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I guess Im in that rare group that prefers 8 to 7&9. I think that at the time the game came out I was more into anime and it had that high school anime thing going for it like the current persona games. It also looked better, with the character models and visuals, than 7. I didn't appreciate 9 until much after it released, mainly because I was more into the cyberpunk dystopia aesthetic than traditional fantasy. 

Isn't it possible to play 8 without summons? I thought that was a thing in the game. You can overpower your characters and not rely on summons. I have to play it again some time when its on sale again. Do you like the soundtrack at least? Its very odd music. 

i watched a video highlighting eshop sales and this game received a lot of  praise. I'm very interested in buying it. 

TLOU1 was a game I skipped on first release, mainly because I don't really like Naughty Dog games and I was over playing directed single player games at the time. I'm not sure the polarizing reviews are encouraging. 

I'm curious if there are any post-apacolyptic games where people don't turn into murderers, but seem more optimistic?  I remember a term 'hopepunk' being used a while back.

Im suprised to see people love the game on console. I don't want to play these style of games with a controller at all. I played the original on PC when it launched. I'm suprised baldurs gate 3 is more like dragon age 2 now.

The death animations in the new TR games really put me off. I thought they were a bit too gratuitous. I'm a hypocrite because I love horror games like Resident Evil, but I just expect light hearted exploration adventure from TR. I just want puzzles and elaborate tombs to climb around in. I need to play the new TR series now since I'm finishing off my back log.

I actually really enjoy Uncharted 4 more than the other previous games because of the rope swinging alone. It doesn't seem like much, but it really is fun trying to figure out how to get across canyons or cliffsides with the rope swings. There is also a bit more stealth, like hiding in tall grass to silently take out enemies and you can target enemies for your AI partner to take them out for you in some places. The gun fights are still repetative and simple, but yeah, the swinging around is worth whatever the sale price is nowadays.

it's always on sale. I'd recommend for 15 if you are iffy about it. The first two games are always on sale for like 8. I'd recommend the remastered versions of the first two. They're pretty lengthy, slow burn, stealth survival games. If you like dark atmospheric games.

Fair enough. Do you think that Horizon sequel and maybe the brutality of the newer tomb raider games were influenced by TLOU? I sort of feel like TLOU is still influencing games in the future. I haven't played Horizon 1 yet, but just going off the trailers. 

I think after the last Uncharted, the games started feeling very repetative and I drifted away from story focused games, but lately I've been playing more open world games and I'd like something more linear. 

A lot of games copied TLOU story and gameplay just to show how influential it was. I can think of a few just off the top of my head like Evil Within 2, Metro Exodus, God of War, Days Gone, Witcher 3 (a dad game but not sure if inspired by TLOU) basically daddy simulators in post-apocalypse. Reminds me of all the Dark Souls clones. I will probably hold off on TLOU2 until a sale later in the year. I still have Dying Light and Uncharted 4 to finish.

oops. i changed the title now.

awesome list. I listen to half of these already. Is the UK retro podcast about old games that just came out in UK? I know there were certain game systems that only came out in UK.