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[SuperMappy]

I had to move my Xbox Series S to a new room last night, so I turned it on to make sure it still worked. I hadn’t used it in several months. I played a few games, most of them re-releases from the Xbox 360 days, and rediscovered how frustratingly fun Jetpac Refuelled is, along with remakes like Gyruss and Galaga Legions DX. If I had known the Xenia emulator would eventually play so many 360-era games, I probably wouldn’t have bothered buying the Series S.

[SuperMappy]

Cecconoid - The best way to describe this twin stick shooter would be a cross between Robotron and Bubble Ghost.



It is currently 89 cents in the Summer 2026 steam sale!

[Deckard]

Me and Sickboy here had quite the competition going with Galaga Legions back in the day - such a good modern uptake of the game !

[rowan]

Cecconoid - The best way to describe this twin stick shooter would be a cross between Robotron and Bubble Ghost.

It's also by korruptor of this forum!
http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?f=2 ... &p=1692626

[VNVObit]

Latest time sink for me is Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (just under 70 hours and counting)
another in a long line of Vampire Survivor style games with good graphics and progression which gives my ARPG (ok Gauntlet) itch a good scratch
4 main character classes with 3 specialisms per class all unlocked through progression.
weapons have levels as well with significant bumps available at levels 6,12 and 18 with mastery levels where you can only use a single weapon.
Several different modes with daily contracts which have added difficulty




plays pretty well on steam deck though mainly play on big screen using mini pc under the TV
Currently less than £8 on steam

[MattyP]

As posted up on the Yak Yak Discord presence.

Great little game - Tapper and Tempest combined. Looks lovely on the PSVR2 OLED panels. Also vibrates your head a lot!

[Misfit]

Looks cool, but it's not enough to make me want to dust off the PS5 (and I'm going to need that HDMI port for my Steam Machine) and sadly it looks like a PS5 exclusive.

[MattyP]

Looks cool, but it's not enough to make me want to dust off the PS5 (and I'm going to need that HDMI port for my Steam Machine) and sadly it looks like a PS5 exclusive.

Are you picking up a Steam Machine? I was thinking of waiting until my PS5 ages out a bit. Keep pondering but £940 is a big number at the moment for a base box and controller. It is on the future path for me going forward though. That and the Frame. But at the moment happy to wait it out a bit until they become readily available and people are giving feedback on performance.

I was going to sell the PS5 and PSVR2 to fund the move over to Steam machine. Frame's price hasn't been announced yet though but I do have a Quest 3S which will work on the SM.

[Misfit]

Are you picking up a Steam Machine? I was thinking of waiting until my PS5 ages out a bit. Keep pondering but £940 is a big number at the moment for a base box and controller. It is on the future path for me going forward though. That and the Frame. But at the moment happy to wait it out a bit until they become readily available and people are giving feedback on performance.

I was going to sell the PS5 and PSVR2 to fund the move over to Steam machine. Frame's price hasn't been announced yet though but I do have a Quest 3S which will work on the SM.

You missed my post in the Steam thread then on Tuesday then?! (below)

Honestly, for me the performance is enough and I fear it may seem cheap soon. I want that form factor/quietness and will pay the premium. (FSR 4.1 is now in experimental proton and getting good performance/image quality reviews too). A PS 5 Pro with a disk drive is around £880 now!

05:46 this morning I got an email saying I'd moved the the reservation queue.

05:47 I got an email saying I can order now and have 3 days to order.

12:30 Having completely missed the above until now, order placed and suggested delivery time is 6 to 10 days...

Very excited to have some new hardware to continue not playing any games on!

[MattyP]

Are you picking up a Steam Machine? I was thinking of waiting until my PS5 ages out a bit. Keep pondering but £940 is a big number at the moment for a base box and controller. It is on the future path for me going forward though. That and the Frame. But at the moment happy to wait it out a bit until they become readily available and people are giving feedback on performance.

I was going to sell the PS5 and PSVR2 to fund the move over to Steam machine. Frame's price hasn't been announced yet though but I do have a Quest 3S which will work on the SM.

You missed my post in the Steam thread then on Tuesday then?! (below)

Honestly, for me the performance is enough and I fear it may seem cheap soon. I want that form factor/quietness and will pay the premium. (FSR 4.1 is now in experimental proton and getting good performance/image quality reviews too). A PS 5 Pro with a disk drive is around £880 now!

05:46 this morning I got an email saying I'd moved the the reservation queue.

05:47 I got an email saying I can order now and have 3 days to order.

12:30 Having completely missed the above until now, order placed and suggested delivery time is 6 to 10 days...

Very excited to have some new hardware to continue not playing any games on!

Yes I did! Well done! I got the email but decided not to order one at the moment. Not sure if that will be a mistake or not but given I hardly play games on what I have at the moment thinks spending £940 on a new toy that won't get used much maybe a bit of a waste on me at the moment.

I will be reading your feedback with interest though as a SM is where I want to go in future. Not interested anything MS/Sony do next. Only have a PS5 and a Switch 2 at the moment now.

I need a Nintendo console as I love their games... although we need a new 3D Mario soon?! Also they are incredibly slow getting GameCube games onto their service. No wonder people are using the emulation route! Still no Super Mario Sunshine for example a YEAR after S2 released!!!!

PS5 have a some games on I enjoy and PSVR2 is fun. Although Sony support of the latter isn't great now. Pretty much non existent TBH. Which is a shame as it's a great bit of kit.

Had I not had a PS5 then I'd be picking up a SM and eventually a Frame to go alongside it.

[gilesgoat]

Looks cool, but it's not enough to make me want to dust off the PS5 (and I'm going to need that HDMI port for my Steam Machine) and sadly it looks like a PS5 exclusive.

Are you picking up a Steam Machine? I was thinking of waiting until my PS5 ages out a bit. Keep pondering but £940 is a big number at the moment for a base box and controller. It is on the future path for me going forward though. That and the Frame. But at the moment happy to wait it out a bit until they become readily available and people are giving feedback on performance.

I was going to sell the PS5 and PSVR2 to fund the move over to Steam machine. Frame's price hasn't been announced yet though but I do have a Quest 3S which will work on the SM.

Tempest 4000 in VR *DID EXIST* ... when Atari came in "they did not want it", I actually spent a couple of weeks removing the VR ...

I asked "far too many times" "why don't we do a T4K VR" ? .. always ended up on deaf ears ...

I won't ask them any more ...

DO NOT TELL ME "Why not ?" "Why we don't have ... ?" "Could you do it ?" .. ask Atari !!!

[gilesgoat]

So I played and finished "Planet of Lana II" ..

"If you loved the first, you'll love this second even more"

More mechanics, more different levels, more challenges, interesting puzzles/story.

So overall an improvement over the first

.. .. .. ..

... *BUT*

Spoiler: show

THE ENDING AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH !!!

Will make you want to throw the console/PC out of the window ! I think "they should make a law forbidding to make games with endings like that one!"

One game that from one side will satisfy you and from another could make you wish you never played it ...

It's a pretty good game with a BIG "but .. " ...

[venusian]

Ooh, I really enjoyed Planet of Lana. I've not read your spoiler but will add the sequel to my list.

I've just started with Control Resonant. I don't play many big AAA games but I really enjoyed the original Control, even the bosses that everybody else hated. This one lacks the new "this is strange" feel of the first one and being outside in a real city is (after a couple of hours' play) is a bit more mundane. I paid my £50 though, and I'm going to keep going.

My thumb hurts which suggest I was quite gripped, or at least the controller was.

[venusian]

Control Resonant.

Well two weeks later and I've not been back to it. That was an expensive couple of hours entertainment so far.

[Jonesey]

Jumping between Gears of War - E-Day and Hellraiser: Revival on Series X.

Gears is just fantastic - especially with a few mates. The Campaign lacks the sort of set pieces present in the earlier games (great Prologue, though..) but taking part in Gears history (as a fan of the books) is paradoxically nostalgic!

Horde Siege is where the co-op fun really happens, though. Grinding levels is in no way a chore like some games because it's co-op Gears!

And Hellraiser? Well feck me. A love letter (y'know - "love" with hooks, guns, boxes, dildos, etc.) to Barker's magnus. Pretty linear with a spammable save/load mechanic but so far pretty excellent. Gore with t 'n a. Never really frightening but satisfying combat and simple resource management and crafting so it's never a chore.