So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

johnny_ultimate · 21-08-2012 04:42PM

I'd go as far as say the tactics are the leveling systems. It's far beyond the mindless grinding of other games, and you constantly need to be managing your items and characters, and there's a huge amount of systems to get to grips with. Disgaea is a fairly standard SRPG in the story mode (although usually very funny), but when you get to the postgame it's one of the most complex and involving JRPGs around.

Pyongyang · 21-08-2012 07:53PM

o1s1n wrote: »

He almost threw himself off a bridge when he heard my Souky was a greatest hits version.

Actually the Otokuyo edition is brilliant. It has a Garegga demo (although I have the game anyway so no good to me) and also fixes a few issues with the first print of the game.

Well worth getting!

CiDeRmAn · 22-08-2012 09:55AM

It's just, it nerdy enough to be into videogames.
Another level when you start importing those games.
You get into yet another area when you get into retro games.
Niche of a niche when you are into Shmups from across the ages and continents.
And now I'm told I'm diet Shmup collector, just one calorie, not niche enough???

My gods, what do you have to do????

Ah look, it'll do me!

CiDeRmAn · 22-08-2012 09:56AM

It's just, it nerdy enough to be into videogames.
Another level when you start importing those games.
You get into yet another area when you get into retro games.
Niche of a niche when you are into Shmups from across the ages and continents.
And now I'm told I'm diet Shmup collector, just one calorie, not niche enough???

My gods, what do you have to do????

Ah look, it'll do me!

Pyongyang · 22-08-2012 10:07AM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

My gods, what do you have to do????

Hmm, complain about items not being complete. Wrinkles in spine cards. Tears in sealed PC Engine games. Sniff your games?

Then you really start motoring and begin paying out upwards of €100 for yellowed, torn and sun faded A5 shop flyers. Or discuss the merits of different dip switch combinations while developing your own custom made arcade joystick (the actual stick, like an LS-56 for example).

Not that I've done any of the above. You've come a long way in a short time though Adultappleflavouredbeveragemale.

Retr0gamer · 22-08-2012 10:38AM

Sorry ciderman but you're the kind of guy that says UN Squadron is his favourite shmup. Not niche enough :P

CiDeRmAn · 22-08-2012 10:38AM

Thank you, my master....

2ndcoming · 22-08-2012 12:01PM

Having finally got ZSnes running properly on my old laptop I'm playing Earthbound and replaying Mario World for the 100th time simultaneously. Great joy!

o1s1n · 22-08-2012 12:14PM

Pyongyang wrote: »

Hmm, complain about items not being complete. Wrinkles in spine cards. Tears in sealed PC Engine games. Sniff your games?

Then you really start motoring and begin paying out upwards of €100 for yellowed, torn and sun faded A5 shop flyers. Or discuss the merits of different dip switch combinations while developing your own custom made arcade joystick (the actual stick, like an LS-56 for example).

I feel kind of bad now for giving Johnny Ultimate stick over the whole hipster thing. Pyong is by far the biggest hipster in the whole forum :pac:

CiDeRmAn · 22-08-2012 04:20PM

No, it's still Johnny, Pyong may have expensive sweaters but Johnny has X-Treme facial hair and a penchant for the non-mainstream of everything!

johnny_ultimate · 22-08-2012 04:26PM

No facial here anymore, yo! Moustaches are so passé.

Andrew76 · 22-08-2012 04:36PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

No facial here anymore, yo! Moustaches are so passé.

:eek:

First it was no NES retr0, then no modded MD EnterNow, now it's no facial hair J_U? Not sure I can take much more of these revelations! :pac:

CiDeRmAn · 22-08-2012 05:39PM

Yeah, it's all getting a bit "all grow'd up" in here!
Soon they'll be moved out, married, kids, playing a bit of Fifa and COD at the weekends with their mates.....

But us men, manly men, we have the house, family and still Shmup and Platform with great success!
Hooray for us men!

Myrddin · 22-08-2012 06:10PM

Shmup fans - The Hipsters of Gaming

Retr0gamer · 23-08-2012 10:23PM

Playing Shadow Complex on the 360. It's like Super Metroid but not as good and with ****ty controls.

johnny_ultimate · 23-08-2012 11:35PM

I won't hear a bad word about Shadow Complex. It's fantastic. It'll win no prizes for originality, but it's excellently executed. Yes, Metroidvania through and through, but it just gets better as it goes along as you unlock increasingly interesting power-ups. Not as good as Super Metroid? Even vaguely negative comparisons to one of the best games ever made is a good place to be in.

Andrew76 · 23-08-2012 11:46PM

Agreed, really enjoyed it when it first came out.

Retr0gamer · 24-08-2012 02:43AM

Well I just finished there. It's not a bad game but it is the dullest Super Metroid clone I've played. The controls were really annoying; wall jumping will constantly glitch and not work properly, to the terrible gun fighting, I'm not sure what they were thinking of there. The boss fights were awful as well. I suppose it's a testament to Super Metroid's design that with even these flaws it's still enjoyable if unremarkable. There's plenty of other niggles that let it down, the end game being the most annoying part because the map is so badly designed you really have to go out of your way to get anywhere while a well designed game will have teleporters or in the case of Super Metroid will have areas linked in multiple ways to make navigation easier. It's a decent effort but the team just didn't really quite grasp what makes the best metroid type games tick.

I also think being released at a time when there really wasn't much to compare it to on XBLA helped an awful lot.

Steve X2 · 24-08-2012 04:35AM

Been playing Darius Gaiden, Metal Slug 3 on MAME and Dayz on the laptop here in the hotel all night.
I spent most of the night running from Zeds (as I just couldn't find a weapon) instead of getting some sleep and I've a really long flight in a few hours

Feckin Zeds

I eventually found a AK74 and some ammo but got one small Zed bite and bled to death as I'd no bandages :mad:
I really like DayZ but sometimes I wish it were a person so I could punch it in the face.

Edit:
For anyone playing DayZ this map is great and works perfectly on the iPad.
Very handy when you're trying to find supplies or arrange meet-ups with other team members.
http://db.dayzwiki.com/map/chernarus

27-08-2012 02:58PM

I just got pulled into the dark world by Aghanim in Legend of Zelda: A Link to the past on the SNES and am facing into a long trek to rescue the 7 maidens from the 7 dungeons. I fired the game up again a few days ago, just to see if it was still as good as i remembered, after posting about it in another thread, and realizing how many years it had been since i played it through.

I generally give it a go once a generation or so, when I've forgotten where everything is so it's fun again. I was worried that it may have finally started to show it's age, but nope. It's f**king epic in every sense of the word. I STILL, after all these years, cannot put it down...:D

Myrddin · 27-08-2012 03:01PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I just got pulled into the dark world by Aghanim in Legend of Zelda: A Link to the past on the SNES and am facing into a long trek to rescue the 7 maidens from the 7 dungeons. I fired the game up again a few days ago, just to see if it was still as good as i remembered, after posting about it in another thread, and realizing how many years it had been since i played it through.

I generally give it a go once a generation or so, when I've forgotten where everything is so it's fun again. I was worried that it may have finally started to show it's age, but nope. It's f**king epic in every sense of the word. I STILL, after all these years, cannot put it down...:D

The total & utter personification of a 16bit gem. The game is a masterpiece in every aspect

27-08-2012 03:10PM

EnterNow wrote: »

The total & utter personification of a 16bit gem. The game is a masterpiece in every aspect

I was playing it last night (until far too late) and the same exact thing crossed my mind. The level of imagination, the pacing, the reveals in the story, the constant new things it keeps throwing at you are all staggering. The way the learning curve in the game is built is nothing short of a masterpiece, and the amount it packs into it's game world is amazing. You're constantly learning, and constantly re-covering the same ground but looking at it in different ways because of the new ability/weapon/yoke you just got, and it never once gets tiresome.

It's one of those rare games that absolutely excels in every single aspect of what it set out to accomplish. A perfect storm of 16bit awesomeness.

Lots of modern games and devs could still learn a thing or two from it.

Retr0gamer · 27-08-2012 04:01PM

It's no Mick and Mack Global Gladiators.

CiDeRmAn · 27-08-2012 08:10PM

It's no Rise of the Robots either!

Myrddin · 27-08-2012 08:12PM

Philistines

CiDeRmAn · 27-08-2012 11:14PM

I'm so proud, my 9 year old son is nearly finished Kameo on the 360, and that's a big game. He's certainly gotten further than I did, it looks pretty good later on too.

a5y · 29-08-2012 09:30PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I'm so proud, my 9 year old son is nearly finished Kameo on the 360, and that's a big game. He's certainly gotten further than I did, it looks pretty good later on too.

Henceforth, he shall be called: CIDERLAD.

Hank Scorpio · 29-08-2012 10:34PM

Been playing Super Metroid trying to find some missiles I missed last time, got to Tourian thinking my final missile pack might be there. Anyway I can't get out and go back and explore so I'm stuck there

. All the doors are grey

Funny thing is I didn't mind at the time cause it just means I get to play it again but didn't expect them to not let you out of that area

richymcdermott · 29-08-2012 10:36PM

nuxxx wrote: »

Been playing Super Metroid trying to find some missiles I missed last time, got to Tourian thinking my final missile pack might be there. Anyway I can't get out and go back and explore so I'm stuck there . All the doors are grey

Funny thing is I didn't mind at the time cause it just means I get to play it again but didn't expect them to not let you out of that area

i tried to play that super metorid a while back , got lost after a hour and turned it off :pac:

Hank Scorpio · 29-08-2012 10:39PM

richymcdermott wrote: »

i tried to play that super metorid a while back , got lost after a hour and turned it off :pac:

Give it another go! IMO its in the top 3 holy grail snes games with chrono trigger and a link to the past. Once you find your way around and finish it the replay value is huge trying to find all the items in the game

So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

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