Eye Candy games, but no playability

Retro-Nerd · 12 July 2011, 18:13

The Amiga has surely eye candy games, with gorgeous graphics, beautiful music, nice atmosphere, good intro...but they also have nearly unusuable controls or poor level design, boring enemy waves etc.

The obvious ones:

Shadow of the Beast
Unreal
Sword of Sodan
Microcosm
Agony

more?

Phantom · 12 July 2011, 18:14

Dragon's Lair
Space Ace

and everything from ReadySoft (well, almost).

Retro-Nerd · 12 July 2011, 18:15

True, i forgot these interactive animated cartoons.

Heavy Stylus · 12 July 2011, 18:44

'Awesome', and most games from Psygnosis really

hitchhikr · 12 July 2011, 18:48

Project X.
Xenon 2.
etc.

Jimbo · 12 July 2011, 18:52

Project X are you nuts? That game rocks

FOL · 12 July 2011, 18:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Heavy Stylus

'Awesome', and most games from Psygnosis really

Seriously?
I found them all very playable.
My step brother worked for them at one point.

Quote:

Originally Posted by hitchhikr

Project X.
Xenon 2.
etc.

Again, I found these very playable.

nujack · 12 July 2011, 19:37

"The Godfather".
Great graphics but nearly unplayable. Only the shooting levels are playable.

Phantom · 12 July 2011, 21:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by hitchhikr

Project X.
Xenon 2.
etc.

Probably you don't like shoot 'em ups at all.

hitchhikr · 12 July 2011, 21:26

Quite the contrary and i've played/seen quite a lot of them that's why i can tell ya those two are bad.

frikilokooo · 12 July 2011, 21:31

Zool ,I find it confusing and unplayable.
Turbo Trax ,simply no one can win
Assassin ,boring
Super Tennis Champs ,simply no one can win
Nathan Never ,boring
Black Viper ,boring
Jurassic Park ,ultraboring
Jaguar XJ220 ,no realistic handling

gimbal · 12 July 2011, 21:47

Wrath of the Demon. Insanely beautiful for an Amiga game (IMO), but yeah. SOTB gameplay.

s2325 · 12 July 2011, 21:48

Some games are good to watch, some good to play, I like both.

IFW · 12 July 2011, 22:44

Maybe I spent too much time playing Unreal, but I remember it was playable - for me at least.

Steve · 12 July 2011, 22:49

The winner surely has to be Rise of the Robots!

Its the ultimate 'all graphics, no gameplay' example.

Second for me would be the shockingly bad Microcosm.

spyros_s · 12 July 2011, 22:54

i agree about rise of the robots... i totally disagree about agony and project x

frikilokooo · 12 July 2011, 23:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by IFW

Maybe I spent too much time playing Unreal, but I remember it was playable - for me at least.

me too,aswell Agony and ProjectX

Retro-Nerd · 12 July 2011, 23:30

Rise of the Robots = not even technical impressive, 100% crap.

Agony = turn on auto-fire, then do NOTHING. Extremely boring shooter, clearly no challenge for shmups fans with average skills.

Unreal = awful controls in boring 2D Levels, ugly 3D levels with a simple "avoid the obstackles" concept. *Yawn* Though, nice graphics and sound.

Project X and Xenon 2 are not really bad, but highly overrated.

Heavy Stylus · 13 July 2011, 00:08

I personally find Xenon 2 too slow for a shmup, and Project X seems to lack the tight level design that a shooter really needs. Same with Agony really.

All of them looked great, but for me the gameplay and level design was too dull and repetitive to grab my attention. Banshee and Disposable Hero were the shmups that rocked my world.

Paul_s · 13 July 2011, 00:14

Nerd-Retro, Agony is cool. It was a challenge on Gamesmaster once!

You need to be one with the owl and fly your destiny

P.S. If I was a witch I'd turn you into an owl and cast you into the game

12 July 2011, 18:13	#1
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,435	Eye Candy games, but no playability The Amiga has surely eye candy games, with gorgeous graphics, beautiful music, nice atmosphere, good intro...but they also have nearly unusuable controls or poor level design, boring enemy waves etc. The obvious ones: Shadow of the Beast Unreal Sword of Sodan Microcosm Agony more?

12 July 2011, 21:31	#11
frikilokooo Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Mallorca,Spain. Age: 44 Posts: 1,154	Zool ,I find it confusing and unplayable. Turbo Trax ,simply no one can win Assassin ,boring Super Tennis Champs ,simply no one can win Nathan Never ,boring Black Viper ,boring Jurassic Park ,ultraboring Jaguar XJ220 ,no realistic handling Last edited by frikilokooo; 12 July 2011 at 21:48.

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Phantom Adventurer Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Colossal Cave, Valaii Posts: 364	Dragon's Lair Space Ace and everything from ReadySoft (well, almost).

12 July 2011, 18:15	#3
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,435	True, i forgot these interactive animated cartoons.

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Heavy Stylus CD32 Fanboi Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Exeter, UK Age: 45 Posts: 528	'Awesome', and most games from Psygnosis really

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hitchhikr Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: somewhere else Posts: 511	Project X. Xenon 2. etc.

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Jimbo Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Colchester Essex Age: 44 Posts: 822	Project X are you nuts? That game rocks

12 July 2011, 19:37	#8
nujack Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Leipzig/Germany Age: 49 Posts: 458	"The Godfather". Great graphics but nearly unplayable. Only the shooting levels are playable.

12 July 2011, 21:26	#10
hitchhikr Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: somewhere else Posts: 511	Quite the contrary and i've played/seen quite a lot of them that's why i can tell ya those two are bad.

12 July 2011, 21:47	#12
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,903	Wrath of the Demon. Insanely beautiful for an Amiga game (IMO), but yeah. SOTB gameplay.

12 July 2011, 21:48	#13
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Some games are good to watch, some good to play, I like both.

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IFW Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: ... Age: 52 Posts: 1,838	Maybe I spent too much time playing Unreal, but I remember it was playable - for me at least.

12 July 2011, 22:49	#15
Steve I Identify as an Ewok Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: North Lincolnshire Age: 45 Posts: 2,356	The winner surely has to be Rise of the Robots! Its the ultimate 'all graphics, no gameplay' example. Second for me would be the shockingly bad Microcosm.

12 July 2011, 22:54	#16
spyros_s Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 21	i agree about rise of the robots... i totally disagree about agony and project x

12 July 2011, 23:30	#18
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,435	Rise of the Robots = not even technical impressive, 100% crap. Agony = turn on auto-fire, then do NOTHING. Extremely boring shooter, clearly no challenge for shmups fans with average skills. Unreal = awful controls in boring 2D Levels, ugly 3D levels with a simple "avoid the obstackles" concept. Yawn Though, nice graphics and sound. Project X and Xenon 2 are not really bad, but highly overrated.

13 July 2011, 00:08	#19
Heavy Stylus CD32 Fanboi Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Exeter, UK Age: 45 Posts: 528	I personally find Xenon 2 too slow for a shmup, and Project X seems to lack the tight level design that a shooter really needs. Same with Agony really. All of them looked great, but for me the gameplay and level design was too dull and repetitive to grab my attention. Banshee and Disposable Hero were the shmups that rocked my world.

13 July 2011, 00:14	#20
Paul_s Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Amigaville Age: 46 Posts: 3,333	Nerd-Retro, Agony is cool. It was a challenge on Gamesmaster once! You need to be one with the owl and fly your destiny P.S. If I was a witch I'd turn you into an owl and cast you into the game

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