Luke wrote:I'm confused, as I usually get when you guys talk Metal Gear.
So noise beat the NES, Ultra made game Metal Gear on his PS2? And now he's moving on to play Metal Gear Solid via bleemcast and is skipping Snake's Revenge?
no. I beat the MSX game which the NES game is a bastardization of. I did play this MSX game on a PS2 disc, which was emulated on my PC yeah. Right now my DC and Wii are hooked up to the CRT and I didn't feel like hooking the PS2 up just to play MG.
The real sequel to Metal Gear is Metal Gear 2, also on MSX.
Snake's Revenge is actually a sequel in name only. Kojima had nothing to do with it, which explains why it isn't even the same gameplay style as the first game, and it is outside of cannon.
Luke wrote:I'm confused, as I usually get when you guys talk Metal Gear.
So noise beat the NES, Ultra made game Metal Gear on his PS2? And now he's moving on to play Metal Gear Solid via bleemcast and is skipping Snake's Revenge?
Close. He beat the MSX game, translated, on an emulated version of Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsitence for PS2.
He's now skipping Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake for MSX which is also in MGS3 Subsistence in order to play Metal Gear Solid via Bleemcast.
I can confirm that MGS on the bleemcast works really well. MGS is probably the game I have beaten the most times. I've beaten the original, on bleemcast, and Twin Snakes for the GCN.
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BoneSnapDeez wrote:You used an emulator I'm assuming?
Yeah, 'cuz there's no way in hell I'm paying $150 dollars for the game and a million dollars* for the computer.
*Number may be inaccurate.
This game looks really neat, I have it for Sega CD but have never played it.
As much as I liked the X68K version I have to say that the Sega CD version is superior.
noiseredux wrote:Mostly cuz of the anime intro. I remember feeling at the time that the Sega CD was so worth owning cuz of that intro hahahaha.
I remember being amazed by FMV games on the original Playstation when I was little. I can only imagine how I would've reacted if I were a little older so I could experience the Sega CD. "Holy shit! Movies on my Sega!"
The music is legit though.
The soundtrack's enjoyable whether it's on CD or cartridge.
GSZX1337 wrote:
I remember being amazed by FMV games on the original Playstation when I was little. I can only imagine how I would've reacted if I were a little older so I could experience the Sega CD. "Holy shit! Movies on my Sega!"
When my brothers and I got the Sega CD for christmas and it was the gift we got to open it early because we all couldn't sleep...oh man. It was the first generation and came with Sherlock Holmes, Sol-Feace and GoldenAxe/Columns/Streets of Rage/Revenge of Shinobi.
That was when I fell in love with FMV games...thanks Sherlock Holmes!
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1. Kirby's Epic Yarn Wii
2. To The Moon Christmas Special PC
3. Super Mario 3D World Wii U
4. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Wii U
5. Chiki Chiki Boys Mega Drive
6. World of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Mega Drive *NEW*
7. Metal Gear PSVita *NEW*
2 more games on the list, it's nice to see it building up, even if a lot of them are pretty short.
World of Illusion
This is a game that, whilst not exactly revolutionising it's genre, is rather underrated imo. Where as Castle of Illusion and to a lesser extent Quackshot are both well regarded as classics for the system, World of Illusion seems to be mostly forgotten.
The game is simple, run jump and attack affair, but it looks wonderful, sounds decent (the tunes are pleasant but forgettable, and sometimes have a few high pitched notes that dont sit quite right) and plays well enough.
The difficulty level is rather inconsistent - stage 2 and especially stage 3 were harder than some of the later ones. The final boss level and the boss himself was one of the easiest parts of the game.
The game is also a bit slow. The run button alleviates it a little, but there's no way to set up a control scheme that puts run next to both jump and attack (ie. on the B button) so holding it constantly isn't really an option.
Overall, it's a fun little game. I look forward to seeing how it plays in 2 player mode.
Metal Gear
I beat this game for this month's Together Retro. It's aged a lot better than I expected. It's also my first game beaten on ym new Vita.
The stealth mechanic is odd in this game - early on the level design seems harder, your options are more limited and being caught basically means death. Later on, when you have more health, more health items, and a variety of weapons to make use of it's not so big a deal.
The variety of items available is impressive, even if several of them are a one use only affair, and I feel like progression is better implemented than many of this game's contemporary's - I liked this more then the original Legend of Zelda for example.
There are problems - no way to hide form alerted guards, pointlessly redundant card keys where you end up having to check a door 8 times to open it, issues with being able to use more than one item at once, but overall it's a game that plays and feels way ahead of it's time. Which it was.
I'm not a massive fan of this one, but I feel it needs to be appreciated for what it is. I'll probably play through Metal Gear 2 this month too.
Next up:
Metal Gear 2, Metal Gear Solid on GBC, Professor Layton 6 and maybe I'll start an actual Vita game on my Vita too.
Assassin's Creed IV Wii U
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon PC Splinter Cell: Blacklist Wii U
Seeing green.
An excellent return to form for the Splinter Cell series. An excellent game all around that reminded me a whole lot of the great era of PS2 action and stealth games. The story was just gripping enough and the characters were very believable. All the high tech gadgets are here, tri-rotors and sticky cameras et al. Like any good Splinter Cell game you're given tons of options on how you want to approach missions. It puts up a great challenge too on Perfectionist difficulty. I'd definitely recommend it, especially for the $20 I paid. Good Wii U version too, kinda ugly but held a rock solid v-synced 30fps throughout all the missions except for a few set-piece scenes. Really really excellent use of lighting and shadows though, as a Splinter Cell game should have. Get used to seeing the game through a filter though, as the game is very very dark, to the point you absolutely have to use goggles a lot. This is especially true if like me you shoot out all the lights.
1. Mortal Kombat II - 32X
2. Cosmic Carnage - 32X
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade - XBLA
4. X-men Arcade - XBLA
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist - Genesis
6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time - SNES
7. Metroid: Other M - Wii
8. Donkey Kong Country Returns - Wii
9. Metroid Fusion - GBA 10.Star Trek - Xbox 360
This game took a lot of shit because it is kinda glitchy, and it honestly deserves that particular criticism.
However, I never experienced anything game breaking or even really detrimental, so while the game is occasionally clunky and could have really used some polish, it didn't change the fact that I had a blast with it.
Some fun levels, including a couple of space jumps (one of which you can watch the Enterprise flying around an exploding space station, nice set piece moment) and a couple of nifty levels that made interesting use of a Transporter gun.
There are a couple of really bad ass weapons to acquire, and the action overall was great. And even though the emphasis is on the gunplay, there are plenty of opportunities for employing stealth instead and avoiding confrontation altogether.
I also give it points for being a licensed game where the actual cast from the movies recorded the voice overs, rather than sound alikes.
Anyway, I liked it a lot, and considering I only paid 11 bucks for it on Amazon, I think I got a lot of bang for my buck.
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