This repeated for each dungeon as memory serves. I remember spending a ton of time (tens of hours) replaying the first set of dungeons over and over leveling up Max's and Monica's weapons along with Steve the RidePod only to find that I was doing pretty measly damage to creatures in the second set of dungeons. I think a lot of the mechanics were interesting, the mini-games were pretty fun, the art direction was cool, but man talk about a grind.

I know Brad liked Dark Cloud 2 back in the day, but I have to be the voice of reason if not moderate dissent. Grand Theft Auto 3/Vice City/San Andreas (also sold as a trilogy) Here's hoping 4 & 5 make it to PSN sometime too. It's well worth a look for anyone looking for a mildly challenging JRPG. You can switch between characters to use special abilities for dungeon crawling and puzzle solving, and there's a massive world to explore with lots of hidden secrets. Nowadays, it's about as common as zombies as villains, but back then? It was pretty cool. Wild ARMs 3 was a pretty great game, with a distinct cel-shaded art style that, up to that point, we really hadn't seen in a lot of games. Wild ARMs is a series of turn-based JRPGs usually revolving around a Wild West-styled worlds, if the Wild West had enormous robots, flying ships, and lots of magic. Well, as a long time fan of the Wild ARMs series, this one's particularly exciting to me. It's received pretty good reviews from some of Giant Bomb's users, so maybe it's worth a look? May 17th, 2016: Wild ARMs 3 Primal is an action-adventure game wherein the two playable characters travel to four different realms in order to learn more about the lead character's special powers, which allow her to shift into several different forms. Kinetica is an F-Zero esque racer, most notable for its engine, which was used to create more famous games like Twisted Metal Black and God of War. I'm listing Kinetica here because I missed it upon its release date a week or two ago. The Warriors is a terrific 'running the gauntlet' film that should be watched by anyone that likes fun, and the game was well-received back in the day. The Metal Slug Anthology includes Metal Slug 1-6 and X. The PS2 Metal Slug Anthology and Rockstar's excellent-looking beat-em-up The Warriors, based on the movie of the same name, are hitting PSN this week. Feel free to discuss prior releases or any future ones you might want to see.

Let's keep it all in here and bask in the glory that is trophy support for PS2 games. Edited by the number one mod in your heart and mind, the Sparkiest of Buzzsaw, I'm turning this into the official spot to talk about PS4 re-releases of PS2 games.

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