It feels great to finally be able to return to YT again but I'm still very tired from long work weeks & from the covid long-hauler symptoms that tend to hang on for far too long. There were other games I had to talk about & share but I simply forgot out of tiredness. I hope to get my energy levels back soon so I can passionately share my love for video games, movies & collecting my friends, thank you for your understanding & support which means a lot.
@@Michael-br6kw I've been sick with covid & had to recover first before I could return to making videos again, I still don't feel well but I wanted to stay in touch with my friends & viewers.
Dean: #1) Being that 'Cold War' is in my Top 40 original Xbox titles collection, I was delighted to see you giving it some attention. As you know, there's very little about this game on YT. #2) Stuntman. A very worthy and long overdue addition to your collection! Upon it's original 2002 release, I fondly remember playing this game and looking at it as the "forerunner" to the upcoming DRIV3R game. Well, ultimately that game didn't disappoint. Nor did Stuntman disappoint. Stuntman resides in my all-time top 10 PS2 titles collection. The "Trials" game of it's day, Stuntman was also one of the first games to use the Renderware engine. I loved/love it exactly for what it is. Unfortunately, I don't feel the same about it's follow-up, Stuntman Ignition. While admittantly never playing the full retail release, I did play the PS3 demo and was immediately put off by the vehicles lacking weight and oversimplified physics, (compared to its predecessor) #3) Stray is on my future "buy" list. It reminds one of what vidgames used to be, when there was life beyond seasonal AAA releases. #4) TLOU franchise remains dead to me. While the original does remain in my collection, I purposely went out of my way to NOT pick up the accompanying strategy guide, art book, and of course it's sequel. A virtual "F#ck You" to that development team, from me to them. #5) Take it easy, and talk soon. Vin
Thanks for watching/listening to my vlogs bud, I appreciate the heavy support & kind input on my various topics, I have my own obvious pet peeves with gaming today,, I suppose we have to pick & choose our battles as there's more to avoid & boycott outright today than to look forward to a handful of possible games that meet our criteria. I validate your opinions on gaming & life in general bud, thanks for taking the time to comment with solid points man, I appreciate it brother.
Enjoy the games from Tennessee dean! Hope to have more headed your way soon. Awesome video as always and it’s great to see you’re feeling better. Be safe out there.
Catching up on these, Dean! Looks like a great set of pickups! I spotted a few games I've went back and played (like PGR3). I still own and cherish that Xbox you gave me. It's safely tucked in an original retail box I bought from eBay. And I've already started collecting some Xbox games. I'm excited to start playing games from that era again. I'm currently playing Stray right now as I picked up the PS5 retail copy that just came out. Loving it as you were, they did such a fantastic job on the animations, world and music. Just wish it had HDR support but great to see games like that get released and come out on disc! I'll be watching some more of your content over the weekend. Best wishes!
Thanks so much for making the time to watch my long winded videos bud, I need to do the same with yours & the other good friends & RUclipsrs I interact with, life is challenging trying achieve a proper balance with life, family, responsibilities & hobbies my friend.
Nice pickups man. you need to send me your list of guides you are looking for. Ever since my in-laws moved to the Reno area, i found a pretty nice retro store that has a nice selection of guides and I thought I had a list of yours from before. I have not yet played Stray, my son downloaded it and i want to give it a try but my wife had surgery recently so i have not been gaming very much while assisting to her. About the only gaming is on my 3ds or switch as those I can play about anywhere. Welcome back brother.
Hey Dean, awesome video as always. Glad to see another video, it really encourages me to want to make more as I see less and less of my friends making videos from when I started a channel on here. It sometimes can be discouraging. You have some interesting finds there, I’m not as well versed in the racing genre, so it’s good to see finds from someone who knows it well. The post apocalyptic rare find you opened up game sounds cool, there are a lot of under the radar post apocalyptic Mad Max styled games I find…I happened to try Fist of the North Star which is themed in a similar style world, but an action RPG theme like the Yakuza games and really enjoyed it. I guess the Mad Max post apocalyptic theme makes any game better. It seems to inspire a lot of games as it probably should. It’s nice to hear you are continuing to enjoy Stray, thanks for the shout out and yes I’m still in Richmond. Have you heard about the Robocop game they are making by the team that made the brilliant Terminator Resistance? Anyway, I’m rambling. Thanks for sharing your videos as always and I hope you continue to be well!
Thanks for your feedback my friend which I appreciate. I haven't had good enough health to make consistent uploads each week but I'm trying to anyway. Yes, I've seen the "RoboCop" new trailer & am excited about it given their fantastic work on that "Terminator" game, it should be excellent as I have faith in their work.
Another great video Dean. It was good to see you back with a new video after all of the challenges you've had to face this year and the past few years. I'm glad that you've recovered from the evil Covid for a second time. It was great to hear that you've been able to game again, even if it's been limited because of your health. Your buddy sent you some great gifts. I know how much you love your racing games. I bought all of the ATV vs MX games for the Xbox 360 a few years ago before they really jumped in price. I've kept all of my 7th gen ports of games that got re-released on 8th gen. I wanted to keep them for the same reason you are buying them back. I just don't know, if all of our 8th gen games will always be playable in the future, so I like having the option to at least be able to play the 7th gen versions offline. I bought a few 7th gen versions of games, like Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor, as I really enjoyed that game and wanted to play the Xbox 360 version to see what changes they had to do to the game due to the limited hardware. I was surprised at how well that game actually ran on the Xbox 360. I even bought The Wolfenstein New Order on Xbox 360. It was so large of a game that it came on 4 discs. I have a few more 7th gen versions of 8th gen games to add to my collection. I can't believe what's happened to some of our favorite games and series, because of companies wanting to be "PC". It's a shame to see, but you and I, are no longer the target audience. We really were very spoiled with 7th gen gaming. We had so many games released every year and I played a lot of them thanks to renting games at Family Video. I ended up buying a lot of the games I rented from Family Video, after a few months, when they would sell the extra copies they had. With 8th gen I found fewer and fewer games each year that interested me. It's only been in the past couple of years that I've went back and built up my 8th gen library. I'm still on the fence about getting a 9th gen console. I just can't justify spending $600 to $700 to play just a few games. Even though I really want to play them, I plan to wait for a few years. I have such a backlog of games to play from 4th gen to 8th gen, that I can wait on playing some of these newer games that are being released. It's also easier to just wait these days for some of these modern releases. So many of these games need day one patches, or several patches, in order to even be able to play them, with tons of game breaking bugs. I'm glad that you're enjoying Stray and I can't wait for the physical PS4 versions to release later this year. It's nice to be able to play a few story based games that you can just relax and not have to worry about every aspect in the game world. It's sweet to play some relaxing games at times. Keep up the great work on the channel my friend and I know you can't wait to receive this next package of strategy guides and games. Take care my friend and be well.
Thanks brother, I always enjoy & appreciate your well spoken points within my comment section. I don't care about buying multiplats of 8th gen games, only 7th gen as those remasters could be a potential issue way down the road. I saw "Wolfenstein TNO" on the 360 & it looks like crap, I can't go backwards, only forward but I understand your reasons. I obviously made a tactical error in trading in & giving away all those 7th gen games when I bought the remasters as now I need to get them all back. I'm so close now to wrapping all this up, I pretty much gave the majority of what I want, I'm just fine tuning the collection at this point.
Hey I just found your channel within the last couple of weeks. Love the content. You have a great passion for games, especially the OG Xbox games which I love! So many great memories with that console!
Interesting update Dean, I would love to see your impressions on SE5! I've stayed away from the reviews and will continue to. Yep, think I've finished off all my Wolfenstein guides as well. So glad your health is getting better my friend, look forward to the next vid hopefully soon.
Nice to see your recent pick ups Dean. I completed the campaign for sniper elite 5 a week ago and enjoyed it quite a lot, this was the first sniper elite game I’ve played through so I’ve now bought all the older games and will work my way through those also. The zombie army games from the series are quite fun also, just completed one of those recently so looking forward to get more into those as well.
Sounds like you enjoyed "Sniper Elite 5", I'm anxious to continue it myself. I love those "Zombie Army Trilogy" & "Dead War 4" which I have both of, the latter has a tremendous amount of DLC well worth getting. Thanks for your kind comment my friend.
Awesome pick ups bro, I completely forgot about that BMX XXX game, definitely going to be on the hunt for that one. I’m really enjoying that Batman Arkham Knight guide bro, it’s really helping me out on certain parts of the game. Thanks again. That Stray game looks dope, I’ll have to check that one out. You can definitely tell you’ve been working a lot bro, don’t burn ya self out, keep up the great work, you’ll be back to 💯 in no time. God bless you & the Fam brother. Keep them videos coming!
Thanks brother, I appreciate the heavy support & your kind thoughts & prayers which help man. Delighted you found the guide useful, that's one game that needs a strategy guide for sure.
Thanks bro, I appreciate your support & love, still very tired from hard weeks of work & covid symptoms still hanging on like a MF. I certainly hope to feel better soon if I can so I can go back to my passionate vlogs on games I love like before.
Thanks bud, I went through 7 hours of technical Hell to upload this overdue video, extremely frustrating as I have been working since Saturday afternoon trying to edit & uoad a simple video.
Always great to see you show off your new pickups man! I worry about not being able to play some of these games in the future as well due to servers shut down etc. but luckily our older games will last as long as we have working systems! I picked up the BMX XXX game as well to see some pixelated tiddies haha, the packaging is much better than the game though in my opinion.
I enjoy picking up the remainder of the retro games on my list which can be almost as fun as playing the same games. I have watched a few game-play videos on that "BMX-XXX" game so I know it's not a award winning video game but it's a interesting novelty & at one time I was very good on skateboards & BMX bikes growing up so I have a soft spot for games relating to both sports.
Been slowly catching up and enjoying your latest videos Dean especially the back compat Xbox ones but haven't commented as I usually do so from my console before bedtime. Today I'm on my PC so there was no excuse not to pop in and show my appreciation with more than just a like :) Nice pickups! Will be looking for that BMX one now hehe. I feel the same with most of the new games unfortunately, was thinking that maybe I am not so much into gaming anymore until I fired up Juiced 2 and couldn't put it down! Damn Covid again man! Get well soon and take care.
Always terrific seeing your comments bud, I appreciate your feedback. Some of those older games can be quite fun proving gaming never gets old, it's just poor choices made by developers on new games coming out that makes finding a good game worth playing tough today my friend.
@@vinniecorleone62 Likewise Dean. Poor choices made to maximize profits:/ No one takes any chances anymore it seems and unless they are guaranteed to make millions they will pull the plug before the thing is even released. Thank God we can go back to our treasured games and have some enjoyment out of that! Anyways take care my friend and hope to have you back with more soon.
I hope you are doing much better now brother, recover well & heal up from your surgery, I'm so glad it was a successful operation & that you can focus on your health & energy levels bud, God bless.
Great VLOG Dean. Actually started Stray myself last night and its a nice little game. Some great pickups man I knew you would pick that Mad Max up. Take care bud hope your headaches go in the longrun
Thanks for making my day brighter mate, I always enjoy reading your comments & I'm pleased you still enjoy the content. I should be back closer to weekly uploads, covid had me pretty bad & still does but I'm fighting against it so I can resume my life.
Thanks my friend, I can see my games up close better to read any info but don't typically wear them during the day unless I have to, I have for different pairs of them four up close reading.
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 Good to hear from ya buddy.i just got over some crap this past week.had some fatigue as well.I go back to work Tuesday stay well and take care f yourself.Great video‼️
Wow Dean, tons of great pickups here! The Moto GP Xbox games were so much better than the PS2 versions. The main menu theme for Moto 2 is still a song I use for my videos. Van Helsing was fun and surprisingly well done considering most movie games weren’t that great. I too have been meaning to pick up an Xbox copy of Resurrection of Evil even though I have the BFG edition. That cover art alone is worth it.
Thanks bud, I certainly enjoyed your own pick ups recently, it's fun to track down some of these old retro games today. I appreciate you watching & for the support man.
@@vinniecorleone62 It’s a rush! Ended up picking Stuntman Ignition as well because I’ve always wanted to try it. Stray was one of my most anticipated games of the year. I couldn’t wait and downloaded it on the PS4. Having adopted a cat of my own two years ago I’ve become obsessed with them and I love how the game dev’s captured their little mannerisms. Bonding with a cat truly is something special. Definitely going to order it physically for my eventual PS5.
Glad to hear you're feeling better. COVID has certainly been nasty for many people, those headaches sound terrible. Batman: Arkham City is my personal favorite Batman game. If you liked Arkham Asylum and Arkham Knight, you should be in for a good time. Sorry to hear your health has kept you from enjoying Sniper Elite 5 to the fullest. I recently went back to the original Sniper Elite and forgot how difficult it was. These games really require patience and strategic planning. Not something I would play if I wanted to turn off my brain and just relax. I didn't realize Stray was getting a physical release on PS4 until a few days ago. I might pick it up when it comes out, if only for the very unique premise.
Thanks for your kind comment, I really appreciate it & your recommendation to play "Arkham City", I just need the "Asylum" & "City" strategy guides to get the most out of them as they are next to pick up on my guides list. You should pre-order a PS4 physical copy of "Stray" as it will be very limited & rare, check out their 8-Bit Games website to see if it's still available as they will be big bucks on Ebay later which is why I ordered one & I wanted to support the devs by buying it twice.
Thanks for watching mate, "Sniper Elite 4" is incredible, especially the extra DLC expansions which were just as immersive & fascinating as the main missions, both it & "SE-5" are highly recommended & in my Top 3 favorite franchises in gaming.
Hi Dean. Fine to see you. About the Sniper Elite 5. I played the story mode on medium difficulty and enjoyed the bulletcam as much as possible. After finishing I started new game on authentic difficulty and try to go through the campaign with subdue as manny as possible nazis without killing them. For completing stealthy. And there possibilities like all guns blazing and all between. So I think this game is for different kind of players. There is also a option to play in first person modes on the guns. Which gives a complete different play experience. I saw you like stray, I 'm into that one too. Will obtain that also some day. Currently going to music festivals for the summer and enjoying life outside. Have a nice summer with your wife and family. It is the most important aspect of our lives. Gaming is a beautifull escape besides movies. Did you watch any good lately? I saw the new Jurrassic movie but fell a few times in sleep, side effect of doing nightwork and my sleep apnea. Still need to see the new Matrix movie. Greetings my friend
Thanks my good friend, I appreciate your kind words of support & wish you & yours the same bud! Glad you enjoyed "Sniper Elite 5", I can't wait to return to it man.
@@vinniecorleone62 I didn’t know you had that tragic bad experience with blood dragon. You of all people I thought would love that game but alas.. hopefully you can get back into it. One complaint is it’s too short.
@@johncracker5217 I was in too big a hurry to play through it the night it released, I should have waited for the first patch as I had a game breaking bug that stopped me from going forward to where I would have had to re-start the game from the beginning & got too upset to redo it all over again. Much time has passed & I'm sure the best version is on disc now.
Nice pickups, man. That Stray game looks awesome … thinking I might have to get it. Hey, I finally finished Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. It was absolutely brilliant if completely nuts. With that in mind I brought a digital copy of the latest one, for a sweet price. Not sure what it’ll be like playing as a chick but I’m hoping it’ll be just as kick ass crazy like the others 🤘👽🤘
Wonderful hearing from you mate as always, I think you should play "Stray" if you have any affinity for Cats man, it's a very unique adventure with great environmental story telling & excellence chill music that goes quite well with the game.. I need to dive into "Wolfenstein 2" soon & the DLC, I have been dying to play it since my first spinal surgery when I was unable to enjoy big long gaming sessions.
Cheers Dean, great video. Annoying how ps4 discs are always loose when they arrive isn't it. Seems they used the same clasps in the ps5 cases too, same problem.
i hear you on all these play it safe, not offend anyone, follow the formua modern games. if folks can open their mind to dif art styes, indies are where its at.
Very true my good friend, I have found a lot of great indie titles to enjoy the last several years, I just wished more of them had a physical copy to have in our collections.
I love Cats bud. I can't have children of my own so cats are somewhat of a substitute & I get a lot of love back from them as simple a creature as they are. I'm still mourning the loss of little Oliver, my Maine Coon cat I had for 5 wonderful years right before we moved to Idaho, I give much of myself & my time to them so a game where you experience the world through a cat I find fascinating & a terrific adventure & concept.
@@vinniecorleone62 I know bud I was just making a little joke, I'm glad they made a game like this for cat lovers to enjoy. Making unique games takes a lot of risk these days!
Sadly, I'm a bit bummed now on the new MX vs ATV as the devs have patched out a lot of the riding physics that made it more realistic and challenging, I feel like the updates have completely watered it down and made it play much more like an arcade game for wider appeal. I'd only consider playing it now without the patches. This is why my preferred series remains the Milestone "Supercross" games; they tend to bring a more realistic approach that I like to the dirt bike riding. Definitely will be pre-ordering Stay, and hopefully by that time I can get a PS5 because I'm really hoping to upgrade to the 9th gen soon, just don't want to get ripped off buying a console from a scalper, even GameStop has bundle deals now which are technically scalping. It's nuts. Interesting lot of pickups once again, gotta love that OG Xbox, so many great games and still quite affordable. Take care.
I have recently discovered some YT channels specializing in dirt bike games & Sims as I wanted to learn everything going on with "MX vx ATV Legends", thanks to you as I think it was you who told me to jump on the physical game which I quickly did that day. These sim guys raved about how much better the physics are in the game in spite of some minor issues they don't care for as much but said the latest 2 patches fixed a lot of assorted issues. I spent 90 minutes downloading the 2 big patches then tried it & found the handling good. I utilize the twin sticks for handling as I can lay the bike down well in the tight turns for solid handling. Many apparently complained that the initial handling was too "Slidey" so they must have tweeked it. I used to ride a lot of dirt bikes & had a older 70's Yamaha 360 Enduro & later a nice Yamaha YZ-250 which I could weelie the length of my street & took many big jumps over 70 mph on it & upwards of 95 mph on my old Y-360, so I have played a lot of this series including "MX vs ATV Supercross Encore" & enjoyed a lot of it's DLC. I'm sorry it doesn't work well for you bud.
@@vinniecorleone62 Yeah people do like the updates for sure, but personally I’ve not been a fan how the games feel in the series since the THQ bankruptcy and becoming a sub full price game. I prefer the handling system of the Milestone dirt bike games, and even the older MX vs games. I get that they’re not supposed to be realistic, and it certainly handles well for an arcade game. I think a lot of these guys are fans of accessibility and not necessarily challenge. Many will complain when a game pops you off the bike, even though most of these games never do as they are extremely forgiving. One of my bigger gripes is the cornering how it looks and feels in these newer MX vs games. Almost like an automated on rails deal. For what it is, the game works fine. I’m just complaining about what it’s not, so that’s kind of a lost cause I suppose. I was a fan of MXGP Pro which got a lot of flak from these guys for being too punishing and technical. That’s just what I prefer. I enjoy dirt biking as well, I ride a rmz 250. I’m not a pro or even an amateur but I like my dirt bike games to present a challenge beyond what most probably expect in physics department.
@@warmsignal I amazingly have never tried the "MXGP" game series but now you have peaked my interest, which ones out for the PS4 or XB1 you would recommend, the newer the better? I wanted to pick up the "MXGP 2021" game I think it is but can't find a physical copy. I would easily welcome a more Sim-like experience if it exist on console as I don't do PC games nor online multi-player.
@@vinniecorleone62 MXGP and Supercross The Official Game are kinda sibling series by Milestone. The MXGP games stopped having physical editions in 2021, but Supercross is still physical as of Supercross 5. Personally I like MXGP Pro for it's more technical side which was not continued with the sequels, but MXGP 3 is also very good. As a new comer I don't think you could go wrong with any in the series. They are all available on console and playable offline as far as I'm aware. The games are what I would call a sim-cade, they can often be forgiving as well, but the feel of the riding is just more realistic and satisfying overall and the graphics are very good in these games. A lot of them, particularly the older entries can be had inexpensively too. Hope that you enjoy the series when you get to try it out.
@@warmsignal Thank you for the recommendations, I will try to obtain all those you liked, I appreciate it & your prompting to pick up "MX vs ATV Legends" which I'm still enjoying.bud.
I played a trial of Mx legends and I loved the simplicity of the gameplay compared to reflex and Alive, But I don’t like the cheap production quality. The environments look awesome but the player models look very plastic like. I’ll wait for a sale
They have been good about immediate patches & fixes for the game right away, I still need to update my Xbox One version as it is a massive patch that will take a good half hour to download but I understand some may not like aspects of it.
Hey my friend good to hear you’re feeling better. But I have to tell you this. A good example as to why you sometimes get yourself in trouble. At 4:08 you talk about buying back Tomb Raider. At 5:09 you moan about forced female protagonists. 😀. I know you have mentioned over and over that Tomb Raider is one of your favorite franchises…however the hypocrisy and still be pointed to. Much love though.
The distinction between "Tomb Raider" from the early Playstation 1 days to the many female protagonist games out today is that "Tomb Raider" was trying something new & very unique by having a woman "Indiana Jones" exploring, etc, where today it's totally pandering as to replace the toxic male so this issue is quite political in nature strongly pushing political correctness instead of ingenuity. I hope that clears up my stance on this, times have changed & games now are being heavy influenced by the political views of developers & game publishers instead of giving many types of gamers exactly what they want, like in pre-8th gen games in particular.
Tomb Raider and eloy from horizon zero Dawn makes sens The last of us 2 and Gears of war 5 forcing the player to play as a female is not good The new Saints row sure u can make the choice, but the rest of the game is towards liberals and hipster kinda like farcry 6. I realy like fc5 😎 🇺🇲
@@toyotapower100 Sadly even "Horizon Zero Dawn" feel victim to this new female trend as they once made a very different game series I fell in love with called "Killzone" which we probably will never get more of & the decs are pushing a new direction now.
@@vinniecorleone62 my favorit kilzone was 3 Whit the stealth kills and the snow And i really liked shadow fall Horizon zero Dawn is Nice looking but boring Shootings robots Same as halo 4 and Gears 4 i hate shooting robots 🤖
I can't see any game too hard after you beat "Super Star Wars" on the SNES, "Stuntman" & "Driver 1 & 2" I can beat but it takes practice & finesse, certainly not easy but doable if you like driving & driving game physics. I know you don't have much affinity for newer games, I sure as Hell won't fault you there bud.
@@vinniecorleone62 My brother had the game, stopped playing halfway through because I wasn't having any fun. I probably could beat it if I tried. I beat Driver 1, I believe I still have the save file to Driver 2. Gotta get that game to finally beat it. New games aren't as good as the old ones. The newest one I got is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredders Revenge and that's a retro style game.
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It feels great to finally be able to return to YT again but I'm still very tired from long work weeks & from the covid long-hauler symptoms that tend to hang on for far too long. There were other games I had to talk about & share but I simply forgot out of tiredness. I hope to get my energy levels back soon so I can passionately share my love for video games, movies & collecting my friends, thank you for your understanding & support which means a lot.
hey man was wondering when you be on hear again glad to see your doing good.
@@Michael-br6kw I've been sick with covid & had to recover first before I could return to making videos again, I still don't feel well but I wanted to stay in touch with my friends & viewers.
Glad you’re back! Thanks for givin me somthin to listen to at work! Cheers
Thanks my friend, I appreciate the goodwill & support man.
hi Dean,great to see you back.hope you keep getting better.
Thanks my friend, very kind of you.
Dean: #1) Being that 'Cold War' is in my Top 40 original Xbox titles collection, I was delighted to see you giving it some attention. As you know, there's very little about this game on YT. #2) Stuntman. A very worthy and long overdue addition to your collection! Upon it's original 2002 release, I fondly remember playing this game and looking at it as the "forerunner" to the upcoming DRIV3R game. Well, ultimately that game didn't disappoint. Nor did Stuntman disappoint. Stuntman resides in my all-time top 10 PS2 titles collection. The "Trials" game of it's day, Stuntman was also one of the first games to use the Renderware engine. I loved/love it exactly for what it is. Unfortunately, I don't feel the same about it's follow-up, Stuntman Ignition. While admittantly never playing the full retail release, I did play the PS3 demo and was immediately put off by the vehicles lacking weight and oversimplified physics, (compared to its predecessor) #3) Stray is on my future "buy" list. It reminds one of what vidgames used to be, when there was life beyond seasonal AAA releases. #4) TLOU franchise remains dead to me. While the original does remain in my collection, I purposely went out of my way to NOT pick up the accompanying strategy guide, art book, and of course it's sequel. A virtual "F#ck You" to that development team, from me to them. #5) Take it easy, and talk soon. Vin
Thanks for watching/listening to my vlogs bud, I appreciate the heavy support & kind input on my various topics, I have my own obvious pet peeves with gaming today,, I suppose we have to pick & choose our battles as there's more to avoid & boycott outright today than to look forward to a handful of possible games that meet our criteria. I validate your opinions on gaming & life in general bud, thanks for taking the time to comment with solid points man, I appreciate it brother.
PGR 3 in car view for me is still the best racing experience...i still play....what a game
Very true, thanks for your input my friend, I appreciate it.
Enjoy the games from Tennessee dean! Hope to have more headed your way soon. Awesome video as always and it’s great to see you’re feeling better. Be safe out there.
Thanks bro, I greatly appreciate your nice gifts, very clean & great games I missed. Thanks for your support my friend.
Catching up on these, Dean! Looks like a great set of pickups! I spotted a few games I've went back and played (like PGR3). I still own and cherish that Xbox you gave me. It's safely tucked in an original retail box I bought from eBay. And I've already started collecting some Xbox games. I'm excited to start playing games from that era again. I'm currently playing Stray right now as I picked up the PS5 retail copy that just came out. Loving it as you were, they did such a fantastic job on the animations, world and music. Just wish it had HDR support but great to see games like that get released and come out on disc! I'll be watching some more of your content over the weekend. Best wishes!
Thanks so much for making the time to watch my long winded videos bud, I need to do the same with yours & the other good friends & RUclipsrs I interact with, life is challenging trying achieve a proper balance with life, family, responsibilities & hobbies my friend.
Nice pickups man. you need to send me your list of guides you are looking for. Ever since my in-laws moved to the Reno area, i found a pretty nice retro store that has a nice selection of guides and I thought I had a list of yours from before. I have not yet played Stray, my son downloaded it and i want to give it a try but my wife had surgery recently so i have not been gaming very much while assisting to her. About the only gaming is on my 3ds or switch as those I can play about anywhere. Welcome back brother.
Thanks for the kind comment & offer on the guides. Sorry to hear about your wife's surgery, hopefully it's nothing serious bud.
Hey Dean, awesome video as always. Glad to see another video, it really encourages me to want to make more as I see less and less of my friends making videos from when I started a channel on here. It sometimes can be discouraging. You have some interesting finds there, I’m not as well versed in the racing genre, so it’s good to see finds from someone who knows it well. The post apocalyptic rare find you opened up game sounds cool, there are a lot of under the radar post apocalyptic Mad Max styled games I find…I happened to try Fist of the North Star which is themed in a similar style world, but an action RPG theme like the Yakuza games and really enjoyed it. I guess the Mad Max post apocalyptic theme makes any game better. It seems to inspire a lot of games as it probably should. It’s nice to hear you are continuing to enjoy Stray, thanks for the shout out and yes I’m still in Richmond. Have you heard about the Robocop game they are making by the team that made the brilliant Terminator Resistance? Anyway, I’m rambling. Thanks for sharing your videos as always and I hope you continue to be well!
Thanks for your feedback my friend which I appreciate. I haven't had good enough health to make consistent uploads each week but I'm trying to anyway. Yes, I've seen the "RoboCop" new trailer & am excited about it given their fantastic work on that "Terminator" game, it should be excellent as I have faith in their work.
Another great video Dean. It was good to see you back with a new video after all of the challenges you've had to face this year and the past few years. I'm glad that you've recovered from the evil Covid for a second time. It was great to hear that you've been able to game again, even if it's been limited because of your health.
Your buddy sent you some great gifts. I know how much you love your racing games. I bought all of the ATV vs MX games for the Xbox 360 a few years ago before they really jumped in price. I've kept all of my 7th gen ports of games that got re-released on 8th gen. I wanted to keep them for the same reason you are buying them back. I just don't know, if all of our 8th gen games will always be playable in the future, so I like having the option to at least be able to play the 7th gen versions offline. I bought a few 7th gen versions of games, like Middle Earth Shadow of Mordor, as I really enjoyed that game and wanted to play the Xbox 360 version to see what changes they had to do to the game due to the limited hardware. I was surprised at how well that game actually ran on the Xbox 360. I even bought The Wolfenstein New Order on Xbox 360. It was so large of a game that it came on 4 discs. I have a few more 7th gen versions of 8th gen games to add to my collection.
I can't believe what's happened to some of our favorite games and series, because of companies wanting to be "PC". It's a shame to see, but you and I, are no longer the target audience. We really were very spoiled with 7th gen gaming. We had so many games released every year and I played a lot of them thanks to renting games at Family Video. I ended up buying a lot of the games I rented from Family Video, after a few months, when they would sell the extra copies they had. With 8th gen I found fewer and fewer games each year that interested me. It's only been in the past couple of years that I've went back and built up my 8th gen library.
I'm still on the fence about getting a 9th gen console. I just can't justify spending $600 to $700 to play just a few games. Even though I really want to play them, I plan to wait for a few years. I have such a backlog of games to play from 4th gen to 8th gen, that I can wait on playing some of these newer games that are being released. It's also easier to just wait these days for some of these modern releases. So many of these games need day one patches, or several patches, in order to even be able to play them, with tons of game breaking bugs.
I'm glad that you're enjoying Stray and I can't wait for the physical PS4 versions to release later this year. It's nice to be able to play a few story based games that you can just relax and not have to worry about every aspect in the game world. It's sweet to play some relaxing games at times.
Keep up the great work on the channel my friend and I know you can't wait to receive this next package of strategy guides and games. Take care my friend and be well.
Thanks brother, I always enjoy & appreciate your well spoken points within my comment section. I don't care about buying multiplats of 8th gen games, only 7th gen as those remasters could be a potential issue way down the road. I saw "Wolfenstein TNO" on the 360 & it looks like crap, I can't go backwards, only forward but I understand your reasons. I obviously made a tactical error in trading in & giving away all those 7th gen games when I bought the remasters as now I need to get them all back. I'm so close now to wrapping all this up, I pretty much gave the majority of what I want, I'm just fine tuning the collection at this point.
Hey I just found your channel within the last couple of weeks. Love the content. You have a great passion for games, especially the OG Xbox games which I love! So many great memories with that console!
Also glad to hear your on the mend. The covid headaches are horrible!
Quite kind of you to say my friend, thank you for not only watching but sharing your support which I appreciate.
Thanks for the video Dean.... halfway through Wolfenstein 2009, having a blast, I always appreciate your recommendations....👍
Thanks for taking my recommendations my friend, that is one of my Top picks to play on my Xbox 360, delighted you are enjoying it.
Interesting update Dean, I would love to see your impressions on SE5! I've stayed away from the reviews and will continue to. Yep, think I've finished off all my Wolfenstein guides as well. So glad your health is getting better my friend, look forward to the next vid hopefully soon.
Thanks for watching & for your feedback which I appreciate my friend.
Great video, glad that you're feeling better.
Thank you man, I appreciate your kind message.
Welcome back Dean, good to see you feeling better.
Thanks for watching & I appreciate your support my friend.
Good to see you're doing better dude. You definitely added to the collection! That Weird West & Metal Max look interesting, I didn't know about those.
Thanks my friend, always great hearing from you. Watch some reviews of both games bud, quite kool games by good studios.
Nice to see your recent pick ups Dean. I completed the campaign for sniper elite 5 a week ago and enjoyed it quite a lot, this was the first sniper elite game I’ve played through so I’ve now bought all the older games and will work my way through those also. The zombie army games from the series are quite fun also, just completed one of those recently so looking forward to get more into those as well.
Sounds like you enjoyed "Sniper Elite 5", I'm anxious to continue it myself. I love those "Zombie Army Trilogy" & "Dead War 4" which I have both of, the latter has a tremendous amount of DLC well worth getting. Thanks for your kind comment my friend.
Awesome pick ups bro, I completely forgot about that BMX XXX game, definitely going to be on the hunt for that one.
I’m really enjoying that Batman Arkham Knight guide bro, it’s really helping me out on certain parts of the game.
Thanks again.
That Stray game looks dope, I’ll have to check that one out.
You can definitely tell you’ve been working a lot bro, don’t burn ya self out,
keep up the great work, you’ll be back to 💯 in no time.
God bless you & the Fam brother. Keep them videos coming!
Thanks brother, I appreciate the heavy support & your kind thoughts & prayers which help man. Delighted you found the guide useful, that's one game that needs a strategy guide for sure.
Great to see you Dean, I can tell that you are starting to feel better. You look good my friend. Great pick ups, so much nostalgia here!
Thanks bro, I appreciate your support & love, still very tired from hard weeks of work & covid symptoms still hanging on like a MF. I certainly hope to feel better soon if I can so I can go back to my passionate vlogs on games I love like before.
@@vinniecorleone62 hang in there bro, you’re always in my thoughts and prayers.
@@Gotti360 Most appropriated bud.
Good stuff buddy I have played some of these. I remember how I raged at Stuntman what a hard game but it was so cool!
Thanks for Watching my friend, yep, that "Stuntman" game was tougher than a cheap steak.
Let me know what’s the best way to get ahold of you about sending a care package your way and what stuff you’re currently looking for.
Email me bud: thompsonfineart@msn.com
Welcome back dean
Thanks bud, I went through 7 hours of technical Hell to upload this overdue video, extremely frustrating as I have been working since Saturday afternoon trying to edit & uoad a simple video.
@Albert Menendez For technical cavemen such as myself, even more so my friend.
Always great to see you show off your new pickups man! I worry about not being able to play some of these games in the future as well due to servers shut down etc. but luckily our older games will last as long as we have working systems! I picked up the BMX XXX game as well to see some pixelated tiddies haha, the packaging is much better than the game though in my opinion.
I enjoy picking up the remainder of the retro games on my list which can be almost as fun as playing the same games. I have watched a few game-play videos on that "BMX-XXX" game so I know it's not a award winning video game but it's a interesting novelty & at one time I was very good on skateboards & BMX bikes growing up so I have a soft spot for games relating to both sports.
Been slowly catching up and enjoying your latest videos Dean especially the back compat Xbox ones but haven't commented as I usually do so from my console before bedtime. Today I'm on my PC so there was no excuse not to pop in and show my appreciation with more than just a like :) Nice pickups! Will be looking for that BMX one now hehe. I feel the same with most of the new games unfortunately, was thinking that maybe I am not so much into gaming anymore until I fired up Juiced 2 and couldn't put it down! Damn Covid again man! Get well soon and take care.
Always terrific seeing your comments bud, I appreciate your feedback. Some of those older games can be quite fun proving gaming never gets old, it's just poor choices made by developers on new games coming out that makes finding a good game worth playing tough today my friend.
@@vinniecorleone62 Likewise Dean. Poor choices made to maximize profits:/ No one takes any chances anymore it seems and unless they are guaranteed to make millions they will pull the plug before the thing is even released. Thank God we can go back to our treasured games and have some enjoyment out of that! Anyways take care my friend and hope to have you back with more soon.
Looking good Dean. Glad to see ya. Excellent games. Metal Max and Stray look very interesting.
I hope you are doing much better now brother, recover well & heal up from your surgery, I'm so glad it was a successful operation & that you can focus on your health & energy levels bud, God bless.
@@vinniecorleone62doing way better. Not up to playing high stress games yet.
@@tylordstevenson If you have a PS4 you can enjoy a very chill game "Stray", perfect for both of us right now considering.
Great VLOG Dean. Actually started Stray myself last night and its a nice little game. Some great pickups man I knew you would pick that Mad Max up. Take care bud hope your headaches go in the longrun
Thanks for making my day brighter mate, I always enjoy reading your comments & I'm pleased you still enjoy the content. I should be back closer to weekly uploads, covid had me pretty bad & still does but I'm fighting against it so I can resume my life.
Like the glasses Dean
Thanks my friend, I can see my games up close better to read any info but don't typically wear them during the day unless I have to, I have for different pairs of them four up close reading.
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 Good to hear from ya buddy.i just got over some crap this past week.had some fatigue as well.I go back to work Tuesday stay well and take care f yourself.Great video‼️
Thanks my good friend, always great hearing from you & I appreciate your kind support.
Wow Dean, tons of great pickups here!
The Moto GP Xbox games were so much better than the PS2 versions. The main menu theme for Moto 2 is still a song I use for my videos. Van Helsing was fun and surprisingly well done considering most movie games weren’t that great. I too have been meaning to pick up an Xbox copy of Resurrection of Evil even though I have the BFG edition. That cover art alone is worth it.
Thanks bud, I certainly enjoyed your own pick ups recently, it's fun to track down some of these old retro games today. I appreciate you watching & for the support man.
@@vinniecorleone62 It’s a rush! Ended up picking Stuntman Ignition as well because I’ve always wanted to try it.
Stray was one of my most anticipated games of the year. I couldn’t wait and downloaded it on the PS4. Having adopted a cat of my own two years ago I’ve become obsessed with them and I love how the game dev’s captured their little mannerisms.
Bonding with a cat truly is something special. Definitely going to order it physically for my eventual PS5.
Glad to hear you're feeling better. COVID has certainly been nasty for many people, those headaches sound terrible.
Batman: Arkham City is my personal favorite Batman game. If you liked Arkham Asylum and Arkham Knight, you should be in for a good time.
Sorry to hear your health has kept you from enjoying Sniper Elite 5 to the fullest. I recently went back to the original Sniper Elite and forgot how difficult it was. These games really require patience and strategic planning. Not something I would play if I wanted to turn off my brain and just relax.
I didn't realize Stray was getting a physical release on PS4 until a few days ago. I might pick it up when it comes out, if only for the very unique premise.
Thanks for your kind comment, I really appreciate it & your recommendation to play "Arkham City", I just need the "Asylum" & "City" strategy guides to get the most out of them as they are next to pick up on my guides list. You should pre-order a PS4 physical copy of "Stray" as it will be very limited & rare, check out their 8-Bit Games website to see if it's still available as they will be big bucks on Ebay later which is why I ordered one & I wanted to support the devs by buying it twice.
Great vlog! Sniper Elite 5 looks pretty good. Still got to play through Sniper Elite 4. Which I own all the DLC.
Thanks for watching mate, "Sniper Elite 4" is incredible, especially the extra DLC expansions which were just as immersive & fascinating as the main missions, both it & "SE-5" are highly recommended & in my Top 3 favorite franchises in gaming.
Hi Dean. Fine to see you. About the Sniper Elite 5. I played the story mode on medium difficulty and enjoyed the bulletcam as much as possible. After finishing I started new game on authentic difficulty and try to go through the campaign with subdue as manny as possible nazis without killing them. For completing stealthy. And there possibilities like all guns blazing and all between. So I think this game is for different kind of players. There is also a option to play in first person modes on the guns. Which gives a complete different play experience. I saw you like stray, I 'm into that one too. Will obtain that also some day. Currently going to music festivals for the summer and enjoying life outside. Have a nice summer with your wife and family. It is the most important aspect of our lives. Gaming is a beautifull escape besides movies. Did you watch any good lately?
I saw the new Jurrassic movie but fell a few times in sleep, side effect of doing nightwork and my sleep apnea. Still need to see the new Matrix movie. Greetings my friend
Thanks my good friend, I appreciate your kind words of support & wish you & yours the same bud! Glad you enjoyed "Sniper Elite 5", I can't wait to return to it man.
Waiting for This video 😎
Im gone enjoy it whit a beer 🍻
Thanks my friend, I hope you enjoy your beer & the vlog.
@@vinniecorleone62 thanks.
Amstel🍻 We dont drink Heineken here in the Netherlands
My compilation of far cry 2&3 with blood dragon is one of my prize video games. It’s on my short list of games I wanna bring to the afterlife
True, it's a winner with sll 3 great games on disc in one nice package bud.
@@vinniecorleone62 I didn’t know you had that tragic bad experience with blood dragon. You of all people I thought would love that game but alas.. hopefully you can get back into it. One complaint is it’s too short.
@@johncracker5217 I was in too big a hurry to play through it the night it released, I should have waited for the first patch as I had a game breaking bug that stopped me from going forward to where I would have had to re-start the game from the beginning & got too upset to redo it all over again. Much time has passed & I'm sure the best version is on disc now.
@@vinniecorleone62 this is dead island all over again. Playing that one for the first time currently too.
Nice pickups, man. That Stray game looks awesome … thinking I might have to get it. Hey, I finally finished Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. It was absolutely brilliant if completely nuts. With that in mind I brought a digital copy of the latest one, for a sweet price. Not sure what it’ll be like playing as a chick but I’m hoping it’ll be just as kick ass crazy like the others 🤘👽🤘
Wonderful hearing from you mate as always, I think you should play "Stray" if you have any affinity for Cats man, it's a very unique adventure with great environmental story telling & excellence chill music that goes quite well with the game.. I need to dive into "Wolfenstein 2" soon & the DLC, I have been dying to play it since my first spinal surgery when I was unable to enjoy big long gaming sessions.
Yeah, there’s some stuff in that game that left me speechless … in a hilarious way 🤘👽🤘
Cheers Dean, great video.
Annoying how ps4 discs are always loose when they arrive isn't it. Seems they used the same clasps in the ps5 cases too, same problem.
Thanks man, I appreciate you watching & leaving your input, I hate poor cases for games or Blu-ray's.
i hear you on all these play it safe, not offend anyone, follow the formua modern games. if folks can open their mind to dif art styes, indies are where its at.
Very true my good friend, I have found a lot of great indie titles to enjoy the last several years, I just wished more of them had a physical copy to have in our collections.
Dean: "I usually refuse to buy games where I play as a woman."
Also Dean: "A game where I can play as a cat? Take my money!!"
I love Cats bud. I can't have children of my own so cats are somewhat of a substitute & I get a lot of love back from them as simple a creature as they are. I'm still mourning the loss of little Oliver, my Maine Coon cat I had for 5 wonderful years right before we moved to Idaho, I give much of myself & my time to them so a game where you experience the world through a cat I find fascinating & a terrific adventure & concept.
@@vinniecorleone62 I know bud I was just making a little joke, I'm glad they made a game like this for cat lovers to enjoy. Making unique games takes a lot of risk these days!
Sadly, I'm a bit bummed now on the new MX vs ATV as the devs have patched out a lot of the riding physics that made it more realistic and challenging, I feel like the updates have completely watered it down and made it play much more like an arcade game for wider appeal. I'd only consider playing it now without the patches. This is why my preferred series remains the Milestone "Supercross" games; they tend to bring a more realistic approach that I like to the dirt bike riding.
Definitely will be pre-ordering Stay, and hopefully by that time I can get a PS5 because I'm really hoping to upgrade to the 9th gen soon, just don't want to get ripped off buying a console from a scalper, even GameStop has bundle deals now which are technically scalping. It's nuts. Interesting lot of pickups once again, gotta love that OG Xbox, so many great games and still quite affordable. Take care.
I have recently discovered some YT channels specializing in dirt bike games & Sims as I wanted to learn everything going on with "MX vx ATV Legends", thanks to you as I think it was you who told me to jump on the physical game which I quickly did that day. These sim guys raved about how much better the physics are in the game in spite of some minor issues they don't care for as much but said the latest 2 patches fixed a lot of assorted issues. I spent 90 minutes downloading the 2 big patches then tried it & found the handling good. I utilize the twin sticks for handling as I can lay the bike down well in the tight turns for solid handling. Many apparently complained that the initial handling was too "Slidey" so they must have tweeked it. I used to ride a lot of dirt bikes & had a older 70's Yamaha 360 Enduro & later a nice Yamaha YZ-250 which I could weelie the length of my street & took many big jumps over 70 mph on it & upwards of 95 mph on my old Y-360, so I have played a lot of this series including "MX vs ATV Supercross Encore" & enjoyed a lot of it's DLC. I'm sorry it doesn't work well for you bud.
@@vinniecorleone62 Yeah people do like the updates for sure, but personally I’ve not been a fan how the games feel in the series since the THQ bankruptcy and becoming a sub full price game. I prefer the handling system of the Milestone dirt bike games, and even the older MX vs games. I get that they’re not supposed to be realistic, and it certainly handles well for an arcade game. I think a lot of these guys are fans of accessibility and not necessarily challenge. Many will complain when a game pops you off the bike, even though most of these games never do as they are extremely forgiving. One of my bigger gripes is the cornering how it looks and feels in these newer MX vs games. Almost like an automated on rails deal.
For what it is, the game works fine. I’m just complaining about what it’s not, so that’s kind of a lost cause I suppose. I was a fan of MXGP Pro which got a lot of flak from these guys for being too punishing and technical. That’s just what I prefer. I enjoy dirt biking as well, I ride a rmz 250. I’m not a pro or even an amateur but I like my dirt bike games to present a challenge beyond what most probably expect in physics department.
@@warmsignal I amazingly have never tried the "MXGP" game series but now you have peaked my interest, which ones out for the PS4 or XB1 you would recommend, the newer the better? I wanted to pick up the "MXGP 2021" game I think it is but can't find a physical copy. I would easily welcome a more Sim-like experience if it exist on console as I don't do PC games nor online multi-player.
@@vinniecorleone62 MXGP and Supercross The Official Game are kinda sibling series by Milestone. The MXGP games stopped having physical editions in 2021, but Supercross is still physical as of Supercross 5. Personally I like MXGP Pro for it's more technical side which was not continued with the sequels, but MXGP 3 is also very good.
As a new comer I don't think you could go wrong with any in the series. They are all available on console and playable offline as far as I'm aware. The games are what I would call a sim-cade, they can often be forgiving as well, but the feel of the riding is just more realistic and satisfying overall and the graphics are very good in these games. A lot of them, particularly the older entries can be had inexpensively too. Hope that you enjoy the series when you get to try it out.
@@warmsignal Thank you for the recommendations, I will try to obtain all those you liked, I appreciate it & your prompting to pick up "MX vs ATV Legends" which I'm still enjoying.bud.
I played a trial of Mx legends and I loved the simplicity of the gameplay compared to reflex and Alive, But I don’t like the cheap production quality. The environments look awesome but the player models look very plastic like. I’ll wait for a sale
They have been good about immediate patches & fixes for the game right away, I still need to update my Xbox One version as it is a massive patch that will take a good half hour to download but I understand some may not like aspects of it.
@@vinniecorleone62 you ever play the MXGP games? Those games are pretty good too. A lot more harder to play but very realistic
@@spongebelt I want to get the 2021 game but I think it's digital only right now, I need to research the older physical ones as well.
Hey my friend good to hear you’re feeling better. But I have to tell you this. A good example as to why you sometimes get yourself in trouble. At 4:08 you talk about buying back Tomb Raider. At 5:09 you moan about forced female protagonists. 😀. I know you have mentioned over and over that Tomb Raider is one of your favorite franchises…however the hypocrisy and still be pointed to. Much love though.
The distinction between "Tomb Raider" from the early Playstation 1 days to the many female protagonist games out today is that "Tomb Raider" was trying something new & very unique by having a woman "Indiana Jones" exploring, etc, where today it's totally pandering as to replace the toxic male so this issue is quite political in nature strongly pushing political correctness instead of ingenuity. I hope that clears up my stance on this, times have changed & games now are being heavy influenced by the political views of developers & game publishers instead of giving many types of gamers exactly what they want, like in pre-8th gen games in particular.
@@vinniecorleone62 well said! Snake “Dean” Plissken. Btw profile pic is badass. Love it!
Tomb Raider and eloy from horizon zero Dawn makes sens
The last of us 2 and Gears of war 5 forcing the player to play as a female is not good
The new Saints row sure u can make the choice, but the rest of the game is towards liberals and hipster kinda like farcry 6.
I realy like fc5 😎 🇺🇲
@@toyotapower100 Sadly even "Horizon Zero Dawn" feel victim to this new female trend as they once made a very different game series I fell in love with called "Killzone" which we probably will never get more of & the decs are pushing a new direction now.
@@vinniecorleone62 my favorit kilzone was 3 Whit the stealth kills and the snow
And i really liked shadow fall
Horizon zero Dawn is Nice looking but boring
Shootings robots
Same as halo 4 and Gears 4 i hate shooting robots 🤖
14:58 Hate Stuntman, too hard, there's no leeway. Never beat it.
40:24 I never played any of these newer games.
I can't see any game too hard after you beat "Super Star Wars" on the SNES, "Stuntman" & "Driver 1 & 2" I can beat but it takes practice & finesse, certainly not easy but doable if you like driving & driving game physics.
I know you don't have much affinity for newer games, I sure as Hell won't fault you there bud.
@@vinniecorleone62 My brother had the game, stopped playing halfway through because I wasn't having any fun. I probably could beat it if I tried.
I beat Driver 1, I believe I still have the save file to Driver 2. Gotta get that game to finally beat it.
New games aren't as good as the old ones. The newest one I got is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredders Revenge and that's a retro style game.