joffocakes
Finally, my gateway into the Yakuza series.
I often end up shelving a game if it has cutscenes longer than a couple of minutes so I've no idea how I made it past the opening but by the time I did I was 100% in love with Kasuga he is my best friend in the world.
I am going to play this again on PS5 once I've caught up on all the other games so I can catch all the callbacks and marvel at how much Kamurocho has changed over the years.
Virtua Fighter 2 is impossible.
I often end up shelving a game if it has cutscenes longer than a couple of minutes so I've no idea how I made it past the opening but by the time I did I was 100% in love with Kasuga he is my best friend in the world.
I am going to play this again on PS5 once I've caught up on all the other games so I can catch all the callbacks and marvel at how much Kamurocho has changed over the years.
Virtua Fighter 2 is impossible.
1991
I'm sure I've finished this. There's no way I haven't finished this.
As kids we used to always "Do a Michael Jackson" which meant moonwalking up the stairs then holding the whip above your head.
As kids we used to always "Do a Michael Jackson" which meant moonwalking up the stairs then holding the whip above your head.
I don't have as much fondness for this version, and it feels more redundant post-Super Turbo than regular SFII Turbo does somehow. I was never keen on the four new characters back in the day, even if I grew to love Dee Jay by SFIV.
1989
It doesn't quite have the feel of a Mario game but then the whole Land is made to feel like a bit of an Elsewhere and I kinda appreciate that. Giant fists come out of some of the pipes and I hate that.
Street Fighter IV reinvigorated my love for the genre (the Street Fighter genre), Super SFIV was when I started to learn the genre properly. I'd made many friends from online matches, communities and local events by the time SSFIV arrived and it all strengthed upon its release.
The main thing I learned was that the key to becoming much stronger at a fighting game is to be unemployed for 6+ months.
The main thing I learned was that the key to becoming much stronger at a fighting game is to be unemployed for 6+ months.
1980
It's wild how well this still holds up. If I see a Pac-Man cab I'll always have a quick go.
2005
Looks rough around the edges these days and the DS shoulder buttons were uncomfortable but it was amazing at the time. Playing Mario Kart online on genuine McDonalds WiFi with Chicken McNuggets.
This includes the 99% of the DLC (all characters up to now, hundreds of costumes etc) so it's an absolute bargain when you consider what it would have cost before (my marriage).
2008
I bought an Xbox for this game and pre-ordered it way in advance. I was out of the country for months and had no money in my account and it took me overdrawn and I incurred ~100 in charges charges by the time I got home so I had to play it for hundreds of hours to get my money's worth and I did.
2016
Endearingly frustrating.
1989
This was great until my Aunty Angie got better than me at it.
1999
Lickitung!
2016
I'm terrible at this I'm almost 40.
1998
Rented this from Blockbuster with no memory card and completed it over a couple of night, hiding the Playstation power light with a sock so my maw didn't turn it off while I was at school. It's good.
1994
Played this on a Game Boy Micro on the bus, the way the artist intended.