I avoided the PS4 for years until I was able to justify buying either it or the Xbone. When the Xbones only claim to fame (for me) was the Rare Replay collection and Sunset Overdrive, and the PS4 was Infamous Second Son and Uncharted 4 I waited. Eventually I was able to justify the PS4 with the addition Persona 5, Wipeout Omega Collection, Horizon Zero Dawn, Spiderman, and a way to play Ubisoft games without giving my PC Cancer Ubisoft Connect/UPlay.
But unlike the PS3 I don’t like using it. It’s more of a convenient means to play games cheaply since every game was about $10 by the time I bought into it. Even then I probably could justify to myself to upgrade to a PS5 by using my PS4 as collateral.
When looking at the generational shifts between console gens. The PlayStation 5 didn’t fix any problems the industry was having. Especially when you compare the jump in quality between PS2/Xbox and PS3/360, where rendering individual fingers didn’t bring the games performance to a halt. Or the PS3/360 to the PS4/Xbone, where the consoles were given a usable amount of RAM that the devs needed from 256/512 respectively to 8GB on both.
But other than a slight performance boost and the new GPU buzzword “Ray Tracing” slapped on these systems. They cost more than the older systems did, and don’t offer any new experience which the previous gen systems do.
The first game I played was somewhere between those Disney Storybook Games on PC, and the Tonka games. And sitting on my Dad’s lap playing Police Quest and Wolfenstein 3D Shareware. Eventually we got a PS1 with non-point and click games with Spyro the Dragon and I think Crash Bash and CRT. Can’t remember which one we played first.
For the rugrats game. This one is a 3d platformer with some mini games. It mirrors actual episodes of the show. I believe there is also an Angelica game which is a mini games collection only.
The device looks like it’ll be good to play most games upto the PSP. While I can suggest the usual suspects, Super Metroid, Metroid 4, SotN, Pokemon I’m going to suggest odd-ball games which I like
Game Boy
Super Mario Bros Deluxe (NES Mario 1 & JP Mario 2 with saves and bonus features)
Harry Potter 1,2,&3 (Turn Based RPGs, bit rough but an excellent sound track)
Mickey’s Speedway USA (made by Rare, fantastic soundtrack, top down racer, GBC game so controls are wonky)
GBA
Crash Nitro Kart (smoother and plays better IMHO than Super Circuit, controls require some patience to master)
Spongebob Squarepants the Movie the Game (Made by Wayforward, and is better than I’d expect a license game to be)
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis (Zoo tycoon with Dinos on GBA)
Genesis
Ren & Stimpy Stimpy’s Invention (beautiful and painful platformer)
TMNT Hyperstone Heist (Turtles in Time, but legally distinct so Nintendo didn’t sue)
Scooby-Doo Mystery (A point and click adventure on the Genesis, yes they made one)
Final Fantasy 7. I’ve tried to play it multiple times, but the game’s story never pulled me in. And with how long of a trek it is between story moments and the slog of combat encounters I usually put the game down.
With Microsoft’s low first party performance I am surprised with how well they are doing considering the hits Sony’s been releasing for over 2 console gens now.
I’m getting back into written reviews. Been doing videos for a while now, but I am backing off due to lack of views/interest. Still wanna get my opinions out.