I got to play Secret of Mana with my two brothers back in the day because we had a friend who had the game and a multitap. That's definitely the way to do it 
I've never played the third game but I've heard lots of good things about it. Man, I can't get into Legend of Mana though. I've tried probably half a dozen times through the years.
I think I'd enjoy just the cyberpunk Norse setting enough to deal with the other problems in the game and this review doesn't make it sound as bad as I've heard from other places. So maybe if I find it for cheap somewhere...
That's cool. I think Backloggery is a useful tool however you like to use it. So far I've only put games on there I haven't beaten yet, but I should go through those and mark ones I'll probably never get to (some of the games my wife has bought, for instance). But hey, it's cool to have another person to stick in my multitap
No, you can only play the games while you're a member BUT if you renew after a lapse, you still get access to all those games you downloaded the first time. I've had two different gaps in my membership but I still have access to the games I downloaded the first time. And, of course, you can re-download things as much as you want. I think the service pays for itself pretty fast.
Hmm, a modern day Wolfenstein with mech-terrorist Nazis? I'm certainly intrigued lol
I downloaded The Cave because it's free right now on PS+ but I haven't played it yet. I own all those other games you mentioned (except the Oddworld ones, though I played at least one of those back in the day) but I've only beaten Shadow of the Colossus and Portal 1 & 2 lol. Toki Tori is great but gets really hard in the final world. I got pretty far in Braid too before getting frustrated in one of its worlds. Another loose end, I guess...
NES--Super C
SNES--Final Fantasy VI
Genesis--Contra: Hard Corps
PS1--Chrono Cross
N64--Zelda: Ocarina of Time
GameCube--Metroid Prime
PS2--Beyond Good & Evil
Wii--Super Mario Galaxy 1/2
360--Mass Effect
PS3--Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Game Boy--Zelda: Link's Awakening
GBA--Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
DS--Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
PSP--Mega Man Powered Up
3DS--Shinobi
If I was gonna second guess myself on anything, it'd probably be Game Boy. I really liked Donkey Kong '94.
I loved watching The Seventh Voyage if Sinbad as a kid. It was amazing how he brought those fantastical creatures to life. Really fired my imagination up whenever I saw it!
I think we agree more than you think. My point was that even though Uncharted borrows everything from other properties—the Indiana Jones-like story, the Prince of Persia and Gears of War gameplay, etc.—it doesn't feel like a knockoff. Lords of Shadow doesn't seem to have anything to really unify its world. It doesn't feel like Castlevania, certainly. And I wish they had stuck with the shallow main character typical in the series because their attempts at developing him only emphasize how flat he is. The lack of logical flow at the end of the story, for me, is the last nail in the coffin (haha). Normally I wouldn't get worked up because a game fails to live up to my expectations but I just love Castlevania so much.
And don't worry, I didn't take your tone the wrong way. Thanks for commenting. I like getting a little discussion up about these things
Those are very important and very tough questions that will determine whether the game feels like a rip off of or an homage to those classic games. And there aren't any easy answers 
