brave blade - yay or nay?

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:08 am

thoughts.................

Post by **Icarus** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:17 am

Don't ask me, I'm biased towards all Raizing games. ^_-
(It's fucking awesome, by the way.)

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:21 am

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:07 am

as the gentleman icarus, so acurately states, its fucking awesome...

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:45 am

I'm still trying to figure out how to get Zinc to run it...

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:58 am

is it just a straight jamma board? no funky motherboard needed...?

Post by **Icarus** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:23 am

Its Capcom ZN-1 I believe, but most of the time when you buy the board it comes with the mobo. Make sure you check before you buy (should be a double board, one a little bigger than Cave's current boards, and a smaller board plugged in on top).

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:26 am

if there was an archive of the sheep's site i'd send you there. last i heard though it was still not being hosted anywhere.

found this somewheres.

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:29 am

It's great but playing the game in Zinc doesn't gives you the background music.

Most likely it's not emulated yet.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 5:08 am

also quick addition. nothing is cooler than hitting enemies with a sword in a vert. well except for hitting medals with a sword. ^_^

also, not that you asked necessarily, but if you are looking for a melee intensive shooter of a different variety, Cybattler is definitely worth a look.

zlk · Post by **zlk** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 5:13 am

I vote yay.

If you want to try it out, it works fine in mame 106. The game plays much slower in the newer versions of mame for some reason.

I really enjoyed playing this game. You can play just for survival and the game is still a challenge to 1cc. The characters are also remarkably different which adds to the replay value of the game. This is especially true when fighting the bosses. If you want to play for score, juggling all the medals while dodging lots of bullets is great fun. I think you will really love the pcb if you buy it.

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 6:20 am

interesting... what about the graphics though? it's like ps1 standard pseudo-3d. so am i thinking like r-type delta sorta look...?

mulletgeezer · Post by **mulletgeezer** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:08 am

does it work perfectly in mame? last time i tried the sound was definitely dodgy.

i bought this game a little while ago and so far i'm not liking it much. the game encourages you to use the melee attack at the expense of shooting, as the melee attack is the only way to score well and it's actually much safer to be whacking things up close as you have a shield in melee attack mode. this is an absolutely braindead mechanic which turns the usual risk/reward balance on it's head. the level design is quite unthrilling and the audiovisual side of the game is quite crap. i've not played it a great deal yet but so far this game unimpresses me.

ill6 · Post by **ill6** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:56 am

I don't tend to put too much time into a game if it doesn't grab me... This went in and out of the cab within a few hours. It looks rubbish (as almost all the games on the Sony platform do)... I keep hearing good things about it though so one day it might go back in.

I don't know if the others agree but I would buy BG/BB/APB/Dimahoo/etc first.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:37 pm

its a great game and the board can be had for cheap - go for it.

yeah the graphics are PSX style choppy 3D but the game flows very well and the gameplay is flawless.. not my fave raizing game but i like it more than the mahous...

SuperPang · Post by **SuperPang** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:03 pm

sven666 wrote:its a great game and the board can be had for cheap - go for it.
...

8ing must have really screwed up production numbers on this as theres always someone selling new kits.

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 5:54 pm

nice to hear some mixed views. if anyone has any links to vids of it in action, they'd be much appreciated

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 6:23 pm

captain ahar wrote:if there was an archive of the sheep's site i'd send you there. last i heard though it was still not being hosted anywhere.

Actually, my dear cap'n, you might want to check this thread for some good news. And here is the link to the site.

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 6:55 pm

You won't appreciate Brave Blade until you understand it.

I have a lot of fun with it.

Good Game.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:07 am

jpj wrote:nice to hear some mixed views. if anyone has any links to vids of it in action, they'd be much appreciated

uuh, if im not too hungover tomorrow i might post a vid for you

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 4:28 am

BulletMagnet wrote:
captain ahar wrote:if there was an archive of the sheep's site i'd send you there. last i heard though it was still not being hosted anywhere.
Actually, my dear cap'n, you might want to check this thread for some good news. And here is the link to the site.

thanks and thanks to rtw as well.

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brave blade - yay or nay?

brave blade - yay or nay?

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