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Ninja Gaiden does at least have some platforming elements. I'm not the biggest fan of it, but I can appreciate that a lot more effort went into the game design. It was the music. The soundtrack just blew everything else away at the time because it was a home computer game with "real" music. Like SotB it had its place in raising the bar as to what was expected. And at the time we all sort of ignored the fact that the tune was actually unbelievably short and repetitive. Last edited by AestheticDebris; 25 February 2024 at 11:34. |
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25 February 2024, 11:52 | #42 |
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I'm not saying NG is a design paragon but compared to its vibrant, fast and varied action, SotB looks particularly bad. Even though the former is an 8 bit game and the latter has some "adventure" elements, but as with everything else they just feel tacked on. As for "bad passages", sure most big games have some - (Water Temple anybody?) - but SotB feels like 90% of it is a one long dull corridor (metaphorically speaking). But, once again, I'm not knocking this game entirely - I do have a certain sentiment and respect for it, of course, because it really was a head turner and a major event in those days. Also, I could make the same case for Xenon II, which I know you hate with a passion |
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25 February 2024, 13:47 | #46 |
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Oh god I loved Xenon II and played it to death back in the day. Still dip in and out even now.
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25 February 2024, 22:08 | #47 |
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I must mention Franko: Crazy Revenge too. Looks really amateurish, but that game is gold. The same for Doman from the same team.
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25 February 2024, 22:22 | #48 |
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It's a very mediocre shoot em up, full of really cheap bits where you have to know which side is a dead end. I think I'd play it over SotB, but it wouldn't get a look in compared to R-Type or Salamander.
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25 February 2024, 22:55 | #49 |
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Looks great, plays awful: Woof, so many. Which one will I pick this time. I'll go with Voodoo Nightmare to not be a complete broken record. Such wonderful isometric graphics. Such terrible isometric gameplay.
[ Show youtube player ] Looks awful, plays great: This one is hard because this'll be the territory of PD games. It feels a little like cheating to include those. So if I limit myself to the realm of commercial AAA games... Chip's Challenge? [ Show youtube player ] Also extra bonus: this one also sounds pretty awful most of the time. |
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Looks great, but gameplay is atrocious: Euro Soccer 88
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26 February 2024, 16:44 | #51 |
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mate what is arrogant is you saying that people are slamming Beast because "they can't handle it" and that's actually quite offensive. no they are slamming it because it's a husk of a video game covered in super fancy glitter again some of us were alive in 1989 and were playing and ENJOYING arcade games very much but not this piece of shit and awards mean nothing lol do you really believe in industry awards? your mix of arrogance and naiveté is striking
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26 February 2024, 21:53 | #52 |
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Yay. Mud slinging. That always brightens up a thread.
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27 February 2024, 10:56 | #53 |
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[ Show youtube player ] This featured regularly on a Saturday morning kids show, where someone would ring in and issue instructions to control the character (always unsuccessfully). I expect every 8-bit owner in the UK was drooling over the beautiful, surrealist graphics like I was. Anyway as it turns out the game wasn't much easier to control when you weren't on the end of a telephone. |
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Imagine that they would do that today. The knife-wielding girl would cause Twitter to shut down.
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Somehow the sequels never quite lived up to the original for me. But then again, it's subjective innit? ...the big bad boss being a toe was a little bit of a let-down, gotta say though. |
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28 February 2024, 22:02 | #56 |
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Yeah but that is also exceptionally Amiga, IMO. End-game bosses which make you hide the game from your friends in shame
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Anyway for me, Beast doesn't belong at all in the categorie of "worst Amiga game that looks great".
Some may dislike it but this isn't an absolute generality like, for instance, Dragons Lair. |
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For me recently the Polish game Franko - The Crazy Revenge! plays really well but looks horrendous. It really is good fun and has a good feel to it once you figure out how to play it. It's horrendous looks however have so much charm it makes it good! Anyways playing that, if that could be re-skinned you'd have a really good Final Fight port along with the recent efforts of Brick Nash which is amazing if a tad too easy for me.
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