Recommend me some games

UnscathedFlyingObject · Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:11 pm

I need to get myself some games for the upcoming winter break starting next week, and I can't think of anything that interests me. Here's how I like my games:

- Short length: 15 is good. I don't mind shorter as long as the game is great.

- Not long/too many cutscenes: RE4 great cutscening. Xenosaga, MGS many, long and boring.

- Difficult: hard but not in a cheap way. Easy games suck.

- Good story: as long as it doesn't interfere with gameplay.

- No backtracking (or as little as possible): backtracking ruins many a game that would've been great.

- Great bosses and levels: I hate games without a good many good bosses and levels.

- No wild camera: I get dizzy playing games with wobbly 3D cameras.

- Genre: action, action/adventure, platforming, light gunning, puzzle.

- Affordable: I'm cheap.

I have PS2, PS1 (import-able), Saturn (import-able), N64, DS, and GC.

judesalmon · Post by **judesalmon** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:42 pm

PSOne: Parasite Eve

PS2: Shadow Of The Colossus, any of the Prince Of Persia games

Saturn: NiGHTS, Panzer Dragoon, Panzer Dragoon Zwei, Panzer Dragoon Saga

Bloodreign · Post by **Bloodreign** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:42 pm

How about Capcom Generations 2, with the 3 GnG titles on it, sure it's hard (don't know if you consider GnG too hard), but not cheap in difficulty.

Or any of the Cap Generation titles.

snap monkey · Post by **snap monkey** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:45 pm

Play God of War? Crisp graphics, great play control and combat system, not terribly long, well done cut scenes. It's easily in my top 5 US PS2 games. If you like an over-the-top, fast paced action beat-em up, give this one a try. Unfortunately it still goes for $50, but in my opinion it's worth it.

EDIT - also, there's about a hundred great games on the DS out, something for everyone

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:45 pm

GunGriffon Blaze, Bujingai, Metal Arms.

TalkingOctopus · Post by **TalkingOctopus** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:56 pm

snap monkey wrote:Play God of War? Unfortunately it still goes for $50, but in my opinion it's worth it.

It is starting to retail for slightly lower. It is down to $40 at best buy

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 9395744457

snap monkey · Post by **snap monkey** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 1:03 am

TalkingOctopus wrote:
snap monkey wrote:Play God of War? Unfortunately it still goes for $50, but in my opinion it's worth it.
It is starting to retail for slightly lower. It is down to $40 at best buy

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 9395744457

Cool, that must be a recent drop for the holidays.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 1:21 am

I have PS2, PS1 (import-able), Saturn (import-able)

Och, you should never run out of great games to play with these 3. I could name like 20 grade AAA titles for each.

I'll just name the great Saturn games that should be under ten dollars. Power Drift, Sega Rally, Darius Gaiden, Vampire Saviour (not hunter, that's non ramcart, no good) Street Fighter Collection (again, absolute shit next to their CPSII counterparts, especially SSF2T, but still good) Donpachi if you get lucky, sega ages outrun, did I say vampire saviour, sega touring car championship is nice 'n hard. I'd say virtua fighter 2 or fighters megamix, but at this point everyone should have a copy of vf4 evo for ps2, quite possibly the best damn game in the universe.

edit: forgot layer section/galactic attack/rayforce/gunlock.

Enjoy.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 3:02 am

Hmm....

No DC? I would try to find a cheap DC and get Jet Set Radio

Saturn:
Rayearth (not sure if the US version is cheap or not)
Keio Yuugekitai
Panzer Dragoon *

PS
Dracula X SOTN

Neo Rasa · Post by **Neo Rasa** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 5:47 am

You want to get Ys: Ark of Napishtim (PS2), Lost Kingdoms II (GC), Warioware: Touched! (DS), P.N.03 (GC), Alien Hominid (GC), Feel the Magic: XX/X (DS).

All are affordable, awesome games that are very accessable. Lost Kingdoms II and Ys especially are impressive since they have some sprawling areas but are really easy to jump into for half an hour, level up/get some new items while having a lot of fun, and then save and quit.

It's been discontinued, but there's a DS game called Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. It's like a text adventure or an old Sierra adventure game almost but with beautiful 2D backdrops and character portraits. It's seriously a brilliant game and I try to recommend it to anyone that has a DS.

Tomtom · Post by **Tomtom** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 5:53 am

Bloodreign wrote:How about Capcom Generations 2, with the 3 GnG titles on it, sure it's hard (don't know if you consider GnG too hard), but not cheap in difficulty.

Or any of the Cap Generation titles.

Holy crap, I'm am so on this. I have recently gotten GnG fever, though I've never even beaten stage 3 of Ghosts 'n Goblins without save states. !@#$%&&* red demons.

Neo Rasa · Post by **Neo Rasa** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 5:56 am

Tomtom wrote:
Bloodreign wrote:How about Capcom Generations 2, with the 3 GnG titles on it, sure it's hard (don't know if you consider GnG too hard), but not cheap in difficulty.

Or any of the Cap Generation titles.
Holy crap, I'm am so on this. I have recently gotten GnG fever, though I've never even beaten stage 3 of Ghosts 'n Goblins without save states. !@#$%&&* red demons.

Or spend $20 and get Capcom Classics Collection on the PS2. It's got both arcade GnGs plus Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts as well as a host of other awesome games. It's basically the Capcom Generations disks all put together with a ton of extras.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Thu Dec 15, 2005 7:11 am

GaijinPunch wrote:Hmm....

No DC? I would try to find a cheap DC and get Jet Set Radio

Saturn:
Rayearth (not sure if the US version is cheap or not)
Keio Yuugekitai
Panzer Dragoon *

PS
Dracula X SOTN

Oh craps, forgot I got a DC in the closet.

I see some of you mentioned games I like quite a bit like YS: Ark of Napishtim and Parasite Eve. How is the emulation in the Capcom Classics Collection?

I'm planning to get God of War and Shadow of the Colossus after they get cheaper. I'm waiting for word on the special edition of DMC3.

How much does a Xbox go for these days? I've always wanted to play Ninja Gaiden and Panzer Dragoon Orta.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 8:48 am

DC Tech Romancer, man. You'll love it.

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:16 pm

Acid King wrote:GunGriffon Blaze, Bujingai, Metal Arms.

Metal Arms is surprisingly good. It doesn't seem like it would be, but the play gimmicks are fun and the challenge is nice.

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:07 am

UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:
GaijinPunch wrote:Hmm....

No DC? I would try to find a cheap DC and get Jet Set Radio

Saturn:
Rayearth (not sure if the US version is cheap or not)
Keio Yuugekitai
Panzer Dragoon *

PS
Dracula X SOTN
Oh craps, forgot I got a DC in the closet.

I see some of you mentioned games I like quite a bit like YS: Ark of Napishtim and Parasite Eve. How is the emulation in the Capcom Classics Collection?

I'm planning to get God of War and Shadow of the Colossus after they get cheaper. I'm waiting for word on the special edition of DMC3.

How much does a Xbox go for these days? I've always wanted to play Ninja Gaiden and Panzer Dragoon Orta.

The emulation on Capcom Classics Collection PS2 is very good. The games seem to run at the right speed or close. There is no tate, but the games can be resized to touch the tops and bottom of the screen without overlapping (on the two TVs I tried it on anyway. I heard different from Kiken, so milage may vary depending on the TV). The music is very close, but not quite arcade exact for all games.

I think the Xbox retails for 150 dollars by itself and about 180 dollars with Forza Motorsport. EB and Gamestop offer different "factory referbished bundles", but don't seem to be selling the core system non "factory referbished" anymore.

MDK2 for DC rocks. It's extremely hard and has some awesome bosses. I heard the PC one is better, but I feel the DC one controls fine and the game runs great on DC.

Phoenix Wright discontinued already? That game has only barely been out. There should be a rule not to discontinue games until they are at least three years old. At least I was able to get one for my sister for Christmas.

GaijinPunch, Jet Grind Radio is a rockin' game, but the game has some dizzying camera angles. The camera is the worst part of the game.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:24 am

Hey, UFO. I think you can get a used XBox for $100 or so, and Panzer Dragoon Orta for under $20. I really enjoyed PDO when it came out. Somehow I never got through the last boss.

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:50 am

I definatly recommend about any game with the name Mr. Driller in it. Play Asia has Mr. Driller Ace for $29.99. http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-66- ... 0-q2b.html

Wario Ware 4 is short, but it has some inventive levels and is a blast to play. It aslo has some cool bosses. However, it does contain some backtracking and you do need to collect stuff to beat the game. Most of the stuff to collect isn't hard to find, though. (this is why I recemmended the Metroid and Castlevania at first and then deleted them. Actually, I removed Fusion becuase it has lots of cutsenes. Also, the US GBA Castlevanias are hard to find for cheap, though there are cheap Japanese re-releases (for like 25-30 dollars) and two of them will be available on one cart soon for $29.99).

I want to recommend Metal Slug Advance, but that game also has some backtracking. It has great action with little slowdown, but you need to backtrack and beat the levels without dying to get everything.

If you like classic collections, I definatly recommend Konami Arcade Advance. Very good ports of Time Pilot, Frogger, Rush 'n Attack, Gyruss, and Scramble.

For PSX, I recommend Xevious 3D + G. Lots of Xevious on one disc at a very affordable price. Megaman 8 also comes very recommended. A very fun Megaman game with a shmup stage and no backtracking. I heard the Saturn one is the best, but I'm not sure if it can be found for as cheap as the PSX or MMAC versions. I'm tempted to recommend Tomba 2, but the backtracking in that game is a beast.

As for N64, I recommend Goemon's Great Adventure. It does have some backtracking and talking to people in towns, but it's an excellent platform game with some cool bosses and can be found for cheap. It's also one of the only platform games on N64.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 2:44 am

GaijinPunch, Jet Grind Radio is a rockin' game, but the game has some dizzying camera angles. The camera is the worst part of the game.

True dat, but for me, the soundtrack and uniqueness of the game more than makes up for it. The sad thing is, if they released JSRF on the PS2, we'd probably have another sequel by now. Instead, nothing.

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 9:04 am

UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:I need to get myself some games for the upcoming winter break starting next week, and I can't think of anything that interests me. Here's how I like my games:

- Short length: 15 is good. I don't mind shorter as long as the game is great.

- Not long/too many cutscenes: RE4 great cutscening. Xenosaga, MGS many, long and boring.

- Difficult: hard but not in a cheap way. Easy games suck.

- Good story: as long as it doesn't interfere with gameplay.

- No backtracking (or as little as possible): backtracking ruins many a game that would've been great.

- Great bosses and levels: I hate games without a good many good bosses and levels.

- No wild camera: I get dizzy playing games with wobbly 3D cameras.

- Genre: action, action/adventure, platforming, light gunning, puzzle.

- Affordable: I'm cheap.

I have PS2, PS1 (import-able), Saturn (import-able), N64, DS, and GC.

I would get Quake 4.
Great atmospheric story line, addictive non-stop action (especially the outdoor battles with the Mech & hover tanks) nice small cut scenes that don't interfere with the gameplay. Difficulty level is just right, but the best think about the game has to be its Boss fights. It features some of the coolest looking Bosses I've encountered in years.

sethsez · Post by **sethsez** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 9:06 am

Dragon Quest VIII.

Yes, just suck it up and get it.

Every DQ fan needs to buy it, both because it's the best game in the series since V and because Squenix needs to be shown that the series does have fans here.

Icecap Veiwin · Post by **Icecap Veiwin** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:16 pm

Oh geez...I don't know what to recommend.

Do you have Devil May Cry? If you don't, it pretty much fits all your standards. I personally haven't gotten hooked on it yet, but I haven't played it enough.

Oh yeah, it's been out for a while so it's like...6 bucks now. I got it for 8.99 at my local Gamestop.

llabnip · Post by **llabnip** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 3:25 pm

Neon wrote:Vampire Saviour (not hunter, that's non ramcart, no good)

I have both and strangely enough I enjoy Hunter more. I prefer the backgrounds and music more and I find the characters slightly more balanced. The port of Savior, however, is technically stunning (and the load times are virtually nil once the game engine gets going). The Saturn port of Hunter is still quite good for a non ram-cart game - though not nearly as polished as Savior. If you are looking for the most technically sound, solid and silky-smooth port, Vampire Savior is the better of the two. Since I worry less about which is the better port and more about how much I enjoy the game, I find I play Vampire Hunter more often. These VS fighting games were seriously outshadowed by the Street Fighter series but deserve a look as they are excellent. I got a shrinkwrapped copy of VH for US$5 - it's one of the cheapest Saturn games out there considering how good the game is. Vampire Savior is a bit more - though still pretty cheap (and you will need either an official Capcom 4MB cart or the Action Replay 4M with modification - which is easy to do being a simple cut and jumper).

UnscathedFlyingObject · Tue Dec 20, 2005 5:17 pm

I picked up Shadow of the Colossus and was planning to get ahold of Capcom Classics Collection too. But alas, I couldn't find the latter the day I went out to pick 'em up. Shadow is good, not great as I was hearing people say just because it's not my cup of tea.

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 5:52 pm

PS2: Taito Legends
PS1: Ore no Ryori
DC: Bangaioh
N64: Sin and Punishment
Saturn: Magical Drop 3
DS: Kirby Canvas Curse
GC: Ribbit King

Just one for each on a most bang for your buck type of premise. All of those should be easily found for under $30 except for maybe S&P.

Pa

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:16 pm

PS2 - GUN. If you like western themes at all, it really feels like you are there. The main quest is somewhat short.

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:54 pm

You like Blood Will Tell and the Onimusha games, so I'd say try out Genji for PS2.

I haven't played it, but when I do, I know I'll like it.

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:32 pm

PaCrappa wrote:PS2: Taito Legends

I heard that this one is on CD and may make some PS2s shake. Not recommending against this, just giving a warning.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:10 pm

llabnip wrote:
Neon wrote:Vampire Saviour (not hunter, that's non ramcart, no good)
I have both and strangely enough I enjoy Hunter more. I prefer the backgrounds and music more and I find the characters slightly more balanced. The port of Savior, however, is technically stunning (and the load times are virtually nil once the game engine gets going). The Saturn port of Hunter is still quite good for a non ram-cart game - though not nearly as polished as Savior. If you are looking for the most technically sound, solid and silky-smooth port, Vampire Savior is the better of the two. Since I worry less about which is the better port and more about how much I enjoy the game, I find I play Vampire Hunter more often. These VS fighting games were seriously outshadowed by the Street Fighter series but deserve a look as they are excellent. I got a shrinkwrapped copy of VH for US$5 - it's one of the cheapest Saturn games out there considering how good the game is. Vampire Savior is a bit more - though still pretty cheap (and you will need either an official Capcom 4MB cart or the Action Replay 4M with modification - which is easy to do being a simple cut and jumper).

Bit of a mischaracterization of what I said - it's a good game, just don't get it on Saturn. The B-board shouldn't go for too much, and the PS2 compilation version I'm 100% sure is close enough to arcade perfect.

llabnip · Post by **llabnip** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 2:54 am

Neon wrote:Bit of a mischaracterization of what I said - it's a good game, just don't get it on Saturn. The B-board shouldn't go for too much, and the PS2 compilation version I'm 100% sure is close enough to arcade perfect.

Well... it's hard to beat US$5 for a new copy of Vampire Hunter. It's a great game on the Saturn - the 2nd best non-ramcart fighter IMO (Street Fighter Zero 2-dash is the best fighter on the system as far as I'm concerned - ramcart or not). I find that 100% arcade perfect is not worth troubling over in the slightest if a game is a clear winner in terms of gameplay, fun and atmosphere. If you can get the arcade setup for $5, then I guess that's the best route. Otherwise, I'd recommend Vampire Hunter on the Saturn as its an amazing game and save your money for more games... furthermore I'd recommend Hunter over Savior (though only minimally... and I'd suggest getting both eventually if you've got a Saturn).

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