Originally Posted by
shadowman
Yakuza 5 (PS3) is pretty much the only thing I've been playing for the last few days. I finally finished off the final story chapter this week and am now working on the last few mini games & arena battles I need to complete to get 100% completion in the game (currently at 98% completion rate). If it weren't for me importing Yakuza 0 from Japan last year this'd have been my favourite game of the last year. So much fun and content packed into one game. Very tempted to jump straight onto the imported PS4 remake of Yakuza 1 when I'm done, but I'll probably take a break for a couple of months rather than getting burnt out on the series!
Retro wise I've been playing through Capcom's 1985 arcade releases. This week I finished off Section Z, an incredibly fun shoot em up game that didn't overstay its welcome. Its length and difficulty level were just right and the different obstacles over the 26 sections helped the game stay fresh for the duration.
I also had a quick play of the Famicom home ports of Exed Exes and Gun.Smoke which arrived this week. Exed Exes is bad, its slower than the arcade game (not entirely bad, as the arcade game was a tad too fast in places) but this game chugs along painfully slow. The game is also not smooth at all, sprites jerk across the screen uncomfortably and I was bored by the time I reached stage 4. Gun.Smoke is the complete opposite. It looks and runs amazingly well and I much prefer it to the arcade version, which in my opinion was too difficult for its own good in later stages.
How is Boy and His Blob for the Vita? Is it a decent port (no frame rate issues etc.)? I've been meaning to pick the game up but grabbed the Limited Edition release of Darius for the Vita instead (which I don't regret, that game is great fun on the handheld!)