DylanC

Especially 007 GoldenEye and Alien: Isolation - both were very solid titles. Alien Isolation has to be on my top 3 scariest games I have ever played. I once jumped off my bed when the curtain in my room brushed my arm while playing Alien 🤣

I do like a good riddle. Anyone got any?
I'll start with this one: What gets wetter the more it dries?

Another $10 PS Store Voucher would be rad!

I know it's nothing like Dark Souls gameplay-wise - my friend had the game but the difficulty has piqued my interest...I love challenging games.

I agree 100%

Dude, Fallout 76 is legit underrated. Sure, it's not the best in the series but it's actually super atmospheric, addicting and a whole lot of fun. I find the gaming community can have a bit of a "herd mentality" (which is funny cause that's a mutation In Fallout 76, lol). It's not the best in the series, but it can be a fun time if you're in the mood for some exploration, an interesting world and some "comfort food" style gaming. Everyone's different, though, right? 

Yeah you right but I'll wait until it there is a $10 dollar deal and then I'll probably buy it.

I think Fallout 4 is great personally. I've played the hell out of it.
If I wasn't playing DUSK and Far Cry 5 I'd be playing that. Usually my go-to game with friends nowadays.
I'm not really addicted to it, but I do have fun with it when I play it.

I’m pretty sure my first Steam game was FTL.

Yeah. I also used to have roller blades as well - I used to love watching the X-games for the extreme stunts from Tony Hawk and other pro-skateboarders.

It tends to depend on the game tbh. I actually save really often in games like Fallout or Skyrim because I can't bear re-doing a stretch of games after being killed or hitting a bug. Ideally, games should autosave often. That said, games like the Souls series don't need frequent saving. A big part of the risk/reward element of the game relies on the constant threat of losing a ton of progress. But, yeah, that risk/reward feeling isn't for everybody!

I agree our expectations for Videogame quality have gone up with time, in the past any developer could make any licensed game good or bad and people will still buy it just because of the character on it, but now days we know what to expect from a videogame and people will rather spend their money on a game from a good developer and with good reviews rather than the character on the cover. Sorry guys I didnt want to make this a Video game industry financial discussion.

Dylan's kind of opinion is what I wanted, opinion on other AA Movie/cartoons licensed games members of the forum used to enjoy.  (not comics like the PS4 Spiderman)

Alien Isolation, Spiderman, Van Helsing, Transformers and the Arkham series are the movie-licensed games I have enjoyed. And then there are the 007 games for the N64 as well as other consoles. Speaking of - why hasn't there ever been an Austin Powers game? 😂

I’m a big fan of a few movie licenced games. Namely, Aliens Vs Predator, though The Thing and Star Was: The Old Republic were great, too.

Gamers nowadays would not necessarily be interested in these types of games anymore because they already how the game is likely going to end and most times, the game can only have a limited number of locations unless it is a loose interpretation of the movie it is based on. And yes, these genre of games tend to be very lackluster in terms of content and overall gameplay.

The notion that gaming costs have risen over the years is just a fact.
Yours and my expectations for games has gone up over the years/generations since you and I started gaming, but the price of games has pretty much stayed the same. So, the complexity of making a modern game that will be profitable and successful is MUCH harder these days. That's just a fact.
Look at it this way. The price of a chocolate bar has gone up significantly since we were kids. They're around three/four times the price of what we used to pay growing up. However, our EXPECTATIONS for a chocolate bar has stayed mostly the same.
Our EXPECTATIONS for games on the other hand have changed DRASTICALLY. But the price of games have, for the most part, stayed mostly the same since the NES days. And because of this, it's cultivated a very risky environment for publishers and developers to create games in, to the point where entire teams live and die by the success of just ONE GAME. In other words, the middle ground has eroded to the point where the environment can only mostly sustain indies and big AAA games. Something's gotta give, right?
Sure, DLC, Microtransactions, loot boxes etc. are a way to recoup some money for these companies (and sometimes they can be executed in an egregious and exploitative way), but those are not the answer, really.
I'd consider Hellblade, Spider-Man (which was funded by Sony) and Cuphead (which was part funded by Microsoft, right?) exceptions to the rule rather than the status quo. Essentially, Hellblade was a massive risk for Ninja Theory, but thankfully it paid off. 
Back to licensed games, and it's still a risky proposition for publishers/developers. Plus, the well has been somewhat poisoned by the raft of poorly executed cash grabs from last generation. 
Still, I hold out hope that some great licensed video games are around the corner for us... it's just a much harder environment for them to be made in than it was 5/10 years ago.
 

I played the Championship DX version a few years back and enjoyed my time with it. Apart from that, I honestly haven't played it since I was a wee whippersnapper. 

Since when did Nintendo hit puberty? lol. Anyways, that would be great if it did come out on the Nintendo Switch.

I enjoy a lot of licensed games to be honest. Some of my favourites are:
007 GoldenEye
Blade Runner
The Lion King
Star Wars: Dark Forces 2
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles In Time
Alien: Isolation
Duck Tales
Chip'n'Dale Rescue Rangers
I could probably list a lot more to be honest.

I agree. It is quite under appreciated - I doubt Nintendo would add such a game to their platform though. They tend to prefer kid-friendly games like Super Smash Brothers and Mario Go-Kart.

If it's anything like the previous Alien game, I'll play it during the daytime lol.

If they where able to add Skyrim they should be able to add one of the Fallout games, I was never able to play New Vegas properly because of the time available I had, so getting a big game like this one portable will be amazing

So tempted to pick up an NES mini console. I've heard the controller length is super short, but the list of games looks pretty damn tantalising. It's around £50 at the moment in the UK. Has anyone else got one? What're your thoughts on the console?

Metroid Prime 4 is top of my list, though it'll likely not release in 2019. It'd be nice to see Dark Souls 2 come over (which is pretty likely). And I'd love a port of Fallout 3 or Fallout New Vegas.