HowHammerYou

I used to be heavily into JRPGs, but now I tend to play more WRPGs as most of the big JRPG series have crashed and burned by this point, and the genre as a whole keeps moving further away from what it used to be. I also like Fighting games and Survival/Horror games.

No, not those prequels. Have you ever played a game with background lore which was as good as or better than the game's main story, and it made you want to see a prequel? If so, share yours here. A big one for me would be Final Fantasy X. I'd love to see S-E make a prequel set 1,000+ years before FFX, during the machina war between Zanarkand and Bevelle. Maybe Shuyin and Lenne could be the main characters, and we'd finally get to see Yu Yevon when he was a human, and the game could end with him performing the initial summoning of Sin. I think it would be fascinating to see Spira before Sin destroyed it. They could also explain the origins of the Al Bhed, which I'm curious about. A prequel to Horizon: Zero Dawn would also be great. I'd love to see a third-person shooter where you have to fight the Faro machine swarm to buy time for the Zero Dawn project to be completed.

I'd like to, but I just don't have the time and won't for the forseeable future. Every time I get a really good game idea, though, I write it down on my computer.

When Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire first came out, I was massively disappointed in them. I considered them a massive downgrade from Gold/Silver/Crystal because they got rid of so many improvements those games had made, such as animated sprites and the day/night cycle. Also I thought a lot of the new pokemon designs were uninspired. But over the years, I came to realize that in their own way, those games were actually better than their predecessors, despite their flaws. Now the Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald gen is one of my favorite pokemon gens.

Sekiro. I love the game, and I want to finish it eventually, but I can't even scratch the first boss. It has to to with the combat being rythm based, and I'm not very good at rythm games.

Ok, here's how things went: There was no installed data on the HDD for either game beyond save data, so that was a no-go. I did decide to update the console, which thankfully went smoothly, but didn't fix the issue. Both games are on their latest version (pretty sure they were never even updated post-release). I did try plugging my PS4 controller into my PS3, and both analogs worked fine. So it's got to be an issue with that 3rd-party controller. I have a hunch that either when I dropped the controller a couple times, or maybe when I was doing Lulu's overdrives in FFX (which require rapidly spinning the left analog), that stick may have been slightly messed up. Another reason I think this is that the issue seems to only affect the left stick. I'm planning to take it apart and see if any of the sensors came loose.

Thanks, I'll try reinstalling the games and see if that fixes anything. I've had the console disconnected from the internet for years and I don't want to update it because of a bug where updating will brick PS3s that have dying bluetooth or wifi parts (and I suspect mine does), but I'll see if reinstalling does anything.

I was playing all of these games on the PS3, and the controller is made by Auroce (never heard of the company before, but the controller seemed really solid and worked for both FFX and FFX-2). I also tried Demon's Souls and Red Dead Redemption with that controller, and both games worked fine.

Just finished FFX-2. I was planning to play Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2 next, but unfortunately it seems that those games won't properly read diagonal input from my new 3rd-party controller's analog sticks. Whenever I try to move diagonally, Sora slows to a walk. The games are nearly unplayable with this bug, so I've shelved them until I can get yet another new controller.

Just thought of another one while I was on the main menu of the Kingdom Hearts 1.5 remaster: I'd love to see a remake of Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. So far it's the only full Roxas game in the series, but it's sadly trapped on the DS with bad framerates, clunky controls, and low-quality models and textures. I may have sworn off S-E products following them horribly botching the FFVII remake, but if they remade Days properly, I'd buy it.

One of the reasons I like the RE series is that the games aren't open world and can be beaten in 12 hours or less. I'll definitely pass on this one.

The game I've bought the most copies of is probably Fallout: New Vegas (X360 standard, X360 Ultimate Edition, PC Ultimate Edition, and PS3 Ultimate Edition). Some others are: Final Fantasy VII (PS3 digital, PS4 digital, Remake, and PC) Fallout 3 (X360 GOTY, PC GOTY, and PS3 GOTY) Kingdom Hearts (PS2, Japanese PS2 Final Mix, PS3 HD Remaster)

Sadie Adler From RDR2. I'd really like to see more of what she was up to while she was a bounty hunter. Roxas from the Kingdom Hearts series. I'd love to see him get his own home console game. Years ago, I had a fairly detailed concept for a KH game where Roxas was the main character, and he journeyed to different worlds in the Realm of Darkness (mostly worlds from various anime series) with Xion and Axel as his sidekicks. Rachel from Ninja Gaiden. I would've loved to see her get her own hack-'n-slash game. Haytham Kenway from Assassin's Creed 3. One of my favorite characters from that series, it's sad that he hasn't gotten his own game yet.

Usually, when a game disappoints me, I tend to get disappointed during the latter half of the game. However, there have been a few exceptions where I had instant buyer's remorse. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It looked amazing in the commercials, but as soon as I started playing, I realized that I would never be able to get rid of the weapon degradation, and that the cooking/crafting system was basically mandatory. Add to that the braindead dungeon design and the copy-paste shrines, and I was sick of the game long before I finished it. I beat it and will never play it again. Dark Souls 2. I still don't know how the creators of Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Dark Souls 3, Bloodborne, and Elden Ring managed to make a game this poorly designed. I slogged through this game for 120+ hours and beat it just to spite the game. I will never play it again. And just recently, South Park: Snow Day. Unlike the previous two South Park games, this one is a 2000s-style low effort cash grab licensed game. All of the budget seems to have gone into the visuals, since those are the only part of the game that's any good. The game consists of only 5 missions/chapters, during which you do nothing but mow down waves of identical enemies Dynasty Warriors-style. There's no longer any exploration of any kind, and all of the missions have the same basic structure except for the third. Combat is extremely barebones, as there are no longer classes and only 3 melee weapons and 3 ranged weapons. And the game is freaking hard. I would have beaten it in less than 8 hours if it wasn't so damn difficult. I gave up playing on normal mode after Chapter 3, and this is coming from someone who beat Dark Souls 2 and has reached the final boss in RE3 Remake Nightmare Mode. What really makes it a pain in the butt is that if you die, you have to restart that entire mission from the beginning. I just beat it, and now it will sit on my shelf until I can give it to a co-worker who wanted to play it, as I have no intention of ever playing it again.

Last month Sony says that the PS5 is in the latter part of its life cycle (which seems to indicate a new console in 2026), then a devkit for a new Xbox console is certified in South Korea last week, and now GTA6 has been delayed to 2026 due to development issues... It's looking more and more like there will be a new generation of consoles launching that year. I could be wrong, but that's what I'm getting from it. Isn't Elder Scrolls 6 coming that year as well?

I never buy consoles day one, I usually wait a year or two for them to iron out the hardware/software bugs that inevitably occur with a new console launch. Also, neither of the last two console generations had any games at launch that I wanted to play, and there's no sense in buying a console if there's nothing worth playing on it. That said, my new strategy is to skip a generation and wait for the next one. Game development cycles are getting so long that most of the big series are skipping a generation anyhow. I'm fairly certain that Fallout 5, Elder Scrolls 6, Final Fantasy VII Part 3, Red Dead Redemption 3, Elden Ring 2, Horizon 3, and other games of that caliber are going to be launch titles for the PS6 and Xbox Y. I might pick up a cheap used PS5 to play Dragon's Dogma 2, but that's a big maybe as there's only 3-4 games on the console that I want.

I found a new game to be excited for: Dragon's Dogma 2. I recently happened across a trailer for it and HOLY CRAP. I love the armor. I love the monster designs. I love the combat. Add to that a detailed character creation system and Dark Souls-style combat mechanics, and this is the first gen 9 exclusive that has gotten me excited. This is the closest to a "must-have game" that I've seen in nearly a decade. This is also the first gen 9 game I've seen that truly looks like like a generational advancement over gen 8. I'm seriously considering getting a used PS5 to play it if I can find one for around $350.

MGSV: The Phantom Pain. Nothing like spending hundreds of hours playing what was billed as the final chapter of Big Boss' saga, then finding out the character you're playing as isn't even Big Boss. That ending burned me so bad I haven't touched any of my MGS games since, and it used to be one of my favorite series. FFVII Remake. That game was so good until the last chapter where they brought in the multiverse BS that wasn't in the original game.

To be honest, I haven't been a fan of the new direction they went in starting with VII. Mutagenic mold isn't exactly thrilling as a horror game plot device. I think I'll be done with the series after they remake CV.

Yet another indication that the 10th gen might be starting in 2026 instead of 2028. Honestly, I'm all for that. I'd much rather see a new console every 6 years than see a new console, a mid-gen refresh 4 years later, and a new console 4 years after that. Whatever happens, I really hope we get a third company competing with Sony and MS next gen to shake things up. The 2-company hegemony is getting stale.

Pound Cables are supposed to be really good. I still want to get one for my Gamecube, the only 6th-gen console I still have plugged in. I think they output 1080P.

I'm working on Anima, but I need to revisit 3 temples. It's been so long that I forgot the requirements for a lot of things. I'll be getting the Magus Sisters too. Already got Yojimbo, just paid the full 250k gil, didn't even bargain with the guy. I'll be getting a few of the celestial weapons, definitely Auron's as he's my favorite character.

As I was revisiting my PS3 library recently, I began thinking about what what old games I'd like to see get remakes or remasters. I'm much more a fan of the latter than the former, as I find game developers tend to take too many creative liberties when doing a full remake, but a few can be trusted to do the job. Anyhow, here's what I want: Resistance Trilogy Remastered: Admittedly I've never beat Resistance or Resistance 2, but I loved what I played of them. I'd love to see Sony remaster the trilogy as an all-in-one collection, it's one of the many first-party series they're currently shunning. Fallout New Vegas Remastered: Here's one I wouldn't trust Bethesda to do a full remake of, but I'd love to see them re-release it on consoles with Very High settings or better, and no RAM cap. Resident Evil Code Veronica X Remake: Capcom has been knocking it out of the park with their remakes of classic RE games lately, and I really hope they follow the same path with Code Veronica. I'll be pissed if 5 and 6 get remakes before this. Soulcalibur III Remastered: SCIII is still probably the best fighting game I've ever played. I'd love to see it remade with new models and textures, but I'd settle for just a remaster with 1080P textures so it's no longer stuck on PS2. Final Fantasy VII Classic Remastered: Now I know what you're all saying, "FFVII already got a remake!" Well, yes and no. The remake currently being developed is such a massive departure from the original plot-wise that it might as well be a different game. Here's what I wanted to see: Just take the original game, leave the story alone, and update the graphics to the level of late-gen PS2 games such as Resident Evil 4 (2005), with 1080P textures. They could even use new pre-rendered backgrounds instead of full 3D backgrounds if they wanted. All of that should easily fit on a single blu-ray and run on both PS4 and PS5. In fact, I'm pretty sure 7th-gen consoles could run that. A lot of people, myself included, didn't want the revamped FFVII to be a AAA megaproject that took 10+ years to develop and cost over $200 across three installments, we just wanted the original to look like Crisis Core or KH2. Conflict: Vietnam Remake: I will always remember this as the hardest shooter I've ever played. I loved it, but I never finished it. I'd love to see it fully remade, as the industry is sorely lacking a good vietnam 3rd-person shooter. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Remake: Back when I played MGS games, this was by far my favorite. It had a great story, you could replay missions any time you wanted, the base-building mechanics weren't a pain in the butt like they were in 5, and there was a singing robot shagohod. I'd love to see it remade on a newer engine with larger mission maps.

I don't have kids yet either, but this is something I've thought about a lot. I've already decided that I'm just going to get them something like the Genesis Mini, Neo Geo Mini, or one of those Chinese emulation boxes with thousands of games on them. I'll start them gaming on one of those when they're about 4 or 5, and that's all they're getting until they're over 10 and have proven they can take care of their stuff. I'm not getting a new console that costs hundreds of dollars and giving it to a young child. Sure that's how I started gaming when I was growing up, but back then there wasn't a massive pre-existing library of classic games available at rock-bottom prices. There's no reason to do that anymore. As far as games I don't want my kids playing, mostly it's the modern live-service stuff and open-world games that take hundreds of hours to finish. I may want to introduce them to the hobby, but I don't want it taking up all of their free time like it did during my childhood.

I'm playing FFX Remastered on PS3. The last time I played it was 10 years ago to the month, I got to Braska's Final Aeon and kept getting my butt kicked, so I stopped. Earlier this month I started a fresh playthrough and am now back at the same boss, grinding so I can beat the game this time. It's been a great nostalgia trip. After I beat FFX I'll replay FFX-2, then move on to replay Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2.