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| 2ko:
--- Quote from: kashell on March 18, 2026, 12:07:29 pm --- * RPG: Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter - $17. Y'all, I struggled with picking an RPG. Not only is it my favorite genre, but the PlayStation 2 is filled with them. Many of them are still super affordable, which really warms my heart. I landed on Dragon Quarter because it's one of the most unique, challenging, replayable, and stunning options for the genre. I can't recommend it enough. I love classic, traditional RPGs, but I also love it when a game like Dragon Quarter enters the market and flips things around. --- End quote --- I've yet to play a breath of fire game. I didn't get into RPGs until I was a teen, and by then I was well into my FPS addiction lol But I love JRPGs (helped I'm sure by my love of JP media in general) so I eventually want to get to all the big series / titles, Breath of Fire obviously being one on my radar. I'm happy to see that it remains a reasonable price. --- Quote from: ssj4yamgeta on March 18, 2026, 01:20:20 pm ---If I had to recommend a first console to someone who doesn't play video games, I'd go with an XBox 360, particularly a 360 S. Not only is it a beautiful redesign that fixed every major flaw with the original model, it (along with the PS3 Slim) represents a time where 3D gaming was in its golden age and the player didn't have to worry so much about online accounts, microtransactions, hard drive sizes, massive update files, and whether or not the entire game was on the disc. Granted some of those things did exist, but they were far less egregious than they are now. Heck, DLC expansions used to get physical releases back then! The XBox 360 S does narrowly edge out the PS3 Slim due to its better controller, unified RAM that allowed for higher resolution, and more normie-friendly library. With that said, my recommendations would be: Platform: Xbox 360 S Games: Racing: Forza Horizon 2 ($22) 2D: I don't know, Rayman Legends? ($13) (I rarely play non-Mario 2D platformers, so I just stuck something cheap in here.) RPG: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -Legendary Edition ($12) (Was gonna pick New Vegas Ultimate Edition, but that alone would have eaten up the budget.) Shooter: Halo: Reach ($13) Strategy: Another genre I don't play, hmm... Halo Wars? ($9) Wildcard: Batman: Arkham City GOTY Edition ($10) Total: $79 Pricing: Amazon used prices. --- End quote --- 360 is maybe my 2nd or 3rd favorite platform, so I also would easily recommend both the console and these games to someone. Though personally I don't like Skyrim, I do think it is a super safe recommendation considering how popular it is. I know I am in the minority on that one. New Vegas on the other hand is a must play on the system, but after you mentioned it was pricey I went and checked and..... holy. I probably 1/3 that when I bought it lol Despite not playing those genres, you managed to pick top 3 games on the 360 for both 2d platformers/sidescrollers and puzzle/strategy lol Great choices. My personal favorite puzzle/strategy game on 360 is Portal 2, but Halo Wars as I said is a top 3 game in that category. Rayman Legends and Origins are my favorite 2d platformers on the system, but tbh I haven't played that many on it. Limbo and Trials HD are notable ones that come to mind (and both come in a physical release triple pack so you get both along with Splosion Man on a single disk), but I would personally pick one of the Rayman games over it. I would rather 1 amazing game than 3 good games, but that's just me. Halo Reach is a obvious must play on 360. Horizon 2 is a great pick too. My own personal pick would be either that or maybe something a bit unique to the system, like Split/Second, or maybe Blur depending on the price. Horizon 2 is right up there too though. It's kind of embarrassing, but despite being such a big 360 fan I didn't play the Batman Arkham games on it :/ I really need to get to them. $10 is a super easy price to get into what many consider to be one of the all time greats though. Man I love how cheap 360 can be sometimes lol |
| zenwolfsin:
Original Xbox. Racing: Burnout Revenge ($12) 2D: Metal Slug 3 ($21) RPG: Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic ($12) Shooter: Halo 2 ($10) Strategy: Gladius ($18) Wildcard: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - Game of the Year Edition ($27) Total: $100 I used Price Charting CIB prices. All the games I picked are ones that I'm familiar with and would recommend. I wanted to put a different game in the Wildcard spot, but they're just too expensive. I haven't really been keeping up on Xbox prices, so these are the ones I was thinking of. Ninja Gaiden Black ($45) Otogi: Myth of Demons ($58) Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors ($105) Panzer Dragoon Orta ($33) Phantom Crash ($35) Phantom Dust ($42) Psychonauts ($37) Spikeout: Battle Street ($214) Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse ($33) The Warriors ($43) |
| dhaabi:
I had been thinking of starting a new topic that's similar to this one, but this idea is more interesting. Also, trying to find choices has made me realize that I really just haven't played that many games or specific genres for certain platforms all that much. Nevertheless, here are choices for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 4 with complete-in-box prices taken from eBay: PlayStation 2 Racing: Burnout 3: Takedown ($10.95) Platformer: Ratchet & Clank ($9.99) RPG: Final Fantasy X-2 ($8.95) Action: Shadow of the Colossus ($12.42) Puzzle/Strategy: We Love Katamari ($14.99) Wildcard: Rez ($35.00) Total: $93.20 PlayStation 4 Racing: Wreckfest ($8.00) Platformer: Catherine: Full Body (15.00) RPG: Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far ($17.09) Action: Yakuza Remastered Collection ($24.49) Puzzle/Strategy: Moving Out ($12.99) Wildcard: Until Dawn ($7.00) Total: $84.57 I actually haven't played any racing games for PlayStation 4, but Wreckfest seems like something I'd like and may want to consider buying at some point. Also, both Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far and Yakuza Remastered Collection offer quite the value. The former contains six playable games and three cinematic overviews of three smaller games, and the latter contains three content-dense games. |
| wartoy:
I'm going to recommend some genesis games cart only to try and keep the price down. 1.sports - Joe Montana Sports talk football (excellent game) $6.00 2.platformer - Quackshot (easy but really fun game) $19.00 3.arcade/fighting - Street Fighter ll Championship ed. $11.00 4.Random - Triple Score 3 games in one - (has Columns, Super Hang-On and World Championship Soccer) $4.00 5.strategy - Centurion defender of rome (this games graphics are really dated but gameplay is solid) $10.00 6.Racing - Championship Pro-Am (RC Pro Am from the Nes. Except on Sega) $13.00 7.RPG - Phantasy Star lll (I know it's the black sheep of the series but it's still really good) $30.00 That's $93.00 dollars for cart only. |
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