The all encompassing "Suggest a game!" thread.

[GradyWilson]

This will no doubt be moved, as seems to be the trend with my posts, heh....

I know that there is a 'Recommend a Game' thread, but I'm not asking for a specific GAME, so to speak, but game(s) and TYPES of games.

I really love the games that are set-up like these:

Resident Evil
Dino Crisis
Spyro
Mario 64
Zelda 64
Tomb Raider
God of War (High on action, low on brains, but I still enjoyed them..)

The games dont have to be 'dark', I dont mind cutesy games so long as they stick to this 'third-person/pan the camera around/run, jump, attack, and solve puzzles' - format.

OH, and I have this one for PS2 called 'Dark Alliance' that is just awesome....would love to take something like that to a portable...

Thanks in advance!

[battousai]

This will no doubt be moved, as seems to be the trend with my posts, heh....

I know that there is a 'Recommend a Game' thread, but I'm not asking for a specific GAME, so to speak, but game(s) and TYPES of games.

I really love the games that are set-up like these:

Resident Evil
Dino Crisis
Spyro
Mario 64
Zelda 64
Tomb Raider
God of War (High on action, low on brains, but I still enjoyed them..)

The games dont have to be 'dark', I dont mind cutesy games so long as they stick to this 'third-person/pan the camera around/run, jump, attack, and solve puzzles' - format.

OH, and I have this one for PS2 called 'Dark Alliance' that is just awesome....would love to take something like that to a portable...

Thanks in advance!

If you loved the first Spyro games, you'll love the Ratchet and Clank series; it's also by Insomniac. I'd also recommend the Jak and Daxter series, the Sly Cooper series and Okami.
The Monster Hunter series is also a third-person adventure/rpg game. You run around killing monsters and getting items from them so you can make better gear to kill stronger monsters.
Finally if you liked Resident Evil and Dino Crisis, you can try Onimusha, I never got into it because of the backwards control system but the premise sounds cool.

For specific titles on portables, you can get:
-Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters - PSP
-Secret Agent Clank - PSP
-Daxter - PSP
-Monster Hunter Freedom - PSP
-Monster Hunter Freedom 2 - PSP
-Monster Hunter Portable 3rd - PSP
-Okamiden - NDS

Hope that helps!

[GradyWilson]

It sure did help, thanks! I have Okamiden for DS, and for PS2. It's a gorgeous looking game, but a bit w-e-i-r-d...

We have every Ratchet and Clank game for PS2, and the three Sly games, as well. My wife loves these, but I dunno, something about them leaves me flat. The R&C games strike me as best suited for someone that just wants to BLOW stuff UP in a flashy way, and mess with mixing weaponry....heavy on action, and light on thought, like a HollyWood Blockbuster. The Sly games are a cut above, in my opinion, and I did have a decent time sneaking around on telephone wires and flying from rooftops, but ultimately the series left me flat...bit too cartoony and predictable. (I love anthropomorphic characters, as well..)
I have never played a 'Monster Hunter' game.

I wish there was a 'hybrid' of Tomb Raider II and Resident Evil 4....these are pretty much my favorites of the 'CD age' of games, thus far....


Yeah, yeah, ONIMUSHA! LOVE those games, have them all! (Well, that last was was a little jittery...heh...best suited for maybe a 12-year-old player with ADD and a case of Mt. Dew?) Not sure what people mean by 'backwards' controls used in games like this and RE, I was weaned on that control system, have loved it since the first RE!
(You wanna talk BACKward, try certain Atari 2600 and older computer games....ughhhh... )

Also, I cannot adjust to the 'newer' control scheme being used for most first person shooters these days, god AWFUL. I had this survival horror game for X-Box, something about some jerkoff waking up in a prison, but you had to maneuver your guy around using BOTH sticks; awful! Have a similar game, 'Band of Blood' or some such nonsense, that plays the same way! You move your guy around with ONE stick, and look AROUND with the other....who came UP with this horrid idea?? ...Its like taking analogue control BACKwards 20 years...ughhh...


Thanks again!

[battousai]

It sure did help, thanks! I have Okamiden for DS, and for PS2. It's a gorgeous looking game, but a bit w-e-i-r-d...

We have every Ratchet and Clank game for PS2, and the three Sly games, as well. My wife loves these, but I dunno, something about them leaves me flat. The R&C games strike me as best suited for someone that just wants to BLOW stuff UP in a flashy way, and mess with mixing weaponry....heavy on action, and light on thought, like a HollyWood Blockbuster. The Sly games are a cut above, in my opinion, and I did have a decent time sneaking around on telephone wires and flying from rooftops, but ultimately the series left me flat...bit too cartoony and predictable. (I love anthropomorphic characters, as well..)
I have never played a 'Monster Hunter' game.

I wish there was a 'hybrid' of Tomb Raider II and Resident Evil 4....these are pretty much my favorites of the 'CD age' of games, thus far....


Yeah, yeah, ONIMUSHA! LOVE those games, have them all! (Well, that last was was a little jittery...heh...best suited for maybe a 12-year-old player with ADD and a case of Mt. Dew?) Not sure what people mean by 'backwards' controls used in games like this and RE, I was weaned on that control system, have loved it since the first RE!
(You wanna talk BACKward, try certain Atari 2600 and older computer games....ughhhh... )

Also, I cannot adjust to the 'newer' control scheme being used for most first person shooters these days, god AWFUL. I had this survival horror game for X-Box, something about some jerkoff waking up in a prison, but you had to maneuver your guy around using BOTH sticks; awful! Have a similar game, 'Band of Blood' or some such nonsense, that plays the same way! You move your guy around with ONE stick, and look AROUND with the other....who came UP with this horrid idea?? ...Its like taking analogue control BACKwards 20 years...ughhh...


Thanks again!

It's just with Resident evil and Onimusha, up is always forward, even if the camera was from the back of the room going towards you. It just wasn't intuitive for me, and it's really hard to fight and keep going the wrong direction. That's why I think it's backwards.

Haha, what you described is a pretty much how current games are set up nowadays. I'd take that over the old RE controls though.

Oh, I forgot to suggest the Prince of Persia Sands of Time trilogy and the Devil May Cry series. The Parasite Eve series also comes to mind, but it's an RPG/horror survival hybrid. As for a game that combines Tomb Raider II and RE4, I can't think of any at the moment.

[GradyWilson]

Oh yeah, Devil May Cry...Dante...have all of those, as well! (Pretty HIP for an OLD MAN! LOL!) I like those games, a lot, but again, 'Blockbuster' types. I suppose that if I were a 19-year-old, Mt. Dew and weed-fueled guy again, that I'd like 'em more, but...
Wifey has the Persia games for the PSP. She loves those, along with God of War. I like GOW quite a bit, but I need more puzzles, more feeling of solitude, and deeper levels. It, like so many others, are far too "wham BAM, thank you MAM!" for my tastes....

I became aware that a sequel to Parasite Eve was created, called 'Third Birthday'. Cant wait to try it, but at $20-$30 for the UMD, I'm not willing to bend over for Sony, just yet.....

I'll tell ya, man, I loved the OG Silent Hill on the PSX. When that came out I was in my mid-20s, and we would all get together and play/watch that game in the dorms. I cant tell you the "OHHH SHITTT!!!"s that were screamed out, and my friend Lisa even said "FUCK this, I've had ENOUGH!" and walked out! LOL! The smoke would clog the room, and we had a friggin BALL with it. I like the later PS2 version with the young chick in the mall, and the one in the morbid amusement park, but NOTHING will ever touch the quality or the atmosphere of that first game....what a masterwork!

[Englebert3rd]

I'll tell ya, man, I loved the OG Silent Hill on the PSX. When that came out I was in my mid-20s, and we would all get together and play/watch that game in the dorms. I cant tell you the "OHHH SHITTT!!!"s that were screamed out, and my friend Lisa even said "FUCK this, I've had ENOUGH!" and walked out! LOL! The smoke would clog the room, and we had a friggin BALL with it. I like the later PS2 version with the young chick in the mall, and the one in the morbid amusement park, but NOTHING will ever touch the quality or the atmosphere of that first game....what a masterwork!

I'm suggesting you to play Silent Hill 2. I think it's superior to the first one and it's more of a metaphysical story, rather than the straight one of Silent Hill. In fact Slient Hill 2 is deeper is execution, it's a more David Lynch-ian style. When I played it, it left something. It's an accomplished game, try it out.

[GradyWilson]

I'm suggesting you to play Silent Hill 2. I think it's superior to the first one and it's more of a metaphysical story, rather than the straight one of Silent Hill. In fact Slient Hill 2 is deeper is execution, it's a more David Lynch-ian style. When I played it, it left something. It's an accomplished game, try it out.

Hmmm....Lynch, eh? Wow, sounds groovy....I think that is the one that I DONT own, lol...dammit.
Not too keen on the 'metaphysical' aspect, wasnt a big fan of "warping" into the 'hell world' via a mirror...ughh.. Is that the PSP version where you begin as the dude trying to save the burning girl? Who knows, they all run together...heh...

Can PS2 games/ROMs be 'burned' onto a disc or somehow put on the desktop?

[Englebert3rd]

Hmmm....Lynch, eh? Wow, sounds groovy....I think that is the one that I DONT own, lol...dammit.
Not too keen on the 'metaphysical' aspect, wasnt a big fan of "warping" into the 'hell world' via a mirror...ughh.. Is that the PSP version where you begin as the dude trying to save the burning girl? Who knows, they all run together...heh...

Can PS2 games/ROMs be 'burned' onto a disc or somehow put on the desktop?

Well, there is a Darkworld, but it's not like the Silent Hill 1 one. It's mostly warped rooms, artistic stuff. There's the otherworld hospital, but it's almost like the normal one but with messed up walls and rooms. The thing with Silent Hill 2, is that it doesn't rely on scares but on creepiness. Much like David Lynch's style, albeit way less confusing. Think of it a Eraserhead + Jacob's Ladder + first Silent Hill, type of game.
You can burn PS2 games onto a disc, if you've got a chipped/soft-modded PS2. Or you can try the PCSX2 emulator, if you've got a powerful PC.

[GradyWilson]

Well, there is a Darkworld, but it's not like the Silent Hill 1 one. It's mostly warped rooms, artistic stuff. There's the otherworld hospital, but it's almost like the normal one but with messed up walls and rooms. The thing with Silent Hill 2, is that it doesn't rely on scares but on creepiness. Much like David Lynch's style, albeit way less confusing. Think of it a Eraserhead + Jacob's Ladder + first Silent Hill, type of game.
You can burn PS2 games onto a disc, if you've got a chipped/soft-modded PS2. Or you can try the PCSX2 emulator, if you've got a powerful PC.

Awesome! Eraserhead was a complete fuckjob, but I love Jacob's Ladder...so sad, though. I'll give it a try, for sure. How much should I be paying for this, used?

Dunno the 'specs' of my PC...it's "high-speed", whatever the hell that means, and my wife burns movies from Torrentz with zero trouble, and fast. Got it used from a local peddler for $500 bucks last year, and my buddies all tell us that we got a "HELL of a deal". Never have trouble with slow media, though we never have played games on it. Oh, it takes a few seconds, maybe 20, to download DS games from here.
Its a slick black Dell something or other, and the monitor rests on a Star-Trek like leg platform...

[battousai]

Awesome! Eraserhead was a complete fuckjob, but I love Jacob's Ladder...so sad, though. I'll give it a try, for sure. How much should I be paying for this, used?

It goes for about $10-15, but I'd recommend getting the GH version as it has an additional scenario.

[GradyWilson]

It goes for about $10-15, but I'd recommend getting the GH version as it has an additional scenario.

"GH"?

[battousai]

"GH"?

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[Englebert3rd]

Awesome! Eraserhead was a complete fuckjob, but I love Jacob's Ladder...so sad, though. I'll give it a try, for sure. How much should I be paying for this, used?

Dunno the 'specs' of my PC...it's "high-speed", whatever the hell that means, and my wife burns movies from Torrentz with zero trouble, and fast. Got it used from a local peddler for $500 bucks last year, and my buddies all tell us that we got a "HELL of a deal". Never have trouble with slow media, though we never have played games on it. Oh, it takes a few seconds, maybe 20, to download DS games from here.
Its a slick black Dell something or other, and the monitor rests on a Star-Trek like leg platform...

Wait, what a stupid thing I said. There's the GH or Director's Cut version for PC! That's where I played it, and it doesn't require an emulator.

[GradyWilson]

Wait, what a stupid thing I said. There's the GH or Director's Cut version for PC! That's where I played it, and it doesn't require an emulator.

Ohhhhh, good. I suppose now that I'll have to track down both versions....I'm odd like that....

I'll talk to some buddies in the biz...maybe I can snag both for a crispy $20 or less....

[Englebert3rd]

Ohhhhh, good. I suppose now that I'll have to track down both versions....I'm odd like that....

I'll talk to some buddies in the biz...maybe I can snag both for a crispy $20 or less....

Oh by the way, in the PC version you can save anywhere. A bit off in a survival game, but when they ported it they probably didn't want to piss the PC users off.