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Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »DON'T YOU INSULT MY GAME PURCHASES!
Some people do get very touchy about their purchases, but I would direct their over-sensitive attention towards Retr0 from whom, once they stop crying, will appreciate this is the man who has suffered nothing but abuse over the purchase of a CDi and yet, against all odds, still keeps his head held high, still associates with other human beings and still maintains an account here.
If he can do it over near constant abuse over the CDi (admittedly mostly from me), and Zelda in particular, you can suffer a little over buying Powerstone for the PSP..... you poor poor b@stard!
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Well, I just sure as hell hope we get to see a HD collection sometime down the line. I WANT MY ONLINE POWER STONE, GODDAMMIT!Some people do get very touchy about their purchases, but I would direct their over-sensitive attention towards Retr0 from whom, once they stop crying, will appreciate this is the man who has suffered nothing but abuse over the purchase of a CDi and yet, against all odds, still keeps his head held high, still associates with other human beings and still maintains an account here.
If he can do it over near constant abuse over the CDi (admittedly mostly from me), and Zelda in particular, you can suffer a little over buying Powerstone for the PSP..... you poor poor b@stard!0 -
Oh, I've never been terribly good at fighting games of any hue or, in the interests of accuracy, I've been pretty good at being terrible at fighting games.
And I have always, always come a cropper at the hands of fast, random button pressers, particularly on the likes of Mortal Kombat and Tekken franchises, those games love random button mashers, there you are, trying to keep your distance, when suddenly you get your arms ripped off or barely get time to hit back when a bloke in a big cat mask kicks the snot out of you.
Cheap feckers!
My favourite of the genre, Powerstone, not really, but kinda, ok mostly a fighting game and awesome.
I used to be not bad but time has eroded my limited skills and, as anyone at O1s1ns Beers will attest, I now firmly suck at that game
But that was the superb Powerstone, even if I'm not on form it's still a pleasure to play, unlike it's sequel.
And avoid the PSP version, they fecked with the screen ratio, DC all the way baby!
Tekken loved a bit of good old fashioned button mashing. In fact, it almost seems like there were characters built for that very reason. Eddie Gordo in Tekken 3 is a fine example. Mash the kick buttons and secure the win while looking spectactular and not having a clue what you've done. Soul Calibur was even more so, in my oppinion.0 -
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Retr0gamer wrote: »There was no real strategy to the MK games either. There's was no real wake up game or footsies meaning that the mind games of better fighting games were completely absent from the series. It was made by people that didn't realise what made fighting games as a genre so exciting and tried to replace it with flash and controversy.
Now that's not to say I was never young and foolish because anyone that knew me when I started on this forum can attest that I was one of the worst offenders in that regard
I loved MK2 on release, in fact I was obsessed with it, but then I also discovered Samurai Showdown 2 around that time and learned how to play street fighter properly and it was very obvious to me which were the better playing games after a while.
Just because you were ignorant of the depth of SFII at the time (or whichever version it was), I wouldn't say you or anyone was/is foolish to like playing MK games. They're good fun. SF games (I'm excluding the first one here) are the simulators of the fighting genre imo. Comparing SF and MK is like comparing Gran Turismo to Ridge Racer, both racing games but very different yet both good fun. I know GT isn't a 'proper' sim in some eyes but anyway.
Just regarding the various fighting games mentioned; for me, none of them were as much fun to play as IK+ on the Amiga. There was a game with great music, awesome sound effects, nice simple controls producing great gameplay. Much better bonus rounds too! Turbo mode was hilarious aswell.
For all the screen flashing finishing moves in SF or the spine ripping gore in MK, it was much more satisfying connecting a punch to the stomach or a head-butt in IK+.
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Well I didn't really find it fun at all. By then I had started to understand fighting games. The very limited basic combat of MK2 hadn't changed but they got rid of the fun juggle combo system for an awful dial a combo system straight out of tekken. It was a massive step back from MK2 which wasn't really that great. Sure I had a few fun multiplayer sessions with it but I'd rather have been playing something way better from Capcom or SNK.
Also just because it was a tournament game doesn't mean it was good, just popular. It's got probably the dullest get in and wake up games of any fighting games which is where all the important mind games in a fighting game happen that actually make it interesting. It's a joke compared to the options a simple fighter like SF2 present the player let alone compared to the likes of King of Fighters:
Sure it's ok for jumping around all over the place throwing out easy combos and moves but there's so little depth to it I ended up very bored very fast.
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Retr0gamer wrote: »
Why?
Is that something you're likely to say?
Are we fibbing now?
The 3DO was relatively poorly supported, but it was a blessed bounty of gaming goodness compared to the seventh later of gaming hell represented by the CDi.
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Anyone remember the kid playing a Game Gear in Rumble in the Bronx?
Sadly the child was suffering a physical disability and was confined to a wheel chair,
He seemed to make up for this affliction with incredible powers of make believe, which apparently included playing a Game Gear with no game in it.... twat!
http://segabits.com/blog/2011/02/16/sega-in-the-media-game-gear-in-the-bronx/?replytocom=43830 -
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My main problem with MK is how limited and unrewarding they are. You could keep playing Street Fighter or SNK games and keep learning something new. With MK there's so little depth you'll have it figured out in no time then it gets boring. I suppose this can suit some peopl that don't want to invest in a fighting game but even still it's not like SF and SNK fighters are hard to learn either but will constantly reward you when you figure start unlocking the systems intricacies.
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Well, one can always be comforted that, when you're playing a Mortal Kombat game "At least I'm not playing Rise of the Robots".
I find that the phrase is helpful in all sorts of situations
Getting leg sawn off, "At least I'm not playing Rise of the Robots".
Having eye poked out by ninja, "At least I'm not playing Rise of the Robots".
Waiting for dentist to finish pulling out wisdom tooth with a vicegrips, "At least I'm not playing Rise of the Robots".
Owning a CDi and playing Zelda on it, "At least I'm not playing Rise of the Robots"..... actually hold on, Rise of the Robots would be better 0 -
Anyone remember the kid playing a Game Gear in Rumble in the Bronx?
Sadly the child was suffering a physical disability and was confined to a wheel chair,
He seemed to make up for this affliction with incredible powers of make believe, which apparently included playinIg a Game Gear with no game in it.... twat!
http://segabits.com/blog/2011/02/16/sega-in-the-media-game-gear-in-the-bronx/?replytocom=4383
I believe the wee kid in Child's Play 3 did the same thing during the barber scene. Playing the Game Gear with no cart.0 -
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