Sunday, July 17, 2011

6. Sonic 2 (Genesis, Saturn, PS2, XBLA, PSN etc.)

Music by Masato Nakamura, bassist for Dreams Come True and home to some of the best little brother/girlfriend co-op available.  Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is the Sonic game I would point to start with.  It has it's problems, but almost all of them come from the right place (outside of Metropolis Zone being made of 3 acts.)   Tails is invincible and if he does die, he just comes back in a few seconds.  If you've never sat down and played through the whole game, DO IT.

CAN I PLAY THIS NOW?

Virtual Console certainly has it.  There are PSN and XBLA ports, but they are done by Backbone and have bad sound emulation.  It's also on just about every Genesis collection ever made.

5. Persona 4 (PS2)

Persona 4 is one of the few games that actually justifies it's 100 hours of game time.  If the game grabs you in the first 10 hours by the end of 100 you will actually be debating playing it again.  That's a powerful conclusion and I am not alone in feeling it.  Persona 4 is video games as novels.  It perfectly balances the line of being a dungeon crawler with a not at all bad battle system and a high school life sim that actually raises your abilities in the dungeon crawl section.  It also features some of the most well rounded and likable characters anywhere.

Hearing the Japanese VA for Teddie made me ultra glad I didn't play it in Japanese.
And don't go for the Band girl, join the Drama Club.

CAN I PLAY THIS NOW?

Do you own a PS2? The console with probably the greatest collection of games anywhere?  Well I guess You should get on that!