Paradigm wrote:Edmond Dantes wrote:I'm not against difficult games, as long as they're fair. Makaimura is fair. Gradius is fair. R-Type is fair. Most Irem games are fair. Most Capcom games are fair. Ninja Gaiden is only challenging because it's blatantly unfair.
Makaimura is the only one of those games which could be considered unfair.
How so? Because of the pseudo-random weapons?
Mortificator wrote:Have you played the original Castlevania, Edmond? While I think Ninja Gaiden's an amazing game, it's not quite as good as the title it copied from.
I've played the NES trilogy, and I own Super Castlevania IV and Bloodlines and the latter is one of my favorite Genesis games, there with Contra Hard Corps.
I recall liking the NES games a lot.
BIL wrote:Wrong, and patronising but I won't hold that against you (see below).
My apologies. My word choice tends to be bad when I'm up late.
You're assuming I've dedicated two-thirds of my life to playing this game.
Well, I assumed you had some sort of childhood experience to draw on. In my own experience, games I played as a kid are fuck-easy for me as an adult, but games I'm playing for the first time as an adult tend to be an issue for me.
Like Battletoads. People tell me its hard, but honestly I didn't have any problems with it when I played it again last year (though, the copy I've always owned is the Sega Genesis one, which I've heard was toned down from the NES original). When I picked up the controller it was literally like I was twelve years old again--the gap of years didn't matter. My back pains and migraines didn't exist anymore.
A game I discovered just recently, like NG or Makaimura, well... for some reason, I find fresh experiences more difficult.
There's nothing to discuss. The game designers set a rule, we players can either deal with it, cheat, or move on. As long as you're not losing unfairly, what the game does with your battered corpse is none of my concern.
That's where I disagree. It sounds like you're saying rules can not be unfair in and of themselves. They can be. Period.
"This forum" is not a hivemind.
WELL IT SHOULD BE!
MD Hokuto no Ken sounds like a bitch, but I've never been compelled to play it so I can't comment. I know Ruldra likes it and he's awesome so I might give it a shot sometime.
It's a game I
want to like, to be honest. But the whole "one life, no second chances" thing is a hard pill to swallow. Especially as it's a pseudo-RPG (so much of the "challenge" is just grinding until you level up) and you can't back out of an area or boss fight that you just realized is too tough. So its possible to get stuck in an unwinnable situation out of pure ignorance. It almost demands savestates and a FAQ.
I don't normally use emulators though. It seems just silly to pay real money for a real cartridge and then not even use it, and sometimes they introduce issues a real cart won't have. But sometimes its tempting.
Bringing up Superman 64 after linking to HG101 earlier makes me think you're a bit of a noob,
I've been gaming since I was a kid, although admittedly for a long time I was more into RPGs and Zelda-like games.
I'm guessing HG101 doesn't have a good reputation around here (understandible, since their standards are kinda slipshod and its basically just a pretentious review site that bites off more than it can chew. They're still a fun read sometimes, and still better than TV Tropes)
and just need to toughen up and work on your learning processes. :/ If anyone's the resident X-Multiply fan here, btw, it's saucykobold.
Well, then I'm the
other resident evil... errr X-Multiply fan.
Work on your timing and accuracy, Edmond!
Now, about that...
I honestly had a lot of questions about your playthru. While I admit it was impressive that you went through the game on one life, up until Act 5 I didn't feel particularly impressed. You stopped to fight enemies you could've just run past (particularly noticable in 1-1), and you took hits that I avoided in my own playthru (the machine gun guys in 3-2). I also noticed more than a few times where you sliced air or accidentally did a backwards jump.
That said, I might give the game one last playthru... if only so I can record all the cutscenes to a DVD-R and be able to enjoy the storyline whenever I want.