Alastor

This is why I'm glad I never got into Forza 5, I know it would have made Forza 6 less impactful

Oh my, tried out the other Vanillaware games I have on Vita and Dragon's Crown seems fun as I remember as long as the Amazoness gets a fun moveset, I can see where the addictive 'loot and gear' aspect comes into it, but Odin Sphere Leifthrasir is the real stand out here, maybe even better than Muramasa…but regardless of what you prefer, between the two you got a real double whammy of action RPG (adjacent, whatever) on the handheld there, I'm definitely going to try beat both.

I believe you (and the world), hopefully in 2026

Recent buzz about it coming to Steam has led me to try Muramasa: Rebirth on the Vita and for some reason I didn't bounce off it this time, maybe it was trying Chaos difficulty that helped but so far I'm actually really enjoying it, I wish the inputs for some of the moves were different and less awkward but it's not stopped me doing what I want to do. It's Vanillaware so expect absolutely gorgeous visuals and combat similar to Dragon's Crown…although I bounced off that too after a while, should have tried the Amazon lady first I think…

Vanillaware are something of a cult favourite developer but the only game I've really clicked with from them has been 13 Sentinels, which admittedly was a hell of an experience. I own Unicorn Overlord too but I dunno' when I'll get round to that and I actually kind of want to beat the games they're somewhat based off mechanically in Tactics Ogre, the weird RTS type ones not the Final Fantasy Tactics ones which I've already beaten.

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
I've had this for years but after trying it on a chance but could never beat the last stage which feels like a difficulty spike in a game that is basically pretty easy, but because I was using my O2M again I decided to try and finish it since I'm using the android version. What really helped was getting using to dodging attacks with laning by moving in and out of the path of an enemy and closing in a diagonal manner. I love the system of using health for specials but getting health back if you can hit enemies without being touched.

This is a very good game and probably my favourite beat em up? The real feature of this game is just how much content there is, there's so many characters and so many features, more if you buy the DLC (I appear to have it but I don't recall buying it). Even without all that content, replaying this to get better is a good use of time in itself IMO.