Lucky_Deity
Dragon Knight
Mine isn't great this year, I haven't had the chance to use my PS5 as much as I'd of liked to. I definitely plan to try and finish P3R early next year.
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Gemsy-chan
Himouto
Kind of surprised with mine to be honest (GTA V was a spur of the moment choice) but my Xbox, Steam Deck, and NSW2 have gotten a lot more usage this year.
2025 overall has been a solid year for getting through my backlog with the Fallout titles, and I hope the NSW2 gets some heavy-hitters in 2026.
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Spark_Heal
Student Council President
I should go back to Chrono Cross but I finished none of these games this year. The danger of buying a re-release of something you’d already beaten before.
Dai
Dragon Knight
Full Metal Schoolgirl
I could start by describing this game, but you really need to see it to appreciate its gloriously OTT charm.
As you probably gathered from the trailer, it's a comedic anime-style third-person shooter that's full of personality. Coming from the developer of the Earth Defence Force series, imagine that level of chaos compacted into enclosed arenas and corridors. Rooms are packed with furniture items that are all physics objects, so there's always debris flying everywhere. Enemies explode into pieces when defeated. Later in the game there are loads of environmental hazards too. It plays like a modern take on Smash TV, a comparison enhanced by your cyborg schoolgirl's rampage being (fictionally) livestreamed to an audience that will occassionally request that you wipe out enemies under certain conditions in exchange for cash.
The core gameplay mechanics and the range of weapons and special attacks are all great fun. The only thing holding it back from an unqualified recommendation is the game structure. It's a rogue-lite with randomly generated level layouts. Considering that the tower you're climbing has 100 levels and each takes 5-10 minutes, it really would have been more satisfying with normal checkpoint-based progression. Instead, defeating a boss gives you an elevator key that you can use to skip to the boss's floor on your next run. The baffling design decision here is that the elevator key is consumable, so you have to start over from the first floor if you're defeated after using it, and then defeat the boss again to get another key. The game does give you additional keys for intermediate floors as you progress higher up the tower, but you can still be looking at an hour or two between each boss.
Fortunately this isn't a brutally difficult game, and has an easy mode if you want it. It's challenging in places (on normal), but never crosses over into Returnal levels of unfairness. It also supports manual saving between runs, so you can choose between either doing repeated runs on one save file to earn money to upgrade your character, or keep reloading a save file where you have an elevator key so you can avoid repeating the same floors. Anyone who is fine with the repetition of rogue-lites should definitely check it out, and I'll give it a cautious recommendation to people like me who don't normally have the patience for these kinds of games.
I could start by describing this game, but you really need to see it to appreciate its gloriously OTT charm.
As you probably gathered from the trailer, it's a comedic anime-style third-person shooter that's full of personality. Coming from the developer of the Earth Defence Force series, imagine that level of chaos compacted into enclosed arenas and corridors. Rooms are packed with furniture items that are all physics objects, so there's always debris flying everywhere. Enemies explode into pieces when defeated. Later in the game there are loads of environmental hazards too. It plays like a modern take on Smash TV, a comparison enhanced by your cyborg schoolgirl's rampage being (fictionally) livestreamed to an audience that will occassionally request that you wipe out enemies under certain conditions in exchange for cash.
The core gameplay mechanics and the range of weapons and special attacks are all great fun. The only thing holding it back from an unqualified recommendation is the game structure. It's a rogue-lite with randomly generated level layouts. Considering that the tower you're climbing has 100 levels and each takes 5-10 minutes, it really would have been more satisfying with normal checkpoint-based progression. Instead, defeating a boss gives you an elevator key that you can use to skip to the boss's floor on your next run. The baffling design decision here is that the elevator key is consumable, so you have to start over from the first floor if you're defeated after using it, and then defeat the boss again to get another key. The game does give you additional keys for intermediate floors as you progress higher up the tower, but you can still be looking at an hour or two between each boss.
Fortunately this isn't a brutally difficult game, and has an easy mode if you want it. It's challenging in places (on normal), but never crosses over into Returnal levels of unfairness. It also supports manual saving between runs, so you can choose between either doing repeated runs on one save file to earn money to upgrade your character, or keep reloading a save file where you have an elevator key so you can avoid repeating the same floors. Anyone who is fine with the repetition of rogue-lites should definitely check it out, and I'll give it a cautious recommendation to people like me who don't normally have the patience for these kinds of games.
Here's my December progress! I took a break from exercising due to work and holiday season interference but I did play a bit more of the Ring Fit this month. Hoping it will be part of the 2026 game completion but will see how that does.
Like recent years I dedicated December to be more towards the retro games so we have more classic games from PlayStation Plus Premium here!
#14 - LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (PlayStation Portable via Classics version on PlayStation 5)
Acquired: PlayStation Plus Premium
#15 - Star Wars: Demolition (PlayStation 1 via Classics version on PlayStation 5)
Acquired: PlayStation Plus Premium
#16 - 2Xtreme (PlayStation 1 via Classics version on PlayStation 5)
Acquired: PlayStation Plus Premium
#17 - Star Wars: The Clone Wars (PlayStation 2 via Classics version on PlayStation 5)
Acquired: PlayStation Plus Premium
#18 - Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (PlayStation 2 via Classics version on PlayStation 5)
Acquired: PlayStation Plus Premium
#19 - TimeSplitters 2 (PlayStation 2 via Classics version on PlayStation 5)
Acquired: PlayStation Plus Premium
#20 - Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (PlayStation 3)
Acquired: July 2024
My backlog so far:
The 2025 '20' Games Goal:
Like recent years I dedicated December to be more towards the retro games so we have more classic games from PlayStation Plus Premium here!
#14 - LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (PlayStation Portable via Classics version on PlayStation 5)
Acquired: PlayStation Plus Premium
With the holiday season approaching it was time to check out more classic games on PlayStation 5 and the first one that I decided to look at was a weird inclusion to the Classics catalogue. Back in 2006 I played LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy on the PlayStation 2 and finished it at 100% which I was very happy with and a fun experience to play. This, and the first game, eventually became the normal routine of LEGO games moving forward and to see Disney (who own Lucasfilms' IPs like Star Wars) bring the game onto the Classics catalogue, it made complete sense considering they can't necessarily sort out PlayStation 3 emulation yet so LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga was off the table.
In June 2024, Sony and Implicit Conversions were able to introduce PlayStation 2 games onto the service and whilst we received a couple they were still offering games for PlayStation and PlayStation Portable, and one of those games that were added in that first month happened to be LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy - but not the PlayStation 2 version, it was the PlayStation Portable version instead. So while this is a revisit to the game for me, this was the first time that I would be playing the PSP version instead. And honestly, it aged pretty well for the most part.
The gameplay, for those who don't know, starts off with a mini-hub where you and one other playable character can destroy various components, visit a store, view the vehicle components you built from collectible mini-kits and also access the levels for each film that this game covers. You start off with access to Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope first, and as you progress you will also unlock Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi as well as one-off bonus levels that are based on the final stages from LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (which are exclusive to the PSP version as the developers weren't able to include the bounty mission content on the UMD disc).
Throughout the game when you destroy objects and components, you will receive small LEGO studs that are coloured depending on how they're worth (with blue being the best) that can be used as this game's currency to purchase new characters, vehicles, tips and also cheats. The cheats can be used throughout your game to help you gain a multiplier on the studs you earn (up to x3860 which is insane), faster pacing and also be immune to damage. You start off slow with the stud collecting but the more you progress you will eventually be able to use them to unlock more content. The cheats don't interfere with the 100% completion and trophies as well.
In each stage, you follow the storylines bit by bit and do various linear tasks from building a door, fighting enemies, using different characters to access doors and machines, and collecting mini-kits that are hidden throughout the game. There are also red bricks that you can also find that will allow you to unlock the cheats in the store which you would then need to pay with the stud credits. After each stage is done, you will earn a gold brick (which there are 99 in total) and have the option to replay the game in Free Mode.
Free Mode is replaying the same stage but you can play as any character which will be needed to locate any missing mini-kits you couldn't uncover due to being cleverly hidden or they're locked behind a door, gate or silver/black object that required a different character. In most stages you're going to need at least a short character, a Sith character, a Bounty Hunter character, a Droid, a Stormtrooper and someone who can rope their way across specific platforms. In the vehicle levels you only need an Empire ship to get through those gate sections. In addition to Free Mode, there's also a Challenge Mode which is also exclusive to the PSP version where you will need to locate 10 Blue Mini-Kits in a time limit, these are in different positions to the White Mini-Kits and I have missed a few without a guide so it's not as easy as it looks.
When you finish the six story stages, you will also be able to build a door in the mini-hub that offers an extra set of modes you can check out - a 'Super Story' which is all six stages back to back with a time limit of under an hour to beat, and two separate levels where you play a character and a vehicle and you must earn 1 million studs in roughly 5 minutes. This is repeated across each film.
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy was a super fun game, but what I found with this PSP version and especially for the 100% completion is there's a lot more repetition than I remembered from the PS2 release and I wonder if the issue is the Challenge mode content as it just felt like you have to replay the same stage about 3-4 times just to do everything 100% for that section and to repeat it for each stage was rather tedious and did burn me out a bit at times. Miraculously the stages are fairly short but it has a grind problem so I do wonder if this was rectified in the later LEGO games (I have played LEGO Batman, LEGO Indiana Jones and LEGO Harry Potter but it's been a long time since those ones).
In terms of the PSP emulation on PlayStation 5, it looked pretty damn good and almost identical to the PlayStation 2 release with the difference being the quality of the studs being low-res and some of the UI is a bit upscaled but overall it ran really well and no crashes. It took me 22 hours 35 mins to 100% and reach the 4 billion studs to receive the Platinum trophy.
In June 2024, Sony and Implicit Conversions were able to introduce PlayStation 2 games onto the service and whilst we received a couple they were still offering games for PlayStation and PlayStation Portable, and one of those games that were added in that first month happened to be LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy - but not the PlayStation 2 version, it was the PlayStation Portable version instead. So while this is a revisit to the game for me, this was the first time that I would be playing the PSP version instead. And honestly, it aged pretty well for the most part.
The gameplay, for those who don't know, starts off with a mini-hub where you and one other playable character can destroy various components, visit a store, view the vehicle components you built from collectible mini-kits and also access the levels for each film that this game covers. You start off with access to Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope first, and as you progress you will also unlock Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi as well as one-off bonus levels that are based on the final stages from LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (which are exclusive to the PSP version as the developers weren't able to include the bounty mission content on the UMD disc).
Throughout the game when you destroy objects and components, you will receive small LEGO studs that are coloured depending on how they're worth (with blue being the best) that can be used as this game's currency to purchase new characters, vehicles, tips and also cheats. The cheats can be used throughout your game to help you gain a multiplier on the studs you earn (up to x3860 which is insane), faster pacing and also be immune to damage. You start off slow with the stud collecting but the more you progress you will eventually be able to use them to unlock more content. The cheats don't interfere with the 100% completion and trophies as well.
In each stage, you follow the storylines bit by bit and do various linear tasks from building a door, fighting enemies, using different characters to access doors and machines, and collecting mini-kits that are hidden throughout the game. There are also red bricks that you can also find that will allow you to unlock the cheats in the store which you would then need to pay with the stud credits. After each stage is done, you will earn a gold brick (which there are 99 in total) and have the option to replay the game in Free Mode.
Free Mode is replaying the same stage but you can play as any character which will be needed to locate any missing mini-kits you couldn't uncover due to being cleverly hidden or they're locked behind a door, gate or silver/black object that required a different character. In most stages you're going to need at least a short character, a Sith character, a Bounty Hunter character, a Droid, a Stormtrooper and someone who can rope their way across specific platforms. In the vehicle levels you only need an Empire ship to get through those gate sections. In addition to Free Mode, there's also a Challenge Mode which is also exclusive to the PSP version where you will need to locate 10 Blue Mini-Kits in a time limit, these are in different positions to the White Mini-Kits and I have missed a few without a guide so it's not as easy as it looks.
When you finish the six story stages, you will also be able to build a door in the mini-hub that offers an extra set of modes you can check out - a 'Super Story' which is all six stages back to back with a time limit of under an hour to beat, and two separate levels where you play a character and a vehicle and you must earn 1 million studs in roughly 5 minutes. This is repeated across each film.
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy was a super fun game, but what I found with this PSP version and especially for the 100% completion is there's a lot more repetition than I remembered from the PS2 release and I wonder if the issue is the Challenge mode content as it just felt like you have to replay the same stage about 3-4 times just to do everything 100% for that section and to repeat it for each stage was rather tedious and did burn me out a bit at times. Miraculously the stages are fairly short but it has a grind problem so I do wonder if this was rectified in the later LEGO games (I have played LEGO Batman, LEGO Indiana Jones and LEGO Harry Potter but it's been a long time since those ones).
In terms of the PSP emulation on PlayStation 5, it looked pretty damn good and almost identical to the PlayStation 2 release with the difference being the quality of the studs being low-res and some of the UI is a bit upscaled but overall it ran really well and no crashes. It took me 22 hours 35 mins to 100% and reach the 4 billion studs to receive the Platinum trophy.
#15 - Star Wars: Demolition (PlayStation 1 via Classics version on PlayStation 5)
Acquired: PlayStation Plus Premium
The next game I played from the Classics programme continues the Star Wars theme and that's a game that a lot of people were baffled by its inclusion. Considering how many of the games in the Star Wars franchise have been re-released whether it's a port, remake or a remaster, Star Wars: Demolition deserved to share the spotlight as well because it's actually much better than I had anticipated going in.
Star Wars: Demolition is a vehicular combat game in a similar format to the Twisted Metal games and it was developed by Luxoflux, the folks behind the Vigilante 8 games as well as Shrek 2 and the True Crime video games (before the franchise moved to Square Enix as Sleeping Dogs). And what will capture your attention the most is the game's user interface and gameplay system because it's very intriguing by design.
To summarise how it works, you have a circle bar on the top-right corner of the screen. The top-half focuses on the shield that protects your vehicle, while the bottom-half is your vehicle's main health. The bars in the middle relate to the weapons, so the left-hand side is for special attacks that you can use from power-ups that you can pick up on the arena, while the right-hand side is your standard weapon attack. You can hold the button down to charge up these attacks to send multiple bullets/shots against your opponents. If you can hit your opponents without taking damage the little yellow dots will also appear on the left-side of the circle which you can use to perform Force Attacks that deal a lot of damage. This took me a while to understand how the game's mechanics work but once you figure it out, the game becomes a lot more fun to play.
The controls were a bit weird at first but they're pretty simple which is accelerate using X and the L & R buttons for weapon attacks. Each vehicle will have their own style and that's where the game's flaws start to emerge because there are balancing issues. The most notable example that I encountered was with the AT-ST which plays terribly because it's a tall vehicle so opponents can sneak by and attack you without you having a chance to fight back at close range. Then you have a vehicle like the AAT Battle Tank that can absolutely destroy a chunk of an opponent's health with its basic attack charged up and it's insane to witness. The other vehicles weren't too bad and played pretty fine, including Boba Fett who's just himself hovering around.
The game has various modes available upfront. The tournament mode is the main mode for story-purposes and it's similar to Twisted Metal where you start off with one opponent and each stage adds another opponent until you have about 4-5 in the arena. There's also Hunt-A-Droid mode which is a simple task of destroying x amount of droids within a time limit, and High Stakes mode where you can bet and earn in-game money in duels that can help you with your battles.
The level design for each arena was also really good and I liked how each one has its own variety and life put into it. For example the Naboo level has an audience that will watch the battles, the Hoth level has Empire vehicles and the monster throwing boulders to get in your way, and Tattoine even includes the classic pit that loves Boba Fett. In each of these arenas there will also be blue and red zones that you can drive into. The blue zone will regain your energy to keep your shield levels up, while the red zone regains your power that you need to use for your weapons. The weapons do eventually run out of power, so this is how you can gain it back quickly, but both blue and red zones will require the in-game money in exchange.
One last bit to comment on is the enemy AI in this game. The opponents tend to chase after you rather than fight each other for most of the battles that I have played, which does make various situations rather tedious to go through but for the most part it was doable. But I will say it's nowhere near as messy as Twisted Metal was when it came to knocking your health down.
Star Wars: Demolition was a big surprise and I recommend giving this game a shot. I'm also surprised that it didn't get the remastered treatment before it was added to the Classics programme. Trophies was added to the game post-launch and they were fairly simple since you don't need to 100% the game to get the Platinum trophy, just experiencing the three game modes and playing through Tournament mode with 6 playable characters. I got the Platinum after 3 hours of progress.
Star Wars: Demolition is a vehicular combat game in a similar format to the Twisted Metal games and it was developed by Luxoflux, the folks behind the Vigilante 8 games as well as Shrek 2 and the True Crime video games (before the franchise moved to Square Enix as Sleeping Dogs). And what will capture your attention the most is the game's user interface and gameplay system because it's very intriguing by design.
To summarise how it works, you have a circle bar on the top-right corner of the screen. The top-half focuses on the shield that protects your vehicle, while the bottom-half is your vehicle's main health. The bars in the middle relate to the weapons, so the left-hand side is for special attacks that you can use from power-ups that you can pick up on the arena, while the right-hand side is your standard weapon attack. You can hold the button down to charge up these attacks to send multiple bullets/shots against your opponents. If you can hit your opponents without taking damage the little yellow dots will also appear on the left-side of the circle which you can use to perform Force Attacks that deal a lot of damage. This took me a while to understand how the game's mechanics work but once you figure it out, the game becomes a lot more fun to play.
The controls were a bit weird at first but they're pretty simple which is accelerate using X and the L & R buttons for weapon attacks. Each vehicle will have their own style and that's where the game's flaws start to emerge because there are balancing issues. The most notable example that I encountered was with the AT-ST which plays terribly because it's a tall vehicle so opponents can sneak by and attack you without you having a chance to fight back at close range. Then you have a vehicle like the AAT Battle Tank that can absolutely destroy a chunk of an opponent's health with its basic attack charged up and it's insane to witness. The other vehicles weren't too bad and played pretty fine, including Boba Fett who's just himself hovering around.
The game has various modes available upfront. The tournament mode is the main mode for story-purposes and it's similar to Twisted Metal where you start off with one opponent and each stage adds another opponent until you have about 4-5 in the arena. There's also Hunt-A-Droid mode which is a simple task of destroying x amount of droids within a time limit, and High Stakes mode where you can bet and earn in-game money in duels that can help you with your battles.
The level design for each arena was also really good and I liked how each one has its own variety and life put into it. For example the Naboo level has an audience that will watch the battles, the Hoth level has Empire vehicles and the monster throwing boulders to get in your way, and Tattoine even includes the classic pit that loves Boba Fett. In each of these arenas there will also be blue and red zones that you can drive into. The blue zone will regain your energy to keep your shield levels up, while the red zone regains your power that you need to use for your weapons. The weapons do eventually run out of power, so this is how you can gain it back quickly, but both blue and red zones will require the in-game money in exchange.
One last bit to comment on is the enemy AI in this game. The opponents tend to chase after you rather than fight each other for most of the battles that I have played, which does make various situations rather tedious to go through but for the most part it was doable. But I will say it's nowhere near as messy as Twisted Metal was when it came to knocking your health down.
Star Wars: Demolition was a big surprise and I recommend giving this game a shot. I'm also surprised that it didn't get the remastered treatment before it was added to the Classics programme. Trophies was added to the game post-launch and they were fairly simple since you don't need to 100% the game to get the Platinum trophy, just experiencing the three game modes and playing through Tournament mode with 6 playable characters. I got the Platinum after 3 hours of progress.
#16 - 2Xtreme (PlayStation 1 via Classics version on PlayStation 5)
Acquired: PlayStation Plus Premium
Next is another fairly short first-party game for Sony called 2Xtreme released in 1996, which is a sequel to their launch title ESPN Extreme Games which not long after lost the license to use the ESPN branding so it was eventually re-released as 1Xtreme to keep it consistent with the later games. This is a sports game where you can play rollerblading, skateboarding, biking, and snowboarding across a few stages set in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Africa and Japan. Each sport type in all honesty played pretty much the same for the most part with the main differences being the tricks that you can do in the air after going off a ramp.
Graphically its decent and looked impressive for what it was at the time but I would say it hasn't aged well. I can definitely see this being popular for multiplayer and the menu design was rather different to what I had imagined. Gameplay in general was fine but it wouldn't be the type of game that I would go out of my way to pick up right away. I also never understood how the trick system works and I struggled to make it work during most of my playthrough even after looking at a guide on what buttons to press.
If there is a positive to mention, the game does offer you the option to create your own character and customise the stats to make your character faster or slower or even stronger or weaker in the levels which adds more replay value and is pretty cool to see.
But overall it was clear that 2Xtreme wasn't for me, and I preferred the other games that I tried on the Classics programme like Jet Moto. At least it was on PS Plus Premium and had a go. I managed to get the Platinum trophy after 2 hours of playtime, which was going through the game's Exhibition mode.
Graphically its decent and looked impressive for what it was at the time but I would say it hasn't aged well. I can definitely see this being popular for multiplayer and the menu design was rather different to what I had imagined. Gameplay in general was fine but it wouldn't be the type of game that I would go out of my way to pick up right away. I also never understood how the trick system works and I struggled to make it work during most of my playthrough even after looking at a guide on what buttons to press.
If there is a positive to mention, the game does offer you the option to create your own character and customise the stats to make your character faster or slower or even stronger or weaker in the levels which adds more replay value and is pretty cool to see.
But overall it was clear that 2Xtreme wasn't for me, and I preferred the other games that I tried on the Classics programme like Jet Moto. At least it was on PS Plus Premium and had a go. I managed to get the Platinum trophy after 2 hours of playtime, which was going through the game's Exhibition mode.
#17 - Star Wars: The Clone Wars (PlayStation 2 via Classics version on PlayStation 5)
Acquired: PlayStation Plus Premium
After the last game I decided to back to the Star Wars theme and play another one that was also available on the Classics programme called Star Wars: The Clone Wars and just so happen to be the very first PlayStation 2 game to be included in the programme using the latest emulator that Implicit Conversions worked on.
This game was honestly much better than I had expected and more importantly was also really fun. Honestly I should have known that going in because it was developed by Pandemic Studios, who would later develop Star Wars: Battlefront 1 & 2 games a few years later.
The main focus for Star Wars: The Clone Wars is covering the end of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and offer a new story that starts right as the film ends, with Obi-Wan, Anakin and Mace Windu dealing with a new threat from Count Dooku. The gameplay is divided into story chapters and a majority of these chapters are primarily you piloting a vehicle, with some sections allowing you to walk on-foot as a Jedi.
In each of these chapters, you will also have at least three bonus objectives that you want to achieve to unlock additional rewards in the game. These objectives range from finishing the mission in under a specific time, defeating/destroying various objects and protecting teammates or vehicles in specific circumstances. I was able to get a good amount of them, and there is replay options available if you want to redo one of the chapters to get that objective sorted.
The controls for the vehicle gameplay are surprisingly good and I really enjoyed how it plays, especially the shooting which was rewarding when you can use lasers to strike multiple targets at the same time. The difficulty can be challenging if you're not careful but for the most part I managed without too much issue. The graphics also looked pretty good for its age, and the cutscenes were pretty solid, so I suspect this is the same engine that would later be used for Battlefront.
The game's biggest weakness were the controls/gameplay for the Jedi characters for the short segments where you're on ground. They were pretty rough on the edges and while its manageable I wouldn't be surprised if people received game over from these segments more than the vehicle ones. Another slight flaw with the game is the voice work as I found or Anakin does sound robotic or mono which was rather jarring to hear.
For my playthrough I finished the story mode and achieved around 30 bonus objectives which was pretty neat. The story is pretty short as I was able to finish the game in about 3 hours 20 minutes and unlocked the Platinum trophy not long after. Star Wars: The Clone Wars was a solid time and I really enjoyed it. I definitely would have loved it if I had owned the PlayStation 2 game when I was younger, but am happy to experience it with this emulated release.
This game was honestly much better than I had expected and more importantly was also really fun. Honestly I should have known that going in because it was developed by Pandemic Studios, who would later develop Star Wars: Battlefront 1 & 2 games a few years later.
The main focus for Star Wars: The Clone Wars is covering the end of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and offer a new story that starts right as the film ends, with Obi-Wan, Anakin and Mace Windu dealing with a new threat from Count Dooku. The gameplay is divided into story chapters and a majority of these chapters are primarily you piloting a vehicle, with some sections allowing you to walk on-foot as a Jedi.
In each of these chapters, you will also have at least three bonus objectives that you want to achieve to unlock additional rewards in the game. These objectives range from finishing the mission in under a specific time, defeating/destroying various objects and protecting teammates or vehicles in specific circumstances. I was able to get a good amount of them, and there is replay options available if you want to redo one of the chapters to get that objective sorted.
The controls for the vehicle gameplay are surprisingly good and I really enjoyed how it plays, especially the shooting which was rewarding when you can use lasers to strike multiple targets at the same time. The difficulty can be challenging if you're not careful but for the most part I managed without too much issue. The graphics also looked pretty good for its age, and the cutscenes were pretty solid, so I suspect this is the same engine that would later be used for Battlefront.
The game's biggest weakness were the controls/gameplay for the Jedi characters for the short segments where you're on ground. They were pretty rough on the edges and while its manageable I wouldn't be surprised if people received game over from these segments more than the vehicle ones. Another slight flaw with the game is the voice work as I found or Anakin does sound robotic or mono which was rather jarring to hear.
For my playthrough I finished the story mode and achieved around 30 bonus objectives which was pretty neat. The story is pretty short as I was able to finish the game in about 3 hours 20 minutes and unlocked the Platinum trophy not long after. Star Wars: The Clone Wars was a solid time and I really enjoyed it. I definitely would have loved it if I had owned the PlayStation 2 game when I was younger, but am happy to experience it with this emulated release.
#18 - Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (PlayStation 2 via Classics version on PlayStation 5)
Acquired: PlayStation Plus Premium
After playing the Star Wars games, I decided to switch things up and play Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings, released in 2009 for the PlayStation 2 (and also the Nintendo Wii) from developer Artificial Mind & Movement (who would eventually rename themselves as Behaviour Interactive, aka the same studio who made Dead by Daylight). This is a story driven adventure with Indiana Jones looking into the Staff of Kings before the Nazis could get them as well as traversing through deadly traps and puzzles and also survive various shoot outs. I found the journey overall to be an interesting but flawed experience in general.
There are six locations you explore in Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings and they’re pretty lengthy levels. The environments do look pretty decent despite the visuals, and there is attention to detail with the puzzles and traps that appear. For example Indy needs to use a fire to put away spiders or recover health from snowy conditions. The puzzles were pretty good and I enjoyed solving them to progress through the game, with no need to use any guides whatsoever. Quick-Time Events are here and there throughout the game and some of them can be pretty entertaining, like having to tap L1 and R1 constantly to run away from a series of traps.
The combat was decent but I managed to cheese my way through many of the encounters by using the whip and hitting them afterwards which knocks them out right away. It didn’t work that much in the final level but still did a good job in making sure I didn’t lose too much health, since health doesn’t regenerate. The shooting segments where Indy stays behind cover and you pop out to shoot them back and reload from time to time, held up pretty well and control-wise was also fairly solid, so I had no major issues there.
In terms of any flaws, the graphics were fine but when you consider the fact that this was released in 2009 I do think they could have perhaps tried to push the hardware further, though I wonder if maybe they had to sacrifice the visual presentation to make sure it would work for the Nintendo Wii. There were other games released before the generation ended that looked better on the PlayStation 2 is what I’m trying to say. I think they were also planning to release the game onto high definition consoles but was cancelled during production. Also the Nintendo Wii version does include the 1992 point-and-click game Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis while the PlayStation 2 version doesn’t.
As for anything else, I think the only other flaw is the story and characters. The story was fine but I don’t think it was as interesting as the films, though I liked the fifth level that goes into more detail about the staff’s power. The villain is not as memorable as you would expect either. I did play the game via the PlayStation 5 emulated release and experienced a few technical issues and lengthy loading times which may be tied to the emulation itself so I won’t complain about it too much here.
I almost forgot to mention that Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings does include a Big Head mode and I used it for the second half of the game just to see Indy with a large head going up against other large headed enemies is just amusing to see. My playthrough took about 4 hours 15 minutes and was able to receive the Platinum trophy after finishing the story and acquiring all of the collectibles. As a game, I do think its pretty decent but I reckon there’s better games from the franchise available, for example I recall a lot of folks enjoying the 2003 game Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb from the developers behind Star Wars Episode III.
There are six locations you explore in Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings and they’re pretty lengthy levels. The environments do look pretty decent despite the visuals, and there is attention to detail with the puzzles and traps that appear. For example Indy needs to use a fire to put away spiders or recover health from snowy conditions. The puzzles were pretty good and I enjoyed solving them to progress through the game, with no need to use any guides whatsoever. Quick-Time Events are here and there throughout the game and some of them can be pretty entertaining, like having to tap L1 and R1 constantly to run away from a series of traps.
The combat was decent but I managed to cheese my way through many of the encounters by using the whip and hitting them afterwards which knocks them out right away. It didn’t work that much in the final level but still did a good job in making sure I didn’t lose too much health, since health doesn’t regenerate. The shooting segments where Indy stays behind cover and you pop out to shoot them back and reload from time to time, held up pretty well and control-wise was also fairly solid, so I had no major issues there.
In terms of any flaws, the graphics were fine but when you consider the fact that this was released in 2009 I do think they could have perhaps tried to push the hardware further, though I wonder if maybe they had to sacrifice the visual presentation to make sure it would work for the Nintendo Wii. There were other games released before the generation ended that looked better on the PlayStation 2 is what I’m trying to say. I think they were also planning to release the game onto high definition consoles but was cancelled during production. Also the Nintendo Wii version does include the 1992 point-and-click game Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis while the PlayStation 2 version doesn’t.
As for anything else, I think the only other flaw is the story and characters. The story was fine but I don’t think it was as interesting as the films, though I liked the fifth level that goes into more detail about the staff’s power. The villain is not as memorable as you would expect either. I did play the game via the PlayStation 5 emulated release and experienced a few technical issues and lengthy loading times which may be tied to the emulation itself so I won’t complain about it too much here.
I almost forgot to mention that Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings does include a Big Head mode and I used it for the second half of the game just to see Indy with a large head going up against other large headed enemies is just amusing to see. My playthrough took about 4 hours 15 minutes and was able to receive the Platinum trophy after finishing the story and acquiring all of the collectibles. As a game, I do think its pretty decent but I reckon there’s better games from the franchise available, for example I recall a lot of folks enjoying the 2003 game Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb from the developers behind Star Wars Episode III.
#19 - TimeSplitters 2 (PlayStation 2 via Classics version on PlayStation 5)
Acquired: PlayStation Plus Premium
A year ago I played through the first TimeSplitters with the intention of going through the whole trilogy, but I ended up experiencing some slight nausea as I was playing the game so I forced myself to not bother with the sequels. Even though it had been a year since, I wanted to give TimeSplitters 2 a shot especially because I had definitely played it before when I was younger without any issues – and thankfully I managed to succeed!
TimeSplitters 2 took the best parts of what made the first game so good and enhances everything from the gameplay to the story and even the content. It’s no wonder many people have been craving for a remaster or remake to this franchise which had been in limbo for decades until THQ Nordic made the games available on the Classics programme.
Similar to the previous game, you travel across different parts of time to collect a time relic so that it’s out of that world before the TimeSplitter enemies appear. In the first game you had to go from Point A to B and then back to A, while in this game they switched it up so that it’s Point A to B with the exit being located right where B is at so it makes replayability a lot better. They also introduced objectives in a similar fashion to their older games GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark so you will have challenges like ‘retrieve item’ or ‘destroy the enemies before they escape’ or even ‘defeat the boss’. The difficulty was pretty tough at times because there are no health kits from what I saw as I progressed through the story, so thankfully the emulator’s rewind feature is pretty handy in these instances.
The weapons are all pretty neat and my favourite ones were the pistols and tommy guns that support dual-wielding as it reminded me a lot of GoldenEye: Rouge Agent which was a lot of fun to play (even though I never finished it and I know many dislike it for various reasons). I also liked the power-ups that were available in the other game modes which included invisibility, speed and being small. The story mode was good fun and the story itself was simple but does the job well. But the game isn’t all about the story but rather the combat which is why we have other game modes available as well as the map editor.
In the previous game we had story mode and challenge mode. TimeSplitters 2 has an additional mode called Arcade mode which offers various challenge-esque roles like defeat x amount of enemies in a specific timer or have the team win a deathmatch. Both Arcade and Challenge were similar but offered enough variety to be worthwhile and there were three leagues of difficulty which I was able to go through with various Silver, Gold and sometimes Platinum ranks achieved. There’s also other types of gameplay modes within these levels including Virus, Capture the Bag, Assault and Thief. I think my favourite was probably Assault because its like Team Deathmatch but you need to reach Point B as a team, though I do think the objectives can be a bit confusing at times, but in general I enjoyed it a lot.
Speaking of the difficulty, playing through Arcade and Challenge modes, you can get killed really quickly and at the same time respawn pretty damn fast which adds to the fast-paced nature of the game and I think that’s partly why the game was very popular with multiplayer back in the day. True many video games are like that today but I don’t recall it being common back in 2002 outside of a couple PC shooters perhaps.
Back to the discussion of the modes, Challenge mode returns where one of them involves you need to kill enemies within a zone otherwise a timer will appear to give you a game over, and be rewarded if you survive a round without taking any damage. There’s other challenges as well like collecting bananas within a time limit, shooting x amount of moneys who are trying to damage your dam, and of course they also brought back a few levels from the first game with the classic Point A to B to A model which can be tedious I’ll admit.
Overall I had a solid time playing through TimeSplitters 2 and I think had the emulator managed to include online multiplayer it would have aged even better on PlayStation 5. I went for the Platinum trophy and managed to achieve it in around 7 hours 30 minutes total playtime after finishing the story, arcade and challenge modes with at least 35 gold ranks and enough silver and bronze to get the trophies.
TimeSplitters 2 took the best parts of what made the first game so good and enhances everything from the gameplay to the story and even the content. It’s no wonder many people have been craving for a remaster or remake to this franchise which had been in limbo for decades until THQ Nordic made the games available on the Classics programme.
Similar to the previous game, you travel across different parts of time to collect a time relic so that it’s out of that world before the TimeSplitter enemies appear. In the first game you had to go from Point A to B and then back to A, while in this game they switched it up so that it’s Point A to B with the exit being located right where B is at so it makes replayability a lot better. They also introduced objectives in a similar fashion to their older games GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark so you will have challenges like ‘retrieve item’ or ‘destroy the enemies before they escape’ or even ‘defeat the boss’. The difficulty was pretty tough at times because there are no health kits from what I saw as I progressed through the story, so thankfully the emulator’s rewind feature is pretty handy in these instances.
The weapons are all pretty neat and my favourite ones were the pistols and tommy guns that support dual-wielding as it reminded me a lot of GoldenEye: Rouge Agent which was a lot of fun to play (even though I never finished it and I know many dislike it for various reasons). I also liked the power-ups that were available in the other game modes which included invisibility, speed and being small. The story mode was good fun and the story itself was simple but does the job well. But the game isn’t all about the story but rather the combat which is why we have other game modes available as well as the map editor.
In the previous game we had story mode and challenge mode. TimeSplitters 2 has an additional mode called Arcade mode which offers various challenge-esque roles like defeat x amount of enemies in a specific timer or have the team win a deathmatch. Both Arcade and Challenge were similar but offered enough variety to be worthwhile and there were three leagues of difficulty which I was able to go through with various Silver, Gold and sometimes Platinum ranks achieved. There’s also other types of gameplay modes within these levels including Virus, Capture the Bag, Assault and Thief. I think my favourite was probably Assault because its like Team Deathmatch but you need to reach Point B as a team, though I do think the objectives can be a bit confusing at times, but in general I enjoyed it a lot.
Speaking of the difficulty, playing through Arcade and Challenge modes, you can get killed really quickly and at the same time respawn pretty damn fast which adds to the fast-paced nature of the game and I think that’s partly why the game was very popular with multiplayer back in the day. True many video games are like that today but I don’t recall it being common back in 2002 outside of a couple PC shooters perhaps.
Back to the discussion of the modes, Challenge mode returns where one of them involves you need to kill enemies within a zone otherwise a timer will appear to give you a game over, and be rewarded if you survive a round without taking any damage. There’s other challenges as well like collecting bananas within a time limit, shooting x amount of moneys who are trying to damage your dam, and of course they also brought back a few levels from the first game with the classic Point A to B to A model which can be tedious I’ll admit.
Overall I had a solid time playing through TimeSplitters 2 and I think had the emulator managed to include online multiplayer it would have aged even better on PlayStation 5. I went for the Platinum trophy and managed to achieve it in around 7 hours 30 minutes total playtime after finishing the story, arcade and challenge modes with at least 35 gold ranks and enough silver and bronze to get the trophies.
#20 - Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (PlayStation 3)
Acquired: July 2024
To finish off the year of 2025, and knowing that I was only able to reach about 20 games completed, I decided to follow a similar approach to what I had done for 2024 where I finished on a PlayStation 3 game and from the backlog I picked Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, the 2010 action adventure game that’s set in the same timeline as the original Sands of Time trilogy from the 2000s.
I played Prince of Persia‘s Sands of Time trilogy from the PlayStation 3 HD collection a few years ago and I really enjoyed them despite the remaster having a couple of technical issues along the way. I knew nothing about Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands and thought it was a throw-away game in response to the Prince of Persia 2008 reimagining and live-action film, but in reality it’s a pretty solid and underrated adventure.
Similar to the others in the franchise, you can wall-climb across platforms, climb various walls to reach pillars and higher ground and use fabric posters to safely reach lower parts of the areas. There’s also combat that will let you show off your skills normally or with special magic to defeat bigger foes over the course of the game. And speaking of magic, you can rewind time if you somehow manage to fall into a pit or jump the wrong direction on a pillar. The rewind ability was what helped make the Sands of Time trilogy really popular and honestly I am glad its back here as it’s fun to use.
There are other abilities that you can unlock as well, with an earth type that protects you from taking any damage, a fire ability that leaves trails so foes can take damage if they step on your tracks, an ice ability that shots towards any direction you attack from, and a wind ability that essentially has you slam to the ground from the air like a shockwave and they’re all pretty much to experience, but they come at a cost of using up a slot that’s also used for rewinds.
The story was decent and while it’s not as interesting as the trilogy I liked what it was trying to do and the characters were good. I also liked the interactions between the Prince and Razia, a spirit you encounter in the game who helps guide you with the magic abilities, felt they had solid chemistry.
In terms of any issues that I had, the best way to describe the pillar climbing experience it a bit janky especially when you use another ability that turns water into ice which also slows down time from what I can see. It’s messy and got me in weird situations like what I said earlier about jumping off the wrong angle on the pillar into my death which kept getting annoying especially when I was trying to beat one of the bosses without getting hit. I also had issues with the device that requires you to turn it around in a 360 angle and sometimes the controls would undo what I’m trying to sort out because it couldn’t decide if I want to move forward or back.
Despite issues with the controls, everything else though was perfectly fine. The game looked pretty good and while the enemies are few by design, they don’t mess around when they’re trying to attack. I really enjoyed my time playing Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands and was happy to end the year on an overlooked game from the PlayStation 3 era. I also got the Platinum trophy not long after finishing the story which took about 7 hours and 55 minutes to beat.
I played Prince of Persia‘s Sands of Time trilogy from the PlayStation 3 HD collection a few years ago and I really enjoyed them despite the remaster having a couple of technical issues along the way. I knew nothing about Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands and thought it was a throw-away game in response to the Prince of Persia 2008 reimagining and live-action film, but in reality it’s a pretty solid and underrated adventure.
Similar to the others in the franchise, you can wall-climb across platforms, climb various walls to reach pillars and higher ground and use fabric posters to safely reach lower parts of the areas. There’s also combat that will let you show off your skills normally or with special magic to defeat bigger foes over the course of the game. And speaking of magic, you can rewind time if you somehow manage to fall into a pit or jump the wrong direction on a pillar. The rewind ability was what helped make the Sands of Time trilogy really popular and honestly I am glad its back here as it’s fun to use.
There are other abilities that you can unlock as well, with an earth type that protects you from taking any damage, a fire ability that leaves trails so foes can take damage if they step on your tracks, an ice ability that shots towards any direction you attack from, and a wind ability that essentially has you slam to the ground from the air like a shockwave and they’re all pretty much to experience, but they come at a cost of using up a slot that’s also used for rewinds.
The story was decent and while it’s not as interesting as the trilogy I liked what it was trying to do and the characters were good. I also liked the interactions between the Prince and Razia, a spirit you encounter in the game who helps guide you with the magic abilities, felt they had solid chemistry.
In terms of any issues that I had, the best way to describe the pillar climbing experience it a bit janky especially when you use another ability that turns water into ice which also slows down time from what I can see. It’s messy and got me in weird situations like what I said earlier about jumping off the wrong angle on the pillar into my death which kept getting annoying especially when I was trying to beat one of the bosses without getting hit. I also had issues with the device that requires you to turn it around in a 360 angle and sometimes the controls would undo what I’m trying to sort out because it couldn’t decide if I want to move forward or back.
Despite issues with the controls, everything else though was perfectly fine. The game looked pretty good and while the enemies are few by design, they don’t mess around when they’re trying to attack. I really enjoyed my time playing Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands and was happy to end the year on an overlooked game from the PlayStation 3 era. I also got the Platinum trophy not long after finishing the story which took about 7 hours and 55 minutes to beat.
My backlog so far:
# | PC/Steam Backlog - Game Name: | Genre: |
|---|---|---|
1 | The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky | Turn-Based RPG |
2 | The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC | Turn-Based RPG |
# | PlayStation 3 Backlog - Game Name: | Genre: |
|---|---|---|
1 | 3D Dot Game Heroes | Action RPG |
2 | Bleach: Soul Resurrección | Fighting |
3 | Castlevania: Lords of Shadow | Action, Hack n Slash |
4 | Drakengard 3 | Action RPG |
5 | Eternal Sonata | Turn-Based RPG |
6 | Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 | Action, Musou |
7 | Folklore | Action RPG |
8 | Gran Turismo 5 Academy Edition | Racing |
9 | inFAMOUS | Action |
10 | inFAMOUS 2 | Action |
11 | Katamari Forever | Puzzle |
12 | MotorStorm | Racing |
13 | Prince of Persia | Action, Platformer |
14 | Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed | Racing |
15 | Split/Second: Velocity | Racing |
16 | Tears to Tiara II: Heir of the Overlord | Tactical RPG, Visual Novel |
17 | Way of the Samurai 4 | Action |
# | PlayStation 4 Backlog - Game Name: | Genre: |
|---|---|---|
1 | 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim | Tactical RPG, Visual Novel |
2 | AI: The Somnium Files | Adventure, Visual Novel |
3 | AI: The Somnium Files: Nirvana Initative | Adventure, Visual Novel |
4 | Black Clover: Quartet Knights | Action, Fighting |
5 | Bullet Girls Phantasia | Action, Shooter |
6 | Burnout Paradise Remastered | Racing |
7 | The Caligula Effect: Overdose | Turn-Based RPG |
8 | Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions | Sports |
9 | Catherine Full Body | Puzzle |
10 | Conception Plus: Maidens of the Twelve Stars | Turn-Based RPG |
11 | CRYSTAR | Action RPG |
12 | Cyberdimension Neptunia: Four Goddesses Online | Action RPG |
13 | Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony | Visual Novel |
14 | Dead or Alive 6 | Fighting |
15 | Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess | God RPG |
16 | Detroit: Become Human | Adventure |
17 | Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth - Hacker's Memory | Turn-Based RPG |
18 | Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories | Adventure, Simulation |
19 | Dissidia Final Fantasy NT | Arcade, Fighting |
20 | Dragon Quest Heroes II | Action RPG, Musou |
21 | Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition | Turn-Based RPG |
22 | Dragon's Crown Pro | Action RPG |
23 | Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen | Action RPG |
24 | Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends | Musou |
25 | Fairy Tail | Turn-Based RPG |
26 | Fate/Extella Link | Musou |
27 | Full Metal Panic! Fight! Who Dares Win | Tactical RPG |
28 | Gal*Gun 2 | On-Rails Shooter |
29 | Gintama Rumble | Action, Musou |
30 | GOD EATER 3 | Action Hunter RPG |
31 | Gravity Rush 2 | Action, Platformer |
32 | Gundam Breaker 3 BREAK EDITION | Action, Arcade |
33 | Heavy Rain | Adventure |
34 | Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Infinite Combate | Action RPG |
35 | J-Stars Victory Vs.+ | Fighting |
36 | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven | Fighting |
37 | Kotodama: The 7 Mysteries of Fujisawa | Puzzle, Visual Novel |
38-39 | Langrisser I & II: ~ Langrisser ~ Langrisser II | Tactical RPG |
40 | The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel | Turn-Based RPG |
41 | The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II | Turn-Based RPG |
42 | The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III | Turn-Based RPG |
43 | The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV | Turn-Based RPG |
44 | Legend of Mana | Action RPG |
45-46 | Lunar Remastered Collection: ~ Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete ~ Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete | Turn-Based RPG |
47 | Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness | Action RPG |
48-50 | Mass Effect Legendary Edition: ~ Mass Effect ~ Mass Effect 2 ~ Mass Effect 3 | Action RPG |
51 | Megadimension Neptunia VII | Turn-Based RPG |
52 | Megadimension Neptunia VIIR | Turn-Based RPG |
53 | MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA | Fighting |
54 | My Hero Academia: One's Justice 2 | Fighting |
55-57 | Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy: ~ Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm ~ Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 ~ Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 | Action, Fighting |
58 | Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 4: Road to Boruto | Action, Fighting |
59 | NEO: The World Ends With You | Action RPG |
60 | Neptunia Virtual Stars | Action |
61 | Neptunia x Senran Kagura: Ninja Wars | Action |
62 | Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered | Turn-Based RPG |
63 | Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom | Action RPG |
64 | Nights of Azure | Action RPG |
65 | Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon | Action RPG |
66 | One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 | Action, Musou |
67 | One Piece: World Seeker | Action |
68 | Our World Is Ended | Visual Novel |
69 | Persona 5 Strikers | Action RPG, Musou |
70 | Raging Loop | Visual Novel |
71 | Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-: Prophecy of the Throne | Visual Novel |
72 | Resonance of Fate HD Remaster | Turn-Based RPG |
73-74 | Robotics;Notes ELITE & DaSH: ~ Robotics;Notes ELITE ~ Robotics;Notes DaSH | Visual Novel |
75 | Samurai Warriors 4 | Action, Musou |
76 | SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays | Tactical RPG |
77 | SD Gundam G Generation Genesis | Tactical RPG |
78 | Sengoku Basara 4: Sumeragi | Musou |
79 | Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal | Action |
80 | Shadow of the Colossus | Platformer |
81 | Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster | Turn-Based RPG |
82 | Star Ocean: First Departure R | Action RPG |
83 | Star Ocean: The Last Hope HD Remaster | Action RPG |
84 | Super Neptunia RPG | Turn-Based RPG |
85 | Super Robot Wars 30 | Tactical RPG |
86 | Super Robot Wars OG: The Moon Dwellers | Tactical RPG |
87 | Super Robot Wars T | Tactical RPG |
88 | Super Robot Wars X | Tactical RPG |
89 | Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris | Action RPG |
90 | Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet | Action RPG |
91 | Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum Sessions! | Music, Rhythm |
92 | Tales of Berseria | Action RPG |
93 | Tales of Vesperia | Action RPG |
94 | Theatrhythm Final Bar Line | Music, Rhythm |
95 | Trials of Mana | Action RPG |
96 | Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception | Tactical RPG, Visual Novel |
97 | Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth | Tactical RPG, Visual Novel |
98 | Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen | Tactical RPG, Visual Novel |
99 | Utawarerumono: Zan | Action, Musou |
100 | Valkyria Chronicles 4 | Tactical RPG |
101 | Valkyria Revolution | Action RPG |
102 | Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars | Card-Based RPG |
103 | Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate | Action, Musou |
104 | WipEout Omega Collection | Racing |
105 | The Witch and the Hundred Knight Revival Edition | Action RPG |
106 | WORLDEND SYNDROME | Visual Novel |
107 | Yakuza 5 Remastered | Action, Beat em up |
108 | YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World | Visual Novel |
# | PlayStation 5 Backlog - Game Name: | Genre: |
|---|---|---|
1 | 1000xRESIST | Adventure |
2-4 | Atelier Ryza Secret DX Trilogy: ~ Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout DX ~ Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy DX ~ Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key DX | Turn-Based RPG |
5 | Beyond Good & Evil | Action, Adventure |
6 | C-Smash VRS New Dimension | Sports |
7 | Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII -Reunion- | Action RPG |
8 | Cyberpunk 2077 (+ Phantom Liberty Expansion) | Action |
9 | Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles | Fighting |
10 | The DioField Chronicle | Tactical RPG |
11 | Dispatch | Adventure |
12 | DOOM Eternal | Action, Shooter |
13 | Dynasty Warriors: Origins | Action, Musou |
14 | Everybody's Golf Hot Shots | Sports |
15 | FANTAVISION 202X | Puzzle |
16 | Fate/Samurai Remnant | Action RPG, Musou |
17 | Fear Effect | Action, Adventure |
18 | Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles | Tactical RPG |
19 | Forspoken | Action RPG |
20 | Freedom Wars Remastered | Action, Hack n Slash |
21-23 | Gex Trilogy: ~ Gex ~ Gex: Enter the Gecko ~ Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko | Action, Adventure |
24 | Ghost of Tsushima | Action, Adventure |
25 | Ghostwire: Tokyo | Action, Survival Horror |
26 | Granblue Fantasy Re:link | Action RPG |
27 | Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising | Fighting |
28 | Grand Theft Auto III: The Definitive Edition | Action, Adventure, Shooter |
29 | Grand Theft Auto Vice City: The Definitive Edition | Action, Adventure, Shooter |
30 | Grand Theft Auto San Andreas: The Definitive Edition | Action, Adventure, Shooter |
31 | GrimGrimoire OnceMore | Real-Time Strategy RPG |
32 | Hades | Dungeon Crawler |
33 | HUMANITY | Puzzle |
34 | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R | Fighting |
35 | Judgment | Action, Beat em up |
36-37 | Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver I & II Remastered: ~ Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver ~ Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver II | Action, Adventure |
38 | The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie | Turn-Based RPG |
39 | The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak | Turn-Based RPG |
40 | The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II | Turn-Based RPG |
41 | Lies of P | Action Souls RPG |
42 | Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name | Action, Beat 'em up |
43 | Like a Dragon: Ishin! | Action, Adventure, Hack 'n Slash |
44 | Lost Judgment | Action, Beat em up |
45 | Master Detective Archives: Rain Code Plus | Adventure |
46 | Metal Eden | Action, First-Person Shooter |
47 | Mobile Suit Gundam BATTLE OPERATION Code Fairy | Action |
48 | MONARK | Tactical RPG |
49 | Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten | Turn-Based RPG |
50 | Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution | Action RPG |
51 | Neptunia ReVerse | Turn-Based RPG |
52 | Neptunia: Sisters vs Sisters | Action RPG |
53 | Ninja Gaiden II Black | Action, Hack 'n Slash |
54 | One Piece: Odyssey | Turn-Based RPG |
55 | Pac-Man World Re-Pac | Platformer |
56 | Persona 3 Reload | Turn-Based RPG |
57 | Persona 5 Tactica | Tactical RPG |
58 | Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Souless Army | Action RPG |
59 | Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit of Wonder Labyrinth | Metroidvania RPG |
60 | Relayer | Tactical RPG |
61 | SD Gundam Battle Alliance | Action RPG |
62 | Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance | Turn-Based RPG |
63 | Soul Hackers 2 | Turn-Based RPG |
64 | Star Ocean: The Divine Force | Action RPG |
65 | Star Ocean: The Second Story R | Action RPG |
66 | Stellar Blade | Action, Hack 'n Slash |
67-68 | Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars: ~ Suikoden ~ Suikoden II | Turn-Based RPG |
69 | Super Robot Wars Y | Tactical RPG |
70 | System Shock | First-Person Shooter, Survival Horror |
71 | Tactics Ogre Reborn | Tactical RPG |
72 | Tales of Arise | Action RPG |
73 | Tales of Graces f Remastered | Action RPG |
74 | Tales of Xillia Remastered | Action RPG |
75 | Tetris Effect Connected | Music, Puzzle |
76 | Thumper | Music, Rhythm |
77-79 | Tomb Raider I-III Remastered: ~ Tomb Raider ~ Tomb Raider 2 ~ Tomb Raider 3 | Action, Adventure |
80-82 | Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered: ~ Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation ~ Tomb Raider: Chronicles ~ Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness | Action, Adventure |
83 | Tomba! Special Edition | Action, Adventure |
84 | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 | Sports |
85 | Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter | Turn-Based RPG |
86 | Unicorn Overlord | Tactical RPG |
87 | Valkyrie Elysium | Action RPG |
88 | Vanity Fair: The Pursuit | FMV, Adventure |
89 | Venus Vacation Prism -Dead or Alive Xtreme- | Dating Sim |
90 | Visions of Mana | Action RPG |
91 | Yakuza 7: Like a Dragon | Turn-Based RPG |
92 | Ys X: Nordics | Action RPG |
93 | Yurukill: The Calumniation Games | Shoot em up, Visual Novel |
# | PlayStation Classics (via PS5) Backlog - Game Name: | Genre: |
|---|---|---|
1 | Dino Crisis | Survival Horror |
2 | Kurushi Final: Mental Blocks | Puzzle |
3 | The Legend of Dragoon | Turn-Based RPG |
4 | Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth | Turn-Based RPG |
5 | Wild Arms | Turn-Based RPG |
6 | Wild Arms 2 | Turn-Based RPG |
# | PlayStation Vita Backlog - Game Name: | Genre: |
|---|---|---|
1 | Bullet Girls | Action, Shooter |
2 | Valkyrie Drive Bhikkhuni | Action |
# | Nintendo Switch Backlog - Game Name: | Genre: |
|---|---|---|
1-2 | Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp: ~ Advance Wars ~ Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising | Tactical RPG |
3 | Animal Well | Metroidvania, Survival Horror |
4 | Anonymous;Code | Adventure, Visual Novel |
5-6 | Another Code: Recollection: ~ Another Code: Two Memories ~ Another Code: R – A Journey into Lost Memories | Adventure, Puzzle |
7 | Assault Suit Valken Declassified | Action, Arcade, Platformer |
8 | Balatro | Card, Roguelike |
9 | Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition | Adventure, Point & Click |
10 | Capcom Belt Action Collection: ~ Final Fight ~ Captain Commando ~ The King of Dragons ~ Knights of the Round ~ Warriors of Fate ~ Armored Warriors ~ Battle Circuit | Arcade, Beat 'em up |
11 | Capcom Fighting Collection 1 | Arcade, Fighting |
12 | Capcom Fighting Collection 2 | Arcade, Fighting |
13 | Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker | Puzzle, Platformer |
14 | Castle of Shikigami 2 | Bullet Hell, Shoot 'em up |
15-18 | Castlevania Advance Collection: ~ Castlevania: Dracula X (SNES) ~ Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (GBA) ~ Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (GBA) ~ Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (GBA) | Action, Metroidvania |
19 | Castlevania Anniversary Collection: ~ Castlevania (NES) ~ Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES) ~ Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (NES) ~ Kid Dracula (Famicom) ~ Castlevania: The Adventure (Game Boy) ~ Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge (Game Boy) ~ Castlevania: Bloodlines (Mega Drive) ~ Super Castlevania IV (SNES) | Action, Platformer |
20-23 | Castlevania Dominus Collection: ~ Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (NDS) ~ Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (NDS) ~ Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (NDS) ~ Haunted Castle Revisited | Action, Metroidvania |
24 | Catherine Full Body | Puzzle |
25-26 | Chaos Double Pack: ~ Chaos;Head Noah ~ Chaos;Child | Adventure, Visual Novel |
27 | Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition | Turn-Based RPG |
28 | Clock Tower: Rewind | Adventure, Point & Click, Survival Horror |
29 | Code of Princess EX | Action RPG |
30-32 | Collection of Mana: ~ Final Fantasy Adventure (Game Boy) ~ Secret of Mana (SNES) ~ Trials of Mana (Super Famicom) | Action RPG |
33 | Contra Anniversary Collection: ~ Contra (Arcade) ~ Super Contra (Arcade) ~ Contra (NES) ~ Contra (Famicom) ~ Super C (NES) ~ Contra III: The Alien Wars (SNES) ~ Operation C (Game Boy) ~ Contra Hard Corps (Mega Drive) ~ Super Probotector Alien Rebels (SNES - EU ver.) ~ Probotector (NES - EU ver.) | Side-scrolling Shooter |
34-35 | Cosmic Fantasy Collection 1: ~ Cosmic Fantasy ~ Cosmic Fantasy 2 | Turn-Based RPG |
36-38 | Cosmic Fantasy Collection 2: ~ Cosmic Fantasy 3: The Chronicle of Rei ~ Cosmic Fantasy 4: Prelude to Legend ~ Cosmic Fantasy 4: Van's Return | Turn-Based RPG |
39 | Cosmo Dreamer & Like Dreamer Double D Collection: ~ Cosmo Dreamer ~ Like Dreamer | Bullet Hell, Shoot 'em up |
40 | Cruis'n Blast | Racing |
41 | Cursed to Golf | Sports, Platformer |
42 | Cyber Citizen Shockman Collection: ~ Cyber Citizen Shockman ~ Cyber Citizen Shockman 2: A New Menace ~ Cyber Citizen Shockman 3: The princess from another world ~ Cyber Citizen Shockman Zero | Action, Platformer |
43 | Cytus Alpha | Music, Rhythm |
44 | Deathsmiles I & II | Bullet Hell, Shoot 'em up |
45 | Deemo | Music, Rhythm |
46 | Demon's Tilt | Pinball |
47 | Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze | Action, Platform |
48 | EXZEUS The Collection: ~ EXZEUS ~ EXZEUS II | Arcade, On-Rails Shooter |
49 | Final Fantasy IX | |
50-55 | Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters ~ Final Fantasy ~ Final Fantasy II ~ Final Fantasy III ~ Final Fantasy IV ~ Final Fantasy V ~ Final Fantasy VI | Turn-Based RPG |
56 | Fire Emblem Engage | Tactical RPG |
57 | Fire Emblem Warriors | Action, Musou |
58 | Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes | Action, Musou |
59 | Fire Emblem: Three Houses | Tactical RPG |
60-61 | Getsufumaden: Undying Moon + Getsu Fūma Den | Action RPG |
62-63 | Gleylancer & Gynoug Combo Pack: ~ Gleylancer ~ Gynoug | Arcade, Shoot 'em up |
64 | Glover | Action, Platformer |
65 | God Wars: The Complete Legend | Tactical RPG |
66-72 | Gradius Origins Collection: ~ Gradius ~ Salamander ~ Life Force ~ Gradius II ~ Gradius III ~ Salamander II ~ Salamander III | Arcade, Shoot 'em up |
73-74 | Grandia HD Collection: ~ Grandia ~ Grandia II | Turn-Based RPG |
75-76 | Great Ace Attorney Chronicles: ~ The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures ~ The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve | |
77 | Hatsune Miku: Logic Paint S | Puzzle |
78 | The House in Fata Morgana | Visual Novel |
79 | The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- | Tactical RPG, Visual Novel |
80 | Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition | Action, Musou |
81 | Jack Jeanne | Visual Novel |
82 | The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero | Turn-Based RPG |
83 | The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure | Turn-Based RPG |
84 | The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails | Action RPG |
85 | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening | Action RPG |
86 | Live A Live | Tactical RPG |
87 | Luigi's Mansion 3 | Action, Platformer |
88 | Magical Drop VI | Puzzle |
89 | Marble It Up! Ultra | Puzzle |
90 | Mario Golf: Super Rush | Sports |
91 | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | Racing |
92 | Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics | Arcade, Fighting |
93 | Metroid Dread | Metroidvania |
94 | Metroid Prime Remastered | Action, Shooter |
95 | New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe | Platformer |
96 | Ninja Five-O | Action, Hack 'n Slash |
97 | Octopath Traveler | Turn-Based RPG |
98 | Paper Mario: The Origami King | Turn-Based RPG |
99 | Penny's Big Breakaway | Action, Platformer |
100-102 | Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy: ~ Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney ~ Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All ~ Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials & Tribulations | Adventure, Visual Novel |
103-104 | Pikmin 1+2: ~ Pikmin ~ Pikmin 2 | Real-Time Strategy |
105 | Powerslave Exhumed | Action, Shooter |
106 | Radiant Silvergun | Bullet Hell, Shoot 'em up |
107 | Record of Agarest War | Tactical RPG |
108-109 | Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles: ~ Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess ~ Rhapsody III: Memories of Marl Kingdom | Turn-Based RPG |
110 | Ring Fit Adventure | Sports |
111 | River City Girls Zero | Action, Beat 'em ups |
112 | Rose and Camellia Collection | Fighting |
113 | SaGa Frontier | Turn-Based RPG |
114 | SaGa Frontier 2 | Turn-Based RPG |
115 | Senran Kagura Peach Ball | Pinball |
116 | Senran Kagura Reflexions | Simulation |
117 | Shadow Man Remastered | Action, Adventure |
118 | Signalis | Survival Horror |
119 | Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster | Action, First-Person Shooter |
120 | Super Mario 3D All-Stars: ~ Super Mario Sunshine | Action, Platformer |
121 | Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury | Action, Platformer |
122-123 | Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 | Action, Platformer |
124 | Super Mario Maker 2 | Action, Platformer |
125 | Super Mario Odyssey | Action, Platformer |
126 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Fighting |
127 | Telenet Shooting Collection: ~ Granada (Genesis) ~ Gaiares (Genesis) ~ Avenger (PC Engine) ~ Psychic Storm (PC Engine) | Arcade, Shoot 'em up |
128 | Tetris Forever | Documentary, Puzzle |
129 | Toaplan Arcade Garage: Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli | Arcade, Shoot 'em up |
130 | Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE | Turn-Based RPG |
131 | Tokyo Xanadu eX+ | Action RPG |
132 | Triangle Strategy | Tactical RPG |
133 | Triggerheart Exelica | Arcade, Shoot 'em up |
134 | Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon | Visual Novel |
135 | Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi | Dungeon RPG |
136 | Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection 1: ~ Valis: The Fantasm Soldier (PC Engine) ~ Valis II (PC Engine) ~ Valis III (PC Engine) | Action, Platformer |
137 | Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection 2: ~ Valis IV (PC Engine) ~ Syd of Valis (Mega Drive) ~ Valis: The Fantasm Soldier (Mega Drive) ~ Valis: The Phantasm Soldier (MSX) | Action, Platformer |
138 | Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection 3: ~ Valis: The Fantasm Soldier (PC-8801mkIISR) ~ Valis: The Fantasm Soldier (Famicom) ~ Valis: The Fantasm Soldier II (MSX2) ~ Valis III (Mega Drive) ~ Super Valis IV (Super Famicom) | Action, Platformer |
139 | Victory Heat Rally | Racing |
140 | Witch on the Holy Night | Visual Novel |
141 | The World Ends With You: Final Remix | Action RPG |
142 | Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition | Action RPG |
143 | Xenoblade Chronicles 2 | Action RPG |
144 | Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna - The Golden Country | Action RPG |
145 | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | Action RPG |
146 | Yoshi's Crafted World | Action, Platformer |
| No. | Game | Console | Acquired | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alan Wake Remastered (+ The Signal & The Writer Expansions) | PS5 | 2023 | Action, Horror, Third-Person Shooter |
2 | Control Ultimate Edition (+ The Foundation & AWE Expansions) | PS5 | 2023 | Action, Adventure, Third-Person Shooter |
3 | Alan Wake II (+ Night Springs & The Lake House Expansions) | PS5 | 2024 | Survival Horror, Third-Person Shooter |
4 | PUNCH LINE | PS4 | 2019 | Visual Novel |
5 | Steins;Gate Elite | PS4 | 2019 | Visual Novel |
6 | Persona 5 Royal | PS5 | 2024 | Turn-Based RPG |
7 | Catherine | PS3 | 2017 | Puzzle, Social Simulation |
8 | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | PS5 | 2025 | Turn-Based RPG |
9 | Mario Kart World | Switch 2 | 2025 | Racing |
9.5 | Nioh 3 Alpha Demo | PS5 | 2025 | Action Souls RPG |
10 | Death Stranding 2: On the Beach | PS5 | 2025 | Action, Adventure, Third-Person Shooter |
11 | Yakuza 3 Remastered | PS4 | 2022 | Action, Adventure, Beat 'em up |
12 | Yakuza 4 Remastered | PS4 | 2022 | Action, Adventure, Beat 'em up |
13 | Shadow of the Colossus | PS4 | 2023 | Action, Adventure |
14 | LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy | PS5 (PSP) | Not Purchased | Action, Adventure, Platformer |
15 | Star Wars: Demolition | PS5 (PS1) | Not Purchased | Action, Vehicular Combat |
16 | 2Xtreme | PS5 (PS1) | Not Purchased | Racing, Sports |
17 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | PS5 (PS2) | Not Purchased | Action |
18 | Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings | PS5 (PS2) | Not Purchased | Action, Adventure |
19 | TimeSplitters 2 | PS5 (PS2) | Not Purchased | Action, First-Person Shooter |
20 | Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands | PS3 | 2024 | Action, Adventure |