D&D Tower of Doom and Shadow Over Mystara to PSN/XBLA

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The cleric had bless and striking. The elf has a couple too, haste and invisibility.
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Extends or checkpoints would dumb-down a game, being able to warp to wherever you want with whatever gear you want wouldn't. Got it.

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Mortificator wrote:Extends or checkpoints would dumb-down a game, being able to warp to wherever you want with whatever gear you want wouldn't. Got it.
Hagane wrote:As for added features I'd love to see an extensive practice mode for SOM, but that's probably asking too much from Capcom.
Hagane wrote:If you want to stop people from credit feeding, give no continues and add a practice mode that lets you select the last stage you reached.
Looks like your reading comprehension is up there with your SOM knowledge.
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I have both CPS2 boards, and built custom harnesses to allow 4 players. I use a supergun via xrgb3 on my LCD HDTV and both games look great. Life has consigned the majority of my social circle to that snakepit of jobs-family-children, so its a rare treat when I have four willing friends over for this game. But we've always kept to a 3 credit rule, simulating the standard 3 lives of a console game. Even then we've never beat either. We all suck at beat-em-ups and are usually somewhat drunk while playing. I agree that it becomes a pointless experience if you don't limit the credits in some way though... just like most arcade games.
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In the interest of reading comprehension, I will re-quote the quote I was replying to at the top of the page, with two words bolded.
Hagane wrote:As for stage select, there's no reason why they can't let you pick your items from the available ones in your route.
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blackoak wrote:Life has consigned the majority of my social circle to that snakepit of jobs-family-children, so its a rare treat when I have four willing friends over for this game.
Wish I lived closer.
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Dang, I'd be down to play some Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow of Mystara, I play the cleric all the time. I used to 1cc it on the regular at the Bearcade (arcade at UC Berkeley) How can we link 2 cabinets together? Maybe we can do it at the SoCal Shmupmeet!
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Frenetic wrote:Maybe we can do it at the SoCal Shmupmeet!
I'm certainly better at brawlers than Mars Matrix. Hell, I'm better at EVERYTHING than mars matrix.
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http://www.siliconera.com/2013/05/22/du ... on-bundle/

Japan gets awesome physical release :!:
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moonblood wrote:http://www.siliconera.com/2013/05/22/du ... on-bundle/

Japan gets awesome physical release :!:
Sweet murphy, that's a great looking set. I might just get the normal import edition anyway, as I didn't know a physical release was going to happen at all. The limited edition does look awesome though.
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moonblood wrote:http://www.siliconera.com/2013/05/22/du ... on-bundle/

Japan gets awesome physical release :!:
Holy shit fuck. That is the FIRST TIME a video game company has read one of my posts (1st page, post 3) on this forum and taken action in regard to it. Thanks for reading Capcom. Looking forward to this version making that stupid Saturn port (NOW LOADING) well and truly defunct.
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Holy shit, that was unexpected! A definite buy, for sure!
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FUUUCK! To think I was considering the SS version with its awful load times! My boner is rifling through my wallet as I type! First gaming news that's made me happy in months.
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Where are you lads pre ordering this one from?
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Even the non-special (physical) edition is a good amount of cash (4,000yen). I would love to have the special edition of this complete with the arcade-like artwork but it's hard to fork over 10,000 for games that I could get for a fraction of that price. Especially after I just dropped 9,000 on Saidaioujyou. I guess I'm just becoming more of a cheap bastard as the years go on...
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This is out on Steam right now (later today/tomorrow on XBLA/PSN?). But you might want to wait for the Japanese disc release, because apparently it's a different port that was done by Capcom's internal developers (including the original arcade staff). The retail version is also going to have some new features, like color editing and the option for all 4 people to choose the same character in multiplayer. Source: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=594751

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iconoclast wrote:But you might want to wait for the Japanese disc release, because apparently it's a different port that was done by Capcom's internal developers (including the original arcade staff).
Nice. edit: and I sincerely hope they port a few more! AVP, The Punisher and Armored Warriors please!
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This should be out for the Wii U today as well. Might have to pick it up, as I can't see myself investing in the Saturn version again anytime soon.
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Who is getting this game btw? I want to put together a partayyyyyy...my Xbox Live tag is Frenetic777

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I seriously want a physical copy, but $15 is too good to ignore. Maybe I'll import the physical when it's cheaper.

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Got it today for ps3. Played an hour with a friend of mine I played it with back in the arcade. My psn account is Zedtheliberator if anyone wants a dwarf to smack some heads.
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iconoclast wrote:This is out on Steam right now (later today/tomorrow on XBLA/PSN?). But you might want to wait for the Japanese disc release, because apparently it's a different port that was done by Capcom's internal developers (including the original arcade staff). The retail version is also going to have some new features, like color editing and the option for all 4 people to choose the same character in multiplayer. Source: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=594751

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If someone's planning to 1cc this, I'd like some pointers on how to beat the goddamn black dragon in Tower of Doom. I can only do it by spamming magic with the Elf, but I don't like using that character.
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Ruldra wrote:If someone's planning to 1cc this
Played it a bit last night and have to admit I'd be impressed with a 1cc. Not saying it isn't possible, but there are so many places where the game just cheeses you. Trust me, I love this game to bits but it is rarely fair in a shmups kind of way. That said, with more players the game becomes remarkably easier. I think a team of 4 could possibly beat it with one credit each, but even that would be really hard.
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^Nothing that practice and smart play can't beat, I'm sure. I did manage to reach the Shadow Elf fight on a single credit with the Elf. I'm sure I could get farther with the Fighter but I'm stuck at the black dragon.
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Post a video when you manage. I'd love to see it...I'm cheering you on here!
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CMoon wrote:Played it a bit last night and have to admit I'd be impressed with a 1cc. Not saying it isn't possible, but there are so many places where the game just cheeses you. Trust me, I love this game to bits but it is rarely fair in a shmups kind of way.
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Is it true this game (XBLA port) doesn't recognize fight sticks?
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CMoon wrote:Played it a bit last night and have to admit I'd be impressed with a 1cc. Not saying it isn't possible, but there are so many places where the game just cheeses you. Trust me, I love this game to bits but it is rarely fair in a shmups kind of way.
Zeron has a Fighter 1CC of SoM posted. =) Very impressive stuff!!
ReplayBurners has quite a few 1CCs of SoM with various classes. Certainly worth watching.
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