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Xeogred wrote:Elites teaming up with the humans... are you kidding me?

Whats wrong with that? There was already civil unrest in the covenant with various elites / grunts / jackals / hunters breaking off to form the seperatist movement, fighting the rest of the covenant. Soon after the rest of the elites started to question the validity of this religious war, the prophets saw this as a threat so replaced the elites as the main force with the brutes, demoting the elites quite a bit. Angered at this betrayel they decided they no longer wanted to take part in the war, but with the threat of the flood and the rings as super weapons they couldn't just sit back and wait to die. So they formed an allaince with the humans to stop the distruction on the universe. Once the war was over they went their seperate ways.

MrHealthy wrote:

Xeogred wrote:Elites teaming up with the humans... are you kidding me?

Whats wrong with that? There was already civil unrest in the covenant with various elites / grunts / jackals / hunters breaking off to form the seperatist movement, fighting the rest of the covenant. Soon after the rest of the elites started to question the validity of this religious war, the prophets saw this as a threat so replaced the elites as the main force with the brutes, demoting the elites quite a bit. Angered at this betrayel they decided they no longer wanted to take part in the war, but with the threat of the flood and the rings as super weapons they couldn't just sit back and wait to die. So they formed an allaince with the humans to stop the distruction on the universe. Once the war was over they went their seperate ways.

I don't have a problem personally with the story aspect of the Elites teaming up with the humans. What I do have a problem with is it seemed like it got rid of a major segment of the ground troops to fight against and therefore for diversity they (Bungie) started trying to come up with all sorts of different Brutes, which were always bullet sponges and not super exciting to fight for me.

Double Dragon (Genesis - Mega Drive)

man, the control on this version sucks. the kick and punch buttons are late to response or sometimes don't response at all. but somehow i was able to beat it under 30 mins (thanks to the turbo buttons)

the only pros i have with this game is the updated 16-bit graphics from the NES and SMS version.

sevin0seven wrote:Double Dragon (Genesis - Mega Drive)

man, the control on this version sucks. the kick and punch buttons are late to response or sometimes don't response at all. but somehow i was able to beat it under 30 mins (thanks to the turbo buttons)

the only pros i have with this game is the updated 16-bit graphics from the NES and SMS version.

Which version is the Genesis version based off of? The NES version of the Master System version?

BurningDoom wrote:Which version is the Genesis version based off of? The NES version of the Master System version?

probably neither, as it was unlicensed:

In 1992, Accolade released a Mega Drive/Genesis port of the game in North America and Europe under the Ballistic Software label. This version was released as an unlicensed third-party cartridge. An Atari Lynx version was released in 1993, developed by Knight Technologies and published by Telegames.

Balasubbie wrote:Might pay full whack for it, love my light-guns. On another note, what difficulty do you clear your fighters on? And when d'you consider them beat? All characters, or one character playthoughs?

Difficulty depends. If it's something by Capcom or Namco, I keep it on default. If it's something by SNK (especially an earlier KoF title) I have no problem cranking the difficulty down if it's just beyond my ability. I play games to have fun and sometimes that means adjusting a game if it's too hard.

With most fighters, I try to clear the arcade mode with at least half the cast before I consider it 'done'.

MrHealthy wrote:

Xeogred wrote:Elites teaming up with the humans... are you kidding me?

Whats wrong with that? There was already civil unrest in the covenant with various elites / grunts / jackals / hunters breaking off to form the seperatist movement, fighting the rest of the covenant. Soon after the rest of the elites started to question the validity of this religious war, the prophets saw this as a threat so replaced the elites as the main force with the brutes, demoting the elites quite a bit. Angered at this betrayel they decided they no longer wanted to take part in the war, but with the threat of the flood and the rings as super weapons they couldn't just sit back and wait to die. So they formed an allaince with the humans to stop the distruction on the universe. Once the war was over they went their seperate ways.

Have you read the books?

"Non-canon"

Yeah yeah, but seriously. The Elites were an insanely BRUTAL race perceived in the Fall of Reach. First off I don't get why they were overthrown by apes, when the Elites sounded far more fearsome in every regard and had the numbers. Secondly, if the Elites broke off from the Covenant, it would have been more ideal if they simply decided to glass Earth and annihilate the Flood, most humans, Prophets if they were there (I forget), in one sweep. Instead, Halo 2 and 3 dumbed them down, made them speak English, and made them team up with a rival race overnight. Silly convoluted childish stuff to me. Halo 2 and 3 were just an outright mess. Halo and Reach got the Elites and everything right. All you need to know is their yelling alien jibberish and are out to kill you. I just hated how the series put you in the perspective of the Covenant with 2-3, lost a lot of the mysteriousness and good direction if you ask me.

And game wise, I absolutely agree with Stark above. There was never anything rewarding or satisfying about taking on big groups of Brutes in 3. I had way more fun going toe to toe with simple one or two tough Elites in the original Halo, and then Reach had a lot of variety and they were still very fearsome with awesome AI. Very fun and challenging taking them on. OH SNAP it's the Elites was always my reaction to them popping up, I never got that kind of feeling seeing a bunch of lame Brutes around. lol

MD Sonic 1
SNES Pocky & Rocky
DS Donkey Kong Jungle Climber

DC TrickStyle NEW

Definitely a hidden gem on the Dreamcast!...

Everyone with a Dreamcast owes it to himself to check this game out.

Oh, and it's dirt cheap. So no worries there...

noiseredux wrote:

BurningDoom wrote:Which version is the Genesis version based off of? The NES version of the Master System version?

probably neither, as it was unlicensed:

In 1992, Accolade released a Mega Drive/Genesis port of the game in North America and Europe under the Ballistic Software label. This version was released as an unlicensed third-party cartridge. An Atari Lynx version was released in 1993, developed by Knight Technologies and published by Telegames.

yep. i rather play the NES or SMS version instead of this one again. it had a lot of potential and it felt like it was un-finish port of the Arcade.

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Games Finished 2011

Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony - PC
Dead Nation - PS3
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 - iPhone
Outland - 360
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile - XBLA
Dragon Age II - 360 *new*
Fallout: New Vegas (including Dead Money, Honest Hearts, and Old World Blues DLC) - 360 *new*

Total: 56

Haven't updated this in a bit. I needed to check the Backloggery to see what I've beat since my last update. I may have forgotten something, but I think this covers it.