Alastor

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
Azure Striker Gunvolt
Trails beyond the Horizon
We Love Katamari
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Resident Evil: Requiem
Resident Evil (1998)
Final Fantasy X
Space Marine
Pragmata
Final Fantasy VII
Streets of Rage 4
Onimusha Warlords
Muramasa Rebirth

Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny
Definitely felt more fulfilling than the first game to me, although part of me wonders if it's truly better overall? :thinking:

I liked all the additions to the formula but I suspect they wouldn't be for everyone, I liked the companion and gifting system, I liked the expanded combat and I liked that there were more locations this time even if we have to go back to the damn castle from the first game again. I said the first game didn't really feel like Resident Evil in ancient Japan and this strays further from that, it's more of an overall action adventure this time, where the story and characters are more prominent, again, some might not like this and I understand.

I also said Onimusha 1 was a bit too easy…so I tried Hard Mode this time, boy that was probably a mistake, I should have tried Normal first to reacquaint myself with the game again first. For the most part it's fine, but it really made me despise the boss fights, which were insanely tanky on Hard Mode. It also magnified things that might have been slight annoyances into fulltime grievances, like how the camera 'angles' were fucking atrocious sometimes, it's fixed camera angles of course but there's like several in a room at points that felt like they made boss fights a nightmare to track if you utilise any sort of movement at all, also it feels like the camera angles all have a blind spot the bosses loved to stand in. @_@

Play it in Normal (unless you know what you're doing I guess) and I think you've got a solid game here, one that has a lot of replay value. I am curious about Onimusha 3 now, I really enjoyed replaying Onimusha 1 and 2 but they're both slightly worse than I remember, 2 used to be my favourite but maybe Onimusha 3 stood the test of time better? I don't feel like it's getting a remaster anytime soon so I might have to emulate it, if I wasn't stoked to play Odin Sphere tomorrow I'd prob be playing Onimusha 3 instead. (There's the Jean Reno likeness thing, also they went ahead and will be adding Onimusha 4 to the PSN soon, I haven't played that one so I'm all over that one)

Ah, I want to see it but not that much, I can wait. Should probably rewatch SAC and the movie at some point.

I want a Nova but I might need the money so I might get it next month, it looks do good though 😭

It is my life dream to hold a GPD Win 5 in my hands one day, I need to know if it really does feel like a jumbo sized Vita!

The original film is basically my Akira, perfect blend of action and philosophy wrapped up in a visual style I still think holds up and is iconic to this day

Didn't realise the new series was out 👀

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
Azure Striker Gunvolt
Trails beyond the Horizon
We Love Katamari
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Resident Evil: Requiem
Resident Evil (1998)
Final Fantasy X
Space Marine
Pragmata
Final Fantasy VII
Streets of Rage 4
Onimusha Warlords

Muramasa Rebirth
I haven't been this hooked to a game in a while, I pretty much played 6 consecutive character playthroughs back to back, although 4 were short DLC campaigns. If you've played Vanillaware before this is very Vanillaware, it looks like 13 Sentinels, but prettier, it plays like Dragon's Crown/Odin sphere but faster. It doesn't have the combat depth and environment variety to justify how long it is, but it's so pretty and fun to just blitz about the battlefield like a demon that I basically drained it off almost all the content it had. (I only stopped at the second and third ending requirements for the DLC characters, which asks quite a lot)

Speaking of DLC, the rumours were true…the DLC is in fact better the main game, more varied combat which remedies one of the flaws of the game overall, and they're all really short and varied stories. The fact that this is a Vita only addition is impressive because it means this game became a bit of a cult classic before it even got the best content. Thankfully the port coming to Steam and consoles next year will have all of this and some more QoL, and I probably won't be replaying this anytime soon, anything I can do to support Vanillaware on Steam I'll do, so this will be an easy buy for me.

Another certified Vita banger, I'm so excited to try Odin Sphere next. It's on PS4/5 I believe but playing it on commutes and before work sounds heavenly…