Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Young'un's Today!!!
Options
Comments
-
-
-
-
-
BLITZ_Molloy wrote: »PGR4 - 5th sequel in a series I didn't actually find interesting in the first place on the Dreamcast.
Geometry Wars - this I like. Freeware Grid Wars 2 on the PC is better though.
Lost Planet - sorry but this wasn't much good
Fallout 3 - If it's anything like Oblivion it's going to bore me. If I wanted something like this I'd rather play Deus Ex
Halo 3 - enjoyed the multiplayer alot in the first game.. but it is the 3rd in a series that hasn't changed massively. It's not exactly mindblowingly exciting.
GOW/2 etc - third person action title in the style of Devil May Cry. Yes! This is a fresh idea.
Heavenly Sword - rubbish
GT5 Prologue - I finished GT1 and GT2 completely. Every game since has been the exact same except more dull.
MGS4 - this series is going on for 20 years. I didn't like it in the first place.
And so on and so on. Wipeout and Ridge Racer are awesome. Other than that a big 'meh'.
I'd be somewhere in the middle myself. I lack Ciderman's enthusiasm for the current generation but am not as pessamistic as yourself
I loved Fallout 3. Although that's probably because I've been waiting about 10 years for a new fallout game.
Also really really enjoying Mirrors Edge at the moment.
But anyway, I'm going to shut up now and get back to Mario...What i am saying is that New super mario is the worst out of Mario series!. Im not saying that its a bad game Im just saying its the worst out of the mario series, which is one of the most highly regarded series in history,
Worst in one of the best series of all time isn't too bad I suppose...!
(Still think Mario64 is the worst, but I'm going to shut up now before you stab me in the face
) 0 -
Advertisement
-
-
-
-
-
-
Advertisement
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Join Date:Posts: 50007
BLITZ_Molloy wrote: »Since the advent of the memory card most games have gotten 10 times longer than they used to be. Give me arcade and cartridge games over your modern muck any day of the week. Back in the day games didn't get finished purely because they were too hard, and the ones that weren't too hard got finished multiple times. None of that sitting on the shelf gathering dust bull****.
It's the reason I love my saturn so much. Loads of excellent arcade pick up and play games. I actually have more games from PSN and XBLA than I have full games and usually end up playing them for the same amount of time.
Also I think one of the factors of Panzer Dragoon Saga being my favourite RPG was that it was only 17 hours long. It managed to tell a more intricate and epic storyline than any RPG I've played but because of the total lack of fetch quests and other tie extending excercises it didn't have to be 40+ hours.
I'm still not convinced the DKC games are great. They are okay platformers wrapped up in stunning graphics for their time. Just started listening to retronauts and the guys on that seem to echo my sentiments except they think they are just ****.
0 -
-
Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,528 CMod ✭✭✭✭
Join Date:Posts: 33752
Too true. Was playing it last night for the first time in a few years. Christ I forgot how difficult it was. Straight off the bat.
Turned it off in frustration for some nice easy Donkey Kong Country instead.
Which, contrary to what some people have been saying here, does actually still look quite good. I'm thinking it may be how they're playing it. Doesn't look nearly as good on an EMU/PC as it does on a CRT television.
Donkey Kong Country is a great game, it's totally unfair to compare it to any of the Mario series, they are different games simple as that, and I always enjoyed the DKC titles, bar the N64 incarnation, as I have mentioned before.
Not sure what purpose the New Super Mario Bros bashing is in aid of, people being very very harsh here, the game is targeted at an audience that are totally new to games, those whose first console is the DS lite, and that's why the game is so accessible, compared to it's forebears.
As for the Mario 64 vs Super Mario World/3 thing that's started here, what's the deal folks?
Once again it's like comparing chalk and cheese, and whilst the 2D Mario titles were masterpieces of design and all the rest, they evolved from earlier titles, like Donkey Kong, Loderunner etc.
Mario 64 was incredible, it was a true trail blazer, ploughing a furrow no one else had attempted, on hardware no one else had programmed, on a brand new notion of control, it was true genius, whilst it's level design was as inspired as any of the 2D Mario titles, in the same way as the tracks in Outrun 2006 are inspired, it's ok to be fantastic without suggesting that those that went before are now somehow devalued.
As for the issue of the follow-ups to Mario 64, namely Mario Sunshine or Mario Galaxy, well, it's true that neither one is as non-stop brilliant as Mario 64, the two sequels cease to have much to compete with when a more console wide view is taken, in which case, in their respective generations, there is little to touch either one.
There was nothing, as such, as brilliant as Mario Sunshine on either the Xbox or PS2, and certainly nothing as incredible as Mario Galaxy on the 360 or PS3.
Now, that should clear a few things up....
Gunstar Heroes ---- 6/10 at the most I reckon 0 -
-
Advertisement
-
-
-
Join Date:Posts: 50007
I'm sorry but that article really just missed the point of the whole game. Expert mode is only for experts, normal is quite manageable and hard is for people that want to experience a decent challenge once they mastered normal. No mention of the game adding new attack patterns up until Hard mode so the game plays a little differently each time? Also, so what if some weapon combinations are imbalanced. It still takes a huge amount of skill to become proficient in the use of the two best weapons. One is incredibly short ranged and the other needs the player to stay stationary. Does the game not add more replayability in that you have another 14 weapons that you can go through the game with?
Unavoidable damage? You're just **** mate but at least the game caters to you with a health meter. A game isn't automatically crap because it isn't 1 hit kill. Calling it a euroshooter is stupid. It may have a health system but the tight design and good boss battles are 100% japanese design philosophy.
Whats with the score? I never found myself caring about it. Also never saw anything wrong with the respawning enemies. Strange that this has been a staple of the genre since Contra. It's not even game breaking it just keeps the action constant. Total moot point. There's also criticism of the optional moves in the game that advanced players can use but are totally unnecessary. They are included to add a bit more flare, just because he can't use them he should complain about them because they are totally unnecessary to the enjoyment of the game. The game is full of some of the greatest bosses ever and one of the most fluid play experiences of the 16-bit generation, why only a small paragraph at the end? It just stinks of someone going against the grain just for controversies sake.
I also was very disappointed with Gunstar Super Heroes and would say it was average at best. Boss design was veyr poor with boss battles lasting from 20-60 seconds which is a disgrace. Sometimes they were dead before they could start any of their attack patterns. There were some really poorly designed levels. The fake 3D levels served no purpose other than to show off what the programmers could do with the hardware and the top down helicopter section was a disgrace of bad level design. The weapon system was also a very poor compared to the original. Instead of 20 weapons you got 3 which all did basically the same thing. I don't care if you think having less weapons makes it more balanced but the three weapons are interchangeable or worse, completely useless, with no real benefits for using a different one. Contra Shattered Soldier did the 3 weapons thing a whole lot better with 3 weapons and their secondary fire modes all needing to be used in different situations.
I think what it comes down to is that Gunstar Heroes is just plain fun and one of the best two player experiences. Try to name a better run and gunner and you can't. Some come close but Gunstar Heroes is just better, although that sounds a bit arrogant I'll stand by it until proven wrong.
Rant over
0 -
-
Join Date:Posts: 50007
And i'm currently playing Panzeer dragoon on saturn fantastic game.
The first game? I think it's dated terribly. The nasty sprite reflections look awful and the 20fps the game is locked to hurts the eyes. Looks rubbish now and the last level is a bit too tough for it's own good.
I think the series comes into it's own in Panzer Dragoon Zwei. The soundtrack develops it's unique sound that remained through the series, the game runs at a smoother 30 fps, the art style gets better, the plot thickens and it's just a damn fine rail shooter. I've said enough about Saga and Orta I think but well both games are awesome.
0 -
Join Date:Posts: 50007
BLITZ_Molloy wrote: »Hey, Insomnia.ac write a pretty convincing argument for why Gunstar Heroes isn't the best thing ever.
http://insomnia.ac/reviews/megadrive/gunstarheroes/
From a gameplay balance point of view I think it's probably fair to say Gunstar Super Heroes is the better game. The weapons system is more balance. I still prefer the first game though for sheer fun. The 2nd one feels like more like an Alien Soldier sequel, which seemed a bit more dry and technical.
I'm still not finished with you.
I think I've made my feelings clear on what I think of Edge magazine. Edge magazine are creeps. Treasure as a company are gentlemen, class acts, rebels and they stand up to bullies. If you're going to quote gutter videogame journalism then you can do it on your own. As for that review you linked to, I'll tell you who wrote it. The webmaster of insomnia.ac wrote it, a man that ran off on his wife for a young one!
0 -
-
-
-
Advertisement
-
Join Date:Posts: 50007
Well my rant should be taken with a pince of salt
Gunstar Heroes is a big part of my childhood. I was always disappointed that I had gotten a Megadrive rather than a SNES but Gunstar Heroes made up for that and I played it religiously.
However I really did think Gunstar Super Heroes was poor. I don't think Treasure are infallible, Gunstar Super Heroes proves that and Freakout is a load of ****. Even the creators of Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga produced the uninspired Silpheed. However I do really look forward to their latest games because when they get it right they produce some of the greatest games ever.
I'm not going to go into Edge magazine. My main two problems with them is how arrogantly they defend the Halo 2 and 3 scores (don't mind Halo 1 since it was mind blowing at the time and everyone was carried away with the hype at the time) and the other reason is I find it a really boring read. I've stopped getting Games TM as well because i find myself being bored by them as well trying to be Edge lite. I wish there was a magazine out there like Arcade or the old future publishing magazines. There was a genuine love of games in those and a sense of fun. The only ones that come close are N-gamer which is unfortunately not multiformat and retrogamer which I can only get when I head into dublin.
0
Advertisement