So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

Give Ninja Five O a go on the GBA if you haven't, fantastic little game that.

Also known as Ninja Cop in the west.

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Can't go wrong with the Warioland and Kirby games.

WarioLand 2-4 are absolute gems.

Gargoyles Quest is excellent.

Trip World is great as long as you aren't buying it.

Megaman 2-5 are excellent, particularly 5.

And of course Donkey Kong 94.

WarioLand it is, been ages since i played a Wario game, Just finished MegaMan 2 recently, still a really fun game, great memories trying to beat it as kid.

Damn Just looked up the price of tripworld, thats costly

Can't go wrong with the Warioland and Kirby games.

WarioLand 2-4 are absolute gems.

Gargoyles Quest is excellent.

Trip World is great as long as you aren't buying it.

Megaman 2-5 are excellent, particularly 5.

And of course Donkey Kong 94.

Anyone recommend any good Gameboy/Colour/Advance platformers?

CiDeRmAn

I've just spent the last hour playing Ridge Racer 2 on the PSP1001, and it's just as great as it was the first time I played it, 15 odd years ago, just spectacular stuff.

I'm actually really enjoying C&C and approaching the last few GDI missions. Having heaps of fun with it even if the control scheme and AI have issues.

Shapey Fiend

As a die hard Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander player I'm finding CnC remasters UI sort of hard work to go back to. The cutscenes look super weird with the AI upscaling would have been better leave them at low res. It's certainly a lot of videogame for 20 euro though It's going to take me a while get through the single player nevermind get up to speed on multi. I still have to get back to FF7 Remake, which is also sort of hard work.

Bowser isn't too bad in small form when you get used to him. Just stand close and run when he jumps. But also pray he doesn't shoot a fireball as then you are screwed. It's hairy enough facing up to him like that. You just have to YOLO when he jumps.

Other advice I'd give is looking up 1up locations. Again though you've to collect every coin to activate some of them.

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I think it's 7-2, the last cheep cheep birdge level that was my greatest hurdle. Just so many lives lost on that stage, it would ruin runs on me.

Stage 8 actually isn't so bad, not as tough as stage 7, so if you can clear 7 consistently you'll make it. Wel... as long as you know the route though 8-4

Yeah you can feel the spike in difficulty rising with every level at this stage. I lost a chunk of lives on 7-4 Hammer Bowser....only got past him by sacrificing the mushroom. 7-2 is a pig, you've cheep cheeps, kupas, bullets, and precision jumping all being thrown at you

I think it's 7-2, the last cheep cheep birdge level that was my greatest hurdle. Just so many lives lost on that stage, it would ruin runs on me.

Stage 8 actually isn't so bad, not as tough as stage 7, so if you can clear 7 consistently you'll make it. Wel... as long as you know the route though 8-4

Inviere wrote: »

It doesn't quite count, but made it from a 5-1 savestate to 6-4 there. I used a savestate to get some experience at the later levels without having to play through the whole game each time. Once I beat it this way, I'll do it without savestates.

Loving the game I must say

..and from a 5-1 savestate to 8-2 there, and died stupidly!

Inviere wrote: »

5-4 there, getting better

It doesn't quite count, but made it from a 5-1 savestate to 6-4 there. I used a savestate to get some experience at the later levels without having to play through the whole game each time. Once I beat it this way, I'll do it without savestates.

Loving the game I must say

Inviere wrote: »

Next up, a warpless Super Mario Bros. run. Man it's hard to adjust to the movement mechanics after beating Super Mario World there a while back...I tend to play Mario games with the run button held...not here though, it handles quite differently. I've made it to 5-2 before dying....those damned hammer brothers! Will try get further soon

5-4 there, getting better

The Nal wrote: »

Muscle memory!

A few of the levels in that game are as good as scrolling platformers get. The mine cart levels and the trick track and tanked up levels in particular.

Damn Some of the jumps on the mine cart levels need perfect timing down to the exact frame nearly

The Nal

bmorrissey wrote: »

Playing Donkey Kong Country on snes, never played it before and damn its a difficult game

Muscle memory!

A few of the levels in that game are as good as scrolling platformers get. The mine cart levels and the trick track and tanked up levels in particular.

Yeah you've got to try and collect as many coins and extra lives as you can. Helps to look up their locations.

Also there's weird 1up rules were the 1 up in the later part of a world only turns up if you collected every coin in previous levels so it's doubly important to collect every coin.

Also good luck no raging over the Cheep-Cheep bridge in world 7. It's RNG madness.

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Good luck with that. Was trying for a year of and on before I finally did it. Stage 8-4 is a bitch if you don't know the route. Getting from 5-1 onwards is a slow struggle, especially stages in the 7th world.

Yeah I could feel the difficulty spike from 5-1 onwards alright. I need moar lives...it's not like SMW where you've lives coming outta your ears!

Inviere wrote: »

Next up, a warpless Super Mario Bros. run. Man it's hard to adjust to the movement mechanics after beating Super Mario World there a while back...I tend to play Mario games with the run button held...not here though, it handles quite differently. I've made it to 5-2 before dying....those damned hammer brothers! Will try get further soon

Good luck with that. Was trying for a year of and on before I finally did it. Stage 8-4 is a bitch if you don't know the route. Getting from 5-1 onwards is a slow struggle, especially stages in the 7th world.

Playing Donkey Kong Country on snes, never played it before and damn its a difficult game

Finished GTA V (very very well put together game, enjoyed it a lot).

Next up, a warpless Super Mario Bros. run. Man it's hard to adjust to the movement mechanics after beating Super Mario World there a while back...I tend to play Mario games with the run button held...not here though, it handles quite differently. I've made it to 5-2 before dying....those damned hammer brothers! Will try get further soon

Yep Multiplayer and all the bells and whistles with all the expansions and even the console exclusive levels added as well.

I'll really have to download that and give it a go. Is there online multiplayer with it?

Red Alert is still my favourite RTS. I know there are others with lots of added features and depth, but there's just something about that game that can't be beat. It almost has an arcade like quality to it with it's simplicity.

Actually I think I mentioned this before, but worth a link again, it's been free to download and play online for a few years now:

https://cncnet.org/red-alert

In old school remake news I'm sure you've all heard the Command & Conquer remaster is excellent. It feels a little dated and has a few quirks sinceit's missing a lot of features you take for granted in later RTS games but the main thing is the game is still heaps of fun and the cheesy presentation is charming.

I played Resident Evil 5. It was... grand. The focus on co-op meant that the game was never going to be as focused as Resi 4. It just felt very samey whereas Resi 4 has a core set of mechanics that the game was constantly exploring in imaginative ways.

Resi 6 is pretty much the worst game I played last gen. They tried to appeal to the dude bro shooter crowd and ended up with a game that nobody could enjoy. Chris's campaign was so unbelievably bad where I spent most of the campaign foraging for ammo while getting swarmed by respawning enemies. People will tell you Leon's campaign wasn't bad but it's terrible as well, just the least terrible part of the package. I still remember a god awful boss fight in a church that was pure jank. There was no strategy or clever way to beat bosses. They were all unimaginative bullet sponges. **** that game.

I've not played Revelations games but heard they are decent.

I'd highly recommend Resident Evil 2 remake. They absolutely nailed that game. It's one of the best games of last year and I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish. I hear Resi 3 remake is disappointing and short but still decent.

I've actually started playing Resi 7 yet but hear it's excellent.

Resi 4 is almost flawless to me, a really fun game with soo much stuff packed in for replay value. the pacing of the game is perfect too, between the bosses, different locations and specific rooms.

5 is a great game i think, the only thing wrong with it is the title, its not a resident evil game

barryribs

I couldn't get into 5 at all, played it on PS3 and got the remaster on PS4 to see what I was missing. Horrible mechanics and the atmosphere is awful in it. I tried 6 but it felt like more of the same. Played a bit of revelations and reminded me of Code veronica, not bad, just felt like something was missing.

7 is an absolute masterpiece though, proper survival horror.

Yeah I don't get the move and shoot issue either. If you were able to move and shoot it wouldn't feel like a Resident Evil game of the time.

They changed up so much already with this version that it's one of the core gameplay mechanics that still feels like it's part of the series. It ads a huge level of tension to the original games.

You played many of the newer ones? The last console game I played was Resident Evil 5 but kind of gave up at that point as it was starting to just go the way of the dudebro shooter.

Revelations wasn't too bad if I remember correctly.

It really is one of the all time great action games. It's remarkable how long it is but I just love how it keeps introducing new set pieces throughout its run time. It just keeps it so fresh when most modern action games are 40+ hours long with gameplay that can't sustain them up to 8 hours without skinner box mechanics.

I also don't get people complaining about not being able to move and shoot. It's part of the core gameplay. It's like giving out about not being able to change the angle of your jump in Ghouls n'Ghosts. You have to commit to stopping and shooting. Sometimes you can add a lot to a games complexity by taking away elements. Capcom seem to recognise this with... well GnG and Resi 4 but also we wouldn't have gotten Bionic Commando without this sort of thinking.