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I had The Last Revelation on Dreamcast but don't remember too much about it. That was my last one until the second reboot.  

Modernised N64 console with pre-orders going live this month with a cost of $250. Uses the OG cartridges but can play games in up to 4K with lots of display customisation available. Kinda makes me wish Nintendo released a mini N64 instead as that would've been a monumental success. This does look good though but I can't see me dusting off my collection and spending that sort of money. 
Analogue Fully Unveils Its Modernized N64 - Preorders Go Live October 21 - GameSpot
WWW.GAMESPOT.COM The Analogue 3D is 100% compatible with the entire N64 library of games and is designed to replicate the look of CRT TVs in 4K resolution.

Looking decent
 

Resident Evil 2 (1998) 

Not free games but a lot are being withdrawn from the service next month
PS Plus Games Catalog Games Leaving in November 2024
GTA: San Andreas - Definitive Edition | PS4 + PS5 Red Dead Redemption 2 | PS4 The Sims 4 City Living | PS4 Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen | PS4 Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS. Maxiboost ON | PS4 Superliminal | PS4 + PS5 Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising | PS4 + PS5 Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series | PS4 + PS5 Teardown (PS5) Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix | PS4 Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue | PS4 Kingdom Hearts 3 | PS4 Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory | PS4 Chorus | PS4 + PS5 What Remains of Edith Finch | PS4 + PS5 Overcooked 2 | PS4 Blasphemous | PS4 Moving Out | PS4  

I loved playing the original and can't wait for this!! I lost count of how many times I jumped out of my skin playing this, was one of the most tense gaming experiences I've ever had! Hopefully this will stay true to the atmosphere and gameplay of the original 🤞

So I had not picked this up as intended originally and have now finally bought it with it coming out on consoles. It isn't cheap mind but I have a bit of a void at the moment in that a lot of games aren't quite capturing my attention and I am waiting for a couple to be released.
 
So picking this up and so far it's every part the MMO however it's quite pretty, the story seem's decent so far and I am quite enjoying it, you can see where it take's it's inspiration from mind.
 
As I put a few more hours in I will provide a more detailed write up but just thought I would open up the conversation and see if anyone else has played this at all?

Ooooo my sort of post James 😄 
 
My suggestions and I am making these based on the sorts of games I have seen you talk about on here -
- Max Payne (Fairly sure this is on steam)
- Deus Ex
- The longest Journey (Think Broken Sword esque)
- This is because it is one of my favourite ever games and I think everyone should play it - Dragon Age Origins
- Medal of honour Allied assault (On GOG store)

I'm probably mentioning games that others have already said, but i think this would have to be my choices:
 
Last Of Us
Uncharted 3
Alien Isolation
Batman Arkham City
Gears of War 3
 
I loved the Uncharted series so picking one was hard, and the Ezio based Assassins Creed games were always favourites that I spent many many hours on.

All really great choices so far! 
 
In the interest of not picking the same games (I would have picked The Last of Us) I am going to pick the following: 
 
- God of War (2018)
- Resident Evil 7
- Zelda Breath of the Wild
- Uncharted 2 
- Portal (1&2 - is that cheating 🤣) 
 
Picking just one of the portal games is hard! The first game is so iconic and brilliant, but the second game is definitely better! 

These one's most people would have played.
Some are for the story and some for the game play.
 
Last of us.
Days gone.
Skyrim.
Mortal kombat x.
Alien isolation.

It was a horrifying experience! I would literally spend 10 minutes hiding in a locker just waiting for the right time to leave. The alien AI was so good and unpredictable that you had to be on your toes at all times and even the slightest of sounds could get you into trouble. 

Confirmed to be in development 10 years on from the original
Alien: Isolation 2 Confirmed - IGN
WWW.IGN.COM On the 10-year anniversary of Alien: Isolation’s release, developer Creative Assembly has confirmed that a sequel is in development.  
A good watch after IGN's infamously terrible 5.9/10 review
 

I unfortunately don’t have many to add as I only really play the basics like Rocket League, FIFA and COD. However I am enjoying Hogwarts, Baldur’s Gate and Sea of Thieves although I know they’re probably not the most recent games.

Tuchel confirmed England manager.

Resident Evil 2 (1998) 

I'm not really hyped for anything and I'll just take each half-decent release as it comes. Only GTA 6 truly stands out as a potential generation-defining title and whilst there is a few other ones that should be received well, there's nothing really ground-breaking. We are 4 years into this generation and there's not been much at all worth talking about - most of it has been negatives surrounding pricing, unfinished games, disappointing releases and a lack of any ambition. 
 
I really hope we see some top releases like we did towards the end of the PS4 era but right now, I am more happy about playing classics. Right now, Japan are the only ones delivering. 

I'm not really hyped for anything and I'll just take each half-decent release as it comes. Only GTA 6 truly stands out as a potential generation-defining title and whilst there is a few other ones that should be received well, there's nothing really ground-breaking. We are 4 years into this generation and there's not been much at all worth talking about - most of it has been negatives surrounding pricing, unfinished games, disappointing releases and a lack of any ambition. 
 
I really hope we see some top releases like we did towards the end of the PS4 era but right now, I am more happy about playing classics. Right now, Japan are the only ones delivering. 

I don't think we should bother with the likes of COD or FIFA because those change annually plus the historic games in those series have already been played to death and likely aren't going to be revisited regardless of how iconic some of them were. The list should be 'must play' rather than some sort of GOAT one consisting of games people are all too familiar with. Also the games should be easily accessible so no fancy obscure shit from the Megadrive😎
 
I throw in 5 games worth checking out for starters:-
 
1. The Witcher III
2. Dark Souls (Remastered)
3. Mafia II
4. Metal Gear Solid 3
5. Resident Evil 4 (2005)

So the past few day's I have realised I have for the better part of the past year missed out a lot on the games that I typically have enjoyed the most in the past and really what got me into gaming and that's my JRPG's.
 
Generally the gaming market feel's stale at the moment and when it comes to triple A titles very few of them excite me.
 
However I spent some time yesterday looking at the sorts of games I historically have enjoyed, more akin to Final Fantasys and I have realised there has been and is continuing to be a bit of a boom with regards to the quantity and quality of what is being produced and this has completely passed me by.
 
So typically I don't pre-order many games but I wanted things booked in for the rest of the year so to speak and have pre-ordered 3 games, the first being Dragon Age where I have loved each game but the other 2 (ordered for the Switch) are JRPG's, games that don't typically use the same extreme sized budgets that we see with Western Triple A titles and upon looking at them there are probably another 2 or 3 I could have ordered (though money does not allow currently) as well as a promising looking year next year.
 
So all of a sudden things are looking less stagnant for me and I am also now aware of a whole bunch of games that passed me by.
 
However it also got me thinking that if your a big fan of our Western style of games then the landscape is looking a little bleak and barren for a while it seem's, so just getting your thoughts? Are you expecting to be playing COD for the next year? Are you anticipating you will still mostly be playing games from yesteryear all next year?

I don't think we should bother with the likes of COD or FIFA because those change annually plus the historic games in those series have already been played to death and likely aren't going to be revisited regardless of how iconic some of them were. The list should be 'must play' rather than some sort of GOAT one consisting of games people are all too familiar with. Also the games should be easily accessible so no fancy obscure shit from the Megadrive😎
 
I throw in 5 games worth checking out for starters:-
 
1. The Witcher III
2. Dark Souls (Remastered)
3. Mafia II
4. Metal Gear Solid 3
5. Resident Evil 4 (2005)

I’m definitely up for this! I think there should be some rules, such as one game per franchise! 
 
It’s almost time for me to set up our game of the year poll again … 

So, just wondering if there would be any interest in seeing if we can come up collectively with an FG top 10 must play games list?
 
Currently thinking the format along the lines of everyone puts a list down of say 5 games each, we then all have to put them into priority and then each position get's a set number of points i.e. if I put the Witcher 3 top, then Fifa (heaven forbid) second then Witcher 3 would say get 10 points and then Fifa 9 and so on and so on.
 
Would that interest people or am I shouting into the wind? 😄
 
I would then look at doing a short write up for each game in the top 10 so if anyone has comments to say about any of their nominations, memories and such put them in the post and I could look to use them in the write ups.

I had no idea there was a retro game called England International Football and assumed you were on here to moan about the performance against Greece the other night 🤣

Unsure if anyone is really interested in things like this but the past few years a couple of local retro stores set up their own little gaming fair. This year they have had to change venue due to the interest from sellers and the number of people attending and it seems to be growing which is great!
 
It is on again in a few weeks over in Bilston and I plan to go. There are some quite big gaming fairs for retro collectors across the country and they seem to be great for finding some more obscure or collectible titles.
 
Just wondering if anyone on here has ever been to one and if so what gems you have found?