. As a result, some of the score goals are now piss easy. It sounds glorious too. No doubt some of the tracks are missing due to licensing wah wah, but I can confirm that Cyclone by the Dub Pistols is back, in full.
I think itās going toi be an instant purchase for people of a certain age still into gaming.
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Never got into the Tony Hawks games but me and my mates rinsed Skate 3 for a few years, still waiting for the next one on PS4 to come out but Iāve given up waiting. Mega ramp party mode and hall of meat was always a laugh.
Sort of the opposite. By the time Skate landed, I was too into the spectacle.
I like to ask my skateboarding mates why they canāt do a 45 move linked combo ālike I canā. They donāt like that 
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Iāll defo be getting this.
Ah yes. I forgot that itās still 1998 in Barryland. I think the original game comes out on Playsation in a year, mate 
What are you on about Willis, Hawks came out in 1999 I believe, Iāll get this today or a massive ps exclusive, the kids are getting the switch for Christmas so I may also get that today, PS5 for me when its out, you stick to Zelda or some wand shit son.
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Liked for āstick to Zelda or some wand shit sonā
Confession. I havenāt finished a Zelda since the SNES one.
Hades
Ooh, this is nice. Itās a rogue-like, which basically means no lives or whatnot. Once your energy hits zero, thatās it, game over. New run.
However, after each run, you get to upgrade yourself permanently to make subsequent runs a bit easier.
As the title suggests, youāre stuck in the Underworld trying to get out. The Olympian gods are all trying to help you. Every now and then one will contact you and allow you to choose from one of three abilities.
The art style is gorgeous and thereās a wry sense of humour throughout. e.g. You have an antechamber just before entering the Underworld and you can destroy the furniture in it. When you die and come back, the furniture is back. āWho keeps fixing these things?ā asks the protagonist.
Switch or PC. Lovely stuff.
